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NUADHALACHD. AKA
and see "The Novelty."
NUAGHALACHD. See
"The Novelty."
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:A Mixolydian
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.
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 RIDGE. Old‑Time.
‘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. English; Air, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB, AC, AC (Mallinson‑Bampton):
AABABABABA (Staton Harcourt): AABCBCB (Bacon‑Bampton & Fieldtown):
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.
***
Source
for notated version: Billy Wells [Bacon‑Bampton].
Bacon (The Morris Ring),
1974; pgs. 51, 53a, 167, 296. 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).
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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