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JE SUIS ORPHELIN (I'm an Orphan). Cajun, Waltz.
JE VEUX M'MARIER. Cajun, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Greenblatt (Cajun Fiddle Book), 1985; p. 22.
JEAN BOREAU.
French-Canadian. In the repertoire of fiddler Louis Beaudoin
(1921-1980, Burlington, Vt.). A-L 001, Lisa Ornstein
& André Marchand – “One Fine Summer’s Day/Par un beau Samedi d’ été” (2009.
Learned from Louis Beaudoin).
JEAN DE
X:1
T:Jean de Paris Quadrille
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Mackie manuscript
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G|
D2|G2B BAB|d2B BAB|c2e g2e|d2B BAB|
c2A AGA|B2G GFG|Eed cBA|B2G G2:|
|:B|d2c Bcd|e2f g2a|b2a gfe|d2B Bcd|
e2e ecA|d2d dBG|c2A B2G|ABG FED:||
JEAN KIRKPATRICK'S
FANCY. Scottish, Reel. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑
"Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1978).
JEAN LaTIPPE. AKA – “Jean LaFit.” Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning
(fiddle). AABB. Source for notated versions: Vivian Williams (Seattle)
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 122. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the
Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 21.
JEAN LINDAY'S PORT. Scottish, Harp Tune. The tune appears in Gordon of Straloch's Lute Book of 1627. See notation for
"Port..." for an explanation of the form. Flying
Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol.
2."
JEAN OF
JEANETTE (MACDONALD)
BEATON'S JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton.
F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Composed by Cape Breton piano player
and accompanist Margaret MacPhee (b. 1913, Broad Cove Banks, Inverness County).
Cook (Night in the Kitchen Collection),
1996; p. 40.
JEANNIE AINSLIE'S
SHOETAPPER. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by Nigel Gatherer. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg.
21.
JEAN(N)IE CHOCK/SHOKE (Shocked) DA BAIRN.
AKA and see "Da Bride's
Welcome Hame." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst and North
Mainland districts. G Major/A Dorian. Standard tuning. One part (Bain): AABB
(Anderson). Traditional, but origin of title is unknown. Source for notated
version: from the playing of "the late" Henry Thomson (Vidlin,
Shetland, who moved to Ollaberry) [Anderson]; the late Tom Anderson (Lerwick,
Shetland) [Flett & Flett]. Anderson (Ringing
Strings), 1983; pg. 41. Bain (50
Fiddle Solos), 1989; pg. 39. Flett & Flett, 1964; pg. 219 (appears as
"Jeannie Shock da Bairn"). Front Hall 018,
How To Change a Flat Tire ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland and
Shetland" (learned from Tom Anderson. Mistitled as "Jeannie Choke da
Bairn"). Topic 12TS379, Aly Bain & Tom Anderson ‑ "Shetland
Folk Fiddling, Vol. 2" (1978).
JEANNIE MAUCHLINE.
Scottish, Pipe March (6/8 time). Composed by Pipe Major William Bryson. Bryson
was a pipe teacher in Edinburgh, and a pipe maker for the Edinburgh firm of
Hugh MacPherson Ltd. in the mid-20th century. He was also a prolific
composer of music for the instrument. Wildcat Records
WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008. Learned from accordion player
Sandy Brechin).
JEANIE'S BLACK E'E. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard. AB. The words to the
song were written by Hector MacNeill (1746‑1818), a composer of verse
(remembered for his songs) who was born in Edinburgh. He had a career in the navy, becoming an
assistant secretary to two admirals, and lived much of his life in the west
indies on the islands of Guadaloupe, Grenada and Jamaica before returning to
the city of his birth in 1800.
***
The sun raise sae rosy, the grey hills adorning;
Light sprang the laverock and mounted sae hie;
When true to the tryst o' blythe May's dewy morning,
My Jeanie cam' linking out owree the green lea.
To mark her impatience I crap 'mang the brakens;
Aft, aft to the kent gate she turned her black e'e;
Then lying down dowylie, sigh'd by the willow tree,
"I am asleep, don not waken me."
***
Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 36, pg. 47.
JEANIE'S BLUE E'EN. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Part of the tune also
appears in the second strain of "Landlord Fill the Flowing
Bowl." Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 4; No. 244, pg. 27.
X:1
T:Jeani’e Blue E’en
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 244
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dcd AFA|dcd e2g|fed agf|efd c2A|dcd
AFA|dcd e2g|
fed Adc|(d3 d2)A::f2f fef|g2g g3|e2e
ede|f2f f3|
d2d dcd|e2 e efg|fed Adc|(d3 d2)A:|
JEANIE'S DOLL IS
DRESSED AGAIN. Scottish, Strathspey or Schottische.
F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler and composer
James Scott Skinner (1843-1927). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 146.
X:1
T:Jeanie’s Doll is Dressed Again
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey or Schottische
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
B|A<c c>B A<F F2|B<d
d>c B<G G2|A<c c>B A<F F>A|G<E C>E F2F:|
b|a/b/c’ d’/c’/=b
(c’>f)f>f|(e/f/g a/g/^f g>cc>b|a/b/c’ d’/c’/=b c’>fa>f|
g<e c>e f2 f>b|a/b/c’
d’/c’/=b c’>ff>f|e/f/g b/g/^f g>cc>b|a/b/c’ b/a/g (3d’c’b (3agf|
(3edc (3BAG (F2 F)||
JEANNIE’S JIG. Canadian, Jig. Composed by
JEAN’S FANCY STEPS. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia). Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s),
1994; No. 81, pg. 29. Brenda Stubbert’s - “House Sessions”
(1992).
JEAN'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. F Major (transposed to G Major by Natalie MacMaster).
Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Scottish accordion player and bandleader
Bobby MacLeod, of Tobermory, Mull, one of his best-known tunes. Martin & Hughes
(Ho-re-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 7. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster -
"Fit as a Fiddle" (1993. Learned from Sharon Shannon). Green Linnet
SIF‑104, John & Phil Cunningham ‑ "The Celts Rise
Again" (1990). Green Linnet SIF‑3036, John & Phil Cunningham ‑
"Silly Wizard: Live in America" (1986). Philo 1153, Sharon Shannon -
“Sharon Shannon.” Phil Cunningham (et al) – “The Big Squeeze.”
X:1
T:Jean’s Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Bobby MacLeod
K:F
(3DEF|:G3A BGBd|gB (3BBB eBdB|A3B
AGEG|AcBA GEDE|!
G2 GA BGBd|gabg abge|d2 Bd
gedB|1AGFA G2 EF:|2AGFA G2 Bd||!
gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga
baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|1AGFA G2 Bd|AGFA G3A||!
BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2
(3DDD ADFA|dD^cD =cAFA|!
BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA dD^cD|cAFA
G3A|!
BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2
(3DDD A,2 (3DDD|d2 (3DDD c2 (3DDD|!
BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA
dD^cD|cAFA G2 Bd||!
gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga
baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|AGFA G2 Bd|!
gBdg _Bdg=B|dg_Bd g=Bdg|fdda fdaf|gfga
baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|AGFA G2||!
X:2
T:Jean's Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Bobby MacLeod
S:As Played By Natalie MacMaster
R:Reel
K:G
(3DEF|:G3A BGBd|gB (3BBB eBdB|A3B
AGEG|AcBA GEDE|!
G2 GA BGBd|gabg abge|d2 Bd gedB|1AGFA
G2 EF:|2AGFA G2 Bd||!
gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga
baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|1AGFA G2 Bd:|2AGFA G3A||!
BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2
(3DDD ADFA|dD^cD =cAFA|!
BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA
dD^cD|cAFA G3A|!
BD (3DDD EDB,D|(3DDD B2 (3DDD B2|A2
(3DDD A,2 (3DDD|d2 (3DDD c2 (3DDD|!
BDGB (3DDD B2|GBDG BDGB|ADFA
dD^cD|cAFA G2 Bd||!
gBdg BBgB|dgBd gBdg|fdda fdaf|gfga
baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|AGFA G2 Bd|!
gBdg _Bdg=B|dg_Bd g=Bdg|fdda
fdaf|gfga baga|!
(3bag gf gfe^d|efgf edBd|d2 Bd
gedB|AGFA G2||!
JEAN’S (WALTZ). English(?), Waltz. A Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s
Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 136, pg. 34.
JEFF CITY. See “Jefferson
City.”
JEFF DAVIS [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. ABBBBIn the
repertoire of Bert Layne (Ga.) of the Skillet Lickers. The title refers no
doubt to the only President of the Confederate states, Jefferson Davis. Source
for notated version: Blaine Smith [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 123. Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine as Frog
Hair" (1995).
JEFF DAVIS [2]. Old‑Time. Composed by Georgia guitarist Norman Blake. Kicking Mule KM‑327, "Scartaglen" (1984).
JEFF DAVIS BLUES. Old‑Time. Recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist‑folklorist
Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's.
JEFF STURGEON. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. AEae tuning.
ABCC. Known as a Kentucky tune. The tune sounds double-tonic (i.e. moving from
an ‘A’ Major chord to a ‘G’ Major chord, yet Salyer’s accompanist consistently
played an ‘E’ Major chord in place of the ‘G’; many old-time musicians prefer
that slightly discordant sound. Salyer learned the tune from Bob Johnson of
Johnson County, Kentucky, but (according to Bruce Greene) the tune was named
for the fiddler who taught Johnson to play. Jeff Titon (2001) the tune is a
‘rare local tune’, whose only source was Salyer. Source for notated version:
John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Music), 2001;
No. 73, pg. 102.
JEFFERSON AND LIBERTY. AKA and see "The Gobby‑O."
New England, Jig A Minor. Standard
tuning. One part (Buarchenal): AABB (Miller & Perron, Welling). The melody
is “The Gobby O,” an English song used as a campaign song for Thomas Jefferson,
and thence its title. “Jefferson and Liberty” was published under that name in
Howe's Musician's Companion, Part 2
(1843). Paul F. Wells reports that the poem was written by
ornithologist/painter Alexander Wilson, who originally intended it to be sung
to the Scots tune "Willie was a Wanton Wag" (which sometimes appears
in early 19th century American tune books as "Constitution March").
***
Jefferson began his first term as
president in 1801, though Wilson did not publish his song until 1804. Paul
Gifford remarks that Edgerton, Michigan, hammered dulcimer player Chet Parker
(1891‑1975), played the tune in A minor on his dulcimer at a local gig
about 1969. When Gifford asked him the name of the tune Parker replied there
were
two names, of which he could only
remember one, "The Old Lady, She Shit in the Haymow,” and said it was a
song the Civil War soldiers sang:
**
A rippety shit and away she went
With every jump she took, she spent
The old lady, she shit in the haymow.
(These lyrics have also been set to
“The Raw Recruit”).
***
Welling's version has both 'A' and
'B' parts with 9/8 measures interposed in the regular 6/8 measures. Burchenal
prints a New England contra dance of the same title with the tune. Burchenal (American Country Dances, Vol. 1), 1918;
pg. 29. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol.
1; pg. 33. Miller & Perron (New
England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 12. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg 18. Welling (Hartford Tune Book), 1976; pg. 9. North
Star NS0038, "The Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge
Village."
X:1
T:Jefferson and Liberty
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Amin
|:B|c2A A^GA|E2A ABc|B2G GBc|dBG GAB|c2A A^GA|E2A A2e|edc BAB|E2A A2:|
|:c|A2B
c2d|e2f g3|e2f g2e|dBG G2E|A2B c2d|efg a3|edc BAB|cAA A2:|
JEFFERSON CITY. AKA – “Bill Caton’s Hornpipe, “Bill Katon’s Tune,” “Jeff City,” “Old
Jeff City.” AKA and see “Caton’s Hornpipe.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri.
G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Beisswenger & McCann): AA'BB' (Phillips).
The tune is associated with African-American fiddler Bill Caton (sometimes
Katon), from around Tebbetts, south Calloway County, Missouri, born in the 19th
century. The capital of Missouri, Jefferson City, is south, across the Missouri
River, from Caton’s area. Missouri fiddler Howard Marshall writes: “Mr. Katon was well-known in central Missouri
and frequently played dances throughout the area, played over live radio
programs, and played for both white and black people's dances…Mr. Katon's name
was spelled with a "C" and also with a "K." I have been
told he preferred "K." He is buried in the old Tebbetts community
cemetery high on a river hill north of Tebbetts in Callaway County MO.” “Jefferson City” (also called “Old Jeff City” and “Jeff City” by Caton) appears in R.P.
Christeson’s Old-Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1 (1973), as an un-named
hornpipe. Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden calls it “Bill Caton’s Hornpipe” and
it is on his list of ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’. Iowa fiddler Dwight
Lamb also played the tune, but Theodosia, Missouri, fiddler Alton Jones (who
can be heard on Rounder 0437) played a somewhat distanced version from that
usually heard. Mr. Marshall also remarks: “…It's a square dance tune. The fine part of the tune is striking, as it
needs some pretty keen and specific bowing that in a manner that is rarely
heard. I learned the tune from the late Jimmy Gilmore of Jefferson City MO and
Pete McMahan of Columbia Mo., both of whom were fans of Bill Katon's
music. Lyman Enloe and all the other top fiddlers in central Missouri
play (played) this tune.” Mark Wilson posits a possible connection with “Hog House Rag” (as played by Vesta
Johnson), and Drew Beisswenger (2008) also finds resemblance to the Kessinger
brothers’ “Wild Goose Chase.” Sources for notated versions: Jere
Canote [Phillips]; Alton Jones (1918-2002, Theodosia, Missouri) [Beisswenger
& McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg.
82. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 123. Rounder 0437, Alton
Jones – “Traditional Fiddle Music of
the Ozarks, vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties” (2000. Various artists.
Appears as “Jeff City”). University of Missouri (cassette), Charlie Walden –
“Now That’s a Good Tune” (1989. Appears as “Bill Caton’s Reel”).
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
JEFFREY GRAHAM'S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the popular Troy, Cape Breton, fiddler and step dancer Natalie MacMaster (b. 1972), grandneice of master fiddler Buddy MacMaster. Cook (The Night in the Kitchen Collection), 1986; pg. 26.
JEFF’S TUNE. Canadian, Reel. Composed by Emile Benoit. Atlantica
Music 02 77657 50222 26, Emile Benoit - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994).
JELLY JIG. AKA and see "Roaring Jelly,"
"Smash the Windows [1]."
American (originally Irish), Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg.
84.
JEM THE MILLER. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "Not so fast
as a jig. This beautiful tune has a strong smack of Carolan at his best; though
I do not think it was composed by him" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 163, pgs. 82‑83.
X:1
T:Jem the Miller
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Gracefully: time well marked”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Song (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A/F/|DDE FED|dde fed|cdc
cAF|E/D/C/D/E/F/ GFE|DDE FED|dde ff/e/f/g/|
afd cAG|{E/F/}EDD D2||d/e/|fga
ge(3c/d/e/|fed cAc|d/e/fg ecA|AGF EDC|
D2d d/c/d/e/f/g/|afd
g/e/c/d/e/g/|fg/f/e/d/ cAG|{E/F/}EDD D2||
JEMMA LOUISE GRANT. Scottish, Reel. A Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Scottish button accordion player Sandy
Coghill, a cofounder of the Wallochmore Ceilidh Band. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 177, pg.
111. Lapwing Records LAP 103, Sandy Coghill – “Out the
Box” (1990).
JEMMY AND NANCY. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for
notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler of Ballinamore, Co.
Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk
Music and Song), 1909; No. 619, pgs. 317‑318.
JEMMY DANG THE WEAVER. AKA and see "Jenny
Danged the Weaver."
JEMMY MY LOVE (A Cheumais a ghradh). Irish, Air (6/8 time). G
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne,
professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909;
No. 605, pg. 313.
JEMMY, MY THOUSAND
TREASURES ("Jemmy Mo Veela
Sthore" or "Drahaareen Mo Vella Sthore). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tender
and sad"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. "The air of this song‑‑a
lovely tender simple melody‑‑was published for the first time by me
in my Ancient Irish Music. It is well known all over Munster, where it is also
called Drahaareen Mo Veela Sthore may be seen in my Irish Music and Song. The
English words given below, with the Music, are a free translation, which I have
known all my life, and of which I have also copies on pprinted ballad‑sheets"
(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Song), 1909; No. 402, pg. 212.
JEMMY THE GOM. AKA and see "Happy to Meet {and Sorry
to Part}," "Sorry to Part,"
"The Wake Jig," "My Love in the Morning,"
"You'll go a hunting no
more."
JEMMY’S FANCY. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4
time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London
publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection.
Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol.
1), 1757; No. 26.
X:1
T:Jemmy’s Fancy
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e A2 B|c/B/c/d/ ed|c A2 B|c/B/c/d ed|c A2 (^d|d)(ff)a|gf/e/ B^d|e4:|
|:e c2 B|A=g f2|d B2 A|Gf e2|(3cBA (3dcB|(3edc (3fed|(3cea
(3cdB|A4:||
JENKIN'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Good for the
Tongue,” “Na Cois Ceimeanna,” “The Stepping Stones [1],” “The Stoney/Stony Steps,” "Washington Hornpipe." Scottish,
Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Athole): AABB' (Phillips}. Early
recordings of the tune under this title are by Peter Wyper (1912) and Jim
McHardy (1940's). See also the related "White Fish in the Rapids."
Source for notated version: Skip Gorman [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
2, 1995; pg. 203.
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