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LUAC LEAT-PINGINE TAE. AKA and see "(A) Ha'porth of Tea."
LUAITHREADAN’S
JIG. AKA and see “Dermot Grogan’s (Jig) [2].”
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of
Mullagh,
***
As I sat by the fire with my son Paidin
A sudden change came over the scene
Down the chimney came a little man so old,
And I asked him for the Crock of Gold;
"No gold I have but good advice
And if you heed it you will be wise-
Grow small barley and keep a pig,
And play this tune 'The Luathradawn's Jig'"!
***
Source for
notated version:
X:1
T:Luathradawn's
Jig
R:jig
C:Junior Crehan
Z:id:hn-jig-285
Z:transcribed by
henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
Q:3/8=80
K:D
d|BAF AFE|EFD EDB,|A,B,D ~E3|FED E2d|
BAF AFE|EFD EDB,|A,B,D ~E3|FDC D2:|
|:E|DFA ~d3|ede fdB|def edB|ABd e2f|
edB BAF|DFD EDB,|A,B,D ~E3|FDC D2:|
LUBLY
FAN. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals [1]," "Roundtown Girls," "Midnight Serenade [2]."
American, Song Tune. The melody, usually known as "Buffalo Gals," or
in the Upland South as "Round Town Girls," appears under this title
in some mid-nineteenth century publications. "Lubly Fan" was composed
as a song by Cool White, a blackface minstrel with the Virginia Serenaders, and
published in 1844.
LUCANIA POLKA. Scottish, Polka. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor
('B' part). Standard. ABB. Carlin (Master
Collection), 1984; No. 126, pg. 79. Topic 12T280, J. Scott Skinner “The Starthspey King.”
LUCENDA WALTZ. AKA and see “Lucinda Waltz,”
"Zenda Waltz," "La Zenda Waltz," "Zinder Waltz."
LUCK
PENNY, THE ("An Tuilceanac" or "An Duthracht"). AKA –
“The Luckpenny.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABBC (Breathnach,
Cranitch): AABBCC (O'Neill,
X:1
T:Luck
Penny, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill
– Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/A/|BAG
AGF|DGE FGA|BAG Bcd|cAG F2 d/c/|BAG AGF|GBd gag|fed gdB|cAF G2:|
|: d |
dgf gfg | abg fed | bag afd | def g2a | bag agf | gbg fed | def gdB | cAF G2 :|
|:
B/c/|dBG GFG | BGB dBG | cAF FEF | AFA cAF | dBG GFG|gbg fed|def gdB|cAF G2:|
LUCKIE
BAWDINS'. Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard. AB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 44. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 72.
X:1
T:Luckie
Bawdins’
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B
Minor
f | dB
(3BBB dcBd | cAce aece | dB (3BBB dcBc | dfec B2zf | dB (3BBB dcBd |
cAce
aece | dB (3BBB dcBc | dfec B2z || f | dBdf {^a}b2(fd) | cAce {^g}a2(ec) |
dBdf
{^a}b2(fd) | caec B2(Bf) | dBdf bfdB | cAce aecA | Bdce dfe{^g}a | feac (3BBB B
||
LUCKY BLACK'S DAUGHTER. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). The melody appears in the Drummond
Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at
LUCKY CAN YOU LINK ONY. AKA
and see "Ca' the
Stirks (Frae Out the Corn)." Shetland, Reel. Shetlands,
LUCKY
HIT, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). C Major.
Standard tuning. One part. This old melody appears as a new song under a
different title in John Watt's edition of The
Fashionable Lady or Harlequin Opera (1730). Watt's gives the old title for
the tune as "The Lucky Hit." Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 4.
X:1
T:Lucky
Hit, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Frank
Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G2c
B2c|d2e d2G|e2g c2f|d3 z2e|
f2a
g2c|B2A G2f|e2z d2z|c3 z2 z||
LUCKY IN LOVE. AKA and see “Oh, Gang with Me to Yon Town,”
"I'll Gang Nae
Mair to Yon Toun." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Similar in parts to “Tansey’s Favourite
[1].” Harry Bradshaw and Jackie Small say the tune probably owes its
popularity to Tents, Tarmon,
X:1 t
T:Lucky
in Love
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
Z:transcribed
by Caroline Foty
K:G
|:
~g3d BGGA|BGdc BAAd|~g3d BGAB|1 cedc BGBd :|2 cedc BGGA|
|:
BGdG eGdG|GBdB cAAc|1 BGdG eGdB|cedc BGGA :|2 GABd ~a3g|fdef gaba||
LUCKY
NUMBER, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Similar to
“The Piper’s Despair” and “Curly Mike.” Source for notated version: the
Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah
Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O’Neill].
O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic
Melody), 1922; No. 272.
X:1
T:Lucky Number,
The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Rice-Walsh
manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:D
EFGA BdAd|BdAd
BdAF|D2 FD ADFD|ADFD ADFD|
EFGA BdAd|BdAd
BdAd|B2 eg fagb|agfg e2 ef||
gebe gebe|gebe
gebe|(3fga fd dfaf|dfaf dfaf|
gebe gebe|gebe gebe|(3fga fd dfaf|(3efg
ec dBAF||
LUCKY TRAPPER'S REEL. American, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 147.
T:Lucrezia Waltz
L:1/8
M:3/8
S:Elias Howe –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
AB|cag|gfe|d{e}d/^c/d/e/|ddd|dGA|cBG|F{G}F/E/F/G/|FAB|cag|
gfe|
d{e}d/^c/d/e/|ddd|dGA|cBG|Ff/f/f/f/|f z||f/e/|{e}d^cd|{e}d^cd|
eA2|eAB|cag|{g}fef|g c2|g
c2|aba|gag|fgf|efe|d^cd|{d/f/}fed|eA/A/A|A||
LUCY CAMPBELL'S [1] (Luighseach Chaimbhéal). AKA
and see "Miss
Louisa Campbell's Delight," "The
Bridal O'T." Irish, Scottish; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC
(Cole): ABCD (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson, Miller & Perron/2006,
Mitchell): AA’BBCD (Harker/Rafferty): AABB'CC'DD (Miller & Perron/1977).
Breathnach (1963) identifies this tune as originally the Scottish reel “Miss
Louisa Campbell’s Delight,” first published in 1780 (according to Glen). “The
Bridal O’T” is the name of a song written to the tune. The tune is a staple of
modern Irish sessions (although occasionally confused with “The Bucks of
Oranmore,” which has a similar first part).
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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 Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Lucy
Campbell [1]
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
AD (3FED D2 dB|ADFA B~E3|ADFA defe|dBAF AD D2:|
||dBAB
dgfe|dBAd B~E3|dBAB df{a}fe|dBAF AD D2|
dBAB
defe|d~B3 g~B3|dBAB defe|dBAF ADDg||fa{b}af defg|
adfa
bgeg|fa{b}af defe|dBAF AD D2|fa{b}af defg|adfa bgef|
~g3e
fgfe|dBAF AD D2||d~f3 dfef|d~f3 afef|df{g}fe ~f3e|
dBAF
AD D2|d~f3 dfef|d~f3 afef|g3e fgfe|dBAF ADDB||
X:2
T:Lucy
Campbell's Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/16
S:Rice-Walsh manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Hornpipe
K:D
FG|A3B A2F2|Adcd
BAGF|A2d2 cdef|e2E2 E2FG|
A3B A2F2|d3e
f2e2|fdcd BAGF|A2D2 D2:|
|:fe|d2B2
A2F2|d2e2 f2e2|d2B2 Adfa|g2e2 egfe|
d2B2 A2F2|d2e2
f2e2|d2A2 BAGF|A2D2 D2:|
|:FG|A2d2
gfed|a2d2 gfed|A2d2 gfga|b2e2 e2 FG|
A2d2 gfed|a2d2
gfed|gdBG FAde|f2d2 d2:|
|:fe|d2f2
A2f2|d2f2 A2f2|d2f2 FAdf|e2E2 E2 fe|
dff2 Aff2|dff2
Aff2|gfga geag|f2d2 d2:|
|:fg|a3b
agfe|d2e2 f2e2|d2B2 Bdfa|g2e2 egfg|
fgab agfe|dcde
f2e2|fdcd BAGF|A2D2 D2:|
|:dB|ADFG
BAGF|ADFG BAGF|ADFG BAGF|B2E2 E2dB|
BAGF GFGA|BABc dede|fdcd BAGF|A2D2 D2:||
X:3
T:Lady Lucy
Campbell’s Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B | ADFD ADDB |
ADFA BEEB | AFED defe | dBAG AD D :: f | dBAG defe |
dBAF Eeef | dBAF
| defe | dBAF AFD :: f | dfAf dfAf | dfAf eBBc | defd egfe |
dBAF AD D :: f |
abaf defe | faba beef | abaf defe | dBAF AD D :|
LUCY CAMPBELL [2] (Luighseach Chaimbéal). AKA and see
"The Dear Meal (is Cheap
Again)," "Leap Year,"
"Cairngorum." Irish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AABCD. Another Irish version of Niel Gow's strathspey.
Breathnach (1976) notes his version in CRÉ
II (No. 185) is “given to illustrate a certain style of piping.” He gives
another version in CRÉ I, No. 154.
Source for notated version: piper Andy Conroy, 1971 (
LUCY CAMPBELL [3]. AKA and see “Ball na Grandach” (The Grant’s Ball,” “Lucy Campbell’s Delight.” Scottish,
Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. ABCD (McGlashan): ABCDEF (Gow). The tune
appears earliest in Neil Stewart’s 1761
collection, according to John Glen (as a two part tune in A Major), and
somewhat later in McGlashan’s
collection (1780) as “Lucy Campbell’s Delight” (in D Major). Cape Breton
editor, composer and fiddler Paul Cranford finds that “Lucy Campbell” is a
bagpipe setting of an F Major strathspey called “Lady Mary Menzies Reel” and a D Major
strathspey entitled “Pudding Maggie,”
both of which appear in Bremner’s
1757 collection. “Lady
Louden('s Strathspey)” is a tune which Hamish Moore finds similar to “Lucy
Campbell.”
LUCY CAMPBELL'S STRATHSPEY [4]. AKA and see "Miss
Lucy Campbell." Canadian, Strathspey.
X:1
T:Lady Lucy
Campbell’s Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
S:William Sydney
Mount manuscripts, c. 1840’s.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:F
f | c<F
c>A c>Fc>A | c<F c>A dGG>A | c<F c>A f>ga>g |
f>d d/c/B/A/ cFF :|
|: a | f<d
c>A f>ga>g | f<d c>A gGGa | f>dcA f>Ga>g | f<d
d/c/B/A/ cFF :|
|: d | cF
{d}c/B/A cF {d}c/B/A | cF {d}c/B/A/ dGGA | cG c/B/A fgag |
f>d d/c/B/A/
cFF :: a | faca faca | faca gGGa | faca fgag | fd d/c/B/A/ cAA :|
|: A | CF A/G/F
cF A/G/F | CF A/G/F dGGA | cF A/G/F cF A/G/F | fdcA cFF :|
|: a |
c’>d’c’a fgaf | gafa gGGa | c’>d’c’a fgag | fd f/e/d/c/ cFF :|
|: d | cABc defd
| cABc dGGd | cABc defd | cf c/B/A/B/ cFF :|
“variations, ‘B’
part”
a | c’<d’c’>a f>ga>g | f<d
c>A ggga | c’>d’c’a f>ga>g | f>d c/d/c/A/ cFF :|
LUCY
FARR'S. Irish, English; Barndance. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. From the late Galway-born (Baunyknave, Ballinakill) fiddler Lucy Farr (1910-2003),
who lived in
X:1
T:Lucy
Farr's - Barn Dance
R:barndance
S:Linda
Hickman:
Z:Transcribed
by Mike Hogan
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
D|:G2
G2 G2 G2|GABG E2 D2|B2 B2 B2 B2|BcdB A3 A|
BcdB
G2 G2|GABG E2 D2|DEGA BcdB|A2 G2 G4:||
BcdB
G2G2|GABG E2 D2|DEGA BcdB|B2 A2 A3 A|
BcdB G2G2|GABG
E2 D2|DEGA BcdB|A2 G2 G4:||
LUCY FARR’S FLING. Irish, Fling. A variant of “Maggie Pickens/Pickie.”
LUCY FARR’S JIG. AKA and see “The
Hungry Rocks [1].”
LUCY FARR’S (POLKA) [1]. AKA and see “Ballynahulla No. 1,” “Ballyhoura Mountains,” “Cuz Teahan’s [1],” “Mike Buckley’s Favourite,” “Teahan’s Favorite Polka.” Irish,
Polka. G Major. Standard. AABB. From
X:1
T:
T:Lucy
Farr’s (Polka) [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:G
Bc/B/
AG|EG GA|Bc/B/ AG|Bd ed|
Bc/B/
AG|EG GA|BG/B/ dB|AG G2:|
|:gd
ed|Bd d2|gd ed|Bd A2|
gd
ed|Bd ed|Bc/B/ AG/A/|BG G2:|
LUCY FARR’S (POLKA) [2]. AKA and see “Jer O’Connell’s,” “O’Sullivan’s Fancy.”
LUCY
LONG. American, Dance and Song Tune. A Major. Standard.
AABCC.
***
I Jist come out afore you, to sing a little song,
I plays it on the banjo, and dey calls it Lucy Long.
Chorus:
Oh, take your time , Miss Lucy,
Take your time, Miss Lucy Long.
Oh, take your time, Miss Lucy,
Take your time, Miss Lucy Long.
(Ford)
***
Sounds
like a minstrel era song. Ford (Traditional
Music in America), 1940; pg. 59 (additional verses on pg. 395).
LUCY
McKENNA (Luigseach Nic Cionnaith). Irish, Double
Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: whistle player Pat
White/Padraic de Faoite (
LUDE’S LAMENT. Scottish, Air. Similar in the first strain to "Drunk At Night
and Dry i' the Morning [1].” Oswald (Caledonian
Pocket Companion), 1780?, vol. 2, pg. 65. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire”
(2000).
LUDE'S SUPPER (Suipeir Tighearna Leoid).
Scottish, Air. A composition of Ulster‑born (d. 1653) harper Rory Dall
(Blind Rory), whose last name is given variously as O'Caithean, O’Cathain,
O’Cahan or O'Callen, who received the patronage of several Scottish noble
families. The tune appears in Daniel Dow's
(1732‑1783) Collection of Ancient
Scots Music and Bruce Armstong’s The
Highland Harp. John Gunn, in his Historical
Enquiry respecting the Performance on the Harp in the Highlands, says that
about the year 1650 Ruaidhri Dall Morison accompanied the Marquis of Huntly on
a visit to Robertson of Lude and celebrated the event with this composition.
Sanger and Kinnaird (Tree of Strings,
1992) suggest that it was not Morison who was in attendance, since he was not
born until 1656, but rather the harper was Ruaidhri Dall O’Cahan. Similarly, if
the date of the visit is correct it is unlikely that the Marquis of Huntly was
involved as George Gordon, the second Marquis, was arrested in 1648 and
executed in 1649, after which his estates were held by Argyll until 1660. See also note for “Give Me Your Hand” for more on Rory
Dall.
LUGGELAW (Lug Na Leaca). AKA
and see "No, Not More Welcome." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major
(O’Neill): E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. Source for
notated version: “From P. Carew’s MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 138, pg. 24. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 712, pg.
179.
X:1
T:Luggelaw
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill
– Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
G/A/
BB | A>B cd ee | d>B GA Bd | d2 BG {B}A>G | Gz GA BB | A>B cd ee |
dB GA
Bd | ed BG {B}A>G | G2 z || d de | e2g2 {f}e>d | Bd d2 e(f/g/) | B2 cB AG
|
A2 z B cB | A>B cd ee | d>B G>A Bd | ed BG {B}A>G | G3 ||
LUIBIN [1](, AN). AKA - "The Spinning Wheel Song."
Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Flat/E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. This six
bar hexatonic phrase is an example of a luibin, "a peculiar species of
chaunt, having a very well marked time, and a frequently recurring chorus or
catchword. It is sung at the merry-makings and assemblages of the young women
when they meet at 'spinnings' or 'quiltings' and is accompanied by extraneous
verses, of which each singer furnished a line. The intervention of the chorus
after each line gives time for the preparation of the succeeding one by the
next singer, and thus the Loobeen (sic) goes round until the chain of song is
completed. Hence its name, signifying literally the 'link' tune" (Bunting,
1840). A later note by Bunting (for "Luibin" [3]) indicates that
young men as well as women participated in this game-like singing. O'Sullivan
(1983) finds other spinning tunes (all from
LUIBIN [2](, AN). Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Flat/E
Flat Major. Standard. One part. Another hexatonic "spinning song"
(see note for "Luibin" [1]). Source for notated version: the Irish
collector Edward Bunting noted the melody from a Miss Murphy of
LUIBIN [3](, AN). Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Flat
Major. Standard. One part. A third hexatonic tune from Bunting. Source for
notated version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting noted the melody from a
Miss Murphy of
LUIGHSEACH CHAIMBHÉAL. AKA and see "Lucy Campbell's [1]."
LUIGHSEACH NIC CIONNAITH (Lucy McKenna). AKA and see “Lucy McKenna.”
LUINNEAG MHIC LEOID. AKA and see "Macleod of Macleod's Chorus
Song."
LUINNEOG SLIGIG. AKA and see "The
Sligo Chorus."
LUKE
DILLON. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning.
AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Complete
Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 39, pg. 45.
LUKE OF MONYMUSK. American,
Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by New Hampshire tin whistle and
flute player Sarah Bauhan. Miller (Fiddler’s
Throne), 2004; No. 196, pg. 123. Whistler’s
Music WM9899, Sarah Bauhan – “Broad Waters” (1999).
LUKE O’MALLEY’S. Irish,
Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by New Jersey piano
accordion player Luke O’Malley. O’Malley (Luke
O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 135, pg. 68.
X:1
T:Luke
O’Malley’s
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe