The Fiddler’s Companion

© 1996-2008 Andrew Kuntz

_______________________________

HOME        ALPHABETICAL FILES        REFERENCES

 

MOU - MOY

 

 

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

http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html 

 

**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 after pasting, 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]

 

 

 

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.

X:1

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 Birmingham, according to John Adams. Later {re-}learned from the Smithsonian Social Orchestra and Quadrille Band).

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 Tennessee

                       

MOUNTAIN BOY, THE (An Sliabaire Og). Irish, Double Jig. D Major/A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 38, pg. 23.

X:1

T:Mountain Boy, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 38

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 county Tyrone, but that he heard the song sung by others whose version was “two miles below Fermoy” (County Cork).

***

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 Limerick [Joyce]. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 20, pg. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 134, pg. 24. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 559, pg. 142.

X:1

T:Mountain High, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow and distinctly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 559

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>E GG|G3||D|

GG G/>A/ B/c/|d2 ed/c/|BA GA/B/|c3e|dB cA/G/|E<A G>E|D>E GG|G3||

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>E GG | G3 || D/E/ | GG G/A/B/c/ | dd e/f/g | ed BA/G/ |

c3 B/c/ | d>e B/A/G/E/ | G>A B/A/G/E/ | D>E GG | G3 ||

                       


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. USA; southwestern Pa., W.Va. G Major. Standard. AABB. Bayard (1981) considers it "at least a little older" than the 1840's or 1850's. It was in the repertoires of West Virginia old‑time fiddler Melvin Wine (who called it “Old Skeddadalink”) and Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham (the elderly Dunham was Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the late 1920's). Sources for notated versions: Alan Jabbour (Washington, D.C.) [Krassen]; David P. Gilpin (Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1943) [Bayard, 1944]; Samuel Losch (Juniata, Pa., 1930's), William Shape (Greene County, Pa., 1944), Hogg (Pa., 1948) [Bayard, 1981]; James Bryan (Ala.) [Phillips]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 83 (appears as "Reel, #83"). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 258A‑C, pgs. 219‑220. Cazden, 1955; pg. 18. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg 102 (appears as "Douglas' Favorite"). Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 71 (appears as "Doug's Hornpipe"). Hardings Original Collection (1928) and Harding Collection (1915), No. 11. Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; pg. 34. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; pg. 44. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 85. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1976; No. 1745. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 209. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 189. White's Unique Collection, No. 104. Edison 51236 (78 RPM), 1923, John Baltzell (appears as last tune of "Durang Hornpipe Medley") {Baltzell was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, the same home town as minstrel Dan Emmett (d. 1904). Emmett returned to the town in 1888, poor, but later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle}.

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 Shawangunk Mountain resort near New Paltz, N.Y., in continuous operation since 1869 by generations of the Smiley family. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 39.

                       

MOUNTAIN JIG, THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 52.

                                      

MOUNTAIN JIG QUADRILLE. American, Quadrille (2/4 time). USA, Arizona. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 120, pg. 42.

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: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father Peter, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. O’Neill had several tunes from both James and his sister Ellen. “The Mountain Lark [3]" appears as “The Rakish Highlander” in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). See also the related reel “Youngest Daughter.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 103. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1243, pg. 234. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 516, pg. 97. Drumlin Records, The McNamara Family – “Leitrim’s Hidden Treasure” (1998. Learned from the playing of the late Jim Rawle, a fiddler from Aughavas, County Leitrim).

X:1

T:Mountain Lark, The [3]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 516

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 Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach, Mitchell]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 84, pg. 37. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 45, pg. 55. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1244, pg. 234.

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:Mountain Park Breakdown

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 South Sligo fiddler James Morrison (1893-1947) in New York in early 1926. Treoir, vol. 36, No. 2, 2004; pg. 26. Desi Wilkinson - "World Network Ireland."

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. USA; New England, Missouri (?). B Flat Major (Cole, Ford, Kerr, Miller & Perron, Tolman): D Major (Sweet). Standard. AABB. Cole prints a dance by the same name with the tune. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 102. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 112 (appears as "Mountain Ranger"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 396, pg. 44. Miller & Perron (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; No. 123. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 45. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 13 (appears as "Mountain Ranger"). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 138. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 130, pg. 23. Kicking Mule KM216, Strathspey ‑ "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977).

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. USA