The Fiddler’s Companion
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Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
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[AK] |
O... See "Oh..."
O.S.T. SPECIAL. Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time).
OAK AND ASH (and the Bonny Ivy Tree), THE. See "O the Oak and the
Ash and the Bonny Ivy Tree," "Quodling's
Delight," "Goddesses,"
"I Would I Were in My Own
Country."
OAK STICK [1], THE. Irish, Jig or Air. D Major (Aird, Joyce): G
Major (Goodman). Standard. AB (Joyce): AABB (Aird, Goodman). See also note for
“Toormore Jig.” Source for notated
version: "copied from a MS. lent (to Pigot) by Mrs. Woodroffe (of
X:1
T:Oak
Stick, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Joyce – Old
Irish Folk Music and Song (1909), No. 828
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2d dcB | cBc A3 | d2d
d2f faf | faf fed | c2e ege | ege
edc | d2f faf | faf fed | Bdf edc | B3 A3 ||
X:2
T:Oak Stick. New Way
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ded dcB | c2A A3 | d2f
|: d2f fdf | fdf fed | c2e ece | ece edc | d2f fdf | fdf fed | fga ecA | B3 A2 :|
OAK STICK [2], THE. English(?), Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Aird (Selections),
vol. II, 1782; No. 138, pg. 51.
X:1
T:Oak
Stick, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird,
Vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a/g/ | f2d ded | c2A BdB | efe e2f | g3 a2g | f2d ded | c2A
|: a/g/ | f2d ded | g2a b2g | f2d ded | g3 a3 | b2g gag |
a2f fgf | efe e2f | g3 a2 :|
OAK TREE, THE (An Crann Darach). AKA and see “Mary
Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken Lip,” "Na
Saighean," “The Northern Lights [2],”
“The Old Oak Tree,” “Tommy Peoples’ (Reel) [4].”
Irish, Reel.
OAKEN LEAVES [1]. AKA and see ‑ "Touch
and Take." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard.
One part. Karpeles & Schofield (A
Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 16.
OAKEN LEAVES [2]. AKA and see "Milkmaid's Bob."
English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part
(Sharp): AAB (Barnes). The tune was first published (1650) under the title
"Milk Maid's Bob," and appeared only in 1670 as "Oaken
Leaves." Barnes (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country
Dance Tunes), 1909; pg. 41.
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:”Jig”
S:Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(3G,A,B, | C2D2 EGzG | ABcd eczG |
ABcA GEzG | FEDC {D}CB,A,G, | C2D2 EGzG |
ABcd ecze | fgaf ec’af | ecdB c2 ::
E2 | (A4 A)Bcd | eAzB cdez | fAz^c defz | eAzB cdez |
dBz2 {A,/B,/}D.B,zd | cAz2
{A,/B,/}C.A,zc | B^Gz2 {^G,/A,/}B,.G,zB | Aaec A2 :|
|: G2 | (c4 c)def | ~g2 ec GEzg |
~a2 fc AF za | ~g2 ec GEzg | ~f2 GB dfag | ~e2 CE Gc fe |
~d2 DG BedB | (cEGe) c2 :|
OAKS ASSEMBLY, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time).
England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version:
an MS collection by fiddle Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire)
[Merryweather & Seattle]. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 55, pg. 42.
OATS AND BEANS. See “Nine-Pins
(Ninepins) [2].”
OATS, PEAS, BEANS [1]. AKA and see "Nine-Pins
(Ninepins) [2]." See also
"Cassino."
OATS, PEAS, BEANS [2]. AKA and see "Baltimore [1]."
OBAIR AN AISTIR. AKA and see “The Job of
Journeywork [1].”
OBAN AND LORNE SOCIETY
MARCH, THE. Scottish, March. A modern
compostion by Aberdeen-born fiddler and composer Bert Murray (b. 1913). Oban,
Argyll and
OBELISK HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Bashful
Bachelor [2],” “Shaw’s Reel,” “Where Did You Find Her? [2]”
"The Wily Old Bachelor."
American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 114. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 151.
X:1
T:Obelisk
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D/C/ | B,/D/G/A/ B/G/D/B,/ |
C/E/A/B/ c/A/F/D/ | B,/D/G/A/ B/G/c/B/ | (3A/B/A/ (3G/F/E/ (3D/E/D/ (3C/B,/A,/
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B,/D/G/A/ B/G/D/B,/ | C/E/A/B/
c/A/F/D/ | B,/D/G/B/ A/D/E/F/ | GBG :: g/a/ | b/g/e/g/ d/g/B/g/ |
d/g/B/g/ d/g/B/g/ | b/g/e/g/
d/g/B/g/ | f/g/a/b/ a(g/a/) | b/g/e/g/ d/g/B/g/ | c/B/A/B/ c/d/e/f/ | g/d/B/G/
E/c/A/F/ | GBG :|
O’BRIAN’S. See “O’Brien’s Reel.”
O'BRIEN. American (?), Schottische. E Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part).
Standard tuning. Learned by
O'BRIEN FROM
O'BRIEN OF ARRA. Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 201,
pg. 78.
O'BRIEN'S FANCY. AKA and see “Paddy
Kelly’s (Reel) [2].”
O'BRIEN'S HORNPIPE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: fiddler Sean Ryan. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 31.
O’BRIEN’S JIG. Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB’. Source for notated
version: accordion player Mary McDonagh Decker, via flute player Mike Rafferty
(
X:1
T: O'Brien's
C: Mike Rafferty / Mary McDonagh Decker
Q: 325
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
K: Dmix
D | F3 DFA | dAF AFD | E3 CEG | cGE GEC |
F3 DFA | dAF AFD | GFG EFG | AFD D2 :|
e | f2 d d^cd | afd def | e2 c cBc | gec ceg |
|1 f2 d d^cd | afd def | gfg efg | afd d2 :|
|2
agf gfe | fed ^cAF | GFG EFG | AFD D2 ||
O’BRIEN’S
MARCH. Irish, March (6/8 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AABB (O’Farrell). Source for notated version:
copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion
(c. 1808) [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 43. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of
Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 57.
X:1
T:O'Brien's March
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-1810
Z:Paul Kinder
R:March
K:G
B3 AGA|B2 G g2 e|dBG E2 D|EAA A2 c|
BGG AGG|BGG g2 e|dBG E2 D|EGG G2||
d|gfg agf|gfe dBG|cBA BAG|EAA A2 D|
E/2F/2GA
G2 e|dBG A2 B|DGc B2 A|B>GG G3||
O’BRIEN’S REEL. AKA - “O’Brian’s.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Sources
for notated versions: Emmett Hughes (b. 1921, Dromore, Queen’s County, Prince Edward
Island) [Perlman]; transcribed in the early 1970's from the Irish music
sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England, which still has weekly sessions a
generation later in the late 1990's [Bulmer & Sharpely]. Bulmer and
Sharpley (Music from
X:1
T:O’Brien’s Reel
R:Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:D
dB|AF (3FFF G2 FG|ADFD EGFE|D2 FA
dfec|dBAF E2 dB
|AF (3FFF G2 FG|ADFD EGFE|D2 FA
dfec|1 dBAF D2 dB :||2 dBAF D2 de||
f2 fa g2 fg|afdf eB B2|f2 fe
dfec|dBAF E2 fg|
af (3fff bf (3fff | afef dB (3BBB |
f2 fe dfec|1 dBAF D2 fg:||2 |dBAF D2dB||
O’CALLAGHAN’S HORNPIPE (Cornphiopa Uí Cheallachain). Irish, Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard.
AABB (Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (most versions). Named for the uncle of
influential Kerry fiddler
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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:O’Callaghan’s Hornpipe
R:hornpipe
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-61
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3Bcd|efgf eABA|GABd dBGE|DEGA
~B3d|(3efg fg ed (3Bcd|
g2fg ed (3Bcd|geaf gfed|(3BcB GB
(3ABA FA|~G3F G2:|
|:(3efg|afge dega|bBBA G2 (3efg|afge
dega|beed e3g|
f2 (3def gfeg|(3fgf (3def gfeg|fbaf
gfed|(3Bcd ef e2:|
O'CALLAGHAN'S REEL (Ríl Uí Cheallacháin). AKA and see “Callaghan’s (Reel) [3],” “The Concert Reel [4],” “Denis Murphy’s (Reel) [1],” “Now She’s Purring.” Irish, Reel. G Major.
Standard. AB (Breathnach): AABB (Harker/Rafferty). Paul de Grae points out
there are several Sliabh Luachra tunes called (O’)Callaghan’s, all named for a
famous fiddler who taught Padraig O’Keefe, himself an influential fiddler and
teacher in the Sliabh Luachra region. Sources for notated versions: fiddler
Denis Murphy, 1966 (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey
flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 131,
pg. 71. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985;
No. 88 (appears as “Gan Ainm/No title”). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4; 3. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No.
102, pg. 32. Vallely (Play Fifty Reels
with the Armagh Pipers Club), 1982; 34.
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See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
O’CALLAGHAN’S REEL [2].
AKA and see “The Doon Reel [4].”
Irish, Reel.
O'CAROLAN'S CONCERTO (Ceolcuirm Uí Cearballain). See also "Carolan's Concerto." Irish,
Planxty (4/4 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by
Turlough O'Carolan, and reportedly his own favorite (Flood, 1905). It shows the
influence of the Italian masters Vivaldi, Geminiani and Corelli on the
composer. There is a persistant story that O'Caroland and Geminiani met, and
indeed, Geminiani visited Ireland, and stayed for a short time in Dublin. They
did not meet, however, according to Flood (1906, who quotes Charles O'Connor of
Belanagare {d. 1790}, a friend of O'Carolan's), they did correspond through the
violinist Elphin. The legend persists, however, that the Italian played
Vivaldi's 5th Concerto for him, whereupon O'Carolan declared he could compose a
similar piece the result being "O'Carolan's Concerto." See note for
“Carolan’s Concerto.” Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 63. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976;
pg. 229. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 633, pg. 113. Claddagh
Records, Leo Rowsome – “Ri na bPiobaire” (1959). Claddagh Records CC10,
"Cheiftains 3." RCA 5798-2-RC, "James Galway and the Chieftains
in Ireland" (1986).
O'CAROLAN'S DEVOTION
[1] (Subailce Uí
Cearballain).
Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "with feeling"). D Minor (O’Neill).
Standard. AB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 227. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 630, pg. 112.
X:1
T:O’Carolan’s Devotion [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 630
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
d3e f2 e<d|d3e c2 B<A|c3A Gz
F<E|D3C C4|D3E Fz F<G|A3F Gz B<A|
d3A {G}F z E<D|D3 E D4||D2 C2
{C}B,2 C2|C/D/z C/B,/z A,/G/,z A,2|
D2 D2 D3E|D/C/z B,/C/z A,4|F2F2
F3G|F/E/z D/E/z C4|c2c2d c3|d3e f2 ed|
d3e f2A2|A2 {B}A>G F/G/z
A/B/z|c2E2E2 FE|DEFG A2D2|D>E {D}CB, A,2A,2|
B,2 A,6|A3B czce|c3e d2d2|e/d/ z
cBAG E2|D3C C6|D3E FzFG|A3F G2 B<A|
D3A {G}F2 E<D|D3E D4||
O'CAROLAN'S DEVOTION
[2] (Subailce Uí
Cearballain).
AKA and see "Miss Fetherston,"
"Carolan's Devotion." G
Minor. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738); the only air
he set to English words (albeit in bad
English). It was composed in 1719 for a Miss Fe(a)therstone, of Ardagh, County
Longford who was on her way to church at Granard one Sunday of that year when
she chanced to meet the blind harper on the road. O’Neill (1913) records the
conversation:
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“Your servant, Mr O’Carolan,” she saluted, “I thank you.
Who speaks to me?” he replied.
“It is I, sir, one Miss Featherstone.”
“I’ve heard of you, Madam: a young lady of great beauty
and much wit. The loss of one sense prevents my beholding
your beauty; and I believe it is a happy circumstance for me,
for I am assured it has made many captives. But your wit,
Madam! I dread it.”