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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

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IN A HURRY . Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 47.

                       

IN AND OUT (OF) THE HARBOR. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Miller): AABB' (Alewine). The melody belongs to a family of more or less related tunes that includes: "The Cottage in the Grove [2]," "Down with the Mail," "The Faraway Wedding [1]," "The Gravelled Walks to Granny," "The Highland Man that Kissed his Granny [1]," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet," “Jenny Tied the Bonnet Tight,” "Lassie(s) tie your Bonnet(s)," "Lizzie's Bonnet," “Peggy on the Settle,” "The Rambler's Rest," "Tie the Bonnet", "Upstairs in a Tent [1]." Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 21. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 174, pg. 109. Green Linnet SIF 1016, Brenden Mulvihill ‑ "The Irish Tradition: The Corner House" (1978). Green Linner 1101, Brenden Mulvihill ‑ "Playing with Fire: the Celtic Fiddle Connection" (1989).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Upstairs in a Tent

T:In and Out the Harbour

T:Jenny Tie Your Bonnet

R:reel

D:Michael Tubridy: The Eagle’s Whistle

Z:id:hn-reel-345

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

M:C|

L:1/8

K:Amix

~A3g fdec|AGA=c BG~G2|~A3g fdef|1 ~g3d BGGB:|2 ~g3d BG~G2||

|:faaf gfed|(3cBA eA fAeA|faaf gfef|1 ~g3d BG~G2:|2 ~g3d BGGB||

                       

IN AND OUT THE WINDOW. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Kentucky fiddler Owen “Snake” Chapman composed the second part of the tune.

                       

IN BARTHOLEMEW FAIR. AKA and see "The Free Masons [1]," "The Irish Washerwoman," "Jackson's Delight [1]," "Country Courtship," "The Scheme," "Corporal Casey [1]," "Star at Liwis," "Paddy McGinty's Goat," "The Snouts and Ears of America."

                       

IN CAME THE MILLER. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 709, pg. 354.

X:1

T:In Came the Miller

M:2/4
L:1/8

N:”Mod.”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Song (1909), No. 709

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

D | G2 BG | GFDC | DGG>G | G2 GA | B>ABc | dcf>d | c>AGF | F3 ||

e | d>cde | fdBd | cAGF | d2 dc | B>GAF | GFDC | DGGG G2 ||

                       

IN COME A LITTLE BEE. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Phillips notes this tune is to be played slower than a standard breakdown tempo. Source for notated version: Owen “Snake” Chapman [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 69. 5 String Productions 5SPO5002, Hoover Uprights – “Known for their Reputation” (2006. Learned from Snake Chapman).

                       

IN COMES GREAT BONAPARTE WITH FORTY THOUSAND MEN. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 676, pg. 170.

X:1

T:In comes great Bonaparte with Forty Thousand Men

M:C
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Allegretto”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 676

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

EF | GFGA G>EDE | GFGA G3 E | AGAB cBAG | BAA>B A3E | ABcd efge |

dBAG c2 ce | dcBA A>G ED | EAA>B c2 ce | dcBA A>GED | EAA>B A3 ||

                       

IN COMES THE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER. AKA and see "Boys of Wexford," "Flight of the Earls."

                       

IN DAYS GONE BY [1]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 86, pg. 49.

X:1

T:In Days Gone By [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

GA | B3G A2 | G2D2 GA | B2G2G2 | G4 Bc | d3fd2 | c2A2 dc | B2G2F2 | G4 ||

d2 | g2g3g | f2d3f | g2d2B2 | c4f2 | g2g2ag | f2d2c2 | d2A2A2 | A4 ||

 

IN DAYS GONE BY [2]. Irish, Hornpipe. D Dorian. Standard. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician Bill Black in honor of the late Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy, originally from County Cavan. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 150, pg. 79.

X:1

T: In Days Gone By

C: © B. Black

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Ddor

A | d^cde fgag | f2 ed cA (3AGA | c2 BG A2 GE | FGAd ^ceag |

fgaf ec (3ccc | dcAG FDDE | F2 AF cFdF | cAGE D3 :|

A | dcAc dcAc | adgc fedc | defd cAGE | FDCE D3 A |

dcAc agfe | defd cAGE | FGAd ^ceag | fdec d3 :|

                       

IN DEEPEST SORROW I THINK OF HOME. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. "...copied from (a) very old well‑written manuscript lent to me in 1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, of Bruff, Co. Limerick" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 226, pg. 110.

X:1

T:In deepest sorrow I think of home

M:3/4

L:1/8
R:Air

N:”Tenderly”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/G/|FF F2 ED|CD E2 FG|Ad A2 GE|CD E3 A/G/|FF F2 ED|CD E2 FG|

Ad A2 GE|DD D3||A/G/|AA d>e fg|fe d>c AG/F/|AA d>e f/g/f/e/|

dd d3 d/e/|fg f2 e/d/c/e/|dA G2 FG|AdA2 GE|DD D3||


                       

IN DISPRAISE OF WHISKY (Di-moladh an Uisge-bheatha). Scottish, Slow Air (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "This is another air of (Alexander MacDonnell), to which he forms a dialogue betwixt the enemy and friend of whisky. The friend, in his praises, makes a quick rhapsody of this beautiful air, while the enemy's plaintive reply is all that could be wished" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 60, pg. 21.

 

IN INFANCY.  English, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Gibbons originally set the tune in the key of C major in his mss. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 32 (set for two instruments).

                       

IN JANUARY LAST. English, Scottish; Air (4/4 time). E Major. Standard tuning. AB. The song appears in John Playford's Choice Ayres (ii. 46, 1679), Wit and Drollery (1682), Pills to Purge Melancholy (vol. i, all editions), and Apollo's Banquet (No. 55, 1687), in which latter volume it appears as an air simply called “A Scotch Tune.” It also appears in Thomas D'Urfey's play The Fond Husband, or The Plotting Sisters (1676). The tune was also the vehicle for other songs such as "The Scotch Wedding; or, A short and pretty way of wooing" and "The New‑married Scotch couple; or, The Loving Lasse's Lamentation," and "Northern Nanny; or, The Loving Lasse's Lamentation." John Glen (Early Scottish Melodies, 1900) finds that Allan Ramsay included “In January Last” in his Tea Table Miscellany (vol. ii) as “a song to be sung to its own tune.” Thomson later printed it in Orpheus Caledonious (ii 42, 1733) but under the title “The Glancing of her Apron” (from another line in the song). Yet another title appears in the Leyden manuscripts, “The bonny brow,” again from the eigth line of the song. Variants of the melody are given three times in the Scottish Blaikie manuscript, notes Glen, as “The bony brow” (No. 80), “In January Last” (No. 94), and “Landy Binny’s Lilt” (No. 96), “all differing from one another though derived apparently from the same source.” Antiquarian William Stenhouse (Illustrations, 1853) in his discussion of the air “The Glancing of her Apron” decided “In January Last” was “a florid set of an old simple tune [called “Willie and Annet”] which has lately been published in Albyn’s Anthology under the new title ‘Jock o’ Hazledean’.” Finally, Glen finds a variant in Playford’s New Lessons on the Cittern (1652) as “Lashley’s March.” Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 30‑31.

X:1

T:Scotch Tune, A

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Playford – Apollo’s Banquet (1687)

K:G

g2|d2B2 ABAG|G4 D4|E/F/G3 GAB>G|A6 g2|d2B2 ABAG|G4 D4|E/F/ G3 B2d2|g6||

B2|c3d ede=f|=f4 efgf|dedB ABAG|A6 g2|d3B ABAG|G4 D4|E/F/G3 B2d2|g6||

X:2

T:Lashley’s March

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Playford – New Lessons on the Cittern (1652)

K:G

g2|d3 B AG|d2D2 EF|G3 B AB|G4 g2|d3 B AG|d3D EF|G3B AB G2||

Bc|d4 d2|d3e d2|ed e gab|a3g e2|ef g2g2|g4 d2|g2g2a2|b6|a2 ba ge|

g2 gf ed|B2d2=f2|e4g2|d3 B AG|d3 D EF|G3B AB|G4||

X:3

T:In January Last

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Playford – Choice Airs  (1679)

K:G

g2|d2B2 ABAG|G4 D4|E2G2 GAB>G|A6 g2|d2B2 ABAG|

GABG D3D|EF G2A2B2|e6||B2|c3d ede=f|=f4 efge|dedB ABAG|

A6g2|d2B2 ABA>G|G4 D4|EF G2B2d2|g6||

                       

IN JUNE. AKA and see "Bummer's Reel [1]." American, Reel?  USA, southwestern Pa. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: John Taylor (central Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 247E, pg. 207.

                       

IN MEMORY OF COLEMAN. Irish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988), in honor of the great County Sligo/New York fiddler Michael Coleman. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 21, pg. 22.

X:1

T:In Memory of Coleman

M:2/2

L:1/8

C:Ed Reavy

R:reel

N:No tune can adequately commemorate this

N:great fiddler. Ed felt that he was the last of the great players,

N:and the only one he ever heard who had that strange wildness in

N:his playing that only the great ones possess. Ed wrote the tune as

N:if Mike were to play it. Perhaps he alone had the tools to do

N:it complete justice.

Z:Joe Reavy

K:Bb

F | DFBd cBGF | DF (3F=EF GFDF | GABc d^fga | (3bag (3ag^f dgga |

(3bag (3ag^f g=fdc | (3=Bcd BG FDCD | FGBd c2 =Bc | c=BcA  _BG G :||

A | B2 fB gagf | =ec (3cBc AFFA | B2 a/2g/2f/2=e/2 fdcA | FGAc BGGA |

B2 fB DBfB | DBfB AF (3F=EF | GABc dbag fd (3cBA BG G :||

                       

IN MILLTOWN I HEARD THE MUSIC. See “I Miltown a Cuala Me an Ceol.”

                       

IN MY COTTAGE NEAR THE/A WOOD. AKA and see "The Cheat," "The Coquette [3]," “Charles of Sweden,” "Cheat or Swing," “(Glorious) First of August,” “Frisky Jenny,” “Pretty Polly [5],” "The Tenth of June," "Twenty-First of August," “The Weavers’ March.” English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Shropshire. D Major. Standard. AB. Kidson (1915) says the tune is that of an old French song and that the English title is a literal translation of the French title. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 40b, pg. 14. Riley (Flute Melodies), vol. 2, 1820(?); No. 137.

                       

IN MY FATHER'S PLEASANT GARDENS. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 570, pg. 301.

X:1

T:In My Father’s Pleasant Gardens

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:”Slow”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

D | EcB>A | GB/A/ {A/}GG/E/ | E>GA G/A/ | BBA>G | E>GEE | E3 :|

D | EEG>A | B/d/e {e/}gg/e/ | e>dB A | BA/E/ E>D | E/G/A BA |

G3E | EcBA | GB/A/ {A/}GG/E/ | E>GA G/A/ | BBA>G | E>GEE | E3 ||

                       

IN MY FIRST PROCEEDINGS I TOOK RAKISH WAYS. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Limerick. F Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. MacDowell” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 823, pg. 206.

X:1

T:In my first proceedings I took rakish ways

M:3/4

L:1/8

N:”Set in the County of Limerick.”

N:”Allegretto”

S:Standford/Petrie (1905), No. 823

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

BG | F2G2A2 | Bc3 BG | G2F2F2 | F4 FG | B2c2d2 | c f3e | e2 dc Bd | c4 FG |

B2c2 d2 | c2 f3e | d2 dB (3Bcd | c4 Bc | d2F2F2 | F2G2A2 | B2 c3B | G4 (3GAB |

c3 d (3edc | d3c (3BGF | G2F2F2 | F4 ||


                       

IN OLD ARKANSAS. Rounder 0436, Fred Stoneking  – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 2: On the Springfield Plain.”

                       

IN OLD BALLYMOE. Irish, Waltz. G Major. Standard. One part. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949; pg.

X:1

T:In Old Ballymoe

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

S:O’Brien – Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor  (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

BA | G2B2d2 | e2d2B2 | A2G2G2 | G4 BA | G2B2d2 | g2b2a2 | g2d2B2 |

A4 BA | G2B2d2 | g2b2a2 | g2e2d2 | g4 ba | g2B2d2 | e2d2B2 | A2G2G2 | G4 :|

                       

IN SAD AND ASHY WEEDS. English, Air (3/2 time). C Major. Standard. AABC. This air appears in Sir J. Hawkins' transcripts of 17th century virginal music. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 156.

                       

IN SWEET TIPPERARY. AKA and see "Denis Delaney."

                       

IN THE BACK DOOR, OUT THE FRONT. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 15.

 

IN THE COUNTY ARMAGH. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: "Patrick MacDowell, distinguished sculptor" (1799‑1870) {Joyce}. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 531, pg. 285.

                       

IN THE COUNTY OF WEXFORD NOT FAR FROM TUGHMON. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Minor Standard. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. R.A. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 780, pg. 195.

X:1

T:In the county of Wexford not far from Tughmon

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:”Andante spirituoso e marcato”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 780

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

G>A | B2 E>F | G2 B,>C | DE E>E | E2 zE | E^G Bc | d2 ef | ed B>c | B2 zE |

E^G B>c | d2 ef | ed B>c | B2 G>A | B2 G>A | B2 E>F | G2 B,>C | DE E>E | E2 ||

 

IN THE DAYS GONE BY. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: fiddler James Dowd (Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 17, pg. 8.

 

IN THE DAYS OF MY YOUTH. AKA and see "A Shepherd Kept Sheep." The air appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera of 1729. It also appears in D’Urfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. V, pg. 35.

 

IN THE FIELDS IN FROST AND SNOW. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). D Minor. Standard. AABB. The melody dates to 1713. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

 

IN THE GARB OF OLD GAUL. Scottish, March (4/4 time). C Major. Standard. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 413,pg. 46.

X:1

T:In the Garb of Old Gaul

M:C

L:1/8

R:March
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 413  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G>G|c2 c>c c2 e>d|cGEG c2 c>d|e2 e>e e>fg>f|edcd e2 e>f|g2 g>g g_bag|f2 f>f fagf|

e>dc>d egfe|d2 [Dd>][Dd][D2d2]::B>A|G>AG>A B>cB>c|d>ed>e f2 e>d|c>dc>d e>fe>f|

g>ag>a _b2(ag)|af de/f/ ge cd/e/|fedc cBAG|A>Bc>d e>fd>e|c2 [Ec>][Ec] [E2c2]:|

 

IN THE GARDEN. Old‑Time. B Flat Major. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 001, Pete McMahan ‑ "Ozark Mountain Waltz."

 

IN THE GLOAMIN. Scottish, Strathspey. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 163, pg. 19.

X:1

T:In the Gloamin’

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 163  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A<c c>f d>f c2|A<c c>d B>A G<B|A<c c>f d>f c2|B>GA>F E<G G<B:|

|:(A<c) f>a g>a f2|A<c f>c B>A G<B|(A<c) f>a g>af>c|(3def (3cBA A<G G<c||

 

IN THE MONTH OF JUNE WHEN ALL FLOWERS BLOOM. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Colleceted by George Petrie in 1834 from County Derry. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 303, pg. 76.

 

IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE. American, March (2/4 time) and Song Tune. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Words and music written by Joseph P. Webster, who composed various Civil War pieces. Source for notated version: Lloyd (Pa., 1952) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 270, pgs. 227‑228.

 

IN THE TAP ROOM. AKA and see "The Tap Room,” “Youngest Daughter [1].” See also the “Hopetoun House” family of tunes.


 

IN THE TRENCHES OF MANCHURIA. AKA and see "Manchurian Waltz."

 

IN THE WOODPILE [1]. AKA and see "N....r in/on the Woodpile [1]." "The Cotten Patch." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, north Georgia. G Major. Standard. AABB. Dan Emmet, the famous 19th century minstrel songster, wrote a piece utilizing this title in 1845, which may have either engendered the expression or merely employed it. See also related tune "Stony Point." Source for notated version: The Skillet Lickers (north Georgia) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 140. County 506, The Skillet Lickers - "Old Time Tunes" (appears as "N….r in the Woodpile"). County 544, The Skillet Lickers - "Georgia Fiddle Bands, Vol. 2 (appears as "The Cotton Patch"). County 724, Benny Thomasson - "Country Fiddling" (appears as "N....r in the Woodpile").

 

IN THE WOODPILE [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. An American descendent of the Irish tune "Bonaparte Crossing the Alps."

 

IN THIS CALM SHELTERED VILLA. AKA and see "The Coolun/Coolin," "Had You Seen My Sweet Coolin," "Oh! Hush the Soft Sigh," "Oh! The Hours I Have Passed," "Though the Last Glimpse of Erin."

 

IN THIS VILLAGE DWELLS THE FAIR LADY (Ar N mBaile Seo Ta An Chuilfhionn). AKA and see "Ar N mBile Seo Ta An Chuilfhionn."

 

INCH ALONG. Old‑Time, Breakdown. "Cotten Eyed Joe"??

***

Inch along, keep a‑pushin on,

Inch along, keep a‑pushin on,

Get along buddy, keep a‑movin, inch along.

***

Flying Fish FF‑336, Pete Sutherland ‑ "Poor Man's Dream" (1984).

           

INCH LAGGAN. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). B Minor. Standard. One part. Howe included the melody in his section of “Scotch Airs.” An inch is a level field in Gaelic. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867), pg. 155.

X:1

T:Inch Laggan

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

B2B d2e | c2B c2e | B2B f2f | g>fe f2B | d2d e2e | c2c f2f | B2A G2F |

d2f edc | B2B F2F | E2E B2B | A2G F2F | d2f edc ||

                       

INCH OF GARTH. AKA and see "The Rising of the Sun," “Rising Sun [2],” "The Blackthorn Stick [4]," "Clear the Road," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "The Jolly Clam-Diggers," "An Sean‑draighnean." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB. An ‘inch’ means a level field in Gaelic. Malcolm MacDonald, who composed the tune, paired it on the same page with his “Miss Menzies of Culdar [2]” in his collection. MacDonald (A Collection of Strathspey Reels); pg. 4.

X:1

T:Inch of Garth

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Malcolm MacDonald – A Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1  (No. 4). 

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dD D/D/D (AF)DF | E(gfe) fdBc | dD D/D/D (AF)D(F | E)DEF D/D/D D2 :|

defg afdg | ecgc dBgB | defg afdg | ecge d/d/d d2 | defg afdg | ecgc dBgB |

defg abaf | geaf d/d/d d2 ||

                       

INCH OF PERTH, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, though it also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). The Inch of Perth is a level area (inch means level field in Gaelic) partially defined by the river Tay.  It was on the north part of this feature that a rather bizarre incident occurred around the year 1396, in the reign of King Robert III. Stories vary and details differ, but it appears that two clans from a confederation of clans, Clan Chatten, specifically the MacPhersons and the Davidsons, were in a bitter decade long dispute as to who should have the place of honor, the right flank, during Clan Chatten military engagements.  The rivalry became so acrimonious that King Robert arranged to bring the matter to a conclusion by a trial of combat with picked champions from each side contesting as a group with one another at the North Inch of Perth. Thirty men was selected from each clan to participate, although when the time came the MacPhersons were one man short, due to the cowardice or prudence of one of its members.  The Davidsons were asked to reduce their numbers by one, but none of them could be induced to relinquish the honor of defending their clan in the upcoming melee. Finally, a commoner and no clan member, a huge blacksmith named Henry Wynd, agreed for a sum of money to participate in the struggle on the side of the MacPhersons, once again evening the numbers.

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The battle commenced with the King and a gathered assemblage as witnesses (there was even a grandstand built). Swords, maces and axes were wielded skillfully by both sides, but eventually Clan MacPherson whittled away the Davidson numbers, not the least by the efforts of the hired blacksmith, Wynd. Finally, a lone Davidson was left to face a score of MacPhersons, and legend has it that rather than face certain death he jumped into the Tay to try to swim to safety on the other side—it is not known whether he survived.  The MacPhersons thus carried the day and ever after were placed in the right side of Clan Chatten engagements. Wynd, who survived almost unscathed, was adopted by the MacPherson clan as one of their own. Today the North Inch of Perth is the location of a public park.  Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 69.

X:1

T:Insh of Perth (sic)

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mixolydian.

f | eaca e/e/e g2 | dgBg d/d/d “tr”f2 | dgcg e/e/e “tr”(fe) | dfec A/A/A A :|

|: f | ecAc e/e/e f2 | d/c/B/A/ GB d/d/d “tr”f2 | ecAc e/e/e “tr”(fe) | dfec A/A/A A2 :|

                                   

INCHINDOWN JIG, THE. Scottish, Jir. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by David A. Gordon. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 3, 1988; pg. 16.

                       

INCHMAGRANACHAN. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune appears in a collection by James MacIntosh of Dunkeld called A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, etc. (1930).

X:1

T:Inchmagranachan

C:James MacIntosh, Dunkeld

B:A Collection of Reels, Strathspeys, etc (1930)

Z:Nigel Gatherer

R:Strathspey

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Gm

D|G<G B>d g>agd|f>gfc A<FF>A|G<G B>d g>bag|f>dc>A B<GG:|]

d|g>agd g>agd|f>dc>B A<FF>d|g>agd g>bag|f>dc>A B<GG>d|

g>agd g/^f/g/a/ ba/g/|fadf A<FF>A|(3BAG (3AG^F (3GBd (3gab|\

(3fdc (3cBA BGG|]

                       

INCLE AND YARICO. See “Inkle and Yarico.”

                       


INDEED! THEN YOU SHAN'T/WON'T (Maisead Ni M-Beid Tu). AKA and see "Where Did You Lave Your Britchisheen, Jack?" "No You Don't." Irish; Slide, March or Jig. G Major (Cole, O’Neill): A Major (Levey). Standard. AABB. Bayard (1981) traced the tune back to the traditional use in the West of England from the years 1800‑1925 and states that it seems it first appears in print in Baring‑Gould's Garland Of Country Song (pg. 88). New York researcher, musician and writer Don Meade notes that a lilted version was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Frank Quinn, a singer, button accordion player and fiddler from County Longford. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 79. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 26, pg. 11 (appears as “Indeed and You Shant”). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1818, pg. 341. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 111. White's Unique Collection, No. 37 (appears as "No You Don't").

X:1

T:Indeed! Then You Won’t

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1818

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d | gfe d2B | cBA BAG | Gfe d2B | cAF G2d |

gfe d2B | cBA GBd | gbg d2B | cAF G2 :|

|: G | FGA A2d | cAd cAG | FGA A2d | cAF G2G |

FGA A2d | cAd cAG | gbg d2B | cAF G2 :|

X:2

T:Indeed and You Shant

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(Aaa) e2c | (eBB) (cAA) | (Aaa) (e2c) | dBG A3 :: GBB B2c |

(dBB) (cAA) | GBB (B2c) | dBG A3 :|

                       

INDEPENDENCE TRAIL. Scottish, Slide (12/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser. The tune is paired with his "Galen's Arrival." Culburnie 106D, Alasdair Fraser - "Dawn Dance" (1995). Culburnie CUL110, Abby Newton – “Crossing to Scotland” (1997).

X:1

T:Independence Trail

M:12/8

L:1/8

C:Alasdair Fraser

K:G Major

DEF | "G"G3 GAB "C(Am)"c3‑c2B |"D"ABA "G"G2A B2A G2F |

"C"E3 e3 "G/B"d2 B G2A |"C"B3 BAG "D"A2B c2d |

"C"e3 eg2 "G/B"f2e def |"Em"g3 "D"f2d "C"e6 |

"G"B"d3 dcB "Am"c3 B2c |"G"d2B G2D "C"Ec2 c2B |"D"ABA G2F "G"G3 :|

GBd | "Em"g3 "D"f2d "C"e6 |"D"d3 eg2 "Em"B3 "D"A2G |

"C"EG2 G2F "G/B"G3 G2E |"G"DG2 GAB "D"A3 ABd |"Em"g3 "D"f2d "C"e6 |

"G/B"d3 dcB "Am"c3 B2c |"G"d2B G2D "C"Ec2 c2B |"D"ABA G2F "G"G3 |]

 

INDEPENDENT HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Vendome.” Irish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears as “The Vendome” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (published 1883). Source for notated version: fiddler Mrs. Brigid Kenny (Dublin, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 2, pgs. 1‑2. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 84, pg. 21. BMG 09026 60916-2, Chieftains – “An Irish Evening” (1992). Folktrax FTX 371, Jimmy Hogan & Jimmy Dorrian – “The Bee’s Wing” (originally recorded 1956). RCA 5798-2-RC "James Galway and the Chieftains in Ireland" (1986). Topic TSCD471, Leo Rowsome – “Classics of Irish Piping” (originally recorded in 1948).

X:1

T:The Independent Hornpipe

R:Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

Bc|dgfa (3gab gd|(3efg dc (3Bcd BG|FGAB cedc|Bcde d2Bc|

dgfa (3gab gd|(3efg dc (3Bcd BG|Fedc BAGF|G2A2G2:|

|:AB|(3cdc (3BAG (3FAc (3edc|(3BAB (3Bdg (3bag (3fed|

(3cdc (3BAG (3FAc (3edc|(3Bdg (3bdg (3bag (3fed|

(3e^de (3gfg (3c'ba (3gfe|(3BAB (3Bdg (3bag (3fed|

(3ced (3cBA (3fed (3cBA|(3GBd (3gdB G2:|