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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:

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

My ain kind dearie O.

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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. 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. 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. 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.

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T:My Bonny Brunette [2]