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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
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
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
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).
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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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.
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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
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.”
***
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).
***
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.
***
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.”
***
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."
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