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PLANXTY. A term used by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), the last of the great itinerant Irish harper-composers, “Planxty” is a word that Carolan prefixed to the surname of a lively melody for one of his patrons. Although its exact meaning is of some debate it appears to some to be a form of salute. The most respected Carolan authority, Donal O’Sullivan, suggested that ‘Planxty’ was based on the Latin plangere (in its supine form, planxtum) on the model of the existing Irish word planncaim, which means to strike (as ‘strike the harp’). There have been several other thoughts about the origins of Planxty. The academic and concertina player Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998) writes that the word was derived from the Gaelic plearácha, or praise pieces (see below). Seán Ó Riada proposed that since many of Carolan’s songs begin with the Irish word sláinte (health), perhaps Planxty was derived from it—a corruption of sorts. Guitarist Paul de Grae believes it is simply a nonsense word employed by Carolan in a snippet of English verse in the otherwise Irish song called “Planxty George Brabazon.” However, In a review of several arguments, Donal O’Sullivan concludes that each explanation for the derivation of the word planxty has too many exceptions, and therefor there was no useful definition that could be promulgated.

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Regardless of its origin, O’Sullivan points out that Carolan seldom actually used the word, and that it was later publishers who applied the term to his tunes—for example, his “John Drury” became known as “Planxty Drury.” "It seems probable that the early editors used the term 'Planxty' in the title only when they did not know the name, or at any rate the full name, of the subject of the tune, says O’Sullivan. The title planxty appears twice in Neals' Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes (Dublin 1724, spelled "Planksty". Paul de Grae finds that John Lee published a Carolan collection c. 1780, “possibly a revised re-issue of another collection he published in 1748 (ten years after Carolan's death) of which no copy survives; out of 68 tunes, only three are titled "planxties" - "Plangsty Bourk", "Plangsty Connor" and "Planksty by Carolan", the latter being a version of the "Madam Cole" in the same book.”

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A contemporaneous Irish term used for a planxty-type air was "Pléaráca" (spelled "Plea Rarkeh" in one title of the Neal collections), meaning ‘merriment’. In modern times, says de Grae, Brendan Breathnach used the term "Pléaráca" as the Irish equivalent of  “Humours,” as in "The Humours of Drinagh" = " Pléaráca Dhraighní".

                                                     

PLANXTY (Untitled) [1]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard. ABB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). "This tune consists of eight phrases, ending where I have placed the letters A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. I believe this was Carolan's intention: and Forde was obviously of the same opinion. According to this view, each verse of a song composed to it should consist of four pairs of lines, of which the measure of each pair will be like this (but of course the rhymes might be alternate):‑‑

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'A Planxty by Carolan sometimes much oddity shows,

So quaintly and strangely it flows'" (Joyce).

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Source for notated version: "Patrick MacDowell, the distinguished sculptor, born in Belfast in 1799, died in 1870" (Joyce). Complete Collection of O’Carolan’s Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 172, pgs. 119‑120. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Muaic and Song), 1909; No. 536, pg. 287.

 

PLANXTY (Untitled) [2]. Irish, Planxty (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Source for notated version: "Patrick MacDowell, the distinguished sculptor, born in Belfast 1799, died in 1870" (Joyce). Complete Collection of Carolan’s Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 171, pg. 119. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 552, pg. 293.

                             

PLANXTY BAPTIST JOHNSTON. AKA and see "Planxty Johnson."

                             

PLANXTY BROWNE (Pleraca Brunac). AKA and see "Maggie Brown's Favorite," "Peggy Brown," "Miss Margaret Browne's Fancy." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"); New England, Jig. G Major. Standard. AB (O'Neill, Tolman): AAB (Spandaro). See note for “Maggie Brown’s Favorite.” O’Neill printed this tune and attributed it to O’Carolan, although on what authority is not known. O'Carolan researcher Donal O’Sullivan thought it sounded like O’Carolan’s style, but had no confidence in attributing it to the harper.  The earliest published appearance seems to be by Nathaniel Gow at the beginning of the 19th century. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 180, pg. 123 (appears as untitled tune). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 243. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 692, pg. 127. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 43 (includes a harmony part). Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; pg. 20. Topic 313, "The Battlefield Band." Green Linet 1015, Eugene O'Donnell ‑ "Slow Airs and Set Dances."

X:1

T:Planxty Browne

T:Maggie Brown’s Favorite

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 692

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g|dBG GAB|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|G2G G2g|dBG Bcd|E2E E2c|AFD DEF|G3 G2||g/a/|

bgb afd|efg gfe|dBg dBG|AFD D2 g/a/|bgb afd|efg gfe|faf ge^c|d2 d de=f|ece dBd|

cac BgB|Ace dBG|FAF DEF|GAB EFG|ABc def|gdB cAF|G3 G2||

                             

PLANXTY BURKE ("Pleraca Buaircac" or "Plangstae Bhuaircidh"). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). G Dorian. Standard. ABC (O'Neill): AABBCC (Complete Collection): AA'BB'CC (O'Sullivan/Bunting). The melody, for which there are no words, was composed by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan, probably in honor of Thomas Burke of Castlebar, County Mayo, whom O'Sullivan (1983) finds once represented the Borough of Castlebar in King James's Irish Parliament of 1689. O'Carolan also wrote another tune for the personage. The Burke family of Glinsk was of Norman extraction who had 'modern' aspirations, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998). "Planxty Burke" was popular enough to have been included in several collections through the 18th century, including Neale's Celebrated Irish Tunes (c. 1726, pg. 21, Neale's Collection of Carolan Tunes (post 1743, pg. 10), Lee's Favourite Collection (c. 1780, pg. 27), Thompson's Hibernian Muse (c. 1786, pg. 63), and Mulholland's Ancient Irish Airs (1810, pg. 79, where it appears under the title "Planxty McDermot"). O'Neill's version is copied from Buntings, maintains O'Sullivan.

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The air was played by harper Rose Mooney at the first Granard Harp Competition in 1781, a performance which earned her the third prize of five guineas. Rose was an unfortunate soul, blind, led by a girl named whom harper Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818) excoriated in his memoirs. Remembering the third Granard harp competition (in which she came in third) O’Neill said:

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But I forgot to mention that before the Ball opened Rose Mooney

pledged (pawned) her harp, her petticoat and her cloak. When I

make this remark of poor Rose, the faults or ludicrous remarks I

make use of respecting her own conduct should be entirely attributed

to her maid Mary, whose uncommon desire for drinking was unlimited,

and taking advantage of her mistress’s blindness she always when

money was wanting pawned any article on which she could raise half

a pint. Therefore, poor Rose, I acquit you of any meanness on your

own account, as your guides and mine have led us into hobbles which

we poor blind harpers have to get out of and afterwards laugh at.  But

we in general think that it’s better for people in every situation in life

to have about them the rogue then know than the rogue they don’t know.

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Mooney died during the Rising of 1798, not due to hostilities but due to the fact that she and Mary happened to be in the village where the French troops landed in support of the Irish rebels.  Caught up in the grand exuberance amongst the native population, she celebrated a bit too much and died a few days later. Source for notated version: appearing in his 1840 collection, it was noted by the Irish collector Edward Bunting from Charles Byrne the harper in 1802. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 236. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 14, pg. 32. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 665, pg. 120. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 41, pgs. 62-63.

X:1

T:Planxty Burke

C:Turlough Carolan

B:Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper

B:by Donal O'Sullivan

N:marked "Allegretto"

Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:Gdor

GAB/c/ d2 c|Bcd cAF|FAF fAF|FAF cAF|

G/A/BG dBG|GBG gBG|f2 f fga|1f3 d3:|2 f3 d2 f/g/||

agf gfe|fed cde|fed gfe|fed cAF|

G/A/BG dBG|GBG dBG|f2 f fga|1f3 d2 f/g/:|2 f3 d3||

d/e/ff fg/f/e|fg/f/e/d/ cAF|g2 g ga/g/f|gde f2 g|

agf edc|d/e/fd cAF|{d}f2 c d/e/fd|B3 G3:|

                             


PLANXTY CHARLES COOTE ("Pleraca Catal Cuitac" or "Plancstae Sealuis Cuta"). AKA and see "Sir Charles Coote". Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time). C Major. Standard. AAB. The air was composed by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), who also probably wrote words to it, thinks O'Sullivan (1983), though they have not been found. O'Sullivan relates the scion of the Irish Coote family in Ireland was Sir Charles Coote, 1st Baronet of Ireland, a captain of soldiers and a marauder who served in the wars against O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, during the early and mid-17th century. Subsequently, the Cootes of the family seat of Coote Hall on the river Shannon, near Boyle, County Roscommon, had the reputation of being brutal landlords. The subject of O'Carlolan's air was, however, either the 4th (c. 1635-1709) or 5th (c. 1680-1715) Baronet, both of whom were also named Charles. The 5th Baronet, later the 4th Earl, like his father was styled Viscount Castlecoote until he inherited the Earldom in 1709. Two years later he was appointed to the Privy Council for Ireland, and in 1714 became a Privy Councillor to King George I. In the English Parliament he was MP for Knaresborough.

By end of his lifetime—he died, unmarried, at Bordeaux in 1715 and was buried at St. James’s—the fortunes of the family were in decline.

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Charles Coote (1680-1715), 5th Baronet, 4th Earl.

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A Catholic (who became a nominal Protestant), one Maurice O'Connor (who married Lady Mary Plunkett), having made his fortune in English real estate, bought the Coote estate after 1720 for the then princely sum of £7,500. O'Carolan composed three tunes in honor of Maurice O'Connor and one for his wife. Source for notated version: the manuscripts of the Irish collector Edward Bunting, who noted the tune from Rose Mooney in 1800. Mooney was the only woman harper to attend the Belfast Harpers Assembly in 1792 [O’Sullivan/Bunting].  Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 18, pg. 34. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 671, pg. 122. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 33, pgs. 52-53.

X:1

T:Planxty Charles Coote

M:C

L:1/8

K:G

DC|B,2 D2 A,2 D2|CB,A,G, B,2 D2|EF G2 A2 AG|GFEF D2 BA|

G2d2 dedc|BABc d2 cB|cBAG GFEF|G4 G2||

|:zA|B2 d2 dedc|Bc (3dcB g2 G2|Bc (3dcB g2 e2|edcB A2 AB|

cBcA ABBd|cBAG GFEF|G2 GB AF (3DEF|G4 G2:|

                             

PLANXTY CONNACHT. Irish, Air (6/4 time). G Major. Standard. ABCDE. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 66, pg. 41.

X:1

T:Planxty Connacht

M:6/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915), No. 66

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 | G3A G2 F4D2 | E4F2G4A2 | B4G2c4A2| B4G2c4A2 | B 2c2d2 E4E2 | A2B2c2 D4D2 |

E2F2G2A2F2D2 | (G6 G6) || d3ed2 e4f2 | (g6 g6) | B3cB2 c4d2 | (e6e6) | d2c2B2c2d2e2 |

d2^c2d2 D4D2 | E2F2G2A2F2D2 | (G6 G6) || B2A2B2 D2G2B2 | A2G2A2 D2F2A2 |

G2F2G2 E2A2G2 | F6 D6 | d2B2d2 d2B2d2 | e2c2e2 e2f2g2 | d2c2B2 c2A2F2 | (G6G6) ||

g3ag2 f4d2 | e4f2g4a2 | g2g2e2 a2a2f2 | b2b2g2 c’2c’2a2 | b2c’2d’2 e4e2 | a2b2c’2 d4d2 |

e2f2g2a2f2d2 | (g6g6) || {D/4E/4F/4G/4A/4B/4c/4d/4}d2B2d2 d4d2 | g2b2a2 g4g2 |

B2G2B2 c4d2 | (e6e6) | d2 B/c/d/B/ e2 c/d/e/c/ | d2 B/c/d/B/ D4D2 | E2G2E2 c2A2F2 | (G6G6) ||

                             

PLANXTY CONNOR. See “The Bel(l)fast Allmanack (Almanac),” “John O’Connor,” “Planks of Connaught” “Planxty Mrs. O’Conor.”

                             

PLANXTY CORCORAN (Pleraca Ua Corcrain). AKA and see "Edward Corcoran."

                             

PLANXTY CRILLY. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 21, pg. 36.

                             

PLANXTY DAVIS ("Pleraca Daibis" or "Plearaca Daiti"). AKA and see "Killiekrankie" [2] "Battle of Killiecrankie." Irish, Hornpipe or Long Dance (2/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (O'Neill/1001). One of the supposed seven or eight hundred compositions of the ancient harper Thomas O’Connellan (d. 1698), almost all of which are lost. It is known in Scotland as “The Battle of Killiecrankie.” See also note for “The Breach of Aughrim” for more on O’Connellan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 165. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1561, pg. 289. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 973, pg. 167.

X:1

T:Planxty Davis

C:Thomas O'Connelan

B:O'Neill's "Dance Music of Ireland", no. 973

Z:Paul de Grae

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:145

K:D

FG|A2 AB A2 FG|AFAB A3 B|AGFE DEFG|A2 AB A2 dc|

B2 Bd B2 Ac|BABc B2 dB|AGFE DEFA|B2 Bd B2 b2|

bafb afeg|fedf e2 de|fedB BAdF|A2 AB A2 dc|

B2 AB d2 Bd|e2 de f2 ed|BABc d2 F2|E4 D2:|:fg|

a2 ab a2 fg|agab a2 fg|agfe defg|a2 ab a2 fa|b3 b b2 fa|

bafa b2 bg|agfe defa|b2 ba b2 fa|bafb afeg|fedf e2 de|

fedB BAdF|A2 AB A2 dc|B2 AB d2 cd|e2 de f2 ed|

BABc d2 F2|E4 D2:|

                             


PLANXTY DENIS O'CONOR (Pleraca Dondad Ua Concobair). AKA and see "Denis O'Conor [2]," "Wear with Me Thy Rosy Wreath."

                             

PLANXTY DILLON. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 83, pg. 37.

X:1

T:Planxty Dillon

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(d/c/) | BGg g2 (f/g/) | (a/g/f/e/)d (e/d/c/B/)A | (B/c/d)d (e/d/c/B/c/d/) | eAA A2 (d/c/) |

.B.Gg (g2f/g/) | (a/g/f/e/)d (e/d/c/B/)A | (B/c/dd) (b2a) | gG,G,G, || (b/c’/) |

.d’.b.g .d’.b.g | (a/g/f/e/).d (a/g/f/e/).d | (e/f/g/e/).b (c’b/a/g/).a | (b/a/g/f/g/e/) .d.B.d |

(e/d/e/f/).g (e/d/e/f/).g | d’(c’/b/c’/d’/) e2f | {a}gdB {a}gdB | {d}cBA {d}cBA |

(B/c/).d.d b2a | gG,G, G,2 ||

                             

PLANXTY DOBBINS (Pleraca Dobain). AKA and see “Planxty Reilly.” Irish, Air or Planxty (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The tune appears as “Planxty Reilly” in Bunting’s first and second collections (1796 and 1809, respectively). Source for notated version: John McFadden, who had his version from David Quinn, a famous piper from Mayo [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 235. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 661, pg. 119.

X:1

T:Planxty Dobbins

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 661

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3def|g2 agfe|a2d2d2|g2B2B2|e2A2A2|d2G2G2|g2 fgaf|(g6|g4)||ga|b2 gabg|

c’2 gabg|b2g2e2|e4 fg|a2 fgaf|b2 gabg|a2f2d2|d4 (3def|g2 agfe|a2d2d2|

g2B2B2|e2A2A2|d2G2G2|g2 fgaf|g6|g2z2||z2|GG G2G2|GG G2G2|cA A2A2|

cA A2A2|Bc d2d2|d2e2c2|Bc d2d2|d2e2d2|b2 gabg|c’2 gabg|b2 gabg|

a2f2d2|e4 ag|f2d2f2|g6|g4 (3efe|d2B2A2|e4 A2|A2B2A2|d4 G2|G2A2G2|

e4 ag|f2d2f2|g4||

                             

PLANXTY DREW (Pleraca Dreu).  Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Source for notated version: “From P. Carew’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1985; No. 41, pg 46. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 690, pg. 126. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 874, pg. 218. Green Linnet SIF 1047, Johnny Cunningham - "Fair Warning" (1985).

X:1

T:Planxty Drew

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 690

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

G/A/|BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|GDG G2A|BGG G2 G/A/|BAG Bcd|cdB AGF|

Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2||B/A/|GEG Bcd|Ggg gaf|gfd c/B/AG|Fff f2 f/g/|

af/g/a/f/ g=e/f/g/e/|fd/=e/f/d/ cA/=B/c/A/|Ggg a/g/fd|cA^F G2||

                             

PLANXTY DRURY [1] (Pleraca Druri). See “John Drury [1].”

                                         

PLANXTY EDMOND DODWELL (Pleraca Eadmonn Dodball).  Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "spirited"). D Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 245. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 698, pg. 129.

X:1

T:Planxty Edmond Dodwell

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 698

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

AAAD EGAB|cdAG FED^C|Dd^cd e{a}fed|c2=B2A2 ^cd|

efed cA^GA|B^cdA GEDE|D2 D/E/F C2 Ec|AG{F}E>D D2z2||

EDCA, CDEG|AAAG EGED|Ce=Bc Ad^cd|c=B^cd e2 cd|

efed cBcA|EEED C=B,CA,|DDDE FGAB|AGFE D2z2||

                                         

PLANXTY ERWIN. See "Planxty Irwin," "Colonel John Irwin".

                                         

PLANXTY FANNY POWERS (Pleraca Fanni Ni Paor). AKA and see "Fanny Power,” “Mrs. Trench." AKA – “Planxty Fanny Poer.” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively," or 3/4 waltz tempo). A Major (O'Neill): G Major (Johnson, Matthiesen): F Major (Complete Collection, O’Sullivan). Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection, O’Sullivan): AAB (O'Neill): AABB (Johnson, Matthiesen). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1732) for Fanny (Frances) Power, the daughter and heiress of David and Elizabeth Power of Coorheen, Loughrea, County Galway, who in 1732 married Richard Trench (d. 1768) of Garbally, County Galway. Fanny’s parents were patron’s of O’Carolan (see, for example “Mrs. Power/Poer,” better known as “Carolan’s Concerto” and “David Power”). The tune is sometimes called “Mrs. Trench” after Fanny’s married name, although it appears likely the melody was composed before the nuptials, for in the second verse of his song O’Carolan expresses the hope that he will live to dance at their wedding. The melody appears in Edward Bunting’s (1773-1843) c. 1800 manuscript collection (copies in MS 29, pg. 22, and MS 33, book 3, pg. 15, held at the Library of Queen’s University, Belfast). Bunting, in different publications, names variously harpers Charles Byrne and Arthur O’Neill as his source. There is also a printing in John Mulholland’s Collection of Ancient Irish Airs (Belfast, 1810, pg. 51). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 155, pg. 106. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); pg. 10. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; pg. 39. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 673, pg. 122. O’Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 155. Avocet Records, Glasnotes ‑ "Live from Contrafornia." Fortune Records, Patrick Ball ‑ "Music of Turlough O'Carolan." Front Hall, Walt Michael ‑ "The Good Old Way."

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:Planxty Fanny Powers

M:3/4

L:1/8

K:G

D |: G2D | G>AB | c2B | A2G | GFE | DFD | F2G | A2c |

B>AG | Bcd | e2A | A>BG | GFE | DGF | G3 |1 G2D :|2 G2d ||

|: dB/c/d | dB/c/d | G>BG | GBd | ec/d/e | ec/d/e | A>cA | AcA |

B>cd | efg | f>ga | d2c | B>AG | DGF | G3 |1 G2d :|2 G2 ||

                             

PLANXTY GAVIN. AKA and see “Killavil Jig [1].” Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: the Gavins of Ballina [O’Malley]. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 104, pg. 52.

X: 1

T: Planxty Gavin

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 325

S: Luke O'Malley vol 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: jig

K: Edor

BEE BAB | def edB | BAF FEF | DFA BAF |

BEE BAB | def edB | BAF dAF |1 EFE E2 G/A/ :|2 EFE E2 B ||

|: e2 f geg | f/g/af edB | BAF FEF | DFA BAF |

e2 f geg | faf edB | BAF dAF |1 EFE E2 B :|2 EFE E2 z ||

                             

PLANXTY GEORGE BRABAZON [1]. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) who composed the sprightly drinking song for George Brabazon of New Park (later Brabazon Park), County Mayo. Donal O’Sullivan (1958) says Brabazon must have been a young man and a bachelor when O’Carolan composed the air, while the harper himself was near the end of his career. George Brabazon married Sarah, daughter of Dominick Bourke of Clorough, County Galway, and died in March, 1780. An ancestor, Sir William Brabazon, was Lord Treasurer and Lord Chief Justice of Ireland in the reign of Henry VIII. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 6, p. 28. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 4. O’Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 6.

X:1

T:George Brabazon [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air or Planxty

N:”Joviale”

S:O’Sullivan – Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper, No. 6 (1958)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2g gdg|gdg fed|B2g gdc|Bc/d/B cAF|G2g gdg|

gdg fed|B2g gdc|Bc/d/B cAF||B3c3|d2g gab|B3c3|

Bc/d/B cAF|BAG GAG|G2g gdc|BAG GDG|Bc/d/B cAF||

 

PLANXTY GEORGE BRABAZON [2] (Pleraca Seoirse Brabason). AKA and see "Prince Charlie's Welcome to the Island of Skye," "Isle of Skye [2]."  Irish, Air. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddl). One part (O Canainn): AB (Complete Collection, O'Neill/1850): AABB (O'Neill {Complete Collection..., Krassen, Skye}). Composed by Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670‑1738) for George Brabazon, a young bachelor. Donal O’Sullivan (1958) included this piece in his definitive work on Carolan, but noted there was no definitive evidence for its being composed by the harper. Some have attributed Captain Francis O’Neill’s over-zealotous assertion of tunes to O’Carolan as the source for naming him as composer, although stylistically it would seem to be a composition of his. After the Jacobite rebellion “George Brabazon” was re-titled in Scotland "Prince Charlie's Welcome to the Island of Skye" in honor of the Pretender. “Planxty George Brabazon” was the first O’Carolan work the Chieftains recorded, taken by Paddy Moloney from the O’Sullivan collection his sister had given him in 1959 for his 21st birthday (Glatt, The Chieftains, 1997). The tune is found in Scotland as the vehicle for the song “Twa Bonnie Maidens.” It also appears in the Gow’s Complete Repository, Part Second (1802) under the title “Isle of Sky” (sic), set as a Scots Measure and with some melodic differences in the second part. This is significant, for it predates the earliest Irish source (O’Neill) by a century. The Gows printed several O’Carolan airs, often with different titles. Source for notated version: Yankee Ingenuity (Mass.) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddlers’ Fakebook), 1983; p. 220. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 76 (appears as "Isle of Skye").  Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 7, p. 29 (2nd Air). S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); p. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887 (appears as "Prince Charlie's Welcome to the Island of Skye"). Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 83, p. 73. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 234. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 657, p. 118. O’Sullivan (Carloan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 7, p. 106. Claddagh CC7, The Chieftains – “Chieftains II” (1969). Claddagh CC18, Derek Bell‑ "Carolan's Receipt" (1975). Fretless 200A, Yankee Ingenuity‑ "Kitchen Junket" (1977). Island ILPS 9501, "The Chieftains Live" (1977). June Appal 014, John McCutcheon‑ "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" (1977). Rounder Select 82161-0476-2, “The Wind That Shakes the Barley: Hammered Dulcimer Music” (reissues, orig. released 1977).

X:1

T:Planxty George Brabazon

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 657

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

ge|d2G2 cBAG|d2G2 cBAG|e2A2 ABcd|e2A2 ABcd|edcB g2 fe|edcB cBAG|

BAGE DEGA|B2G2G2||ga|b2 gb a2 fa|g2 eg edcB|e2A2 ABcd|e2A2A2 ga|

B2 gb a2 fa|g2 eg edcB|cBAG DEGA|B2G2G2||

X:2

T:Isle of Sky (sic)

M:C

L:1/8

R:Scots Measure

S:Gow – Complete Repository, Part Second (1802)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dB|A2D2 GFED|A2D2 GFED|B2E2 EFGA|B2E2 EFGA|

A2 GF d2 cB|{B}A2 GF E2 DE|FEDB, A,B,DE|F2D2D2:||

ag|f2d2 fgag|f2d2 fgaf|g2e2 efga|b2e2e2ag|f2d2 fgag|f2d2 fgag|

fgab afeg|f2d2d2 de|{g}f2 df {f}e2 Be|d2 Ad B2 FA|BEdE EFGA|

BEdE Ecde|f2 df e2 Be|d2 Ad B2 FB|A2A,2 A,B,DE|{D/E/}F2D2D2||

                             

PLANXTY HEWLETT. AKA and see “Hewlett.”

                             


PLANXTY HUGH O'DONNELL ("Pleraca Aod Ua Domnaill" or "Planxtae Aodha Mic Domhneil"). AKA and see "Hugh O'Donnell." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). C Major (most versions): G Major (Johnson). Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection…, O’Sullivan, O'Sullivan/Bunting): AAB (Johnson): AABB (O'Neill).  Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) in honor of Hugh, one of the sons of Colonel Manus O'Donnell of Newport, Co. Mayo. Hugh married Maud Browne, of Mount Browne, Co. Mayo in 1728, reports O'Sullivan (1958), who also provides further family history. It seems that the Colonel was the great-grandson of Niall Garbh O'Donnell, who had the curious miss-circumstance to be offered the earldom of Tyrconnell by both Elizbeth and James. Instead of this dual offer securing his fortune, however, it sealed his fate for he was brought to England in 1608 to languish in the Tower of London for twenty years until his death. The air was first published by John and William Neale in Dublin around 1742 (the previous date of 1721 for this publication has been found to be erroneous—see Appendix to the 2001 edition of O’Sullivan’s Carolan). Source for notated version: noted by Bunting from Charles Byrne the harper in 1792 [Bunting]. Bunting (The Ancient Music of Ireland), 1840. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 127, pg. 91. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 7. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 682, pg. 124. O’Sullivan (Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 127, pg. 169. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 64, pgs. 98-99.

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Planxty Hugh O’Donnell

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 682

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | G2c cdc | B2c d2f | e2A AcA | d2G GBG | c2G cBA | G3g3 | ece ece | f3a3 |

g>ag ece | f>gf dBd | e>fe cAc | d>ed BGB | c2G cBA | G3g3 | fed cdB | c3c2 :|

|: c | (.g2.c) (.g2c) | agf edc | Bdd ded | Bdd ded | cee efe | ABc BAG | ABc Bcd | ABc dBG |

g2g a2a | b2b c’3 | c’2g c’2f | c’2e dd’c’ | bag gag | gfe dgf | edc dcB | c3 c2 :|

                             

PLANXTY IRWIN (Pleraca Iarbain). AKA and see “Colonel Irwin,” "Colonel John Irwin," "Oh! Banquet Not."  Irish, Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"); New England, Waltz. D Major (Brody, Matthiesen, O'Neill): C Major (Complete Collection..., O’Sullivan): G Major (Barnes, Cranitch, Ó Canainn). Standard tuning. One part (Ó Canainn): AB (Complete Collection, Cranitch, O’Sullivan): AAB (Matthiesen, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Barnes, Brody, O'Neill/1850, Tubridy). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) for a patron, Colonel John Irwin (1680-1752) of Tanrego House (situated on Ballysodare Bay, in the townland of Tanrego West), County Sligo. Donal O’Sullivan (1958) thought it was composed around the year 1713 after Irwin’s return from overseas wars, as O’Carolan’s song to the tune mentions Irwin’s military exploits in Flanders. The Irwin family were originally English grantees of lands in Ireland under the Cromwellian Settlement in the mid-17th century, expanded in settlement of arrears of military pay. They were neighbors of the Crofton family of Longford House, Catholic gentry, who lived a few miles south. Although the Irwins fought for the Williamite side during the Jacobite wars, the Croftons gave them refuge when they were in need (see O’Sullivan, 1958, notes to No. 59). Thaddaeus Connellan translated the Irish verses into English, keeping the Gaelic character, in his An Duanaire (1829):

***

We will take our way without delay

To see a Noble, brave and gay,

The gallant Colonel near the sea,

Him I mean to treat of;

With mirth and joy he fills his glasses,

Delights to cheer both lads and lasses,

This is John I will answer,

The brave English Irelánder.

***

The noted Irish piper, fiddler and composer Walter "Piper" Jackson composed a piece in the mid‑18th century called "Jackson's Welcome Home" that uses a strain quite similar to O'Carolan's first strain. Bayard (1981) opines that the strain was "by no means of striking originality," and that the use by Jackson may have been accidental, that the two composers may have been influenced by an earlier tune, or that Jackson may have been "unconsciously" influenced by O'Carolan's tune. The air was adapted by Thomas Moore for his song "Oh! Banquet Not." Source for notated version: collector Edward Bunting (1773-1843) noted the piece from harper Charles Byrne.

***

Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 90 (appears as “Mrs. Pike’s Maggot”, the title of a country dance composed in 1997 by Charles Bolton set to the tune). Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 220. Bunting (A General Collection of Ancient Music of Ireland), 1809; pg. 7. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 59, pg. 55 (appears as "Colonel John Irwin"). Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 43. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 3: Carolan), 1983 (revised 1991, 2001); pg.3. Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg. 40. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; pg. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 239. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 677, pg. 123. O'Sullivan (Carolan: Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), vol. 1, 1958; No. 59, pg. 195. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 40. Front Hall 010, Fennigs All Stars‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again." Front Hall FHR 021, John McCutcheon ‑ "Barefoot Boy with Boots On" (1981). Shanachie 79009, "Planxty."

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Planxty Irwin

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:D

A |d2c Bcd | A2G FED | G2E FGA | C2D E2A | d2c Bcd | A2G FED |

G2E FGA | D2C D2A :: ded d2d | e2e ecA | f2f efd | cdB ABc |

d2c Bcd | A2G FED | G2E FGA | D2C D2 :|

                                                                 

PLANXTY JACK DANIELS. American, Air. A modern composition by David McKelway. Rounder 0113, Trapezoid ‑ "Three Forks of Cheat" (1979).

                             

PLANXTY JOHNSON (Pleraca Ionston). AKA and see "(Planxty) Baptist Johnson." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). D Major (O'Neill): C Major (Complete Collection). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill): AABB (Complete Collection). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The tune was originally titled “Baptist Johnson” and refers to Baptist Johnston of Tully, County Monaghan, a High Sheriff of his county in 1728 and MP for the borough of Monaghan between 1747 and 1753. Complete Collection of O'Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 62, pgs. 56‑57. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 234. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 656, pg. 118

X:1

T:Planxty Johnson

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 656

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2d dcB|A2G F2G|E2A D2d|{d}c2B A2a|f23 d2e|f2g a2b|

a2f d2e|c2d e2f|ecA ecA|B2c d2 e|d2d {f}edc|d3 d2z||

afg a2f|c2d ebc’|d’2b c’2a|b2g efg|a2a aba|f2f fgf|ded c2d|ecA ABc|

dcB AGF|(G3 G)AG|e2e efe|ecA A2z|faf gbg|faf geg|fdf ecA|d3 d2z||

                                         

PLANXTY KELLY. AKA and see "Planxty O'Kelly."

                             

PLANXTY KINGSLAND. Irish. The air was recorded by the Belfast Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. The title may refer to the Drury family of Kingsland, Co. Roscommon (see note for "John Drury").

                             


PLANXTY KITTY O'BRIEN (Pleraca Caitilin Ni Briain). AKA and see "Betty O'Brien." Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 236. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 663, pg. 120.

X:1

T:Planxty Kitty O’Brien

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 663

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B2d2d2g2|e2 dc B2A2|G2G2A2G2|F3E D2z2|BB d2d2 g2|fefg a2e2|edcB {d}cBAG|

G4G2 z2||D2DD D2GG|E2EE E2 EG|ABAG {B}AGAB|d4 d2z2|efed B2d2|

efed cBAG|g2G2 GABG|A4 G2z2||B2d2d2 ef|g4 [B4g4]|efed B2d2|e2f2g2z2|

d2 BA G2d2|G2 AB d2D2|E2 FG ABAG|G4 G2 z2||

                             

PLANXTY LADY ATHENRY (Pleraca Beantigearna At-Na-Riog). AKA and see "Lady Athenry." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 686, pg. 125.

X:1

T:Planxty Lady Athenry

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 686

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B3 G2B|d2D GFE|A2G {G}F2E|D2d ded|BcB A2G|F2A d2A|B3 G2B|A2F D3|

B,2C D2E|D2G FGA|B2D A2F|G3E CGE|d2e dBG|c2D A2F|D2G G2F|G3 G2||

B/c/|d2B G2e|d2c B2c|d2g gbg|f2d a2f|d2g gbg|faf e2d|d2f faf|gfe dcB|c3 c2d|

efg efg|f2d d2e|fga fga|gfe dcB|cBA ABc|d2D A2F|G3G2||

                             

PLANXTY LADY BLANEY (Pleraca Beantigearna Blanaig). AKA and see "Lady Blaney."

                             

PLANXTY LADY WRIXON. AKA ‑ "Pleraca Beantigearna Rigson." AKA and see "Lady Wrixon." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 675, pg. 122.

X:1

T:Planxty Lady Wrixon

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 675

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

e|d2G B2G|d2G d=ef|c2F A2F|c2F ABc|d2G B2G|d2G d=ef|c2A f2A|G/A/BG G2:|

||d/2=e/2^f/|gzg afd|gzg afd|fzf =ege|f3 d2f|=ege dfd|c=ec BdB|AcA AfA|G/A/BA G2||

                             

PLANXTY LORD INCHIQUIN. AKA and see "Lord Inchiquin." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the 17th century blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan. Claddagh TA5, "Chieftains #3." Folkways FTS 31098, Ken Perlman ‑ "Clawhammer Banjo and Fingerstyle Guitar Solos."

                             

PLANXTY MADAM CROFTON. AKA ‑ "Pleraca Magisdreas Ni Crofton." AKA and see "Mrs. Crofton." Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "spirited"). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 245. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 697, pg. 129.

X:1

T:Planxty Madam Crofton

M:C    

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 697

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

Egfe dzBz|cBAc BzAz|BGAF GEF^D|EFGA (B2B)z|Be^de fzfz|edcB gzgz|

agfg azaz|baga bzbz|Bc’A^d’ e’bc’b|abga fgaf|gbac’ bd’e’c’|b2 a>g g2 za|

bc’ba gagf|egfe =d2zBz|cBAc B^de>B|AG{G}F>E E2Ez:|

BzAzGzFz|EFGA B2Bz|Be^df egfa|{g/a/}b3a g2za|{g}bz {g}b2 BGEG|

{b}d’z {b}d’2 dBGB|{f}az {f}a2 AFDF|gfe>f d2 ze|dz b2 agfe|dz b2 agfe|

^d^cBd eBGB|AGF>E E2z2||

                             

PLANXTY MADAM MAXWELL (Pleraca Maigisdreas Ni Macsuil). AKA and see "Mrs. Maxwell [1]."

                             

PLANXTY MAGGIE BROWN. See "Maggie Brown's Favorite," "Peggy Browne."

                             

PLANXTY MAGUIRE [1] (Pleraca Maguidir). AKA and see "Constantine Maguire." Irish, Air or Planxty (2/4 time, "spirited"). G Major (most versions): D Major (Johnson). Standard tuning. One part (O'Neill): AB (Complete Collection, O’Sullivan): AAB (Johnson). According to Hardiman, the melody was composed by harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) for Robert Maguire of Tempo who married Eliza MacDermott Roe. She was a granddaughter of the wealthy MacDermott family for whom O'Carolan wrote numerous pieces. However, Donal O’Sullivan (1958) says this is clearly in error, “for the correspondence between words and tune is more than usually close, both forming one song in praise of Constantine Maguire.” (O’Sullivan prints the Irish Gaelic words to the tune, without translation). The Maguires of Tempo, County Fermanagh, were a Catholic Jacobite family whose lands were forfeit after the defeat of the Stuarts in the late 17th century. Unlike many such families, however, they managed to redeem the lands and continued to hold possession of them in O’Carolan’s time. Constantine himself died unmarried in 1739. His father, Brian Maguire, had raised a regiment for the Stuart king but had been killed in the Battle of Aughrim in 1691. O’Sullivan writes:

***

When this brave man was struck down by a grape shot, and the fate of the day

decided, a young gentleman, called Durnien, drew his sword and cut off his

commander’s head; this he put in a bag, and never slept (day or night) until he

reached Enniskillen; and there getting into a boat, proceeded to the Island of

Devnish, the family burying ground, and there interred the head with the remains

of his noble ancestors.

***

The melody appears in Edward Bunting’s A General Collection of the Ancient Irish Music (London, 1796, No. 64). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 96, pg. 74. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 4. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 244 (appears as "Planxty Maguire"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 244. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 695, pg. 128. O’Sullivan (Carolan: The Life Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 96, pg. 152. Gael-Linn Records CEF 032, “Sean O’Riada and Ceoltoiri Chualann” (c. 1969).

X:1

T:Planxty Maguire

T:Constantine Maguire

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 695

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|c/B/A/G/ dG|Bd de/f/|g{a/g/}g/f/ gg/f/|gA Ad|c/B/A/G/ Bd|c’bag|f/g/a/f/ de/f/|

gG Ge|d/B/d/e/ dB|d/B/d/e/ dB|c’a ab|c’a ad|B/c/d Gd|Fd Ee|f/g/a ea|g/f/e/f/ dd|

ef ga|bg ga/b/|c’a ad’|c’/B/A/B/ gd|d/e/d/c/ Bd|ge ce|fg/a/ df|gG G||

 

PLANXTY MAGUIRE [2]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 17, pg. 7.

X:1

T:Planxty Maguire [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G
G2G FED | E2F G2A | (B2G) (c2A) | (B2G) (c2A) | Bcd EFG | EFG AFD | G3 G3 :|

|: d2d def | g3g3 | B2B Bcd | e3e2z | dcB cde | d^cd D3 | EFG AGF | G3G3 :|

|: BGE EGE | AFD DFD | EFG A2E | F3D3 | d2d dBd | efg efg | dBG cAF | G3G3 :|

                             


PLANXTY MARY O'NEILL (Pleraca Maire Ni Niall). AKA and see "Mary O'Neill [1]," "Carolan's Favorite Jig." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). D Major/D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 235. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 662, pg. 119.

X:1

T:Planxty Mary O’Neill

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 662

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|dAG F2D|E/F/GE F2D|dAG F2D|ECE GFE|dAG F2D|E/F/GE F2D|

GAB =cBA|GE=C E/F/GE||f2d d/e/fd|afd e/f/ge|f2d d/e/fe|gec efg|

fed edc|d=cB cBA|GAB =cBA|GE=C E/F/GE||FED {F}d2D|FED {F}d2D|

FED {F}d2D GEC E/F/GE|FED d2D|e2A f2D|g2A f2D|GE=C E/F/GE||

                             

PLANXTY MISS BURKE ("Pleraca Ingean Ni Buaircac" or "Planxroe inghean Ni Bhuairchidh"). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). D Major (O'Neill): B Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard. AAB (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (O'Neill/1850, O'Sullivan/Bunting). Composed by Turlough O'Carolan, though no words have survived if any were written to the tune. O'Sullivan (1983) remarks the Burkes of County Galway were an important family in O'Carolan's time, though the particular person addressed is still unknown. The Burke family of Glinsk was of Norman extraction who had 'modern' aspirations, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998). O'Sullivan suggests the melody may not have been composed for the family at all, as it appears in earlier, though inferior, versions in Lee's Collection (1780), Thompson's Hibernian Muse (1786) and Mulholland's Collection (1810), in all under the title "John Kelly" (the name of two country squires of Connaught in O'Carlolan's time). Source for notated version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting noted the melody from the harper Arthur O'Neill in 1800, according to the index of his 1840 collection. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 672, pg. 122. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 58, pgs. 91-92.

X:1

T:Planxty Miss Burke

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 672

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2d ded|c<ez efg|{g}fed fed|f<az z3|a2f {a}gfe|dcB ABc|dFA dFA|d3 d2:|

|:A|fa/b/a {a}gfe|d2A d2A|bag fed|c<ez z2e|af/g/a bg/a/b|af/g/a geg|

{g}fed {B}cAc|d3 d2:|

                             

PLANXTY MORGAN MEGAN. See "Morgan Magan."

                             

PLANXTY MRS. O'CONOR (Pleraca Maigisdreas Ni Concobair). AKA - “Planxty Connor.” AKA and see “John O’Connor.” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Major. Standard. ABC (O’Neill): AABBCC (O’Farrell): AA’BB’ (Moylan). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), originally titled “John O’Connor.” The earliest printed source appears to be in Neals' Carolan collection, c 1721; according to O’Sullivan it also can be found on page 27 of the John Lee edition of O'Carolan's tunes, c 1780. The melody appears as “Planks of Connaught” in Burke Thumoth’s collection of c. 1745 and Bryson’s Curious Collection. As “Planxty Connor” it can be found in In Bunting's 2nd collection, O'Farrell's National Irish Music, Murphy's Jigs and Airs, and Aird's Airs, v. 6. "Planxty Mrs. O'Conor" was published by Gow as “The Belfast Almanac.”

***

Francis O’Neill (1913) relates a story about the tune from harper Arthur O’Neill’s memoirs, when it was played by the famous Thady Elliot of County Meath (b. 1725), another blind harper:

***

A practical joker of a type not yet extinct, knowing that he

was to play at the celebration of Mass on Christmas morning

at the town of Navan, took him to a public house or tavern

the evening before, and bribed him with the promise of a gallon

of whiskey to strike up “Planxty Connor,” one of O’Carolan’s

lively tunes at the time of the Elevation. With all due decorum

Thady played sacred music until the appointed time, when true

to his work, he swung into “Planxty Connor” to the horror of

the officiating priest who well knew the apocryphal nature of

the melody. Other means of showing his displeasure being

unavailable, the priest repeatedly stamped his foot. Some who

thought his emphatic movement was but an irresistible response

to Thady’s spirited strain whispered “Dhar Dhia tha an Sagart ag

Rinnce.”  The daring and irrevcerent harper after a few

rounds of the Planxty resumed the sacred airs, but that didn’t

save him from denunciation and dismissal after the service.

***

Turlough O’Carolan. National Gallery of Ireland. Painted from life, artist unknown.

***

Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818) played at the Belfast Harp Festival and was one of the last of the old itinerant harpers. He mentions the tune again in his memoirs. As a young man he toured Ireland several times and related meeting other famous harpers:

***

I met my namesake Peggy O’Neill. She was past child-bearing when I did

meet her. She played decently on the harp. If fame don’t tell lies of her, it

mentioned that she was uncommon fond of playing all Carolan’s planxties,

such as ‘Planxty Connor’, ‘Planxty Reilly’, and about twenty-eight other

planxties, which poor Peggy always set to music on her instrument on a C flat.

***

Source O’Leary played the tune as a slide (12/8 time). Source for notated version: Bill the Weaver via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan, 1994; No. 312, pg. 179 (appears as “Planxty Connor”). O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 22 (appears as “Planxty Connor”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 236. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 666, pg. 120.

X:1

T:Planxty Mrs. O’Conor

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 666

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2G FED|E2F G2A|B2G c2A|B2G c2A|Bcd EFG|ABG FED|EFG AFD|

G3 G2A|Bcd EFG|ABG FED|EFG AFD|G3 G2z||d2d def|g3g3|B2B Bcd|

e3e3|dcB c2e|d^cd D2D|EFG AFD|G3G2z|dcB c2e|d^cd D2D|EFG AFD|

G3G3||BGE EGE|AFD DFD|EFG ABG|F3D3|ded dBG|efe efg|dcB AGF|

G3 G2z|ded dBG|efe efg|dcB AGF|G3 G2z||

                                                                 

PLANXTY NANCY McDERMOTT (Pleraca Anna Ni Mic Diarmaid). AKA and see "Mrs. Anne MacDermott Roe." Irish, Air or Planxty (2/4 time, "lively"). G Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 234. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 658, pg. 118.

X:1

T:Planxty Nancy McDermott

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 658

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

GG/A/ BA/G/|Bd d/c/B/A/|BA/B/ c/B/A/G/|FD FG/A/|Bd cf|dg g/f/e/d/|

c/b/a/g/ B/A/G/F/|DG Gz|dg gd|g/^f/g/a/ gd|cd/=e/ fc|f/=e/f/g/ fd/c/|

dg gd|g/^f/g/a/ gd|d/c/B/A/ c/B/A/G/|FD Dz|Bd B/c/d/=e/|f2 fz|

ba/b/ c’/b/a/g/|f3g|f/g/f/e/ df|cf Bf|Ad c/B/A/c/|BG Gz||

                             

PLANXTY NANCY VERNON (Pleraca Anna Ni Beirnon). AKA and see "Oh! Sheela, Thou Art My Darling." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Tulough O'Carolan. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 676, pg. 122.

X:1

T:Planxty Nancy Vernon

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 676

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|c2A F>EF|E3 EFA|B2B BAF|ABc d2e|c2A F>EF|E3 EFA|

B2d c2B|BAA A2||c|e2c A2c|d3 d2c|d2e f2e|edc B2c|f2e edc|

B3 c2B|BAF F2E|EFA B2e|c2A F>EF|E3 EFA|B2d c2B|BAA A2||

                             

PLANXTY O'CAROLAN (Pleraca Ua Cearballain). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 237. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 668, pg. 121.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Carolan

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 668

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G|B2c dcB|cBA B/c/dz|e3 dcB|cBA B/c/dz|g3 fed|d/e/=f2 edc|

c/d/ e2 dcB|ABG F2||d|GAB cde|=fed e2G|E2G F/G/AF|

G/A/BG Azc|e2c ABc|d/c/BA GAB|c>dc cBA|B3 z2d|g>fg d>cd|
B3 z2G|dcB AGF|E3 c3|BAG EAF|G3 z2||

                             

PLANXTY O’CONNOR. AKA and see “Charles O’Conor/O'Connor.”

                             

PLANXTY O'DALY (Pleraca Ua Dalaig). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Dorian. Standard. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 688, pg. 126.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Daly

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 688

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

A/G/|FDD FDC|DGG G2A|~B3 GBd|{d}cAG F2 (3c/d/=e/|fFF AFF|

cAG F>GA/c/|d2 {e/d/}^c d>cA/d/|=cA^F G2||(3d/=e/^f/|g^fg G2 B/d/|

g^fg G>c/d/=e/|f=ef F2 A/c/|fcA F2 G/A/|{c}BAB B,2 =B|

{d}c=Bc A2 B/c/|d2 {e/d/}^c d>cA/d/|=cA^F G2||

                             

PLANXTY O'FLYNN (Pleraca Ua Flainn). AKA and see "O'Flinn." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Major (Heymann, O’Neill): C Major (Complete Collection, Stanford/Petrie). Standard. AB (O’Neill, Complete Collection, Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Heymann). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1680-1738), perhaps for William Flynn, butler for the MacDermott Roe family of Alderford, near Ballyfoarnon, County Roscommon. Mrs. MacDermott Roe was Carolan’s first and most steadfast patron, and it is to her house that Carolan went to die. It is reported that Flynn delivered the dying harper’s last drink. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 128, pg. 92. Heymann (Off the Record), 1990; pg. 7 (appears as “O’Flynn”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 237. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 669, pg. 121. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 499, pg. 126. Clairseach Records 2381, Ann Heymann – “Ann’s Harp” (1981).

X:1

T:Planxty O’Flynn

T:Flynn

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (669)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G|GDG G>AG|{G}FDF G2A|B/c/dB c/d/ec|Bdd g2a|gfe dcB|c/B/c/d/e/c/ ABA|

F2D AF/G/A|G3 G2||D|DB,D DB,D|ECC ECC|F/G/AA A>BA/G/|FDd d2c|

BAG GgG|GgG ecA|B/c/dd d>ed/c/|Bc/B/A/G/ AFD|GEC CEC|DED dcB|

c/d/eA FDF|G3 G2||

                 


PLANXTY O'KELLY (Pleraca Ua Ceallaig). AKA - "Planxty Kelly." AKA and see "Fly Not Yet." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). G Major (O'Neill): A Mixolydian (Complete Collection). Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection): AABB (O'Neill). Composed by harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The air was adapted by Thomas Moore for his song "Fly Not Yet." Complete Collection of O'Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 76, pg. 65. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 238. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 674, pg. 122.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Kelly

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 674

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2G G2A|B2c d2B|d2e f2g|{b}a2g {g}fed|b2a {a}g2f|

{a}g2f {f}e2d|e2f {a}g2e|dec BcA|G2g gaf|g3 g3:|

|:G2g g2z|G2g g2a|g/a/ba {a}g2f|{a}g2f {f}e2d|

e2f {a}g2e|dec BcA|G2g gaf|g3 g2z||

                             

PLANXTY O'NEILL [1] (Pleraca Ua Niall). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 178, pg. 122 (untitled). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 683, pg. 124.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Neill [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 683

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A>FD DA,D | F/G/AB AFD | GFE {G}FED | B>Bc/d/ ecA | d/f/e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/A/G/F/ |

G/A/G/F/E/D/ CB,A, | DDE FGA | EEF GAB | AFD dAF | BGE ecA | dAF {A}GEC |

D3 D2 z || A2d d/c/dc | B>cB/A/ GFE | Eee edc | BAG F2G | Ag/e/c/e/ dc/d/e/d/ |

Bb/a/f/a/ gf/g/a/g/ | f/e/d/c/B/A/ G/F/E/F/G/A/ | BEE {d}cAA | A/a/fd A/G/EE |

 G/F/ED C/B,/A,A, | AdF {B}AGE | D3 D2 z ||

 

PLANXTY O’NEILL [2]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AABC. “Recorded from unknown fiddler from Germany. Ennis, 1976" (Mulvihill). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 3, pg. 118. 

                             

PLANXTY O'REILLY (Pleraca Ua Ragallaig). AKA and see "John O'Reilly [1],” "The Wandering Bard," "Molly Carew." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. The air was adapted by Thomas Moore in his "Irish Melodies" as "The Wandering Bard." It is also known as "Molly Carew" in Lover's setting. It was recorded by the Belfast Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), a blind harper who played at the Belfast Harp Festival and who was one of the last of the old itinerant harpers, mentions the tune in his memoirs. As a young man he toured Ireland several times and related meeting other famous harpers:

***

I met my namesake Peggy O’Neill. She was past child-bearing when I did

meet her. She played decently on the harp. If fame don’t tell lies of her, it

mentioned that she was uncommon fond of playing all Carolan’s planxties,

such as ‘Planxty Connor’, ‘Planxty Reilly’, and about twenty-eight other

planxties, which poor Peggy always set to music on her instrument on a C flat.

***

O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 236. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 665, pg. 120.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Reilly

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 665

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d|dcB ceG|F2D G2E|F2A ABA|F2A A2f|fef g2e|fdB Bcd|e2e f2d|

ecA ABc|d>cB f2A|d2F G2F|F>ED D2d|d3 d2||G|FDD F2D|

GEE G2A|FAA A2A|FAA A2f|fef g2e|f2d ecA|B2c d2e|d2B AFD|

B2E E2E|EFE E>FA|B2B edc|d3d2||

                             

PLANXTY PENNY. Irish, Set Dance (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Limerick fiddler Con Foley (originally from County Cork) in honor of Celine Penny, the director of an Irish dancing school in Limerick City in the mid-to-latter 20th century. Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pgs. 100-101. Green Linnet SIF 1087, "Seamus Connolly: Notes from My Mind" (1988). Green Linnet SIF 1101, Seamus Connolly ‑ "Playing with Fire: the Celtic Fiddle Collection" (1989).

                             

PLANXTY PEYTON. AKA and see "Planxty Tobias Peyton."

                             

PLANXTY PHELIM MEEHAN. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. A modern composition by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black, in honor of a friend “and supporter of the tradition.” Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 365, pg. 194.

X:1

T: Planxty Phelim Meehan

C: © B. Black

Q: 325

R: jig

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: G

D | DEG BAB | edB AGE | DEG BAB | edB d2 D |

DEG BAB | edB AGE | GAB GFG | DB,D G2 :|

d | gfe dBG | BdB AGE | gfe dBA | GBd e2 d |

gfe dBG | BdB AGE | DEG Adc | BGF G2 :|

e | gdd Bdd | gfe dBd | gdd cBA | GBd e2 d |

gdd Bdd | gfe dBA | GAB GFG | DB,D G2 :|

                             

PLANXTY PLUNKETT. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 152, pg. 104.

                             

PLANXTY O'ROURKE [1]. AKA and see "Song of Victory."

 


PLANXTY O'ROURKE [2] (Pleraca Ua Ruairc). AKA and see "The O'Rourke's Feast," “O’Rourke’s Noble Feast.” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "with spirit"). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Composed about 1721 by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The air was composed to words written by one of O’Carolan’s earliest friends, Hugh MacGauran, a County Leitrim gentleman and a poet of sorts. MacGauran wrote a piece called “Plearaca na Ruarcach” (O’Rourke’s Feast) which he asked the harper to set to music, and the resulting song achieved some popularity. Dean Swift heard of it and asked Macgauran to provide him with an English translation, and inspired him to write a version of his own. O’Neill (1913) says MacGauran’s original piece has been lost, but O’Carolan’s music has survived. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 235. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 660, pg. 119. O’Neill (1913), pg. 72.

X:1

T:Planxty O’Rourke [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With spirit”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 660

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|GG/A/B/c/ dBG|ccc c/d/ec|dBd e/f/ge|f/g/af g2d|gab abg|

fge dcB|cAd BGd|eee f2 d/d/|g>gg gBd|gfg afd|eee e/f/ge|

dBG G2D|DGG GzD|GG/A/B/c/ dBG|EAA AzE|AA/B/c/d/ ecA|

ddd dec|B>BB BB>A|G>GG G2A|GFE DDD|DEF GB,D|GFG AFD|

d2c B/c/DG|F/G/AD G2||

                             

PLANXTY PLUNKETT. See "Plunkett, Planxty.

                 

PLANXTY REILLY. See "Planxty O'Reilly."

                             

PLANXTY REYNOLDS. AKA and see "George Reynolds.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. An early composition by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738) from the time he was living in the mansion of his first patron, George Reynolds, Esq., of Letterfyan, County Leitrim. The year was 1693 and O'Carolan was 23. It was Reynolds, something of a poet himself, who told O’Carolan of the two fairy hills nearby, telling him that a great battle had been recently fought between them, which resulted in “Sheebeg Sheemore” and “The Fairy Queen [1].” Source for notated version: Nancy Ward, at Letterfine (Letterfyan), Co. Leitrim [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 827, pg. 401.

X:1

T:Planxty Reynolds

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

Z:Transcribed by Kevin Gow

K:G

dc|BAG BAG|Bdd d2d|e/f/ge dcB|ABA ABc|!

BAG BAG|Bdd d2d|e/f/ge f/g/af|gag g2z:|!

gag gbg|f2d d2d|gfe dcB|ABA Adc|!

BAG BAG|Bdd d2d|e/f/ge f/g/af|gag g2z:|!

X:2

T:Planxty Reynolds

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (827)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c/B/ | AGF AGF | Acc c2c | def cBA | G2G G2 c/B/ | AGF AGF | Acc c2c |

def ege | f3 f2 || c | f>gf faf | e2c c2c | fed cBA | {A}G2G G2 c/B/ |

AGF [FA][GG][FF] | Acc c2c | def ege | f3 f2 ||

                             

PLANXTY SCOTT (Pleraca Albanac). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection of O'Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 179, pg. 123 (untitled). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 684, pg. 125.

X:1

T:Planxty Scott

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 684

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D>EF/G/ A2B|ABd F>ED|EFA B2 d/e/|fg/f/e/d/ B2d|D>EF/G/ A2B|ABd F>ED|

GA/G/F/E/ FG/F/E/D/|EE/F/G/A/ B2c|d/f/e/d/c/e/ d2 c/B/|B/A/G/A/B/c/ A2 B/c/|

dFd FdF|{F}EDD D2z||dDF de/d/c/B/|A>Bd FED|eEe/f/ e2 d/e/|fg/f/e/d/ B2 (3A/B/c/|

dAd d/c/d/e/f/e/|d/e/d/B/A/G/ F>ED|G/A/BG F/G/AF|E/F/GE F>ED|FAA A>FD|

GBB B>cd|AF/A/F GE/G/E|{G}FDD D2z||

                             

PLANXTY SHANE RUADH. Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: “From Miss Simmonds” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 878, pg. 220.

                             

PLANXTY SIR FESTUS BURKE (Pleraca Saoi foaca Biaorcac). AKA and see "Sir Festus Burke." 

                             

PLANXTY SIR ULICK BURKE (Pleraca Saoi Ulic Buaircac).  AKA and see “Sir Ulick Burke.” Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "spirited"). D Minor. Standard. AABB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Sir Ulick Burke, the third Baronet of Glinsk, County Galway, was the half-brother of Sir Festus Burke, the 5th Baronet of the same holding. The Burkes were a Norman family with 'modern' aspirations, according to Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1998). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 687, pg. 126.

X:1

T:Planxty Sir Ulick Burke

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 687

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

d^cde f2 ed|cdcA G2 FE|F2 FD FGAB|AGA^C DEFG|A2 (3FGA G2G2|

AGAd ~c3c|d^cde fgfe|eddc A4|c(3d/c/B/ ce d(3e/d/c/ de|fedc A2 GF|

c2 B/c/d cAFA|GFED D4:|

|:A,DDC DEFD|EDEC EFGE|F2c2 cdcG|A2d2 ~d3e|fefg f/g/a gf|e^def e/f/g fe|

d^cde fefg|AG ^F/G/A G4|cAAd c2~c2|d(3e/d/^c/ de fedc|AGAF cAdA|GFED D4:|

                             


PLANXTY STAFFORD. AKA and see "Carolan's Receipt (for Drinking)."

                             

PLANXTY SUDLEY (Pleraca Sudloid). AKA and see "Captain Sudley," "Carolan's Dowry," "Oh! The Sight Entrancing." Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time, "animated"). D Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. The air was adapted by Thomas Moore for his song "Oh! The Sight Entrancing." O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 237. O'Neill (Music of Ireland; 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 670, pg. 121.

X:1

T:Planxty Sudley

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 670

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2|D3D DEFG|A4 A2zc|d3c d2e2|f4 A2A2|f3g a2f2|e3f g2e2|f2 d>d e2c2|

d4 d2zD|D3D DEFG|A2 A4 c>c|d3c d2e2|f3g a2A2|A2F2G2 FG|A2F2G2 FG|

A F3 AGFE|D4 D2||z2|f2 e>e f2g2|a4 f2zf|e3d cdef|g4 e2z3|f2 f>g a2f2|

e3f g3e2|f2d2 e2c2|e (d3 d2)z2|D3D DEFG|A4 A2 cc|d3c d2e2|f4 A2A2|

f3g a2f2|e3f g2 ee|f2dd e2c2|e2d4||

                             

PLANXTY SWEENY. Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Source for notated version: “From M.S. Mrs. Close” [Stanford/Petrie]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 164, pg. 111. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 877, pg. 219.

                             

PLANXTY THOMAS BURKE (Pleraca Tomas Buaircac). Irish, Air or Planxty (2/4 time, "spirited"). G Major. Standard. AB (O’Neill): AA’BC (Sullivan) Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Source for notated version: Wendy Stewart [Sullivan]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 244. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 694, pg. 128. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 39, pg. 16.

X:1

T:Planxty Thomas Burke

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 694

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|c/B/A/G/ B/c/d|DG GA|B/c/d/B/ e/d/c/B/|A2 Ad/c/|Bd ce|dg g/f/e/d/|e/f/g/e/ f/g/a/f/|

gG Gd|ga bb/a/|ge ef/g/|a/b/a/g/ f/g/f/e/|d3 e/f/|gG Ge/d/|eE Ee|e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/|G2G||

D/E/D/B,/ DD|GD DE/F/|G/A/G/F/ E/F/G/E/|AD DG/A/|BB/c/ B/A/G/F/|Eg fe/d/|

e/g/e/d/ B/A/B/d/|e2 fe/f/|gg/f/ e/f/g|a/f/g/e/ de/f/|g/f/e/d/ e/d/c/B/|A3 (3A/B/c/|

B(3A/B/c/ e/f/g|f/g/a/f/ g/f/e/d/|e/d/c/B/ c/B/A/G/|G2G||

                             

PLANXTY TOBY PEYTON [1] ("Pleraca Teoboid Peiton" or "Planxtae Teaboid Peiton"). AKA - "Tobias Peyton." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). The air was adapted by Thomas Moore in his Irish Melodies as "The Young May Moon [2]." O’Neill’s setting is taken from Bunting’s third collection. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 239. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 678, pg. 123.

X:1

T:Planxty Toby Peyton [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 678

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

e|(e/d/c/B/A/^G/) ABA|GE^F G2d|BGB ded|eag ^f2d|e^fg afa|bgb a^fa|

g(a/g/^f/e/) d(c/B/A/G/)|EAA EAA|{c}BAB GAB|dBA GAB|eAB GEG|

^GAA A2||G|G(A/G/)(^F/E/) DB,G,|EAA EAA|Bdd (e/d/c/B/A/^G/)|

Bee e2 e/f/|gBG gBG|Aaa a(b/a/g/^f/)|g(a/g/)(^f/e/) f(g/f/)(e/^d/)|Bee e2 (e/^f/)|

GBG GAB|gBG GAB|eAB GEG|^GAA A2||

 

PLANXTY TOBY PEYTON [2] (Pleraca Teoboid Peiton). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). G Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O’Neill identifies this as a variant from County Clare. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 239. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 679, pg. 123. Shanachie 34012, Liz Carroll & Tommy McGuire – “Kiss Me Kate.”

X:1

T:Planxty Toby Peyton [2]

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (679)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

d|cA^F GA>G|FDE F>GF|DG^F Gac|dg=e f2g|a>ba gag|fed edc|

Afd cA^F|Gg=e f2g|afd cA^F|G3G2||F|DFF CFF|A,FF CFF|Ddd Dcc|

DBB DAA|a>ba gag|fed edc|Afd cA^F|Gg=e f2g|afd cA^F|G3 G2||

 

PLANXTY TOBY PEYTON [3] ("Pleraca Teoboid Peiton" or "Planxtae Teaboid Peiton"). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). G Dorian (O'Neill): D Dorian (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning. AB (Complete Collection, O'Sullivan/Bunting): AABB (O'Neill). Composed by the blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan. Bunting (1840) notes that Squire Toby Peyton, of Lisduff, County Leitrim, was "an Irish gentleman of the old school, a sportsman, convivialist, and an ardent lover of the harp." Toby died in August, 1768, at the age of 104 years and was still spry at 100, according to the harper Arthur O'Neill (1734-1818), a younger contemporary, who wrote “he...would mount his horse as active as a man of twenty, and be the first in at the death, whether it was a fox or a hare" (O’Neill, Memoirs, 1810). Harper O’Neill visited Peyton on one of his journeys while plying his trade as an itinerant harper, and said “This gentleman had a fine, unencumbered estate, and exclusive of the expenses of groceries and spices he spent the remainder of his income in encouraging national diversions, particularly harping and all other wired instruments.”

***

O'Neill also relates the story of the tunes origin:

***

The squire, meeting Carolan on horseback, said to him

jocosely in Irish, 'Carolan, you ride crooked,' to which

the harper, who was exceedingly sensitive in every

thing touching his personal appearance, replied, 'I'll

pay you for that with a crooked tune.' He accordingly

composed this air, which is in truth of such a crabbed,

unmanageable nature as almost to defy every rule of

composition in the adaptation of a bass.

***

Sources for notated versions: the index to the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection indicates he noted the tune from the harper Hugh Higgins in 1792 [Bunting]; fiddler Sergeant James O’Neill (County Down) & fiddler James McFadden (County Mayo), both of whom learned the air from their fathers [O’Neill]. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 148, pg. 102. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 239. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 680, pg. 123. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 127, pgs. 185-186 (O'Sullivan prints the version found in Forde, as it appears most authentic to him).

X:1

T:Planxty Toby Peyton [3]

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”Lively”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (680)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

c>AG GAG | FD=E F2d | c>AG GAc|d=eg f2c | d>gg g^f/g/a | g(=e/^f/g) =f(d/=e/f) |

(=e/f/e/d/)c (d/_e/d/c/)A | (c/d/c/B/A/G/) ^FDC| D>GG GAG | ^FGA (A<=f)d |

cAG ^FDF|G3G2 :: E | F>ED CB,A, | G,>GG G,>GG | Gcc (c/d/c/B/A/G/) |

Add d2=e|fcA fcA | Ggg g^fg | (a/b/a/g/^f/a/) (g/a/g/=f/=e/g/) | (f/g/f/=e/d/c/) (d/_e/d/c/B/A/) |

fAG ^FGA | dGG ^FDF | G3G2 :|

                                                                 

PLANXTY TOM JUDGE (Pleraca Tomas Breiteam).. AKA and see "Carolan's Frolic." Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 685, pg. 125.

X:1

T:Planxty Tom Judge

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (685)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

c|Add ded|cde f<ag|fed cAG|FDF GAG|FDg fed|cde a2g|f>de cAG|FDD D2:|

||c|Add def|AGF EDE|CAB cAG|A/B/ce d2D|D/E/FD D/E/FD|C/D/EC C/D/EC|

DAG FED|CA,A, A,2A|D/D/DE D/D/DE|C/C/CE C/C/CE|D/D/DB cAG|

A/B/c/d/e/f/ g/a/g/f/e|d/e/d/c/B c/d/c/B/A|GEc GEC|D/D/Dc AdE|{F}EDD D2||

                             

PLANXTY TYRRELL. Irish. Composition attributed to Turlough O'Carolan. The air was adapted by Thomas Moore to his song "Oh! Blame Not the Bard."

                             

PLANXTY WILKINSON (Pleraca Uilginson). AKA - “Planxty Williamson.” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 168, pg. 114. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 242. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 689, pg. 126. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 873, pg. 218. Green Linnet SIF 1047, John Cunningham - "Fair Warning" (1985).

X:1

T:Planxty Wilkinson

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 689

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

G/F/|DGG Bcd/=e/|f2F FAc|d2c B2A|G2F DCC|DGG Bcd/=e/|

fed cBA|BAG ^F>GA/c/|B2G G2||A/G/|Fff fa/g/f/d/|cAG F>GA|

Gg^f gab|g>f=e/f/ d2 (d/=e/^f/g/)|a2F FAc|fed cBA|BAG ^F>GA/c/|B2G G2||

                             

PLANXTY WILLIAMSON. AKA and see “Planxty Wilkinson.”

                             

PLAYHOUSE SAINT, THE. New England, Contra Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune was adapted by caller Dudley Laufman (Canterbury, New Hampshire) from a bawdy song which appeared on a famous early "folk revival" recording by Ed McCurdy called "When Dalliance Was in Flower and Maidens Lost Their Heads." Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 3.

                             

PLAYHOUSE SQUABBLE, THE.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Dance instructions appear in the Thompson’s Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1769. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 165.

X:1

T:Playhouse Squabble, The

M:C|

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GBdg ec “tr”c2|dBAc BG “tr”G2|GBdg gfbg|fed^c d2 D2:|
|:GB/c/ dB Gc/d/ ec|GB/c/ dB cA “tr”A2|GB/c/ dB dgfg|(3dBG (3cAF G2 G,2:||

                 

PLAYING AMANG THE RASHES. AKA and see " Water [1]," "The Rashes," "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation," "The Wee(, Wee) German Lairdie," "Wha the Deil Hae We Gotten for a King," "When the King Came Over the (Boyne) Water(s)," "King William's March," "The Cavalcade of the Boyne." This 17th century British Isles tune first appears in William Graham's Lute Book of 1694 and D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy, vol. 5, 1719, pg. 112 (untitled). John Glen, in Early Scottish Melodies (No. 351), gives “Playing Amang the Rashes” as an alternate title for “Boyne Water.”


                             

PLAYOFF HORNPIPE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black, “composed between innings of the 1988 National League Playoffs, lost eventually by my beloved San Francisco Giants.” Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 47, pg. 25.

X:1

T: Playoff Hornpipe

C: © B.Black

Q: 325

R: hornpipe

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

D2 | FAdc BAGE | AFAc d2 (3ABc | dAFA BGBd | ceag fedc |

dBcA BAGE | AFAc d2 (3ABc | dAFA GBdg | fedc d2 :|

ef | gfed edcd | edcB ABAG | FAde faba | gafg e2 ef |

gfed edcd | edcB ABAG | FAdc BGEG | FAEA D2 :|

                                         

PLAZA POLKA. See "Green Mountain Polka," "Richmond Polka," "Richmond Cotillion," "Jackson's Breakdown."

                             

PLEAL’S ALLEMANDE. English, Dance Tune. The tune appears in the Sussex Manuscript, however, rather than a traditional piece it is a composition of classical composer Ignaz Josef Pleyel.

                                               

PLÉARÁCA AN FUISCE (The Humours of Whiskey). AKA and see "The Humours of Whiskey [2]."

                             

PLEARACA AN GHEATA BHAIN. AKA and see “The Humours of Whitegate.”

                 

PLÉARÁCA AN ROSA. AKA and see "The Humours of Ross [1]," "Tart ar an Ol."

                                         

PLÉARÁCA BHAILE UÍ CHONAILL. AKA and see “The Humours of Ballyconnell [1].”

                             

PLÉARÁCA CHAISLEÁN NA FINNE (The Humours of Castlefinn). AKA and see “The Humours of Castlefinn.”

                                                     

PLÉARÁCA CHARRAIG AN CHABHALTAIGH. AKA and see "The Humours of Carrigaholt."

                                         

PLÉARÁCA DAITI. AKA and see "Planxty Davis."

                             

PLÉARÁCA DHOIRE AN CHREASÁIN. AKA and see “The Humours of Derrycrosane/Derrykissane.”

                             

PLÉARÁCA DHRAIGHNÍ. AKA and see "The Humours of Drinagh [2]."

                             

PLÉARÁCA EADARNAÍ. AKA and see “The Humours of Ederney.”

                             

PLÉARÁCA LIOS AN DAILL (The Humours of Lissadell). AKA and see “The Humors of Lisadel.”

                             

PLÉARÁCA NA CÉISE. AKA and see “The Humours of Kesh.”

                             

PLÉARÁCA NA RUARCACH. AKA and see "O'Rourke's (Noble) Feast."


                             

PLÉARACA NA TULAÍ. AKA and see "The Humours of Tulla."

                             

PLÉARÁCA THUAIM GREINE. AKA and see "The Humours of Tuamgraney."

                             

PLEASANT EARLY MORNING. AKA and see "Maidin Bheag Aoibhinn."

                             

PLEASANT PEAK (Píce an t-Súgra), THE. AKA ‑ "The Pleasant Hill," " Píce an t-Súgra." Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. "From Mr. Pigot, who got it from Hardiman. In Stanford‑Petrie (No. 1310) there is a different air with this name" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 678, pg. 339.

X:1

T:Pleasant Peak

T:Píce an t-Súgra

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 678

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c | BAG G2G | G2E E2E | G2A Bde | f2e e2e | efe g2f | edc B2c  BAG E2G | B2A2A2 ||

                             

PLEASANT WALK, THE. English, Jig. The tune comes from the 2nd album of Shaker music.

X:1

T:The Pleasant Walk

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Shaker tune

R:jig

Z:SteveB.

K:Ador

e|:dcA AGE|A2A cde|dcA AGE|A2A A2e|dcA AGE|A2A cde|ged cde|A2A A2e:|:a2a

age|dcd A2B|c2d ede|c2d e2A|a2a age|dcd A2B|c2d ede|A2A A2e:|

                                   

PLEASURES OF HOME, THE (Taitneam Na Teaglaig). Irish, Reel or Hornpipe. G Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 95 (listed as a reel). O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 331, pg. 163 (listed as a hornpipe). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1200, pg. 226. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 954, pg. 163 (hornpipe).

X:1

T:Pleasures of Home, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 954

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

dc|BG2G G^FGA|BABc d2 cB|AF2F F=EFG|AGAB c2 dc|

BG2F DEFD|GABc d2 cB|AFAc BGAF|E2G2G2:|

|:GA|BABc dedc|BABc d2 d=e|gagd cdcB|AFAB c2 dc|

BABG AG^FA|GABc d2 d=e|fdcA FAcA|B2G2G2:|

                                         

PLEASURES OF HOME QUADRILLE, THE. American, Quadrille (cut time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a fiddler named Berdan via Elvy Osborne's (Minot, North Dakota) notebook [Pancerzewski]. Pancerzewski (Pleasures of Home), 1988; pg. 9.

                                         

PLEASURES OF HOPE ("Taitneam An Dotcuis" or "Aoibneasa an Docais"). Irish; Hornpipe or March. D Major. Standard tuning. One part (Williamson): AB (Roche): AABB (Mulvihill, O'Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Source for notated version:  Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 269, pg. 83. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 43, pg. 101. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 182 (hornpipe). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1637, pg. 304 (hornpipe). O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 864, pg. 149 (hornpipe). Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 212, pg. 81 (march). Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 82 (hornpipe).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Pleasures of Hope

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 864

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3ABc|d>AF>A B>GE>G|(3FED F>A d>cB>A|E>ee>f (3gfe f>d|

e>cA>B A>GF>E|F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:|

|:(3ABc|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d>fa>f g>ec>A|d>fa>f (3gfe f>d|(3BBB B>A B>dA>G|

F>Ad>d d>AF>D|E>ee>f (3gfe c>A|d>fa>f b>ge>c|d2 {e}d>c d2:|

                                         

PLEASURES OF LIFE, THE (Taitneam Na M-Beata). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "tenderly"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 410, pg. 71.

X:1

T:Pleasures of Life, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 410

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B|B{c/B/}AB {d}cBc|dba g2D|GFG ABA|B{d}cB A2A|BAB cBc|dba g2d|

BGB AFA|G3 G2||d|dcA ABc|edB G2d|DcA ABc|

e3 (d2d)|ece gfe|dba g2d|BGB AFA|G3 G2||

                             

PLEASURES OF SPA, THE.  American (?), March. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. The melody appears in Joshua Cushing’s Fifer’s Companion No. 1, published in 1805 in Salem, Massachusetts.

X:1

T:Pleasures of Spa, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:Joshua Cushing – Fifer’s Companion No. 1 (1805)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2 Af |d2 Aa| ff g/f/e/d/|e/d/c/B/ A2|dd/d/ ee/e/|ff/f/ gg/g/|

aa b/a/g/f/|”tr”f2e2|e2 Ag|f/g/a/f/ d2|e2Ag|f/g/a/f/ d2|aa/a/ gg/g/|

ff/f/ ee/e/|fa a/g/f/e/|1 d2D2:|2 d2d’2||AA/G/ FG|A3F|GG EE|

F/E/F/G/ FD|AA/G/ FG| A3F|GG FD| F2Ez|GG/F/ EF|

G3E|FG AF|GF E2|AA/G/ FG|AA/G/ F2|GG EE|D4||

 


PLEASURES OF THE SINGLE LIFE. AKA and see "Waves on the Ocean," "Old Woman, Old Woman."

                             

PLEASURES OF THE TOWN [1]. AKA and see "Three Meet [3]." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 6.

 

PLEASURES OF THE TOWN [2]. AKA and see "The Fair Maid of the Inn." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 or cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABB'. Barnes, 1986. G Major (Williamson): B Flat Major (Barnes). Standard. One part (Williamson): ABB' (Barnes). Published in Thompson's Country Dances, printed at St. Paul's Churchyard, 1717. The 'A' part is an 'international strain' (according to Bayard) and appears in "The Muses," "Zweitritt," "Little Shoes," and "Casey's Hornpipe." Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 26.

X:1

T:Pleasures of the Town [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

K:B Flat

B2d2f2d2|B4B4|c2d2B2c2|A4F4|G2B2A2c2|

B2d2c2e2|d2f2e2d2|d4c4|B2d2f2d2|B4B4|

c2d2B2c2|A4 G2F2|G2B2A2c2|B2d2d2c2|

B8||:D2E2F2B2|G4G4|F2G2A2B2|c4c4|

B2c2d2e2|f2b2a2g2|f2e2d2c2|1 B4B4:|2 B8||

                             

PLEIREACA CAISLEAN NA h-AILLE. AKA and see "The Humours of Ayle House."

                             

PLEYEL'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Pleyel's Whim."

                             

PLEYEL'S WHIM. English, Reel (?); Irish, Hornpipe. England, North‑West. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 50. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 379, pg. 181.

X:1

T:Pleyel’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>AB>c d>Bc>e | d2B2G4 | F>GA>B c>AB>G | A2 {^c}d2 D4 | G>AB>c d>Bc>e | d2g2b4 |

a>ba>g f>ga>f | g2g2g2 z2 :: g>fg>d B2B2 | d>^cd>B G2G2 | F>GA>B c>AB>G |

A2 {^c}d2 D4 | g>fg>d B2B2 | d>cd>B G2G2 | e>fg>e f>ga>f | g2g2g2 :|

                             

PLIMOUTH JIGG, HORNPIPE. See “Plymouth Jigg.”

                             

PLONGEUSE, LA. French-Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The name of a dance with its own tune in Québec, perhaps dating to the 1700’s and which may have French origins, according to Marius Barbeau (Anne Lederman, “Fiddling”, Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 1992).

X:1

T:Plongeuse, La

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

A2|F2A2d2e2|fddc d2 ef|g2f2e2d2|edcB A2 AG|

F2A2d2e2| fddc d2 ef|g2 ee BB c2|d3d d2:|

|:fg|a2f2e2d2|g2f2 e3f|g2e2c2e2|a^gab a2 f=g|

a2f2e2d2|g2f2 e3f|g2 ee B2 Bc|d3 d d2:|

                             

PLOUGH AND THE STARS, THE. Irish, Reel. F Major (McNulty): G Major (Mulvihill). Standard tuning. One part (McNulty): AABB (Mulvihill). The title is, of course, the same as that of the famous work by Irish playwrite Sean O’Casey (and not a few Irish pubs). ‘Plough’ is an old name for the northern hemisphere constellation better known as The Big Dipper. The tune is sometimes attributed to Larry Redican, however, to date there is no firm evidence to support this. Source for notated version: Larry Redican (New York, NY) [Mulvihill]. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 13. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 203, pg. 55.

X:1

T:Plough and the Stars, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Mulvihill – 1st Collection  (1986)

K:G

(BA)|GEDE GABd|g2 bg aged|B~d3 e~d3|gedB AcBA|GEDE GABd|

g2(bg) aged|B~d3 gedB|(3ABA BA G2::Bd|({a}g)fgb agab|gabg aged|

B~d3 e~d3|gedB AcBA|GEDE GABd|g2 bg aged|B~d3 gedB|(3ABA BA G2:|

                             

PLOUGHBOY [1], THE. AKA and see "Curly Headed Ploughboy." English, Canadian; Reel. C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part) [DeVille, Raven]: D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part) [Huntington, Kerr, Messer]. Standard tuning. AAB (Raven): AABB (Messer): ABA'B' (Huntington). DeVille (The Violin Player's Pastime), pg. 69. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 46. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 382, pg. 42. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 34. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 54, pg. 34. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 147. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS). F&W Records 2, "F&W String Band 2."

X:1

T:Ploughboy, The [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Kerr’s Third.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(a/g/) | fadf | (B2 A)d | c/d/e/f/ gf | (f2 e)(a/g/) | fadf | (B2 A)d |

c/d/e/f/ gc | d3 :|| a | ^gggg | aaaa | ^gggg | a3a | ^gggg | aefc | dBee |

A2 a>g | f/g/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ | B/c/d/B/ Ad | c/d/e/f/ a/g/f/g/ | f/A/d/f/ e(a/g/) |

f/g/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ | B/c/d/B/ Ad | c/d/e/f/ g/a/b/c’/ | d’3 ||

 

PLOUGHBOY [2], THE. AKA (in Ireland as) "The Handsome Ploughboy." English, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 32.

 


PLOUGHBOY [3], THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "I learned this song when I was very young, from Paddy Connors, a carpenter, of Fanningstown near Kilfinane Co. Limerick: but I heard others sing it. The words were often printed on ballad‑sheets, of which I have one. Paddy sang this song with immense spirit and feeling: you'd think he was inspired. Words and air are now published for the first time" (Joyce). Sean Ó Boyle (1976) remarks that the song was an English or Scottish transplant to Ireland but that, like "Barbara Allen," "The Dark-Eyed Gypsies" and others, it was often sung to an Irish air.  Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 412, pg. 223.

 

PLOUGHBOY [4], THE. See "The Plowboy."

 

PLOUGH BOY [5], THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Leitrim. G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Lord Dunraven, Jan., 1860" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 603, pg. 152.

X:1

T:Plough Boy, The [5]

M:3/4

L:1/8

N:”Moderato”

N:”County of Leitrim from Lord Dunraven Jan. 1860”

S:Stanford/Petire (1905), No. 603

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3D/E/F/ | G2B2G2 | A>B cA B>c | d2 ec AF | G2 Bc | d2B2 gf |

e2d2 (3dcB | A2e2 cA | d4 B>c | d2B2 gf | e2d2 (3dcB | A2 e2 cA |

d4 (3D/E/F/ | G2B2G2 | A>B cA Bc | d2 ec AF | G4 ||

                             

PLOUGHING HORSES, THE.  Irish, Reel. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 14.

 

PLOUGHMAN, THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 205. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800;.pg. 28. Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 2.

X:1

T:The Ploughman.

M:C

L:1/8

B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)

Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.]

K:A

U:T=!trill!

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d | (c<e)e>c dcBA | ce ef/g/ {g}a2 ea | Tf>efa (g<a)B>d | c<e {c}a>f e2 c :|| f/g/ | afec dcB>g | a>fe>c ef/g/ a>e |

(a/g/).f/.e/ (f/e/).d/.c/ dcB>A | (c<e) {c}a>f {f}e2 Af/g/ | (a/g/)(f/e/) (f/e/)(d/c/) Tdc Bf/g/ | a>fec ef/g/ a>e |

(a/g/)(f/e/) (f/e/)(d/c/) (d/e/)(c/d) {c} !fermata!B>A | c>e (f/g/)a/f/ {f} e2 c |]

                             

PLOUGHMAN AND THE TAILOR, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). Ireland, County Galway. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Collected in Galway, August 28th, 1840. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 417, pg. 105.

X:1

T:Ploughman and the Tailor, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 417

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d>c | BAGF EDEF | G3F EEFG | A3G E3F | D2D2D2 AA | BAGF GABc |

d3c AGFA | B3c A2A2 | A6 AA | BAGF GABc | d3c edcB | A3F GABc |

A6 d>c | BAGF EDEF | G3F E2 F/G/ | A3G (E2F2) | D2D2 D3 ||

                             

PLOUGHMAN LADDIE, THE. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 152, pg. 51.

                             

PLOUGHMAN'S REEL. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 356.

                             

PLOUGHMAN'S WHISTLE, KING'S COUNTY. AKA and see "Feadghail an Airimh (Conndae an Righ) [1]."

                             

PLOWBOY, THE (An Toiream). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also "The Ploughboy [4]." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 619, pg. 109.

X:1

T:Plowboy, The

M:G

L:1/8

R:Air
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 619

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>F|DG{A}GF G2 FG|ABAG F2 (3ABc|dcde fdcA|GBAG F2 GF|AD{A}GF G2 FG|

ABAG F2 (3ABc|dcde fdcA|GBAF G2||Bc|dedB c2 Bc|dgfa g2 Bc|defd cAGF|

DF{G}FE F2 GF|D2 GF GABG|A2 FE FGAc|(3def eg fdcA|GBAF G2||

                             

PLOWBOY HOP. AKA and see "Plowboy Rag." Old‑Time, Country Rag. USA, southeast Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Source for notated version: Ben Tinnon with the Grinnell Giggers (southeast Mo.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 102. County 548, Grinnell Giggers ‑ "Ridin' in an Old Model T" (orig. rec. 1930). Marimac 9111, The Grinnel Giggers ‑ "Goin' Up Town: Old Time String Bands, vol. 2."

                             

PLOWBOY RAG. See "Plowboy Hop."

                             

PLUG OF TOBACCO, THE. See “(An) Smachdaoin Crón.”

                             

PLUM CREEK. American, Waltz. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BCC'. Composed by Grey Larsen (Unionville, Indiana) in 1979. Plum Creek runs through Oberlin, Ohio, where Larsen went to music school. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 47. Sugar Hill Records SH/PS-1131, Grey Larsen, Malcolm Dalglish & Pete Sutherland - "Metamora" (1985).

                 

PLUMB PUDDING. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 167.

X:1

T:Plumb Pudding

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

B2 (3dcB|g>edc|B2 (3dcB|AFAF|B2 (3dcB|g>edc|(3def (3dcB|”tr”c2 B2:|

|:B2 (3dcB|bBbB|B2 (3dcB|AFAF|B2 (3dcB|gedc|dfdB|”tr”c2 B2:||

     

PLUMKUM. AKA and see “The Munster Gimlet,” "Will You Come Down to Limerick [1].” Irish, Slip Jig. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 61, pg. 14.

                       


PLUNDER OF THE LOWLANDS NOW GRAZE IN THE GLENS. AKA and see "Plundering the Lowlands."

                             

PLUNDERING THE LOWLANDS. AKA and see "The Spraith of the Lowlands Now Graze in the Glens," "Plunder of the Lowlands Now Graze in the Glens," "Crodh laoigh nam bodach" (The Old Man’s Calf). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. This tune "preserves the memorial of one of those predatory excursions which the Highlanders were in the habit of making to carry off the cattle of the neighboring low countries; considered, from the ignorance of the times, rather commendable as an act of prowess, than reprehensible as an act of aggression. He believes the air peculiar to his native country south of Loch Ness" (Fraser). See also note for “Crodh laoigh nam bodach” for more on this tune. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 73, pg. 26.

X:1

T:Plundering the Lowlands

T:Spraith (or Plunder) of the Lowlands now graze in the glens, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

B|e4^d2|e<A z2 B2|d4 B2|d<G z2 B2|e4 ^d2|e3f g2|d2B2^G2|A4||^g2|

a<e z2^g2|a<e z2f2|=g<d z2b2|g<d z2^g2|a<e z2 ab|c’3B a2|e3d B2|A4 ^g2|

a<e z2^g2|a<e z2f2|=g<d z2 b2|g<d z2B2|c3 def|gz fz ez|dz cz Bz|A4||

                             

PLUS TU TOURNES PLUS J' t'AIME. See "Les Rangs de “Soybean”."

                             

PLYMOUTH ASSEMBLY. English, Country Dance Tune (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The 'assembly' was a social organization given to dancing and convivial pursuits for the landed classes. “Plymouth Assembly” was unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It was copied into the 1788 music manuscript book of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.), and is one of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Dance instructions for “Plymouth Assembly” were published by the Thompsons in their Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year 1770 (London). This is a c. 1870 engraving of Plymouth. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 117.

X:1

T:Plymouth Assembly

M:C

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DBAG F2 ED|dBAG F2 ED|cdec BcdB|cAGF G2 [G,2G2]:|
|:(B,D).D.D (CE).E.E|(A,F).F.F GDB,G,|(B,D).D.D (CE).E.E|A,cAF G2 [G,2G2]:|

|:.b(gfg) .d(gfg)|.d(BAG) .A(FED)|.b(gfg) .d(gfg)|dcBA G4:||

                             

PLYMOUTH HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in Walsh’s Third Collection (c. 1730) of Lancashire tunes.

X:1

T:Plimouth Hornpipe

B: Walsh

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:A

A2 c2 e2 a2 g3 f| g2 B4 e2 dcBA| A2 c2 e2 a2 g3 b|E2 A2 Bc dcBA::\

agfe defd efge| g2 B4 e2 dcBA| dcBA GABG ABcA| E2 A4 Bc dcBA:|

                             

PLYMOUTH JIGG. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in Walsh’s Third Collection (c. 1730) of Lancashire tunes.

X:1

T:Plimouth Jigg

B:Walsh

M:6/4

L:1/8

K:D

d2| f2 a2 A2 d2 f2 d2| B4 g2 e4 d2| c2 e4 a4 f2| d2 B2 g2 e2 c2 A2 |\

F2 A2 d2 A2 a2 f2| d4 A2 D4:: A2| d3 c B2 AG F2 A2| dc B2 g2 e4 d2 |\

a6 A4 de| f2 de f2 g2 ef g2| a2 fg a2 A2 d2 c2| d6 D6:|

                             

PLYMOUTH LASSES. AKA and see "The Sylph." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Donald Woodcock [Phillips]. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 87, pg. 43. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 376. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 105.

X:1

T:Plymouth Lasses

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

B|AFA dfa|agf e2g|fag fed|cde e2A|AFA dfa|agf efg|fad eac|ded d2:|

|:E|DFA dcB|AGF E2D|FAD FAD|EFE EFG|

AFA dcB|BAG FED|fad eac|ded d2:|

 

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