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

 

 

 

PIOBAIRE A’ CHEIDIGH, AN. AKA and see “The Bonny Bunch of Ferns,” “The Keady Piper,” “Maire Bhan’s Wedding Reel,” “The Piper of Keadue.”  Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. A favorite of the famous Donegal piper Tarlach Mac Suibhne. It is a version of “The Doon Reel [1].”

X:1

T:An Piobaire a’ Cheidigh

L:1/8

M:4/4

K:G

B2dB c2Ac | BGGB d3c | B2dB c2Ac | dBcA BGGA | B2dB c2Ac | BGGB d3c|\

B2dB c2Ac |1 dBcA BGGA :|2 dBcA BGGg || fgaf gefd | cAAB c3g | fgaf gbag |\

fdcA BGGg | fgaf gefd | cAAB c3g | fgaf gbag | fdcA BGG2 :|

                                   

PIOBAIRE A’CHEADIU. AKA and see “The Piper of Keadue.”

                                   

PIOBAIRE BRUIGEANTAC, AN. AKA and see "The Quarrelsome Piper."

                                   

PIOBAIRE CAOCH, AN. AKA and see "Apples in Winter [1]," "General White's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig,” "The Misfortunate Rake," "(Next) Sunday is/was my Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "The Shamrock (Reel) [1]," "The Squint‑eyed Piper," "The Unfortunate Rake [2]."

                                   

PIOBAIREACHD DHOMHNAIL (The Pibroach of Donald). AKA and see "Donald's Pipes," "Lord Forbes March." Scottish, March (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. AEae tuning. AABBCCDDEEFFGG. As "Lord Forbes' March," an earlier pipe version of the tune, it is still played by bagpipers today. The original air was a ceol mor (large music) piece called "Pilbaireachd Dhomhnaill Dhuibh" (The Pibroach of Black Donald), reworked into a ceol beag (small music) setting, a march. In scordatura tuning it was meant to be played with drones throughout. Source for notated version: Sharpe Manuscript, c.1790; pg. 44 [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 53, pg. 130.

                                   

PIONEER CLOG. AKA and see "The Minstrel's Fancy," "McElligott's Fancy," "Hanover Hornpipe." American, Clog. White's Excelsior Collection, 1907; pg. 60.

                                   

PIONEER'S MARCH. American, March. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A fife march used to signal camp duties, in particular clean‑up. Camus (Military Music of the American Revolution), 1976; Example 12, pg. 106.

                                   

PÍOPA AR AN IARTA, AN. AKA and see "Pipe on the Hob."

                                   

PÍOPA AR AN mBAIC, AN (Pipe on the Hob). AKA and see "Pipe on the Hob."

                                   

PÍOPAÍ GREIG. AKA and see "Greig's Pipes."

                                   

PÍOSA DEICH bPING(I)NE, AN (The Tenpenny Bit). AKA and see "The Tenpenny Bit [2]."

                                   


PIPE DANCE. See "Bacca Pipes Jig (Greensleeves)."

                                   

PIPE JIGG. Scottish? American?, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. A generically-titled Scotch-sounding jig. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 37.

           

PIPE MAJOR, THE.  Scottish, Pipe March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927) I honor of Donald Macpherson, “late Black Watch” (see note for “Donald Blue”). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 38.

X:1

T:Pipe Major, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Pipe March

Q:112

C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E | ({G}[A2A2)] e>d ({d}c)B/c/ (Ae) | ({d}c)B/c/ (Aa) ({a}f)B .e/.d/.c/.B/ | {G}(A2 e>)d ({d}c)B/c/ (Ae) |

{a}(fe/c/) {c}(dB) ({B}c)(AA) :: e | ({g}a)A ed ({d}c)B/c/ Aa | (Af) (Aa) ({a}f)B e/d/c/B/ |

({A}a2) ({f}e>)d ({d}c)B/c/ (Ae) | ({e}f)e/c/ ({B}d)B ({B}c)(AA) :|

 

PIPE MAJOR GEORGE ROSS’ WELCOME TO THE BLACK WATCH. Composed by William Lawrie. CAT-WMR002, Wendy MacIsaac – “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994).

                                   

PIPE MAJOR J(OHN) STEWART. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’CCDD’. Composed by revered piper George S. MacLennan (1883-1927). Christine Martin (2002) says this Highland pipe march has crept into the North East fiddle tradition, albeit rendered with different bowings and style to West Coast Scottish playing. Source for notated version: Hector MacAndrew (1903-) [Martin]. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 119. Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - “Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art” (1903).

                                   

PIPE MAJOR JIM CHISHOLM'S MARCH. Canadian, March (4/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. Composed by Addie Harper of Wick, Scotland.

X:1

T:Pipe Major Jim Chisolms March

M:C

L:1/8

Q:280

C:A. Harper

S:(From the playing of Buddy MacMaster)

D:"Judique on the Floor";Buddy MacMaster,1989, Sea Scape Music,ACD-90

Z:W. Armstrong, Jan-98

K:G

Bd|e2de AAAB|eAB<de2ge|d2Bd edBd|gedB edBG|!

e2 de AAAB|eABd e2ag|e<ged B<de<g|B2A2A2:|!

|:fg|aAAa geeg|edB<d e2ge|d2Bd edB<d|gedB edBG|

e2de AAAB|eAB<d e2ag|e<ged B<de<g|B2A2A2:|!

                                   

PIPE MAJOR JIM CHRISTIE OF WICK. Scottish (originally), Canadian; Pipe March or Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Perlman): AABB’CCDD’ (Martin). A modern composition by Addie Harper of Wick, Scotland. The tune was introduced to Canadian fiddling by Cape Breton fiddle master Buddy MacMaster. Source for notated version: Gus Longaphie (b. 1914, Little Harbor, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 43. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 105.

                             

PIPE MAJOR WM. GRAY’S FAREWELL TO THE GLASGOW POLICE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD’. Composed by Pipe Major John Macdonald. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 35.

                             


PIPE ON THE HOB [1], THE ("An Píopa Air/Ar,” “An Cluid/Iarta" or "An Píopa ar an mBaic"). Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian (Brody, Mallinson, Mitchell, O'Neill). Standard tuning. AABBCC (Brody, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O'Neill, Taylor): AA’BBCC (Mitchell). Reportedly a favorite of Irish pipers. Joel Shimberg explains that a hob is originally a raised surface in a fireplace on which a cooking fire is built, although nowadays it can also refer to a hotplate for boiling water for tea. He says that Seamus Ennis maintained the tune’s name was properly “Piper on the Hob” or “Piper of the Embers,” the nickname for the ‘musical’ insect the cricket. See also the related “Hollyford Jig.” Sources for notated versions: John Carey, a native of Limerick [O’Neill]; The Bothy Band (Ireland) [Brody]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, West Clare) [Mitchell]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 218. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 47, pg. 20. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 5, pg. 31. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 50, pg. 75 (learned from a recording of uilleann piper Leo Rowsome). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 18. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 705, pg. 131. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 9, pg. 18. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 27. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 3; 1. Columbia CAL503-1, Paddy O’Brien (195?). Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire‑ "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland." Mulligan 030, The Bothy Band‑ "Afterhours." Mulligan 013, The Bothy Band‑ "Out of the Wind into the Sun." Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin‑ "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). Shaskeen Records OS‑360, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan & Joe Burke ‑ "A Tribute ot Michael Coleman" (c. 1965). Seamus Ennis – “Return to Fingal.”

X:1

T:Pipe on the Hob [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 9

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

B|c3 edc|edc BAG|ABA gze|eaa ged|c3 edc|edc deg|age dBe|ABA A2:|

|:^f|g3 gea|age edB|ABA gze|aba ge^f|g3 gea|age e^fg|age dBe|ABA A2:|

|:B|c2c d2d|ecA AGE|c2c d2d|ecA A2B|c2c d2d|e2e ^gab|a=ge dBe|ABA A2:|

 

PIPE ON THE HOB [2] (An Píopa ar an mBaic). AKA and see “The Lonely Lad,” “Paddy Canney’s (Jig) No. 2.” Irish, Double Jig. D Major (McNulty): D Mixolydian/Major (most versions). Standard tuning. AAB (Breathnach, Laufman): AABB’ (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson, McNulty, Mulvihill). Sources for notated versions: piper Michael Brophy/Michael Ó Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 40, pg. 17. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 58. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 234, pg. 72. Laufman, 1973; pg. 31. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 46, pg. 20. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 20. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 14, pg. 67 (learned from a recording of New York fiddler Andy McGann and accordion player Joe Burke). O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 93, pg. 47.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X: 1

T:Pipe on the Hob [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

Q:110

Z:C.G.P

K:G

|:d3 A2G|F2D D3|EDE cAG|FAD D3|dcB cBA|BAG A2G|!EDE cAG|FAD D3:|

|f2d d^cd|f2d d^cd|e2c cBc|e2f gfe|f2d d^cd|f2d d^cd|ede eag|fd^cd3|

|f2d d^cd|f2d d^cd|e2c cBc|e2f gfe|fef gfg|agf efg|eee eag|fd^c d3|

X:2

T:Pipe on the Hob [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1, No. 93  (1976)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

ded =cAG|F2D DED|E=CE cAG|F2D DFA|d=cB cBA|

BAG A2G|E=CE cAG|1 F2D D2 f/e/:|2 F2D D2g||

f2d {e}dcd|faf d2 g/f/|e2=c {d}cBc|e=ce a2g|

f2d {e}dcd|fdc d2 g/f/|ede age|{f}edc d2g|

f2d {e}dcd|faf d2 g/f/|e2=c {d}cBc|e=ce a2g|

fef gfg|aba gfg|fed eag|edc d2z||

                             

PIPE SLANG, THE (Feadan glan a'Phiobair). Scottish, Pipe Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Fraser): AABB' (Kerr). "In the words of the pipe slang, the noisy rattling piper of a country wedding draws a ridiculous comparison betwixt his own music and that of the violin, so frequently interrupted by the breaking of strings, tuning, &c., whereas, he appeals to all the bonny lasses, if his chanter was ever known to fail while they continued dancing" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 49, pg. 17. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 56, pg. 9. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 46.

X:1

T:Pipe Slang, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Aminor

e|cA A/A/A ~A2 AB|cde^f gece|fd d/d/d d2 df|eE E/E/E A2A:|

c|A/A/A a2 gece|f2ed ecAc|A/A/A a2 gece|fdec A2Ac|A/A/A a2 gece|

f2ed ecAc|GEcE GEEc|D/D/D E^G A2A||

                                         

PIPER, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in the Bodleian Library, Oxford), inscribed "A Collection of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M. 1740."

                                         

PIPER HICK'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Paddy in London [1]."

                                         

PIPER IN/O'ER THE MEADOWS STRAYING, THE. AKA and see “Piper Through the Meadow Straying.”

                                         

PIPER IN THE CAVE, THE. Irish, March (cut time). B Dorian. Standard. ABC. Not the Scottish “Piper’s Cave” printed by Martin. It is very similar to the "Bagpipe March" as recorded by fiddler Francie Byrne on the album “The Brass Fiddle.” A similar story is attached to this tune and John Doherty’s “The Further in the Deeper” (see note for “Farther and Deeper”).

X:1

T:Piper in the Cave, The

R:march

D:Paul O'Shaughnessy, "Stay Another While"

Z:Jeff Myers

M:C|

L:1/8

K:Bdor

f3a g2eg|f2B2 B3f|fedc Bcde|(3fgf fa gfeg|

f3a (3gag eg|f2B2 B3f|edcB ABcd|~e3 c d2e2|

f3a (3gag eg|f2B2 B3f|fedc Bcde|f ~f3 f2ga|

bagb agfa|(3gag eg f3e|edcB ABcd|~e3 c d2 (3cdc||

B2b2 f2b2|B2b2 b4|f2bf Bcde|~f3 g fedc|

B2b2 f2b2|B2b2 b4|edcB ABcd|e3c d2 (3cdc|

B2b2 f2b2|B2b2 b4|f2bf Bcde|f2 (3fgf f2ga|

bagb agfa|(3gag eg f3e|edcB ABcd|~e3 c d2 e2||

f2B2 (3gag ec|f2B2 Bcde|~f3 g fece|f3 g fece|

(3fgf B2 (3gag eg|f2B2 Bcdf|e3f ecAc|~e3 c d2 e2|

f2B2 (3gag ec|f2B2 Bcde|~f3 g fece|f3e ~f2ga|

bagb agfa|(3gag eg f3e|edcB ABcd|~e3 c d2 e2||

                 

PIPER KING, THE.  Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927), in honor of Mr. John McColl, of Oban. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 42.

X:1

T:The Piper King

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Pipe March

C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e/d/ | ({d}”tr”c)A “tr”eA | “tr”fA eA | “tr”cA “tr”eA | f(B B)e/d/ | {tr{cA “tr”eA | “tr”fA ef/g/ |

a/g/f/e/ a/f/e/d/ | ({d}c)AA e | a/g/f/e/ ({g}a)A | fAeA | a/g/f/e/ ({g}a)A | ({A}f)(BB)e |

a/g/f/e/ ({g}a)A | ({A}f)A ef/g/ | a/g/f/e/ a/f/e/d/ | ({d}c)(AA) ||

     

PIPER OF DRUMMOND, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 13.

                             

PIPER O’ DUNDEE, THE. AKA and see “The Drummer.” Scottish; Air, Reel or Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune can also be played as a reel or a strathspey. See also note under “The Drummer” title, by which it appears in many older collections. The “Piper o’ Dundee” title comes from a song set to the tune in James Hogg’s Jacobite Relics of Scotland (1819-21), which begins:

***

The piper came to our town, to our town, to our town,

The piper came to our town, and he played bonnilie.

He play’d a spring the laird to please, a spring brent new from ‘yont the seas,

And then he gie’d his bags a wheeze, and played anither key.

***

Cho:

And wasna he a rougey, a rougey, a rougey,

And wasna he a rougey, the piper o’ Dundee.

***

Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1883, pg.443) gives the piper’s name as ‘Carnegie of Finhaven,’ and dates the song to the Jacobite rising of 1715 where it was one of the melodies used “to stir up the chiefs and their clans to join the Earl of Mar.” George Farquhar Graham (in his Popular Songs of Scotland, 1887) says of him: “The piper is said to have been Carnegie of Finhaven, who changed sides during the contest in 1715. He was a great coward, if we may believe the Jacobite writers; he certainly ran away at Sheriffmuir, but so many on both sides did the same, that his should not count for much against him.” He may be the  Carnegie of Finhaven, James Carnegie, who was the central figure in a precedent-setting trail more than a decade after the Jacobite rising. James, along with a group of gentry had been out celebrating in Forfar in 1728, and were deep in their cups. Throughout the evening he had endured a number of insults by a Mr. Lyon of Bridgeton, including being pushed into a ditch and spattered with mud. Finally Carnegie could no longer stand the effrontery, and drawing his sword he prepared to run Bridgeton through. He was prevented doing so by the intervention of Charles Lyon, 6th Earl of Strathmore, who threw himself between the disputants and, in so doing, received a mortal wound from Carnegie from which he died two days later. Carnegie was tried for murder, but was ably defended by Robert Dundas of Arniston, with the result that the jury found him “not guilty” of premeditated murder rather than the usual verdicts of “proven” or “not proven” in Scottish law, thus setting a precedent. Johnson (Kitchen Musician No. 10; Airs and Melodies from Scotland’s Past), 1992 (revised 2001); pg. 15. 

X:1

T:Piper o’ Dundee, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:HoggJacobite Relics of Scotland (1821)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

E|ABcA E2E^F|GABc cBGB|ABcA E2 ef|edcB A3||

B|ccce ddde|ccce dBGB|ccce dddf|edcB A3||

                             

PIPER OF KEADUE, THE (Piobair a’ Cheadiu). AKA and see “Maire Bhan’s Wedding Reel,” “The Bonny Bunch of Ferns.” Irish, Reel. See note for “Enniskillen Dragoons.”

                             

PIPER ON HORSEBACK, THE. AKA and see “Mist on the Mountain.” Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AAB. Dorian Discovery DIS-80103, Helicon - "Horizons" (1992. Learned from fiddler Martin Dowling of Madison, Wisconsin). Green Linnet SIF‑1110, Eileen Ivers ‑ "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991).

X:1
T:The Piper on Horseback
C:Traditional
S:Bernie Stocks, Belfast
M:C
L:1/8
Q:350
R:reel
Z:Gordon Turnbull
N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list January 2002
K:Amix
[EA][F2A] d cAAB | cAdB cAGE | ~A3 d cAAB  | cAGE EDCE :||
K:D
defg afdf | efed cAEA | defg afdB | (3.A.A.A GE EDDA |
defg gaaf | efed cAAe | a z ag efed | cAGE EDCE |]

                             

PIPER REMEMBERED, THE. AKA and see "Chuimhne an Phiobaire."

                             


PIPER THROUGH THE MEADOW STRAYING, THE. Irish, Hornpipe or Set Dance. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AAB (Joyce): AABB (Colclough). The melody appears in O’Farrell’s c. 1800 publications Collection of National Music for the Union Pipes and Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (c. 1808), and a bit later in Colclough’s pipe tutor. Bruce Olson finds what is probably the same tune as a duet called “A piper on the meadows straying” in the ballad opera Zorinski (1795) {music selected and composed by Dr. Samuel Arnold} and that the song with music was published the following year in Walker’s Hibernian Magazine. A verse (printed in Charms of Melody, Dublin, c. 1795-1810) begins:

***

A piper on the meadows straying,

Met a simple maid a-maying.

***

Many people will recognize the similarity between sections of the ‘B’ part of the tune and the popular Christmas carol “Deck the Halls.” Learned by Joyce as a child in Co. Limerick, c. 1840. Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; pg. 12. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 131, pgs. 66‑67. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), 1808; pg. 24 (appears as “A Piper o’er the Meadows straying”). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 70, pg. 43 (appears as “The Piper O’er the Meadows Straying”). Chieftains – “Bells of Dublin” (appears as last tune of “The Wren! The Wren!” medley).

X:1

T:Piper Through the Meadow Straying, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:125

K:G

|:B>c| d>ed>c B>cB>A| G>FG>A B2 G2| A>B (3cBA) G2 F2| G2 B2 B2 (3ABc)

d>ed>c B>cB>A |G>FG>A B2 G2| A>B (3cBA) G2 F2|1 G2 B2 G2 :|2 G2 B2 G4||

|: A2 A>B c2 B>A| B>AB>c d2A2|B>cd2 e>fg2| f>ed>c (3ded) (3cBA)| d>ed>c B>cB>A| G>FG>A B2 G2| A>B (3cBA) G2 F2| G2 B2 B2 (3ABc)|d>ed>c B>cB>A |G>FG>A B2 G2| A>B (3cBA) G2 F2|G2 B2 G4:|

X:2

T:Piper in the Meadows Straying, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d2 dc B2BA|GFGA B2G2|ABcA G2F2|G2B2B2A2|d2 dc B2BA|GFGA B2G2|

ABcA G2F2|G2B2G4:|

A2 AB c2A2|BABc d2A2|d2 dd e2g2|fed^c d2 (3AB=c|dedc BcBA|GFGA B2G2|

ABcA G2F2|G2B2B2A2|dedc BcBA|GFGA B2G2|ABcA G2F2|G2B2G4||

                             

PIPER('S), THE. American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Source for notated version: H.E. Williams via the Hoge MS. (a fife MS. from southwestern Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 377, pgs. 364‑365.

                             

PIPER'S BONNET [1], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB (Gatherer): ABCD (Martin). Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 38. Mackay, A Collection of Marches, Quicksteps, Strathspeys, Reels & Jigs (c. 1840). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 21.

 

PIPER'S BONNET [2], THE. Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 284, pg. 31.

X:1

T:Piper’s Bonnet, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 284  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

(B/d/)|e2A e2d|e2A A2 (B/d/)|e2A e2d|B2G G2(B/d/)|e2A e2d|

e2A c2A|BBg ddg|B2G G2::(B/d/)|e2A a2A|e2A A2(B/d/)|

e2A a2A|B2G G2(B/d/)|e2A a2A|e2A c2A|BBg ddg|B2G G2:|

                             

PIPER’S BRAE, THE. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Antrim. The Piper’s Brae is the name of a hill leading out from Silverbridge towards Keegan’s home town of Mullaghbawn. She says there used to be a lone bush there, deposed by recent storms. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 33.

                 

PIPER'S BROKEN FINGER, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Cathal McConnel "to commemorate an unfortunate incident which happened during the recording of our album of the same title. Finlay MacNeill, a friend and piper who was guesting with us on the album, owned the finger in question." Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 10. Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976). Transatlantic TRA 311, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger."

                             

PIPER'S BROKEN HEART, THE. See “Piper’s Despair.”

                             

PIPER'S  CAVE, THE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. With a third part added this has been recorded under the name “Scartaglen Polka,” one of many tunes bearing the name of that Sliabh Luachra, Ireland, town. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 10.

                             

PIPER'S CHAIR, THE (Cathaoir an Phíobáire). AKA and see “The Catholic Boy(s) [1].” Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was named after the sometimes practice of leaving an empty chair at local musician’s gatherings for a noted player who passed away. The Piper’s Chair is also the name of a rock formation at the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, where in times gone by a piper used to sit and play for tourists. The tune itself is from the Doolin, County Clare, area. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh remembers that Packie Russell used to be very fond of playing there on warm summer days. See note for “The Catholic Boy(s) [1]," by which name it appears in Petrie’s collection. Sources for notated versions: Rod Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Miller & Perron]; accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin), who had the tune from piper Willie Clancy [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 9, pg. 6. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 1. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 32. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 57, pg. 77. O’Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 18 (air setting). Outlet SOLP 1010, Na Filí  - "Farewell to Connacht" (1971). Shanachie 79033, Paddy Maloney & Sean Potts - “Tin Whistles.” 

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:The Piper's Chair

B:Ceol Rince na hÉireann I, no. 9

S:Sonny Brogan, accordion

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

R:double jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:G

F|DGG GFD|Dcc cBc|~ded cAG|FAG ~FED|

DGG GFD|Dcc cBc|~ded cAF|~AGG G2:|:B/d/|

{a}gfg agf|d^cd {a}gfg|GFG =fef|ABA AGF|

GBd g2 f|d2 e fdc|B2 d cAF|AGF G2:|

                       

PIPER’S CHOICE. AKA and see “Geatley’s,” “The Humours of Ballagh,” "The Mountain Lark [1]," "The New Reel [1]," "Thornberry's Reel," "Thresh the Feathers,” “Toss the Feathers [1]."

                       

PIPERS DANCE, THE (Raince Piobaire). AKA and see "The Bonnie Lass of Livingston," "Cockleshells," "An Gabhairin Bui," "Hielan Laddie [1]," "The High Caul/Caul’d Cap," "Kiss me Lady," “The Yellow Goat.” Irish, Air or March (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This hexatonic melody is a variant of the folk-song "Ta dha gabhairin bui agam." Source for notated version: the notes to the collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection indicate the tune was noted from "Macdonnell the piper in 1797." O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 47, pgs. 76-77.

                             

PIPER'S DESPAIR, THE (Eadotcas na Piobairaca/bPiobairi). AKA and see "Curly Mike." Irish, Hornpipe or Reel. E Minor (O'Neill): E Dorian (most versions). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1001): AABB (Cranitch, Flaherty, O'Neill/Krassen, Taylor): AABB’ (Harker/Rafferty): AA'BB' (Alewine). O’Neill prints the tune as “Curly Mike,” and, in another version, as “The Lucky Number,” in his Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody. Both of these were reproduced from the Rice-Walsh manuscripts, a collection of transcriptions of the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a 19th-century blind fiddle player from North Kerry. Sliabh Luachra fiddler Denis Murphy recorded the tune on a 78 RPM record for Gael-Linn around 1960 (as “Cra Croi an Phiobaire”/The Piper’s Broken Heart). Uilleann pipers will tell you, tongue-in-cheek, the title refers to the reeds of the instrument, notoriously difficult to maintain. Sources for notated versions: Michael Hartnett, a dancer and musician from County Cork [O’Neill]; fiddler Andrew Davey (b. 1928, Cloonagh, Mullaghroe, Keash) [Flaherty]; set dance music at Na Píobairí Uilleann, recorded in the 1980’s [Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 28. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 109. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 93. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 112. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 52, pg. 17. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 187. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1657, pg. 308. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 769, pg. 134. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 294. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 20. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 3. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 5. Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007. Learned from Vincent Griffin, Feakle, east Clare, in the key of G Minor). Gael-Linn Records CEF 075, Denis Murphy – “Na Ceirnini 78.” Green Linnet Records SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Sean Keane ‑ "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Larraga Records MOR 1302, Mike & Mary Rafferty – “Speed 78” (2004). Rounder 1123, Dennis Murphy – “Milestone at the Garden” (reissue of the Gael-Linn 78). Piper Padraig Mac Mathúna recorded it with Edel McWeeney (fiddle) and Conal Ó Gráda (flute) - "Mind the Dresser."

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Piper's Despair

R:Hornpipe

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Em

EFGA {d}BAFA | {d}BdAd {e}dBAD |1 D2FD ADFA | BdAd {e}dBAF :|2

DEFA dfag|{a}gfed Bcde :: e2ge begf | efga bfaf |1 de~f2 af~f2 |

df~f2 {a}fedf\:|2 ~d3e fg{a}gf | gfed Bcde :|

                       

PIPER'S DREAM, THE. Irish, Set Dance (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by Glasgow piper Pat McNulty. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 29.

                             


PIPER'S FANCY [1]. AKA and see "The New Rigged Ship [1]." English, Jig. D Major (Raven): A Major (Karpeles). Standard tuning. AABB (Raven): AABBA'B' (Karpeles). Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 8. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 90, pg. 44 (appears as "The New Rigged Ship"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 102.

X:1

T:Piper’s Fancy [1]

T:New Rigged Ship, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

(3A/B/c/|dcd d2f|dcd d2f|ecA Ace|ecA ABc|dcd d2f|dcd d2f|ecA ABc|d3d2:|

|:e|aga fga|fba gfe|aga fga|bag a2 (3e/f/g/|agf edc|fed cBA|fga ecA|dBG A2:|

 

PIPER'S FANCY [2]. AKA and see "Piper's Maggot."

 

PIPER'S FANCY [3]. Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 41.

X:1

T:Piper’s Fancy [3]

M:9/8

L:1/8

K:E Minor

BcA BEE BEE|BcA BEE FED|BcA BEE BEE|FAA A2G FED:|

|:G2A BcA BcA|G2A Bcd ecA|G2A BcA Bcd|ecA A2G FED:|

                             

PIPER’S FAVORITE