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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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JE SUIS ORPHELIN (I'm an Orphan). Cajun, Waltz. USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Related songs, according to Raymond Francois (1990), are Iry LeJeune's "Viens m' Chercher," Dennis McGee's "La Valse a Tante Aleen" and Irene Whitfield's "L'Orphelin." Source for notated version: Dewey Balfa (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; p. 171. Swallow Records SW-LP6019, Dewey Balfa.

                       

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 PARIS. AKA and see “John of Paris,” “Ninety-Five.” English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. Jean de Paris was an opera with music by François Adrien Boieldieu (libretto by C. Benjamin Godard d'Aurour) first staged at the Opéra-Comique, in Paris, on April 4, 1812. The tune is contained in several 19th century musicians manuscripts such as the 19th century Joseph Kershaw manuscript and the William Mackie manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, while Mackie was a Highland and Scottish small-pipes player from Aberdeen whose ms. is from the early 19th century. The tune is a popular morris dance tune under the title “Ninety-Five.” The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 52.

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 ABERDEEN.  English, Quickstep (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. 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; p. 9.

 

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.

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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."

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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 Sarnia, southwestern Ontario, fiddler John(ny) Durocher (1934-1989), in honor of his wife. John was born the youngest of sixteen children, to a modest family of few resources. He quit school in his young teens to help make family ends meet and remained a factory worker for most of his life, not even possessing a drivers license. John came to fiddling when he found a broken fiddle in the trash one day and asked the owner for permission to retrieve it; with some repair work he had his first instrument. A few lessons from a local teacher (which served to teach him how to read and write music), were all the formal music education John received. He was a prolific composer of fiddle tunes, however, and named them for sports and current events, family and friends and topics of his day, explains Ritchie. Durocher’s music was picked up by radio fiddler Don Messer, who included many of his tunes in his broadcasts and printed collections, helping Durocher to become quite influential in the Ontario scene for his compositions. [See Ron Ritchie, “John Durocher: A Gifted Composer,” Fiddler Magazine, vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2005; pgs. 25-27.]

 

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. Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, “John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1941-1942, vol. 1” (1993). Yodel-Ay-Hee 003, “Dirk Powell and John Hermann” (1992).

                       

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").

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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:

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A rippety shit and away she went

Her ass stuck out like a Canada cent

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”).

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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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