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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
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KEABOG. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 91.
X:1
T:Keabog
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey\
N:”Slowly”
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c<ff>g ({f/g/}a>)f f2 |
{^d}[e2e2] B>e G>B E>e | c<f({a/f/^e/}f>)g |
({f/g/}a>)gf>d | .c/.B/.A .G/.F/.^E F2 FG :|
{G}[A2A2] E>D C<E A>f |
e>A f>A G<B({c/B/^A/}B>)g | ({g}a2) e>d (c/d/e) A>G | F>A
G/A/B ({G}A2) AG |
{G}[A2A2] E>D C<E A>f |
e>A f>A G<B~B>g | a/g/a e/f/g (3aed (3cBA | (3GFE (3dcB ({G}A2)A z
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KEACH I' THE CREEL, THE. English, Air (2/4 time).
***
A fair young May went up the street,
Some white fish for to buy,
And a bonny clerk's fa'n in luve wi' her,
An' he's followed her by and by.
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 82‑84.
X:1
T:Keach I’ the Creel, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Bruce
& Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy
(1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(D/E/)|Fd cd|BA AA|Fd cd|B3 D/E/|F/F/d cd|BB/A/ FD/E/|
F/F/D
B,C|D>E F>E|F/F/D B,C|D3||
KEADUE POLKA. AKA and see “John Ryan’s
Polka,” “Sean Ryan’s Polka.” Irish,
Polka. Keadue is in north Co. Roscommon and is called Ce/ideadh in Irish
Gaelic. The village lies about a mile from Kilronan cemetery in which is buried
the remains of the great Irish harper O Carolan (1670-1738). “Sean Ryan’s
Polka” was coined “Keadue Polka” on Josie McDermott’s recording “Darby’s
Farewell” and, as Josie had no name for it, the melody was called by the name
of the nearby village.
X:1
T:Keadue Polka
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:polka
K:D
|d2d2 BcdB | A2F2 A2F2 | d2d2 BcdB | A2F2 E2D2 |
d2d2 BcdB | A2F2 A2 de | f2d2 e2c2 | d4 d4:|
|f2d2 d2 ef | g2f2 e2 de| f2d2 a2d2 | fedf abag | f2d2 d2 ef |
g2f2 e2 de | f2d2 e2c2 | d4 d4 :|
KEADY PIPER. AKA and see “Bonny Bunch
of Ferns.”
KEAN O'HARA [1]. AKA and see "O'Hara's Cup"
(Cupan Ui hEaghra). Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). C Major (Complete Collection...):
D Major (Joyce). Standard. One part. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. "The
Irish words of this song, composed by Carolan in honour of his friend Kean
O'Hara of Nymphsfield, Co. Sligo, will be found in Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy,
Vol. I., p. 64; and in Edward Walsh's Irish Popular Songs, p. 70" (Joyce).
Source for notated version: partly from John Windele, "the distinguished
X:1
T:Kean O’Hara [1]
T:O’Hara’s Cup
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Songs (1909), No. 675
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F>E | D2F2A2 | BAGFED | D2d2 de |
d4 dB | A2B2d2 | e2d2 ef | fedcBA | B4 (3ABc |
d2 c2 dc | B3 cdB | AFDFAF | E4 FA |
BcdBAF | BAGFED | E2D2 D>E |
D4 (3ABc | dfedcB | cedcBA | BcdBAF
| E4 FA | BceBAF | BAGFED | E2D2 D>E | D4 ||
KEAN O'HARA [2]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). A Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by
Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection
of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No.131, pg. 94.
KEAN O'HARA [3]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. The tune is
attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), thought Donal
O’Sullivan, in his definitive work on the bard could find no incontrovertable
evidence of its origin. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 132, pg. 94.
KEBBLEWORTH HALL. English, Minuet (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. A modern
composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 208.
KEEFE'S (SLIDE). Irish, Slide (12/8 time). C Major. Standard. AABB.
KEEGAN’S. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. The title refers perhaps to
button accordion player Kevin Keegan, of
KEEGAN’S WALTZ. Irish, Waltz. The tune is from the playing of
KEEL CRANKE. AKA and see "Killicrankie."
KEEL ROW, THE. AKA and see "The Boatie Rows," "Drops of
Brandy," “Johnny When
You Die [2],” "Lake St.
Jean Gallope,” "Michael's Reel,"
"Smiling Polly," "Twin Sisters [4]." English, Irish,
Scottish, American; Air, Reel,
***
As I cam thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate;
As I cam thro' Sandgate I heard a lassie sing:
Weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row;
Weel may the keel row that my laddie's (truelove's) in.
Weel may the keel row, &c. (Stokoe)
***
Emmerson (1971) believes the tune to
have been composed on and for the Northumbrian smallpipes, and Shield's famous
variations on "Keel Row," composed for the instrument, are given by
Hall & Stafford.
***
Bayard (1981) dates the tune from
the 18th century, while Chappell (1859) finds the earliest form of it in
Thompson's 200 Country Dances of 1765
where it appears as "Smiling Polly," though Kidson (1890) believes
the earliest form of the tune to be "Yorkshire
Lad," found in Johnson's Country
Dances of 1748. Bayard concludes the identifying musical characteristic
centers around one (first) strain which typically occurs in most variants, but
the second strain not infrequently differs. Kidson earlier appears to have come
to the same conclusion for he gives four settings of the tune from the mid-18th
century, all different in the 'B' part (i.e. "Yorkshire Lad,"
"Smiling Polly," "Dumb
Glutton" "Well May
the Keel Row"--he also notes other tunes could well have been included
in this comparison such as "Shamboy
Breeches" and "Charlie
is at Edinburgh"). This perhaps goes to explaining Cunningham's
insistence that an "imperfect" version had been collected by Cromek‑‑it
was probably no less worthy, only a different strain. Bayard collected a
version from
***
Chris Bartram (
***
The cat caught the measles, the measles, the measles,
The cat caught the measles, the measles caught the cat.
***
In the
***
Anne Lederman, in her article on “Fiddling”
in the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada
(1992), remarks that the “Keel Row” was the vehicle for the Broom Dance,
popular in the 18th and 19th century Canadian fur-trade.
***
Sources for notated versions: Hirman
Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources (Keyword
Search for “Keel Row”) Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Keel Row
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e/d/|cA A/A/A d2 Bd|c2 A>c BGEe|cA A/A/A d2 B>d|cABG A2A:|
|:ceea f2 (ed|cAAc BGEe|1 ceea f2 (e>d|cABG A2a:|2 ce e(f/g/ aefd|
cABG A2A||
X:2
T:Keel Row, The
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
c|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B2 G>B|(AF) Dc|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B>G A>F|G3||
z|(B>d d>g|e2 d>c|B2 G>B|(AF) D2|(B>d) d>g|e2 d>c|(B>G) A>F|G3||
c|B2
G>B|c2 A>c|B2 G>B|(AF) D2|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|(B>G) A>F|G3||
KEELAGHAN’S MANTA. Irish, Reel. F Major. Standard.
AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist
Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south
KEELE CRANKE. Scottish. Perhaps "Killiecrankie"
or "Kilicrankie." Appears in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of
Scottish dance music.
KEELMAN, THE. English.
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d(3c/B/A/G d2g|d(3c/B/A/G d2g|ecA gcA|ecA efg|dBG GAB|
Bge dBG|A/B/c/B/A B/c/d/c/B|e2d efg:|
|:ddg ddg|ddg dcB|eea eea|eea edc|ddg ddg|Gge dBG|
A/B/c/B/A B/c/d/c/B|e2d efg:|
|:d/B/GG G/B/GG|d/B/GG G/B/GG|e/c/AA A/c/AA|c/A/AA A/c/AA|
dBG
GAB|Bge dBG|AcA BdB|e2 d efg:|
KEELMAN'S PETITION, THE. English, Reel.
KEELUM KALLUM TAA FAIN. AKA and see "Gillie Callum."
Scottish. The melody appears earliest in Robert
Bremner's 1757 2nd collection (pg. 108), according to John Glen (1891).
KEENY. AKA and see "Frank Keeney."
KEEP A GOOD TONGUE IN
YOUR HEAD. AKA and see "The Merry, Merry Milkmaids,"
"The Milkmaid's Dumps."
KEEP AWAY FROM THE
FEDERALS. Old‑Time. The title appears
in a list of traditional
KEEP IT UP (As a thoiseach). Scottish, Pipe Reel. E Dorian. Standard. AB
(Fraser): AAB (Hardie). The tune is subtitled “Be Off, Mackintosh!” The piece
is played un-slurred, with a distinct bow stroke for each note. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Keep it up
T:As a thoiseach
M:C
L:1/8
R:Pipe Reel
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
^c|dEBE dEB^c|dEBE FDD^c|dEBE GBeB|^cAdA FDDc|
dEBE dEB^c|dEBE FDD^c|dEBE GBeB|^cAcA FDD||f|
gebe geef|gebe fddf|gebe gefd|^cAdA FDDf|gebe beef|gebe fddf|
ebgb
faeg|f^cdA FDD||
KEEP OFF THE GRASS. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
KEEP THE ARK/ART A
MOVIN'. AKA and see "The Old Ark's A-Movin."
KEEP THE COUNTRY BONNIE/BONNY LASSIE/LASS. Scottish; Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AB (McGlashan): AAB (Athole, Gow, Honeyman, Kerr): AABB (Bremner, Vickers): AABB'(Skye). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. There is a Scottish country dance of the same title which was once danced in parts of Ettrick (taught by a country dance master named James Laidlaw), though Flett & Flett believe it never attained much popularity under the title (or danced to this this tune). The same figures were danced to "Duke of Perth" ("Brown's Reel") and "Pease Strae," called by the names of those tunes, and appeared to be much more widespread in the 19th century. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 32. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 487. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 25. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 12, pg. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 25. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels), c. 1786; pg. 41. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 24. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 447.
X:1
T:Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f|eAcA Bcdf|eAcA eAcA|dfce Bcdf|ecac e2e:|
g|aece Bcdf|aece aece|aece Bcdf|ecac e2 eg|aece Bcdf|
aece aece|dfce Bcdf|ecac e2e||
X:2
T:Keep the Country Bonny Lassie
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels c. 1757
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e | A/A/A “tr”(cA) B>cdf | A/A/A “tr”(cA) eA”tr”cA | dfce B>cdf | ecaf “tr”e2A :|
|: g | (a/g/f/e/) ce B>cdg | (a/g/f/e/) ce (a/g/f/e/) ce | dfca B>cdf | (e/f/g a)f “tr”e2A :|
X:3
T:Keep
the Countrey bonny Lassie
C:R.
Petrie
S:Petrie's
Second Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c.
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's
Second Collection, page 12
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
K:A
f|AA/A/
(cA) Bcdf| AA/A/ (cA) eAcA | dfce Bcdf|ecac e2 :|
g|(a/g/f/e/
cA) Bcdf|(a/g/f/e/ c)e (a/g/f/e/ c)e|(a/g/f/e/ cA) Bcdf|ecac e2 (Ag)|
(a/g/f/e/
cA) Bcdf|(a/g/f/e/ c)e (a/g/f/e/ c)e|(a/g/f/e/ c)A Bcdf|ecac e2A |]
KEEP YE WHIGS IN ORDER. Northumbrian. One of the "missing tunes" from William
Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
KEEP YOUR COUNTRY
BONNIE LASSES. AKA and see "Irish Jig"
(Shetland), "Niel Gow" (Strathspey).
Shetland, Mainland district. The title is virtually the same as "Keep the Country Bonnie Lassie."
KEEP YOUR FEET JOHNNY.
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Levey (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Keep Your Feet Johnny
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Levey – Dance Music
of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | AGF (A2D) | DED FED | AGF (A2D) | A3d3 | AGF (A2D) | DED AGF |
EFE (E2F) | G3B3 :| ABc (d2F) | AGF (d2F) | ABc dAF | B3d3 | ABc ded |
cBA (d2A) | Bcd EGE | G3B3 | ABc d2F | AGF (d2F) | ABc dAF | B3d3 |
faf
gec | fdB AFD | EFE E2F | G3B3 ||
KEEP YOUR FEET OUT OF
THE SAND. Old‑Time, Breakdown. A
Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB'. Source for notated version: James Smalley
(fiddler and fifer from Westmoreland County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 51, pg.
37.
KEEP YOUR WIFE AT HOME. AKA and see “Bob and Joan,” “Fill the Bumper Fair,” “Love and Whiskey,” “Stoneybatter [1].”
KEEPER HILL (Cnoc Ceupeir/Coimeaduide). Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). “Keeper Hill,” is the
translation of the Irish Slieve Kimalta.
Keeper Hill, near Nenagh, is the highest mountain in the Silvermines area of
County Tipperary, and the most northerly and most westerly summit in the range.
See note for the related “George Booker
[1].” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 147. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1481, pg. 274. O'Neill (Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986;
No. 709, pg. 125
X:1
T:Keeper Hill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A,2 A,C EDEF|ABAc BABc|A,2 AC
EDEF|ABcA BAFA|A,2 A,C EDEF|
ABAc BABc|defd cdec|BABc BAFA||cAae
cAae|cAag fedc|dBbf dBbf|
dBbf gfed|cAae cAae|cAag fedc|defg
agae|dBcA BAFA||
KEEPER HILL MARCH. AKA and see “Larkin’s Advance.”
KEEPSAKE, THE (An Cuimneacan). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "gracefully").
G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 575, pg. 101.
X:1
T:Keepsake, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Gracefully”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/|ded dec|dge dBG|ceg edB|{c}BAA
A2 B/c/|ded dec|dge dBG|gBe dBG|{B}AGG G2:|
|:d|g>ag gfg|afd d2 e/f/|g>ab
bag|afd d2 e/f/|gag fgf|efe d2 e/f/|gBe dBG|{B}AGG G2:|
KEIKING GLASSE, THE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard
tuning. ABB. Carlin (Master Collection),
1984; No. 130, pg. 81.
KEITHMORE. Scottish, Strathspey or Pastoral Air. E Flat Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833). The
Mains of Keithmore, Glen Fiddich, was the name of a farm of Duke of Gordon,
which Marshall lived in and ran after he left the Duke’s employ as Steward of
the Household in 1792. Moyra Cowie (1999) finds that little remains of the farm
at Keithmore today. Keithmore was originally a wadset, or mortgaged land,
received by Alexander Duff from the Marquis of Huntly around 1640. “In 1680,”
says Cowie, “Alexander Duff and his wife
built the fortified house of Keithmore ‘to with stand cannon’ and it was into
this old house that
X:1
T:Keithmore
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey or Pastoral Air
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
[G,E]>GBG Bc ~G2|E>GBG Be
GE|~E>GBG B/c/d/e/ ~G2|C<F F>G A/G/F/E/ E/D/C/B,/|
~E>GBG Bc ~G2|E>GBG
BeGE|~E>GBG B/c/d/e/ ~G2|C<F F>G A/G/F/E/ E/D/C/B,/||E/F/G/A/ B/c/d/e/
e/d/c/B/ e2|G/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ bgeB|
G/B/c/d/ e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/ ~EG|FC
~F>E DB,CD|E/F/G/A? B/c/d/e/ e/d/c/B/ e2|
G/B/c/d/ e/f/g/a/ bgeB|A,c cA, G,B
BG,|C<F F>G A/G/F/E/ E/D/C/B,/||
KELLER'S WALTZ. AKA and see "Brown Kelly
Waltz," "Kelly Waltz," "Kellytown Waltz." Old‑Time, Waltz.
KELLOGG'S QUICKSTEP. AKA and see "Ed
Kellogg's Quickstep." American, March (2/4 time).
KELLY (HORNPIPE), THE. Irish, Hornpipe. Source for notated version:
concertina player Chris Droney [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from
KELLY SCHOTTISCHE. Old‑Time, Schottische.
KELLY THE BOY FROM
KILANE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major.
Standard. AABB. John Moulden identifies this song as written by a Dublin City
Councillor and
***
What's the news, what's the news, my bold Shelmalier
with your long barrell'd gun of the sea,
Say, what wind from the sun blows his messenger here,
with a hymn of the dawn for the free;
Goodly news, goodly news do I bring your of
goodly news you shall hear Bargy men,
For the boys march at dawn from the south to the north,