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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

OLD NATIONAL THEATRE. American, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is one of a genre of syncopated old-time melodies, primarily banjo tunes, meant as a vehicle for clog dancing on the late 19th century stage. Such duple-time ‘jigs’ were often called “straight” or “sand” jigs (the later derived from the habit of sanding the stage to facilitate the movements). The Old National was a theatre in Boston, located at Portland and Traverse Street, at least since the 1830 ’s. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 84. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 116. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 31, pg. 6.

X:1

T:Old National Theatre

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:’Sand Jig’

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 31

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

BG/D/ E/G/D | z/B/G/B/ d/g/e/d/ | z/B/G/D/ E/G/D | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/g/e/d/ |

z/B/G/D/ E/G/D | z/B/G/B/ d/g/e/d/ | z/B/G/D/ E/G/D | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/g/e/d/ :|

|: g(d/g/) e/g/d/g/ | e/g/d/g/ (e/a/)a | {a}g/f/g/e/ d/g/f/d/ | z/g/e/d/ (3B/c/d/ (3d/e/f/ |

g(d/g/) e/g/d/g/ | d/g/d/g/ (e/a/)a | (3g/a/b/ (3e/f/g/ d/g/e/d/ | z/g/d/B/ (A/B/)g :|

                       

OLD NEW ENGLAND WALTZ.  Old-Time, Waltz. B Flat Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: John Tate, via Glenn Berry [Silberberg]. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 33.

 

OLD NICK'S LUMBER ROOM. English. England, Northumberland. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Old Nick, a euphemism for the Devil that, in writing, dates to the year 1643, is said to have derived from association of Niccoló (i.e.’Nick’) Machiavelli (1469-1527) with things diabolical.

                       

OLD NINETY-FIFTH, THE. English, March (6/8 time). C Major. Standard. AA'B. The 95 Regiment in the British Army was the famous green-uniformed light infantry who carried Baker rifles in the Peninsular Campaign and at Waterloo (see Bernard Cornwall’s Sharpe novels). Carlin (Master Collection), 1987; No. 48, pg. 37.

                       

OLD NOLL'S HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe (3/2 time). England, North‑West. F Major. Standard. AAB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 34.

                       

OLD NOLL'S JIG. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, North‑West. D Minor. Standard. AAB (Carlin, Chappell, Fleming Williams, Knowles, Raven): AABC (Barnes, Sharp). The tune appears in Henry Playford's Dancing Master of 1701 and later. Chappell (1859) notes a song called "When once Master Love gets into your Head" was once sung to this tune. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Carlin (English Concertina), 1977; pg. 47. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 87‑88. Fleming‑Williams (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 12. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 33. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 20. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 77.

X:1

T:Old Noll’s Jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

E | F>ED D2E | F>ED D2d | ^c2d A2d | ^c2d A2E |

F>ED D2E  | F>ED D2e | f>ed =c>d=B | (A3A2) :|

|| c | A>Bc F2c |A>Bc F2f | d>ef B2d | B>cd G2g | e>fg c2e |

f>ga d2a | b>ag g2f | (f3 f2)a  | fga def | efg ^cde | def efd | ^c3 A2a |

bgb aAa | bgb aAa | bag fge | (d3 d2) ||

                       

OLD NORA (Nora Criona). AKA and see "Nora Criona", "Hushed Be Sorrow's Sigh", "Lesbia Hath a Beaming Eye". Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABBCCDDEEFF. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 866, pg. 161.

X:1

T:Old Nora

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 866

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | GAG G2A | B2G d2B | GAG G2B | A2B dcA |

GAG G2A | BAG ABc | d2e fef | A2B cBA :|

|: ded d2c |B2G d2B | ded d2B | A2 B cBA |

ded d2c | BAG ABc | d2e fef | A2B cBA :|

|: BGG dGG | BAG dBG | AFF cFF | AFA cBA |

BGG dGG | BAG ABc | d2e fef | A2B cBA :|

|: GBd GBd | GBd dcB | GBd GBd | A2B cBA|

GBd GBd | GBd dcB | GBd fef | A2B cBA :|

|: GBd gfg | agf g3 | GBd g2B | A2B cBA |

GBd gfg | agf g2 g/a/ | bag agf | A2B cBA :|

|: dBG GDG | BGB d2B | dBG GDG | A2B cBA |

dBG GDG | BGB dcB | GBd fef | A2B cBA :|

                       

OLD NUMBER ONE. AKA and see "Tustin's Favorite". The name comes from the southwestern Pennsylvania martial band tradition and denotes its usual position in a program.

                       

OLD NUMBER SEVEN. AKA and see "Old Seven Spot.”

                       

OLD NUMBER THIRD. American, March (4/4 time) or Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard's source's father learned the tune as a boy during the Civil War era and passed it onto his son. Bayard is of the opinion it could have been a fife as well as a fiddle tune. Source for notated version: Hogg (fiddler from southwestern Pa., 1948) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 134, pg. 74.

                       

OLD NUMBER TWO. AKA and see "Old Greene County [1].” The name denotes its usual position in the program of a southwestern Pa. martial band.

                       

OLD NUMBER NINE RAG. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. See note for "Number Nine" for possible explanation of the title. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: African-American fiddler Bill Katon {or Caton} (Tebbetts, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, Vol. 2), 1984; pg. 84.


                       

OLD OAK TREE, THE (An Seanchrann Darach). AKA and see “The Oak Tree.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. A popular reel in County Donegal. Source for notated version: fiddlers Micky and John Doherty, 1966 (Stranorlar, Co. Donnegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 133, pg. 103 (appears mistakenly listed as No. 199).

                       

OLD, OLD HOUSE. Old-Time, Waltz. A Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 112.

                       

OLD ONE, THE. AKA and see “The Cuban.” Irish, Polka.

           

OLD OXFORD, THE.  English,   D Minor. From Daniel Wright’s An Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours etc. (c. 1713). See note for “Old Tom of Oxford.”

           

OLD PAINT. Old‑Time, Air (3/4 time, slow). USA, Oklahoma. D Major (Thede): A Major (Molsky). DDad (Thede): AEae (Molsky) tunings. AABB. Several sources have noted this tune’s resemblance with Luke Thomasson’s composition “Midnight on the Water,” though whether it is derivative of “Old Paint” (or vice versa) is unknown. Source for notated version: J.S. Price (Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 128. Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997).

 

OLD PARNELL REEL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 1), 1973; pgs. 162‑165. Caney Mountain Records CLP 228, Lonnie Robertson ‑ "Fiddle Favorites."

                       

OLD PEADAR CARTHY FROM CLONMORE. Irish, March (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. ABC. Clonmore is in Co. Carlow, and Darley & McCall identify Peadar (Peter) Carthy as a local celebrity. The 'C' part, a chorus, has these lyrics:

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Old Peadar, old Peadar, old Peadar Carthy,

Old Peadar Carthy from Clonmore.

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Source for notated version: "the late" Mr. John McCall (Ireland) [Darley & NcCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 64, pg. 29.

                       

OLD PENSIONER, THE (An Sean Buinciosuide). AKA and see “Hickey’s [1].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 116. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1315, pg. 246. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 577, pg. 106.

X:1

T:Old Pensioner, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 577

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3ABc|:d2 (3cBA BEEG|(3FED AD FABc|cB (3cBA BEEA|1 Bged cABc:|2

Bgec d2||(3ABc|d2 fd adfd|ddfd cdec|d2 fd adfd|dBAF EFAc|d2 fd adfd|

(3ddd fd cdec|defd cdec|cBAF EF (3ABc||

                       

OLD PETER STREET.  Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard. AA’BB’. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 225, pg. 138. Gael-Linn CEFED 180, Paddy Glackin – “In Full Spate” (1991).

X:1

T:Old Peter Street

R:reel

D:Paddy Glackin: In Full Spate

Z:id:hn-reel-689

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

M:C|

L:1/8

K:A

A2GA FAEc|BEcE dEcB|A2GA FAEc|BEGB AdcB|

A2GA FAED|CEAc dcdf|ece=g fdfa|1 ^gbag afec:|2 ^gbeg aefg||

|:aA~A2 eAcA|dcBA GBEg|aA~A2 eAcA|GABc defg|

a2gb aece|fdBA GBed|ceAc dfBa|1 gbeg aefg:|2 gbeg afec||

 

OLD PETER’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard. AABB’. The tune is a variant of “Down the Broom” and “Sligo Maid.” Source for notated version: Peter Chaisson (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 98.

                       

OLD PHILLIP ARMOUR. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. AB. "First part like the Scotch, 'Thro' the wood, Laddie'" (Joyce). See also a version called "Phil Ormand." Source for notated version: "James Buckley, a Limerick piper, about 1852" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 143, pg. 73.

X:1

T:Old Phillip Armour

L:1/8

M:3/4

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GE|D2E2 G>A|B4 ga|bagedB|A4 GA|B>AB>cdA|BAGFGA|B>AB>cdA|

BA G2 FG|E2 E>FGA|B2B2 ga|bagedB|A4 Bd|e2 e>f ge|d>edcBA|G2 EDEF|G4||

ge|d2e2 ga|b4 ga|b2 d’bag|a4 ga|babc’d’g|bagfga|babc’d’g|ba g2 fg|e2 e>fga|

b2 baga|bagedB|A4 Bd|e2 e>fge|d2 d>cBA|G2 EDEF|G4||


                       

OLD PIGEON ON THE GATE, THE (An Sean-Cholúr ar an nGeata). AKA and see "The Red‑Haired Lass." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB. Related to “Pigeon on the Gate [1].” Source for notated version: accordionist Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 162, pg. 64. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 94.

                       

OLD PIPE MARCH. Irish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AA'BB'. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 200, pg. 77.

                       

OLD PISS. AKA and see "Few Days [2].” American, March or Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The alternate title, in this case a floater, was seldom used according to Bayard (1981), who stated that "Old Piss" was one of the best‑known tunes among southwest Pennsylvania fifers. Sources for notated version: Marion Yoders (fiddler and fifer from Greene County, Pa., 1961), Hoge MS (Pennsylvania fife MS), Hiram Horner (Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1961) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 158A‑C, pgs. 95‑96.

                       

OLD PLAID SHAWL, THE (An Sean Filleog Breac). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). Ireland, Ulster. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: O’Neill’s assistant compiler, fiddler Sergeant James O’Neill of the Chicago police, who learned the tune from his mother in County Down [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 166, pg. 29.

X:1

T:Old Plaid Shawl, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 166

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(d/c/) BB | (B2 A)G FG | A2 de fg | (e2 c)A GG | F3 (d/c/) BB | (B2 A)G FG |

A2 d>e fg | (e>c) (AF) GG | G3 || (f2d) (f2g) | (a2f) (g2a/g/) | (f2d) (c2B) |

(A3 A2) A | (.B3.B) (g2f) | (.e2.c) (A2B) | {d}(cBc) (.d2.d) | (d3 d2) ||

                       

OLD PLANK ROAD. AKA and see "Way Down the Old Plank Road," "Plank Road." D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Plank roads were a feature of American transportation in the mid-19th century, the first being constructed in Michigan (1837) and New York (1844). When they were properly maintained they provided a smooth surface, and should not be confused with log ‘corduroy’ roads that were often quite dangerous. Construction consisted of laying planks of pine or oak, eight to sixteen feet long and three to four inches thick, across ‘sleepers’ or ‘stringers’ that had been placed parallel.

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Plank road used in transporting logs. Photo property of Ivan Anderson.

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The tune was recorded by David Harrison “Uncle Dave” Macon (1870-1952), the “Dixie Dewdrop,” a popular and colorful entertainer and recording star in the early days of radio and 78 RPM recordings. Macon sang and played banjo, sometimes with a group called the Fruitjar Drinkers. “Way Down the Old Plank Road” is a song about working on a Georgia chain gang. The road theme is one Macon would have been attuned to, however, for before he made it big with his music he was the proprietor of the Midway Mule and Wagon Transportation Company.

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Rather be in Richmond with all the hail and rain,

Than to be in Georgia boys wearin' that ball and chain.

Chorus:

Won't get drunk no more, won't get drunk no more,

Won't get drunk no more, way down the Old Plank Road.

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I went down to Mobile, but I got on the gravel train,

Very next thing they heard of me, had on that ball and chain.

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Doney, oh dear Doney, what makes you treat me so,

Caused me to wear that ball and chain, now my ankle's sore.

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Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty,

Wanta see them pretty girls, hop to Chattanoogie.

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I'm going to build me a scaffold on some mountain high,

So I can see my Doney girl as she goes riding by.

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My wife died on Friday night, Saturday she was buried,

Sunday was my courtin' day, Monday I got married.

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Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey here to sell,

How can a young man stay at home, pretty girls look so well.

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Harry Smith (Folkways FA2953, 1952) writes: “Dave Macon, the ‘Dixie Dew Drop’, was born at Smart Station, Tennessee, October 7th, 1870. He learned his trade in Nashville, where his parents operated the Macon Hotel, a theatrical boarding house, and became a professional entertainer about 1888. Many of the songs he learned before 1900 from workers on the levee and along the Mississippi were recorded among the hundred or so titles he cut between 1923 and 1938, and are unique among commercial recordings. His descriptions of life on the chain gang here and on (“Buddy Won’t You Roll Down the Line”) of this set are two of the most characteristic of a number of songs of this type he recorded. The verses about the scaffold and the wife’s death are widely known folk-lyric elements.” African-American collector Thomas Talley (born c. 1870) printed a tune called “Aunt Dinah Drunk” in his 1922 work Negro Folk Rhymes, which includes a chorus which shows up in the Macon song “Way Down the Old Plank Road.”

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Yes, I won’t git drunk an’ kicky up a chunk.

I won’t git drunk an’ kicky up a chunk.

I won’t git drunk an’ kicky up a chunk,

‘Way down on de ole Plank Road.

Oh shoo my Love! My turkle dove.

Oh shoo my Love! My turkle dove.

Oh shoo my Love! My turkle dove,

‘Way down on de ole Plank Road.

***

A few bars of the verse melody appear in “I’m Off to Charlestown,” an air in Kerr’s Merry Melodies (c. 1880’s) that sounds as though it was imported from America. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 18. County 521, "Uncle Dave Macon: Original Recordings, 1925‑1935." County 541, Uncle Dave Macon – “Nashville: The Early String Bands.” Folkways FA2953, Uncle Dave Macon – “American Folk Music” (1952). Folkways 2492c, New Lost City Ramblers. Rounder 1033a, Uncle Dave Macon – “Tennessee Strings.” Rounder Records 11569c, Highwoods String Band – “Way Down the Old Plank Road.” VET 101a, Uncle Dave Macon – “The Dixie Dewdrop.” Vocalion 15321 (78 RPM), Uncle Dave Macon (1926).

X:1

T:Old Plank Road

L:1/8

M:2/4

B:Kuntz – Ragged but Right

K:D

[(^GA]||[AA)] [A2A2] B|d>e d(e|e/)f/e/d/ BA|d>d d(3d/c/B/|[AA] [A2A2] B|

d>e dd|e/f/e/e/ dB|A>B A(f||f)e/e/ dB|d>e d(f|f)e/e/ dB|A>B A(f|

f)e/e/ dB|d>e d[(^de]|[e/e/)]d/e/e/ fe|dd/d/ d||

                       

OLD PLAYERS, THE. Irish, reel. A Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and compser Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 63, pg. 69.

X:1

T:The Old Players

R:reel

C:Ed Reavy

M:2/2

L:1/8

Z:Joe Reavy

N:The tune commemorates the great fiddlers of

N:the past: Michael Coleman, Kipeen Scanlon,

N:and a host of unheralded ones who went to the

N:clay unrecognized. The history of Ireland is

N:a fiddle. It alone can convey the sounds and

N:feelings of sad gaiety that characterize the

N:plight of that long-troubled land.

K:C

BG | EAAB ^cded | ^cdec dBGD | EAAB ^cde^f | ge^fa ge^fa gefd |

^cde^f gfge | a^ge^c d2 cd | ede^f gfge | dBGB A2 :||

|: e^g | a2 ^gb aged | ^cdef gfef | g2 ^fa gfef | g^fgd BGG^g |

a2 ^gb aged | ^cde^f gfge | (3aa^g a^f =gfge | dBGB A2 :||

                       

OLD PLUNK, THE. American?, "Banjo Jig" (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 166, pg. 53.

X:1

T:Old Plunk, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:Listed as a “Banjo Jig”

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 166  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|.d.G.A.B|dB/d/ A/d/G|dA/d/ G/d/F|dB/d/ A/d/G|.d.G.A.B|

dB/d/ A/d/G|dA/d/ G/d/F|GBG::d|c/A/c/d/ FA/d/|B/G/B/d/ GB/d/|cA/d/ A/d/c/A/|

G/e/d/B/ G/B/A/G/|c/A/c/d/ FA/d/|B/G/B/d/ GB/d/|c/A/c/d/ A/d/c/A/|BGB:|

                       

OLD POLKA, THE. Scottish, Polka. Scotland, Orkney Islands. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A traditional tune. Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Mainland (b. 1938, Orkney) [Martin]. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 102. Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society – “Orkney Fiddle Music” (1976). Attic Records, The Wrigley Sisters with David Campbell – “Orkney after Sunset” (2000).

X:1

T:Old Polka, The

D:Orkney Fiddle Music (1976)

O:Orkney

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:D

A|BA A/f/e/d/|cB Be/d/|c/d/e/f/ g/A/B/c/|d/e/f/d/ AF/A/|

BA A/f/e/d/|cB Be/d/|c/d/e/f/ g/A/B/c/|dd d:|]

f/g/|a/f/d/f/ A/f/d/f/|ag/f/ ge/f/|g/e/c/e/ A/e/c/e/|gf/e/ ff/g/|

a/f/d/f/ A/f/d/f/|ag Be/d/|c/d/e/f/ g/A/B/c/|dd d:|]

                       

OLD PORK BOSOM. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard. AABB'. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 45.

                       

OLD PURCELL. See "Oklahoma Run."

                       

OLD RACCOON. Old‑Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard. AABB.

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Raccoon's tail got rings all around,

De possum's tail am bare.

De rabbit ain't got no tail at all,

Just a little bit a bunch a hair. (Ford)

***

Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 62.

                       


OLD RAMBLER, THE. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: "From the whistling of Joe Martin of Kilfinane Co. Limerick, a rambling working man with a great knowledge of Irish songs, and much natural musical taste" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 178, pg. 89.

X:1

T:Old Rambler, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow and tender”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

A|d2f2 ed|c2d2e2|f2 gfed|e4 fe|d2c2A2|G2A2c2|d2 edcA|A4||fg|a2a2 c’a|g2a2g2|

f2 gfed|c4 de|f2f2 ed|c2e2g2|a2f2e2|d4||

                       

OLD RANTON HEIGHLANDER. English. England, Northumberland. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumberland dance tune manuscript.

                       

OLD RATTLER HARE. Old-Time. A dance tune in the repertoire of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, guitarist and banjo player Elizabeth Cotten.

                       

OLD RED. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Both parts contain irregular measures. Source for notated version: Hoyt Ming [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 96.

                       

OLD RED BARN, THE. AKA and see “Little Red Barn.” Canadian, American; Jig or Quadrille. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Messer): AA'AA'BB (Phillips). Popular with older fiddlers in central New York state, according to local fiddler Chad Miller, where at least one called it the “Red Barn Quadrille.” As “Little Red Barn” it was collected by R.P. Christeson from Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Paul Gifford says it is fairly common among older Michigan and Ontario fiddlers. Keys vary: A and G major are the most common. Source for notated version: Don Rowan [Phillips]. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 158, pg. 107. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 373. Edison 51236 (78 RPM), 1923, John Baltzell (appears as "Old Red Barn Medley Quadrille") {Baltzell was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, the same home town as minstrel Dan Emmett (d. 1904). Emmett returned to Mt. Vernon, poor, in 1888, and later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle.}.

           

OLD RED ROOSTER. AKA and see “Across the Plains.”

                       

OLD REEL, THE. AKA and see “Cairngorm Brooch.” Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Related to the “Flowers of Limerick [1],” “Paddy on the Turnpike [2]” and “Bunch of Keys [1]" family of tunes. Source for notated version: J. Davie, Caledonian Repository, 2nd series [Henderson]. Davie (Caledonian Repository), 1829. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.

X:1

T:The Old Reel

B:Flowers of Scottish Melody, 1935

N:Changed from 2/4 to 4/4

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Gm

F | D<GGA G^FGA | BGdG eGdG | C<FFG F=EFG | AFcF dFcF | DGGA G^FGA |

BABc dcd=e | fgfd cAFA|BGAF DG G2 || dgga g^fga | bgga bg g2 |

c<ffg f=efg | affg af f2 | dgga bagb|abag f=edc | d=efd cAFA | BGAF DGG |]

                       

OLD RESTING CHAIR. See "Auld Restin' Chair."

                       

OLD REUBEN. Old-Time. The piece is known as a banjo song and employs a special tuning on the instrument.

                       

OLD RICHMOND. AKA and see "Richmond Cotillion."