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LUAC LEAT-PINGINE TAE. AKA and see "(A) Ha'porth of Tea."
LUAITHREADAN’S
JIG. AKA – “Lurgadán
Jig,” “Luachrachán 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:|
X:2
T:Lurgadán Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Junior Crehan
M:D
d|BAF AFE|D3
EDB,|A,B,D EDE|FEE E2d|BAF AFE|
D3 EDB,|A,B,D
EDE|FDD D2::E|DFA ~d3|ede fdB|
def edB|ABd
e2f|edB BAF|D3 EDB,|A,B,D EDE|FDD D2:||
LUBBER’S
HOLE. AKA and see “Tower Lane.” English, Country
Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The title appears
unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 publication. A
“lubber’s hole” is a nautical term referring to the space between the head of a
lower mast and the edge of the top, so-called because it was considered the
safer way of ascending for inexperienced or novice seamen. No self-respecting
hand would use the lubber’s hole when aloft. The term was also applied to any
evasion of duty, or a lazy or cowardly way of accomplishing Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite
Country Dances, vol. 2),
1765; No. 17.
X:1
T:Lubbers Hole,
or Tower Lane
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s
Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed
and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:Bb
BdcB|df f2|BdcB|c/B/A/G/
F2|BdcB|(3def f2|g/a/b ag|ag f2:|
|:bf d/e/f/d/|Bf d/e/f/d/|bf d/e/f/d/|ec
c2|bf d/e/f/d/|Bfdf|g>g a>a|b>B B2:||
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 tuning. 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 Dúthracht"). AKA –
“The Luckpenny,” “The Lucky Penny.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABBC (Breathnach, Cranitch): AABBCC (O'Neill,
***
Around 8:00 AM business was in full swing, and what a din. The lowing of cattle, the bleating of sheep,
the barking of dogs, the neighing of horses, the grunting and squealing of pigs, but above all, the shouting
of drovers and the "bualadh
Bhos" of the buyers and sellers trying to strike a bargain.
"How much for the "oul mincher"", one dealer would ask
"Go along ye bligard" would come the quick reply. "How dar' ye
call my two - year - oul springing heifer
an oul mincher."
"She hasn't a tooth in her head", would come the retort.
"Faith, then ye haven't so many in yer own gob", would come the
reply.
And so it went on until around noon when all bargains were finished and buyers
and sellers made their way
to the main street and to one or other of the dozen odd pubs then in the town to settle their accounts and to
squabble further over the “lucky-penny” that each dealer had to receive before a bargain was complete.
***
Sources
for notated versions: fiddler Paddy Kiloran (
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music
Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
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, Treoir): 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).
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 :|
X:4
T:Untitled Reel (Lucy Campbell)
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Transcribed from a 1929 film of a
Catskill, N.Y. (a town in the Hudson Valley) country fiddler
N:playing the tune. He says he learned
the tune when he was around age
N:20 (and was aged 70 at the time of the
filming) from another local fiddler.
N:He had no name for the tune, but
insisted he played it as learned fifty years ago.
N:The film is in the University of South
Carolina's Newsfilm Library.
Z:You-Tube link
posted to Fiddle-L by Dave Ruch 1/30/09
K:D
[D2A2]FF A2 fe|dBAF A D3|[D2A2] FF A2 fe|dBAF A D3|
[D2A2] FF A2 FF|AFAA B2 (3BdB|AAFA Dafe|dBAF D4||
a2 af defd|gfga b e3|a2 af defe|dBAF D4:||
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 piper Hamish Moore finds similar to
“Lucy Campbell.”
LUCY CAMPBELL'S STRATHSPEY [4]. AKA and see "Miss Lucy Campbell."
Canadian, Strathspey.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
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
tuning. 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)
***
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 tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: whistle
player Pat White/Padraic de Faoite (Ireland), who had it from the Lucy McKenna
of the title [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ
I), 1963; No. 25, pg. 11.
LUCY’S DELIGHT. English,
Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody was
first published in David Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most
Celebrated Country Dances (London, 1756). It also appears in the music
manuscript collections of Thomas Hammersley (London, 1790), fiddler George
White (Cherry Valley, N.Y., 1790), flute player Micah Hawkins (New York, 1794),
and Luther Kingsley (Mansfield, Conn., 1795). Hammersley gives “Ye Villa” as an
alternate title. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 185.
X:1
T:Lucy’s
Delight
M:C|
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:G
d/c/B/A/ Gd
ecBg|d/c/B/A/ Gd cA=fA|d/c/B/A/ Gd edcB|cdBc A2 D2:|
|:d/c/B/A/ Gd|ecBg|d/c/B/A/ Gd cA=fA|d/c/B/A/ Gd ecBg|c>dcA GG/G/ G2:|
|:BG A/B/c/A/ BG A/B/c/A/|BGcA =FA
A/B/c/A/|BG A/B/c/A/ BG A/B/c/A/|c>dc>A GG/G/ G2:||
LUCY’S
WALTZ. American,
Waltz. A Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BC. Composed in 2000 by Orly Krasner.
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes,
vol. 2), 2005; pg. 77.
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.
LUDLOW RECRUIT, THE. English, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A
modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 193.
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 Ireland (1903), No. 712
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 County Clare) in Stanford-Petrie
(Nos. 1366, 1367, 1368, 1369, 1473, 1474, 1475), as well as occasional
printings in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society. Source for notated
version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained the song from a Miss
Murphy of Dublin in 1839. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 134, pgs. 191-192.
LUIBIN [2](, AN). Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Flat/E
Flat Major. Standard tuning. 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
Dublin in 1839. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 135, pg. 192.
LUIBIN [3](, AN). Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Flat
Major. Standard tuning. 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 Dublin in 1839. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 136, pgs. 193-194.
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
B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music,
No. 135, pg. 68.
K:A
ED|:CEAc
ecAc|eaga ecAc|dB^AB GE^DE|FDB,D G,2 ED|
CEAc
ecAc|eaga ecAc|dB^AB GE^DE|1 (3DED B,G, A,2 ED:|2 (3DED B,G, A,2c2||
|:cF^EF
GECE|FDCD B,2 ED|CEAc ecAc|B^dfd e2 E=D|
CEAc
ecAc|eaga ecAc|dB^AB GE^DE|1 (3DED B,G, A,2c2:|2 DB,^A,B, =A3||
LUKKARI-HEIKIN POLKKA. Scandinavian, Polka. D Major ('A'
& 'B' parts) & B Minor ('C' part). Standard tuning. AA'BB'CC'AA’.
Private collection, A. Kuntz.
X:1
T:Lukkari-Heikin
polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
K:D
A/A/|AD F/F/D/F/|AD F/F/D/F/|GE CE|Dd c/d/c/B/|AD F/F/D/F/|AD F/F/D/F/|
GE
CE/E/|1 ED DA/A/:|2 (ED) Dz||:GB GB|GB B/d/c/B/|GB GB|GB B/d/c/B/|
AD
F/F/D/F/|AD F/F/D/F/|GE CE/E/|1 ED D2:|2 DC Dd/c/||:B(B/d/) ff|bf g/f/e/d|
C(c/d/)
ee|f/e/d/c/ dB|BB/c/ff|bf g/f/e/d/|cc/d/ f/e/d/c/|1 BB B2:|2 BB BA/A/||
LULLABY. AKA
and see "Suantree."
LULLABY FOR IRISH PIPES. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard
tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of
Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in
County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher
at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An
interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] Irish Minstrels and Musicians.” Source
for notated version: the Whiteside manuscript [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody),
1922.
X:1
T:Lullaby for
Irish Pipes
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:James
Whiteside manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:F
"Andantino"(3dcA|G2
G2 (3AGF|G2 G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|A2 d2 e2|f3 e (3dcA|!
G2 G2 (3AGF|G2
G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|A3 G A2|D4 (3dcA|!
G2 G2 (3AGF|G2
G2 F/2E/2F/2G/2|A2 d2 e2|f3 e fg|!
a3 g fa|g3 f
de|f3 d (3dcA|G4||!
G/2F/2G/2A/2|B4
AG|A3 G A2|D4 E2|F4 GA|!
B4 AG|A4
(3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4 G/2F/2G/2A/2|!
B4 AG|A4
(3dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4 fg|!
a3 g fa|g3 f
de|f3 d (3dcA|c4 fg|!
a3 g fa|g3 f
de|f3 d d/2c/2A/2G/2|F4 GA|!
B4 AG|A4 (dcA|G2 G2 (3AGF|G4||
LULL(E) ME BEYOND THEE. AKA
and see "Northern Turtle,"
"Oil of Barley," "Cold and Raw," "Craigieburn Wood." English,
Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 6/4 time). D Minor (Barnes, Sharp, Williamson): G
Dorian (Chappell). Standard. ABB (Barnes, Sharp): AABC (Chappell): AABB
(Williamson). The air was first published by Playford in his "The English
Dancing Master" in editions from 1650 through 1690. Williamson (1976)
states the tune is a variant to an earlier tune called "Oil of
Barley" or "Cold and Raw," which was printed by Thomas d'Urfey
in 1686, and that D'Urfey believed the tune to be Scots in origin. The English
collector Chappell (1859) remarks that the air appears to have been known at
first only as "a new Northern tune," but elsewhere he states that tunes
so called were English rather than Scots, and that 'northern' refers not to
Scotland but to the northern counties of England. Later the Scots national
poet, Robert Burns, fashioned a song on this tune entitled "Craigieburn
Wood." Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986. Chappell (Popular Music
of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 320‑321. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
46. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),
1909/1994; pg. 35. Williamson (English,
Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 20. Dorian 90238, The
X:1
T:Lull
Me Beyond Thee
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp
– Country Dance Tunes
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Minor
A2(A
f>ef | g>fg a3) | A2 (A f>ed | ^c3d3) | A2(A f>ef |
g>fg
a3) |A2(A f>ed | ^c3 d3) ||
|:
f2(f g>fg | a>ba g2)(c | f2f g>fg | a3g3) | (a>ba) (g>fe) |
(f>ed)
a3 | A2(A f>ed | ^c3d3) :|
LULU LOVES THEM YOUNG. Old-Time, Breakdown. Ray Alden's (
LULU'S
POLKA. English, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
152.
LUM
HAT, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. Composed by self‑taught fiddler and composer Bert Murray (b.
LUMBERJACK. AKA
and see “The Roadside Fiddler.”
American, Reel. G Major: D Major (Phillips). Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg):
AA'BB' (Phillips). Sources for notated versions Stuart Williams (Seattle)
[Phillips]; Glenn Berry [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 148.
Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 96.
LUMBERJACKS, THE.
French-Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Not Phillips'
"Lumberjack." Sweet (Fifer’s
Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 67.
X:1
T:Lumberjacks,
The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/ |
d/e/d/B/ GB/d/ | c/d/c/B/ Ag | f/g/f/e/ d/f/a/f/ | g/a/g/e/ dB/c/ | d/e/d/B/
GB/d/ |
c/d/c/B/
ag | f/g/f/e/ d/f/a/f/ | g/f/g/a/ g :: B/c/ | d/gg/ gB/c/ |
d/ff/
fA/B/ |1 c/ee/ ed/c/ | B/c/d/e/ d :|2 c/ee/ ed/c/ | B/G/A/F/ G :|
LUMBERJACK’S REEL, THE. AKA and see “The Honeymoon (Reel) [2].” Canadian,
Irish; Reel.
LUMBERS. AKA
and see "Gower Reel."
LUMMDON.
English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Hunington (William Litten's), 1977;
pg. 31.
LUMPS OF PLUM PUDDING [1]. English, Jig (irregular) or Morris
Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major (
***
Lumps of plum pudding and pieces of pie,
Me mother she gave me for telling a lie;
From lumps of plum pudding and pieces of pie.
***
Bacon
(The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 54, 90
& 164. Carlin (Master Collection),
1984; No. 51, pg. 39. Mallinson (Mally’s
Cotswold Morris Tunes), 1988, vol. 2; No. 36, pg. 18. Sharp (Morris Dance Tunes), Set V, pg. 24 and
Set IX, pg. 14. Topic TSCD458, John Kirkpatrick - “Plain
Capers” (1976/1992).
LUMPS OF PUDDING(S) [2]. AKA and see "Shives of Bread," "I'm Content With My Lot,"
"Contentment is Wealth,"
"Sweet Pudding," "The Gallowglass," "Niel Gow's Lament for
(the Death of) his Brother." English, Welsh, Scottish; Jig and Air. G
Minor (Mellor, Orford, Vickers): A Dorian (Johnson/1984, Johnson/1997).
Standard tuning. AABBCC (Mellor, Vickers): AABBCCDDEEFF. Johnson (1984)
believes this popular tune to be a 17th century English country dance tune,
though it was claimed by both
***
The
title is taken from a line in an English song set to the melody, called “Lumps
of Pudding.” It begins:
***
When I was in the low country,
When I was in the low country;
What slices of pudding and pieces of bread
My mother gave me when I was in need
***
My mother she killed a good fat hog,
She made such puddings would choak a dog;
And I shall ne’er forget till I dee,
What lumps of pudding my mother gave me.
***
A
Scottish version (from Herd, Gilpin and Paton’s Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc., 1870, pg.
221) goes:
***
My daddy he steal’d the minister’s cow,
And a’ we weans gat puddings anew;
The dirt crap out, as the meat gaed in,
And wow sic puddings as we gat then!
Sic lumps o’ puddings, sic dads o’ bread,
The stack in my throat, and maist were my dead.
***
As I gaed by the minister’s yard,
I spied the minister kissing his maid;
Gin ye winnae believe, cum here and fee
Sic a braw new coat the minister gied me.
Sic lumps o’ puddings, etc….
***
The
tune is mentioned in this anecdote from Hotten & Larwood’s book The History of Signboards from the Earliest
Times to the Present Day (1866, pg. 379):
***
In the month of May, 1718, one James Austin, “inventor
of the Persian
ink powder,” desiring to give his customers a
substantial proof of his
graditude, invited them to the Boar’s Head to partake
of an immense
plum-pudding. This pudding weighed 1,000 lbs.; a baked
pudding of 1
food square, and the best piece of an ox roasted: the
principal dish was
put in the copper on Monday, May 12, at the Red Lion
Inn, by the Mint in
Southwark, and had to boil fourteen days. From there
it was to be brought
to the Swan Tavern, in Fish Street Hill, accompanied
by a band of music
playing—“What
lumps of pudding my mother gave to me;” one of the
instruments was a drum in proportion to the pudding,
being 18 feet 2 inches
in length, and 4 feet in diameter, which was drawn by
“a device fixt on six
asses.” Finally the monstrous pudding was to be
divided in
but apparently its smell was too much for the gluttony
of the Londoners; the
escort was routed, the pudding taken and devoured, and
the whole ceremony
brought to an end, before Mr. Austin had a chance to
regale his customers.
***
Source
for notated version: Gillespie Manuscript
(a set by James Oswald {1711‑69} from his Caledonian Pocket Companion, but with improvements in his
variations) [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish
Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 36, pg. 95. Johnson
(The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs
and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; pg. 11. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909;
No. 155 (“I’m Content with My Lot”). Mellor (Welsh Dance Tunes), 1935; pgs. 4-5. O'Neill (Music of Ireland:
1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 729 (“Contentment is Wealth”). Orford (John of the Greeny
X:1
T:Lumps
of Puddings
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:James
Oswald
Z:AK/Fidder’s
Companion
K:Ador
(A/B/)
| “tr”c>BA Aag | “tr”e>de A2c | BAG Gge | d>(cB/A/) G2 g/a/ | bag eag |
edc {c}g2e |
dBG
ABd
d(B/c/d/B)
G2 c/d/ | e(c/d/e/c/) e(c/d/e/c/) | eca “tr”g2e | dBG ABd |
Bdg
Bdg | Bdg G2 (e/d/) | cea cea | cea “tr”g2e | dBG ABd |
(a/^g/a/b/)a
A2f | (g/f/g/a/)g (g/f/g/a/)g | (g/f/g/a/)g G2e | (a/^g/a/b/)a (a/g/a/b/)a |
aec’ “tr”b2a |
gBG
ABd |
eca
“tr”g2e | dBG Agf |
gBG G2
e/g/ | (a/^g/)(a/g/)(a/g/) acA | cea “tr”g2e | dBG ABd |
LUNAR LANDING. Canadian,
Reel. Composed by
LUNG-GAILE, AN. AKA
and see "The Steampacket."
LURGADÁN JIG. See “Luaithreadan’s Jig.”
LURGAN HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa na Lorgan). AKA and see “Coldier’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe.
G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the 20th century
collection of Bernard Bogue (Counties Monaghan and Tyrone) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 221, pg. 103.
LURG'S
REEL. Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the melody in print in Robert
Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 15).
LUS NA mBANRÍON (The Queen’s Herb). AKA
and see “The Dusty Miller.” Irish.
LUS-NA-MEALA. AKA
and see "The Honeysuckle."
LUSHBAUGH GALS. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals [1]."
LUSS
ROAD. Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB.
There are Luss Roads in Glasgow and in Balloch, Dunbartonshire, where the
village of Luss lies. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 113, pg.
14.
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr
– Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 113 (c.
1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G<G
F>G A>FD>C|B,>DA,>D (B,<G,) G,2|A<A ^G>A
c>AE>D|C>EB,>E (C<A,) A,2|
G<G
F>G A>F D2|B<B A>B c>A F2|d<d ^c>d (3ed=c (3BAG|(3FED
(3cBA G2 B>d||
g<g
b>a g>dB>d|G>Bd>B (3gfe (3dcB|c<c e>d c>ea>g|(3fga
(3gfe d2 e>f|
g<g
b>a g>dB>d|G>Bd>B g>dB>G|c<c e>c B<B d>B|(3ABc
(3def (g2g)z||
LUSTY GALLANT. AKA and see "Captain
Ward." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 4/4 time). E Minor (Raven):
D Dorian (Chappell). Standard. AB (Chappell): AABB (Raven). The air appears in
William Ballet's Lute Book, and
although Chappell (1859) does not find any ballad by that name, it was
mentioned as a dance tune as early as 1577, and Chappell believes it to have
been written on or before the year 1566. It was an immensly popular tune, he
says, and a great many ballads were written to it. A century later it was still
in currency and appeared in Playford’s English
Dancing Master. Raven's version is a 6/8 country dance version and differs
from the duple time lute tune printed by Chappell. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol.
1, 1859; pg. 234. Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 8. Maggie’s Music MMCD216,
Hesperus - “Early American Roots” (1997).
LUTENERS' LANE [1]. English, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
199.
LUTENERS' LANE [2]. English, Reel. B Minor ('A' part)
& D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by
Michael Raven. Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 199.
LUTENERS' LANE [3]. English, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
199.
LUTGAIR AN t-SAIGDIURA. AKA and see
"The Soldier's Joy."
LUTGAIR MO BEATA. AKA and see "The Joy(s) of My Life."
LUTRELL
PASS. See “Cooley’s
Reel [1].”
LYAR, THE. English, Jig.
G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in print in Charles and
Samuel Thompson’s third country dance collection (London, 1773). It also
appears, as do several of Thompson’s 1773 tunes, in the 1788 commonplace book
of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner of Norwich, Conn. The Lyar is
the name of a play by dramatist Samuel Foote, first performed in 1762 at Covent
Garden. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 38.
X:1
T:Lyar,
The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s
Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed
and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
G[G,G]G
GBd|{d}cAG FED|G[G,G]G GBd|cAF G3::d2d d2e|{g}fed g2B|
cde dcB|A>BA {G}F>ED|G[G,G]G
GBd|{d}cAG FED|G[G,G]G GBd|cAF G3:||
LYDECKER'S QUICKSTEP. American, March (2/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. In
1862 Bruce and Emmett’s Drummers’ and
Fifers’ Guide was published to help codify and train the hordes of new
musicians needed for Union Army service early in the American Civil War. George
Bruce was a drum major in the New York National Guard, 7th Regiment,
and had served in the United States Army as principal drum instructor at the
installation at Governor’s Island in New York harbor. Emmett was none-other
than Daniel Decatur Emmett, a principal figure in the mid-19th century
minstrel craze and composer of “Dixie” (ironically turned into a Confederate
anthem during the war) and “Old Dan Tucker,” among other favorites. Emmett had
been a fifer for the 6th U.S. Infantry in the mid-1850’s. Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ and Fifers’ Guide,
1862; pg. 56. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight),
1965/1981; pg. 54.
X:1
T:Lydecker’s
Quickstep
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Quickstep
March
S:Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers & Fifers
Guide (1862)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/ |
d/a/f/d/ B/g/e/c/ | d/a/f/d/ d/c/B/A/ | B/d/A/d/ G/d/F/d/ | Ee/c/ d/c/B/A/ |
d/a/f/d/
B/g/e/c/ | cd e>f | g/e/a/g/ e/A/B/c/ | dfd :: c/d/ | e/A/f/A/ g/A/f/A/ |
e/A/f/e/
d/c/B/A/ | B/b/A/a/ G/g/F/f/ | ef/e/ d/c/B/A/ | e/A/f/A/ g/A/f/A/ |
e/g/f/d/ c/d/e/f/ | g/e/a/g/ e/A/B/c/ |
dfd :|
LYE
SOAP. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, North Georgia. Vocalion 5446 (78 RPM), 1930, Dilly and His Dill Pickles
(AKA John Dilleshaw,
LYING IN THE COFFIN. AKA and see “Big Coffin Reel,” “Put Me in the Big Chest.”
LYING MALCOLM. AKA and see ">Calum breugach."
LYKE-WAKE DIRGE. English, Slow
March or Air (Dirge). Words to the tune go:
***
LYKE
WAKE DIRGE
***
This ae night, this ae night
Every night and a'
Fire and sleet and candle lighte,
And Christ receive thy saule (soul)
***
When from hence away art past
Every ...
To whinny moor thou com'st at last
And ...
***
If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon
Sit thee down and put them on.
***
If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane
The whinnies shall prick thee to the bare bane.
***
From whinny moor when thou may'st pass
To Brig o' Dread thou com'st at last.
***
From Brigg o' Dread hence thou mayst pass,
To Purgatory fire thou com'st at last,
***
To purgatory fire thou comst at last,
And Christ receive thy saul.
***
If ever thou gavest meat or drink
The fire shall never make thee shrink.
***
If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane
The fire will burn thee to the bare bane.
***
This ae night, this ae nighte
Fire and sleet and candle lighte.
***
The Young Tradition (1966). Buffy Saint-Marie.
X:1
T:The
Lyke Wake Dirge
C:Traditional
English
R:funeral
march
O:Assumed
B:Enyclopaedia
Blowzabellica
D:Blowzabella,
'Wall of Sound'
Z:Gordon
Turnbull
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:AAeo
e | A2
B | c2 e | {a}e2 d/c/ | d2 c/d/ |
e2
f/e/ | d2 c/B/ | ~e d2 -| d2 e |
e2
f/e/ | d2 c/B/ | d2 c/B/ | A2 {ad}e |
{ad}e2
f/e/ | d2 c/B/ | c A2- | A2 :||
ef |
g2 f/e/ | f2 e/d/ | e2 d/c/ | d2 c/d/ |
e2
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***
Goin' down to town, goin' down to town,
Goin' down to Lynchburg town to take my
'bacco down.
***
Times a gettin' hard money's gettin'
scarce,
Pay me for the tobacco boys before I
leave this place.
***
I went down to town to get me jug of
wine,
They tied me up to a whippin' post and
gave me forty-nine.
***
I went down to town to get me a jug of
gin
They tied me up to another post and give
me hell again. (Preceeding four verses from Art
Rosenbaum)
***
I went down to the stillhouse, I didn't go to stay,
I fell in love with a whiskey keg, you bet I stayed
all day.
***
Refrain
I'm goin' down, way way downtown,
I'm goin' down to Lynchburg Town to lay my tobaccer
down.
***
I went up on the mountain just to give my horn a blow,
I thought I heard my pretty girl say "Yonder
comes my beau".
***
Well once'd I had an old hound dog, I wish he'd bring
him back,
He chased the big hogs round the fence and the little
ones through the crack.
***
I bought myself a banjer, I strung it up with twine,
The only tune that thing would play was "Trouble
On My Mind".
***
Well times are gettin' hard, money's gettin' scarce,
If times don't get much better here we're bound to
leave this place.
***
Morgan Sexton sings these verses in his version called
“Going Down in Town”:
***
I'm going down in town (x2)
I Don't care what the old folks say,
I'm going down in town
***
I'm going down in town
They call me down for supper
Stubbed my toe on a table leg,
Stuck my nose in the butter.
***
African-American
musician Joe Thompson plays a local Orange County version that he calls “'Way
up on the Mountain,” although it appears on his Rounder CD as “Goin' Downtown.”
Thompson tunes his fiddle to ‘low bass’ (FCGD), and plays the tune around a G
tonal center. He sings:
***
Away up on the mountain, away up on the
mountain,
Way up on the mountain where the eagle
builds his nest.
***
Going on downtown, going on downtown,
Going on down to Leesburg town, lay my
'bacco down.
***
Source
for notated version: Cranberry Lake [Kuntz]. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 19‑20. Paramount
3171 (78 RPM), 1929, Charlie Poole and the
LYNCH’S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Uí Loingsigh). Irish, Hornpipe.
D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the 20th century
collection of Bernard Bogue (Counties Tyrone & Monaghan) [Breathnach]. Breathnach
(CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 215.
LYNCH'S
REEL (Ríl an Loinsigh). Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Breathnach (1963) notes the tune first appears in print in
Hardebeck’s Collection of Jigs and Reels
for the Piano, Vol. 2 (Dublin, 1921). Source for notated version: fiddler
George Rowley (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE I), 1963; No. 187, pg. 73.
LYNNE’S
REEL. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by Roger Crook. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 22.
LYNN’S FAVORITE. AKA and see “Bliven’s Favorite,” "Bobbing for Eels," "The Bottle of Punch," "The Butchers of Bristol [1]",
"By your leave, Larry
Grogan," "Coppers
and Brass [2]", “The
County Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's
Frolic," "Fishing for
Eels," “Green Sleeves [3],"
"Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," “The Humors of Ennistymon [1],"
"The Humours of
Milltown [2]," "Ioc an Reicneail,” "Jackson's Bottle/Jug of
Punch/Brandy," "Larry
Grogan(‘s) [1]", "The Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of Melross,” "Little Fanny's Fancy,"
"Lynny's Favourite," "The
Old Man's Jig," "Pay the
Reckoning," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.”
LYON'S FANCY. English, Jig.
England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No.
105b, pg. 43.
LYON’S FAVOURITE. AKA and see “Maurice Carmody’s Favourite,”
“Morrison’s Jig [1],” “Paddy Stack’s Fancy Jig,” “The Stick Across the Hob.” Irish, Jig.
E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABC. Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler
Padraig O’Keeffe via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of
the Cork-Kerry border); O’Leary learned the tune in Lyons’ of Castleisland
[Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary),
1994; No. 198, pgs. 114-115.
LYON’S FOR TEA. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary
fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán
Ryan’s Dream), 13.
LYON'S REEL. Irish, Reel. E
Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Lyons was a piper famous in the the 19th century.
Source for notated version: MS of Mr. James Corrigan (Ireland) [Darley &
McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley
& McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 44, pg. 19.
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