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MNA DEASA
BHAILE-LOCHA-RIABHACH, NA. AKA and see "Pretty Lasses of Loughrea,"
"Execution Song."
MNÁ NA hÉIREANN (The Women of
***
Ta bean in Éireann a phronnfadh sead damh is
mo shaith le n‑ol
Is ta bean in Éireann is ba bhinne leithe mo
rafla ceoil
Mise ag leimnigh no leagtha i gcre is mo
tharr faoi fhod
***
Ta bean in Éireann a bheadh ag ead liom mur
bhfaighfinn ach pog
O bhean ar aonach, nach ait an sceala, is mo
dhaimh fein leo;
Ta bean ab fhearr liom no cath is cead
dhiobh nach bhfagham go deo
Is ta cailin speiriuil ag fear gan Bhearla, dubhghranna croin.
***
Ta bean a dearfadh da siulann leithe go
bhfaighinn an t‑or,
Is ta bean 'na leine is is fearr a mein no
na tainte bo
Le bean a bhuairfeadh Baile an Mhaoir is
clar Thir Eoghain,
Is ni fhaicim leigheas ar mo ghalar fein ach scaird a dh'ol.
***
The English translation goes (from Caroline Foty):
***
There's a woman in
And there's a woman in
To the playing of strings; there's a woman
in
Than me burning or lying in the clay beneath the sod.
***
There's a woman in
From a woman at a fair, isn't it strange,
and I love them all;
There's a woman whom I prefer to battle and
a hundred of them I will never get
And there's a beautiful girl who belongs to
a man without English, so ugly.
***
There's a woman who would say that if I
would wander with her I would find gold;
And there's a woman in a shift whose beauty is worth more than the cattle raids
With a woman who vexed Ballymoyer and the plain of Tyrone {a reference to Maeve and the cattle raid of Cooley, a Cuchulainn tale}
And I see no cure for my illness but drink.
***
Mac
Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stoir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set
Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 91, pg. 52. Claddagh
CC14, “Chieftains 4” (1974). Shanachie 79024, "Chieftains 4"
(1974/1983). Hearts Space, “Celtic Twilight.”
X:1
T:Mna na hEireann
T:Women
of
R:Air
B:An Pota Stoir
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:70
K:D
"Em"EEF G d4|d"E"edc "A"E4|EF "Em"G2 FG E2|
"A"E6 z2|"Em"EEF G d4|d"E"edc "A"E4|
EF "G"G2 FG "A"A2|A6 z2|G"D"FA "Bm"D D4|
z "Bm"DD d d4|e"G"fed BA B2|B6 AG|
F"Em"E d4 de|"A"dcA "G"B4 E|E2 DC "D"D4||
X:2
T:Mná na hÉireann
L:1/4
M:4/4
Q:60
K:G
| G-ABc | g2 a~g | fdA2 | ABc2 | BcA2 | ~A4 | G-ABc | g2 b~a |
| gfdA- | AABc- | cBcd- | dcBd | G2 G g- | gaba- | ag2e | de2 d |
|
cBAg- | ga2g | fd2 e | cA2G | FG3 |]
MNA OGA CILL-MOCEALLOG. AKA and see "The Maids of
Kilmallock."
MNA UAISLE LAIGEANN. AKA and see "The Ladies of
Leinster."
MNA UAISLE O CARRAIG, NA. AKA and see "The Ladies of
Carrick."
MNATHAN TRODACH
OBAIR-THAIRBH. AKA and see "The Scolding Wives of Abertarff."
MO BHAIDIN. Irish, Air (?). D Major. Standard. AB. Miller & Perron (Traditional Irish Fiddle Music), 1977;
Vol. 3, No. 64. Tradition TLP 1024, Mary O'Hara.
MO BHRON A'S MO DHITH. AKA and see "My Sorrow
and My Loss."
MO CAILIN DEAS RUAIDH. Irish, Air.
MO CAILIN DON DEAR AR
MIRE AG OL. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Mixolydian.
Standard. AB. See also the variant “Do Riubal me Eire on
Genan Go Ceile.” Source for notated version: Davy Condon via the Irish
collector Patrick Joyce [Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 1077, pg. 273.
MO CEOIL SIBH A
LAOCHRA. AKA and see “The Buckeen,” “Cameron House,” “George Gubbin’s Delight,” “Humors of Schull,” “Lord
Kelly--Strathspey,” "Lord
Kelly('s Rant/Reel)" “The Musical
Priest,” "The New Bridge of Erin,"
“The Old Grey Gander,” “Wedding Ring [2].” Irish, March (2/4
time). A Dorian. Standard. AAB. Roche
Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 210, pg. 80.
MO
CHAILIN DONN DEAS AS MISI SIUBHAL LE CHEILE. AKA and see "My
Pretty Brown‑Haired Girl and Myself A‑Walking Together."
MO
CHAILINN OG THOIR LE TOIGH AN AIRE DHOMB. AKA and see "Bonnie Lassie, Take Advice."
MO CHION AIRAN
MO CHREACH A'S MO
DHIACHAIRT. AKA and see "My sorrow and Trouble."
MO
CHREACH IS MO DHITH, IS CLAOIDHTE AN GALAR AN GRADH. See "Love is a
Tormenting Pain."
MO
CHROIDHE CHOMH CHIAR DUBH LE H-AIRNE, TA. AKA and see "My Heart is Black As a Sloe."
MO CRAOIBHIN AOIBHIN
AULINN O. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol.
3; No. 10, pg. 3.
MO CREACH A'S MO
CHIACHAIRT. AKA and see "My Sorrow and Trouble."
MO CHUACHAG LAGHACH (My Gentle Milkmaid). Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning.
AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol.
4, 1991; pg. 9. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout
– “Scottish Fire” (2000).
MO CHUTHCHAS. AKA and see "The
Spot Where My Forefathers Dwelt."
MO DHACHAIGH/DHACHAIDH. AKA and see "The Song of Home,"
"My Home," "My Own/Ain
Home (Waltz)."
MO GHILLE GUANACH (My
thoughless lad). Scottish,
Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABC. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo ghille guanach
T:My thoughtless lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Mixolydian
D>D E>G A>B A>G | E2 D>D EG Ad | B>A G2 :|
D>E F>G E>D E>G | AB G>A E>G E>D | DE FG ED EG |
AB GA EG ED || D>D EG AB AG | E2 DD EG Ad | B>A G2 ||
MO GHRADH FO LEOIN. AKA and see "My Lover Wounded."
MO GHRÁSA AR MAIDIN. AKA and see "My Love in
the Morning."
MO GILE MEAR (My Nimble Lad/My Spirited Lad). AKA – "Ó, Mo Laoch, Mo Ghile
Mear," "Seal do Bhíos im' Mhaighdin Shéimh,” "De bharr na gCnoc
's i nImigéin," "Air Bharr na G-Cnoc 's an Ime G-Céin.” AKA and see “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?”
Irish, Slow March or Air (4/4 time).
***
Seal da rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh,
'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thréith,
Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is i n-imigcéin.
***
Curfá:
'Sé mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear,
'Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.
***
For a while I was a gentle maiden
And now a spent worn-out widow
My spouse ploughing the waves strongly
Over the hills and far away.
***
Chorus:
He is my hero, my dashing darling
He is my Caesar, dashing darling.
I've had no rest from forebodings
Since he went far away my darling.
***
The tune was played at the funeral
of Seán Ó Riada, when he was buried in the little church in Cúil Aodha on
***
Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The
Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 87, pg. 50. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; No. 98,
pg. 84 (Appears as “Gile Mear”). Tubridy (Irish
Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 4. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Traditional
B:A Stór 's a Stórín
Z:Transcribed by Martin Wanicki
K:G
%Verse 1 and chorus:
D3DD2DE|G2A2B4|c2BAB2A2|G3ED4|
G3FE2D2|G2GAB3c|d3ed2B2|A3GG4||
%Other Verses:
B2d2d2B2|A2G2G3A|B2d2d2B2|A2G2A3A|
MO GRACH E AN CRUISGIN. AKA ‑ "The
Old Jug and It Full." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning.
AAB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3;
No. 22, pg. 6.
MO GRADH GEAL DILLIS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 53,
pg. 15.
MO GHRÁSA IDIR DHÁ RÓS. AKA and see “My Love
Between Two Roses.”
MO LAOCHAN. AKA and see “Black but Comely,” “For a’ that
and a’ that.”
MO LAOCHAN BHOIDHEACH. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by
James Stewart-Robertson, the editor of The
Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
96.
X:1
T:Mo Laochan Bhoidheach
M:C|
L:1/8
C:James Stewart-Robertson
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F<D D/D/D A,>A|F>D D/D/D G<E E>A|F>D D/D/D A,>D|=C>DE>F G<EE:|
g|f>d d/d/d d<A F>e|f>d d/d/d c>de>g|1 f>d d/d/d d<A F>D|=C>DE>F G<EE:|2
f<d
c>A d<A F>D|=c>DE>F G<EE||
MO LEANNAN FALAICH. AKA and see "My Love in
Secret."
MO LUNDUBH BEAG
AOIBHINN. AKA and see "My Sweet Little Blackbird."
MO MAIRE-ANNA. AKA and see "My Mary Anne."
MO MHALI BHEAG OG (My Dear Little May). See "Little
Molly O!"
MO MHÀIRI MHIN MHEALL
SHUILEACH. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Minor.
Standard. AABB. "Very old," notes James Stewart-Robertson in his Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 58.
X:1
T:Mo Mhàiri Mhin Mheall Shuileach
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Aminor
c|:A<B e2 e>d B<g|G<G d>G B>AG>B|A<B e2 e>dB<g|a>eg>B A2 A<B:|
|:A<aa<b
a>gg>a|b>aa>g g>ee>g|d>eg>a b>ag>b|a<e g>B
A2 AB:|
MO MHUIRNIN BAN. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of
MO MIURNIN NA GRURIGE
BAINE (My Fairhaired
Darling).
Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Mixolydian. Standard. AB. See also O’Neill’s setting
under the title “My Fair Haired
Darling [2].” Roche Collection,
1982, Vol. 3; No. 63, pg. 18.
MO MUIRNIN ANNSA TIG. AKA and see "My Honey in
the House."
MO MUIRNIN 'SA CODLAD. AKA and see "My Darling
Asleep."
MO NIGHEAN DHONN
BHOIDHEACH (My Brown-Haired
Maid). Scottish,
Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 44.
MO NIGHEANAG DHÒNN (My little
brown girl). Scottish,
Air (4/4 time). C Minor. Standard. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo nigheanag dhònn
T:My little brown girl
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C Minor
B | c>B GB B,2 C>D | FB G>F GB c2 | {c/d/}cB GB B,2 CD | FB G>F GD C :|
MO NIGHEAN DUBH, N`A
TREIG MI. AKA and see "Black Haired Nymph, Forsake
Me Not."
MO REULTA EOLUIDHE. AKA and see "My Guiding Star."
MO ROBAIRNEACH GAOLACH (My dear
clever lad). Scottish,
Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo robairneach gaolach
T:My dear clever lad
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
B>cB B>GF | G>BG {G}F2D | F>GF dfd | {d}cBc d2F |
Bcd df>d | {d}cBD F2G | FDF d>cd | BGF G2B ||
MO RUN AN DIUGH MAR AN
DE THU. AKA and see "My Love Today as Heretofore."
MO RÙN BHAN DILEAS (My fair and faithful dear one).
Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo Rùn bhan dileas
T:My fair and faithful dear one
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”In moderate time”
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D2
z2z DFA | d2e2Bd | B2 A>D FA | d2
e>d cA | B3B AF | d2 A>F ED | E2 FA d>B | A2D>F E>D | D6 ||
MO RUN GEAL DELEAS (My Faithful Fair/Fond One). Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major.
Standard. One part (Martin): AB (Neil). Neil (1991) reports that the Gaelic song
was composed by a young farmer from the Isle of Mull, named MacLean, who fell
in love with one Isobel of Balinby, to whom he dedicated the lyric.
Unfortunately Isobel did not at first return his affections, and later, when
she was won over, her parents objected to the planned marriage. MacLean
"never fully recovered from his disappointment and he became mentally ill
through time. It was during a period of confinement that he wrote this and
several other compositions." There
are several versions of this air extent. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 24. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 167, pg. 217.
MO RUN GEAL OG. AKA and see "(A)
Lady to Her Husband Killed in Culloden."
MO STOREEN FROM
MUSKERRY (Mo Stóirín O
Mhúscraidhe).
Irish, Air (9/8 time, "lively"). G Major. Standard. AB. "One
half of this tune is given in Stanford‑Petrie, No. 1090, from an
imperfect copy supplied to Petrie by me" (Joyce). Source for notated
version: Lewis O'Brien of Coolfree Co. Limerick: 1845 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 174, pg. 87.
X:1
T:Mo Storeen from Muskerry
T:Mo Stóirín O Mhúscraidhe
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GFG AGF EFD|GGG BGB/c/ d2d|ede/f/
gfg ege|dcB ABG F2D||
GBG FAD FED|GGG GBB Bcd|edc BAG
AFD|DcB AGF G2||
MO STOIRIN O
MHUSCRAIDHE. AKA and see "Mo Storeen From Muskerry."
MOATE HUNT, THE. AKA and see "Willie Coleman's Jig."
MOATSVILLE BLUES. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
MOCCASIN TWO-STEP. American (?), Two-Step. From the playing of the late
Joe Robichaud (d. 1999), a fiddler from northern
MOCK HOBBY HORSE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. ABB
(Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): AABB (Barnes). Published in 1698. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of
100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 19. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 21. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 55.
X:1
T:Mock Hobby Horse
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a|f>ef Bcd|e2e d2 a/g/|f>ef
ABc|d2d d2a|f>ef Bcd|e2e e2 a/g/|f>ef ABc|d2d d2||
|:d=c|B2B B>AG|G2 g g>fe|fga
a2^g|a2 a a>gf|e g2 f>ed|Be2 c>BA|afg e>dc|d2d d2:|
MOCK MATCH. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Barnes
(English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
MOCK NIGHTINGALE, THE. Welsh, Air. The tune appears in the late 1742
edition of Blind Parry’s collection of Twelve
Airs for one and two Guitars, repeated in the 1781 edition.
MOCKING BIRD [1]. AKA and see "Listen
to the Mockingbird." Old‑Time,
MOCKING BIRD [2]. AKA and see "Drunken
Hiccups [1]." Infrequently a local southwestern Pennsylvania title for
the piece "Drunken Hiccups."
MOCKINGBIRD HILL. See “Life in the Finnish
Woods” (Livet i Finnskogarna).
MOCKINGBIRD
SCHOTTISCHE. Old‑Time, Schottische. D Major.
Standard. ABB'CC. A version of "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Ford (Traditional Music in
MODE O' WOOING, THE. English, Air (4/4 time). England, Northumberland.
D Dorian. Standard. One part.
***
Young men, when that they do arrive
Between a score and twenty‑five,
There's scarely one that you will find,
But's either more or less inclined
To gang away a wooing, a woop, woo, wooing,
To gang away a wooing, amang the maidens fair. (Bruce & Stokoe)
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 104‑106.
X:1
T:Mode o’ Wooing, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
A|cc=BA Bcdd|ed=BA GAD>D|cc=BA Bcdd|eA =(B/A/G ABcE|
DDEG
A2 AG|E2e2 E2 GG|DDEG A2 d=B|cAGE D3||
MODES
OF THE COURT SO COMMON ARE GROWN,
THE. AKA and
see "Lillibulero." English,
Air. The tune appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729.
MODEST DOLLY. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. AABB.
Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part
2; No. 341.
MODHEREEN RUA. AKA and see "Fox Chase,"
"Fox Hunt."
MOGGIE LAWTHER. AKA and see "Maggie Lauder."
MOGGY ON THE SHORE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AA’BB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 4; No. 73, pg. 10.
MOHAR RIABHOGACH, AN. See "(An) Mothar
Riabhogach."