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**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]

 

 

 

MWYNEN CYNWYD. AKA and see "The Melody of Cynwyd."[COMMENT1] [COMMENT2] [COMMENT3] [COMMENT4] [COMMENT5] [COMMENT6] [COMMENT7] [COMMENT8] [COMMENT9] [COMMENT10] [COMMENT11] [COMMENT12] [COMMENT13] [COMMENT14] [COMMENT15] [COMMENT16] [COMMENT17] [COMMENT18] [COMMENT19] [COMMENT20] [COMMENT21] [COMMENT22] [COMMENT23] [COMMENT24] [COMMENT25] [COMMENT26] [COMMENT27] [COMMENT28] [COMMENT29] [COMMENT30] [COMMENT31] [COMMENT32] [COMMENT33] [COMMENT34] 

[COMMENT35] [COMMENT36]                           

MY AIN FIRESIDE. AKA and se "Tod(d)lin' Hame."

           

(MY) AIN KIND DEARIE (O). AKA and see "The Lea Rig(ges)," "Oh! Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet?" "The Wedding [3]."  Scottish,  English, Canadian; Reel, Slow March and Air. England, Northumberland. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. G Major (O’Farrell): A Major (Miller): A Mixolydian (Bremner). Standard or AEae (Cape Breton) tunings. AB (most versions): AABB (Bremner, Miller, Perlman). A popular 18th century melody, this tune appears the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768, pg. 55), Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (Scots Reels or County Dances, Ediburgh, pg. 76), and the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734." Captain Francis O’Neill (1922) finds “an elaborite arrangement with 12 bars in each part appears in McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, etc., published in Glasgow about 1803.” There are also resemblances between this tune and "Christmas Eve [1]," "Our President," "Here's a Health to Our Leader," "The Fearless Boys," and the 1st part of Bayard's Pennsylvania collected "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia." The title (as well as the alternate titel "Lea Rig," by which it is also commonly known) comes from the words set to the tune (which also provide one of the alternate titles, "The Lea Rig" by which it is now better known), in common use in the countryside of Scotland in the 18th century. They begin:

***

I'll lay thee o'er the lea rig,

My ain kind dearie O.

***

Scots poet Robert Burns adapted the melody to his song of the same title, which is close to the setting given in Cranford (1995). Cape Breton settings of “My Ain Kind Dearie,” such as played by Joe MacLean, Dan Hughie MacEachern and others, were rendered in multiple parts (six to eight) in ‘raised-bass’ tuning (AEAE), according to Paul Stewart Cranford (1995), who thought the variations likely evolved from ones similiar to those given in Charles MacLean’s 1774 publication A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes with Variations for the Violin. ). It was often played in Scotland in scordatura tuning (AEae), as directed, for example, in James Gillespie’s A Collection of the Best and Most Favourite Tunes for the Violin (Perth, 1768). Irish versions of the melody can be found under the titles “Have you seen or have you heard,” “Sweet Innisfallen" and Lover’s “Widow Machree.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Mike MacDougall (1928-1982, Ingonish, Cape Breton) via Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 76. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 172, pg. 49 (slow march setting). Graham, 1908; pg. 176. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1787‑1803, vol. 1, No. 49. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 352, pg. 206. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 141. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 10, pg. 3. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 206 (appears as “Me Ain Kind Dearie”). Walsh (Compleat Country Dancing Master), 1731, vol. 1, pg. 64.

X:1

T:My Ain Kind Dearie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | {G/A/}BDD>E G>AGB | A>B c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ |

{G/A/}BDD>E G>AGg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :: d | e/d/e/g/ g>B c/B/c/d/ e>A |

A/c/B/d/ c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | {G/A/}BDD>E G>A Gg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|

|: BA | GDD>E GDB>G | A>B c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | GDDe dG BG |

g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/d/ BG G2 :: d | g/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/ g/d/B/d/ e/g/f/a/ |

g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | {G/A/}BDD>E G>AGg | ed e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|

X:2

T:My ain kind Dearie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mixolydian

B | AFEF (A2 A)c | B/B/B c>A BFFB | AFEF (A2 A)a | “tr”f2 ec eAA :|

|: a | f/f/f af ecac | B/B/B c>A BFFB | AFEF ABce | faec eAA :|

           

MY AIN LASSIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 34, pg. 7.

X:1

T:My Ain Lassie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 34  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|F<A A>a g>fe>d|B<d A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>a g>fe>d|B<d A>G F<D D:|

|:A|F<A A>d B>dA>F|G<B A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>d B>dA>F|G<B A>G F<D D:|

           

MY APRON DEARIE.  Scottish, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 88.

X:1

T:My Apron Dearie

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 88  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G>A | c3d e>d | c2G2A2 | _B3 dc>B | (_B2A2) G>A | c3 de>d | c2G2A2 |

c>Bc>de>f | g4G2 | c2 (3gfe (3fe3d | (cd/e/) G2A2 | _B2 d>efB | (_B2”tr”A2) (A/=B/c) |

G2 (FE) (FG/A/) | ({A}G4) (ef) | g3f “tr”e>d | c4 :: e>f | g2 (fe)(dc) | f4f>_e |

D2 (_B>c)(d>e) | f4 ef | g2 (fe)(dc) | (fg/a/)g2a2 | g2 (fe) (fg/a/) | ({a}g4) (c’/b/a) |

g2 ({f}e2) {d}(c/d/e) | f3g (f/g/a) | A2 d>e ({g}f)(e/d/) | (c2B) z cA | ({A}G2) (FE) (FG/A/) |

(A2G2) e>f | “tr”g3e ({g}f)(e/d/) | c4 :|

 

MY BABY LOVES SHORTENIN’ BREAD.  AKA and see "Irish Cobbler," "Shortenin' Bread [2].”

 

MY BABY ON MY ARM. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 710, pg. 178.

X:1

T:My Baby on My Arm
M:2/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 710

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

C/D/ | E(3F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ | Bc/G/ B/G/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E2 E/F/ |

GG/F/ G/B/c/d/ | e>c fe/d/ | c>B G/B/c/d/ | ed/e/ c E/F/ | GG/F/ G/B/c/d/ |

e>c f/e/d/e/ | cd/B/ (G/B/).c.d | ed/e/ c C/D/ | E/F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ |

B(3c/B/G/ B/F/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E ||


                       

MY BLESSINGS GO WITH YOU SWEET ERIN GO BRAGH. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. MacDowell, Dec., 1859" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 864, pg. 215.

X:1

T:My blessings go with you sweet Erin go bragh

M:3/4

L:1/8
R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 864

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Dorian

B>G | (F2G2)B2 | c2f2 (c>B) | (G2F2) F2 | F4 f>g | (a2f2) a2 |

g2 (g>fec) | (B2c) e2 | f4 || f>g | a2 (a>g)fe | g2 (g>f)ec | (B2G2)e2 |

({G}B4) G2 | (F2G2) B2 | c2 ({c}f2) e/c/f/4e/4c/4B/4 | {F/A/}G2F2F2 | F4 :|

                       

MY BLONDE IS GONE. See "Ma Blonde est Parti."

                       

MY BOLD TRAINOR O (Mo Trainor Treumar O). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). D Mixolydian (?). Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 462, pg. 81.

X:1

T:My Bold Trainor O

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 462

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DEF|G2A c2B|AF2 E2D|D2F A2B|cB2 z2A|d2F GA2|F3 D2F|E3 D2D|D3||

FGA|B2B c2B|BA2 A2F|ABc d2e|(d3 d2)A|B2A d2B|AF2 D2E|D3 D2E|D3||

                       

MY BONNIE BAY MARE AND I. AKA and see "My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up."

           

MY BONNIE LADDIE. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Fling. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 169.

           

MY BONNIE LASS(IE). AKA and see "Scotland the Brave."

           

MY BONNY BRUNETTE (Ho rò mo nighean dònn bhoidheach). Scottish, March? E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air appears, from the words, to be the serenade of a lover to his mistress. He taps at her window, and, in  place of her usual gracious reply to his protestations of love, she appears at her window, but is on this occasion silent. Explanations, of course, become necessary, when it merely turned out that her silence proceeded from the minister sleeping in the adjoining apartment, and hazarded a disclosure of an amour, only secret till the consent of friends could be obtained" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 138, pg. 56.

X:1

T:My Bonny Brunette [1]

T:Ho rò mo nighean don bhòidheach

L:1/8

M:C

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c|B>AG>F [G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|eBB^G (A2 A)B/c/|

B>AG>F [G,3E3] c|B>AG>F [G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|

eBB^G (A2 A)B/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|

|:B|e>f g>f eBB~^d|ef/g/  f>^d e2 ^dc|B>GA>G g>fef/g/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|

B>AG>F [G,3E3] F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|

 

MY BONNY BRUNETTE [2] (Ho! Rò! Mo nighean dònn bhoidheach).  AKA – “My Pretty Brown Girl.” Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 2, pg. 2.

X:1

T:My Bonny Brunette [2]

T:Ho! Ro! Mo nighean donn bhiodheach

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 2 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C | F>E D>C F2 C>A | A>A B>A G2 AB | c2B2C2c>B | A2 B>G F3 ||

                       

MY BONNIE MEGGY LAUDER. Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY BOY TAMMIE/TAMMY. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Schottische. D Dorian (Hardings, Johnson): E Dorian/Minor (Kerr). Standard tuning. AA (Harding, Johnson): AABB (Kerr). First published in 1791. Bayard states this tune is a variation of "Muirland Willie" (and suggests that it should also be compared with "Kitty Alone"), while Glen asserts "My Boy Tammie" is derivative of that same tune. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 139, pg. 44. Johnson, vol. Vi, No. 502. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 205, pg. 24.

X:1

T:My Boy Tammie

M:C

L:1/8

B:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 139  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ddor

D|D>EF>G A>B c2|G>AG>F (E<C) zD|D>EF>G A>B c2|A>fe>d (A<d) z d|

d>ef>e d>cA>A|F>Ac>A G>EC>d|d>fe>f d>dA>A|F>GA>G (F<D) z:||

                       

MY BRAW HIGHLAND LADDIE. Scottish; Highland, Quickstep, March, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. One part (Kerr): AABB (Kennedy). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 143, pg. 34. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 47.

                       

MY BROTHER TOM (Tomas Mo Dearbratair). Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'. See also "Cailleach an Airgid," “The Hag with the money,” "I Was Born for Sport." The version in O’Neill is mistakenly printed in two sharps. Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 50. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 996, pg. 185. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 211, pg. 49.

X:1

T:My Brother Tom

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 996

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mixolydian

D | DED AGE | GAB cBc | DED AGE | GcA GEC |

DED AGE | GAB cBc | edc dcA | GcA GED :|

|: ABc dcd | edc d2c | ABc d2e | fed cAG |1 ABc dcd |

edc d2c | GAB cBc | GcA GEC :|2 fed edc | dcA c2A |

GAB c2A| GcA GED ||

                       


MY BROTHER'S LETTER. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Nova Scotia musician Vincent MacLellan. Sources for notated versions: Eleanor Townsend (Ontario, Canada) [Hinds]; Sarah Michaels [Phillips]; Dennis Pitre (b. 1941, St. Felix, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 8. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 161. Gordon MacQuarrie (Ed.), Cape Breton Collection. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 86. Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - “In Jig Time!” (1995). Glencoe GMI‑001, "Cape Breton Symphony."

                       

MY CAPE BRETON HOME. Canadian, Waltz or Slow Air. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Matthiesen): AABB (Cranford). Composed in 1988 by the late fiddler Jerry Holland (1955-2009, Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) for his father, to commemorate their mutual love for Cape Breton. The tune is often played as a waltz. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 282, pg. 83. Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg. 36. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland ‑ "Lively Steps" (1987).

                       

MY CHARMER FROM CLARE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G 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:My Charmer from Clare

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Whiteside manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Andante con Sentimente" (3EFG|A2 A2 dc|B2 G2 (3AGE|(3DEF G2 G2|

G4 (3Bcd|e2 ef ge|f2 d2 ed|c2 BA B2|E4||(3Bcd|e2 ef ge|f2 d2 ed|

c2 BA B2|E4 (3EFG|A2 A2 dc|B2 G2 (3AGE|(3DEF G2 G2|G4||

           

MY CLOSEST FRIEND.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 275, pg. 99.

           

MY DADDY O. Scottish, Air. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 119.

                       

MY DARK ROSALEEN. AKA and see “Roisin Dubh [1].”

                       

MY DARLING. AKA and see "A Mhuirnin."

                       

MY DARLING ASLEEP (Mo Muirnin 'Sa Codlad). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty). A popular Irish session tune; so much so, in fact, that it is sometimes seen as hackneyed, leading some wags to call it “My Darling’s a Sheep.” An uncorroborated story has Harry Bradshaw maintaining that Chief Francis O’Neill originally collected the tune from Abram Beamish as “My Darling in Bed,” but amended the title when he included it in MOI so as to preclude any suggestive connotations. Williamson's source, Leo Rowsome, died in 1970 after establishing himself as a key figure in Irish piping, both as a player and maker of pipes. Some see similarities in “Wink of Her Eye [2],” “Bold John O’Leary.” Sources for notated versions: piper Leo Rowsome (Ireland) [Williamson]; Abram Sweetman Beamish, a native of the adjoining parish to that of Caheragh, County Cork, where Francis O’Neill was born--although O’Neill got seven tunes from Beamish, only the “Fairhaired Boy [1]” and “Tie the Bonnet” were previously known to him despite their common place of origin [O’Neill]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the late 1980’s [Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926, who had his unusual three-part version from fiddler Aggie Whyte [Harker]. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 244, pg. 141. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 220, pg. 68. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 11. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 47. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 87, pg. 38. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 43. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 925, pg. 172. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1986; No. 159, pg. 41. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 145. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 1. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 36. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 78. Claddagh Records, CC11, Rowsome on "The Drones and the Chanters." Green Linnett SIF3012, Martin O’Connor - “The Connachtman’s Rambles” (1979).

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Darling Asleep

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

e|fdd cAA|BAG A2G FAA def|gfg eag|fdd cAA BAG A2G|FAA def|gec d2:|

|:A FAA ABA|FAA BAG|FAA def|~g3 eag|fdd cAA BAG A2G|FAA def|gec d2:|

X:2
T:My Darling Asleep (Mo Muirnin 'Sa Codlad)
S:Aggie White tape
Z:lesl
P:3
M:6/8
K:Dmix
d2e|:fed cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|1 ge^c d2e:|2 ge^c d3||
|:dfa afd|g~g2 bag|faf dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|ge^c d3:||
|:FGA BAG|FGA BAG|FGA dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|1 ge^c d3:|2 ge^c d3||

 

MY DARLING BOY IS FAR AWAY. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Ned Goggin the professional fiddler of Glenosheen Co. Limerick (c. 1844 ‑ 1850) {Joyce}. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 165, pg. 83.

X:1

T:My darling boy is far away

L:1/8

M:C

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

B>c|d2 BG B2A2|G4 F2 G>A|B2 AG B2c2|d3c B2c2|d2BG B2A2|G4 F2 G>A|

B3c d2A2|G2G2G2||d>e|f2 dc Bcde|f3 d2 (3def|g3a b2 ag|f2 ef dcBc|

d2 BG B2 A2|G4 F2 G>A|B3c d2A2|G2G2G2||

 

MY DARLING BOY IS GONE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "A favourite around Ballymoney and in some parts of Tyrone. A despairing love song was sung to it" (Joyce). Source for notated version: sent to Joyce c. 1875 by Mr. J. McKenzie of Newtownards, “a great lover of Irish Music” [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 326, pg. 151.

X:1

T:My darling boy is gone

L:1/8

M:C

N:”Slow”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

K:D Minor

D|D2 FG AdAF|G>FDD D3A|d2 fd d2 AF|G2 AD F3c|

d2 fd d>c AF|GF GA{=B}c2 AF|D>EFG Ad AF|G>FDD D3||

 

MY DARLING DON'T LEAVE ME (Na Treig Me Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 424, pg. 74.

X:1

T:My Darling Don’t Leave Me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 424

N:”With feeling”

K:G

dc|B2 (3GAB AG|E2 DE (3GAB|A2G2G2|G4||de/f/|g2 ef {a}ge|d2B2 GB|

c2 cd e^c|d4 de/f/|{a}g2 ef ge|d2B2 (3GAB|c3d e/f/{a}g/e/|d4 dc|

B2 (3GAB AG|E2 DE (3GAB|A2G2G2|G4||

                       


MY DARLING FAIR MAID (Mo Cailin Fionn Dileas). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 195. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1690, pg. 314.

X:1

T:My Darling Fair Maid

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1690

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ GG/>B/ | d/>B/G/>B/ dd/>e/ | d/>B/ (3B/A/G/ AA/>B/ |

c/>A/B/>G/ EB/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ GG/>A/ | d/>B/G/>B/ dg/>e/ |

d/>B/G/>D/ G/>A/B/>G/ | (A/<B/) G/>G/ g :: G/>A/ | B/>dd/>e/ dg/>e/ |

d/>B/ (3B/A/G/ AA/>B/ | c/>B/c/>d/ e/>f/g/>e/ | d/>B/A/>G/ AA/>B/ |

c/>B/c/>d/ e/>f/g/>e/ | d/>B/A/>G/ A/>c/B/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ G/>A/B/>G/ | (A/<B/) G/>G/ G :|

                       

MY DARLING HAS DECEIVED ME (Rinnm'eudail mo mhealladhd). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. This tune "is one of the love songs to which it is so difficult to attach incident, but is given as communicated through the gentlemen mentioned in the Prospectus" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 174, pg. 71.

X:1

T:My darling has deceived me

T:Rinn m’eudail mo mhealladh

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>G|d3e g2|(d2e) z G>G|d3e g2|(ag2) z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|

([F2A2] B)z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|(A G2) z G>G|d3eg2|(d2e)z G>G|

d3eg2|ag2 z f>e|[B2d2][A2c2][G2B2]|([F2A2]B) z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|

(A G2) z||d>c|B2g2B2|(A2G)z d>B|c3de2|(a g2)z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|

([F2A2]B) z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|(A G2) z d>c|B2g2B2|(A2G) z d>B|c3d e2|

(a g2) z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|[F2A2] Bz g>e|d3D G2|A G2 z||

                       

MY DARLING I AM FOND OF YOU (Mo Muirnin Graduigim Tu). AKA - "Then She Sung Most Charming." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill learned the song from the singing of his father, when a boy in Bantry, west Cork. The second strain is repeated after the fourth, “evidently to correspond with an extra line in the verse.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 16, pg. 3.

X:1

T:My Darling I am Fond of You

L:1/8

M:3/4

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 16

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|F4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|

G2A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|F4A2|E4D2|D4||D2|F4G2|A2B2c2|

d4e2|f4e2|d4c2|A4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|

F4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|D4D2|D4E2|F4A2|E4D2|D4||

                       

MY DARLING IS ON HIS WAY HOME. Irish, Air ("not a Jig") {6/8 time}. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "Taken down in my young days from Morry Dwane of Glenosheen" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 34, pg. 20.

X:1

T:My darling is on his way home

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Song Air (“Moderately”)

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|edB ABG|EGE D2 E/F/|GAB edB|(A3 A2) B/d/|edB ABG|E/F/G/A/B/d/ e2fe|

dBG AEF|(G3 G2)||B|def gfe|fdB B2d|ede fed|(e3 e2)d|edB ABG|Bdf g2 f/e/|

dBG AEF|(G3 G2)||

                       

MY DARLING KATHLEEN (Caitilin Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 622, pg. 110.

X:1

T:My Darling Kathleen

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 622

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B4 AG|d4 cB|g4 fe|d (b3B) z/B/|B4 AG|A2 e3 (d/c/)|B3c BA|G4 zD|B4 AG|

d4 cB|g3f ag|f3e cA|A (G3G)g|g (D3 D)G|B4 B A2|G4 z||B|g4 fe|f f3 d2|e4 de|

(c B3) A2|G4 FE|E E3 E2|G4 G>G|F4 zD|B4 AG|d4 cB|g2 a3 g|g e3 fg|(g3 d)BG|

GF B3A|A2 d3c|B4 B2|(B3 A)ce|d2 g3 e|d A3 c2|c B3 B2|B3 Ace|g2 G4|E2 D3 d|d2 G4||

                       

MY DARLING PEGGY WHITE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. "A Connemara Air" (Joyce). Source for notated version: William Elliott Hudson, "a well known Irish patriot and scholar of the last century" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 771, pg. 378.

X:1

T:My Darling Peggy White

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f/e/ | d2A A2G | A2F D2C | D2E F2F | (F3 F2)A | c2A cde | f3 e2f | d2A A2c | (d3d2)A |

c2A cde | f3e2f | d2A A=Bc | (d3d2) f/e/ | d2A A2G | A2F D2C | D2E F2F | (F3F2) ||

                       

MY DEAR AND ONLY LOVE TAKE HEED. AKA and see "Derwentwater's Farewell,” "Montrose Lasses,” "Chevy Chase" (a version), "Jock o' the Syde,” "Dick o' the Cow,” "I'll Never Love Thee More [1].”

                       

MY DEAR CLEVER LAD.  See “Mo robairneach gaolach.”

 

MY DEAR DARLING (S’a Muirnin Dileas). AKA and see "Savourneen Deelish,” "I Saw from the Beach,” "T'is Gone, and Forever,” "Miss Molly.” Irish, Air (4/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodiess), 1903/1979; No. 309, pg. 54.

X:1

T:My Dear Darling

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 309

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2 d>e dcc>d|B>A Bd/c/ BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 c>B/4c/4 d3A|

d2 f>d dcc>d|BAB=c BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 {d}c>c {c}d3||A|

d2 d>e f2 f>a|g2 f>e fd B>c|2 f>d dccd|BAB=c BAFf|a>gfe dcc>d|

BA Bd/c/ BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 {d}c>c {c}d2||

                       

MY DEAR, DURST I BUT MOW YOU. AKA and see "The Miller's Daughter [1]," "The Miller's Wedding.” Scottish. appears in the 1717‑c.1740 George Skene Manuscript (f.3v).

 

MY DEAR IRISH GIRL. Irish, Air (4/4 & 6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says: “Not a few songs or ballads have been sung to a variant of this old air, one of them being named The Hat My Father Wore. Where the second part came from the Editor is unable to say, except that it has lodged in his memory for many years.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:My Dear Irish Girl

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Con spirito"(3DEF|GFGB edBG|AGEE E3 d|efgf eede|ccBA B3 d|!

efgf efde|ccBA e2 dB|GFGB edBG|AGEE E3||!

M:6/8

L:1/8

D|GAG GAG|BAG Bcd|GAG GFG|FAG FED|!

GAG G2 G|BAG Bcd|efg edB|AGF G2||!

                       

MY DEAR JEWEL. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 242.

                       

MY DEAR LITTLE GIRL. AKA and see "Ma Chere 'Tite Fille".

                       


MY DEAR, WE'LL GET MARRIED IF LOVE COMES ON. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑‑on‑Suir, 1884, "a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and songs. He must have been then well over seventy years of age" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 255, pg. 123.

X:1

T:My dear, we’ll get married if love comes on

L:1/8

M:3/4

N:”Slow”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

EF|G2G2 GA|G>E C2D2|E2c2B2|A4 cd|e2c2e2|d2c2B2|A2 AGE>D|E4 cd|

e2c2e2|d2c2 Bc|A2 AGE>F|G4 CD|EF G2A2|G>E C2D2|E2c2B2|A4||

                       

MY DEARIE AN THOU DIE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. The melody, which is related to “The Lea Rig” and “My Own Kind Dearie,” appears in the Adam Craig collection (1730) in a march-like setting. Bruce Olson finds it listed (as “My Dearie if Thou Die”) in the Leyden Lyra Viol Manuscript from around 1692 (pg./No. 12). Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), Vol. II, 1782; No. 190, pg. 70.
X:1

T:My Dearie an thou die

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e/d/ | cGGE | G>A G/A/c/d/ | e/d/c/B/ A/B/A/G/ | A3c | G>A c>e | d/c/d/e/ ga |

ge f/e/d/c/ | A2 A :: e/f/ | g>age | ggeg | a/b/c’/b/ a/g/e/g/ | a2 aA/B/ |

c>d ed/c/ | d/c/d/e/ ga | g/a/c’/e/ f/e/d/c/ | A2 A :|

                       

MY DEARY/DEARIE SITE OWER LATE UP. AKA ‑ "My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up." AKA and see "My Bonnie Bay Mare and I." English, Scottish; Jig and Air (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Raven, Bruce & Stokoe): ABCDEFFGGHHII (Peacock). "This nursery song is thoroughly local, and dates from about the beginning of last century. There is such an insignificant difference between the above tune and 'Dorrington Lads', that they are usually taken to be the same air. As it is, however, better to err in repetition than in omission, we have included both, premising that we have been unable to settle the question of priority of date" (Stokoe & Bruce). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.  A humorous song about drinking goes to the air:

***

My dearie sits ower late up,

My hinny sits ower late up,

My laddy sits ower late up,

Betwixt the pint pot and the cup.

***

Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 155. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 24, pgs. 8‑9. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 131. Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976).

X:1

T:My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up

T:My Bonnie Bay Mare and I

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Air and Jig

S: Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e|dBG BdB G2e|dBG dB/c/d/B/ A2e|dBG dB/c/d/B/ GAB|c>de/f/ gdB A2:|

|:g|fef gdB G2g|fef gdB A2g|fef gdB GAB|c>de/f/ gdB A2:|

                       

MY DERMOT (Mo Diarmaid). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill credits the tune to Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 232. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 647, pg. 116.

X:1

T:My Dermot

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Lively”

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 647

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

F | A2A ABG | F2E D2 (A/B/) | c2c cdB | ({d}c3) c2B |

A2A ABG | F2E D2 (3A/B/c/ | d2 d (de^c) | d3 d2 || (d/e/) |

F2f fge | f2A A2 (A/B/) | ({d}c)Bc ({e}d2)B | ({d}c3) c2B |

A2A ABG | F2E D2A | d2d de^c | d3 d2 ||

                       

MY DOG DIES. AKA and see "James Lee's Favorite Jig." American, Dance Tune. Composition credited to Zeke Backus in Ryan’s/Cole's 1000. Backus has been called a New England bandleader and tune composer, although this cannot be substantiated at this time. Some say that Backus was (also?) a minstrel performer, and apparently spent at least some time in San Francisco. However, according to Rice’s comprehensive Monacrchs of Minstrelsy (1908), only a Charles Backus was listed in the annals of minstrel performers. It was Charles who was a minstrel in California, and well as the east coast, and he even toured Australia several times. It is not known what, if any, connection he may have had with ‘Zeke’. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 6.

                       

MY DUNGANNON SWEETHEART. Canadian, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by the late Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend (d. 1998) for his wife Eleanor, also a championship fiddler. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 25. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). Claddagh CC49, Skylark - “All of It” (appears as “Graham Townsend’s Jig”) Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend ‑ "Le Violon/The Fiddle." Philo 1153, Sharon Shannon - “Sharon Shannon.”

X:1

T:My Dungannon Sweetheart

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:C Major

DDE FAd | ~f3 fec | edd dAF | AGG GEC |

A,CE AcE | ~a3 agf | gec ABc | [1 dFB ~A3 :|| [2 ~d3 dde|

~f3 fdB | ~A3 AAB | AFB AFF | AGG GBd |

~g3 gec | Ace aaf | gec ABc | [1 dFB ~A3 :|| [2 ~d3 dde ||

                       

MY EPPIE IS TRUE. Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY EVELEEN GAVE ME A SECRET TO KEEP. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "Mick Dinneen of Coolfree, Co. Limerick: 1853" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 151, pg. 77.

X:1

T:My Eveleen gave me a secret to keep

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Mod: time well marked”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

d/c/|BAG DGB|AcA FGA|BAG dcA|GAG F<D d/c/|BAG DGB|AcA FGA|

B/c/d/e/f/d/ gdc|BGG G2||G/A/|B>cd/e/ fef|gag g>f/g/a/|bag fdc|

dg{b}a g2 b/a/|g/f/a/g/f/e/ dfc|AcA FGA|B/c/d/e/f/d/ gdc|BGG G2||

                       

MY EWIE WI' THE CROOKET HORN. See "Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn."

                       

MY FAIR AND FAITHFUL DEAR ONE (Mo Rùn bhan dileas). AKA and see “Mo rùn bhan dileas.” Scottish, Air (3/4 time).

 

MY FAIR-HAIRED DARLING [1] (Mavourneen Na Gruaige Baine). AKA and see "Charmer With the Fair Locks," "Dobbin's Flowery Vale [1]," "Maid of Templenoe," "One Evening in June," "Youth and Bloom." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Learned by Francis O’Neill as a boy from the singing of his father in Bantry, West County Cork, “after the daily routine of the farm work was over” [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 37, pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Fairhaired Darling [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Waltz tempo”

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FG | A4 g2 | f4d2 | e4A2 | B2A2G2 | F4A2 | d4d2 | (d6 | d2)z2 || e2 | f4e2 | f4g2 | a4f2 |

g2e2d2 | c4A2 | B4^G2 | (A6 | A2) z2 de | f4e2 | f4g2 | a4f2 | g2e2d2 | c4A2 | B4^G2 |

(A6 | A2) z2 FG | A4g2 | f4d2 | e4A2 | B2A2G2 | F4A2 | d4d2 | (d6 | d2) z2 ||

 

MY FAIR-HAIRED DARLING [2] (Mo Muirnin Na Gruaige Baine). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Cazden (et al, 1982) remarks this is a variant of a rather large tune family, which includes his duple-time Catskill Mountain (New York) collected song "The Poor Man's Family," as well as some versions of "The Banks of Newfoundland" and "The Lowlands of Holland." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 242, pg. 42. O’Neill (1913), pg. 120.

X:1

T:My Fair-Haired Darling [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 242

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c |

A3 G3 | (F3 F2)G | A4 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d |

=f3 de^f | g2f d2c | A2G F2A | (G3 G3) | G3 z2 || c | d2c d2e | 

=f3 de^f | g2f d2e | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c | A3 G3 | (F3 F2)G |

A3 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c |

A2G F2A | (G3 G3) | G3 ||

                       

MY FAIR LOVE IS LEAVING ME (Ta Mo Grad Geal Dom Treigine). Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 21, pg. 6.

                       

MY FATHER. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton) in honor of her father, Robert Stubbert (b. 1923), also a fiddler from whom she learned much repertoire. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 60, pg. 21. Brenda Stubbert - “Tamerack ‘er Down” (1985).

                       

MY FAVORITE DRAM. AKA and see "(A) Highland Bumpkin." AKA ‑ "Ho ro mo bhoban an dram." Scottish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'CC'. This tune "is a well‑known and popular bacchanalian Highland melody; but Culduthel's set of the words and music are so superior to any the editor has heard, that it is rather fortunate his edition of the air happens to be in print before an imperfect standard came forward" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 164, pg. 67.

                       


MY FAVOURITE, IF I COULD GET THEE. AKA ‑ "Stu mo luaidh na'm faighinn thu.” Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This is one of the airs which bear similitude to one of our standard Scottish melodies, 'In Winter, When the Rain Rain'd Cauld.' How an air, with words so ancient as those attached to this one, should have existed in the Highlands, and no person import it, can only be accounted for by its being a real native, and new‑modelled by Oswald or Macgibbon" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 62, pg. 22.

X:1

T:My favourite if I could get thee

T:’Stu mo luaidh na’m faighinn thu

L:1/8

M:3/4

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|B>B B3d|c>B A4|B>A G3F|F>E D4|B>B B3c|d>e f3g|f>e d3c|dB B3:|

F|B>B f3d|c>B A4|d>G G3F|B>F D4|B>B c3B|cd/f/ g3d|f>e d3c|dB B2 zF|

B>B f3d|c>B A4|d>G G3F|B>F D4|B>B c3B|cd/f/ g3 z/d/|f>e d3c|B3 A G||

                       

MY FAVORITE JIG. American, Hornpipe. USA, North Dakota. A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' & 'C' parts). Standard tuning. AABC. This tune took its name from a type of banjo tune called a 'jig', rather than the Irish jig form; it is effectively what is better known as a hornpipe or clog. Pancerzewski credits the tune to an old fiddler named Mr. Oard, once a professional musician for vaudeville theaters, who came into Elvy Osborne's barber shop at times in the early 20th century to jam. Source for notated version: MS of Elvy Osborne (Minot, North Dakota) [Pancerzewski]. Pancerzewski (The Pleasures of Home), 1988; pg. 7.

 

MY FIDDLE. Irish, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Learned by Joyce in his childhood in Co. Limerick, c. 1840. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 72, pg. 39.

X:1

T:My Fiddle

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Hornpipe

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

ed|cGEG c2 ed|cGEG c2 ed|cdec fedc|B2d2d2 ed|cGEG c2 de|

fgab c’bag|agae fdcB|c2c2c2::gf|efge agfe|f2d2 dcde|defd gfed|

e2c2c2ed|cGEG cdec|fgab c’bag|agae fdcB|c2c2c2:|

 

MY FIRST NIGHT IN AMERICA. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: “adapted from Joe Derrane’s recording” [O’Malley]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 60, pg. 78. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 77, pg. 59.

X: 1

T: My First Night in America

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 350

S: Luke O'Malley vol 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: Jig

K: G

D | GFG AFD | GFG Bcd | e/f/ge dBG | A2 G FED |

GFG AFD | GFG Bcd | e/f/ge dBG | AGF G2 :|

|: d | gfg bge | d^cd e=cA | Bcd efg | a/b/ag fed |

gfg bge | d^cd e=cA | Bdg dBG | AGF G2 :|

 

MY FORMER WIFE ("An Bean Do Bi/Be Ceana/Ceadna Agam" or "An Bean Do Bi an Tan Agam"). AKA and see “Bantry Bay (Jig),” “Jackson’s Coggie/Coge (in the Morning).” Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was introduced to Chicago traditional musicians by uilleann piper Bernard Delaney in the late 19th century, wrote Chief Francis O’Neill, although he had sourced it to South Leitrim piper (and Chicago police sergeant) James Early in his first publication, Music of Ireland (1903). Chief O’Neill remembered: “The sudden popularity which (“My Former Wife”) achieved became a source of no little embarrassment to its sponsor. It was one of the ‘pet’ jigs which he liked to play at public entertainments. When (Leitrim-born James) Early and (County Mayo-born John) McFadden (a famous Chicago pipe/fiddle duo) happened to be on the same programme and came on the stage ahead of Delaney, the mischievous pair never failed to play his favorite tune” (Irish Folk Music, pg. 96). Piper Delaney was described by O’Neill as “capable of craning or playing the Connaught staccato system of execution, the free and rolling style with a liberal sprinkling of graces and trills was his favourite.” The range of the tune (to a high ‘c’ natural) helps it to stand out in the repertoire, and the flute-playing O’Neill must have thought it an important tune to include it in three of his collections. Another Chicago-based piper from the same era, Patsy Tuohey, recorded the melody. Source for notated version: Chicago piper Bernard Delaney [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 150, pg. 85. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 849, pg. 158. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 110, pg. 33. Compass Records 7 4446 2,Oisíin McAuley – “From the Hills of Donegal” (2007). Drumlin Records, Brain McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream.”

See also listings at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Former Wife

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 110

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

E|EAA ABc|BAG c2A|BGE EFE|GED DED|EAA ABc|BAB GBd|ede gdB|BAA A2:|

|:d|e^fg abc’|bag a2g|ede g2a|g<ba ged|e^fg abc’|bag a2g|ede gdB|BAA A2:|

           

MY FRIEND AND PITCHER. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Friend and Pitcher

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D | D3F A3B | AF d>F {F}E2 zF | D3F A3B | d3e fd AB/c/ | d2 dc B3A | AF AB d3B |

A<F ED “tr”E3F | D3E FD zF | D3F A3B | AF dF E3F | D3F A3B | d3e f>e dd/e/ |

f>d e>c d3 {e/d/c/}B | AF AB d2 zB | A<F ED “tr”E3F | D3E FD ||

                                   

MY FRIEND BUDDY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton musician and composed Dan Hughie MacEachern in honor of his friend, fiddler Buddy MacMaster. Rounder RO 7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996. Learned from her uncle, Buddy MacMaster).

                       

MY FROG AIN'T GOT NO BLUES. Old‑Time. Recorded by Eck Robertson (Texas, 1929) on Victor, but unissued.

                       

MY GENTLE MILKMAID. See “Mo Chuachag Laghach.”

                       

MY GIRL IS ON THE OCEAN. American (?), Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. In the manuscript the tune is headed “My Girl is on the Ocean, or going to America” and “From Joseph Duma.” Elsewhere in the manuscript Mount transposed the tune to the key of F Minor on a page dated Sept. 21st, 1845. Source for notated version: the muisc manuscripts of painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), of Setauket, Long Island.

X:1

T:My Girl is on the Ocean, or going to America (sic)

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:William Sidney Mount manuscripts, dated Sept. 21st, 1845.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Edor

G/B/E/F/ GF/E/ | F/A/D/E/ F/A/F/D/ | E/F/G/A/ B/A/B/d/ |1 e/c/d/A/ B E/E/ :|

|2 e/c/d/A/ B ^G/A/ || B/e/e/f/ gf/e/ | d/e/f/g/ a/f/d/f/ | e/B/e/f/ gf/e/ |

f/a/g/f/ ee>d | B/e/e/f/ gf/e/ | ^d/e/f/g/ a/f/d/f/ | e/c/B/A/ ^G/A/B/d/ | e/d/c/A/ BE/E/ ||

“variations, A part”

e/f/ | g/b/e/f/ gf/e/ | f/a/d/e/ f/a/f/d/ | g/b/e/f/ gf/e/ | f/a/g/f/ (3e/e/ee :|

“variations, last measure of B part”

e/<c/d/<B/ A/<F/B/<E/ ||

                       

MY GIRL'S GONE CRAZY. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

MY GREAT FRIEND JOHN MORRIS RANKIN.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Brenda Stubbert for the late fiddler John Morris Rankin (d. 2000). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

MY GREAT GLEN OF SCOTLAND. AKA ‑ "The Great Glen of Scotland," "Gleann Mor na h‑Albainn." Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. See note for "The Great Glen of Scotland." Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 89, pg. 34.

X:1

T:Great Glen of Scotland, The

T:My Great Glen of Scotland

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser – Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d/>B/ | AFF D>F (F/G/) | A>(BA/G/) F2 d/>B/ | A.F.F F>(EF/G/) | AB>^A B>cd/>G/ |

A.F.F D>F (F/G/) | A>BA/F/ ({F}d2) (d/e/) | f>(ed/c/) ({c}d(B/A/)(G/^E/) |

Fd”tr”c {Bc}{c}B2 :| (a/g/) | f{^g}a{^g}a e{^g}a{^g}a | {f}a>ba/=g/ {g}f2 a/g/ |

“tr”f(a/^g/a/).f/ e”tr”(a/g/a/).e/ | fb>^a b2 (b/c’/) | (d’/c’/)b/a/g/f/ (b/a/)g/f/e/d/ |

{f}a>ba/g/ [d2f2] (d/e/) | “tr”f>ed/c/ {c}d(B/A/)(G/^E/) | Fd”tr”c {Bc} {c}B2 A/G/ |

F.A.A E.A.A | A>(BA/G/) | F2G | “tr”f(A/^G/A/)F/ “tr”E(A/G/A/).E/ | FB>^A B2 (B/c/) |

(d/c/)B/A/G/F/ (B/A/)G/F/E/D/ | A>BA/G/ F2 D/>E/ | “tr”F>ED EDC | CF^A, {C}B,2 ||

 

MY GRANDFATHER’S NIGHTCAP. AKA and see “Seol na nGeabhaigh.”

 


MY GUIDING STAR (Mo Reulta Eoluidhe). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Berine, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 613, pg. 316.

                       

MY HEART HURTS. AKA and see "Mon Coeur Fait Mal."

                       

MY HEART IS BLACK AS A SLOE. AKA ‑ "Ta Mo Chroidhe Chomh Chiar Dubh Le H‑Airne." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "copied from a MS. collection lent to Mr. Pigot by James Hardiman, the historian of Galway and editor of Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 764, pg. 375.

                       

MY HEART IS BREAKING (Ta Mo Croide Ag Brisead). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 416, pg. 73.

X:1

T:My Heart is Breaking

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 416

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2|d3e fedc|d2A2 A3F|G3B AGFE|F2D2 D3A|d3e fedc|d2A2 A3F|

G3B dBAG|F2D2D2||A2|d3e f2d2|e3c A3A|d2 {e/4d/4c/4}de f2d2|

e2c2c2 de|f3d fedc|d2 {e/4d/4c/4}de f2 F2|G3B AGFE|F2 D2D2||

                       

MY HEART IS BROKE(N) SINCE THY DEPARTURE (Gun Bhris Mo Chrish’ On Dh’fhalbh Thu). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "From Captain Fraser's Collection" (Skye). This "is one of the love songs to which it is so difficult to attach incident, as every pair of lovers instantly apply the words and airs that suit them to their own case. This is, however, one of the sacred compilation made by the gentlemen named in the prospectus, and universally admired on all convivial occasions. Within their own district they had the aid of a celebrated son of song, Mr. Thomas Houston, whose family are proprietors in Sutherland" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 116, pg. 46. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1992; No. 45. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 191. Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - “Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art” (1993).

X:1

T:My heart is broke since thy departure

T:Gun bhris mo chridh’ o’n dh’ fhalbh thu

M:C

L:1/8

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F/>G/|A>Bc>d cAAz/B/|c>f f/e/f/g/ a2 g/z/ F/G/|A>Bc>d c<A a>g|f>d c<A G2 F:|

c/d/4e/4|f>ga>d dcc c/d/4e/4|f>g ag f2 zc/d/4e/4|f>g a>d c<A a>g|f>dc>A G2 F c/d/4e/4|

f>g a>d dcc c/d/4e/4|f>g a>g f2 zc/d/4e/4|f>g a>d c<A a>g|f>d c<A G2 F||

                       

MY HEART IS HEAVY. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 71, pg. 43.

X:1

T:My Heart is Heavy

M:4/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915), No.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

FD | C2 DF A2 fe | d>edc A2 GA | c2 de fdcB | AF/A/G>F D2 FD | C2 FG A2 d>c |

cAGF f3d | cBAF GFD>C | CDF>F F2 || AB | c2 df f2 ef | gfed c2 (3cde | f3e d2 c>B |

AFGF D2 FD | C2 DF F2fe | d>edc A2 dc | BAGF GFD>C | CDF>F F2 ||

                       

MY HEART IS SAIR FOR SOMEBODY. Scottish, Fling. G Major. Standard tuning. AA. Harding’s All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 168, pg. 53.

X:1

T:My Heart is Sair for Somebody

M:C

L:1/8

R:Fling

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 168  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>Bd>B A>G (A<B)|G>GB>d ez d<B|G>Bd>B A>G (A<B)|(G<E) E>A dz B>G|

ez c>e dz B<G|cz B>G Az F<D|G>BA>c B>e dz|(G>E)E>D dz (B<G):|

                       

MY HEART IS SORE (Ta Mo Croide Craidte). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "plaintive"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeatn James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 563, pg. 99.

X:1

T:My Heart is Sore

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Plaintive”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 563

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA|B2 Bc AB|G2 G2 Bc|d2e2 dB|A4 de/f/|g3a bg|ag e>d Bd|{d}cB G2 G>{B}A|G4||

GA|BG dB AB|G2 G2 GA|Bd ef e^d|e3f gf|e>d Bd gB|A2 G2 Bd|{d}cB G2 G>{B}A G4||

                       

MY HEART IS YOUR SLAVE (Is Do Drugaire Mo Croide). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 302, pg. 52.

X:1

T:My Heart is Your Slave

L:1/8

M:3/4

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 302

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

gfe|d2 BG BA|A2 Bd ed|B2 GB AG|G3 g/f/ fe|d2 BG BA|A2 Bd cd|

B2 GB A>G|G3||G/A/ Bc|d2 fe ed|d2 GB/d/ ef|g>f gb ag|

g2f a/g/ fe|^cd/=c/ BG BA|A3B cd|B2 GB A>G|G3||

                       

MY HEART WAS SO FREE. AKA and see "Pray, fair one, be kind." The tune appears under this name in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729. Kidson (1922) was not able to trace the air.

                       


MY HEART WITH LOVE IS BREAKING. AKA and see "Duke Gordon,” "The Duke of Gordon's Rant," "The Duke of Gordon's Favourite," "Lord Gordon," "The Pride of Kildare [3]," "The Rakes of Drumlish," "The Rocks of Antiluce,"  "The Scotch Rose," "The Scotch Patriot's Reel," "The Waterloo Reel [5]."

                       

MY HEART'S FULL OF JOY (Ta Mo Croide Lutgaireac). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "playful"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 279, pg. 48.

X:1

T:My Heart’s Full of Joy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Playful”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 279

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(D/>G/) | B>cA GAB | ({A/B/}c2)B ({B}A2)d | G2 ({c/d/}e) d<BA |

GBc d2 (D/>G/) | B>cA GBd | g({a/g/}f)e d2d | dcB ABA | G2 (B/A/) G2 ||

d | g({a/g/}f)g agf | gdB G2 ((B/>d/}) | g({a/g/}f)e dBc | d3 d2 (B/>d/) |

g({a/g/}f)e agf | gBd g2e | dcB ABA | G2 (B/A/) G2 ||

                       

MY HEATHER HILLS. AKA and see “Jock Tamson’s,” “The Road to India.” Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 2, pg. 26.

 

MY HOME (Mo Dhachaidh). AKA and see "My Own/Ain House."

 

MY HOME WALTZ. AKA and see "My Own House."

 

MY HONEST DEAR NEIGHBOR I NE’ER KILLED YOUR CAT. Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. What are the words to this one?! Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 470, pg. 118.

X:1

T:My honest dear neighbour I ne’er killed your cat

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie – No. 470  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E | (EA).A {B}c2c | dcd Bcd | cBA GED | E3 A2 :|

c | dBc d2e | dBc d2B | Bee dBA | Bc^d e2E | EAA {B}c2c |

dcd {c}B2d | cBA GED | E3 A2 ||

 

MY HONEY IN THE HOUSE (Mo Muirnin Annsa Tig). AKA and see “My Love is in the House [2].” Irish, Highland or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Kennedy): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 144, pg. 34. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 149. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1491, pg. 276. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 715, pg. 126.

X:1

T:My Honey in the House

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 715

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DEFG A2 AB|cAdB cAGE|DEFG A2 AG|EFGE FD D2|EFGE FD D2|DEFG A2 AB|

Addc dfed|cAGE FD D2||d2 fd efge|d2 fd edcB|AGAB c2 cA|EFGE FD D2|

d2 fd efge|d2 fd edcB|Addc dfed|cAGE FD D2||

 

MY HOUSE WALTZ. AKA and see "My Home Waltz," "My Own House Waltz."

 

MY JEWEL, MY JOY. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "From Mr. W. Aldwell of Cork ("Dec. 17, 1848"), who heard air and song sung in Cork about the year 1790. He remembered one verse of the song (given here), which, as Forde remarks, is curious for the absence of rhyme.

***

My jewel, my joy, don't trouble me with the drum,

Sound the dead march as my corpse goes along;

And over my body throw handfuls of laurel,

And let them all know that I'm going to my rest."

***

(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 442, pg. 249.

X:1

T:My Jewel, My Joy

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

B:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 442 (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

E2|A2A2A2|e4 d2|e2g2e2|d2B2G2|A2A2 AB|c2B2c2|d2c2d2|

e4 ef|g2e2a2|g2 e2 ed|c2B2A2|G2A2B2|B2e2e2|d2g2e2|d2B2G2|A4||

 

MY JO JANET. Scottish, Air. C Major (Howe): D Major (McGibbon). Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AABB (McGibbon). The earliest form of the tune (with an anonymous lyric) appears in old lute manuscripts such as the Skene (c. 1615‑20) and Rowallan (c. 1612‑28). Emmerson (1972) groups this ballad with other anonymous lyrics from the 17th century (such as "Muirland Willie," "The Barrin' o the Door," and "The Wowing of Jok and Jynny") which "add considerably to our knowledge of the habits and outlook of these times." Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 126. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 91.

X:1

T:My Jo Janet

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(Gc)cc B>cdf | (ed)(cG) (E2G2) | (A>BcA) (B>cdf) | (ec)(cG) (E2G2) ||

(cAGE) F>E D2 | C2 (G>F) E2 G>G | (AcGE) (F>E) D2 | E<C (G>F) E2 Gz ||

X:2

T:My Joe Jannet

M:C|

L:1/8

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 91  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | (Bc) d2d2e2 | ({d}”tr”c3)d e2 ({e/f/}g2) | f2d2d2A2 | “tr”F4A2 :|

|: Bc | d2B2A2F2 | =c4E4 | F2d2A2D2 | d2D2A2(Bc) | (dc)(BA) (BA)(GF) |

=c4E4 | DEFG ABGA | “tr”F4 A2 :|

 

MY JOHNNY DEAR (Mo Seanin Dileas). Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 211, pg. 37.

X:1

T:My Johnny Dear

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:”Moderate”

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 211

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(D/E/) | FF F(E/D/) | A>F AB | AA .A(F/D/) | E3 (D/E/) | FF .F(E/D/) |

(A>F (AB) | (A/F/)(E/>F/) DD | D3 || AB/c/ | (d>e) dc | (B>A) Bc |

BA .A(F/D/) | E3 (D/E/) | FF .F(E/D/) | (A>F) (AB) | (A/F/)(E/>F/) DD | D3 ||

 

MY JOURNEY TO LONDON. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 487, pg. 269.


 

MY KATHLEEN DEAR. AKA and see "Lough Rea," "Bally Lough Riach." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: Dr. Browne, Mayo, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 443, pg. 250.

X:1

T:My Kathleen Dear

T:Lough Rea

T:Bally Lough Riach

M:C

L:1/8

N:The last bar, plus the pickup note ‘F’ in the 2nd to last

N:bar after the rest, is the refrain of the song.

R:Air

N:”Slow”

B:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 443 (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|c>BA>G FGF C|F>Acc d2 cf|c>BA>G G>AGF|G>Acc d2 cC|

F>FA>c d3 c/d/|f3g f2 ef|d>cf>e dcAG|F>FFG AG zF|D2 F>G F3||

 

MY KING HAS LANDED AT MOIDART. Scottish, Pipe Pibroch. This pipe pibroch commemorates the spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie first stepped foot on Scottish soil during the Jacobite rising of 1745. It is said to have been composed on the spot at the time of the landing (although this is disputed) by a member of the piping family of MacIntyres from Rannoch, one John MacIntyre (Collinson, 1975). See note for “Eight Men of Mudart/Muidart” for more information on the event and associated tales.

                       

MY LADDIE COMES ON FRIDAY. English. England, Northumberland. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY LADDIE SITS OWER LATE UP. AKA and see "My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up."

                       

MY LAD’S OVER BONNY FOR THE COAL TRADE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 29.

                       

MY LADY BALCLUGHE'S (BUCCLEUCH'S) AYRE. Scottish. From the Panmure Manuscript, #9454, Seventy Seven Dances, Songs and Scots Airs for Violin, c. 1675. Williamson relates in his notes to the tune that the most famous exploit of the Buccleuch's, a prominent Border family, was the daring rescue of Kinmont Willie from Carlisle Castle by Walter Scott of Branxholme, Laird of Buccleuch, in 1596. This latter bold man, later captured and sent to England, appeared before Queen Elizabeth, who asked him, "How dared you undertake such a dangerous and presumptuous venture?"  Whereupon Buccleuch replied, "What does a man not dare to do?"  Finding merit in this response Elizabeth is reported to have said, "With ten thousand such men, our brother of Scotland might shake the firmest throne of Europe." She followed up by soon returning him unharmed to Scotland. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2."

                       

MY LADY BINNIS LILT. See note for “Jock O’ Hazeldean.”

 

MY LADY CAREY'S DOMPE. English, Dance Air (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB & variations. A 'dumpe' was a sort of slow dance in vogue in the England of Henry VIII, the early 16th century, but nothing much is known about it. This air is from a MS in the British Museum. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 222.

 

MY LADY CULLEN(‘S DELIGHT). AKA - "My Lady Cullen.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). E Minor (Raven): D Minor (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning. AB (Sharp): AABB (Barnes, Raven). The melody was published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 13 & 42 (the latter is a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Lady Cullen

M:2/2

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes   (1909)

K:D Minor

A2A2 f3f|gfed ^c3 c|d2d2A2f2|e4 d4|A2A2 f3f|gfed ^c3c|d2d2 A2f2|e4 d4||

A2A2 c3c|F3G A3c|B2G2G2G2|A2 =Bc d4|A2A2 c3c|F3G A3c|B2G2G2G2|A2 =Bc d4||

 

MY LADY FOSTER’S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). F Major/D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody dates to 1703. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 76.

X:1

T:My Lady Foster’s Delight

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

AG | F2A2E2A2 | D2A2d2 de | f2 ed gfge | ^c6 AB | =c2 cd B2 Bc |

A2 d/c/B/A/ G2 AB | C2 BA G>FE>G | F6 ||: cB| A2c2G2c2 | F2c2E2c2 |

D2B2^C2^G2 | A6 ag | fafa fafa | egeg egeg | f2 ed Ad^ce | d4 F2 :|

 

MY LADY HOPE'S SCOTCH-MEASURE. Scottish. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes‑‑the first appearence in print of the term 'Scotch Measure'.

 


MY LADY LAUDLAN'S LILT. Scottish. From the Skene MS of c. 1615. Williamson says that various versions of the tune occur in both 3/4 and 4/4 time, and he suggests the title may refer to the Lady Lothian who was the wife of Mark Kerr, Earl of Lothian, who died in 1609. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, Vol. 2."

 

MY LADY WINWOOD'S MAGGOT. AKA and see "Nobody's Jig." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Maud Karpeles notes this tune, which dates to 1728 under this title (though to 1686 as "Nobody's Jigg"), can be used as an alternative accompaniment to the Flamborough Sword Dance. A 'maggot' was another name for a dram, a unit of liquid measure, and also meant a small thing of little consequence, or a plaything; from the Italian Magioletta. Maggots were latter 17th century longways country dances written generally to triple-time tunes and often dedicated to a personage. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 18‑19. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 50.

X:1

T:My Lady Winwood’s Maggot

T:Nobody’s Jig

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

|:g2|f2d2 d2 ef|g2 G2 G2 g2|f2 d2 defd|g6 ag|f2d2 d2 ef|g2 d2 d2 c2|B4 A4|G6:|

|:cB|c2 e2 e2 dc|Bc d2d2 cB|c2 e2 e2 dc|B2 d2 d2 B2|cBcd edef|g2d2 d2c2|B4 A4|G6:|

 

MY LADY’S COURANT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Sharp (1909) notes “My Lady’s Courant” is to the tune of “Walton Abbey.” Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 49.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Courant

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

|:f2g2a2 ga|bagf e2c2|d2B2 G2c2|A2F2 c4|

f2g2a2 ga|bagf e2c2|d2 B2 G2c2|A2 F6:|

|:G2E2 GEGE|c2G2 A2F2|d2B2 dBdB|g2d2 e2c2|

a2 gf g2 fe|defg e2c2|dcBA G2c2 A2 F6:|

 

MY LADY'S GOON HAS GAIRS ON'T. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major (Cole): F Major (Howe). Standard tuning. AB. Goon=gown. A goonie is a nightie. ‘Gairs’ means pleats, as in pleated sleeves (sometimes a different material or color was used for the pleats). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 123. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c.1867; pg. 149. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 162.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Gown Has Gairs Upon It

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C2 | F>FF>A G>FD>G | F>FA>d d>cA>f | F>FF>A G>FD>B | A>d f<d c<A G ||

B | A>Ac>F d>cc>A | A>Ac>F EG/G/ G>B | A>Bc>F d>cc>A | A>cf>d c<A B ||

                       

MY LADY’S MANTLE. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867), pg. 149.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Mantle

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | Acc c2 (c/d/) | e>dc cAG | g2 (e/d/) cBc | GcA (G>FE) |

DD/E/F/G/ AGc | Gfe dcz/d/ | c3 z2 ||  

                       

MY LAG(G)AN LOVE. Irish, Air (2/4 or 3/4 time). C Major (Roche): G Major (Ó Canainn). Standard tuning. One part (Ó Canainn): AB (Roche). The Lagan is a river in northern Ireland which runs through Belfast, but it also refers to the locality of East Donegal/West Tyrone; the word itself refers to ‘low-lying ground’. Words are by Joseph Campbell (sometimes given as Joseph McCahill), set to an ancient Irish air. It is sometimes played by Scottish and Canadian pipe bands, and, in America, sung as a song known as "The quiet joys of brotherhood." According to John Moulden the song was first published in Belfast in 1904 in Herbert Hughes and John Campbell’s Songs of Uladh (pg. 32), wherein Hughes states that he “made this collection while on holiday in North Dun-na-nGall in August of last year.” The note with the tune says:
***

I got this from Proinseas mac Suibhne who played it for me on the fidil.  He had it

from his father Seaghan mac Suibhne, who learned it from a sapper working on the

Ordnance Survey in Tearmann about fifty years ago. It was sung to a ballad called

“The Belfast Maid,” now forgotten in Cill-mac-nEnain.

***

"From Hughes" (Roche). Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 88, pg. 76 (appears as “Lagan Love”). Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 9, pg. 3. Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaille ‑ "Crosswinds" (1987).

X:1

T:My Lagan Love

R:Air

D:Brendan Power "The New Irish Harmonica”

M:3/4

L:1/8

Z:Paul Kinder

Q:60

K:GMix

d ef|"G"g3 (3d/2f/2d/2 "C"(3cBG|"F"F3 G "G"(3Bcd|"C"c3 B/2A/2 GF|"C"G3 d/2e/2 "F"(3fef|!

"G"g3 d "F"c/2B/2A/2G/2|"F"F3 G A/2B/2c/2d/2|"C"c3 B {B}G>G|"C"G3G/2A/2"G"B/2c/2|!

"C"e3 d "G"(3dcB|"C"c4 (3edf|"C"g3 c (3ede|"Bm"^f>g "Gm"g_b>g=f|!

"G"g3 (3d/2f/2d/2 d/2c/2B/2G/2|"F"F3 G/2A/2 "G"(3Bcd|"C"c3 B {B}G>G|"G"G4|

 

MY LAME LEG. AKA – “Se mo chas chrùbach” (My lame leg has kept me behind). AKA and see “The Trippers.” Scottish, Slow Air or March (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Kerr prints a mixolydian mode version in the 4th collection of Merry Melodies, as “The Trippers.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 12, pg. 48. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 20, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Se mo chas chrùbach

T:My lame leg has kept me behind

M:3/8

L:1/8

R:March

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1880)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

ABd | e2A | {g}^f2d | e2A | ABd | e2A | g2e | dBG | ABd | e2A |

{g}^f2d | e2g | gag | g^fe | dBg | dBG || gag | g^fe | ^f2g | a2e | gag |

g^fe | dBg | dBG | gag | g^fe | ^f2g | a2b | bag | g^fe | dBg | dBG ||

 


MY LAST FALL. American, Quadrille (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The original source of this tune was 19th century black fiddler Joe Workman from Greene County, Pennsylvania. His fiddling was legendary in the area, and he was reportedly so stirring a dance fiddler he could "make an old cow dance". This was the only tune that Bayard could collect intact that can be attributed to his playing; Bayard thinks it sounds Irish and cites "A Night at the Fair" and "Galloping O'Hogan" as having similar sounding parts. Source for notated version: Joe Workman via William Shape (Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 485, pgs. 451‑452.

 

MY LAST FAREWELL TO STIRLING. English; Aire or Waltz. C Major. Standard tuning. One part. A modern composition by Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 192.

 

MY LAST GOLD DOLLAR. AKA ‑ "My Last Old Dollar Is Gone.” Old‑Time, Song and Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

 

MY LILY. AKA and see "Mo shuil a'd dheigh" (Fare Thee Well Love),” “Of Thee I Dream.” Scottish, Canadian; Gaelic Air (3/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The first verse and chorus of the song goes:

***
Gu'n d'éirich mi mochthrath maduinn an dé,

'S gu'n gheàrr mi 'n earr-thalmhainn do bhrìgh mo sgèil,
An dùil gu 'm faicinn-sa rùn mo chléibh;

O chòin! gu 'm facas, 's a cùlaibh rium féin.

***

Séist O chòin! mo chailin, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;

A chailin, mo chailin, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;
A Lili, mo Lili, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;

Cha leir dhomh am bealach le sileadh nan deur.

***

One story says that the song was originally written by a student of Celtic studies in Glasgow, enamoured of  a woman from Dublin, however, the real story behind the song is documented in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness (Vol 57). It seems that the Reverend Donald MacNicoll, minister of Lismore and a distinguished Gaelic scholar, proposed in 1771 at the age of 36 to the young Lilias Campbell of Achlian, Dalmally, who lived nearby. She was half his age and, loath to marry an older man and one somewhat disfigured by smallpox, she accepted the alternate proposal of a Captain Campbell of Glenorchy. MacNicholl consoled himself in versifying on the lonely horseback ride home, composing the famous song of lost love, "Mo shuil a'd dheigh." After the departure of his rival Campbell grew careless, and during the celebrating of his betrothal he asked his servant to kiss Lilias for the wager of a shilling.  For her part, Lilias was incensed at being so ungallantly bought and immediately broke it off with Campbell, sending instead for MacNicholl to see if he might still be agreeable.  He was, and they married in November, 1771, two days after her 18th birthday. The couple lived long and happily, despite the fact that many of their 16 children died in infancy, as was too common in those days. Source for notated version: adapted by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) from the piano playing of Joan MacDonald Boes (accompanist for The Five MacDonald Fiddlers on many of their recordings in the 1960's) [Cranford].  Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 278, pg. 81.

X:1
T:My Lily
S:Aly Bain (from a TV programme)
N:Bars 5-11 actually played an octave higher
Z:Nigel Gatherer
R:air
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:A
E | A2 A | A2 (3A/B/c/ | A>GF | E2 c/d/ | c2B/A/ | c2B/A/ | Bcd |\
e2 e/^e/| f2 e/d/ | ce>c | d2F | E2 F/G/ | A2F | E/D/ C c/d/ | c2B | A2 ||
a/g/ | a2a/g/ a2 (3a/b/c/ | ag>f | e2d | e2d | c2 B/A/ | Bc>d | e3 |
f2 e/d/ | ce>c | d2F | [E2A2e2] f/g/ | a2 g/f/ | ec>d | c2B | A2 |]

                       

MY LITTLE BAG THAT WAS STOLEN (Mo Malin A Bi Goidgte Uaim). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "briskly"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 591, pg. 104.

X:1

T:My Little Bag that was Stolen

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Briskly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 591

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DGGA B2 AG|B2 Bd cA A2|DGGA B2 AG|GBAG FDDC|DGGA B2 AG|B3d cA A2|

DGGA B2 (3AGF|GBAG FD D2||dddB c2 Ac|B2 Bd cA A2|defd c2 AF|GBAG FD D2|

dddB c2 cA|B3d cA A2|defd c2 (3AGF|GBAG FDDC||

                       

MY LITTLE BROWN GIRL.  See “Mo nigheanag dhònn.”

 

MY LITTLE DONY. AKA – “Doney,” “Dony,” “Doney Gal,” “Little Dony.” AKA and see "Oh, My Little Darling." Old‑Time, Breakdown & Song Air. USA, Mississippi. A Major. AEae (perhaps GDGD) tuning. AABB. Recorded in 1939 by Abbott Ferriss & Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress, from the playing of Mississippi fiddler Charles Long, of Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi. Long was by then an elderly man, nearly 70, and had lived much of his early life in Alabama, where he learned to fiddle. According to the liner notes for the Mississippi Dept. of Archives album, the tune belongs to the "Liza Jane [3]" family of tunes, but was recorded as "Oh My Little Darling" on the same 1939 collecting trip for the Library of Congress that Charles Long's version was recorded. The latter was sung and played on the banjo by Thaddeus Willingham of Gulfport Mississippi. The tune has the same fine phrase as "Goodbye Liza Jane [2]" as recorded by Georgia musician Fiddling John Carson, although Long’s coarse phrase is different than the usual “Liza Jane” song air.

***

Eyes just like a cherry, cheeks just like a rose,

How I love my Dony, Got in Heaven knows.

***

Fair you well my Dony, Fair you well I say,

Fair you well my Dony, Come another day.

***

You can ride the old grey mare, I will ride the roan,

When you go a‑courtin', Let my Dony alone.

***

Preacher in the pulpit, Bible in his hand,

Said he wouldn't preach no more, Till he got another dram.

***

Wish I had a band box, Put my Dony in,

Take her out and kiss her, Put her back again.

***

It has been suggested (by David Lynch and others) that the name Dony derived from the Spanish cognate of ‘donna,’ doña,  See also song versions called “Platonia, Pride of the Plains” (as recorded by Norman Blake). Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 32. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, Charles Long ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985. Reissue recording).

X:1

T:Doney

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Brad Leftwich

N:AEae tuning

N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(E | “A”E)A c>c d e2 (e | e/)(E/e) dc e>(E e)(E | E)A c>c de2(e | e/)(E/e) “E7”dc “A”A<A, A(E |

E)A c>c de2(e | e/)E/e dc e>(E e)(E | E)A c>c de2(e | e/)(E/e) “E7”dc “A”A>A, A(a ||

“A”a)=g e>e de2(a | a)=gec “D”d>(e d)(a | a)=g e>e cd2(e | e/)E/e dc A>(A, A)(a |

a)=g e>e de2(a | a)=gec d>(e d)(a | a)=g e>e cd2(e | e/)(E/e) dc A<(A, A2) ||

                       

MY LITTLE GIRL. AKA and see "My Pretty Girl," "Tucker's Waltz." New England, Dance Tune. A singing square dance call. G Major. Standard. One part.

                       


MY LITTLE HOME IN THE HILLS. Old‑Time. Caney Mountain Records CEP 207 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66.

                       

MY LITTLE HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA. Old‑Time, Song Tune (?). USA, W.Va. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'CC'. Identified as a West Virginia tune. Source for notated version: Ellis Hall (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 90. Columbia (78 RPM), Ellis Hall and Bill Addis. Old Homestead OHCS 177, Ellis Hall and Bill Addis (on fiddle and piano)‑ "Home in West Virginia” (reissue).

                       

MY LODGING IS UNCERTAIN. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 22.

X:1

T:My Lodging is Uncertain

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

B | e>f (g/f/e/d/) (cB) (BA/G/) | A>GAB d3B | ef (g/f/e/d/) c(B>{B}AG | A>GEE E3 :|

|: B | A>G EE cB B(A/G/) | A>GAB d3B | e>f (g/f/e/d/) cB{B}(AG) | A>GEE E3 :|

                       

MY LODGING'S IN/ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND (Is Mo Loistin an Talam Fuar). AKA and see "Believe Me, If All (Those Enduring Young Charms)," "When the dove Left the Ark," "Duty and Love." English, Air and Waltz; Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part (O’Farrell): AB (Chappell, Kennedy, O'Neill, Raven): AABB (Kerr). This has been a very popular and enduring melody since its first appearence in print in Vocal Music, or The Songster's Companion of 1775. However, the lyrics in one form or another are considerably older and were set to another tune composed by Matthew Lock which appeared in the year 1664 (see "On the Cold Ground, or I Prethee, Love, Turn to Me"). At some point in the next century the old tune was discarded and the familiar one substituted. “My Lodging’s…” was played as a Tattoo during the American Civil War, signalling bed-time and “lights out” in the military camp. Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ and Fifers’ Guide, 1862; pg. 45. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 140‑141. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 67, pg. 33. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 402, pg. 44. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1); c. 1805; pg. 74. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 114, pg. 21. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 133. Topic TSCD 669, Billy Ballantine & Jimmy Hunter (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998. Piccolo player Billy Ballantine {born c. 1890’s} and harmonica player Jimmy Hunter were both from Northumberland).

X:1

T:My Lodging is on the Cold, Cold Ground

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow with feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 114

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B/>A/) | (G>AG) (GBd) | (ceg) (g2 f/>)e/ | (d>cB) ({A/B/}A)G>A |

(B3B2) (B/>A/) | (G>AG) (GBd) | (ceg) g2 (f/e/) | (dgB) (A{B/A/}GA) |

(G3 G2) || (d/>c/) | (Bd).g g2 d/d/ | (ec).g g2 (f/e/) | (d>cB) {A/B/}(AG>A) |

(B3B2) (B/>A/) | G>AG (GBd) | (ceg) g2(f/e/) | (dgB) (A{B/A/}GA) | (G3 G2) ||

                       

MY LONG TAIL BLUE. American. Bronner (1987) says the tune is related to a Scottish folk song, without further specifying.

                       

MY LORD BYRON’S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A maggot was another term for a dram, a unit of liquid measure, and also meant something of small or little consequence or a plaything; from the Italian maggioletta . Maggots were latter 17th century longways country dances written generally to triple-time tunes and often dedicated to a personage.  Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 71.

X:1

T:My Lord Byron’s Maggot

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

|: A | (AFA) (AFA) | (AFA) [F2A2]d | (dAd) (dAd) | (dAd) d2d |

(fga) (efg) | (fga) (efg) | fga a2^g | (a3a2) :|

|| a | (fd)d (ge)e | (fd)d (ge)e | (fd)d g>ag/f/ | (e3e2) f/g/ |

a2z g2z | f2z e2z | f2z g2z | f2z e2a |

(f/g/ad) (eAa) | (f/g/ad) (eAa) | f>ed e e2 | (d3 d2) ||

                       

MY LORD MAYOR'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Lillibulero." This alternate title for the well-known "Lillibulero" can be traced to a reference in Edward Ward's The London Spy (1698‑9) of a street scene in London, which reads:

***

...some were dancing to a bagpipe; others whistling

to a Base Violin, two Fiddlers scraping Lilla burlero,

My Lord Mayor's Delight, upon a couple of Crack'd Crowds.

                       

MY LORD OF MARCHE PAVAN. Scottish, Paven.  Composed by James Lauder in 1584.

                       

MY LORD OF SHERBORNE'S JIG. AKA and see "Sherborne Jig."

                       


MY LORD SEFO(R)TH'S SCOTCH-MEASURE. Scottish. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes‑‑the first appearence in print of the term 'Scotch Measure'.

                       

MY LORD’S DELIGHT.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was first printed in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 7.

X:1

T:My Lord’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:D

f/e/d c/B/c d/c/B A2|B/A/G F/E/F G/F/E D2|D>FE>G|F>AG>g|f/e/d c>d e4:|

|:a/f/d a/f/d =c/B/A G/F/G|b/^g/e b/^g/e d/c/B c2|A/B/c d/e/f g/f/e f/a/c|d/f/G F2E2 D2:||

 

MY LOVE AND I. Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 27.

                       

MY LOVE AND I IN THE GARDEN. AKA and see “Kennaw’s Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. E Minor/ G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3; 33. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 167, pg. 65.

                       

MY LOVE AND TREASURE. See "Ciste No Stor."

 

MY LOVE BETWEEN TWO ROSES (Mo Ghrása idir Dhá Rós). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: the c. 1880's collection of uileann piper and fiddler Stephen Grier (County Leitrim) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 197, pg. 91.

 

MY LOVE CAME PASSING BY ME. English. England, Northumberland. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

 

MY LOVE HAS GONE (Ata Mo Grad Imtigte). Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 67, pg. 12.

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T:My Love Has Gone

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 67

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c2 (BA) | G2 (DB,) | C2 (FE) | D3D | E2 (cB) | BAAG | FdcA |

(FD)(BA) | G2 (FE) | D2 (CD) | E2 (ed) | c3A | BGDB, | EcAF | G2G2 | G4 ||

K:C

E2 (Gc) | .G(G ^GG) | (Ad c).A | G2 (cd) | (ea) (ge) | d2 (Bc) |

DcBA | GFED | E2 (Gc) | .G(G ^FG) | (Ad c).A | G2 (cd) |

e>(cd>)(B | c>)(G A>)F | E2d2 | c4 ||

 

MY LOVE HE IS TALL (ALTHOUGH HE IS YOUNG). AKA ‑ "Although He is Young." Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Wexford. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “A Wexford air. From Mr. R. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 81, pg. 48. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 685, pg. 172.

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T:My love he is tall although he is young

M:3/4
L:1/8

N:”A Wexford air”

S:Stanford/Petire (1905), No. 685

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

G>F | E2E3F | G4 e>d | c2 de f>d | e4 (3Bcd | e2d2c2 | d>c B2 =AB | c2 cB d>c |

{c}B4 (3Bcd | e2B2G2 | A2c2BG | E2E2F2 | G4 e>d | ed ef/g/ | ag fe | ed BB/{d}c/ |

B2 Bc/d/ | ef gf/g/ | ag fe | ed BG | A2 Bc | _d2 fe | dB AF | {F}E2 E>{G}F | E3 ||

 

MY LOVE IN AMERICA. See "My Love is in America."

 

MY LOVE IN SECRET (Mo Leannan falaich). Scottish, G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. "The very name of this air precludes from obtaining much information regarding the particular occasion of it; but it is the genuine set, sung by the gentlemen mentioned in the prospectus" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 58, pg. 20.

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T:My Love in Secret

T:Mo leannan falaich

L:1/8

M:C

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c|B/c/d d>e d>ed>c|B/c/d g>a b>de>c|B/c/d d>e d>ed>B|A>GAB g>f e:|

|:d/e/f|g>a g/a/b d>edB|g>ab>a g>d e2|1 g>a g/a/b d>ed>B|A>GA>B g>fe:|2

g>ab>a g>ed>B|G>A B<b g>f e2||

 

MY LOVE IN THE BRONX. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: “from my mother” [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 49, pg. 13.

                       


MY LOVE IN THE MORNING (Mo Ghrása ar Maidin). AKA and see “Anton a’Bhearnais,” “Art O’Keeffe’s [2],” “Biddy Crowley’s Ball,” "Happy to Meet {and Sorry to Part}" “I Found My Love in the Morning,” I Lost My Love,” "Jemmie the Gom,” “Johnny Mick Dinny’s,” “Kiss the Maid Behind the Bier,” "Sorry to Part," “This is My Love, Do You Like Her?” "The Wake Jig," Irish, Single Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. See also the variant from the Goodman collection, “Humours of Tralee.” Source for notated version: flutist Michael O Tiobraide/Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 57, pg. 25.

                       

MY LOVE IS A BANDBOY (Is Buacaill Ceol Mo Gradsa). AKA and see "I'll Marry My Johnny." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill): AAB (Johnson). Francis O’Neill remembered the tune from his Bantry, west Cork, boyhood being sung by his parents. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 7. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 11, pg. 2. Fretless 122, "Oldtime Fiddling ‑ Vol. 10" (1976).

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T:My Love is a Bandboy

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Playfully”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 11

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

AB|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4AB|c2d2e2|g2e2d2|c2d2e2|d4 AB|c2d2e2|d4 AB|

c2d2e2|g2e2d2|c2d2e2|G4 ed|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4||AB|c2E2E2|G2E2E2|

c2E2E2|G4 AB|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4 AB|c2E2E2|G2E2E2|c2E2E2|

G4 AB|cBcde^f|{a}g2e2d2|c2A2A2|A4||

                       

MY LOVE IS A LADY (Is Bean Uasal Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "playful"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 223, pg. 39.

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T:My Love is a Lady

M:6/8

L:1.8

R:Air

N:”Playful”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 223

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | d>ed (gab) | {b}agf g2 (f/e/) | dcB GFG | BA z z2 (B/c/) | d>ed gab | {b}agf g2 (f/e/) | dBG FDA | (G3G2) ||

d | g>ag bag | c’ba b/g/ z z2 | afd g>ag | {f}ed^c d2d | b>gd (B/G/)z (a/b/) | c’ag (f/d/) z (e/f/) | gBd FDA | (G3G2) ||

                       

MY LOVE IS ALL MADNESS AND FOLLY. AKA and see "South Sea Ballad." The air appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729.

                       

MY LOVE IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Mick Dinneen of Coolfree, Co. Limerick: 1853" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 149, pg. 76.

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T:My love is all the world to me

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate time”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>c|d2 Bd cBAB|G2 G>A BABc|d2 g>g efgd|c2B2A2 B>c|d4 cBAB|G2 G>A BABc|

d2g2 e>def|g2G2G2||B>c|d2g2 ecBc|dBAG E2 DE|G2A2 BABd|e2 dB A2 Bc|

d2g2e2c2|d>BAG E2 D>E|GBdg e>def|g2G2G2||

                       

MY LOVE IS AN ARBUTUS. AKA and see "Coola Shore," “I rise in the morning with my heart full of woe.” Irish, Air. This air can be found in George Petrie's collection of Irish airs. Green Linnet SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984).

                       


MY LOVE IS/SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET [1]. AKA and see "Buffalo Nickel [1],"  "Chinky Pin," "Chinquapin/Chinquipin," "Crumb Creek Posey," "The Cumberland Square Eight,"  "Darling Child," "The Duke of York," "Farmer Had a Dog," "Fourth of July," "Hair in the Butter," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," "The King's Head" (floater‑Pa.),  "Lead Out," "Lindsay Munnell Tune" (Pa.), "Love Somebody(, Yes I Do!)," "Midnight Serenade [1]," "Miss Farquharson's Reel," "Old Kingdom,"  "Richmond Blues," “Soapsuds Over the Fence [3],” "Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," "Too Young to Marry [1]," “Tripping on the Mountain,” "The Virginia Reel [4]" (floater‑Pa.),  "The White Cockade" (floating title, Pa.),  "Yellow Eyed Cat."  AKA – “My Lover’s but a Lady Yet.” Scottish, Irish, English, American; Reel, Polka (Ireland) and Country Dance Tune. USA; New England, Southwestern Pa., New York. England, Northumberland. D Major (most versions): C Major (Huntington). Standard tuning. AB (Howe, Silberberg, Sweet): AABB (most versions). The title was fixed on the tune because of two songs composed to it, one by Robert Burns and the other by the "Ettrick Shepherd," James Hogg, although the tune seems to have first appeared in print in Bremner's Scots Reels" of 1757 as "Miss Farqharson's Reel." It appears in James Aird's collection (of Scottish tunes), but although Samuel Bayard (1981) for some reason said he could find neither the title nor the music therein—Sara Johnson, and others who have looked find it “plain as day” in Aird, 1782, vol. 2, page 1, No. 1. The writer of Gems of Scottish Song asserts that the original title of the tune was "Lady Bodinscoth's Reel." In modern times the reel is often played in a set to accompany the dance “Dashing White Sergeant.”

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Although of Scottish origin it soon became a popular tune south of the Tweed, as attested to the title's appearance in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Northumbrian musician William Vickers included it in his 1770 music manuscript under the title “My Lover’s Butt a Lady Yett.”  "My Love She's But a Lassie Yet" is also the name of a Scottish country dance, though a somewhat unusual one (Flett & Flett, 1964).

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Imported to Ireland, the tune was converted to a polka and played under the titles “My Love is But a Lassie” and “Tripping on the Mountain.” The last title is the name it was famously recorded as in the 78 RPM era by flute player John McKenna and fiddler James Morrison.

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The melody also found currency across the ocean and Bayard deems it perhaps the most widespread instrumental folk tune in Pennsylvania tradition, and that it in fact seems mostly to have been known as an instrumental air among folk musicians in general. The tune was printed under the title "Richmond Blues" in George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, volume II (Baltimore, 1839) and was still cited as commonly played for country dances in Orange County, New York, in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly). In the South, old‑time musicians know the tune under the title “Sweet Sixteen” and "Too Young to Marry.” Jim Taylor (1995) says the tune in its various titles was well-known to musicians in both North and South during the American Civil War era. See also note for “Richmond Blues.”

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Source for notated version: Tony Mates [Silberberg]. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, c. 1782; No. 1, pg. 1. American Veteran Fifer, 1927; No. 61, pg. 31. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 323A‑V, pgs. 283‑289. Bruce & Emmett (Drummers and Fifers Guide), 1880; pg. 24. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 51. Gems of Scottish Song, pg. 160. Gow (Vocal Melodies of Scotland), 1822, 2nd ed. pg. 21. Graham, 1908; pg. 32. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1981; pg. 60 (appears as a set of "Caledonian Quadrilles"). Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 123. Jarman, Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes; No. or pg. 20. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1787‑1803, vol. 3, No. 225, pg. 234. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 57, pg. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 22. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 60. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 186, pg. 241. Ostling, 1939; pg. 21. Riley (Flute Melodies), 1820; vol. 2, No. 22. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 104. Smith (Scottish Minstrel), 1820‑24, vol. 5, pg. 106. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 56. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 47. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 20. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1840; pg. 65. Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007). F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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