The Fiddler’s Companion

The Fiddler’s Companion

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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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LÁNA ROSEMARY. AKA and see "Rosemary Lane."

LAN BEODA. AKA and see "All Alive."

LANACHREE & MADRUM. Scottish. Shanachie‑79017, John & Phil Cunningham ‑ "Against the Storm" (1980).

LANAMACREE. AKA and see “Leanbh Mo Chroi.”

LANAMUIN NUAD, AN. AKA and see "The New Married Couple."

LANCASHIRE CAROL. English, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AABB. Composed by Dave Roberts.

X:1
T:A Lancashire Carol
C:Dave Roberts
Z:Anahata (anahata@treewind.co.uk)
M:3/4

LANCASHIRE CLOG DANCE, A. English, Hornpipe or Clog. North‑West England. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 62.

LANCASHIRE HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "College Hornpipe," known familiarly as the "Sailor's Hornpipe [1]." The Lancashire Hornpipe was a step-dance known throughout Britain in the 19th century.

LANCASHIRE HORNPIPE [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Published before 1730. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 11.

LANCASHIRE HORNPIPE [3]. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 12.

LANCASHIRE WITCHES, THE. AKA and see “Winchester Wedding [2].” English, ‘Old’ Hornpipe (9/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 14.

LANCASTER AND MANCHESTER HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Alston Hornpipe.”

LANCASTER HORNPIPE [1]. English, Hornpipe. North‑West England. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The name Lancaster is derived from the Roman occupation of England, with ‘–caster’ stemming from the Latin word castra (in Old English, ceaster) and the first part of the word referring to the river Lune; thus Lancaster is the ‘settlement on the Lune’. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 41.

LANCASTER HORNPIPE [2]. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (3/2). The melody, in the old hornpipe metre, appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodleian Library, Oxford), inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740." The old hornpipe metre survived particularly in the English midland counties, especially Lancashire.

LANCASTER LASSES. English, Slow Air (6/8 time). North‑West England. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The name Lancaster is derived from the Roman occupation of England, with ‘–caster’ stemming from the Latin word castra (in Old English, ceaster) and the first part of the word referring to the river Lune; thus Lancaster is the ‘settlement on the Lune’. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 17.

LANCE DES BELAIR. Cajun. Morning Star 45002, "The Early Recordings of Dennis McGee (La.) 1929‑1930."

LANCERS. A dance form derived from the French regiments d’Lancier, which disseminated from military tradition to popular culture in the early 19th century. The dance did not arrive to the Shetland Isle of Whalsay until about 1907--its arrival "more or less coincided with the building of the first hall on the island" (Flett & Flett, 1964).

LANCERS [1], THE (Cuadraill Na Lancers). AKA – “The Lancers Quadrille.” Scottish, Irish; Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This tune is actually a portion of the same set as Trim's "Les Graces" in the "Lancers Quadrilles." Editor Jackie Small (CRÉ V) says the tune is popular in County Donegal—it is included in the polka section. The Lancers Set in Ireland derived from the Lancers Quadrille, a ball room dance popularized on the Continent in Napoleonic times. In Ireland, the figures were originally danced to polkas, but nowadays the vehicles are more commonly reels. The first figure of the Clare Lancers set can be seen in John Huston’s modern cinematic version of James Joyce’s The Dead (c.1990). Descriptions of the dance can be found in Irish Dancing (Collins Pocket Reference, pg. 108 ff.), Toss the Feathers (Pat Murphy, pg. 90 ff) and Set Dances of Ireland (Larry Lynch, pg. 57 ff). Source for notated version: a music manuscript written by Dan Sheahan (County Kerry), probably copied from a printed source, Small believes [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 105, pg. 52. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 385, pg. 42. Gael Linn CEFCD 103, Frankie Gavin – “Croch Suas E/Up and Away” (appears as “McLaughlin’s Flings,” probably a reference to Donegal-trained fiddler Dermot McLaughlin, says Small).

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T:Lancers, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 395 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

a/^g/a/b/ a/=g/f/e/ | dd d/c/d/e/ | ff e/d/e/f/ | dfd :|

A/G/F/G/ A/B/c/d/ | A/G/F/G/ A/B/c/d/ | Af e/d/e/f/ | dfd :|

LANCERS [2], THE. English, Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Evidently part of a Lancers set, it is a different melody than any of the Lancers sets noted so far. Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 51, pg. 42.

LANCERS QUADRILLES, THE. English, Lancers' Set. These are tunes for five figures grouped together for the purpose of extended dance figures collectively called "Lancers." The Lancers was "a nineteenth century square dance which flourished alongside the quadrille in the last quarter of the century, and outlived it into the early 20th century. The name was derived from the 'Quadrille Des Lanciers' which was introduced in 1817 in Dublin by the dancing master John Duval. The five figures were La Dorset (music by Spagnoletti), Lodoiska (music by Rodolphe Kreutzer), La Native ('If the heart of man' from The Beggar's Opera), Les Graces ('Pretty Maiden' from Storace's The Haunted Tower and Les Lanciers, music by Janiewicz)" {Trim quoting Groves}.

1) La Dorset (6/8 time) ‑‑ F Major & D Minor. ABCDA.

2) Lodoiska (2/4 time) ‑‑ D Major. ABC,ABC,Coda.

3) La Native (6/8 time) ‑‑ D Major. ABA. (See note for “Would You Have a Young Virgin”)

4) Les Graces (6/8 time) ‑‑ A Major, E Major, & A Minor. ABC,ABC.

5) Les Graces {Les Lanciers?} (4/4 time) ‑‑ C Major. AA'BB.

A dance called the "Lanciers Quadrille" was performed during the 150th anniversary celebration for the town of Lancaster, New Hampshire, in August, 1914, according to a playbill of the period; it was considered "old-fashioned" at that time. For another lancers set see "Trial By Jury" Lancers by Sir Arthur Sullivan.

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The Ball Room Companion (Frederick Warne & Co., Covent Gardern, London, 1866), an instruction manual, says this about the Lancers:

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Undoutedly the most popular quadrille after the First Set is the Lancers—

indeed, we are almost inclined to fancy that it is the most popular of any

quadrilles. Many years ago this dance was a great favourite, but, owing

to the freaks of fashion, it lapsed into obscurity, and was seldom, if ever,

danced. We believe praise is due to the Empress Eugenie, to whom we are

indebted for many things beside crinoline, for the re-introduction of this

best of quadrilles into the modern ballroom.

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The Lancers are more intricate and complicated than the First Set, hence

it behoves those who essay to perform them to be especially careful to be

quite perfect in the figure—bearing in mind that a single mistake will

frequently spoil the entire quadrille. But once having thoroughly mastered

the figure, the dancer will never forget it, for we know of no tunes which so

completely suggest the figure as the old-fashioned music of the Lancers,

which we are glad to see keeps its place in the ball programme, despite

several attempts to introduce a variety of questionable compositions under

the guise of New Lancers.

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Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 84.

LANCIER BOUCHARD (premiere partie). AKA and see "Bride of the Winds." French-Canadian, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. The whole piece was in five parts, issued on Bluebird recordings B-1138, B-1139 and B-1140. Joyal (Danses d'ici: Musique Traditionnelle du Québec), 1994; pgs. 39 & 98. Bluebird B-1138-A (78 RPM), Joseph Bouchard (1938).

LAND LEAGUE [1]. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The composition is credited to “Parnell” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, but the 'A' strain is shared with "Harry Cooper," "Jim Clark's Hornpipe," and "Morpeth's Hornpipe." New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade believes the attribution to Parnell is a joke, as Irish politician Charles Stuart Parnell was a leading proponent of land reform. However, it was Michael Davitt (1846 - 1906), born in Straide, Co Mayo, who was the founder of The Land League in Ireland, which helped organize tenant farmers against landlords. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 41. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 107.

X:1

T:Land League [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

.GD/C/ B,/G,/B,/D/ | E/C/F/A/ G/F/G/B/ | B/G/c/B/ A/G/F/A/ | GGG :|

|: d | g/f/g/a/ b/g/d/B/ | c/B/c/d/ e/d/c/B/ | A/B/c/d/ e/d/c/B/ | .A{^c}d{^c}d{^c}d |

g/f/g/a/ b/g/d/B/ |c/B/c/d/ .e.f | (g/f/).g/.e/ (d/B/).G/.c/ | (B/G/)(A/F/) G :|

LAND LEAGUE [2]. Irish, Jig. B Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 294, pg. 32.

X:1

T:Land League [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Kerr—Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 294 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

LAND OF LINCOLN. Bluegrass, Breakdown. A Minor (‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘D’ parts) & D Major (‘C’ part). Standard tuning. AA’CCDDCCDDAA’. Gene Silberberg notes that parts ‘A’ and ‘D’ are sometimes played together in the Northwest U.S., with the title of “Old John Tate.” Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 24.

LAND OF POTATOES. AKA and see “The Cordal Jig,” "Five Hundred a Year," “The Idle Road,” "If I Had in the Clear," “Jackson’s Bouner Bougher,” “Morgan Rattler.”

LAND OF SUNSHINE, THE. AKA and see “John Bowe’s [3]." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Bill Black (1996) notes the tune was composed by Martin Mulhare shortly after his arrival in America. The tune is sometimes called “John Bowe’s,” after the B/C accordion player originally from Birr, Co. Offaly, in England since 1965. Similarly, it has been called “Finbar Dwyer’s” after another accordion player. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 2, pg. 1. Keegan (A Drop in the Ocean), 2005.

X:1

T: The Land of Sunshine

Q: 350

R: reel

C: Martin Mulhaire

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Z: transcribed by B.Black

K: C

C2 EC B,DGF | EccB cGEG | FAdA BGFD | DCB,D C3 :|

ge e2 fdBd | cedB cGEG | FAdc BGFD | DCB,D C3 :|

LAND OF SWEET ERIN. AKA and see “Bannocks’ o’ Barley Meal,” “Barley Meal,” “Kenmure’s/Kenmuir's On/Up and Awa' (Willie),” “Kinnegad Slashers,” "O! An Irishman's Heart," "O! Merry Am I," “The Old Brags,” "Paddy Digging For 'Goold'," "Powers of Whiskey,” “Slashers." Irish, Canadian, American; Jig. USA, New England. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major (Cole, Perlman): C Major (Linscott). Standard tuning. AABB (Cole, Linscott): AABBCC (Perlman). Perlman (1996) believes the third part, collected in Prince Edward Island, many be a recent addition. Source for notated version: Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 63. Linscott (Folk Songs of Old New England), 1936; pg. 106. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 135. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 93. Edison 4199 (Cylander), Joseph Samuels, 1920.

X:1

T:Land of Sweet Erin

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D

LAND OF THE TREES, THE (Duthaich nan craobh). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 9.

LAND OF THE WEST, THE. AKA and see "I Will If I Can [1]." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 95, pg. 53.

X:1

T:Land of the West

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O'Neill - O'Neill's Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

D>EG GAB | AGG G2 || B | cE z/c/ BD z/B/ | ABG E2 G/E/ | DGA B>cd | e2 A/B/ G2 :|

agg g2 b | c'ec' bdb | ab/a/g/f/ e2 g/e/ | dga bc'd' | e'/a/ b>a g2 ||

LAND TO LEA. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst. May be a pipe march tune.

LAND WE LIVE IN, THE. See note for "Lads of Dunse."

LANDLADY, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. 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 incontrovertible evidence of its origin. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 196, pg. 134.

LANDLADY CASEY. See "Madam Cassey," "Mrs. Casey."

LANDLADY OF INVER INN, THE. Scottish, "Slowish" March. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807). Gow was a life-long resident of Inver, near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. According to local lore, poet Robert Burns visited Gow at his cottage in Inver in 1787, from which they adjourned to the Inver Inn. While there, the story goes, they witnessed an irate woman belaboring her husband, which inspired Burns to compose the following verse:

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Ye gods, ye gave to me a wife, out of your grace and pleasure,

To be the partner of my life and I was glad to have her.

But if your providence divine for better things design her,

I obey your will at any time, I'm willing to resign her.

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Rather than penning the rhyme, however, Burns is said to have used a diamond pencil in his possession to scribe it onto a window pane at the Inn. Some time afterwards the pane was broken in an attempt to preserve it. The story is untrue, however, for the rhyme appears in a song from John Coffey's ballad opera The Devil to Pay, or the Wives Metamorphos'd (1731, Act 1, Air IV), sung by the character Sir John. The opera was performed at Drury Lane in 1732, but was based on the earlier play by Thomas Jevon called The Devil of a Wife (1686). The song appears in John Simpson's Calliope, or English Harmony (London, 1746).

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Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 595. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 1787 (revised 1801); pg. 27.

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L:Landlady of Inver Inn, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

N:"Slowish"

S:Gow - First Book of Niel Gow's Reels (1787, revised 1801)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:F

(B/A/).G/.F/ F/E/D/C/|D(FF)::(c/4d/4e/)|"tr"f>g {fg}ag/f/|egce|"tr"f>g {fg}ag/f/|

e(gg>)a|"tr"f>g {fg}ag/f/|(eg) cf/c/|(B/A/)(G/F/) (F/E/)(D/C/)|D(FF):|

LANDLADY OF THE TAVERN, THE (Bean An Tabhairne). Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "Stanford-Petre has a different tune with this name" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 687, pg. 345.

X:1

T:Landlady of the Tavern

T:Bean an Tabhairne

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 687

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:F

A/G/ | F2G2A2 | f4 fg | agfedc | f4e2 | d4 (3edc | dcdefe | dcBAGF | G3 BAG | F2G2A2 | f4 fg |

agfedc | f2e2f2 | d2 eccA | c2 dcAG | A6 | f2e2f2 | dfedcA | c2 dcAG | (A6 | A4) :| f/g/ |

a2f2a2 | g2f2e2 | c=Bcdef | g4 gb | agfedc | dcdefe | dcBAGF | G3 BAG | F2G2A2 | f4 fg |

agfedc | f2e2f2 | dfedcA | c2 dcAG | A6 | f2e2f2 | dfedcA | c2 dcAG | (A6 | A4) ||

LANDLORD FILL THE FLOWING BOWL. AKA and see "For Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be." English, Air. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Jarman, 1951; pg. 80. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 386. Ostling, 1939; pg. 22.

X:1

T:Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl

T:For Tonight We'll Merry Merry Be

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 386 (c. 1880's)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D

f | dAFA | d>ddd | e>eee | (f2 d)f | dAFA | d/d/d/d/ dd | e/e/e/e/ ee | (f2d) ||

LANDLUBBER. Scottish, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 356, pg. 39.

X:1

T:Landlubber

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 356 (c. 1880's)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:C

CEGc ecGE | FAde f2 (ed) | egec BGFD | C2c2c2 :|

CEGc ecGE | FAde f2 (ed) | egec BGFD | C2c2c2 :|

LANDS OF SCOTLAND, THE (Críocha nah Alban). Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a manuscript in the possession of Sliabh Luachra fiddler John M. Buckley [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 65, pg. 32.

LANE. AKA and see "Scott Number Two," "Scotch Number 2." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 110.

X:1

T:Lane

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Ford - Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

[G,D]E/F/ Gg|B/c/d/e/ eB/G/|1 c/G/c/G/ [G,D]G/A/|B/G/B/G/ A/G/E/G/:|2

B/A/B/G/ [G,D] G/B/|[DA][G,G] [(G,G][G,)G]||:gg/a/ ba/g/|e/f/g/e/ d2|1

ea a/b/a/g/|ea a2:|2 g/a/b/a/ g/e/d/g/|g/b/a/g/ g2||

LANE TO THE GLEN. Irish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 14, pgs. 14-15.

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T:Lane To The Glen

M:2/2

L:1/8

C:Ed Reavy

S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy

R:Reel

N:This is the lane that led to the glen fiddler, the same solitary fiddler

N: of Ed's dreams. Ed heard him often in the New World, particularly in the

N:early morning hours when dreaming reaches its peak performance. Long

N:after we left Corktown, Ed began to speak more openly of this "strange

N:fiddler" whose music seem to come to him from all the familiar shops

N:in the old neighborhood. Whenever we got a tape of a promising young

N:player from Ireland, Ed would listen it intently. "He's good," he'd always

N:remark, "but he's no glen fiddler."

Z:Joe Reavy

K:F

(agf gfe dcAG | FDE^C D2 :||

LANEY TUNIN' HIS FIDDLE. American, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, inspired by her uncle Laney, "the most accomplished fiddler in the family, and the one who knew the greatest store of old music" (Bayard). Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 29.

LANG STAY'D AWAY. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 182.

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T:Lang Stay'd Away

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Bruce & Stokoe - Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

eccg e2|eAAc B/c/d/B/|eccg e2|dGGc B/c/d/B/:|

LANG SYNE [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The famous tune in strathspey style. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 63, pg. 9.

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T:Lang Syne [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 63 (c. 1880's)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

LANG SYNE [2]. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. The famous tune in reel style. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 64, pg. 9.

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T:Lang Syne [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr - Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 64 (c. 1880's)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

|:dBBG AGAB|dBBd e3g|dBBG AGAB|1 GEED G3e:|2 GEED GDB,D||

LANG SINE [3]. Scottish, Jig. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 57.

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T:Lang Sine [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D Dorian

LANGDANS FROM SMALAND. Swedish, Country Dance (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This dance tune is from Smaland, Sweden. Thompson, Fiddler's Almanac, pg. 54.

LANGDANS FROM SOLLERON. Swedish, Country Dance (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The dance is from Sooleron, Dalarna, Sweden. Thompson, Fiddler's Almanac, pg. 53.

LANGENHAGER. German. Bayard's Pennsylvania collected "Quadrille, No. 78", the 'A' part, resembles the first part of this tune. See Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No 78. Burchenal, Folk-Dances of Germany, 1938; pg. 36.

LANGFORD'S REEL. Irish, Reel.

LANGLEY'S DAUGHTER OF LISNABROCK. Irish, Air ("tenderly", 4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "...copied from a MS. collection lent to Mr. Pigot by James Hardiman, the historian of Galway and editor of Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 755, pg. 372.

LANGO LEE [1]. AKA - "Langolee." Scottish, English, Irish; Slow Jig or Air. England, Northumberland. A Mixolydian (Gow): D Major (Winstock). Standard tuning. AAB. Lango Lee is supposedly an Irish phrase meaning an engorged penis. One old set of words to the tune begins:

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Ye botanists yield, I've discovered a root,

Adapted to females of every degree;

How soverign its virtues, balsamic its fruit,

I hope you'll believe it when you hear it from me.

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Langolee is the Irish name of it,

Great in the nation already the fame of it;

Make but one trial and quickly you'll see,

There's nothing comparing with Langolee.

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A song called "Volunteers of Ireland" was composed to this tune by the British in the Revolutionary War to commemorate Irishman in their ranks (Winstock). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), published c. 1800. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 345. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 13. Winstock (Music of the Redcoats), 1970; pg. 78 (appears as "Volunteers of Ireland").

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T:Original Lango Lee, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Gow - 3rd Repository (1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:A

A3 {AB}c3|B>AB cAF|E>FA A2f|edc B2A:|

c>de ef=g|f>ed {d}cBA|c>de efg|g3 {fg|a2 zA|(Ace agf)|

e(dc) B2A|(AE)F (AE)F|(Ad)c B2A||

LANGOLEE [2]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFFGG. O'Farrell (c. 1808) lists the tune's provenance as Irish and gives several variation sets. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 60-61.

X:1

T:Langolee

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D

d/B/ | ABd d>ef | gba gfe | fdB A>Bd | {e}f<ge d2 :: d | f2g a2a | bgb afd |

"Variations"

D/F/EG/F/A/ B/d/c/e/d/f/ | (g/f/)(g/b/)(a/g/) f2e | fdB ABd | f>ge d2 :: a |

f/e/d/e/f/g/ a/g/f/g/a/f/ | bgb b/a/(g/f/)e/d/ | dfa bc'd' | b/a/g/f/e/d/ dBA |

g/b/e/g/b/g/ f/a/d/f/a/f/ | e/f/(g/a/)b/g/ fdB | f(e/d/c/B/) ABd | f>g"tr"e d2 :|

fe/d/c/B/ ABd | f>g"tr"e d2 :|2 fga bc'd' | (b/a/)(g/f/)(e/d/) B(d/B/A/G/) |

FGA Bbg | f>g"tr"e d2 :|

LANGSTERN PONY, THE. See "Langstrom's Pony."

LANGSTROM'S PONY (Capaillín Langstern). AKA - "The Langstern Pony," “Langstram Pony,” "Lostrum Ponia," "Lanstrum Poney," "Lastrum Pone," "Lanxtrum Pony." AKA and see “(A) Draught of Ale,” "Farrell's Pipes," "The Fourpenny Girl,” “Grania’s Welcome Home [2],” “Highway to Dublin,” “The Priest’s Leap [3],” “Saddle the Pony [3],” "Sweet Tibby Dunbar." Irish, Double Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB (Breathnach, Kennedy, O'Farrell): AABBCCDD (Brody, Flaherty, Mallinson, Mulvihill): AABCCDDE (Mitchell). The tune may possibly be of Scots origin, as has been noted in several sources. "It's very well known and is probably a very old tune. A setting is to be found in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion which was published in the late 18th century" (Boys of the Lough). Other early versions appear in John and William Neal (A Choice Collection of Country Dances with their Proper Tunes, Dublin, 1726) as "Lastrum Pone," a seven-part tune, in Hibernian Muse (lxxxvi, c. 1780) as "Lostrum Ponia" and under the titles "Lastrum Pony" and "Farrell's Pipes" in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion (1806-11) and National Music for the Union Pipes (c. 1800) respectively. The titles "Lang Strumpony" and "Lass Trumponey" have also been identified by Matt Seattle as coming from older Scottish collections. There is some thought that all these permutations may have derived from an original title in Gaelic. The melody, in a more developed Irish version, has been a favorite of uilleann pipers. Breathnach (1976) says his variant is "more or less" the version found in O'Neill's as "Saddle the Pony," and also finds it in another, unknown, manuscript as "The Fourpenny Girl." He finds the tune similar in parts to "Paddy O'Rafferty." Paul de Grae finds another variant in Feldman & O'Doherty's Northern Fiddler (1976) under the title "King William's Rambles." See also the Québecois jig “Uncle Paddy,” which shows some striking resemblances to “Langstrom’s Pony”, and can be considered a derivative tune—certainly in the first strain. Sources for notated versions: How to Change a Flat Tire [Brody]; piper Seamus Ennis, 1959 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Philip Duffy (b. 1966, London, now residing in Dublin) [Flaherty]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty]; fiddler Pat Neilly [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Breathanch (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 46, pg. 26 (appears as "Capaillín Langstern" {Langstern Pony}). Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 163. Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 6. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2; No. 44. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 54. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 61 (appears as "Untitled Slip Jig"). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 31. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 99, pg. 24. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 78, pg. 34. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 80, pgs. 74-75. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 55, pg. 77. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pg. 32 (appears as "Laustrum Poney"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 91. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 26, pg. 11 (appears as "The Langstern Pony"). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire- "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland." Gael-Linn CEF 069, Paddy Glackin- "An Fhidil Straith II" (1980). Island ILPS9432, The Chieftains - "Bonaparte's Retreat" (1976). Maggie's Music MM220, Hesperus - "Celtic Roots." Shanachie 79006, Mary Bergin- "Traditional Irish Music."