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MOUDIEWART, THE (The Mole). AKA - “The Mowdiewart.” AKA and see “Ane an' Twenty Tam,” “Porto Bello.” Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Scots poet Robert Burns remarked to Thomson that he had one of "our ancienter Scots Fiddlers' play him 'The Moudiewart'" in strathspey time; Emmerson (1971) takes from this remark that it was the habit of untutored folk fiddlers to render tunes in strathspey style at their pleasure. "The Moudiewart" means 'the mole', and is an old Jacobite air on the death of William of Orange, who expired after a fall from his horse after it had stumbled over a mole‑hill. The air was published as "Scotch Jig" by Oswald in his Caledonian Pocket Companion, iv, 1752. It had appeared earlier under the title “Porto Bello,” printed by Walsh in his Caledonian Country Dances (book 3), c. 1740. Poet Robert Burns penned a song, “O, for Ane-and-Twenty, Tam,” to tune which relates the promise of a lass when she finally comes of age.
***
Lord Henry Cockburn (1779-1854), writing in his posthumously published book Memorials of His Time (1856), gives the anecdote:
***
Laing had an
incomprehensible reverence for Dugald Stewart. Stewart used to tell,
how he was walking in
the Meadows (Edingburgh) very early one morning, when
he saw a number of
people within the enclosure seemingly turning up the turf, and
that upon going up to
them he found his fried Jamie Laing, who explained that in
these short light nights
there was noting going on with the blackguards, “and so, ye
see, Mr. Professor,
I’ve just brought oot the constables to try oor hands at the
moudieworts. (pg. 90)
***
Howe (1000 Jigs and
Reels), c. 1867; pg. 127.
T:Moudiewart, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c.
1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f | cAF ABc | d2G G2f | cAF AB^c | d2D D2f | cAF ABc | dcB AGF | BAG A2^c |
d2D
D2 || e | fgf fed | gag gfe | fef gfg | a2d d2e | fgf fed | efg a2g | fed A2^c
| d2D D2 ||
MOUNT... See also "MT...".
MOUNT AND GO. AKA and see "Mount Your Baggage
[2]."
MOUNT BATTOCK. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of
Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c), 1866; No. 91, pg. 32.
MOUNT CASHEL'S BRIGADE. New England, March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right,
Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 5.
MOUNT FOREST. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Composed April 14, 1971, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald
(1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor),
1994; pg. 40.
MOUNT HAZEL. Irish, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part.
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 848, pg. 212.
X:1
T:Mount Hazel
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 848
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/ | BB/d/c/B/ | AAB/A/ |
GG/A/B/d/ | {c}cAd/e/4f/4 |
g>ab/g/ | g/f/d/c/B/G/ | A2G2G2 |
G2 ||
MOUNT HILLS. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). D Major (Barnes): G
Major (Callaghan). Standard tuning. AABB. There are various Mount Hills in
Britain: south Gloucestershire, Scotlant, and a Mount Hill in London, the
location of a breastworks and battery during the English Civil War period
(mid-1600’s). Printed by Playford in the 11th edition (1701) of the
long-running English Dancing Master
series. It appears again John Young’s15th edition 1713), and finally
in his Dancing Master edition 17
(1721). Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986. Callaghan (Hardcore
English), 2007; pg. 43. Familiar Records FAM 47,
Pyewackett ‑ "7 to Midnight" (1985). North Star NS0031,
"Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from t he Celtic Highlands"
(1990). Childgrove – “Early Instincts” (2004). WildGoose Records WGS 328CD,
Random – “Toadstone” (2005).
X:1
T:Mount Hills
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Playford, English Dancing Master,
11th ed., 1701
K:D
d2a2f2f2|efed c2A2|d2a2f2f2|a2 (gf)
e4|d2a2f2f2|efed c2A2|
d2 (cB) g2 (fe)|c4 d4::c3d
e2f2|g2f2d2 (dc)|d2B2g2a2|
f4e4|abag f2f2|d2d2B3 f|g2 (fe)
(dc)(de)|e4 d4:|
MOUNT PHOEBUS’ HUNT. AKA and see “Galtee Hunt [1],”
“The Hunt [1].” AKA – “Mountfamous Hunt.”
Irish, Set Dance (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two),
1999; pg. 15.
X:1
T:Mount Phoebus’ Hunt
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Set Dance
K:G
D|GABG AGED|cBcA BGED|GABG AGED|EAAG
AcBA|G2 BG AGED|
cBcd efge|dBGB AG E/D/E|G2 GF G3:|
|:D|G2 GB d2 dd|e/f/g fd e/f/e
d2|e/f/e d2 g/a/g d2|edde dBGB|
c2 cB cegd|B2 BA BcdB|A2 AB
AGED|gfgb a/g/f ge|
dBGB AGED|cBcd efge|dBGB AG E/D/E|G2
GF G3:|
MOUNT PLEASANT [1]. American, Air or March. D Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. A shape note hymn tune composed in 1789 by James Leach,
employed by Alstead, New Hampshire, fiddler Randy Miller as a march. Source for
notated version: White, Original Sacred
Harp (1971), originally in the key of ‘F’ [Miller]. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 350, pg.
205.
MOUNT PLEASANT. AKA and see "Old
Greene County [1]," "Kramar,"
"Bittner/Bitnar," "Twelfth Virginia," "Old Wilkinsburg March,"
"Old Number Two." A local
southwestern Pa. title.
MOUNT PLEASANT
CLICKSTEP. AKA and see "The Quickstep [2]," "Nixon." American, March (2/4 time). USA,
southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard. A fife march apparently derived from
"The Rakes of Mallow." Source for notated version: From fifer Charles
Cook via the Hoge MS and the Mount Pleasant Tablatures (fife MSS. from
southwestern Pa.), George Fisher (Somerset County, Pa., 1962) [Bayard]. Bayard
(Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 325A‑C,
pg. 290.
MOUNT PLEASANT
QUICKSTEP. American, March (either 4/4 or 6/8
time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version:
Mount Pleasant Tablatures (fife MS.) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 48, pg. 36.
MOUNT
STEWART HOUSE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). D Major.
Standard. AAB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle,
vol. 3), 1988; pg. 42.
MOUNT TARAGH'S TRIUMPH. AKA and see "Hunting the
Hare [1]," "Mr. Basse, His
Career." Irish. A ballad printed in 1626 at Dublin, to the tune of
"Mr. Basse, His Career" or "Hunting the Hare". It is the
earliest English language ballad printed in Ireland.
MOUNT THE HAIR AND
CURL IT. AKA and see “Comb the Hair and Curl it.”
Irish, Slip Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 51, pg. 12.
MOUNT VERNON. American, March (cut time). A
Minor. Standard. AABBCCDD. Source for notated version: the music manuscript
copybook of Mansfield, Connecticut, musician Luther Kingsley (1795) [Miller].
Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No.
351, pg. 205.
MOUNT VERNON POLKA. American, Polka. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major ('C' part).
Standard. ABBCC. Ford (Traditional Music
in America), 1940; pg. 166.
X:1
T:Mount Vernon Polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DB ({c}B/)^AB|BA ({B}A/)^G/A|(ed)
(dc)|cB ({c}B/)^A/B|DB ({c}B/)^A/B|
BA ({B}A/)^G/A|(gf) (fe)|ed
({e}d/)^c/d| DB ({c}B/)^AB|BA ({B}A/)^G/A|
(ed) (dc)|cB ({c}B/)^A/B|DB
({e}B/)^A/B|BA ({B}A/)^G/A|(ed) (eF)|
Gggz||:F/G/A/B/ c/d/e/f/|g(B/c/)
d2|(f/e/)A/B/ c2|e/d/G/A/ B2|
F/G/A/B/ c/d/e/f/|g(B/c/)
d2|(d/^c/).=c/.B/ (B/A/).E/.F/|GBG z:|
K:D
.A.f.f.f|.f.e.e.e|ed dF|A4|AG
b>a|g4|GF a>g|f4|Afff|
feee|ed dF|A4|AG g>f|e2
f>e|dzdz|d3z:|
MOUNT YOUR BAGGAGE [1]. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
Like "Tatter Jack," "Bonnie Strathmore," "Off to the Hunt," "The Antrim Lasses," and "The Boys of Carrigallen," it is
a variant of the tune "Bung Your Eye."
Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg.
65. Mooney (Choicest Tunes/Bagpipe),
1982, vol. 1; pg. 22. Ryan’s Mammoth
Collection, 1883; pg. 96.
X:1
T:Mount Your Baggage [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
E|ABA ABd|ege dBG|BAB GAG|BAB
GAB|A>BA ABd|
ede a2g|edc Bcd|ecA A2::^g|({b}a)^ga
ABA|({b}a)^ga A2^f|
g2G GAG|BAB GAB|cBc dcd|ecA Bcd|edc
Bcd|ecA A2:|
MOUNT YOUR BAGGAGE [2]. AKA and see "Mount and Go,"
"The Soldier's Lady."
Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Aird): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (Gow,
Johnson). An army song, the air of which was also published in Flores Musicae and by Gow in his
publication Strathspey Reels. John
Glen finds the earliest version of this melody in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection
(pg. 109), although a tune called “Mount Your Baggage" appears in Oswald's
A Collection of Scots Tunes with
variations', c 1756. It appears as No. 233 in Johnson’s Scots Musical Museum and is one of the
"missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune
manuscript. Source for notated version: Trotter MS., 1780, pg. 30 [Johnson]. Aird (Selection),
vol. II, 1782; No. 74, pg. 27. Gow (Second
Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pgs. 16-17 (3rd edition).
Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the
18th Century), 1984; No. 41.
X:1
T:Mount Your Baggage [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F2 | D2F2 A4 | D2 A2 BAGF | G3E2 F4 | D2F2 A4 | F2d2 c3B | A3F2 F4 :|
|: de | fdec d4 | D2A2 BAGF | G2 E4 de | fdec d4 | F2d2 c3B | A2 F3 de |
fdec d4 | D2A2 BAGF | G2E2 F4 | D2F2 A4 | F2 d2 edcB | A4 F4 :|
X:2
T:Mount your Baggage [2]
M:C
L:1/8
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels, 3rd edition, pgs. 16-17 (orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FE|(DEFG) A4|D2A2 BAGF|G2E2
“tr”E2FE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2”tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2:||
de|(fe)dc “tr”d4|D2A2 (BA)GF|G2E2E2
de|(fd)ec “tr”d4|F2A2 BcdB|A2F2”tr”F2de|
fdec “tr”d4|D2A2 (BA)GF|G2E2
(EG)FE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2 “tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
“variation 1”
|:FE|(DF)(AF) (DF)(BF)|(DF)(AF)
(DF)(dF)|(ABc)A (Bcd).F|1 G2 E2E2 FE|(DF)AF (DF)BF|
(DF)AF (DF)dF|(DF)Ag fedc|d2D2D2:|2
G2E2 EGFE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2”tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
de|(fd)Bd (ec)Ac|(dB)GB
(AF)DF|(BG)FG (AF)(dF)|G2E2”tr”E2 de|(fd)Bd (ec)Ac|
(dBG)B (AF”tr”E)D|(FGA).g
(fe)dc|d2D2D2 “tr”f>e|(df)dA FAdA|(Bd)BA FAdA|
(Bcd)A (BA)GF|G2E2 E2 “tr”FE|(DEFG)
A4|F2d2 “tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
“variation 2”
|:AG|(F/E/D) AD BDAD|(F/E/D) AD
BDAD|(F/E/D) FA (dcd)F|G2E2 “tr”E2 AG|1 (F/E/D) AD BDAD|
(F/E/D) AD BDAD|(FGA)g
fedc|d2D2D2:|2 G2E2E2 FE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2”tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
|:“tr”f>g|afdf ecAc|dBGB
AF”tr”ED|(GB).d.G (FA).d.F|1G2E2 E2 fg|afdf ecAc|dBGB A(FED)|
(FGA).g fedc|d2D2D2:|2 G2E2
EGFE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2”tr”c3B|A2F2F2||
|:d/c/B|(AD)(BD) (cD)(dD)|(AD)(BD)
(cD)(dD)|(F/E/D) FA (dcd).F|G2E2”tr”E2 (d/c/B)|
(AD)(BD) (cD)(dD)|(AD)(BD) (cD)(dD)|(FGA).g
(fe)dc|d2D2D2 (d/c/B)|(AD)(BD) (cD)(dD)|
(AD)(BD) (cD)(dD)|(F/E/D) FA
(dcd).F|G2E2 .E(GFE)|(DEFG) A4|F2d2 “tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
|:de|(fd)(fd) (ec)(ec)|(dB)(dB)
(AF)(AF)|(GB)eG (FA)dF|1 G2E2 E2 de|(fd)(fd) (ec)(ec)|
(dB)(dB) (AF)(AF)|(DFA).g (fe)dc|d2D2D2:|2
G2E2EGFE|(DEFG) A4|F2d2”tr”c3B|A2F2”tr”F2||
MOUNTAIN BELLE
SCHOTTISCHE. English, American; Schottishe. G
Major. Standard tuning. AABBAAB'B'. Composed by C. Kinkel in 1857. A tune by
this title was in the repertoire of the Hornellsville Hillbillys, a Steuban
County, N.Y., string band of the 1930's. Source for notated version: George
Henry Watson (Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, 1850-80) [Callaghan]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 88. Carlin
(Master Collection), 1987; No. 31,
pg. 30. EFDSS CD13, New Victory Band – “Hardcore
English” (2007. Various artists). Topic 12TS382, New Victory Band ‑
"One More Dance and Then" (1978. Heard first from the playing of Bill
Fell, a plucked dulcimer player from
X:1
T:Mountain Belle
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Schottische
K:G
(3def|g2B2
d>de>d|c2F2A2g2|a>gf>e d>cB>A|G>Bd>e d2 (3def|
g2B2
d>de>d|c2F2A2g2|a>gf>e d>cB>A|1 G2B2G2:|2 G2B2G4||
|:F2A2 (f2 f>)e|e2d2 (G2
G>)d|d2^c2 G>FG>B|B2A2 (F2 F>)G|
F2A2 (f2 f>)e|e2d2 (G2 G>)A|B2
A>A B>AB>^c|1 d>AF>A D4:|2 d>AF>A D2||
MOUNTAIN BLUES. Old‑Time. This tune was mentioned as having been played in an
account of a 1931 fiddlers' contest at LaFollette, northeast
MOUNTAIN BOY, THE (An Sliabaire Og). Irish, Double Jig. D Major/A
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Mountain Boy, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d|cAA A2G|FAA A2d|cAB cAG|ABc
dfd|cAA A2G|FAA A2g|fed cAG|ABc d2:|
|:g|fgf efe|ded cde|fag edc|edd
d2g|fgf efe|ded cde|fed cAG|ABc d2:|
MOUNTAIN DEW, THE. AKA and see "Lass of Ballintra(y) [1].”
MOUNTAIN BROW, THE. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1;
No. 131, pg. 53.
MOUNTAIN GIRL BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by Canadian fiddler Ward Allen who won contest after
contest in the 1950’s and who carved out a career on the radio.
X:1
T:Mountain
Girl Breakdown
C:Ward Allen
R:Breakdown
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:A
e4 e3f|edcB
Ac (3efg|a4 a3b|afed cBA2|
E3E G2B2|g4
g4|g3f gec2|A8:|
|:A4
A3B|AFED CB,CB,|A,G,A,B, CB,CD|EGAB cdcA|
EDEF GFGA|Bdef g2g2|g3a gfec|A8:|
MOUNTAIN HARE, THE. English, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 198.
MOUNTAIN(S) HIGH (An Sliab Ard). AKA and see "Two Miles Below Fermoy."
Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major (Joyce): G Major (O’Neill, Petrie).
Standard tuing. AB. Petrie notes: “A tune of Bonds glen” and “Parish of
Camber.” Joyce explains that Pomeroy, cited in the lyric, is in the
***
As I roved out one evening two miles below Pomeroy,
I met a farmer’s daughter all on the mountains high,
I said, “my pretty fair maid your beauty shines so clear,
Upon these lonely mountains, I’m gald to meet you here.
***
Source for notated version: learned
by Joyce from his father, presumably as a child in the 1840's in
X:1
T:Mountain High, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow and distinctly”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|dB cA/G/|E<A G>E|D>E
GA/B/|c3e|dB cA/G/|E<A G>E|D>
GG G/>A/ B/c/|d2 ed/c/|BA
GA/B/|c3e|dB cA/G/|E<A G>E|D>
X:2
T:Mountain High, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:”A tune of Bonds glen, Parish of
Bamber.”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 559
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/ | d>e B/A/G/E/ | G>A
B/A/G/E/ | D>E G/>G/A/B/ | c3 B/c/ | de B/A/G/E/ |
G?A B/A/G/E/ | D>
c3 B/c/ | d>e B/A/G/E/ | G>A
B/A/G/E/ | D>
MOUNTAIN HOME, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard.
AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy
(1898-1988). Reavy (The Collected
Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 65, pg. 71.
X:1
T:The Mountain Home
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:There is a mountain road that leads to this secluded home
N:in the Irish hills. The hill people that live there cherish
N:the old values. The exile secretly weeps for what is gone
N:forever: his long lost mountain home.
K:G
GA | BcdB GFGB | A=FcF dFcF | BcdB GFGB | AGFG AGGA |
BcdB GFGB | A=FcF dFcF | BcdB GFGB | AGFA G2 :||
|: Bc | dggf gbag | fd^cd fd=cA | dggf gbag | fdcA G2 AF | Gggf gbag |
fdcd =f2 fg | ag^fa gbag | fdcA G2 :||
MOUNTAIN HORNPIPE [1], THE. AKA and see “Ice on the Pumphandle,” "The Mountains of Kerry," "Old Skeddadalink" (W.Va. title),
"Doug's Favorite," "Douglas(’s) Favorite Hornpipe,"
"Shape's Hornpipe" (Pa.),
"Hopple's Tune" (Pa.). English, Irish, American; Hornpipe: Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
X: 1
T:Mountain Hornpipe [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Grant Lamb - a Manitoba fiddler
K:G
(DE/2F/2)| G2 gd edBA| G2 gd edBG| DGBG DGBG|DGBd cBAB| | G2 gd edBA|
G2 gd edBd| gfgd ecAF | G2 GF G :||:
z | B3 c d2 d2 | cBcd e4 | A2>B/2 cBcA | Ggfa g2 ge | dBdg eceg |
fdfa gfge | dBdg ecAF | G2 GF G2 :|
MOUNTAIN HORNPIPE [2]. Canadian, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Unrelated to
version #1. Messer (Anthology of Favorite
Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 126, pg. 82.
MOUNTAIN HOUSE. American, Waltz. A Major. Standard tuning. ABB'. Composed by fiddler Jay
Ungar (West Hurley, N.Y.) in 1994, for the 125th anniversary of the Mohunk
Mountain House, a
MOUNTAIN JIG, THE. Canadian, Jig.
MOUNTAIN JIG QUADRILLE. American,
Quadrille (2/4 time).
X:1
T:Mountain Jig Quadrille
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(B/c/)|dfBd|GBDG|F/G/A/B/ c(B/A/)|G/A/B/c/ d(B/c/)|dgBd|
GBDG|F/G/A/B/ c/A/F/D/|GG G:|
|:(3[A,/F/][A,/F/][A,/F/] [A,F] (3[F/A/][F/A/][F/A/] [FA]|
d/A/d/f/ a2|g/f/g/e/ c/A/B/c/|f/e/f/d/ A2|
(3[A,/F/][A,/F/][A,/F/] [A,F] (3[F/A/][F/A/][F/A/] [FA]|
d/A/d/f/
a2|g/f/g/e/ c/A/B/c/|df d:|
MOUNTAIN LARK [1], THE. AKA and see “Old Wheels of the World,” “Rolling Down the Hill [2].”
Irish, Reel. A Dorian/D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 53, pg. 13.
MOUNTAIN LARK [2], THE. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No.
132, pg. 54.
MOUNTAIN LARK [3], THE (An Fuiseog Sleibe). AKA and see “The Rakish Highlander.” Irish, Reel. E
Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Some relation to version #2. Source for notated
version:
X:1
T:Mountain Lark, The [3]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
E2 BA Bdef|deBd AFDF|E2 BA Bdef|dBAF
BEEz|E2 BA Bdef|
deBd AFDF|E2 BA Bdef|gefd Beez||eB
B2 efge|fdad bdad|
eB B2 efge|fedf e2 ef|eBBB efge|fdad
bdad|gafg egfe|dBAF BEEz||
MOUNTAIN LARK [4], THE (“An Fuiseog On Sliab” or “Fuiseog an
tSléibhe”). AKA
and see "The Connacht Rangers,"
"An Colamó(i)r Súgach,"
"Fuiseog an tSleibhe,"
"Father Henebry's Reel,"
"The Frieze Kneebreeches,"
“The Gauger,” "Lady O'Brien's Reel,"
"O'Connell's Reel [1],"
"The Steampacket.” Irish, Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Mitchell): AAB (O’Neill). The ‘A’ part
tonality is fluid. Breathnach (1963) thinks Roche’s setting (called “An Colamór
Súgach”) to be poor. Source for noated versions: piper Willie Clancy/Liam Mac
Flannchadha ((1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west
X:1
T:Mountain Lark, The [4]
R:Reel
Z:Jeff Myers
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
dc||A~G3 AGFD|A~G3 Addc|A~G3
AGFD|FEFG Addc|
A~G3 AGFD|A~G3 Addc|(3AcA GB
AGFD|FEFG ABcA||
d~g3 a~g3|d~g3 fdcA|d~g3 a~g3|dcde
fdcA|
d~g3 ag (3efg|abag ~f3 g|af (3gfe
fdec|dfeg fdcA||
MOUNTAIN LARK [5], THE. AKA and see "The Geese in the Bog [2],"
"The Green Meadow [2],"
"Jackson's Walk to
Limerick," "Jackson's
Trip to Limerick," "Bob
Thompson's Favourite," "Wiseman's
Favourite," "The Coravat
Jig [2]," "The Piper's
Frolic," "The
Humours of Limerick [2]," "Tuhy's
Frolic." Irish, Jig.
MOUNTAIN LARK [6], THE. AKA and see "Tie the Ribbons [1]," "Big Pat's (Dandy) Reel,"
"The Pigeon House," "The Dandy Reel," "The Hills of Clady," "O'Connell's Trip to
Parliament [2]," "Jimmy
the Creelmaker," "Trim the
Bonnet." Irish, Reel. E Minor.
MOUNTAIN LARK [7], THE. AKA and see "B(h)aintreach na Radaireacht,"
"The Youngest Daughter [1],"
"Hopetoun House," "Sweet Molly [4]," "The Tap Room," "Cock Your Pistol,
Charley/Charlie [2]," "Captain Murray's Reel,"
"Polly's Reel." Irish. E
Minor/Dorian.
MOUNTAIN
LARK [8], THE.
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The first part of the tune is similar to the third part
of “Greig’s Pipes.” McGuire &
Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1),
1975; No. 39, pg. 10.
X:1
T:Mountain
Lark, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
(3gfe | d2 Bd efge | dBGB AGEG | d2 Bd efge | afdf gbge |
d2 Bd efge | dBGB AGEG | d2 Bd efgb | afdf g2 :: (3def |
g2 gf gbag | fdad bgaf | dggf gbag | fdef g3d | g2 gf gbag |
fdad
bdad | e^deg fefb | afdf g2 :|
MOUNTAIN OF THE WOMEN, THE. AKA and see “Sliabh na mBan.”
MOUNTAIN PARK
BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard.
AABB. Composed by Canadian fiddler Ward Allen, who won contest after contest in
the 1950’s. Sparton Records SP 213, “Ward Allen
Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 3.”
X:1
T:
C:Ward Allen
R:Breakdown
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:D
ag|f2df
g2fg|afde f2ef|ge=c2 a3f|ge=c2 a3g|
f2df
g2fg|afde f2ef|gec2 (3afe ce|d2[df][df] d2:|
|:cB|A2FA B2BB|A2FA
fAAA|eAfA gAaA|gAaf (3gfe cB|
A2FA B2BB|A2FA fAAA|eAfA (3gfe
ce|d2[df][df] [d2f2]:|
MOUNTAIN PATHWAY, THE. Irish, Polka or Barndance. G Major. Standard.
AABB. Paired with "The Return of
Spring" the tune was recorded (as a polka) by
X:1
T:Mountain Pathway, The
M:2/4
L:1/16
S:Desi Wilkinson
R:Barndance
Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de
K:G
B4 B2GB|d2c2 c3d|e2d2 e2fg|agfa
gafa|e4 e4|\
ed^ce d3F|DFAF DAgd|Bdgf g4::g2d2
g2dg|b2g2 g3g|\
e2c2 e2g2|a2g2 efge|dedB GABc|dedB
G2AB\
|1c2A2 F3A|A2G2 G4:|2c2A2 d3F|A2G2
G4|]
X:2
T:Mountain Pathway, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
S:Treoir, vol. 36, No. 2, 2004
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B2 BG/B/ | dc c>d | ed d/e/f/g/ |
a/g/f/a/ gf | e2 e>e | e/d/^c/e/ d2 |
d/f/a/f/ d/f/a/f/ | d/f/a/f/ g2 ::
g/f/ | gd gd/g/ | ba g>f | ec ec/e/ | gg e/f/g/e/ |
d/e/d/B/ GB | d/e/d/B/ GA/B/ | cA
F>G | AG G2 :|
MOUNTAIN RANGER
HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Rose Bud/Rosebud Reel." American, Scottish; Hornpipe.
X:1
T:Mountain Ranger [1]
L:1/8
M:C|
K:B_
|:FE|DF Bc d2 cd|ed cB G2FE|DF Bc dB AB|gf dB c2 FE|
DF Bc d2 cd|ed cB G2 FE|DF Bd cB Ac|B2d2B2:|
|:Bc|dB AB GB FB|DF Bc dB AB|gB fB ed cB|Gc cB AB ce|
dB
(3BAB GB FB|DF Bc dB AB|gB fB ed cB|AF GA B2:|
MOUNTAIN RANGER [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Not
version #1, or Messer's "Mountain Hornpipe." Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 211, pg. 10.
MOUNTAIN REEL [1]. Old‑Time, Reel.