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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]

 

 

 

O'MAHONY'S FROLICS (Sugacas Ui Matgamna). See “O’Mahoney’s Frolics.”

                       

O’MAHONEY’S. AKA – “O’Mahoney’s Fancy.” AKA and see “California Girls,” “Carmel Mahoney Mulhaire.” Irish(-American), Reel. Composed by Martin Mulhaire (as “Carmel Maloney Mulhaire’s”) and named in honor of his wife. The tune was recorded under this title by Sligo fiddlers Seamus and Manus Maguire and “O’Mahoney’s” is the title Seamus used. Folk Legacy Records, Seamus & Manus Maguire – “Humours of Lissadell.”

X:1

T:O'Mahoney's

M:4/4

L:1/8

C:Martin Mulhaire

S:Arr. C. Ricker, learned from Denis Lanctot and Jerry S:Holland

R:Reel

K:DMaj

dB|AF ~F2 DFBF|AF ~F2 ABde|fdad bdad|ef (3gfe cABc|!

(3.d.c.B (3.c.B.A BAFE|DEFD A,DFA|BG~G2 Bcde|(3fga ec d2:|!

e|f2 fa fgfe|df ~f2 af ~f|dFAd fedf|(3gag (3fgf eAce|!

f2 fe fgfe|df ~f afdf|g2 ef gbag|(3fga ec d2:|!

(3efg|a2 fa b2 gb|affe fgaf|gfe^d efga|ba (3ba^g agfg|!

(3aaa fa (3bbb gb|af (3gfe fgaf|(3gag (3fgf ecdB|AFGE D2 D:|!

G|FDDD ADFA|DFAd bafa|(3gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded|(3cdc (3BcB AFGE|!

FDDD ADFA|DFAd bafa|(3gag (3fgf ecdB|AFGE D2 DG:|!

                       

O’MAHONEY’S FANCY. Irish, Reel. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 4, No. 43.

                       

O’MAHONEY’S FROLICS. AKA – “O’Mahony’s Frolicks.” AKA and see “Cat in the Corner [1],” “Lady Charlotte Murray [1],” “Puss in the Corner.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB’. O’Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 188, pg. 103. O’Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 190, pg. 45.

X:1

T:O’Mahoney’s Frolics

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 190

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G|F2D DFD|dAF AFD|E/F/GE CEG|cGE CEG|F2D DFD|dAF AFD|GBG EFG|AFD D2:|

|:g|f2d dfd|afd def|e2c cec|gec efg|1 f2d dfd|afd efg|fdB Ade|fdd d2:|2afa geg|fdf ecA|

GBG EFG|AFD D2||

                       

O'MAHONEY'S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Uí Mhathúna). AKA and see “The Clareman’s Hornpipe,” “Fáilte Go h-Éirinn,” "The Hatter's Hornpipe," “Peter Wyper’s [2],” "Prend(i)ville's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (Country Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach, Bulmer & Sharpley]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, in the 1980’s [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 225, pg. 102. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 1, No. 68. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 78. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 14 (appears as “O’Mahony’s”). Claddagh Records CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford ‑ "The Star above the Garter" (1969).

                       

O'MAHONEY'S JIG. AKA and see “Buttermilk Mary [3],” “Coleman’s Favourite,” “Fond of the Ladies,” “The Frolicksome Dame,” “A Health to the Ladies,” "The Irish Miller," “Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies,” “Irishman’s Love [1],” “The Móinín Jig,” “The Mountain Road [2],” “The Mountainy Boy,” “The Night of the Wedding,” “Over the Callows,” “Paddy Clancy’s,” “Pat Beirne’s Favourite,” “The Queenstown Jig,” "Saddle the Pony [2]" (Roche), “Sweet Biddy Daly,” “To the Ladies.”

                       

O'MEAGHER OF IKERRIN. Irish, March. G Major. Standard. AAB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 199, pg. 77.

                       

O'MEALY’S. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by R.L. O’Mealy. Treoir.

X: 1

T: O'Mealy's

C: R.L. O'Mealy

S: Treoir

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

K: G

(3DEF | GFGA BGBd | gfga bgdB | cBAG FAdc | (3BAG (3AGF GFED |

GFGA BGBd | gfga bgdB | cBAG FAdc | (3BAG (3AGF G2 :|

(3Bcd | gd (3Bcd gd (3Bcd | gd (3Bcd g3 z | agfd Adfd | Adfd Ad f2 |

(3Bcd gd (3Bcd gd | (3Bcd gd (3Bcd g2 | agfd AFDc | (3BAG (3AGF G2 :|

                       

O’MEARA’S. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard. AA’BB. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 80, pg. 81.

                       

OMEGA, THE. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 13.

                       


OMNIA VINCIT AMOR. Scottish. "From the Skene manuscript (c. 1630). The phrase is from Virgil's 'Eclogues', meaning love conquers all. The Prioress in Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales', most inappropriately, wore this engraved in gold on her bracelet (Williamson)." Flying Fish FF358, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 1."

           

OMNIBUS, THE.  AKA and see “Kielder Jock’s,” “Stage Hornpipe [1].” English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard. AABB. One of the more famous compositions of Tyneside publican, fiddler and composer James Hill (c. 1811-1853). Dixon (The Lads Like Beer), 1987. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 303, pg. 179. Northumbrian Pipers’ Society (The Fiddle Music of James Hill), 2005.

X:1

T:The Omnibus

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:G Major

|:(3def|gage dgbd|cfac Bdgd|BGdB cAag|(3fgf (3efe defd|gage dgbd|

cfac Bdgf|(3efg db caBg|ecAF G2::dc|BGFG EGDG|B,DGB cBAG|

AEAB cBAG|AGFE DCB,A,|G,B,DG BdcB|cdef gfge|dbca Bgfg|ecAF G2:|

           

O'MOORE'S FAIR DAUGHTER. AKA and see "The Hawk of (Lough Eirne of) Ballyshannon," "Katherine O'More," "Port Athol."

                       

O'MURCHU'S HORNPIPE. Irish, Hornpipe. RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains - "An Irish Evening" (1991).

                       

ON A BANK OF FLOWERS (Air Bruac Na Blata). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. 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. 257, pg. 45.

X:1

T:On a Bank of Flowers

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 257

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DE | F2A2A2 Bc | d2A2A2f2 | (e2d2) fedc | d6 (DE) | F2A2A2 (Bc) |

D2A2A2f2 | (ge)(cA) f2e2 | d6 || (fg) | .a2 .g2 fgaf | .g2 .c2.c2 (de) |

(=.f2.d2) (.d.e.^.f.g) | a2A2A2 (FG) | (A^GAB) (A=GFG) | (A^GAB) A2f2 |

e2d2 fedc | d3 ||

                       

ON A COLD WINTER'S DAY. AKA ‑ "Air La Fuar Geimread." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard. One part. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 616, pg. 109.

X:1

T:On a Cold Winter’s Day

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 616

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D2|D2D2D2|B4 AG|A3 BAF|D2F2C2|D2D2D2|B4 AG|A4 GF|D4 Bc|

d2B2d2|c2B2A2|G3 AGF|D2F2C2|D2B2 AG|FA c2 dc|A2G2G2|G4||

                       

ON A FINE MORNING BY THE SIDE OF THE GLEN. See “Maidin Aoibhin cois Taoibh an Ghleanna.”

                       

ON A HOT PIANO. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by fidddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 132, pg. 38. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - “Lively Steps” (1987).

                       

ON A LONG LONG SUMMER’S DAY. Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mrs. Close” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 533, pg. 135.

X:1

T:On a long long summer’s day
M:6/8
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 533

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

E/F/ | G2B AGF | E2 A/G/ F2 E/F/ | GAB/c/ _d2c | B3B2 E/F/ | G>A Bc _dcB |

Efe _dcd | B2A G2 F | E3 E2 E/F/ || G>A B/c/ _dc=d | efe _dcd | B2A G2F | E3 E2 ||

                       

ON A MAY DAY MORNING EARLY. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 127.

                       

ON A MONDAY MORNING. AKA and see "Frost is All Over [1]," "Mist of Clonmel," "The Praties Are Dug, and the Frost is all Over,” “What Would You/I do if the Kettle Boiled Over,” “What Would You do if You Married a Soldier?”  Irish, Jig.

                          

ON ETTRICK BANKS. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This air by an unknown composer appears in Allan Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany of 1724. Robert Burns used it for his verses "On Ettrick Banks," which he sent to Mrs. Stewart of Stair.

***

On Ettrick banks on a summer's night,

At gloaming when the sheep drove hame,

I met my lassie bra' and tight

Cam' wading barefoot, a' her lane.

My heart grew light, I ran, I flang

My arms about her lily neck,

And kiss'd and clap'd her there fu' lang

My words there were na' mony feck.

***

Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 39, pg. 50.

                       

ON LOUGH NEAGH'S BANKS (Air Bruaca Loca-Neag). Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 441, pg. 77.

X:1

T:On Lough Neagh’s Banks

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 441

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e>f|g3a gedc|d>cde A3c|G>AGE G2 cB|Adfe d2 c/d/e/f/|g3a gedc|

fedc {B}A2 e>d|cAGE G2 c>d|e2 {B}d>c c2||G>F|E3G A>GAc|d>cde A3a|

g>age fedc|f>g a/g/f/e/ {e}d2 gf|egab c’2 ba|gedc {B}A2 ed|cAGE G2 c>d|e2 {B}e>c c2||


                       

ON MY WAY FROM HERE TO WHEELING. American, Song Air? (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AA. Source for notated version: David Rogers (elderly fiddler and singer from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 105, pg. 61.

                       

ON MY WAY TO GEORGIA. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

ON MY WAY TO SEE NANCY. Old-Time. D Major. DDad tuning. From West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons. Edden Hammons Collection I. 

                       

ON SHORE.  English?, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 51, pg. 15.

X:1

T:On Shore

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 51  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FE|D2 DF ABAF|A2d2d2A2|Bcde fedf|e2E2E2 FE|D2 DF ABAF|

A2d2d2A2|Bcde faeg|f2d2d2::de|fedc dcBA|B2d2d2F2|

G3A BAGF|B2E2E2a2|gfeg fedf|ecBA BAGF|EFGB AGFE|F2D2D2:|

                       

ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY I WAS GAY. AKA and see "(An) Brístín Mire,” "Cunla," "Friar's Breeches," "Friar's Britches," “The Frieze Breeches/Britches [1],” “Gallagher’s [1],” "I Buried My Wife (and Danced on Her Grave)," “The Trumlo.” Irish, Jig.

                       

ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY (WHEN I WAS IN THE PUBLIC HOUSE). See “Lá ‘le Pádruig(‘s Mé a dTig an Tábhairne).”

                       

ON SUNDAY MORNING (Maidin Domhnaigh). AKA and see "Maidin Domhnaigh."

                       

ON THE BANKS OF THE CANE. See "Fort Smith [1]."

                       

ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD TENNESSEE. Old‑Time. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's.

                       

ON THE BEAT TO GALESBURG. Old‑Time, Quadrille (Jig). USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: August Merrill (St. James, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 2), 1984; pg. 94‑95.

                       

ON THE BRINK OF THE WHITE ROCK(Air Bhruach na Carraige Baine). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "slow or moderate"). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. "From W. Stack. This is obviously another form of the air given by Bunting (1840, p. 22), to which Thomas Davis wrote his song, 'The west's Asleep.' But Stack's version differs materially, and is very characteristic and beautiful. I think it better than Bunting's. This air is to be distinguished from another with the same name, to which Davis wrote his song, 'Oh, proud were the chieftains of green Inisfail,' and which well be found in Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland, pp. 138, 139, 140" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 667, pg. 334.

                       


ON THE COLD GROUND. AKA and see "I Prethee, Love, Turn to Me." English, Song Air (6/4 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The air appears in Playford's Dancing Master of 1665, Musick's Delight on the Cithern (1666), and Apollo's Banquet for the Treble Violin (1669). The tune was ascribed to Matthew Lock, while the words were written by Sir William Davenant for the play The Rivals, performed around the year 1664. It was sung by the ‘mad shepherdess.’ The tune was popular and used for other ballads, including: "The Courteous Health; or, The Merry Boys of the Times", "The Old Man's Complaint; or, The Unequal‑macht Couple", "Wit bought at a dear rate," and "The Faithful Lover's Farewell; or, Private News from Chatham," all appearing it the Roxburthe collection, though "many more" appear in other collections. At some point Lock's tune was discarded and, around the year 1775, a new tune was substituted, one familiar today as "My Lodging's in/on the Cold, Cold Ground." The Fleishmann index (1998) states that Lock’s tune was the precursor for “Rosin the Beau” and attributes Irish origins for it. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 137‑138.

X:1

T:On the Cold Ground or I Prethee, Love, Turn to Me

M:6/4

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Dorian

B,2|E2E2F2 G2F2E2|B6 A4F2|G2A2B2 F4E2|(^D6 D4) B,2|E4F2 G2F2E2|

B6 A3GA2|B2c2d2 G4A2|(B6 B4)||B2|B2c2e2 G4A2|B6 A3GA2|B2c2e2 F4E2|

(^D6D4) B,2|E2E2 F2 G3FE2|B6 e2 EF|G3A B2F4E2|(E6 E6)||

                       

ON THE COURTABLEAU. See "Sur le Courtableau."

                       

ON THE GREEN STUBBLE IN HARVEST. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Flat Major/E Flat Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: “As sung my Margaret Callan” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 435, pg. 110.

X:1

T:On the green stubble in harvest
M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 435

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A_

A/>G/ | EA A/G/A/B/ | c>d e/d/c/B/  | A>c B/A/G/F/ | E/=D/E/F/ GE/D/ |

EG A/G/A/B/ | c>d e/d/c/B/ | cA B/A/G/F/ | EE E || E/F/ | GA B/c/d/B/ |

e>f g/f/e/d/ | c>A B/A/G/F/ | E/=D/E/F/ GE/D/ | EA A/G/A/B/ | c>d e/d/c/B/ |

cA B/A/G/F/ | EE E ||

                       

ON THE LAKE OF KILLARNEY. Irish, Air (6/4 time). G Major. Standard. ABCA. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pgs. 36-37.

X:1

T:On the Lake of Killarney

M:6/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | B2G2G2A2G2G2 | d2B2e2d2B2g2 | e2A2A2A2AB cd | e2c2A2 A4 GA |

B2G2G2 A2G2G2 | d2B2g2 g4 fe | d2 cB AG dB G2 | E2D2G2 G4 z2 |

dedB g2 dedB g2 | e2A2A2 A4Bc | dedB g>e d2B2G2 | E2D2G2 G4 || Bc |

d2B2G2 d2B2G2 | c2e2e2 e3f g2 | d2B2G2 d2B2G2 | c2A2A2 A4Bc |

d2B2G2 d2B2G2 | d2e2f2 g4 fe | d2B2G2 d2B2G2 | A2 AB cd e4 :: G |

D2=F2F2E2G2G2 | F2 DEFD G4G2 | D2F2F2E2G2G2 | F2 DEFD G4 G2A2 |

B2G2D2B2G2d2 | B2G2G2 c4BA | B2G2D2B2G2d2 | A2 ABcd e4 dc :|

                       

ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE (Air Taob An Sleibe). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: O’Brien [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 289, pg. 50.

X:1

T:On the Mountain Side

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 289

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | d2 (A2 GE) | c2 (B2 AG) | (E2 D2) .D2 | D4 EF | G2 (A2 Bc) |

d2 .e2 (ed) | (BA GA) BG | A4 (EF) | G2A2 Bc | d2e2 ed | BA GA BG |

A4 A2 | d2 A2 GE | c2B2 AG | (E2D2) .D2 | D4 ||

                       

ON THE PIG’S BACK. See “Ar Mhuin na Muice.”

 

ON THE RIGHT CHEEK. AKA and see "Once Upon My Cheek."

                       

ON THE RIVER BANK (Ar/Air Bruac na Abainne/Amaine). Irish, Reel. D Major/D Mixolydian. Standard. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 146. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1473, pg. 273. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 702, pg. 124.

X:1

T:On the River Bank

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 702

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mix

d^cAF G2 GF|DEFG ABcA|d^cAF GBAF|DEFG ABcA|

d^cAF G2 GF|DEFG ABcA|d^cAF GBAF|DFAc BG G2||

K:D

Addc d2 cd|edcd efge|fgef d2 dc|AGFG ABcB|

Addc d2 cd|edcd efge|faef d2 dc|Aceg fd d2||

                       

ON THE ROAD [1]. American, Clog. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 116. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 154.

X:1

T:On the Road [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Clog

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | (d>.f)(e>.d) c>eA>c | d>fa>c’ d’>af>d | d>Bb>a g>fe>d | e>dc>B A>^AB>c |

d>fe>d c>eA>c | d>fa>c’ d’>af>d | d>Bb>a g>fe>c | d2f2d2 :|

K:A

|: (c>.d) | e>ag>b a>c’g>d’ | c/>ab>d’ c’>ab>c’ | d’>c’b>d’ c’>ba>c’ | b>ga>f d2 d>c |

d>fb>d’ e>a c’2 | e>gb>g a>ec>e | f>d’c’>b e>gb>g | a>^ga>b a>f=g>e :|

 

ON THE ROAD [2]. AKA and see “Chorus Jig [1],” “The Glen Road to Carrick.”

                       

ON THE ROAD FROM GLEN TO CARRICK. AKA and see “The Glen Road to Carrick.”

                       

ON THE ROAD TO BOSTON. AKA and see "The Road to Boston," "Boston March," "Road to London." Canadian, American; Reel. USA; New England, Pennsylvania. D Major. Standard. AABB. Sources for notated versions: six southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 197A‑F, pgs. 153‑154. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 32. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 49, pg. 32. F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."

X: 1

T:On The Road to Boston

R:Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:D

A|f2 fe/f/|gf ed|cd ef|dA FA| f2 fe/f/|gf ed|cd ef|d2 d:|

|:f|a2 ag/a/|ba gf|g2 gf/g/|ag fe| f2 fe/f/|gf ed|cd ef|d3:|

                       

ON THE ROAD TO GALWAY. Irish, March (2/4 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 57.

                       

ON THE ROAD TO LURGAN.  Irish, Reel. Recorded in New York by fiddler Paddy Killoran, originally from County Sligo (paired with “The Old Dudeen”).

 


ON THE ROAD TO SKYE. Canadian (or Scottish?), Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard. AABB’. Source for notated version: Eddy Arsenault (b. 1921, Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 81.

                       

ON THE SLY (Faoi Toin Meise). AKA and see “Lochiel’s Rant,” “Mountain Rose.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AB. The ‘A’ part is the same as that of “The Gossan that beat his father” and James Aird’s (Selections, 1782) “Lochiel’s awa' to France (but he’ll come again).” O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 639, pg. 115.

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T:On the Sly

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L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 639

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

gf|eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGA Bcdf|eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGB A2 gf|

eA (3AAA (3efg dc|BAGA Bc d2|eaag (3efg dc|BAGB A2||dc|

BGBd g3a|bgaf ge d2|eaag a2 ga|bgaf gedc|BGBd g3a|

bgaf gfed|eaag (3efg dc|BAGB A2||

                       

ON WI' THE TARTAN. Scottish, Jig. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 247, pg. 28.

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T:On wi’ the Tartan

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 247  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

A/d/|B>AF E>DE|F>EF A2 A/d/|B>AF E>DE|Fdc B2:|

|:d/e/|f>ed e>dc|dBA F2 A/d/|B>AF E>DE|Fdc B2:|

                       

ON YONDER HIGH MOUNTAINS. English, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. The air appears in The Cobblers' Opera (1729) and Silvia (1731). Chappell (1859) says this is a ballad tune, though the words have been lost. It may be the air to the song "Over hills and high mountains," which Chappell says was very popular. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 136.

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T:On Yonder High Mountains

L:1/8

M:3/4

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B2|G3F GA|B2E2F2|GE AG FE|F4 B2|G3F GA|B2E2F2|GE AG F>E|E4||

G>A|B2B2 c>d|ed cB AG|e3c BG|F4 A>B|c2 _dc BA|B2E2F2|G2 AG F>E|E4||

                       

ONCE A NIGHT. AKA and see "Ye Social Powers." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. The tune dates to 1774. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

                       

ONCE I HAD A SWEETHEART. English, Air or Waltz. England, North‑West. A Minor (Knowles): D Minor (Flood). Standard. One Part (Flood): AAB (Knowles). Flood (1905, 1906), with characteristic hopeful abandon, claims this was originally an Irish tune composed around the year 1695 by the blind harper Turlough O'Carolan. It was included in Moffat's Minstrelsy of England, and Kidson thought it an "old and pretty folk‑melody" that he traced back as far as Daniel Wright's Complete Tutor for ye Flute, c. 1735. As a song it has had amazing longevity. Flood found it in Charles Coffey's (?1700-1745) Anglo‑Irish ballad opera The Beggar's Wedding produced in Dublin in 1729, after Gay’s Beggar’s Opera (1728). It also appears in Silvia (1731) as the air “So kind and so unwilling.” Malcolm Douglas finds that Baring-Gould noted “Once I had a sweetheart” in Songs of the West, while Cecil Sharp and Hammond published it in the Journal of the Folk Song Society (vol. 5, no. 18, 1914 and vol. 3, No. 11, 1907, respectively). In 1932 the journal, now called Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, printed a version from Australia that had been learned in Gloucestershire (vol. 1, no.1, 1932). Malcolm says that Phoebe Smith and Paddy Tunney had versions, and another, learned by Maurice Ogg from Edith Leaning of Coleby, Lincolnshire, appeared in English Dance and Song, vol.43, no.2, 1981. Flood, 1905; pg. 104. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 70.

                       

ONCE I LOVED A MAIDEN FAIR. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was first published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651) and subsequently appeared in other of his publications including Introduction in the Skill of Musick, according to Kidson (1890). Chappell notes that it also appears in the 1680 volume Pleasant Companion for the Flageolet. The original ballad sung to this air appears in the Roxburghe collection. Chappell prints a different version of the air which Kidson finds has "great resemblance" to "Here's a Health unto his Majesty" by Saville. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 1. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 42.

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T:Once I Loved a Maiden Fair
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S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Times

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B2B2 B4 | A2B2G2 FG | A2A2 A2B2 | A4 G4 ||

E2F2 G4 | A2B2G2 FG | A2A2A2B2 | A4 G4 ||

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T:Once I Loved a Maiden Fair

M:C

L:1/8

S:Kidson – Old English Country Dances (1890)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f2f2 f4|e2f2d2 cd|e2e2e2f2|e4 d4::B2c2d4|e2f2d2 cd|e2e2e2f2|e4 d4:|

                       


ONCE I LOVED ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE. Scottish. Appears in full in the Guthrie MS. Guthrie was a covenenting minister who was beheaded in 1661 for writing a seditious pamphlet. He probably was no lover of dance music, and some wag may have sown tunes into a MS of his sermons.

                       

ONCE I WAS AT A NOBLEMAN’S WEDDING [1]. AKA - “Once I was invited to a nobleman’s wedding.” Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major: F Mixolydian: G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Sources for notated versions: “As sung by Margaret Callan,” “From Mr. Fitzgerald,” “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 491, 492 & 493, pg. 124.

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T:Once I was at a Nobleman’s Wedding [1]

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L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 492

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>G AB c2 _e2 | d2 cB A>G F2 | _e2 dc c2f2 | cd _ed c3d | _e2 dc c2f2 |

c>d cB AG F>C | F>G AB c2 dB | A2 {A}G2 F3 z ||

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T:Once I was at a Nobleman’s Wedding [1]

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L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 493

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K:G