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NUADHALACHD. AKA
and see "The Novelty."
NUAGHALACHD. See
"The Novelty."
NUAIR A CHÌ THU CAILEAG BHÒIDHEACH (When you see a pretty girl). Scottish, Air. Similarities to the melody of
the Robert Burns’ song “There’ll never be
peace until Jamie comes hame.” Wildcat Records
WILDCD 101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008).
NUAIR BHA MI FEIN '
X:1
T:Nuair
Bha Mi Fein ‘
T:When
I was a maiden
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:Reel
S:MacDonald
– Skye Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
f|eAcA
eA c2|fB Bc fBBa|eAcA eA ca|cAAB cAA:|
|:a|fefa
fedc|fBBc fBBa|1 fefa feca|cAAB cAA:|2 fefa eaca|cAAB cAA||
NUALA KELLY’S. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed
by
X:1
T: Nuala Kelly's
C: © B.Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
D | E3 F GFGB |
d2 BG AGEF | GFGB d2 Bd | gfed B2 Bd |
gfga gdBd | cBAG
EGDC | B,3 D EGcB | AGEF G3 :|
A | B3 d edef |
gd (3d^cd ad (3d^cd | b3 a gdBd | edBd A3 D |
G3 A BABd | cBcd efga | g2 bg edBA | GBAF
G3 :|
NUBBIN. Old-Time,
Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. C Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source Jesse
Wallace was unsure that “Nubbin” was the title of the tune, learned from Albert
Lawrence (for which he also called it “Albert’s Tune”). Vance Randolph included
a tune called “Come Get Your Nubbin”
in his 1954 list of Ozark fiddle tunes, but its relationship to Wallace’s tune
is unknown. Drew Beisswenger (2008) notes that the second strain of “Nubbin” is
similar to the second strain of Cyril Stinnett's “Padgett.”
Source for notated version: Jesse Wallace (1907-2006, born Stone County,
Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle
Music), 2008; pg. 156. Rounder CD 0435, Jesse
Wallace – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1” (1999. Various
artists).
NUBBIN
RIDGE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
‘NULL AIR NA H’ EILEANAN DH’AMERICA GUN TEID SINN. See “Over by the Islands to America we go.”
NULL THAR
X:1
T:Null Thar Nan
Eileanan
T:Over the Isles
to
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Reel
B:Stewart-Roberson
– The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
=g|fedf
ecAc|ecAc e2 e=g|1 fedf ef=ge dBGB d2d:|2 af=ge fd=ge|B=GGB d2d||
|:=g|a2 (ec
ecA=g|a2 (ec e2 (e=g|1 a2 (fd ecAc|B=GGB d2d:|2 af=ge fd=ge|
B=GGB d2d|]
NUMBER
NINE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
NUMBER ONE [1]. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AB, Source
for notated version: fiddler Alex Kerr, 1969 (
NUMBER ONE [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time).
X:1
T:Number
One [2]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Frank
Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA|B>ABG
DEGA|B2G2G2 Bd|e>fge dBAG|E2A2A2GA|
B>ABG
DEGA|B>ABc defd|e>fge dBAB|G2E2E2:|
|:ef|gfge
dBAB|gfga g/a/baf|ageg bagf|e2a2a2 ga|
bagf
efge|dBg>e dBAB|efge dBAB|G2E2E2:|
NUMBERS I’VE COURTED AND KISSED IN MY TIME.
Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 363, pg.
92.
X:1
T:Numbers
I’ve Courted and Kissed in My Time
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie
(1905), No. 363
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
DE/F/
| G2 cA GF | GA/c/ d2 ed | {d}cA G2 AG | {E/F/}G>F D2 DE/F/ |
G2 cA
GF | GA/c/ d2 ed | c>A G2G2 | G4 || c/d/ | ef g2 fe | d2 cB cd/e/ |
d2 cA
G>A | G>F D2 DE/F/ | G2 cA GF | GA/c/ d2 ed | c>A G2G2 | G4 ||
NUNRICH
FAIR. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time).
NUNWICK
MILL. English, Reel.
X:1
T:Ninwick
Mill
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
de/f/|gdBd
GdBd|GdBd edcB|cBcd edcB|B2A2A2 df|gdBd GdBd|
GdBd
edcB|cdef gdec|B2G2G2::dc|BdGd BGdB|ceAe cAec|
BdGd
BGdB|c2A2A2 dc|BdGd BGdB|ceAe cAec|Bcdef gdec|B2G2G2:|
NUPTIAL
KNOT, THE (Snaim a' phosaidh). Scottish, Jig. E
Minor ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AAB. This tune
"is an attempt of the editor, in the style of the Irish; and he mentions
this, not for any merit it possess, but because it might be claimed as Irish,
unless traced to its source" (Fraser)./ See also Bayard's (1944) note for
his untitled Pennsylvania "Quadrille," No. 46, which he identifies as
a version of this tune. He further identifies a number of tunes in this family,
including "Three Little
Drummers [1]," "Spirits
of Whiskey [2]," and "Humors of Listivain."
Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to
the
X:1
T:Nuptial Knot,
The
T:Snaim
a’phòsaidh
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Fraser
Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d |: BGE EFE |
AFD DFA | BGE EGE | FGF d3| BGE EGE| AFD DFA |
d^cB cBA | BAF
d2 :| d2B BdB | ^c2A AcA | d2B BdB | dBd e2f |
d2B BdB | A2F
FGF | BGE EGE | FGF d3 | d2B BdB | ^c2A AcA |
d2B BdB | dBd
efg | agf gfe | fed ed^c | D^cB cBA | BAF d3 ||
NUT COUNTRY DANCE, THE.
Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 tme). A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B'
part). Standard tuning. AAB. "The Nut" was one of the country dances
mentioned by Flett & Flett (1964) as being in the teaching repertoire of a
X:1
T:Nut, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
BcB Bge | ^dBc B2B | c^de fed | egf e^dB
||
NUTHATCH DESCENDING, THE.
NUTS
IN MAY. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 and 6/8 times). G
Major. Standard tuning. AABCCCCCCCAB. A tune for a stick dance collected from
the
NUTTING
GIRL, THE. AKA – “Nutting Time,” “A-Nutting We will Go.”
English; Air, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 or 2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning.
AB, AC, AC (Mallinson‑Bampton): AABABABABA (Staton Harcourt): AABCBCB
(Bacon‑Bampton & Fieldtown): AABCBC. (Barnes): AAAABAAABCCCB (Bacon‑Ducklington).
One of the most famous morris dance tunes, collected from the villages of
Bampton, Ducklington, Fieldtown (Leafield, Oxfordshire), Rollo Woods (the 'C'
part is a variation of the Bampton version), and Stanton Harcourt
(Oxfordshire); all in England's Cotswolds. See also a version collected in
***
Now come all you jovial fellows, come
listen to my song,
It is a little ditty and it won't detail
you long;
It's of a fair young damel, and she lived
down in
Arose one summer's morning, and she
a-nutting went.
***
Chorus:
With my fal-lal to my ral-tal-lal,
And what few nuts that poor girl had,
She threw them all away.
***
It's of a brisk young farmer, was
ploughing of his land,
He called unto his horses, to bid them
gently stand;
As he sit down upon his plough, all for a
song to sing,
His voice was so melodious, it made the
valleys ring.
***
See
also the similar Irish 6/8 air “Low
Backed Car [1].” Source for notated version: Billy Wells [Bacon‑Bampton].
Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs.
51, 53a, 167, 296. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 94. JEFDSS, 2nd Series, No. 2, pg.
27. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris
Book), 1988; No. 23, pg. 17. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 25. Carthage CGLP 4406, Hutchings et al - "Morris On"
(1983/1972).
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music
Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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X:1
T:Nutting
Girl, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
R:Morris
Dance
K:G
B>A|:G2
G>A B>AG>B|d (3cec A2F2|G2 B>c d2g2|d6 B2|
c>de>c
A2c2|B>cd>B G2 A>B|c2 (3AcA F2D2|G2 G2 B>A:|
|:G2g2
g>efg|(3fgf d2d2 B>c|d2 e>f g2 f>e|(f4 f23)e|d2g2 g3f|
e2d2
d3B|A2B2c2d2|e>fg>e d>Bc>A|G2 GA B>AG>B|d2 (3cec A2F2|
G2
B>c d2g2|d6 B2|c>de>c A2c2|Bcd>B G2 AB|c2 (3AcA F2D2|G4 G2 B>A||
*slows*
G2
G>A B>AG>B|c2 (3cdc A2F2|G2 B>c d2g2|d6|
*return
to tempo*
B2|c>de>c
A2c2|B>cd>B G2 A>B|c2 (3AcA F2D2|G4 G2:|
NUTTING WE WILL GO. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4
time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAAAABBBBBBBBBABBAABB (Bacon‑Eynsham):
AABABABABA (Bacon‑Stanton Harcourt). The tune is a variation of "Nutting Girl" and was collected from the villages
of Eynsham (Worcestershire) and Stanton Harcourt (Oxfordshire), in
NYMPH, THE.
Scottish, English; Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major (Aird,
Huntington/Litten,
X:1
T:Nymph,
The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country
Dance Tune
B:Gow
– 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s
Reels, 3rd ed., pg. 36
(orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c”tr”cB
cG|cege|fd”tr”cB|(c/B/c/d/) cG|c”tr”cB cG|cege|fd”tr”cB|{B}c2 c2:|
|:(fe)
e2|(dc) “tr”c2|Bcde|(f/g/f/e/) d2|(fe) e2|(dc) “tr”c2|ec (e/d/)c/B/|{B}c2 c2:|
|:e3g|{B}c3e|(^cdf)d|{c}B2
AG|{c}B2 AG|”tr”c2 de|f3e|dc {e}dc/B/|{B}c2 c2:|
NYMPH
DIVINE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). C Major ('A'
major) & A Minor/D Minor ('B'
part). Standard tuning. AAB. The melody dates to 1728. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
NYMPH OF THE WAVE. Irish, Waltz. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G
Major ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning. AABCD. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 147, pg. 47‑48.
NYMROD HORNPIPE. AKA - "Nimrod Hornpipe." American,
Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composition credited to one G.L.
Tracy in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). George Lowell Tracy (1855-1921) was
a young man who later composed light opera and composition books, according to
musicologist Charles Wolfe. Evidently
Tracy arranged music as well, for one publication from the 1880’s indicates an
Arthur & Sullivan work was arranged by him. Al Smitley
suggests the tune may have been named for the ship Nimrod, a name that appears in American
Clipper Ships 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews. There have been several ships
named Nimrod (which means ‘great
huntsman’), including a
British warship, H.M.S.NIMROD, an 18 gun, 100-foot-long brig whose duty it was
in the War of 1812 to patrol the coastal waters of Cape Cod, Rhode Island and
Connecticut, enforcing the British blockade of American shipping. On January
14, 1814, the Nimrod, commanded by
Nathaniel Mitchell, Esq., bombarded Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod from
noon until evening. No one was injured during the attack, but many houses in
the vicinity of Shore and Main Street were damaged. On June 13, 1814, Nimrod trapped and burned Falmouth's
fleet in Wareham Harbor where 17 ships had taken refuge.The next day the brig
went aground in Buzzards Bay. The high tide was not sufficient to free the
brig, so in an act of desperation the crew lightened the Nimrod by dropping
some of her armament overboard. The lighter ship was then floated free, and the
British escaped before being captured by American militiamen. Years later,
divers discovered the abandoned cannons and they were raised from the depths.
***
The tune in
Ryan’s/Cole’s is probably named for another Nimrod,
however. This Nimrod was built in
Liverpool in 1843 for the Cork Steamship Company and was a 177 foot-long, 583
ton, paddle steamer with a three-masted schooner rig to augment the engine. It
is chiefly remembered for the tragedy of its demise, a sensation in its day and
widely reported. On the night of February 27th, 1860, just off St.
David’s Head, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, the Nimrod
was observed by another ship to have set its sails and that her engines had
stopped. Upon being hailed and asked if he needed help, the Captain of the Nimrod, a Scotsman named Lyall, asked
the price of a tow but could not agree to the terms offered. Since the seas were moderate he believed he
could make it back to port under sail. Unfortunately, as the night wore on the
winds picked up, the weather worsened dramatically, and the Nimrod
could make no headway. Finally, it was driven onto the cliffs of St. David’s
Head, and was dashed to pieces with the loss of life of all aboard, 45 souls.
Despite spying the ship in imminent distress, there was nothing the local
inhabitants could do as there was no way down the 100-foot cliff. They could
only watch in horror as they listened to the cries for help of the drowning
people. It was reported that Captain Lyall was last seen clutching the stern
rail with his head in his hands.
***
The
Nimrod
***
Among the passengers that drowned was a
woman who happened to be on board because of a somewhat odd occurrence the
previous week. Her husband was Captain Wigham, of the schooner Wendlydale which was bound for Bremen
with logwood when he became insane on the Atlantic crossing. The schooner put
into Cobh, Ireland, where the ship’s agents put him into lodgings. The owners
contacted his wife in
***
Source
for notated version: Mark O'Connor [Phillips]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 97. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 211. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
132.
X:1
T:Nymrod Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
(3DE=E
| F>dB>F =E>dc>B | A>ce>g =e>fd>B | G>ec>A
B>df>b | a>g=e>c f>DE>=E |
F>dB>F
=E>dc>B | A>ce>g =e>fd>B | G>ec>A B>da>g |
f>=e_e>c B2 :|
|:
A>B | c>FA>c (3d^cd =e>d|c>af>=B d>cA>F | =E>GB>d
c>=ea>g | =e>gf>d =B>cA>_B |
c>FA>c
(3d^cd =e>d | c>Af>=B d>cA>F | =E>GB>d c>=ea>g | f2
a2 f2 :|
NYTH
Y GWCW (The Cuckoo's Nest). Welsh, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). D Dorian (Mellor): E Minor. Standard tuning. ABB. Not related to the
usual English "Cuckoo's Nest"
tunes. Mellor (1935) finds a similar variant in Bennett's Lays of My Land. The tune appears in the publication Cambrian Trifles (1812). Source for notated
version: an itinerant fiddler in the streets of
X:1
T:Nyth
y Gwcw
T:The
Cuckoo’s Nest
M:C|
L:1/16
K:E
Minor
EF|GFGF
E2ge|dBAG FAGF|GFGA BABc|d2A2 A2BA|GFGF E2ge|
dBAG FAGF|GFGABcBA|G2E2
E2:|:B2|e^def egfe|=d2B2 B3A|GBdB GBdB|
c2A2
A4|e^def egfe|=d2B2 B3A|GFGABcBA|G2 E2 E2:|:z2|
BGEG
BGEG|BGBG E2FG|AFDF AFDF|AFAF D2EF|GFGF E2ge|dBAG FAGF|
GFGABcBA|G2
E2 E2:||
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