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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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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, 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]

 

 

 

P. E. I. HORNPIPE, THE. Canadian, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by John Durocher. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 120, pg. 75.

           

P. J. CONLON'S. AKA and see “Lilies of the Field,” "The Ballinafad Reel [1]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. P.J. Conlon was an accomplished melodeon player who recorded in the "golden age" of Irish recording, in America in the 1920's and 1930's. He recorded the tune in 1929 under the title “Kitty in the Lane [1].” Taylor (1992) states he sometimes duetted with renowned fiddler James Morrison, and that he came from a great musical family where his parents, a brother and sister all played fiddle or melodeon. Taylor also believes the tunes "Jenny Picking Cockles," "Take Her Out and Air Her [2]," "The Sailor's Jacket" and "Come to your Tay" are all similarly structured tunes. See also the related ‘B’ part of  Kitty in the Lane [1].” Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 26, pg. 20. Shaskeen - "My Love is in America."

X:1
T:Lillies in the Field, The
T:P.J. Conlon's
R:reel
D:Bobby Gardiner: His Master's Choice
D:Terry Bingham
Z:id:hn-reel-504

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D  %GRK:7077BB20
Addc ~A3B|~c3d ecdc|Addc ~A3B|cAGE EDD2:|
d2fd Adfd|(3Bcd ef g2fe|d2fd Adfd|eaag eddc|
d2fd Adfd|(3Bcd ef g2fg|afge fdcd|eaag eddc||

                       

P. J. CONWAY’S SLIDE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Composed by Bronx, New York, button accordion player Terry Winch, whom Philippe Varlet identifies as a founding member of the Washington, D.C.-based band Celtic Thunder. Terry’s father was a banjo player who player with P.J. Conway in New York; Conway was also a box player and Terry is the present owner of his instrument. Green Linnet SIF 1029, Celtic Thunder (1981).

                       

P. J. HERNON’S. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Boston accordion player Colm O’Donnell [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 235, pg. 126.

X:1

T: P.J. Hernon's

S: C. O'Donnell

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/8

L: 1/8

K: G

GFGB d2 gd | edBe dBAB | GFGB dedB | ABGE DGBA |

GFGB d2 gd | gdBA GABd | eged Bded | gedB AGED :|

degb abge | dBAB GABd | g2 ag gedg | eaag a2 ga |

bg g2 abge | dBAB GABd | egde Bdef | gedB AGED :|

           

P. J. MacNAMARA’S. Irish. Green Linnet GLCD 1127, “Martin Hayes” (1993).

           

P.J. McCOMISKEY’S.  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Leslie Harris, named for button accordion player Billy McComiskey’s oldest son Patrick. Patty Furlong –“Traditional Irish Music on Button Accordion” (1999). Trian.

X:1
T:P.J. McComiskey's
C:Leslie Harris
S:Mike Rafferty
Z:Lesl
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
GE|DG~G2 EGce|dBB2 ABce|dB~B2 ABGA|BG~G2 E2 dc|
BEGE FBdc|BG~G2 ABc2|dGBd efge|fdcA AG:|
|ge|:dBB2 ABGA|BG~G2 EGD2|EGDG EGD2|EGAB cdeB|
dBB2 ABGA|BG~G2 EGD2|EGDG EGce|1 d2 cA BGge:|2 d2cA BG~G2||

X:2

T:P.J. McComiskey's
C:Leslie Harris
S:Billy McComiskey
Z:Philippe Varlet
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
DG~G2 EGce|dB~B2 ABce|dB~B2 ABGA|BG~G2 EGDC|
B,DGE FBdc|BG~G2 ABce|dB~B2 efge|1 fdcA BGGE:|2 fdcA BGGB||
dB~B2 ABGA|BG~G2 EGDG|EGDG EGDG|(3EFG AB cdeg|
dB~B2 ABGA|BG~G2 EGDG|EGDG EGce|1 dBcA BGGB:|2 dBcA BGGE||

           

P. J. MOLONEY’S (HORNPIPE).  AKA and see “Sean Ryan’s (Hornpipe) [6].” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan, in honor of flute player P.J. Moloney (All-Ireland flute champion in 1958). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 31 (appears as “O’Brien’s Hornpipe”). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 121. Avoca 33-AC-121, Seán Ryan & P.J. Moloney – “Traditional Music of Ireland, vol. 1” (1960).

 

P. JOE HAYES'. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: P. Joe Hayes, a fiddler and sometime leader of the Tull Ceili band, via the band Shaskeen (Ireland) [Taylor]. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 9, pg. 8. Shaskeen - "Mouse Behind the Dresser."

           

P. M. DONALD MACLEAN OF LEWIS. Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABCCDD’. Composed by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 19.

                       

P. M. JIMMY PRYDE. Scottish. Traditional. Green Linnet SIF‑1094, Capercaillie ‑ "Sidewaulk" (1989).

           

P. M. SAM SCOTT. Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABB’CCDD’. Composed by Pipe Major Peter MacLeod. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 3, 1988; pg. 45.

                       

PA KEANE’S. Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard. AABBCCDD. A two-part version is called “Many’s a Wild Night.” Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 205, pgs. 118-119.

X:1

T:Pa Kean's

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Polka

B:Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra

K:D

|:Ad cB | AF DE/D/  | GF/G/ BA | FA DE/D/ | Ad cB | AF DE/ F/ | GE BA |

D2  D2 :|\

|:dc/d/ fa | ge ed/e/ | A/B/c/d/ eg | fd dA | dA/d/ fa | ge e/f/e/d | cB

ba | d2 d2  :|\

|:A3/2G/ AF | FE EB/c/ |d3/2c/ dB | c2 c/d/c/B/ | Ad fe/c/ | Ac ec/B/ |

AB/c/ df | e2 e2 :|\

|:a^g ag/f/ | e^d ec | Bc/B/ AF | E2 E2 | e^d/e/ fe | cA FA | EF A3/2B/|

A2  A2 :|

           

PA PADDY O’SULLIVAN’S. Irish, Polka.

X:1

T:Pa Paddy O'Sullivan's

D:The Night of the Fair, Dan Herlihy, track 3(b)

N:The second polka comes from the concertina playing of the

N:late Pa Paddy O'Sullivan from Scartaglen [note by Dan Herlihy]

R:polka

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:D

F2 FE|FA Bd|A>B AD|FE ED|

DF FE|FA Bd|A>B AF|ED D2:|

|:d>e dc|BA Bd|A>B AD|FE ED|

d>e dc|BA Bd|A>B AF|ED D2:|


           

PACHELBEL’S FROLICS. AKA and see “Kohler’s Hornpipe,” “Laybourn’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Air. The notes to Iver’s album states the original tune was published as an untitled hornpipe in Kohler's Violin Repository (1881-1885), in the key of ‘C’. Seamus Egan learned it from a tape of the late Cape Breton fiddler John Morris Rankin and transposed it to the key of D and Ivers arranged it further to make the resemblance to “Pachelbel's Canon” more obvious. There are some spurious stories that Ivers adapted the tune from a canon by Austrian composer Johann Pachebel, but the above should lay this to rest. Cape Breton fiddler’s know it as “Kohler’s Hornpipe” or “Laybourn’s Hornpipe” (W.B. Laybourn was the compiler of Kohler’s Violin Repository), and it is sometimes played as a reel (by Buddy MacMaster, for one). 

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Pachelbel's Frolics

R:air

S:Eileen Ivers (first album)

M:2/2

L:1/8

Q:80

K:D

dcde fefg|~a3b agfd|~B3c ~d3B|ABGA F2DF|

GFGA BABc|dcde fga2|gfed (3Bcd ef|1 gedc d3A:|2 gedc d2fg||

~a2fa dafa|~a2ea caea|~f2df Bfdf|AGAB =cAFD|

GFGA BABc|dcde fga2|gfed (3Bcd ef|1 gedc d2fg:|2 gedc d3A||

           

PACIFIC SLOPE [1]. American, Old‑Time; Breakdown, Reel or Hornpipe. USA; Midwest, southwestern Pa., New England. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Christeson, Cole, Hinds, Phillips, Sweet): AB (Bayard). The Pacific Slope refers to that part of North America that drains into the Pacific Ocean, a term that had particular meaning in the 19th century prior to the formation of the region into states and territories. Then it was America’s “manifest destiny” to settle and develop the lands of the Pacific Slope, then the frontier. The melody is commonly played at mid-western fiddle contests, despite being (as Rodney Miller says) a Yankee tune. “Pacific Slope” is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Samuel Bayard (1981) states that the title has apparently remained constant for this piece, at least in published versions, unlike many other tunes in the traditional repertiore which often feature a multiplicity of titles. John Hartford has identified that the 2nd strain is similar to the 2nd strain of "Harvey's Favorite" on pg. 20 of Dobson's New System For the Banjo. An Irish version appears in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland under the title “Chief O’Neill’s Visit,” set as a hornpipe, and a hornpipe version is also known to Scottish musicians as the “Cambridge.” Sources for notated versions: Cyril Stinnett (Nodaway County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Hogg (Pa., 1948) [Bayard]; Ken Kosek [Phillips]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 136, pg. 75. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 1), 1973; No. 32, pg. 23. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 40. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 12. Phillips (Traditional  Music in America), 1994; pg. 178. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 66. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 68. Folk Legacy FSI-74, Howard Bursen - "Cider in the Kitchen" (1980). Great Meadow Music GMM 2002, Rodney Miller & David Surette – “New Leaf” (2000). Missouri Old Time Fiddlers Association 002, Taylor McBaine ‑ "Boone County Fiddler." Rounder Records - "Country Cooking." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Dwight Lamb (b. 1934) - "Old Ladies Pickin' Chickens." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett - "Old Time Fiddler's Repertory" (1976). 

X:1

T:Pacific Slope [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(3E/F/G/ | .A{B}(A/G/) (A/c/) (3e/f/g/ | .a{b}(a/g/) a/e/c/A/ | f/d/B/A/ G/A/B/c/ | d/B/c/A/ G/E/F/G/ |

.A{B}(A/G/) (A/c/) (3e/f/g/ | .a{b}(a/g/) a/e/c/A/ | f/d/B/A/ G/A/B/d/ | c/A/B/G/ A :: (c/d/) |

.e{g}a e/c/A/c/ | .d{a}b B/c/d/B/ | g/b/e/g/ b/e/g/b/ | a/c’/e/a/ c’/e/a/c’/ | e’c’ ae |

f/d/B/f/ e/c/A/c/ | .B(g/f/) e/d/B/G/ | A/a/e/c/ A :|

 

PACIFIC SLOPE REEL [2]. Canadian, Reel. Canada, New Brunswick. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Variant of above. Source for notated version: Jerry Robichaud (Canada) [Hinds]. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 12. Alcazar Dance Series ALC‑201, Jerry Robichaud ‑ "Maritime Dance Party" (1978). Fretless FR201, Jerry Robichaud ‑ "Maritime Dance Party" (1978).

           

PACKIE DOLAN’S. AKA and see “The Boys of Ballinahinch,” “Mullin’s Fancy,” “The Strawberry Blossom [1].”

           

PACKIE DUIGNAN’S REEL. AKA and see “The Ashplant [2],” “A Night in Ennis.”

           

PACKIE SWEENEY'S REEL. AKA and see “The Bragan Lasses.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, Co. Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Similarities to Roche’s “Flannel Jacket” and “The Bragan Lasses.” Source for notated version: flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 169.

           


PACKINGTON'S POUND. AKA ‑ "The Cut Purse." English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). A Minor (Johnson, Raven, Watson): G Dorian (Chappell). Standard tuning. AAB (Johnson, Raven, Watson): AABBC (Chappell). The air appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Barley's New Book of Tabliture (1596), Friesche Lust‑Hof (1621), Select Ayres (1659), 180 Loyal Songs (1685), Playford's Pleasant Musical Companion (1687), and John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729, where it appears as "Thus gamesters united in friendship are found", Air XLIII). Chappell (1859) and Kidson (1922) believe the tune takes its name from Sir John Packington (1549-1625, "lusty Packington"), one of Queen Elizabeth’s Privy Councilors, whom she had knighted. Packington wagered (for the sum of £3,000) that he could swim down the Thames from the bridge at Whitehall, Westminster, to the one at Greenwich. However, when she heard of it, Elizabeth, "who had a particular tenderness for handsome fellows," would not allow one of her favourites to risk himself. Packington’s Pound referred to a pond (“pound”) that he had built near his house at Westwood (Worcester) which was ordered removed when it was found to encroach on a public highway. Packington cut through the walls and allowed the water to flood the countryside. Naunton, rather cryptically, said of him:

***

Sir John Packington was a Gentleman of no meane family, and of forme and feature, no

waies disabled, for he was a brave Gentleman, and a very fine Courtier; and for the time

which he stayed there, which was not hasting, very high in her [Queen Elizabeth I] grace,

but he came in and went out, through disasidutie, drew the curtaine betweene himselfe and

the light of her Grace, and then Death overwhelmed the remnant, and utterly deprived him

of recovery, and they say of him that had hee brought lesse to her Court than he did, he

might have carried away more than he brought, for he had a time on it, but an ill husband of

opportunitie.

***

The air was originally composed as a courante and is often credited to the Elizabethan composer Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). It was popular for over two hundred years, and numerous ballads were written to it. Claude Simpson (1966) says, “This is the most popular single tune associated with ballads before 1700.” Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 259. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 14: Songs, Airs and Dances of the 18th Century), 1997; pg. 14. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 10 & 63. Watson (A Rollick of Recorders or Other Instruments), 1975; No. 10, pg. 11. Harmonia Mundi 907101, The King's Noyse - "The King's Delight: 17c. Ballads for Voice and Violin Band" (1992).

X:1

T:Packington’s Pound

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Times
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

G3 ^FG2 | A2^F2D2 | G3^FG2 | A4A2 | B3cd2 | c2A2F2 | G2B2A2 | G6 :|

|: d2f2e2 | d6 | d2f2e2 | d6 | defd aa | d2f2e2 | defd e2 | d6 :|

|| d3cd2 | c2A2F2 | G3^FG2 | A2^F2D2 | d3cd2 | c2A2F2 | G2B2A2 | G6 ||

                                   

PACKY’S PLACE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Packy Clerkin was the son of the family who still ran the neighboring farm to the Reavys in County Cavan. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 86, pg. 94.

X: 1

T:Packy's Place

R:jig

C:Ed Reavy

M:6/8

L:1/8

Z:Joe Reavy

N:Owned by Ed's favorite neighbors, the Clerkins.

N:Their son Packy was running the farm when we made

N:our visit there in '69.

K:G

f | gdB GFG | ABG FED | gdB GFG | Ad^c def | gdB agf | bag faf | gdB cAF | GAG G2 :||

A | B^cd def | gfe d=cB | BGB dBG | cBc ABc | BGB def | gdB ecA | fdB cAF | GAG G2 :||

                                   

PADAÍ BHILLÍ NA RÓPAÍ'S HIGHLAND. AKA and see "The Castlecomer Lasses," "Down the Groves," "Erin's Groves," "The Gay Fellow's Favourite," "The Good Fluter," "The Green Fields of Erin [1]," "The Green Groves of Erin [1]," "The Heather Breeze," “The Low Highland,” "Mary in the Mall," "Miss Shaw's Reel," “Miss Stewart of Grantully [2],” "The Queenstown Lasses."

 

PADDEREEN MARE, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major (?). Standard tuning. One part. "I.e. the priest's mare: 'Paidirin', a prayer, a 'Pater'" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, a professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 578, pg. 303.

 

PADDIES EVERMORE (Na Padruig Go Brat). Irish, Air or March (6/8 time, "with spirit"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. O’Neill (1913) calls this a “splendid martial air.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 262, pg. 45.

X:1

T:Paddies Evermore

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With spirit”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 262

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/G/ | F A2 d2f | e2c A2G | F2A d2d | d3 z2g | {a}f2e f2g |

a2f d2f | e2d c2B | A3 z2 g | {g}f2e f2g | a2f d2f | e2c A2F |

G3 z2A | B2B Bcd |e2c A2G | FA2 d2d | d3 z2g | f2e f2g |

A2f d2f | e2c A2F | G3 z2A | B2B g2f | e2c A2 G| F A2 d2d | d3 z2 ||

                       

PADDINGTON POUND.  English, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. An Elizabethan lute and dance melody. It is mentioned in a traditional English folksong called “The Maypole”:

***

“Begin,” says Harry,

“Ay, ay,” says Mary,

Let’s lead up Paddington-pound,

“Oh, no,” says Hugh,

“Oh, no,” says Sue,

Let’s dance St. Ledger (Sellinger’s) round.

Then every lad did take

His hat off to his lass;

And every maid did curtsey, curtsey,

Curtsey on the grass.

***

Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe), c. 1745-46; pg. 33. Dorian Records, Various artists – “Elizabeth’s Music” (1999). Virgin Veritas 482079-2 138m DDD, The Musicians of Swanne Alley – “In the Streets and Theatres of London.”

X:1

T:Paddington Pound

M:C

L:1/8

S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipe (c. 1745-46)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c2 | cBAG F2f2 | f2f2e3d | c2 BA BdcB | AG e4 c2 | f2 ag fedc | =BGAB cdef |

g=Bcf e2d2 | c6 || g2 | gfed c2b2 | ag a2 agfe | dgba gfef | d2d2 ^c4 | dfed gbag |

A2c2d2g2 | f4e4 | d6c2 | faga fgef | decd B2G2 | gbab gafg | efde c2B2 | Ac f2 dfeg | f6 ||

 

PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE. English. A quadrille tune. Topic 12TS283, Ned Pearson. Topic TSCD 669, Ned Pearson (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998. Fiddler Pearson was born c. 1875 at Cambo, near Morpeth, Northumberland).

 

PADDOCK, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’AA’BB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 297, pg. 31.

X:1

T:Paddock, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Kerr –Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 297  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2|G2 (Bc) dBGB|dBge dBGB|cBcd edcB|AGFE D2D2|G2(Bc) dBGB|

dBge dBGB|cedc BAGF|A2G2G2::(FE)|D2(FG) AFDF|ABcB dcBA|

G2(Bc) dBGB|dgfg agfe|dgfg egfg|dgfg egfg|dgdB dcAF|A2G2G2:|

                       

PADDY ARTHUR’S PINT. AKA and see “Lads of Doocastle,” “Long Way from Home,” “Trip to Kinvara.” Irish, Reel. Paddy Arthur’s was a pub in Parnell Street, in Ennis, County Clare.

 

PADDY BARTLEY’S.  AKA – “Paddy Bartley’s Highland Fling.” Irish, Highland. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A strathspey-setting variant of the Scottish reel “The Moray Club.” Bartley was a member of the McGlynn family of Glenfin, according to liner notes of “The Brass Fiddle.” Claddagh CC44CD, Vincent Campbell – “The Brass Fiddle: Traditional Music from Donegal” (1987. Various artists).

                       

PADDY BE AISY. AKA and see "Hush the cat from under the table,” "Last Nights Fun [2],” "Miss Brown's Fancy [3],” "Sugrady na hOiche Areir,” "Wink and she'll follow you.” Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. ‘Aisy’ is a dialect word for easy. Not the "Paddy Now Won't You Be Easy" or "Paddy “Go Easy”" in O'Neill's, despite the confusing similarity of titles. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 254, pg. 24.

                       

PADDY BOLSTER'S REEL. AKA and see "The Twin Brothers [1]," "Lady Cork's Reel," "The Tinker's Stick," "The New Policeman [3]," "An Garda Nua."

                       

PADDY BREEN'S JIG (Port Pháidí Uí Bhraoin). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: flute, whistle and concertina player Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 1, pg. 3. Claddagh Records CC27, Michael Tubridy ‑ "The Eagle's Whistle" (1978).

 


PADDY BREEN'S REEL. AKA and see "The Reel of Mullinavat [1]."

 

PADDY BROWN (Padraic Brunac). AKA and see “Kitty Alone.” Irish, Air (6/8 time, "gaily"). G Dorian (O’Neill): A Dorian (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From P. Carew’s MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 437, pg. 76. Stanford/Petrie (Collected Compositions), 1905; No. 446, pg. 112.

X:1

T:Paddy Brown

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”Gaily”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 437

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D|G2A B2c|d2=e f>ef|g2G G2B|A<cA F2D|G2A B2c|d2=e fdc|d=e^f g2a|(g3 g2)||

^f/g/|a2=f d2=e|g2f d2=e|f2d c2B|A<cA F2D|G2A B2c|d=e^f g2A|B2A G2^F|(G3G2)||

 

PADDY CANNEY’S (JIG) [1].  AKA and see “Petticoat Loose [1].”

 

PADDY CANNEY’S (JIG) NO. 2. AKA and see “The Lonely Lad,” “The Pipe on the Hob [2].”

 

PADDY CANNY’S [1]. Irish, Reel. A G Minor setting of “Cottage in the Grove [3]."

 

PADDY CANNY’S [2].Eileen O’Callaghan('s Reel),” “Geogehan’s Reel,” “Geehan’s Reel,” “Geoghegan’s Favorite.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Paddy Canney and P.J. Hayes recorded the tune as “Grogan’s Favorite” on their famous 1960 LP, after which Canney’s name became attached to the tune.

X:1

T:Geaghan's Fancy (sp?)

T:Eileen O'Callaghan's

T:Paddy Canny's

S:Buttons & Bows, 'Gracenotes'

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:A

A2 cA EAcB|ABce dBGB|A2 cA EAce|efge dBGB|A2 cA EAcB|

ABce dBGB|Ac c/c/c ecAc|efge dBGB||eaag a2 ga|beee begf|

eaag a2 gf|efge dBGB|eaag a2 ga|b2 ba bagf|eaaa c'aag|efge dBGB|]

 

PADDY CANNY’S TOAST. Irish, (Slow) Reel. G Minor. Composed by fiddler Charlie Lennon. Charlie Lennon - “Musical Memories.” Green Linnett SIF 3051, Frankie Gavin - “Frankie’s Goes to Town.”

 

PADDY CAREY [1]. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 3, pg. 27.

X:1

T:Paddy Carey [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 27  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2d dcd|B2d A3|ABc def|g2e cBA|d2d dcd|

B2d A3|ABc def|gec d2::A|d2e f2f|fgf fed|

e2d e2d|e2d e2f|d2e f2f|fgf fed|e2d e2f|d3 d3:|

 

PADDY CAREY [2] (Paidin Ua Ciarda). AKA and see "Paddy Carrey's Fortune." Irish, English; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time) or Jig. England; Shropshire, Lancashire. D Major (Ashman, Kennedy, Kerr, O’Neill): G Major (Sumner). Standard tuning. AABB (Ashman): AABBCC (O'Neill): AABBCC (Kennedy): AABBCCDD (Kerr, Plain Brown, Sumner). “Paddy Carey” or “Paddy Carey’s Fortune” was a song composed for the theatre in the late 18th century and popular for the next 100 years, still having cachet as a dance tune. The The Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection has an undated set of the song, published by C. Taws, Philadelphia, entitled Paddy Carey's Fortune or Irish Promotion, A favourite Comic Song. Words in that publication are credited to a “Mr. Cherry,” with music by “J. Whitaker.” The Mr. Cherry probably refers to and Irish actor named Andrew Cherry, who was popular on the London stage of the late 18th-early 19th centuries. Cherry was also a playwright and penned the words to the song “Bay of Biscay.” The melody entered tradition early: a version is contained in the 1780 music manuscript of Scottish musician John Fife (a microfilm copy of which is in the National Library of Canada). A broadside version of the ballad begins:

***

‘Twas at the town of neat Clogheen,

That Sergeant Snap met Paddy Carey;

A cleaner boy was never seen,

Brisk as a bee, light as a fairy.

His brawny shoulders four foot square,

His cheeks like thumping red potatoes;

His legs would make a chairman stare,

And  Pat was love by all the ladies:

Old and young, grave and sad,

Deaf and dumb, dull and mad,

Waddling, twadling, limping, squinting,

Light, brisk and airy.

***

The tune is sometimes paired in a medley with “Morgan Rattler” in southern England sessions. One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship’s fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing). “Paddy Carey” was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 5, unidentified on the recording.

***

“Paddy Carey” appears in a startling number of British musician’s 19th century manuscript collections, including those of the Welch family (Bosham, Sussex), Rev. Robert Harrison (Brampton, Cumbria, 1820), H.S.J. Jackson (Wyresdale, Lancashire, 1823), John Clare (Helpston, Northants, c. 1820), James Winder (Wyresdale, Lancashire, 1835), William Tildesley (Swinton, Lancashire, c. 1860), John Moore (Ironbridge, Shropshire, 1820), William Clarke (Feltwell, Norfolk, 1858), Joshua Gibbons (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 1820), Richard Pyle (Nether Wallop, Hants, 1822), an anonymous ms. from the west Midlands, the Durham ms, the Tiller ms, Ellis Knowles (Radcliffe, Lancashire, c. 1847), and a manuscript in the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library of EFDSS known as MS 36 (all per Barry Callaghan, 2007). The jig proved popular among American musicians as well, appearing in the music copybooks of H. Canfield (Hartford, Conn., 1823), Daniel Henry Huntington (Onondaga, N.Y.), and a commonplace book labelled “Greenfields” of. c. 1811. In America it was also printed on song sheets and in music tutors, and in Riley’s Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817).

***

Sources for notated versions: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; a c. 1847 music manuscript by Ellis Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown Tune Book]; the Welch manuscript [Sussex Tune Book]; the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 110a, pg. 46 (appears as "Paddy O Cary"). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 71. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 144, pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 201, pg. 23. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1820, pg. 342. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 55. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 70 (originally set in the key of ‘C’ major). Sussex Tune Book. North Star NS0038, "The Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge Village." Saydisc SDL234, Parry’s Barrel Organ (vol. 11 in the Golden Age of Mechanical Music).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

X:1

T:Paddy Carey's  [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

O:England.

A:Lancashire.

H:1860.

H:Wm.Tildesley,Swinton,Lancs.1860s. / Chris Wood & Andy Cuttin

Z:Taz Tarry / Steve Mansfield.

K:G

D2 G GFG|B2G GFG|E2A AGA|cBA GFE|D2 G GFG|B2G GFG|!

E2D E2F|GAB A2G::B2G c2G|d2e dBG|B2G c2G|dBG AGA|!

B2G c2G|d2e dBG|GFE BAG|1FEF GAc:|2FEF GAB|!

|:c2A AGA|B2G GFG|F2G A2B|c2A FED|c2A AGA|B2G GFG|E2DE2F|GAB A2G:||

X:2

T:Paddy Carey [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 201  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2d dcd|f2d dcd|B2e e2f|g2e c2A|A2d dcd f2d dcd|ecA ABc|def e2d:|

|:d2f g2b|a2b afd|d2f g2b|afd e3|d3f g2b|a2b afd|dcB ABc|def e2d:|

|:g2e ede|f2d dcd|B2e e2f|g2e c2A|g2e ede|f2d dcd|ecA ABc|def e2d:|

|:ddd d2b|a2b afd|ddd d2b|afd e3|ddd d2b|a2b afd|dcB ABc|def e2d:|

 

PADDY CARREY'S FORTUNE. AKA and see "Paddy Carey [2]." Irish, Slide. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 75. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 107.

X:1

T:Paddy Carrey’s Fortune

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(G2c) ({g}c)Bc | (e2.c) cBc | (A.d) (d2.e) | (f2.d) (B2.G) | G2(c {d}c)Bc |

e2c cBc | BAG GAB | cde (d2c) :: (c2.e) (f2.a) | g2a gec | c2e f2a | gec d3 |

c2e f2a | g2a gec | cBA GAB | cde (d2c) :|

 

PADDY CARREY’S SHIP. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Prince Edward Island. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is a hybrid, finds Perlman (1996), of the ‘A’ part of “Paddy Carrey’s Fortune” and the ‘B’ part of “The New Rigged Ship.” Source for notated version: Merlin Quinn (b. 1929, Cardross, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island) 1996; pg. 146.

 

PADDY CARTHY’S REEL [1]. Irish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.

X: 1

T:Paddy Carthy’s [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Queally, O'Donoghue - Trip Over the Mountain - www.moher.com

R:Reel

K:Dm

Addc Addc|Addc AcGF|EC (3CB,C) EGCE|GECE G2 EG|Addc ~d3 c|

Addc AcGE|F3 G AdcA|GFEF DEFG:|

|:Addc d3 c|Acde f2 ed|~c3 B cAGA|

cBce gcec|Addc d3 c|Ac de fdAG|F3 G AdcA|GFEF D3 z:|

 

PADDY CARTHY’S REEL [2]. AKA – “Paddy Carty’s.” AKA and see “Man of the House,” "The Merry Thatcher,” “Miss Kelly’s Favourite,” “The New Potatoes,” "Old Tom,” "Sally Grant," “Through the Heather." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’B. Related to “Autumn Leaves,” “Ginley’s Fancy,” and “Handsome Sally [1].” The most popular name for the tune today appears to be “Man of the House.” Play 50 Reels with the Armagh Piper’s Club, 1982; No.1.

 

PADDY CARTY’S FAVOURITE.  AKA and see “Molloy’s Jig,” “Tony Molloy’s.”

                          

PADDY CARTY’S JIG.  AKA and see “Castletown Conners [1],” “Condon’s Frolics,” “Digging for Gold,” “Paddy Carty’s Jig,” “The Thatcher,” “Walsh’s Jig [2].”

 

PADDY CARTY’S (REEL).  AKA and see “Lady Gordon’s (Reel) [2].”

                       


PADDY CAUGHT A RAT. AKA and see "Over the Hills and Far Away."

                       

PADDY CLANCY’S. AKA – “Clancy’s Jig.” AKA and see “Buttermilk Mary [3],” “Coleman’s Favourite,” “Fond of the Ladies,” “The Frolicksome Dame,” “A Health to the Ladies,” “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,” “O’Mahony’s Jig,” “Over the Callows,” “Pat Beirne’s Favourite,” “The Queenstown Jig,” “Saddle the Pony [2],” “Sweet Biddy Daly,” “To the Ladies.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was recorded by Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman under this title, and by flute player John McKenna (1880-1947) as “Clancy’s Dream.” Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 2, No. 38. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 85, pg. 37. Peoples (Fifty Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1986; No. 43.

                       

PADDY CORLEY’S. Irish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O’Malley]. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 33, pg. 17.

X: 1

T: Paddy Corley's

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 350

S: Luke O'Malley Volume 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: reel

K: Dm

ADDF (3EFG cG | ADDF EC ~C2 | ADDF (3EFG cG | (3ABc Gc Ad ~d2 |

ADDF (3EFG cG | ADDF ECCG | ADDF (3EFG cG | (3A=Bc GE D2 (3GAB ||

~c2 gc acgc | ~c2 gc Ad^cd | ~c2 gc acgG | (3A=Bc GE D2 (3GAB |

~c2 gc Gcgc | Gcgc Ad ~d2 | (3EFG A=B c2 Gc | (3A=Bc GE D2 ||

                       

PADDY CRONIN'S [1]. AKA and see "The Flowers of Red Cliff," "Mike Anderson's [2]." Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The title references west Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin (b. 1925), originally from Gneeveguilla but who spent most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts, before moving back to Killarney. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 40, pg. 31. Shaskeen - "Mouse Behind the Dresser."

 

PADDY CRONIN'S [2]. AKA and see “Down the Broom,” “Crosses of Annagh [1].” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 340, pg. 192. (It is possibly the “Paddy Cronins” on) Green Linnet GLCD 3009, Kevin Burke - "If the Cap Fits" (1978). Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings).

 

PADDY CRONIN’S [3]. AKA and see “O’Keeffe’s (Slide) [2].” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. E Dorian. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 75, pg. 43. Ossian OSS CD 130, Sliabh Notes – “Along Blackwater’s Banks” (2002). Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977. Appears as “O’Keeffe’s”).

 

PADDY CRONIN’S [4]. Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: Wilfred Gotell (b. 1927, Georgetown, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 120.

 

PADDY CRONIN’S [5].  AKA and see “Paddy Fahy’s No. 1.” Irish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. An un-named tune, called after its source by Randy Miller. It is however, a version on a reel composed by Paddy Fahy. Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin [Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 31. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 95.

 

PADDY CRONIN’S [6].  AKA and see “Darby the Driver.” Irish, Jig. A Dorian.

 

PADDY CRONINS’S (JIG) [7].  Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Treoir, vol. 38, No. 3 & 4, 2006; pg. 34.

X:1

T:Paddy Cronin’s [7]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Treoir

K:G

D|GFG DGB|d^ce dBG|A^GA EAc|cAF DFA|GFG DGB|

d^ce dBG|cBc decA|1 AGF G2:|2 AGF GBd||:g3 fga|gdB GAB|

A2a abg|fd^c dfa|gfg a2f|gdB GBd|cBc dcA|1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF G3||

 

PADDY CRONIN’S [8].  AKA and see “Considine’s Grove{s},” “Cronin of Kerry,”  Dinny Ryan’s,” “Game of Love,” “Girls of Farranfore,” “The Gneevguilla Reel,” “The Kerryman’s Daughter [2],” “Miss Brady,” “Rabbit’s Burrow.” Irish, Reel. E Minor.

 

PADDY DIGGING FOR 'GOOLD'. AKA and see "Kinnegad Slashers," "Land of Sweet Erin," "O! An Irishman's Heart," "O! Merry Am I," "Powers of Whiskey."

 

PADDY DOORHY’S. AKA and see “Drogheda Lasses [2]," “Eddie Moloney’s [2],” “Mary of the Grove [1].” Irish, Reel. “Paddy Doorhy’s” was the title used by Joe Burke.

 

PADDY DOORY'S. Irish, Jig. Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).

 

PADDY DOYLE. AKA and see “(An) Bhean Spáinneach,” “Finnegan’s Wake [1],” “The Spanish Lady,” “Tim Finnegan’s Wake.”  Irish, Polka.

 

PADDY FAHY’S HORNPIPE [1]. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by renowned Galway fiddler and composer Paddy Fahy. Source for notated version: fiddler Patricia Wright [Treoir]. Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2, 2005; pg. 30.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy's (Hornpipe) [1]

S:Conor Tully

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:G

(3CB,A,|G,B,DG BAGF|ECEG c2dc|(3Bcd gd ^cdBd|cBAG (3FED (3CB,A,|\

G,B,DG BAGF|ECEG c2dc|(3Bcd gd ^cdDF|(3ABA GFG2::(3ABc|\

dggf gdBG|cAag fg (3agf|gdBG ecAG|(3FGA d^c d2d=c|\

BdBd cBcA|(3Bcd fa gfdc|(3ABc dB cAFG|(3ABA GF G2:|

X:2

T:Paddy Fahy’s Hornpipe [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

C:Paddy Fahy

S:Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2  (2005)

K:G

B,A, | G,B,DG BAGF | ECCB, CEGc | (3Bcd gd ^cdDd | cBAG (3FED (3CB,A, |

G,B,DG BAGF | ECCB, CEGc | (3Bcd gd ^cdDF | (3ABA GF G2 :|

|: Bc | dggf gdBd | (3cBA ag fg (3agf | gdBd ecAG | Fdd^c dedc |

(3Bcd BG cBcA | (3Bcd fa gfdc | (3Bcd gd ^cdDF | (3ABA GF G2 :|

 

PADDY FAHEY’S HORNPIPE [2]. Irish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by himself. Fiddler Magazine, Fall 2008, vol. 15, No. 3; pg. 41.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahey’s Hornpipe [2]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

C:Paddy Fahey

K:Bb

D2 FD E2 GE|DFBd cFAc|Bbag ^fgec|Af f/g/f gf=ef|

DBFD E2 GE|DFBd cFAc|Bbag f/b/f eA|cBBA B2 B/d/f:|
|:baBd fbag|=efaf gfef|dBFD EGcE|DFBd cFAc|

Bbag ^fgec|Af f/g/f gf=ef|dBFD E2 GE|DFAc B4:||

                            

PADDY FAHY'S JIG [1] (Port Phádraig Uí Fhathaigh). AKA- “Paddy Fahey’s.” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB (Breathnach): AA’BB’ (Taylor). Composed by Galway fiddler Paddy Fahy who is not in the habit of naming his tunes, which are thus invariably called “Paddy Fahy’s.”  Accordion player Joe Burke is said to have quipped “They’re all called ‘Paddy Fahy’s’ so you can easily tell one from the next.” It is supposedly reported by accordion player Joe Burke that Fahy said he named each of his tunes after himself so that there would be no mistaking who composed them! Fahey has composed over 70 melodies to date. See also the related “Bimid ag Ól.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Paddy Fahy, 1970 (Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980’s [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 4, pg. 4. Ceol, I, 4, pg. 26. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; 108. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 16. Green Linnet GLCD 1127, “Martin Hayes” (1993). Green Linnet GLCD 3009, Kevin Burke - "If the Cap Fits" (1978). Leader LEACD 2004, “Martin Byrnes” (1969).

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy's Jig [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

Z:transcribed by Gregory Taylor

N:Usually played in G with f naturals in

N:third measure of B part

K:Gdor

F| DGA B2 G|cBc d3|gfd Bcd|cAG FDC|

DGA B2 G|cBc d2 g|gfd Bcd|cAF G2 F|

DGA B2 G|cBc d3|gfd Bcd|cAG FDC|

DGA B2 G|cBc dfa| gfd Bgd| cAF GBd||

|:g2 e fga|gfg Bcd|c2 A fef|agf def|

g2 a bag|fdg fdc|ABG AGF|1 DGF GBd :|2DGF G3 |>|

X:2

T:Paddy Fahy's Jig [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

C:Paddy Fahy

R:jig

Z:Philippe Varlet

K:G

DGA ~ _B3 | {d}cBc d2 g |{a}gdc Bcd | {d}cAG =FE=F |

DGA ~ _B3 | {d}cBc d2 g |{a}gdc Bcd |1 {d}cAF G=F_E :|2 {d}cAF GBd ||

~g3 f/g/af | gdc Bcd | {d}cAA ~=f3 | agf def |

~g2 a _bag | fdg fdc | A_BG Adc |1 AGF GBd:|2 AGF G2 =F ||

 

PADDY FAHY’S JIG [2]. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy's Jig [2]

S:Eilis ni Mathuna & Olivier Rozent

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

G,B,D GBd|~g3 dBG|DFA c2d|BAG FDB,|G,B,D GBd|\

~g3 dBG|DFA cBA|1AGF GDB,:|2AGF GBd|:~g3 dBG|\

DFA cBA|GBd ~g3|f/g/af dfa|g2a bag|f/g/af dfa|\

gfd cAF|1AGF GBd:|2AGF GDB,||

 

PADDY FAHY’S JIG [3] (Port Phaidí Uí Fhathaigh).  Irish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Another composition from Kilconnell, east County Galway, fiddler Paddy Fahey. Breathnach/Small (1999) says: “The music Paddy Fahey composes is strongly touched with a unique style and atmosphere, a gentle, cheerful and sad style.” Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 7, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Jig [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Breathnach – CRÉ V, No. 7  (1999)

K:C

{c/d/}cBc dcB | cGE CEG | FEF DEF | GAB ced | ….

 

PADDY FAHY’S JIG [4].  Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 210, pg. 65.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Jig [4]

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:G

GAB c2A|BAG AFd|dBd cAc|BGB AFD|…

 

PADDY FAHEY’S JIG [5].  Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB’. Fiddler Magazine, Winter 2007/08, Vol. 14, No. 4; pg. 7. Compass Records 7 4446 2, Oisín McAuley – “Far from the Hills of Donegal” (2007).  

X:1

T:Paddy Fahey’s Jig [5]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

C:Paddy Fahey

S:Oisín McAuley (Donegal)

Z:Transcribed by Paul Cranford

K:Dmix

AFD ~c3|Ade fge|{e}d=cA ~G3|AdB =cAG|AFD ~c3|Ade fge|

{e}d=cA GEA|D/D/D D DFA::A|daf “tr”g2a|”tr”fed =cAG|daf ged|

^cde ~g3|afd fga|”tr”fed =cAG|AdB =cAG|1 E2 D DFA:||2 E2 D DA,=C||

 

PADDY FAHY'S NO. 1. AKA – “Paddy Cronin’s [5]. Irish, Reel. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition of Kilconnell, east County Galway, fiddler Paddy Fahey that has gained wide currency. Source for notated version: fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle, Washington) [Songer]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 122. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 32. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 154. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with the Armagh Pipers Club), 53. Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland" (1978). Wild Asparagus 003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990).

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

N:Variation by Paddy O’Sullivan, Ardfert, North Kerry

K:C

D2 DE FEFG|Ad{e}d^c d2 de|fegf edcA|dcAG FDEC|

D2 DE FEFG|Ad^cA d2 de|fegf edcA|dcAG FD D2:|

|:Ad (3ddd ad d2|c2 Gc EcGc|Ad (3ddd ad d2|cBcd ed d2|

^ga=ga ABcA|dcAG FDEC|D2 DE FEFG|Ad^cA d4:|

“Variation”

D2 A,D FEFG|AB=cA d^cde|fagf edcA|dcAG ED=CE|

 

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 2.  AKA – “Flynn’s.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Paddy Fahy. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 103, pg. 32. Larraga Records TR1103, Mary Rafferty – “Hand Me Downs” (2002).

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s [2]

R:reel

C:Paddy Fahy

D:Tommy Keane & Jaqueline McCarthy: The Wind among the Reeds

Z:id:hn-reel-693

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

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

BG~G2 BdcA|BGBd cA~A2|BG~G2 Bcdg|fgaf gedc|

BG~G2 BdcA|BGBd cA~A2|BG~G2 Bcdg|1 fgaf ~g3z:|2 fgaf ~g3a||

|:bgag dg~g2|fdcA FGAG|bgaf gfdc|defa ~g3a|

bgag dg~g2|fdcA FGAc|BG~G2 Bcdg|1 fgaf ~g3a:|2 fgaf ~g3a||

“variations”

|:BG~G2 BGcA|BGBd cAFA|BG~G2 Bcde|fgaf gedc|

BG~G2 BGcA|BGBd cAFA|BG~G2 Bcde|1 fgaf gedc:|2 fgaf ~g3a||

|:bgaf dgge|fdcA FGAG|bgaf gfdc|dgfa ~g3a|

bgaf dgge|fdcA FGAc|BG~G2 Bcde|1 fgaf ~g3a:|2 fgaf gedc||

 

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 5. Irish, Reel. G Major: F Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Chulrua – “Barefoot on the Altar” (learned from Matt Molloy & Planxty). Tara 3005, Planxty – “The Woman I Loved So Well.”

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy's [5]

R:Reel

S:Chulrua

Z:Philippe Varlet

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

gfea gedB|G2BG dGBd|gfea gedB|GABd eAA2|

gfea gedB|G2BG dGBd|bagb a2 (3gfe |1 d2Bd eAA2 :|2 d2Bd eAAB ||

c2AE cAFA|GdBG dGBd|c2AE cAFA|GedB eAAB|

c2AE cAFA|GdBG dGBd|bagb a2 (3gfe |1 d2Bd eAAB :|2 d2Bd eAA2 ||

 

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 6. Irish, Reel.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys Reel [6].

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:220

C:Paddy Fahy

R:reel

K:Gdor

GA |: BG~G2 BGdc | BG~G2 AFFA | BGGA Bcde | fdcB  AFFA |

BG~G2 BGdc | BdGB AFFA | BGGA Bcde | fdcB AFFA :|

|: B2fB gBfB | BBfB cAFA | B2fB gBfB | c_edc BGFG |

~B2fB gBfB | B2f2 cAFA | B2fB gBfB | c_edc BGFG :||

              

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 10. Irish, Reel.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys Reel [10].

C:Paddy Fahy

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:C

Bc |: dG~G2 dGBd | c=F~F2 cFAc | BG~G2 dGBG | BdcA G2Bc :|

dg~g2 agfa | gedc BGBc | dggf gage | defg ~a2ge |

dggf gbag  | fdcA BGBd | dG~G2 dGBG | BdcA G2Bc :||

              

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 11. Irish, Reel.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys Reel [11]

C:Paddy Fahy

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

D2 GA ||: _BABd g3d | BG~G2 Bcdc | A=F~F2 Adcd | ^cdBG DGGA |

_BABd ~g2gd | BG~G2 Bcdc | A=F~F2 Adcd |1 ^cdBG DGGA :|

|2 ^cdBG DG~G2 || ~g2fa gfga | bgdg g2dc | BDGB AGFD |

GBAG FDD2 | ~g2fa gfga | bgdg g2dc | BDGB AGFD

|1 GBAF G3 z :||2 GBAF G3 A ||

 

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 12. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys reel [12]

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:220

C:Paddy Fahy

R:reel

K:Gdor

A ||: B2dB DGBd | ~c2cA FAcA | B2dB DGBd | ~c2cA BGGA |

 B2GA BDGB | AD^FD c2=Bc | dg~g2 dc=Bd |1 c=BcF DGGA :|

|2 c=BcF DG=Bd || g^fgd Bcge | f2cf AcfA | g^fgd A=BcA |

dg^fa ~g2ga |  bga^f gfdc | (3=Bcd BG D2^FA | dgg2 dc=Bd

|1 c=BcF DGBd :||2 c=BcF DGGA ||

           

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 13. Irish, Reel. G Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Vallely): AA’BB’. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4; 34. Connelly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 94-95. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 43, pg. 20 (appears as “Paddy Fahy’s Reel [1]").

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys Reel [13].

C:Paddy Fahy

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Gmix

A ||: _B2dB ~c2dc | BG~G2 DEFD | GABG c2dc | BGA^F DGGA |

(3Bcd Bd ~c2cd | BG~G2 DEFD | GABG ccdc |1 BGA^F G3A :|

|2 BGA^F G2 (3ABc || dgg^f dgBg | dgag ^fdcB | cef2 cfAf |

cfag fdcA | dg~g2 dgBg | dgag ^fdef | g2ag ^fage|1 ^fdcA G2Bc :||2 ^fdcA G3 A ||

           

PADDY FAHY’S NO. 15. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Green Linnet SIF 1181, Martin Hayes - “The Lonesome Touch.”

X:1

T:Paddy Fahys reel (number 15)

M:4/4

L:1/8

C:Paddy Fahy

K:G

G,2B,D GBdB | ~c2ag fgdc | BG~G2 BcdB | cdAG (3FED CA, |

G,2B,D  GBdB  | ~c2ag fgdc | BG~G2 BcdB | cAFA G2Bd :||

~g2fa gdBG | =FGAB ~c2dc | Aaag abag | fdAd adfa |

~g2fa fdBG | =FGAB ~c2Bc | dggf defd |1 cAFA G2Bd :||2 cAFA G2 z2 ||

 

PADDY FAHY’S REEL [16]. Irish, Reel. C Major (Vallely): A Major (O’Malley). Standard tuning. AB (O’Malley): AABB (Vallely). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4; 9. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 53, pg. 27. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 44, pg. 21.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Reel [16]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:C

cBGF DEFD | (3GAG DG BGBd | cBGA Bcde | fded cedB |

cBGF DEFD | (3GAG DG BGBd | cBGA Bcdc | (3BAG FD C4 :|

|: c3 eg fecd | cBGF DEFD | GcBc gceg | fdcB GccG |

c3 df ecdc | BGGA B3c | dggf defd | gfdc (3BAG AB :|

X:2

T:Paddy Fahy’s [16]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1, No. 53   (1976)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

AGED B,CDB,|E2 B,E GEBG|AGEF GABc|(3ded cB AcBG|

AGED B,CDB,|E2 B,E GEBG|AGEF GABA|GEDB, A,2 (3EFG||

A2 ce dcBG|AGED B,CDB,|EA ~A2 EAce|dcBG EA A2|

EAce (3ded BG|AGEF =GFGA|(3Bcd ed Bcdf|edBG A2z2||

 

PADDY FAHY’S REEL [17]. Irish, Reel. B Flat Major; G Major. Standard tuning.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy`s
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Paddy Fahy
S:Crotty/Cullinan (Nicky & Anne McAuliff;Kerry)
R:reel

Z:Gregor
K:G
dc|BGDB c2dc|BGDB cA~A2|BGDB cBcd|ed(3efg) fdcA|BGDB c2dc|

BGDB cA~A2| fdfa gf(3def)|eceg fd(3fga)||g3a gbag|fddf ecce|gfga bgag|

fdde =fe=fd|g3a bgag|fddf ec~c2|dBdg eceg| fdfa gedc|

           

PADDY FAHY’S REEL [18].  Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 112, pg. 58. Fiddler Magazine, Fall 2008, vol. 15, No. 3; pg. 41.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Reel [18]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Ree

S:CRÉ V, No. 112

K:C

{c/d/}cBcG EGcG | FA,DF EFGA | _B3G c3A | Bgdc BGBd |

{c/e/}cGcG EGcG | FA,DF EFGA | _B2 Gc {d}cBGF | DF_B,D C2 EG :|

|| cBce {a}g^fag | ^fgec G=FEG | F3D (3EFG cA | Bcde fdBd |

cBce {a}g^fag | ^fgec G=FEG | (3FGF DF EG,CE | {G}FDB,D C2 EG ||

c2 {d}cB cGEG |D.S.

 

PADDY FAHY’S REEL [19].  Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. ABB’. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 113, pg. 58.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Reel [19]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:CRÉ V, No. 113

K:C

GF | (3EFG CD EFGA | _B3G c=Bcd | edBd {c/d/}cBGF| DEB,D G,DGE |

{G}F2 EC DE{G}FD | GABG cBcd | ecBd {c/d/}cBGF | DEB,D C3D |

(3EFG CD EFGA | _BABG c3d | ecBd {c/d/}cBGF | DEB,D G,DGE |

{G}F2 EC DE{G}FD | GABG cBcd | ecBd {c/d/}cBGF | DEB,D C3E ||

|: Gc c2 efdg | cBGA _B2 GF | DCB,G, _B,CEG | c3A BGFD | Gc c2 efdg |

cBGA Bcdf | ecBd {c/d/}cBGF |1 DEB,D C2 EF :|2 DEB,D C3D ||

 

PADDY FAHY’S REEL [20].  Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 114, pg. 59.

X:1

T:Paddy Fahy’s Reel [20]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:CRE V, No. 114

K:C

G,CEG c2 {d}cA | _BABF D_B, B,2 | G,CEG cBcd | ecdB GcBd |

c3 G EGcA | _BABF DB, B,2 | G,CEG cBGF | DE B,D C2 EB ||

c2 {d/c/}Ac BAGB | AF F2 G2 AB | c2 {c}cA Bcdf | ecdB Gc{d}cB |

cecA _BdBd | AF F2 Gcdf | ecBd {c/d/}cBGA | _B2 cA BGFD ||

 

PADDY FINLAY'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Paddy Finley's Fancy Reel."

           

PADDY FINLAY’S REEL. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Not “Paddy Finley’s Fancy Reel.” Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 17.

X:1

T:Paddy Finlay’s Reel

MC|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:G

e|d2 de dBAG|EAAG A2 GB|d2 eB dBAG|EGGF G3B| d2 eB dBAG|EAAG A2 GB |

d2 eB dBAG|EGGF G2||ef| g2 fg edBd|eaag agef|g2 fg edBd|eaaf g2 ef|g2 fg edBd|

eaag agef|g2 fg edBd|eaaf g3||

           

PADDY FINLEY'S FANCY REEL. AKA ‑ "Paddy Finlay's Favourite." AKA and see "The Galway Rambler," "Lord Wellington [1]," "Tiarna Wellington." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The name comes from Hugh Gillespie’s 1938 recording of the tune usually known nowadays as “The Galway Rambler.” See also the ‘A’ parts of “The Fairy Hurlers” and “Walsh’s Favourite.” Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 217, pg. 127. Coleman Music Center CHC 009, Charlie Higgins & Jack Dolan – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005. Various artists). Green Linnet CD3066, Hugh Gillespie.

           

PADDY FITZ’ SLIDE. Irish, Slide (12/8 Time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Treoir [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 247, pg. 132.

X:1

T: Paddy Fitz's

Q: 375

R: slide

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 12/8

L: 1/8

K: G

G2 G G2 G BAB d2 B | G2 G G2 A ABA E2 D |

G2 G G2 A BAB def | g2 g g2 e d2 B c2 A :|

d^cd def g2 g g2 e | d2 B BAB d2 B BAB |

d^cd def g2 g g2 e | d2 B cBA G3-G2 :|

           

PADDY FROM CLARE (Peaidí a’ Chláir). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: collected by Liam Donnelly (County Tyrone) who noted it was from William Jones (County Fermanagh) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 108, pg. 56.


 

PADDY FROM CORK.  Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. The melody is related to O’Neill’s “Paddy in London [1]” and Joyce’s “Carrickmacross [2].” Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; pg. 26.

X:1

T:Paddy from Cork

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

K:D

G|FDF AFA|Add dcB|AFD G2A|BGE E2G|FDF AFA|

Cdd dcB|AFA BAG|FDD D2::g|faf g2e|fed dcB|

AFD G2A|BGE E2g|f/g/af g2e|fed dcB|AFA BAG|FDD D2:|

 

PADDY FROM PORTLAW (Paidin Ua Port-Laga). AKA and see “Drum,” “Frazer’s (Jig) [2],” “Jackson’s Drum,” “Miss Frazer’s Delight,” “Thatched Cabin.” Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Under the name “Drum,” the tune is attributed by Goodman to the famous 18th century uilleann piper Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. The melody appears in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883, pg. 74) as “Frazer’s.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 764, pg. 142. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 47, pg. 24. Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004). Brian Rooney – “The Godfather.”

X:1

T:Paddy from Portlaw

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 47

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d/B/ | AFD DFD | AFD D2 d/B/ | AFD DFD | GEE E2 d/B/ | AFD DFD |

AFA d2e|fed BdB|AFD D2 :: f/g/ | afd dfd | afd d2 f/g/ |

afd dfd | gee e2 f/g/ | agf bag | agf edc | fdB ABG | FDD D2 :|

           

PADDY GAVIN’S REEL. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Seán & Colm Gannon (Boston, MA) [Black].  Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 297, pg. 159.

X:1

T: Paddy Gavin's

S: Gannon Bros.

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

zDEF |: GABG BddB | cdec dBGB | ce e2 dBGB | AGFE DEFD |

GABG BddB | cdec dBGB | ce e2 dBGB |1 AGFA GDEF :|2 AGFA GABc ||

d3 g edBc | dG G2 dGBG | eg g2 edBd | eaag agef |

gdBA GABG | cABG AGED | EGce dBGB |1 AGFA GABc :|2 AGFA G4 ||

           

PADDY GET UP. AKA and see “Jerry’s Beaver Hat,” “The Returned Yank.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 31, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Paddy Get Up

T:Jerry’s Beaver Hat

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DFA d2e | fdB BAF | ABA AFD | EFE E3 | DFA d2e |

fdB BAF | ABA dAF | DED D3 :: dfa afd | gbg faf | dfa afd |

cee e2f | dfa afd | gbg faf | BdB AFA | DED D3 :|

                       

PADDY GLACKIN’S. Irish, Jig. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 4, No. 49.

                       

PADDY "GO EASY" (Paidin Sasda). AKA and see “The Beer Drinker,” “Jackson’s Stranger [1],” “Larry the Beer Drinker.” Irish, Double Jig. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABBCC. Levey prints the tune as “The Beer Drinker,” so perhaps the ‘go easy’ of the title is an admonition for moderation in drink! See also the related “Fiddler’s Heaven [1].”  O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 75. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1108, pg. 209. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 298, pg. 64.

X:1

T:Paddy “Go Easy”

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 298

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/E/|DEF FEF|AFF F2E|DEF FEF|AFE E2F|DEF FEF|AFA d2d|cBA BAF|AFE E2:|

|:f|ecA ABA|ecA A2f|ecA Ace|fdB B2f|ecA fdB|ecA agf|ecA BAF|AFE E2:|

|:d|dFF FEF|AFF F2d|dFF FEF|AFE E2d|dFF FEF|AFA d2d|cBA BAF|AFE E2:|

           

PADDY GOT A RAT. AKA and see "Over the Hills and Far Away."

           

PADDY GOT DRUNK ON FISH AND POTATOES. AKA and see "Shoehammer," "Big Fat Gal's Good I Know, But a Little Fat Gal’s Better O." American. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. An untitled quadrille in Christeson (1973, No. 188, pg. 135) resembles the tune (especially in the 'B' part), says Bayard. Source for notated version: Funk (Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 531B, pg. 474.

                       

PADDY HANDLY'S GOOSE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 4. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 227, pg. 25. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 25.

X:1

T:Paddy Handly’s Goose

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 227

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GEDE GABd | e2 (de) gedB | e2 (de) gedB | A2 (AG) AcBA |

GEDE GABd | e2 (de) gedB | egde BdAB | G2G2G2 :|

|: (3BcB AB (3BcB GB | (3cec Ac (3cec Ac | (3BcB GB (3BcB GB | AGEG A2 (Ac) |

(3BcB GB (3BcB GB | (3cec Ac (3cec Ac | Bdef gage | dBAB G2 :|

                                   

PADDY HIÚDAI’S. Irish, Slip Jig. Ireland, County Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Also recorded by Altan, who call it “James Byrne’s”, after their source for the melody. Donegal fiddler James Byrne’s source was family, for Paddy Hiúdai Byrne was a cousin of James’s father. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 35. CC52, James Byrne – “Road to Glenlough.”

X:1

T:Paddy Hiúdai’s

B:Ceol Rince na hÉireann 4, no. 35

S:Stephen Grier ms., Leitrim, late 19th century

R:slip jig

M:9/8

L:1/8

K:G

G2 g dBG GFG|EFG ABG FED|G2 g dBG GFG|EFG AGF G3:|:

AFD AFD DEF|GAB (4Acdc BAG|AFD AFD DEF|GAB cAF G3:||

           

PADDY HUGHES’ JIG. AKA and see "Mulally's (Jig)," "The Stolen Purse [1]," "The Lark on the Strand [1]." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB. Miller & Perron (Traditional Irish Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 58. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 31. Outlet 1010, Na Filí (1971).

                       

PADDY IN LONDON [1] ("Paidin Ann Lungoun" or "Paidin i Lungdun"). AKA and see “The Four Courts [4],” "Piper Hick's Favorite," “Jackie Fitzpatrick's Reel."  Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB'CC (O'Neill/1850 & Krassen): AABCC (O'Neill/1915). Despite the number of Irish musicians hired on the Chicago police force, Captain Francis O’Neill generally did not allow himself to be distracted from his work by music, which he kept to home and while visiting friends, however, there were occasions when this was impossible, as O’Neill describes:

***

One Monday morning I unexpectedly encountered John McFadden

in the corridor outside my office in City Hall, and wondering what

could have happened since we parted the evening before, I asked,

‘What brings you here so early, John?’ ‘I wanted to see you privately

in your office, Chief’, he quietly replied. To my suggestion that we

could transact our business just as well where we were as in my

office, where so many others were waiting, he did not agree, so in

we went through three intervening rooms. When the door was closed

behind us Mac did not keep me in suspense. ‘Chief, I lost the third

part of ‘Paddy in London’ which you gave me last night & when I

got up this morning, all I could remember were the first and second

parts, and I want you to whistle the missing part for me again.’

***

Using an early Edison cylinder machine, O’Neill later recorded McFadden playing the tune. Philippe Varlet believes O’Neill acquired it after seeing it at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. See also the related melodies “Paddy from Cork” (Goodman) and “Carrickmacross [2]” (Joyce). Source for notated version: John Hicks (c. 1880’s), “celebrated from Washington to Boston as a great Irish piper, a protégé of ‘Sporting’ Captain Kelly of the Curragh of Kildare [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 136, pg. 79. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 60. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1040, pg. 194. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 250, pg. 55.

X:1

T:Paddy in London [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 250

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G | FDF ABc | ded def | AGF G2A | BGE E2G | FDF ABc | ded def | AGF BAG | FDD D2 :|

|: g | fdf agf | gfe dBG | AGF G2A | BGE E2[Gg] |1 fdf agf | gfe dBG | AGA BAG | FDD D2 :|2

DFD ABc|ded def|AGF BAG|FDD D2|: g/f/ | eAA Agf | edc d2B | AGF G2A |

BGE E2 f/g/ | agf gfe | ded def | AGF BAG | FDD D2 :|

 

PADDY IN LONDON [2]. AKA and see “The Clare Jig [1],” “Delaney’s Drummers,” “Jug of Brown Ale,” “The Mug of Brown Ale [1],” “The Raffle Jig,” “Winter Apples [2].” Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Mulvihill, Taylor): AA’BB’ (O’Malley). No relation to “Paddy in London” [1]. Source for notated version: a recording of Pete Conlon, via Vinny Meehan [O’Malley]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 24, pg. 123. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 85, pg. 43. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 50, pg. 38. Shaskeen - "My Love is in America."

X:1

T:Paddy in London [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:Ador

gf | eAA fAA | {a}gfg age | dBG {A}GFG | BAG Bcd | eAA fAA |

{a}gfg age | dBB gdB | ABA A2 :: d | efg a2a | aba {b}age | {e}dBd {a}g2g |

gag {a}ged | efg a2a | aba {b}age | dBB gdB | ABA A2 :|

 

PADDY IN LONDON [3]. Irish, Reel. A Minor.

                       

PADDY IN PARIS. Irish, Waltz. Composed by Davey Arthur.

                       

PADDY JOE GORMLEY’S.  AKA and see “Davy, (Davy,) Knick-Knack/Knick-Knock,” Kerry Mills (Barn Dance) [2],” Paddy Taylor’s Barndance,”  Irish, Barndance.

 

PADDY KEARY. Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 161, pg. 95.

                       

PADDY KEENAN’S JIG (Port Pheaidí Keenan). Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Gael-Linn CEF 045, “Paddy Keenan” (1975).

X:1
T:Paddy Keenan's Jig
C:Paddy Keenan
S:Originally learned from Gael-Linn CEF 045 B 5
Z:Jerome Colburn
M:6/8
K:Em
D | EGA B2 A | Bee B2 A | GBB FAA | GBG AFD |\
EGA B2 A | Bee B2 A | GBB FAF | GED E2 ::\
A | Bef gfe | fed edB | AFF dFF | ABc def |\
eBe gfe | fed edB | AFF dFF | FED E2 :|**

                       

PADDY KELLY'S (JIG). Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA'B. Source for notated version: Liz Carrol (Chicago) via a tape from Lar Gavin of east Galway accordion player Paddy Kelly. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 160. Shanachie 29010, Liz Carroll ‑ "Kiss Me Kate."

                       

PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see “Aggie Whyte’s (Reel),” “Father Ahearn’s.” G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. The tonality shifts between G and D Major. According to the liner notes on Mary Bergin’s “Feadoga Stain 2” it would seem that Galway fiddler Paddy Kelly composed this tune. Source for notated version: John Loughran [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 186 (appears as untitled reel). Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 242 (appears as first “Untitled Reel” on the page). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Shanachie 79083, Mary Bergin – “Feadoga Stain 2” (1989).

X:1

T: Paddy Kelly's [1]

S: Treoir

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 350

R: reel

K: G

d |: BG G2 DGGD | Bdef gedc | BG G2 DGGD | ABAG EG D2 :|

gage abaf | gage fd d2 | gage a2 ga | b3 a gfed |

g3 e a3 f | gage fd d2 | g3 e a2 ga | b2 ba gfed ||

 

PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [2]. Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB (Black): AABB (Miller). Galway fiddler Paddy Kelly played with the renowned Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band, whose recording hey-day was in the 1940’s. Philippe Varlet finds the tune on a 78 RPM record by button accordion player George Ross who recorded it in the 1950’s under the title “O’Brien’s Fancy.” He suspects that Paddy O’Brien’s name became attached to the the tune as O’Brien played with Kelly in the Aughrom Slopes for a time, and may have picked up the tune then. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 166, pg. 87. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 228, pg. 139. Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly ‑ "Is It Yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995).

X:1

T:Paddy Kelly’s [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

|:BE (3EEE BEcE|BE (3EEE BcdB|cA (3AAA cAeA|1 ceef e2 dc:|2 ceef e2 de||

|f2 fedc BA|f2 fe d3e|f2 fefd af|ecAc e2 de|

f2 fedc BA|effe d3e|f2 fefd af|ecAc e2 dc||"Final"ecAc e3d|

X:2

T: Paddy Kelly's (a)

S: J.Kelly - P.O'Brien

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

B | AD D2 ADBD | AD D2 ADAc | BG (3GFG BGdG | Bdde d2 cB |

AD D2 ADBD | AD D2 ADAc | BG (3GFG BGdG | Bdde d3 :|

B | ceed cBAG | ceed c3 d | e2 ed efge | dBGB d2 ed |

ceed cBAG | ceed c3 d | e2 ed efge | dBGB d3 :|

 


PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [3]. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. See also the related tunes "The Old Bush [2]," "The Five Leaved/Leaf Clover [2],” “The Hawthorne [1],” “The Haymaker,” “Heel of the Hunt,” “The Hunter’s Purse," “An Sceach.” Source for notated version: a recording by Galway accordion player Joe Burke [O’Malley]. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 49, pg. 25.

See also listing at: 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X: 1

T: Paddy Kelly's [3]

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 350

S: Luke O'Malley vol 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: Reel

K: Ador

(3EF^G | A2-(3A^GA eAcA | G2 BG dGBG | EAA2 eAcA | DGBd gdBG |

EAA2 EACA | DGB,D G,B,DG | AGEF GABd | gdBG A2 :|

|: (3Bcd | eaa^g a2 ea | c'aa^g a=geg | (3ded Bd gfga | bgag edBd |

eaa^g a2 ea | c'aa^g a=gef | gfgb aege | dBGB A2 :|

 

PADDY KELLY’S (REEL) [4]. Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 352. Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 96-97. Green Linnet GLCD, Séamus Connolly (with Jack Coen, Martin Mulhaire & Felix Dolan) – “Warming Up.”

See also listing at: 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T: Paddy Kelly's [4]

S: M. Mulhaire

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

L: 1/8

K: Dmix

AD D2 (3DEF GA | cAGE CDEG | AD D2 (3DEF GA | c2 ec dcAG |

AD D2 (3DEF GA | cAGE CDEG | AD D2 (3DEF GA | cAGE ED D2 :|

K: D

fd (3dcd Adfd | e=c (3cBc efge | fd (3dcd Adfd | g2 eg fd d2 |

fd (3dcd Adfd | e=c (3cBc efge | afge fd (3Bcd | eaag fd d2 :|

 

PADDY KELLY’S REEL [5]. Irish, Reel. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Armagh Piper’s Club (Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 4, pg. 4.

                       

PADDY KENNY’S. AKA and see “Terry Teahan’s.” Irish, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: Terry Teahan [Mallinson]. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 100, pg. 40.

                       

PADDY KILLED A/THE RAT. AKA and see "Over the Hills and Far Away."

                       

PADDY KILLORAN'S [1]. AKA and see "Sweeney's Dream," "The Girl with the Laughing Eyes." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The title refers to the great south County Sligo fiddle player Paddy Killoran (1903-1965), while the alternate title "Sweeney's Dream" honors his contemporary and recording partner Paddy Sweeney (1894-1974), also from south Sligo. Killoran and Sweeney recorded the tune as a duet in the 1930's. Killoran was born in the townland of Emlaghgissan, near Ballymote, and came from a musical family (his father played the flute, and mother the concertina), where he learned his first music. Other important influences were John Joe Gardiner, Philip O’Beirne and James Morrison. He emigrated to the United States in 1925 and formed a band called the Pride of Erin Orchestra, who broadcast weekly on the radio from Brooklyn, and who were in great demand at greater New York Irish dance halls.  

***

Paddy Killoran

***

David Taylor (1992) identifies a tune in Breandan Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉireann, vol. 1, No. 126, as being similar, though perhaps not a variant. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 3, pg. 5. Shaskeen - "Mouse Behind the Dresser."

 

PADDY KILLORAN'S [2]. Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. No relation to version #1. Source for notated version: flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 170.

                       

PADDY KILLORAN’S JIG. AKA and see “The Bush on the Hill [2].” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Shanachie 34016, Joe Burke, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan – “The Funny Reel.”

X:1

T:Paddy Killoran's Jig

M:3/4

L:1/8

Q:220

R:Jig

K:G

|:~G,3 DB,D|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGE {F}EDE|

~G,3 DB,D|GDG Bdg|edc BcA|BGF G2D:|!

GBd gfg|ece dBG|~c3 ~B3|AGA BGE|

GBd gfg|ece dBG|cec dBG|AGF G3:|

                       

PADDY LYNCH'S BOAT. AKA and see “Contae Mhuigheo” (County Mayo). Irish, Slow Air (Song tune?). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: fiddler Rod Miller (Antrim, N.H.). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 61.

                       

PADDY LYNN'S DELIGHT. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A version of the second part appears in the second part of O’Neill’s “Thompson’s Reel.” See also the related “Maid in the Cherry Tree.” Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3, No. 43. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 25. Shaskeen Records OPS‑360, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan & Joe Burke ‑ "A Tribute to Michael Coleman" (1972).

X:1

T:Paddy Lynn’s Delight

R:Reel

M:C|

K:A Dorian

eAAB cBAG|EG (3GAG AGEG|eAAB cBAB|cdeg aged|

eAAB cBAG|EG (3GAG AGEG|cdeg aged|1 cAAG A2 cd:|2cAAG A2 AB|:

c2 ec gcec|c2 eg aged|c2 ec gcec|d2 ed cAGA|

c2ec gcec|cdeg agea|gc'ba gedB|AcBG A4:|

                       

PADDY LYONS’. Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Johnny O’Leary remarked that Paddy Lyons was a travelling man who used to play the fiddle behind his back. Source for notated version: recorded by Breadan Breathnach from the playing of accordion player Johnny O’Leray (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) in November, 1970.

                       

PADDY MACK (Padraig Mac Conmara). AKA and see "Humors of Clashmore." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 329, pg. 162. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 951, pg. 162.

X:1

T:Paddy Mack

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 951

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DF|G2 (3GGG GBdB|cdef gfge|dBGB dBGB|cAFA cAFA|

G2 (3GGG GBdB|cdef gfge|dged BGAF|G2 GF G2:|

|:Bc|dBdB GBdg|ecec ABcA|dBdB GBdB|AGFE D2 Bc|

dBdB GBdB|cdef gfge|dgfd BGAF|G2 GF G2:|

                       

PADDY MACRORY.  See “One Bottle More [1].”

 

PADDY MAGUIRE. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 216, pg. 24.

X:1

T:Paddy Maguire

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr –Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 216  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dBB eBB|dBB BAG|efg dcB|ABG FED|dBB eBB|dBB BAG|

efg dcB|cBA G3::dBB gfe|dec BAG|dBB gfe|dBG A3|

dBB gfe|dec BAG|efg dcB|cBA G3:|

                                                  


PADDY McFADDEN'S [1]. AKA and see "Coming Home from the Bog," "Donegal Boys," "The Gardener's Daughter," “The Groves of Mt. Talbot,” "I Wish I Never Saw You," "Magic Slipper [1]," "Maud(e) Millar [2]," "McFadden's Handsome Daughter," “The Montua,” “Morrison’s (Reel) [2],” “Mrs. Smullen’s.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Second strain is similar to the American old-time tune "Katy Hill." The tune family (represented chiefly by “Maud Miller”) appears to have derived from the Scottish strathspey “John Roy Stewart/Stuart.” Printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection of 1050 Reels and Jigs, but deleted for some reason when that volume metamorhasized into Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940). Appears in The Devil's Box, vol. 21, No. 4, Winter 1987, pg. 48. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 49.

 

PADDY McFADDEN [2]. AKA and see “Boys of Tandragee,” “Boys of Tandernagee,” “Burke’s Jig [2],” “The Hills of Glenorchy [1],” “Paddy O’Carroll’s [2],” “Pat Burke’s.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. See also cognate tunes “The Old Grey Cat,” “Smuggler’s Reel,” and the air “The Wild Hills of Wannie’s.” The tune is known in Scotland as “The Hills of Glenorchy [1].” Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 71, pg. 156. Roche Collection, 1982 (1911), vol. 1; No. 99, pg. 43.

X:1

T:Paddy McFadden [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Roche – vol. 1, No. 99  (1911)

K:Emin

(F/A/)|BAB EFE|BAF (d2B)|AFA DED|FDF AFA|BAB EFE|

BAF (d2B)|edB AFD|EFE E2::(e/f/)|g2(a b)ag|a2 (g f)dc|

ded cdc|BAB cAG|g2(a b)ag|a2(g f)dc|BAB cAd|BGG G2:|

 

PADDY McFADDEN [3]. AKA and see “Cis Ní Liatháin.” AKA – “Paddy McFadden Vick Phawdeen.” Irish, Single Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed sources. Goodman’s title, in garbled Irish (odd for a Professor of Irish—which Goodman was—to use, remarks Paul De Grae), means “Paddy son of Paudeen son of Pawdeen.” Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 176, pg. 73 (appears as “Paddy McFadden Vick Phawdeen”). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire ‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland."

X:1

T:Paddy McFadden Vick Phawdeen [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Single Jig

S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th century)

K:Adir

g|e2A AcA|e2f g2e|d2B GAG|B2c d2g|e2A AcA|

e2f g2e|d2B G2B|A3 A2::e|a2e efe|a2b c’2a|

g2e ded|d2e g2b|a2e efe|a2b c’2a|g2e d2B|A3 A2:|

                       

PADDY McGHIE. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The ‘B’ part is in double-tonic tonality. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 181, pg. 21.

X:1

T:Paddy McGhie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr –Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 181  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E2A2 ABcA|BcBA FGAF|E2A2 ABcA|efec (3BcB A2:|

|:ceeg aecA|Bddf =gdB=G|ceeg aecA|1 efec (3BcB A2:|2 ecdB cABG|| 

                       

PADDY McGINTY'S GOAT. AKA and see "The Irish Washerwoman," "Corporal Casey [1]," "The Free Masons [1]," "An Bhean Niochain," "The Snouts and Ears of America," "The Big Jig."

                       

PADDY McGUIRE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 250, pg. 28.

X:1

T:Paddy McGuire

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr –Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 250  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|dfa af|f2d d2A|dfa afa|g2e e2A|dfa afa|bgb a2f|gfg eag|f2d d2:|
|:B|AFD DFA|dcB A2B|AFD DFA|B2E E2B|

AFD DFA|dcB A2f|gfg eag|f2d d2:|

           

PADDY McMAHON’S JIG. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Jim McElhone (County Derry) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 8, pg. 66.

           

PADDY McNAMARA’S REEL. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Source for notated version: copied from Clinton’s Irish Melodies (1840) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 295.

X:1

T:Paddy McNamara's Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Clinton's Irish Melodies 1840

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

B|c2 sBcs A2 a2|sefsge dBGB|c2 Bc A2 ge|dBGB A2 A:|

|:B|cecA (3cde cA|BdBG (3Bcd BG|cecA cege|dBGB A2 A:|

|:B|cdef sgasge|gage dBGB|cdef gbge|dBGB A2 A:||

                       

PADDY McNICHOLAS. AKA and see "American Star," "The Bark is on the Swelling Shore," "The Black Rogue [1]," "Come Under My Plaidie," "Johnny/Johnnie McGill/MacGill," "Life is all Chequered.” Irish, Jig. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 2, No.35.

                       

PADDY McSHANE. AKA and see "(A) Sprig of Shillelagh [1]."

                       

PADDY MILES' FRICASSEE. AKA and see “Eagan’s,” “Humours of Castlefinn.” American?, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 31. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 57.

                       

PADDY MILLS. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Fiddler Paddy Mills.

X:1

T:Paddy Mills

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:100

Z:Transcribed by Gerry Strong

R:Reel

K:G

A|:BG ~G2 AGAB|GEDB, A,2 B,A,|G,2 ~G,2 DG,B,D|(3EFG) AB cAdc|!

BG ~G2 AGAB|GEDB, A,2 B,A,|G,2 ~G,2 DG,B,D|AGEF G3 A:|!

BGGF GBdB|eBdB cBAB|GBdB c3 c|dBGB ABGA|!

BGGF GBdB|eBdB cBAB|GEDB, G,B,DB|AGEF G3 A|!

BGGF GBdB|eBdB cBAB|GBdB c3 c|dBGB ABcA|!

d3 e dBGB|cABG AGEF|GEDB, G,B,DB|1AGEF G3 A||"Last Time"A z A z G4||

                       

PADDY MOUSE, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. The song, according to Darley & McCall, referred to the Repeal Agitation and began:

***

Once in old Ireland there started a mouse,

They sent him to London to Parliament House,

The nobles all, both great and small, they wondered for to see,

A mouse so small from Ireland seeking for liberty.

***

Source for notated version: the whistling of D.J. O'Donoghue (Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 32, pg. 13.

                       


PADDY MURPHY'S WIFE [1] ("Bean Paidin Uí Murcada" or "Bean Phádraig Uí Mhurchú"). AKA and see “Braes of Glendochart/Glendochert,” “Mr. Menzies of Culdare('s Reel),” “Joe Tanzy’s,” “Pat Carney’s.” Irish, Reel. D Major (Mulvihill, O'Neill): D Mixolydian (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AAB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (Breathnach): AABB (Mulvihill): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Sources for notated versions: accordion player James Keane (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 165, pg. 76. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 122, pg. 33. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 156. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1526, pg. 282. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 744, pg. 130. Columbia IDB 499 (78 RPM), Paddy O’Brien (1953). Green Linnet Records SIF 1026, James Keane ‑ "Roll away the Reel World" (1978). Green Linnet Records SIF3041, Matt Molloy - “Stony Steps.”

X:1

T:Paddy Murphy’s Wife [1]

L:1/8

M:C|
R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 744

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G|(3FED AF BGAF|EG=cG ECCE|(3FED AF BGAF|Dddc dDD:|g|fada fdaf|

eg=cg ecgc|fada fdad|(3Bcd AG FDDg|fada fdad|eg=cg ecgc|afge fdec| dABG FDD||

 

PADDY MURPHY’S WIFE [2]. AKA and see “Charlie Mulvihill’s (Reel) [1],” “Murphy’s Reel [1].” According to Phillipe Varlet, this was the title used by the Kilfenora Ceili Band for the tune “Charlie Mulvihill’s.” The tune was recorded as “Murphy’s” by Sean Potts and Paddy Moloney.

                       

PADDY NEARY’S HORNPIPE. A composition of Angus Fitchet, born in Dundee in 1910 and a leading country dance band leader and fiddler during the mid‑20th century in Scotland. He began his recording career in 1931 for the Beltona label.

                       

PADDY, NOW WON'T YOU BE EASY?  (A Paidin Nac Fanfad Tu Suaimnac). Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. It is apparently a different slip jig than both "Paddy, “Go Easy”," and "Paddy Be Aisy." Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 67. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 57, pg. 13. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 82. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1143, pg. 216. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 99.

X:1

T:Paddy, Now Won’t You Be Easy?

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1143

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DDD dcd BAF | DDD dcd B2A | DDD dcd BAF | BEE EFA B2A :|

|: ddd ded cBA | ded def g2e | ddd dcd cBA | BEE EFA B2A :|

|: dDD dcd BAF | dDD dcd B2A | dDD dcd BAF | BEE EFA B2A :|

                       

PADDY O'BRIEN'S HORNPIPE [1] (Cornphíopa Phádraig Uí Bhriain). AKA and see “The Athlone Hornpipe,” "The Tara Brooch," "The Western Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The Paddy O'Brien named in the title is probably the button accordion player from Co. Tipperary (1922-1991), the son of renowned fiddler Dinny O'Brien. Paddy is recognized as having been a virtuoso on his instrument (along with Joe Cooley), and played and recorded with a variety of bands, including the Tulla Ceili Band, the Ormond Ceili Band and the Aughrim Ceili Band. Breathnach’s source, Seamus Thompson, played the tune in the key of C Major on his recording, and the tune is heard in both keys at sessions. Source for notated version: fiddler Seamus Thompson (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 217, pg. 99. Ceol, VI (1). Gael‑Linn Records CEF 068, Seamus Thompson ‑ "An Fhidil I" (1978).

 

PADDY O’BRIEN’S (HORNPIPE) [2]. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. No relation to version #1. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 24, pg. 95. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 143, pg.72.

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T:Paddy O’Brien’s (Hornpipe) [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, No. 143  (1976)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3DEF|:G2 DG B2 GB|dg ~g2 bgdB|c2 ec Bdgf|edcB ADFA|

~G2 DG ~B2 GB|dg ~g2 bgdB|c2 ec Bgfe|1 (3ded (3cBA G2 (3DEF:|2 (3ded (3cBA G2 Bd||

|:g2 bg dgbg|~g2 bg dBGB|c2 ec Bdgf|edcB ADFA|

(3Bcd BG cBcA|dg ~g2 bgdB|c2 ec Bgfe|1 (3ded (3cBA G2 Bd:|2 (3ded (3cBA G2 z2||

           

PADDY O’BRIEN’S JIG [1]. Irish, Jig. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 46, pg. 74.

 

PADDY O'BRIEN'S (JIG) [2]. AKA and see “Miss Walsh’s Fancy.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. No relation to “Paddy O’Brien’s Jig” [1] or [3]. Source for notated version: flute player Colm O'Donnell (b. 1962, Aclare, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 15. Green Linnet SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned from Paddy O'Brien).

 

PADDY O'BRIEN'S (JIG) [3]. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig [1]," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," “The Mug of Brown Ale [2],” “Old Man Dillon,” "One Bottle More [2]," "Paddy in London [2],” “The Raffle Jig,” "The Rambler From Clare [1]," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's {Jig} [1]," “Winter Apples [2],” "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. A different tune than "Paddy O'Brien's" [2]. Ovation OVA 503, Tommy Peoples (Co. Donegal) - "Tommy Peoples: Master Irish Fiddle Player."

           

PADDY O’BRIEN’S MARCH. Irish, March. G Major. Standard tuning. AB.

X:1

T:Paddy O'Brien's March

R:March

M:2/4

L:1/8

K:G

Bc||dG Bd|ge dB|Ae cA|E2 A>G|FD FA|dc ed|dc AB|B2 B>c|!

dG Bd|g2 f>g|ag ec|A2 f>e|d^c =cA|FD EF|A2 G2|G2 Bc||

d2 G>f|gd Bc|dB cA|G2 AB|ce a^g|ab ag|f2 d2|d2 B>c|!

dB fd|BG dB|Ae cA|E2 f>e|d^c =cA|FD EF|A2 G2|G2 Bc||

           

PADDY O'BRIEN'S (REEL) [1]. Irish, Reel. A popular session tune, composed by Portroe, Co. Tipperary, accordion master Paddy O'Brien. Green Linnet SIF 1075, John Whelan & Eileen Ivers - "Fresh Takes" (1987). Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992).

 

PADDY O'BRIEN'S (REEL) [2]. AKA and see “Hanly’s Tweed,” “Harvest Moon [2].” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Harker/Rafferty): AA’BB’. The tune appears as “Hanly’s Tweed” in Paddy O’Brien’s collection, composed by himself. O’Brien was from Nenagh, County Tipperary. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 97, pg. 30.

X:1

T:Paddy O'Brien's

T:Harvest Moon

T:Hanly’s Tweed

C:Paddy O'Brien

H:Mike played it following the Tara reel

D:Martin Connolly "Back to Brooklyn"

Z:lesl

M:C|

L:1/8

K:Ador

A2EA FAEA|BzAB GABG|AE~E2 A2 (3Bcd|edef gzed|

eaag ed(3Bcd|g{a}g fa gedz|edBA BGGA|1 BedB A4:|2 BedB Az (3Bcd||

|:eaaf g~g2z|eaag ed (3Bcd|ezaf g~g2e|dG~G2 AG (3Bcd|ea~a2 bg~g2|

agab gzag|edBA BGGA|1 BedB A2 (3Bcd:|2 BedB A4||

           

PADDY O'CARROL{'S JIG} [1] (Paidin Ua Cearbaill). AKA and see "Bad Luck to this Marching," "The Exile's Lament," “Flight of the Wild Geese [3],” "Origin of Ireland." Irish, Scottish, English; Double Jig. D Major (Cole, Kershaw, O'Neill/Krassen, 1001 & 1850): G Major (Kennedy, O’Farrell, O'Neill/1915). Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AABBCCDD (Kennedy, O’Farrell). The composition is attributed to J. Oswald in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). An earlier American printing of the tune was in Edward Riley’s Flute Melodies, vol. 2 (New York, 1817). In England, “Paddy O’Carrol” appears in J. Balls’ Gentleman’s Amusement, Book 3 (London, 1815, reprinted in 1830), as well as O’Farrell’s 1808 volume, wherein the tune’s provenance is given as “Scotch”. Country dance directions to “Paddy O’Carrol” appear in Treasures of the Terpsichore: or a Companion for the Ball Room, published in London by W. Calvert in 1808. The jig was included by Wigton area, Cumbria, musician John Rook in his large manuscript collection of 1840. New York City researcher, writer and musician Don Meade identifies the melody as a “piping version of the fiddle tune now best known as ‘Richard Brennan’s (Favorite)’ (after a Sligo fiddler) from a 78 recording by Michael Coleman.” Source for notated version:  the music manuscript of Joseph Kershaw, a musician from Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England who began his entries around the year 1820 [Kershaw]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 68. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 72. Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 72. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 145, pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 4, pg. 36. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 59. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 191, pg. 104. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 56. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 986, pg. 183. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 202, pg. 47. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 175. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 99.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Paddy O’Carrol [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|FDD FDD|FGF FED|AFF dFF|EFE EAG|FDD FDD|FGF FED|AFF dAF|DED D2:|

|:a|fdd ecc|dcB AFA|fda eca|dB^g a2=g|fdd ecc|dcB AFE|DFA dAF|DED D2:|

X:2

T:Paddy O’Carroll [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 202

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/G/|FDD FDD|F>GF FED|AFF dFF|E>FE DAG|

FDD FDD|FGF FED|AFF dFF|D>ED D2:|

|:a/g/|fdd ecc|BdB AGF|fda eca|dB^g aa=g|

fdd ecc|BdB AGF|AFF dFF|D>ED D2:|

X:3

T:Paddy O’Carrol

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:John Rook manuscript (Cumbria, 1840)

K:D

A/G/|FDD FDD|FGF FED|AFF dFF|EGE E2 A/G/|FDD FDD|

FGF FED|AFF dFF|DED D2::d/e/|fdd ecc|BdB AFD|fda eca|

dB^g a2g|fdd ecc|BdB AGF|AFF dFF|DED D2:|

 

PADDY O'CARROLL'S [2]. AKA and see “Burke’s Jig [2],” “Rollicking Boys of Tandaragree,” “The Jolly Corkonian.” Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 82.

           

PADDY O CARY. AKA and see "Paddy Carey" [2].

           

PADDY O'FLYNN. AKA and see "Lassie of Gowrie," "The Wicklow's March," "The Miners of Wicklow," "Nolan the Soldier." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 11, pg. 36.

X:1

T:Paddy O’Flynn

M:6/8

L:1/8
R:Jig

B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 36  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|FGA AB=c|BGB AFA|BGE EGE|AFD D2A|FGA AB=c|

BGB AFA|Bcd ecA|d3 d2::e|fdf fdf|ece ece|

fdf fdf|geg geg|fdf fdf|ece ecA|Bcd ecA|d3 d2:|

           

PADDY O'MEAGHAN'S REEL. AKA and see “The Old Blind Sow.” Old-Time, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Source for notated version: John Summers (Indiana) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 178. Franklin George – “Swope’s Knob” (played by fiddlers Frank George and John Summers on the cut).  

           


PADDY ON THE HANDCAR. See "Paddy on the Turnpike" [1], "Paddy on the Turnpike" [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Sweet). USA; Texas, N.C. Richard Nevins believes that the fiddler for the Texas group the Red Headed Fiddlers (who recorded this tune in the 1930), A.L. Steely, has a style "strikingly similar" to Leonard Rutherford. Sources for notated versions: Stuart Williams & Wes Brown [Phillips]; Stuart Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 178. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 114. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 81. County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers ‑ "Old Time Fiddle Classics, Vol. 2." Document DOCD-8038, Red Headed Fiddlers – “Texas Fiddle Bands Vol. 1.” June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter ‑ "Deep In Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, fiddler James W. Hunter, Madison County, N.C.). Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time."

X:1

T:Paddy on the Handcar

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Breakdown

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ador

E/A/A/A/ AA/B/ | c/B/A/B/ c/B/A/G/ | E/G/G/G/ GG | E/G/G/G/ GG | E/A/A/A/ AA/B/ |

c/B/A/B/ cc/d/ | e/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ | cA Az :: ea ea | e/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ | Bg Bg | B/A/B/c/ dz |

ea ea | e/d/e/f/ gd | e/d/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ | eA Az :|

           

PADDY ON THE HANDLECAR. See "Paddy on the Turnpike" [1].

           

PADDY ON THE LANDFILL. American, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Rob Hayes of Shutesbury, Massachusetts, who told Susan Songer (Portland Collection) he credits New York fiddler Sue Sternberg for popularizing it. Source for notated version: Sara Hiebert [Songer]. Conger (Along the River), 2001. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 155. Wild Asparagus 003, Wild Asparagus - “Tone Roads” (1990)

           

PADDY ON THE PIKE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Major. Standard tuning. ABCC'. Source for notated version: the late Wilson Douglas (Braxton County, W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 179. Rounder CD0364, Wilson Douglas - “The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music.” 

           

PADDY ON THE RAILROAD. AKA and see "The Boys of the Lake [2]," "Collin's Reel [1]," "Corkonian Reel," “Devils in Dublin,” "Emminence Breakdown," "Ike Forrester's Reel [1]," "Merry Blacksmith," “Mist on the Loch,” "Peeler's Jacket [1]," "The Police Jacket," "Peeler's Reel/Policeman's Reel," “Policeman’s Cap,” "The Railroad [2]," "The Shepherd in/on the Gap." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions).  Sources for notated versions: Alan Block (N.H.) [Phillips]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, October, 1984 (O’Leary associates the tune with Charlie Mulvihill) [Moylan]; Sande Gillette [Silberberg]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 213. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 25. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 144, pg. 84. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 179. Jarman, Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes; No. or pg. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 293, pg. 32. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 77. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 51. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 114. Biograph 6007, Ebenezer‑ "Tell It to Me."

X:1

T:Paddy on the Railroad

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:D

|: fe | d2 dA BA FA | Ad dA BA FA | AB de f2 ed | Be ed eg fe |

d2 dA BA FA | AB dA BA FA | AB de fd ec | dB AF D2 :|

|: fg | ab ag f2 fe | d2 dA BA FA | AB de f2 ed | B2 ed ef ge |

ab ag f2 fe | d2 dA BA FA | AB de fd ec | dB AF D2 :|

           

PADDY ON THE RAILWAY. AKA and see "Paddy on the Railroad."

           


PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE [1]. {primarily mixolydian versions}. AKA and see "Bunch of Keys [1],” "Flowers of Limerick [1],” “Half Past Four,” “Indian Nation [1],” "Jenny On the Railroad," "The Mills Are Grinding," "Old Town Reel," "Paddy on the Handcar," "Paddy on the Handlecar," "Telephone Reel."  American, Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Reel or Breakdown. USA; Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska. G Major or G Mixolydian: A Major or A Mixolydian (Silverberg, Thede) {see Wilson Douglas's recording}: B Flat Major (Howe). Standard tuning or AEae (Wilson Douglas, Edden Hammons). AABB (most versions): AA'BB (Phillips, 1994). Key of ‘A’ versions are more common than key of ‘G’ versions. Bayard (1981) identifies this rather common tune as a descendant of a once well‑known Scottish song air known usually as "The Waukin o the Fauld." Stylistic considerations, maintains Bayard—namely the modal character (with sets appearing in more than one mode), wide diffusion, and often renamed—indicate the tune has some "respectable" age—although Bayard points out it has not been traced before the early 18th century. Wilson Douglas, a fiddler from Clay County, W.Va., points out there are two versions in ‘old time’ repertory, with "the West Virginia one ...different from the one they play in Kentucky and North Carolina. The one I play is the West Virginia 'Paddy on the Turnpike.' Its got a hornpipe time, if you notice, and a drone. Its played by all the old mountain fiddlers; even (eastern Ky. fiddling master) Ed Hayley played the West Virginia 'Paddy on the Pike' [Ed.—recorded by Hayley as “Half Past Four”]. It was first played by the (West Virginia fiddling families) Carpenters and the Hammonses." Rush, Ky., fiddler J.P Fraley notes that two portions of this melody are similar to the fiddle tunes "Pidgeon on the Gate" and "Bluebird(y) on the Snowbank." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

***

Missouri fiddler Bob Holt mentions the tune in the following. His love of traditional music derived from his family, and he told Bittersweet magazine in 1981:

***

My dad and my Grandad both loved fiddle music though they neither

one could play. My Granddad kept a fiddle in  his house. He lived

down the road here from where I now live, and this used to be the

main road from Ava down to the southwestern part of the county.

There were a lot of travelers on it, and a lot of times they’d stop and

stay all night. If they could fiddle, Dad said they never got any sleep

‘cause Granddad would make them play all night. He always wanted

‘Paddy on the Turnpike’.

***

Sources for notated versions: Charlie Higgins (Grayson County, Virginia) [Krassen]; Earl Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Red Steely with the Red Headed Fiddlers [Phillips]; Vic Kibler via his uncle, Lewis Nichols (Hamilton County, New York) [Bohrer/Kibler]; Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]; Melvin Wine [Silberberg]. Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 6, pg. 6. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 214. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 29, pg. 21. DeVille, No. 64. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 42. Lowinger (Bluegrass Fiddle), 1974; pgs. 20‑21. Phillips, 1989; pg. 32 (appears as "Paddy on the Handlecar"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 179. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 115 (two versions). Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 77. Also appears in Howe (1864). County 507, Red Steely and the Red Headed Fiddlers. County 775, Kenny Baker‑ "Farmyard Swing." County 722, Joe Greene‑ "Joe Greene's Fiddle Album." County 772, Bobby Hicks‑ "Texas Crapshooter." County 527, The Red Headed Fiddlers‑ "Old‑Time Fiddle Classics, vol. 2" (appears as "Paddy on the Handcar"). Elektra EKS 7285, The Dilards with Byron Berline‑ "Pickin' and Fiddlin.'" Flying Fish 70572, Frank Ferrel - “Yankee Dreams: ‘Wicked Good Fiddling from New England’” (1990). Folkways FTS 31036, Roger Sprung‑ "Grassy Licks." June Appal 007, Thomas Hunter‑ "Deep in Tradition" (appears as "Paddy on the Handcar"). Living Folk LFR‑104, Allan Block ‑ "Alive and Well and Fiddling." Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith – “Say Old Man” (1990. Appears as “Patty on the Turnpike,” learned from Jim Shumach). Omac 2, Berline, Bush and O'Conner‑ "In Concert." Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas‑ "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975). Rural Records RRCF 251, Curly Fox (Ga.) {1970}. Victor 19450 (78 RPM), 1924, Fiddlin' Cowan Powers and Family. Voyager 309, Benny and Jerry Thomasson‑ "The Weiser Reunion: A Jam Session" (1993). Edden Hammons Collection II, Disc 1. 5 String Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – “Known for their Reputation” (2006. Learned perhaps from an old recording of Paul Warmack’s Gully Jumpers).

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

 


PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE [2]. {primarily dorian versions}. AKA and see "The Broomstick," “The Bunch of Keys [1],” "Down the Hill," "Ducks on/in th e Pond," "The Ewe Wi' the Crooked Horn" (floater), "The Flowers of Limerick [1]," "Jinny in the Lowlands" (Pa. floater), "League and Slasher," “Marie a Pierre,” "The Mills Are Grinding [1]," "Molly Maguire [1]," “The Old Reel,” "Patty on the Turnpike," "Pigeon on the Pies," "Rainy Day [1]," "Salt River [2]," "The Telephone Reel," "The Yellow Heifer [2]" (Pa.). Irish, Scottish, Canadian, Old‑Time; Reel. USA; southwestern Pa. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major/Mixolydian (Perlman): G Mixolydian/Dorian (Begin, Perlman): G Minor/Dorian (Brody, Cole, Miller & Perron): A Dorian (Bayard, 31A): A Minor (Kennedy & Raven). Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Perlman). This is a common tune in Scottish and Irish tradition, but 'Paddy On the Turnpike' is its usual title and dorian the usual mode in western Pennsylvania, reports Bayard (1944, 1981). “Paddy on the Turnpike” is found in the United States in Richmond County, Ohio, musician Ruben Fisher's notebook from 1842 as an A minor/modal setting of the tune also known as “Paddy on the Handcar.” Ken Perlman (1996) remarks that it was one of the most widely known "good old tunes" on Prince Edward Island, and that a more modern version which changed the tonality from dorian/minor to mixolydian/major emerged on the island in the 1920's. See also a Franco-American version from Larry Riendeau (Berlin, N.H.) called “Patte du mouton.” Sources for notated versions: Graham Townsend (Toronto, Canada) [Brody]: Irvin Yaugher Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pa., 1943; as played by his great‑uncle) [Bayard, 1944]: 13 southwestern Pa. fiddlers [Bayard, 1981]; Francis MacDonald (b. 1940, Morell Rear, Northeast Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Archie Stewart (b. 1917, Milltown Cross, South Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 31A. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle) 1981; No. 347A‑M, pgs. 335‑340. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 45, pg. 54. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 213. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 23. DeVille, No. 64. Henebry (Handbook), pg. 246. Henebry (Irish Music); pg. 37, No. 10. JIFSS No. 12, pg 16 (a shortened version called a 'lilt'). Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 8. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 76. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1976; Nos. 1196, 1555. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 47 (two versions). Petrie, No. 918. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 168. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 47. Scanlon, pg. 80 (appears as "The Broomstick"). Kicking Mule KM‑325, Banish Misfortune ‑ "A Health to the Company" (1981). Kicking Mule, Richard Lieberson – “Flat Picking Guitar Festival.” Rounder 7001, Joe Cormier‑ "Scottish Fiddle Music of Cape Breton" (1974). Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend‑ "Le Violin/ The Fiddle." Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots are Showing” (2000). Shanachie SH 29009, "Andy McGann & Paul Brady" (learned from Katherine Brennan). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

X:1

T:Paddy on the Turnpike

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:Gdor

|: DG G^F G2GA | BG dG eG dG | DF FE F2FG | AF cF dF cF|

DG G^F G2GA | BA GA Bc de | fe fd cA FA | BG AF G4 :|

|: dg g^f g2 ga | ba ga bg af | df fg f2 fg | ag fg af gf |

dg g^f g2 ga |ba gf dc de | fe fd cA FA | BG AF G4 :|

 

PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE [3]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia. Fiddlin' Cowan Powers (Va.) used the title as a "floater" an attached it to this tune, a “crooked” melody in C Major. County 525, Fiddlin' Cowan Powers 1877‑1952? (Russell County, southwest Va.) as "Patty on the Turnpike." Rounder 0128, The Backwoods Band‑ "Jes' Fine" (1980). Victor 19540 (78 RPM), Fiddlin’ Cowan Powers (1924).

 


PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE [4]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB (Phillips): ABBC (Reiner & Anick). Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips, Reiner & Anick]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 180. Reiner & Anick (Old‑Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 79. County 747, Clark Kessinger‑ "Sweet Bunch of Daisies." Vocalion 5248 (78 RPM), Clark Kessinger (appears as “Patty on the Turnpike”).

                       

PADDY O'RAFFERTY [1]. AKA and see "Padeen O'Rafferty." Irish, Scottish; Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. ABCD (O'Sullivan/Bunting): AABB (Carlin/Gow, Kerr): AABB’CDD’E (Feldman & O’Doherty). Breathnach (1976) remarks the tune is extremely well-known in Ireland, “and there are as many versions of it as there are musicians.” Curiously, however, is the lack of alternate titles for such a common tune (with such a relatively ancient pedigree), whereas other common tunes have myriad titles; there are, however, many songs and ditties written to it in both Irish and English. The 'A' and 'B' sections of Carlin/Gow and Kerr's version (which are very similar) correspond generally and respectively to the 'B' and 'D' sections of Bunting's version and the ‘C’ and ‘D’ sections of John Doherty’s Donegal version in The Northern Fiddler. O'Sullivan (1983) also finds the melody in the following publications: O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish Pipes (volume I, pg. 106), Holden's Collection of Irish Slow and Quick Tunes (book II, pg. 32), Brysson's Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes (pg. 11), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (No. 178), McFadden's Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (volume III, No. 475), and Murphy's Irish Airs and Jigs (pg. 9). It also appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson’s Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816). In America, “Paddy O’Rafferty” was published by John Paff in Gentlemen’s Amusement, No. 2 (New York, 1812). O’Neill himself remarked what was “probably the original setting in two strains” was printed in Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3, 1789, as “Paddeen O’Rafardie, Irish,” and Breathnach agrees Aird’s is the earliest printed version. Sullivan came across a single set of words to the tune, in Irish, in a booklet of songs by the late Fionan Mac Coluim called Cosa Buidhe 'Arda. Paddy O'Rafferty is also the name of a Scottish country dance, frequently taught by 19th century dancing masters. The tune was known in County Donegal, Ireland, as evidenced by the diary entry of a fiddler named William Allingham, who was employed as a customs officer and whose vocation was traditional music. He visited a poor fiddler named Tom Read in the (probably Ballyshannon) poorhouse who played for him both “Ain Kind Dearie” and “Paudeen Ó Rafferty” in November of 1847, the time of the potato famine. Allingham gave George Petrie several tunes which appear in the latter’s collection of Irish music. A rather simple setting of the tune from north Clare appears in Breathnach’s CRÉ  V from the playing of father and son concertina players James and Chris Droney (see “Paddy O’Rafferty [2],” below). One of the oddest appearances of the tune is on the barrel organ from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place of a ship’s fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a mechanical barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing). “Paddy O’Rafferty” was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 4. Sources for notated versions: The Irish collector Edward Bunting obtained the tune from J. McCalley of Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, in 1795; fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 368. Feldman & O’Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 60 (appears as “Paidin O’Rafferty”). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 19, pg. 37. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 85, pgs. 18-130. Saydisc SDL 234, Parry’s Barrel Organ (vol. 11 of the Golden Age of Mechanical Music).

X:1

T:Paddy O’Rafferty

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Button & Whitaker’s Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th century)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Flat Major

c |: B/c/dF FGF | Fed cBc | B/c/dF FGF | BcB BGF |

B/c/dF FGF | Fed efg | fdb fdB | BcB BGF :|

|: Fdd Fcc | Fdd cBc | Fdd Fcc | BcB BGF |

Fdd Fcc | Fdd cBc | def gab | BcB BGF :|

 

PADDY O'RAFFERTY [2] (Páidín Ua Rabartaig). AKA - "Paudeen O'Rafferty." AKA and see "Drink of This Cup." Irish, Double Jig. G Major (most versions): A Major (Gow). Standard tuning. AAB (Gow): AA’BB’ (Breathnach): ABCD (Mitchell): ABBCC (Cole, Kerr): AABBCCDD (Kennedy): AABBCCDDEE (Mulvihill, O’Neill). Similar in many places to version #1. O’Neill (Irish Folk Music, 1910) reports it to be:

***

…another of those ancient tunes which has been the subject of

embellishments or variations about the end of the 18th century.

It is said to have been composed by O’Carolan in honor of a

little boy of that name who won immortality by obligingly

opening the gate for the bard while paying a visit to his first

love, Bridget Cruise.

***

Sources for notated versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare)[Mitchell]; Tony Smith (County Cavan & Dublin) [Mulvihill]; father and son concertina players Janes and Chris Droney (north Clare) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 14, pg. 9. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 55. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels); 1784 (revised edition, 1801); pg. 36. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 146, pg. 36. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 261, pg. 29. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 61, pg. 65. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 35, pg. 72.  O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 46. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 954, pg. 177. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 178, pg. 44. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. Claddagh 4CC 32, Willie Clancy – “The Pipering of Willie Clancy, vol. 1” (1980. Appears as “Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh”). Green Linnet GLCD 1184, Patrick Street – “Made in Cork” (1997).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info 

X:1

T:Paddy O’Rafferty [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 178

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GAB DED|DcB AGE|GAB DED|GAG GED| GAB DED|DcB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED:|

|:DBB DAA|DBB AGE|DBB DAA|GAG GED| DBB DAA|DBB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED:|

|:dcd efg|ded dBG|dcd efg|GAG GED| dcd efg|ded def|gfe dcB|GAG GED:|

|:BDD EDD|BGB AGE|BDD EDD|GAG GED| BDD EDD|BGB ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED:|

|:B2G A2G|B2G AGE|B2G AGE|GAG GED| BGG AGG|BGG ABc|dcB AGE|GAG GED:|

X:2

T:Paddy o Rafferty

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Gow – The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels (revised edition, 1801)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

B|:(A/B/c)E “tr”E>FE|Edc “tr”BAB|(A/B/c)E “tr”E>FE|(Ac).B A<FB|((A/B/c)E “tr”E>FE|(Ed).c “tr”d>ef|

ecA “tr”B>cd|(c<d).B (AF).B:||(Ac).e (Ac).e|(Ac).e fdB|Ace “tr”f>ga|(Ac).B (AF).B|(Ac).e (Ac).e|

Ace efg|”tr”aga ecB|(Ac).B (AF).B|(Ac).e (Ac).e|(Ac).e fdB|Ace “tr”f>ga|

(Ac).B (AF).B|(Ac).e (Ac).e|Ace efg|”tr”agaecB|(Ac).B (AF).B||

 


PADDY O'RAFFERTY [3] (Páidín Ó Raifeartaig). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC (Mulvihill, Taylor/Crack, Taylor/Crossroads): ABB’CC (Mitchell): AA’BB’CC (Boys of the Lough, Taylor/Blue): AA'BB'CC'DD' (Breathnach): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHH (O’Farrell). "A popular pipe tune,” note the Boys of the Lough, well-known as well in Scotland. Perhaps the earliest recording of the tune was by melodeon player James Brown (1880-1919), a Scot born in Edinburgh. He recorded it in November, 1912, for the Gramaphone Company in London, as an untitled jig. Brown was a Scottish champion on the instrument, winning a title in 1909, with subsequent recording sessions in 1909, 1911 and 1912. He recorded until the year before his death; lastly for the Winner Record Company in September, 1919 (Treoir). Sources for notated versions: piper Seamas Ennis (Dublin, Ireland), in Miltown Malbay, County Clare, 1959 [Breathnach]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; Tony Smith (County Cavan & Dublin)[Mulvihill]; Sean McAloon, a piper and fiddler from Co. Fermanagh [Boys of the Lough].  Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 7 (appears as “Padeen O’Rafferty”). Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 11 [1], pg. 8. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 60, pg. 64. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 31, pg. 71 (appears as “Padeen O’Rafferty”). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pgs. 106-107. Taylor (Where’s the Crack?), 1989; pg. 22. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 47, pg. 35. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 11 (appears as “Paidín Ó Raifeartaigh”). Treoir, vol. 35, No. 2, 2003; pg. 23. Compass Records 7 4446 2,Oisíin McAuley – “From the Hills of Donegal” (2007). Shaskeen - "Mouse Behind the Dresser" & "Shaskeen Live."

X:1

T:Paddy O’Rafferty [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AB | dff dee | dff ede | Aff Aee | ded dBA | dff dee | dff gab | agf edB | d2d dBA :|

|:  d/e/fA A2B | Agf ede | d/e/fA A2B | ded dBA | c/d/fA A2B | Agf gab | agf ede |

d2d dBA :: f2d e2d | f2d edB | f2d edB | d2d dBA | fdd edd | fdd gab | afd edB |

d2d dBA :: dfa dfa | efe edB | dfa dfa | ded dBA | df/g/a/f/ af/g/a/f/ | af/g/a/f/ g2e |

f2d e2B | ded dBA :: A2A BAB | e2e fdB | A2A BAB | dfe dBA | A2A BAB |

efe efg | f2d e2B | d2d dBA :: fAA eAA | fAA e2d | fAA eAA | ded dBA |

fAA eAA | fAA edB | dfa dfa | ded dBA :: faf aff | aff edB | faf af/g/a/f/ | af/g/a/f/ dBA |

faf gbg | faf edB | fgf ede | d2d dBA :: A/B/AF A2B | dgf e2d | A/B/AF A2B |

dfe dBA | ABA BAB | efe efg | fad edB | d2d dBA :|

 

PADDY O'RAFFERTY [4] (Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABCDD'EE. Source for notated version: whistle player Des O'Conner, 1968 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 11 [2], pgs. 8‑9.

                       

PADDY O’ROURKE’S. AKA and see "Before I Was Married [2]," "Billy O'Rourke's Jig [1]," "The Black Rogue [1]," “Come Under My Plaidie,” "Johnny McGill," "An Rogaire Dubh," "Tibbie Dunbar." Irish/Scottish, Jig.

***

An American postcard from 1882, picturing the ‘arrival of Paddy O’Rourke’, disdainfully entitled “Our New Citizens.”

                       

PADDY O'SNAP (Paidin Ua Snaip). AKA and see "Quick, We Have But a Second." Irish, Slip Jig. D Major (Kennedy, O'Neill): C Major (Hardings): B Flat Major (Kerr). Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 62, pg. 19. Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 2. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 58, pg. 13. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 281, pg. 30 (appears as "Paddy Snap"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 88. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1175, pg. 221.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Paddy O’Snap

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1175

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f2d {e}dcd fed | g2e efd cBA | f2d {e}dcd fed | efg ABc d2 :|

|: {A}a2A ABG FAd | B2e efd efg | {A}a2A ABG FAd | efg ABc d2 :|

X:2

T:Paddy O'Snap.

M:9/8

L:1/8

B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.]

K:D

f2 d {e}dcd fed | g2 e efd cBA | f2 d {e}dcd fed | efg ABc d3 :|| {A}a2 A ABG FAd | B2 e efe efg |

{A}a2 A ABG FAd | efg ABc d3 | {A}a2 A ABG FAd | B2 e efd efg | a2 A ABG FAd | efg ABc d3 |]

                       

PADDY O’SULLIVAN’S JIG. Irish, Double Jig. Composed by the late North Kerry fiddler Paddy O’Sullivan (Ardfert, Co. Kerry).

X:1

T:Paddy O'Sullivan's jig

S:Paddy O'Sullivan

R:double jig

M:6/8

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

L:1/8

P:AABB

K:A

EFA ABc | BAA ABc | EFA ABc | BAB cAF |

EFA ABc | B2 A Ace | agf ecA |1 BAB cAF :|2 BAB cBc ||

|: e2 e ecA | cde ecA | def fed | faf ecA |

c2 e ecA | cde efg | a2 f ecA |1 BAB cBc :|2 BAB cAF || A3

           

PADDY O'WHACK. See "Paddy Whack."

           

PADDY RAFFERTY’S FAVOURITE.  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The late Paddy Rafferty (d. 2000), brother of flute player Mike Rafferty, won several All-Ireland lilting championships. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 133, pg. 40.

           

PADDY RAINEY’S JIG. Irish, Jig. Composed by Danú fiddle player Jesse Smith. Shanachie 78030, Danú – “Think Before You Think” (2000).

                       

PADDY REYNOLD’S DREAM. Irish, Jig. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Staten Island, New York, fiddler Reynolds told Bill Black he had not composed the tune, only arranged it. Reynolds was originally from Ballinamuck, County Longford, and immigrated to New York in 1948. He remembered:

***

My first job I ever had in this country playing music was in the

caberet…I was walking by, I was only a greenhorn, when I heard

Irish music. I walked in, stood at the bar, and I was homesick as

hell, and I was almost in tears. And there was the lousiest fiddler

I’d ever heard in my life on the stage…She came down…and I

turned around and I complimented, I says, “ Nice music. You play

nice music. My name is Paddy Reynolds.” “Oh, Paddy Reynolds,

Where are you from?” She had a husky voice; she liked her whiskey.

And I said, “I’m from Co. Longford.” “I’m from Tipperary myself.”

And we got talking and well, she says to me, “Do you play music?”

And I said, “A little bit, on the fiddle.” “Do you have it with you?”…

and I got out the fiddle and I went up on the stage and I played that

night. And that night I was employed for Friday, Saturday, and

Sunday night, in Brooklyn, in Plunket’s Cabaret. Incidentally, that’s

where I met my darling. (excerpted from Rebecca Miller, “Irish Traditional and Popular Music in New York City,” The New York Irish, 1996, ed. by Bayor & Meagher).

***

Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 97, pg. 50. Green Linnet SIF1027, Mick Moloney - “Strings Attached.”

X:1

T: Paddy Reynolds' Dream

S: Mick Moloney

Z: transcribed by B.Black

Q: 300

R: jig

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: D

F | EGA =cBc | Adc d2 e | fag efd | ABG FED |

Adf afd | Bcd eag | fed ecA | GEA D2 :|

A | dcd faf | gec d2 A | dcd AGA | =cBc EFG |

dcd faf | gec Ace | dcd AGA | GEA D2 :|

G | d3 a3 | gfg a3 | d3 a2 f | gef gfe |

def dcA | GAB AFD | Ace GBd | AFE D2 :|

           


PADDY REYNOLD'S FAVORITE. Irish, Jig. An old jig reworked by New York fiddler Paddy Reynolds, who added a third part. Green Linnet SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981).

           

PADDY RUN THE RAT. AKA and see "Over the Hills and Far Away."

           

PADDY RYAN'S DREAM [1] (Aisling Paidin Ui Riain). AKA and see “Mooney’s Reel,” “Tullagh Reel.” Irish, Reel. A Minor (Cranitch, Miller & Perron/1977): A Dorian (Miller & Perron/2006, O'Neill): A Mixolydian/Dorian (Feldman & O’Doherty). Standard tuning. AB (Miller & Perron/1977): AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cranitch, Miller & Perron/2006): AA'BB' (Feldman & O’Doherty, O’Malley, O'Neill/Krassen). The tune was popularized by County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945), who appears to have been the first to record it, in New York in 1921. “Paddy Ryan’s Dream” is a derivation of the Scots tune “Miss Lyall [2],” composed by Captain Simon Fraser, also known as  Mrs. Grant of Laggan” (the title under which it was later printed by the Gows).  The “Mooney’s Reel” title was used by County Donegal fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980). A version of the tune is known in County Donegal as “The Cat that Kittled in Jamie’s Wig,” set as a Highland. See also the variant “Humours of Ennistymon [2],” in Kerr. Sources for notated versions: Seán McGuire (1927-2005, Belfast, Ireland) [Miller & Perron/1977]; Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin (b. 1925) [Miller & Perron/2006]; Donegal fiddler John Doherty [Feldman & O’Doherty]; students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O’Malley]. Cranitch (The Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 68, pg. 151. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 77 (appears as “Untitled Reel,” the middle of three on the page). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 35. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 95. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 40, pg. 20. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 92. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1181, pg. 223. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 461, pg. 89. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Green Linnet SIF 3041, Matt Molloy - “Stony Steps.” Shanachie SH 29009, "Jean Carignan Plays the Music of Coleman, Morrison & Skinner." Shanachie 79095, Arcady - “Many Happy Returns.” Shaskeen Records OS‑360, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan & Joe Burke ‑ "A Tribute to Michael Coleman" (c. 1965). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway – “First Through the Gate” (2002. Learned from New York fiddler Andy McGann, who based his version on that of the late accordion player Paddy O’Brien). Talcon Records KG240, Paddy Cronin – “The House in the Glen” (197?). Paul McGrattan & Paul O'Shaughnessy - “Within a Mile of Dublin.” Sean McGuire & Joe Burke.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Paddy Ryan's Dream [1]

S:Paul O'Shaughnessy

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

M:C|

L:1/8

K:A

ed|cA~A2 cAB=G|E=GDB, =CEDB,|=CA,A,=G, A,B,CD|~E2AE GBed|\

cA~A2 cAB=G|E=GDB, =CEDB,|=CA,A,=G, A,B,CD|EAGB A2::fg|\

agae ceAf|=gfgd BFGB|Aaae ceAc|B=GED CEAa|\

agae ceAf|=gfgd BFGB|cBcd edcB|Aagb ae:|

X:2

T:Paddy Ryan’s Dream [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 461

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

G>E (3EEE cABG|EGDC B,CDB,|(3A,A,A, A,B, CDEG|1

cAB^G AbcB:|2 cAB^G (3AAA A2||B2|Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|

Aaa^g ae=fd|edcB (3cBA BG|Aaa^g aecA|Ggg^f gdBG|AcBd cedf|edcB ABcB||

X:3

T:Paddy Ryan's Dream

R:reel

H:See also #342

H:Same as the Scottish tune "Miss Lyall"

H:There is a story that goes with this tune (from Ted Furey):

H:Paddy Ryan was the son of a widow who lived in the Midlands. He had a dream

H:that he went to Dublin, and that he walked to and fro on the bridge without

H:stopping, and that he found his fortune there. He told this strange dream

H:to his mother, who sold her only cow, and said: "Padraig, go to Dublin and

H:see about your dream."

H:So Paddy went on the train to Dublin, and there he marched up and down on

H:O'Connell Bridge. He hardly had any money left, but after a while he met a

H:neighbour from home, who said: "What are you doing here, Paddy? Have you

H:come to Dublin?". "Well," said Paddy, "I had this funny dream three nights

H:in a row that I should find my fortune here on O'Connell Bridge in Dublin."

H:"Well," said the neighbour, "that's strange. I also had a dream three nights

H:in a row that there was a crock of gold buried at the back of your garden,

H:under a gooseberry bush."

H:"Oh, I don't believe that", said Paddy. But that night he took the train