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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**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, 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]

 

 

 

LIAM BROWNE’S. AKA and see “Ask our Dan,” “The Knocknaboul (Polka) [2],” “Knocknabower Polka [2].”

                          

LIAM’S REEL (Ríl Liam). See “Ríl Liam.”

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LIBBY PRISON QUICKSTEP. American, March. The tune shares at least a first strain with "O Dear Mother My Toes Are Sore [2]", "Jinny O Jinny My Toes Are Sore," "Monongahela March," "Rustic Reel [1]," “Virginia Reel [3],” "First Western Change," "City Guards," and others. Libby prison was a notorious Civil War military prison where captured Southern soldiers were held, but it was not quite as infamous as the Confederates' Andersonville.

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Libby Prison, side view. 1865.

                       

LIBERTIES. Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, writer and musician Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 78.

X:1

T: Liberties

C: © B. Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Amix

EAcA dcBA | BGEF GDB,D | EAce aece | fded cdBG |

EAcA dcBd | cAEA GDB,D | EAce afdf | ecdB cA A2 :|

(3cBA ea fAeA | gdBd gbaf | eAcA dcdf | ec c2 dB B2 |

(3cBA ea fAeA | ceae gabg | aece dcdf | ecdB cA A2 :|

                       

LIBERTON PIPE BAND. English, Reel or Polka. The tune is similar to (but distinct from) “(I Have a) Bonnet Trimmed in Blue [1]” and, in the Sussex Manuacripts, as “Polish Polka” from Michael Turner’s manuscript books written down between 1842 and 1852. The tune was popularized by the late Scottish band leader and accordion player Jimmy Shand, although he sometimes called it “Fiona’s Wedding” and often played a third part.

X:1
T:Liberton Pipe Band
D:Tom Hughes, Border Fiddler
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:D
AB/A/ FA | dA f2 | fe/f/ ge | d/c/d/e/ fa  |
AB/A/ FA | dA f2 | fe/f/ g/e/c/d/ | ed d2 :|
ef/e/ ce | ac e2 | ef/e/ dB | fe c2 |
ef/e/ ce | ac e2 | ef/e/ dB | BA  A2 :|

                       

LIBERTY [1]. AKA and see "Reel de Ti‑Jean" (Canadian), "Tipsy Parson [1]," "Raccoon and the Possum," "Liberty Two‑Step," "Liberty Hornpipe."  Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA, Widely known. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). According to Paul Wells, the first recordings of the tune were by Texas fiddler Bob Wills, though Tommy Jackson also made a recording for Dot Records that may have helped popularize the tune. Paul Tyler notes that “Liberty” seems to be the “hoedown” of choice among Cajun fiddlers, when asked to play one. “Liberty” is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. In Martin Scorcese’s  period film The Gangs of New York (2002) a dulcimer player is briefly shown and heard playing the melody. Source for notated version: Jack Harris (East Texas) [Christeson]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 168. R.P. Carlin, 1977; pg. 23. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg.61. Frets Magazine, "Byron Berline: The Fiddle," December 1986; pg. 56. S Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 4: Collection of Fine Tunes), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); pg. 4. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 28. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 140. Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1979; pg. 78. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 90. Welling (Hartford Tunebook), 1976; pg. 4. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, Vol. 6" (appears as “Liberty Two-Step”). Front Hall 010, Fennigs All Stars‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again." Gennett 6447 (78 RPM), 1928, the Tweedy Brothers (Harry, Charles, and George, from Wheeling, W.Va., who played twin fiddles and piano). Heritage 048, Golden River Grass ‑ "Georgia Fiddle Bands" (Brandywine, 1982). Kicking Mule, Art Rosenbaum‑ "Five String Banjo." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 001, Pete McMahan ‑ "Ozark Mountain Waltz." Rounder 0016, Vasser Clements‑ "Crossing the Catskills."

See also listing at:

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

X:1

T:Liberty  [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:D

"D"f2A2 f2A2| fgfe d2ef|"G"g2B2 g2B2| gagf e2de| "D"f2A2 f2A2|

fgfe d2ef| "G"gfed "A"cABc| "D"d2f2 d4:|

|:"D"A2AB AGFE| DFAd f2d2| A2AB AGF2| "A"E3F E2FG|

"D"A2AB AGFE| DFAd f2ef| "G"gfed "A"cABc| "D"d2f2 d4:|

 

LIBERTY [2]. AKA and see "Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Sometimes called  “Old Liberty” to differentiate it from the tune usually known as “Liberty”. The alternate title “Liberty Off the Corn Liquor Still” comes from the title of a 78-RPM-recorded skit by the Georgia group the Skillet Lickers. Source for notated version: John Ashby (Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 141. County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). County 544, Hershal Brown's Washboard Band‑ "Georgia Fiddle Bands, vol. 2."

                       

LIBERTY BELLE. English, March. Used as the theme for the BBC television program "Monty Python's Flying Circus."

                       

LIBERTY BODICE. Composed by Ed Rennie (“with a little help from John Phillip Sousa). Bismarks.

                       

LIBERTY FOR THE SAILORS. English, Air (6/8 time). England, Northumbria. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Stokoe includes this tune with several about press‑gangs ‑‑ see note for "Captain Bover."

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Lasses, call your lads ashore, (x3)

There's liberty for the sailors. (Bruce & Stokoe).

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Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 127.

X:1

T:Liberty for the Sailors

L:1/8

M:C

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

g|f2e f2e|dcd A2=c|BGB AFA|GEG F2D|f2e f2e|

dBd A2=c|BAG F2D|E3 D2:|

|:F|DFA AFD|DFA B2A|Ace ecA|Ace f2g|afd BdB|

ecA ABc|dBG F2D|E3D2:|


 

LIBERTY HORNPIPE. See "Liberty [1]."

 

LIBERTY OFF THE CORN LIQUOR STILL. AKA‑ "Liberty [2]." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Va. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title comes from the Highwoods String Band who derived the tune from the “Liberty” on the Skillet Licker’s recording “Corn Liquor Still in Georgia.” Source for notated version: Highwoods String Band (New York) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 168. Rounder 0023, Highwoods String Band‑ "Fire on the Mountain." County 727, John Ashby‑ "Old Virginia Fiddling" (appears as "Liberty").

 

LIBERTY TWO-STEP. AKA and see "Liberty [1]." Canadian, Two-Step. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: Johnny Morrissey (1913-1994, Newtown Cross, Queens County, Prince Edward Island; late of Vernon River) [Perlman]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 67, pg. 77. Perlman (Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 160. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, Vol. 6."

X:1

T:Liberty Two-Step

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:D

fAfA|f/g/f/e/ d/e/f/a/|gBgB|g/a/g/f/ e/d/B/e/|fA fA|f/g/f/e/ dc/d/|

e/f/e/d/ Bc|1 dd/e/ dd/e/:|2 d>e d(3B/c/B||

|:AA/B/ A/G/F/E/|D/F/A/d/ fd|A>B/2c/2 d>F|[E>A>]F [EA][EA]|

A>B AGFE|DFAd fd|e/f/e/d/ Bc|1 d>d [df] (3B/c/B/:|1 d>e dd/e/||

 

LIBERTY (WALTZ).  English(?), Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 143, pg. 36.

 

LICHTENSTEINER POLKA. American, Polka. USA, Pennsylvania. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AA'BA'C. In the repertories of Buffalo Valley region, Pa., dance fiddler Ralph Sauers and Jehile Kirkhuff, attesting to the German influence in the region. Source for notated version: Jehile Kirkhuff (Pa.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 351.

 

LICK THE LADDLE SANDIE/SANDY [1]. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD (Marshall): AAB (Athole, Gow). The tune was published in in 1800 on a sheet called the Kinrara Collection (really just one sheet printed on both sides) by William Marshall (1748-1833), and is sometimes therefore attributed to him. Gow (1802) says: “The Sets we have seen formerly of this Tune begins with the 2nd Strain (published we suppose by mistake) in place of the first as now given.” Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 489. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 26. Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978; Kinrara Collection (1800), pg. 26. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Lick the Ladle Sandy

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

f|eAcA eAcA|=G/G/G =gB d2 d>f|eAcA eAcA|A/A/A ac e2 e>f:|

ef/g/ ae fdec|B/B/B =gB d2 d>f|ef/g/ ae fdec|e/e/e ac e2 e>f|

ef/g/ ae fdec|B=gdB =GABG|AB=cd ef=ge|fd=gB A2 A>f||

 

LICK THE LADDLE SANDY [2]. AKA and see "The Frolic," "Lasses Like(s) nae Brandy." Scottish. A reel by this title appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768, though Glen (1891) finds its first appearance in print in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 21).

 

LIDDELL'S HORNPIE. AKA and see "Billy Twist Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 43. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 295, pg. 175. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 185.

X:1

T:Liddell’s Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:G

dc|BGBd g2 fg|afge d2 ef|gagf ebag|f2d2d2 dc|BGBd g2fg|

afge d2cB|cedc BAGF|A2G2G2::fg|afdf afdf|bgeg bgef|

gagf ebag|f2d2d2gf|egdg cgBg|egdg cgBg|cedc BAGF|A2G2G2:|

 

LIDOONVARNA REEL. AKA – “Lisdoonvarna Reel”??  AKA and see “Irish Hautboy,” “Smuggler’s Reel,” “Tadhg a Run.”

 

LIE UP WITH ME AND LIE DOWN WITH ME. AKA and see "Down Beside Me," "Sin Sios Agus Suas Liom."

 

LIESEL. AKA and see "Buffalo Nickel [1]," “Cat Ate the Handsaw,” "Chinky Pin," “Crooked Stovepipe [2],” "Darling Child," “Eber Atkins Tune,” "Farmer Had a Dog," "Fourth of July," “Grey-Eyed Cat,” "Hair in the Butter," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," “Lead Out,” “Love Somebody [2],” "Midnight Serenade [1]," "My Love is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1],” “Old Mose,” “Raymondville,” "Richmond Blues," “Soapsuds Over the Fence [3],” "Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," "Yellow Eyed Cat." Old-Time, Breakdown. This was Missouri fiddler Lymon Enloe’s name for the tune, named for Boone County fiddler Liesel (or Leesil) Bennett.

 


LIEUTENANT A. STEWART. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by "D. Mc. K." Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 30.

X:1

T:Lieutenant A. Stewart

M:C|

L:1/8

C:”D. Mc.K.”

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|cAA=c B=GGB|cAAc defd|cAA=c B=GGB|dfec A2A:|

e|cee=g fafd|ceef =gdB=G|cee=g faeg|B=G dB A2 Ae|

cee=g fafd|ceef =gdB=G|ceae fdec|B=GdB A2A||

 

LIEUTENANT ABERCROMBY('S REEL). Scottish, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Isaac Cooper of the coastal town of Banff (b. 1754, d. 1810/1811 or 1820) and appearing in his collection of 1783. Cooper was a multi‑talented musician, teacher and composer who published several collections in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. John Glen (1895) thought it an "excellent tune." Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 28.

X:1

T:Lieut. Abercromby

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B>df>b g>bf>d|e>gd>f c>FA>F|B>df>b g>bf>d|e/d/c/B/ A>c B/B/B B2:|

|:D>FB>d E>Gc>e|e>df>d c/c/c c2|D>FB>d E>Gc>e|e/d/c/B/ A>c B/B/B B2:|

 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL BAILLIE OF LEYS. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. "From J.T. Surennes Collection" (Skye). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 26. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pgs. 162-163.

X:1

T:Lieut. Col. Baillie of Leys

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – The Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F||D2 F>A d>AF>D|E<B, E>D C<EC<A,|D2 F>A d>AF>D|f>de>c dc/B/ A/G/F/E/|

D2 F>A d>AF>D|E<B, E>D C<EC<A,|D2 F>A d>AF>A|B>g f/e/d/c/ d3||e|

f>dg>e f>dA>F|G<eF<d e>Ac>A|f>dg>e f>de>c|B>g f/e/d/c/ d3e|f<dg>e f>dA>F|

G<eF<d e>Ac>A|D2 F>A d>AF>A|B>g f/e/d/c/ e/d/c/B/ A/G/F/E/||

 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL D.J.S. MURRAY. Scottish, Reel. Composed by Lieutenant J. Allan. Scots Guards Collection. Green Linnet CD1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts 1987-1996.”

 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL LUMSDEN. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard. AB. The tune appears in Duncan MacIntyre's collection of 1795. Glen (Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 36.

X:1

T:Lieut. Col. Lumsden

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Glen Collection, Vol. 2  (1895)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

B/A/|GDB,D GABc|AFAc f2 Ad/c/|BGAD Gdgb|afcA Bdce|dcBA GABc|

AFAc fcA^F|GBAc Bedc|BdcA GG,G,||d|gabg dgBd|cf (d/c/B) (A/B/c) FA|

GdBe dg^fa|gba^f g/g/g ga|bgfe dfBd|cf (d/c/B) (A/B/c) A^F|GBAc Bedc| BdcA GG,G,||

 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL MAXWELL'S FANCY. Scottish, Quickstep. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 572.

 

LIEUTENANT HOWARD DOUGLAS. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Identified as a composition of Niel Gow, according to David Green and Phil Hresko, though Paul Cranford (1997) attributes it to Robert MacKintosh. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 139, pg. 56. Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan." Rounder 7001, Joe Cormier ‑ "Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton Island" (1974).

 

LIEUTENANT MACGUIRE'S JIG. Scottish, Jig. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 40. Culburnie COL 113D, Aladair Fraser & Tony McManus – “Return to Kintail” (1999).

 

LIEUTENANT MURRAY'S WELCOME TO THE 79th. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D