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PRAIRIE. AKA and see “Lardner’s Reel.” American? Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 178, pgs. 56‑57.

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T:Prairie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 178  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2|G2 G>B A>GF>A|G>Bd>f g>de>f|g2 g>d B>ed>B|A2 c>A FA>E>D|

G2 G>B A>GF>A|G>Bd>f g2 (3efg|g>fg>d B>ed>B|A>DE>F G2:|

|:B>c|d>gf>g d2 B>c|d>gf>g d2 B>c|d>gf>g e>dc>B|B2 A>B A2 B>c|

d>gf>g d2 B>c|d>gf>g d2 B>c|d>gf>g e>dB>G|A>DE>F G2:|

                       

PRAIRIE DOG. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Lynn ‘Chirps’ Smith [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 188.

                       

PRAIRIE DU ROCHER MOTION. D Major. Davis Unlimited 33042, Indian Creek Delta Boys (II), (1978. Learned from fiddler Charlie Bese).

                       

PRAIRIE RAMBLER SCHOTTISCHE. American, Schottische. USA, North Dakota. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Elvy Osborne, a fiddling barber from Minot, North Dakota. Pancerzewski (Pleasures of Home), 1988; pg. 3.

                       

PRAIRIE RONDE WALTZ (Valse de Prairie Ronde). See "Valse de Carencro."

                       

PRAIRIE WALTZ, THE. Canadian, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 174, pg. 120.

                       

PRAIRIES’S REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario), learned from Maritime fiddler Don Messer [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 12, pg. 25.

X:1

T:Prairies’s Reel

L:1/8

M:C|

S:From a transcription by Carmelle Begin of the playing of fiddler Dawson Girdwood.

K:D

f3g|:afd>f afbf|afde fdfd|cdef gecA|defg a2 f>g|afdf afbf|afde fdfd|cdef gecA|1

d2 [d2f2][d2f2] (fg):|2 d2 [d2f2] [d2f2] (F<E)||
|:D>FA>d ((3Bc)B A>c|d>ef>d A2 FA|G2 EG F2 DF|(3EFDE>F E2 (F>E)|

D>FA>d ((3Bc)B A>c|d>ef>d A(dcB)|A3 (d c>d) e>c|1 d [d2f2] [d2f2] (F>E):|2

d2 [d2f2] [d2f2] (f>g)||

                       

PRÁISCÍN AN MHÁSÚIN. AKA and see "The Mason's Apron."

                       

PRÁISCÍN AN SAORCLOICE. AKA and see "The Mason's Apron."

                       

PRÁISCÍN AN TINCÉARA. AKA and see “The Tinker’s Bib.”

                       

PRAISE OF PRINCE CHARLIE, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: "Mr. J. M'Kenzie of Newtownards, a great lover of Irish Music and of the corresponding folk songs" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 337, pg. 155.

X:1

T:Praise of Prince Charlie, The

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mix

D|D2E2F2|d2F2G2|A2G2E2|D4 de|f2e2d2|e2d2c2|A2c2e2|d4 de|

F2e2d2|e2d2c2|AGFGAB|c4 {d/c/A/G/F/G/}AF|D2E2F2|d2F2G2|A2G2E2|D4||

                       

PRAISES OF DOWNHILL, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 556, pg. 141.

X:1

T:Praises of Downhill, The

M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 556

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Mixolydian

e/d/ cA | F>G AB cd | e3 d/e/ cA | F>G AF BB | B3 e/d/cA | F>G AB cd | e3d/e/ cd |

B>A FG/A? FF | F3 || BBc | f2 BA/B/ cd | e3 d/>e/ cA | F>G AF BB | B3 e/d/ cA |

F>G AB cd | e2 de cA | B>A FG/A/ FF | F3 || 

                       

PRAISES OF LIMERICK (Molaide Na Luimnaig). AKA and see "Boyne Water [1]," "Bayne Water," "Rodney's Glory [1]," "My Name is Moll Mackey." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "animated"). G Dorian. Standard. AB. An alternate title for the famous "Boyne Water" melody. Source for notated version: Mrs. Fitzgerald [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 354, pg. 61.

X:1

T:Praises of Limerick

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Animated”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 354

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

d>c|B2A2 G3G|AGFD F2 Bc|d2d2 c2 Bc|d=efd g2 dc|B2 A2 G3G|AGFD F2 dc|

B2 AG ^FGAF|G4 G2||z2|d3c d b2 a|gfdc d2z2|f3d c2 Bc|d=efd g2 dc|B2A2G3G|

AGFD F2 dc|B2 AG ^FGAF|G4 G2||

                       

PRAISES OF RATHFRILAND, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 572, pg. 144.

X:1

T:Praises of Rathfriland, The

M:C
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 572

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

ed | c3c B3A | G2A2B2 cd | e3 d B2 dB | B2A2A2 :|

|| cd | e2g2a2 ef | =g2 e2d2 cd | e2g2a2 ef | =g2e2d2 cd | e2g2a2 ef |

=g2e2d2 cd | efgf edBA | B2A2A2 ||

“Chorus”

||AB | c3A B3A | G2A2B2 cd | e3d B2 dB | B2A2A2 AB |

c3A B3A | G2A2B2 cd | e3 d B2 dB | B2A2A2 ||

                       

PRÁTAÍ DEARGA IS BLÁTHACH. AKA and see “Humours of Ballinamult.” Goodman (volume II, 42).

                       

PRATIE APPLES. AKA and see "Captain Rock(e’s) [1]," "McKenna's Dream," "Under the Rose," "The Grand Conversation of Napoleon," "Napoleon's Farewell to Paris," "The Bold Sportsman," "The Carpenter's March."

                       


PRATIES ARE DUG, AND THE FROST IS ALL OVER. AKA and see "The American Dwarf," "The Frost is All Gone," "The Frost is All Over [1]," "Hey to the Camp," "Owl Creek," "Praties in the Bag,” “What Would You/I Do if the Kettle Boiled Over." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa., New York. D Major. Standard. AABB (Kerr): AABC (Bayard, Cole). . The title is taken from the first line of one of several songs written to the tune. Bayard (1981) traces this tune's earliest printings back to The Masque, which appeared in Playford's Dancing Master, 13th Edition, 1707, pg. 148. Original versions of the tune itself he finds were published in the 17th century, and he has "very little doubt" that it dates from sometime in the 1600's. "(When) the Praties Are Dug and the Frost Is All Over" and "Hey to the Camp" were later versions, although they have remained popular for some two hundred years. The melody first appears in Irish collections in the work of George Petrie, who collected it from a County Armagh source in the mid-19th century. Sound recordings begin with the trio of Chicago piper Tom Ennis, fiddler Tom Quigley, and piano player John Muller, who recorded the jig in New York in 1923. Cited as having commonly been played at Orange County, New York country dances in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 504, pg. 460 (appears as an untitled "Cotillion"). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 78. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 233, pg. 26. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 111. Tara CD4011, Frankie Gavin – “Fierce Traditional” (2001).

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T:Praties are Dug, and the Frost is All Over

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | dfe dcB | AdF E2D | FAA AFA | Bee e2f | dfe dcB | FdF E2D | FAA AFA | Bdd d2 :|

g | faa afd | gbb bag | faa agf | gee e2g| faa agf | gbb bag | fed dge | fdd d2 ||

g | faa afd | gbb bag | faa agf | gee e2 g | faa faa | gbb gbb | fed ege| fdd d2 || 

                       

PRATIES IN THE BAG. AKA and see "(When) the Praties Are Dug and the Frost is All Over," "Hey to the Camp," "The Frost is All Gone," "The Frost is All Over [1]," "Owl Creek," "The American Dwarf." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The versions is nearly identical to Ryan’s “The Praties are Dug, and the Frost is all Over,” above. White’s collection appears to have descended from the same publishing firm as Ryan’s Mammoth, namely Boston’s Elias Howe company, as many of the tunes are identical versions. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 36, pg. 7.

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T:Praties in the Bag

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 36

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | dfe dcB | AdF (E2D) | FAA AFA | Bee (e2f) | fge dcB | AdF (E2D) |

FAA AFA | Bdd d2 :| g | faa afd | gbb bag | faa agf | gee (e2g) |

faa agf | gbb bag | fed ege | fdd d2 || g | faa afd | gbb bag |

faa agf | gee (e2g) | faa faa | gbb gbb | fed ege | fdd d2 ||

                       

PRATTLING POLL. English, Reel or Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (1987) says the tune is "probably" a hornpipe. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom very little is known. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 473.

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T:Prattling Poll

M:C|

L:1/8

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g2 fe d2 cB|Aedc B2 AG|g2 fe dgba|gfed c2B2|ceAc BdGB|

AdDB c2B2|ceAc BdGB|AcDF G2 G,2::B2 AG F2E2|egfe ^d2B2|

egbe dfaf|gb Bd e2 ef|g2 fe d2cB|ABcA F2 ED|ceAc BdGB|Ac DF G2 G,2:||

                       

PRAY FAIR ONE BE KIND. English, Air. The tune appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) as "My heart was so free." Kidson (1922) was not able to trace the tune. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 54.

           

PRAY GOODY. Irish, Air (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Union Pipes, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 111.

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T:Pray Goody

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (c. 1810) 

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d4 cBAG | BAGF GBdf | {e/f/}g2 fe dBAG | gdcB {B}A4 | d4 cBAG |

BAGF GBdf | {e/f/}g2 fe dBec | BdcA G4 || g2d2”tr”e2d2 | gBBB c2B2 |

gddd gddd | B2A2 ||

                                   

PRAY SIR, BE CIVIL. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard. AAB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 345.

 

PRAYER IS BETTER THAN A TUNE, A.  See “Is Fearr Paidir na’ Port.”

 

PREACHER GOT DRUNK AND LAID HIS BIBLE DOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. The tune was in the repertoire of the Tennessee Ramblers; Mac Siever, fiddle.

 

PREACHER'S FAVORITE. AKA‑ "Ladies Fancy." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. ADae tuning. AABBC. Source for notated version: Jim Davidson (Lincoln County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 98.

 

PRECIEUSE, LA.  French, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by J. Chaxelle, around 1796 according to Barnes, although other sources say Chaxelle may have died in 1782. There is also a similar sounding “La Precieuse” in Giovanni Andrea Gallini’s New Collection of Forty-Four Cotillons (London, 1770). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 146.

 

PRELUDE OF THE BOSS (Profiad Y Botwm). Welsh. A mediaeval piece from the Robert Ap Huw manuscript (a manuscript of bardic music of Wales from the Renaissance and Middle Ages, now housed in the British Museum), deciphered by Peter Crossley-Holland. Ap Huw was a harpist who lived in the time of Elizabeth I and James IV. The ‘boss’ of the title refers to an ornate jewel that decorated most harps at the time. Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen – “Telyn Berseiniol Fy Ngwlad/The Sweet Harp of My Land” (1996).

 

PRENDS GARDE AU LOUP. French, Bourree (3/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. From the Auvergne region of central France. Stevens (Massif Central), vol. 1, 1987; No. 38.

 

PRENDVILLE'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "The Hatter's Hornpipe," "O'Mahony's Hornpipe."

 

PREPARING TO SAIL AWAY. See "Bualadh Triaill Chum Tseoil."

 

PRESBYTERIAN HORNPIPE, THE. English, ('Old') Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Minor (Walsh): A Minor (Johnson). Standard tuning. AAB (Johnson): AABB (Walsh). Triple time hornpipes are referred to as ‘Old’ hornpipes, denoting a generally older style than the more familiar dotted duple rhythm of modern hornpipes. They are sometimes also called ‘double’ hornpipes. The melody appears in John Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.) published around the year 1731. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No.5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 16. Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way), 1985. Flying Fish FF‑299, The Battlefield Band ‑ "There's a Buzz" (1982). Heroes of Edible Music, Martin Green & Eliza Carthy – “Dinner” (2001). Plant Life Records PFR064, Blowzabella – “Bobbityshooty.” 

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T:Presbyterian Hornpipe

B:Walsh

M:6/4

L:1/8

K:Gm

G2 B2 B2 G2 cBAG| ^F2 A2 A2 ^F2 A4| G2 B2 ABcA Bc d2| D2 G2 G2 B2 A2 G2::\

g2 b2 b2 g2 b2 ag| f2 a2 a2 f2 a2 gf| e2 f2 g2 f2 g2 a2| f6 e2 d2 c2|\

B2 d2 f2 B2 d2 f2 |A2 c2 f2 A2 c2 f2|G2 B2 d2 G2 B2 d2|^F6 E2 D2 C2|\

B,2 D2 D2 B,2 D2 CB, |A,2 C2 C2 A,2 C2 B,A,| G,2 B,2 A,2 C2 B,2 D2|\

C2 G2 D2 ^F2 G4:|

 


PRESBYTERIAN JIG, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The melody appears in Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.), published around the year 1730. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 28.

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T:Presbyterian Jigg

B:Walsh

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

B2 G4 Bc| d2 G2 d2 G2| B2 G4 Bc| d4 B4| c2 A4 cd| e2 A2 e2 A2 |E2 A4 cd|\

e4 B4:: G2 g4 fg|agfe d2 cB| A2 a4 ga |bagf efga| G2 g4 fg| egfe d2 g2|\

fgef d2 g2|fgef d2 g2|f4 e4:|

 

PRESERVING REEL, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Baddeck, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddler, composer and instrument maker Otis Thomas. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 28, pg. 10.

 

PRESIDENT, THE. Scottish, "Violin Solo" (Polka). A Major ('A','B','C' parts) & D Major ('D' part). Standard tuning. ABCD(Trio), with variations. Composed and published in 1904 by J. Scott Skinner; his most technically demanding piece for the left hand. Skinner played in the United States twice, in 1893 and again in 1926 (at the age of 82). Purser (1992) states the tune shows Skinner’s classical techniques: “To the purist, The President has only a peripheral place in the tradition, but it is still played in country pubs in Aberdeenshire by fiddlers who would make short work of purists if given the chance.” Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 109, pg. 186 (variation II only). Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pgs. 135‑139 (with variations by Skinner). Purser (Scotland’s Music), 1992; Ex. 14, pg. 238. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pgs. 176-179 (theme and variations). Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 18‑19. Topic 12T280, J. Scott Skinner “The Starthspey King.”

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T:President, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Polka

C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e>({g}f) (ea) | c’>b ba | e>({g}f) (ea) | ga b2 | e>({g}f) (ea) ga b2 | e>({g}f) (ea | c’>b ba |

g>a b>a | gf e2 | ({D/d/}d’>)b ge | ac’ e’b’ | d’>b ge | ac’ e’a’ | ({D{d>)e fd | c>d ec |

(B/c/).^d/.e/ .f/.g/.a/.b/ | .d’/.b/.c’/.^d’/ e/2 || “tr”(e>{g}f) (ea) | c/>b ba | (e>{g}f) ea | ga b2 |

(e>{g}f) (ea) | c’>b ba | e’>^d’ =.e’/.f/.g/.a/ | c’b a ||

“Trio”

K:D Major

A | .^G.A.=G.A | .F.A.D.A | (A,/D/F/A/ d/f/b/f/ | a^g =.g2 | ^GA=GA | EACA | A,/C/E/G/ A/c/e/g/ |

^ga .f2 | ^GA=GA | FADA | A,/D/F/A/ d/f/b/f/ | a^g .=g2 | ^GA=GA | EACA | A,/C/E/G/ A/c/e/g/ |

b/a/^g/a/ d2 ||

 

PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Garfield's Hornpipe," "Blue Water Hornpipe," "High Level [2]." American, Canadian; Hornpipe. USA; New England, Missouri. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. B Flat Major (Brody, Cole, Kerr, Martin & Hughes, Miller & Perron, Perlman, Phillips): D Major (Sweet). Standard. AABB (most versions): AA’BB’ (Martin & Hughes). President James A. Garfield, the twentieth U.S. chief of state (elected in 1880) was assassinated by a lone anarchist, a European immigrant, shortly after taking office, making his one of the shortest terms in that office. The composition is credited to Harry Carleton in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), but it is known as a New England tune. As “Garfield’s Hornpipe” it is on Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden’s list of ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’. Northumbrian concertina player Alastair Anderson introduced the tune into Northumbrian repertoire, finding it in Kerr’s Merry Melodies, but also being influenced by hearing New England fiddler Rodney Miller play it. Sources for notated versions: Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Phillips]; Kenny Chaisson (b.c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 221. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 101. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; pg. 42. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-ghedllaedh), 1990; pg. 42. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 100. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 115. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 216. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 137. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 42. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller‑‑"Castles in the Air." Glencoe 001, Cape Breton Symphony‑ "Fiddle." Green Mountain GMS 1052, "No Curb Service Anymore: The Pine Island Band." Philo 119, Rodney and Randy Miller‑ "Castles in the Air." Rounder 7008, "Jerry Holland." Boys of the Lough – “To Welcome Paddy Home.” Topic Records, Alistair Anderson – “Corby Crag” (1978). Paul O’Shaughnessy & Paul McGrattan – “Within a Mile of  Dublin.” 422 – “One.”

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T:President Garfield’s Hornpipe

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:B Flat Major

|: dc | BFDF BFDF | BABc dcde | fcAc fcAc | f=efg f_edc |

BFDF BFDF | BABc dcde |  fgag fedc | B2 d2 B2 :|

|: (ba) | geBG EGBg | fdBF DFBf | eAgf eAgf | dBgf dBba |

geBG EGBg | fdBF DFBf | =efag f_edc | B2 d2 :|

X:2
T:President Garfield's
R: Hornpipe
D: Laoise Kelly      "Just Harp"
D: Paul O'Shaughnessy & Paul Mc Grattan "Within a Mile of Dublin"
D: Boys of the Lough "To Welcome Paddy Home"
H: President Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. He was
elected and murdered during the year 1881. The tune has probably been
written during this year
Z: Transcribed by Pierre Commes
Z: Other versions can be found on John Chamber's site and in Henrick Norbeck's collection
Q:1/4=120
V:1
M:C|
L:1/8
%D Version
K:D
:(3ABc |dAFA dAFA |dcde fefg |aece aece |
abc'b agfe |dAFA dAFA |dcde fefg |abc'b agfe |1 dfec d2  :|2 dfec d2zf
|:bgdB GBgb |afdA FAfa | geba geba |fdba fdga
|bgdB GBgb | afdA FAfg |abc'b agec |1 dfec d2zf :|2 dfec d2 :|
%G Version
K:G
(3DEF |GDBD GDBD |GFGA BABc |dAFA dAFA |
defe dcBA |GDBD GDBD |GFGA BABc |defe dcBA |1
GB AF G2 :|2GBAF G2 gf ::ecGE cEce |dBGE DGBd |
cFed cFed |BGed B2 gf |ecGE cEce |dBGD dGBG |
defe dcAF |1GBAF G2gf :|2GBAF G2 :|

 

PRESIDENT GRANT'S HORNPIPE. American, New England; Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The composition is credited to Harry Carleton in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), as are a number of other compositions in the volume. Nothing is definitively known about Carleton, and the name may have been a pseudonym.

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President Ulysses S. Grant

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Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 102. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 101. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 137. Shanachie 14001, "The Early Recordings of Angus Chisholm" (Cape Breton) {appears as "President Grant"}.

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T:President Grant’s Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

K:B_

dc|BF DF Bc de|fg fd B2 cd|eg bg fd Bd|gf dBc2dc|

BF DF Bc de|fg fd B2cd|eg bg fd Bd|c2B2B2:|

|:ba|g^f ga g=f de|fg fd f2 ba|ga bg fd Bd|cd cB GF DC|

B,F =EF DB AB|Fd ^cd Bf =ef|ga bg fd Bd|c2B2B2:|


 

PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S HORNPIPE. New England, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 102.

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T:President Lincoln’s Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:A

E2|A2cA EA cA|GA BG A2c2|fe dc dc BA|GA BG Ed cB|

A2cA EA cA|GA BG A2c2|df ed cB AG|A2c2A2:|

|:cd|eA ce ag fe|GA Bc dE FG|A,C EA Fd BA|GA BG E2cd|

eA ce ag fe|fB df ba gf|ce Ac Bd GB|A2c2A2:|

 

PRESIDENT’S HORNPIPE, THE. Shetland, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "Written (by Tom Anderson) in 1965 for the late Mr. L.H. Mathewson, President of the Shetland Fiddlers Society from its formation in 1960 until his death in 1972. His enthusiasm for the Fiddlers Society was a lesson to everyone, and he seldom missed a meeting. He was Procurator Fiscal for Shetland" (Anderson).

 

PRESIDENT'S MARCH [1], THE. American, March. Identified by 93 yr. old Benjamin Smith of Needham, Mass. in 1853 as one of the most popular tunes of the Americans in the Revolutionary War, until their musicians learned "Yankee Doodle" and "The White Cockade" from hearing the British playing them in the distance (Winstock, 1970; pg. 71). The distinguished Shaker Issachar Bates, who served as a fifer boy at Bunker Hill, used this melody as the basis for his hymn “Rights of Conscience,” expressing his pacifist views. Shakers who had served in the Revolution declined all soldiers’ benefits bestowed by the United States government and ‘consienciously objected’ to further military service.

 

PRESIDENT’S MARCH [2]. American. This “President’s March” was written by Phillip Phile in 1793 (a decade after the end of the American Revolution). Maggie’s Music MMCD216, Hesperus - “Early American Roots” (1997).

 

PRESIDENT'S NEW MARCH, THE. AKA and see "Washington's March [3]," "Washington's Grand March."

 

PRESS GANG, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Mr. T.L. O'Callaghan, bandmaster of Reformatory (Philipstown, King's Co., Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 41, pg. 17.

 

PRESTON GUILD. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Preston, Lancashire, north west England was in the early-18th century “a pretty town with an abundance of gentry in it, commonly called Proud Preston” (History of the County of Lancashire, 1912). It was a weaving center that expanded greatly during the Industrial Revolution. The Preston Guild is a civic celebration held every twenty years, unbroken since 1542 with the exception of a cancellation in 1942. The melody appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765). Knowles prints this (un-attributed) quote:

***

When Ralph Thoresby the antiquary visited Preston at the

time of the guild of 1702, he wrote in his diary that he ‘got

little rest, the music and Lancashire bagpipes  having

continued the whole night’, and the last we hear of

bagpiping in that area is in 1732, when again at Preston,

there was a ‘very merry wedding’ with ‘seven bagpipers’.

***

Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 5. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 132.

X:1

T:Preston Guild

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dBG A2G|dBG A2G|cBA Ged|cBA G3|dBG A2G|dBG A2G|gfg efg|Ad^c d3:|

|:de=f {d}c2B|de=f {d}c2B|cBc EFG|ABc {G}F2A|dBG A2G|dBG A2G|gfe dcB|AGF G:||

 

PRESTON HORNPIPE. English, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 41. 

 

PRESTON HUNT. English, Reel. England, North‑West. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 20.

 


PRESTON PANS. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. The title commemorates the one-sided battle in 1745 in which the Jacobite forces of Bonnie Prince Charlie routed the English led by General Sir John Cope. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 31, pg. 6.

X:1

T:Preston Pans

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 31  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(cd)|ecBc A2 (cA)|FAEA FAEA|ecBc A2 (cA)|FBBA B2:|

|:(cB)|ABcd ecac|ecaf ecBc|1 ABcd ecaf|ecAc B2:|2 ABAF ECEA|ceBc A2||

 

PRESTON WAKES. English, Reel. England, North‑West. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 78.

 

PRESTON (WALTZ), THE.  English, Waltz. A Major (‘A’ and ‘B’ parts) & D Major (‘C’ part). Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 159, pg. 42.

 

PRESTON'S REEL (Ríl Phreastúin). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. Source for notated version: fiddler Charlie Lennon (County Leitrim) & flute player Mick O'Connor (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 104, pg. 53. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL22, Charlie Lennon & Michael O'Connor ‑ "Lucky in Love" (1981).

 

PRESTWICH WAKES. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, North‑West. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Tune used for a polka step in the North‑West morris dance tradition. (Tune is not "Preston Wakes"). Wade (Mally’s North West Morris Book), 1988; pg. 13.

 

PRETENDER'S MARCH. AKA and see "The Retreat," "A Rock and A Wee Pickle Tow," "Green Goose Fair [1]," "Montrose’s March," "The Scotch March [1]," "The Onehorned Cow [2]," "Carawith Jig," “O’Sullivan Mor(e’s March) [1],” "Páinneach na nUbh [1]," "De bheatha ad' shlainte, Uí Shuilleabhain Mhoir." The tune appears in under the titles “The Retreat” or “The Pretender’s March” in Johnson's 24 Country Dances for the Year 1752. The ‘Pretender’ refers to Bonnie Prince Charle (Stuart), leader of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 and ‘pretender’ to the throne of England.

 

PRETTIE WEILL BEGANN MAN. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The Skene manuscript was privately owned by the Skene family of Hallyards, Midlothian, until about 1820 when it was bequeathed to the Advocates Library in Edinburgh. It was transcribed by William Dauney in 1838 and published in Edinburgh under the title Ancient Scottish Melodies. It is currently in the National Library of Scotland. Source for notated version: the Skene mandora manuscript (c. 1620) [Heymann]. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pg. 79.

 

PRETTIEST (LITTLE) GIRL IN THE COUNTRY(-O). AKA ‑ "Prettiest Little Girl in the County‑O," "Purtiest Gal in the Country." AKA and see “Old Aunt Jenny,” "Prosperity Breakdown." Old‑Time, Breakdown with Vocals. USA, fairly common in the South. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB (Titon): AABB (Rosenbaum). The tune is similar in its melodic countour to "What're We Gonna Do with the Baby‑O" and to “Turkey Buzzard.”  R.P. Christeson notes similarity to his “Sugar in the Coffee” (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. II, No. 129). "A popular 19th century fiddle and play party tune well remembered by older informants across the South" (Charles Wolfe). Jeff Titon says the tune is generally well known in the South, but not frequently found in the repertoires of Kentucky fiddlers. Alan and Elizabeth Lomax recorded the tune for the Library of Congress from the playing of fiddler George C. Nicholson. See also Thomas Tally’s No. 41. Verses are commonly sung to the last line of the 'B' part, such as:

***

Cornstalk fiddle and pea vine bow,

Gwine take Sal to the party.

Swing 'em like you love 'em,

The boys are not above 'em.

Little more sugar in the coffee‑o,

Swing Sal to the party.

Prettiest little girl in the country‑o,

Mommy and Daddy told me so.    (Skillet Lickers)

***

Prettiest little girl in the country‑o,

Papa and mama both said so.

All dressed up in calico,

I'm gonna take her to the party‑o.

I can get her if I want her,

I can get her if I want her.   (Gordon Tanner)

***

Prettiest little girl in the county oh
How do I know, cause she told me so.
  (Gene Goforth)

***

Sources for notated versions: Gordon Tanner (Dacula, Gwinnett County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]; Jake Phelps and Street Butler (Pea Ridge, Todd County, Ky., 1965) [Titon]. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pg. 111. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 129, pg. 156. Berea College Appalachian Center AC002, Clyde Davenport – “Puncheon Camps” (1992). Columbia 15315 (78 RPM), Clayton McMichen (1928). Davis Unlimited DU 32028, W.L. Gregory – “Homemade Stuff” (1978). Folkways FTS 31062, "Ship in the Clouds: Old Time Instrumental Music" (1978. Learned from the Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett recording). Rounder 1023, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers (North Ga.) ‑ "The Kickapoo Medecine Show" (1980, originally recorded 1924). Rounder CD-0388, Gene Goforth – “Emminence Breakdown” (1997). Voyager VRLP 328‑S, "Kenny Hall and the Long Haul String Band" (learned from the 1924 Skillet Lickers recording). Recorded for the Library of Congress by W.A. Bledsoe (Meridian, Mississippi), 1939.

                       

PRETTIEST GIRL OF ALL, THE (An Cailin Bud Deise Air Bit). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "spirited"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 537, pg. 94.

X:1

T:Prettiest Girl of All, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 537

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>A | G>G AB D3E | G>G AB cBAG | c2 ce dB AG | A>G B/A/G/F/ E2 BA |

G>G AB D3E | G2G2g2 fe | d>e dB A>B c/A/G/F/ | A4 G2 || Bc | d>def g2 ef |

g>fga b2 ga | b>age dBAG | cBAG E2 BA | G2 G/D/B,/D/ G,2 EF |

G>ABd g2 f>e | d>edB A>B c/A/G/F/ | A4 G2 ||

                       

PRETTY BABY. AKA and see "Snyder's Clock" ('A' part only), "National Schottische," "Military Schottische," "Russiche Polka," "Doppelpolka." American, Polka (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. An international tune, states Bayard (1981), popular as a polka or schottische. Source for notated version: Levi Hall (elderly fiddler from Fayette County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 431, pg. 407.

                       

PRETTY BESSY. AKA and see "The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green." English, Song Air. The title comes from a ballad sung to the tune, which appears in the Roxburghe Collection.

           

PRETTY BETSY.  English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 79.

X:79

T:Pretty Bettsey [sic]

M:6/8

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:F

cAc (f/g/a)c|BGF (E/F/G)C|cAE Fag|fed c3::cga bgc|afc “tr”g3|

Bdg gfe|dcB {B}A3|cA_E (D/E/F)B,|dBF (=E/F/G)C|FCA, B,dc|BAG [A,3F3]:||

           

PRETTY BETTY BROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Similarities to the hornpipe “Off to California.” Source for notated version: Carthy Sisco [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 120.

                       

PRETTY BETTY MARTIN. AKA and see "Tip Toe, Pretty Betty Martin," "High, Betty Martin," "Tip Toe Fine," "Very Pretty Martin," “Betty Martin,” "Fire on/in the Mountain [1]," "Granny, Will Your Dog Bite? [1]," "Old Mother Gofour," "Hog Eye [1]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning. ABC. Jeff Titon (2001) suggests that “High Betty Martin” was the original title for the tune, and that “Fire on the Mountain” (the most well-known title today) originally went to another group of tunes that included “Granny Will Your Dog Bite?” Source Hiram Stamper (1893-1991) had these lyrics for the melody:

***

Pretty Betty Martin, she tiptoe, tiptoe,

Pretty Betty Martin, tiptoe fine.

Fire on the mountain, run boys run,

Fire on the mountain, run boys run.

***

As recorded by the newspaper the Atlanta Constitution, the tune was played at the April, 1913, Atlanta fiddlers’ convention by M.Y. Robinson, of Dunwoody, Georgia. Source for notated version: Hiram Stamper (Hindman, Knott County, Kentucky, 1977) [Titon]. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Music), 2001; No. 130, pg. 157.

                       

PRETTY BETTY'S REEL. AKA – “Betty Brown’s Reel,” “Pretty Brown’s Reel.” Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Composed by Ontario fiddler Ward Allen, who won contest after contest in the 1950’s and who carved out a career for himself as a radio fiddler. This tune is related to the "Off to California" family of tunes. Source for notated version: Stuart Williams and Don Gish [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 1), 1994; pg. 189. GRT Records 9230-1031, “The Best of Ward Allen” (1973). Sparton Records SP 213, “Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 3.”

X:1

T:Pretty Betty Reel

C:Ward Allen

R:reel

M:2/4

L:1/16

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:D

 (3A,B,C|D2DF EDCE|DFAc BAFA|Bcdc BAFD|EFGE CECE|

D2DF EDCE|DFAc BAFA|Bcdc BAFD|EDCE D2:|

|:(3ABc|d2fd c2ec|BABc BAFD|G2BG F2AF|GFED CECE|

D2DF EDCE|DFAc BAFA|Bcdc BAFD|EDCE D2:|

                       

PRETTY BLONDE. AKA and see "Jol(i)e Blonde."

                       

PRETTY BLUE SEAGULL, THE (An Feilionn Deas Gorm). Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: O’Reilly [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 131. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1399, pg. 260.

X:1
T:Pretty Blue Seagull, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1399

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

BE (3EEE FEBE | AD (3DDD DFAd | BE (3EEE FEFA | BdcA BE E2 :|

|| e2 eB e2 eB | d2 dB d2 dB | e2 eB e2 eB | ABdF FE E2 | efgf edBc |

dedB d2 dB | ABde fedB | ABdF FE E2 ||

                       

PRETTY BROWN GIRL [1], THE (An Cailín Deas Donn). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. III, pg. 9.

 


PRETTY BROWN GIRL [2], THE (An Cailín Deas Donn). AKA – “Pretty Brown-Haired Girl.” AKA and see "Colleen Dhas Dhoun," “Colleen Dhas Dun,” "My Pretty Fair Maid," "The Pretty Fair Maid," "Máirín Buggerty.”  Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, Connaught. G Major (Breathnach, Levey, O’Neill): D Major (O’Farrell). Standard tuning. AB (Levey): AABB (Breathnach, O’Farrell, O’Neill). The tune was printed by O’Farrell in his Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (1810) as “Calleen Das Dawn.” Breathnach (1976) finds two settings in Stanford/Petrie under the “Pretty Brown Girl” title and as “A Connaught tune” (1327/28); he finds second part of Petrie’s “Buachallín Óg [1]," (1266) the same as the first part of “Pretty Brown Girl.” Aird’sThe Big Bow Wow” uses the same first part. O’Neill’s “Move up to me” has the second part of “Pretty Brown Girl” as does his song “Did you see my man looking for me? [1]” (in Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, 24). Songs set to the tune have the parts reversed from the way musicians render it, so that the chorus goes with the first part of the music. Source for notated version: flute player Jim Conroy, 1970 (Cluain Cua, near Graigue, Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 14, pg. 10. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 54, pg. 23 (appears as “Colleen Dhas Dun”). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 75. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 151, pg. 40.

X:1

T:Pretty Brown Girl, The  [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 151

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

A|B2d cAA|BGG cAG|B2d cAA|BGG G2A|B2d cAA|Bde dBG|B2d cBA|BGG G2:|

|:f|gee fdd|ece dBG|gfe fdf|ece d2 e/f/|gfe fdf|e/f/ge dBG|B2d cBA|BGG G2:|

X:2

T:Calleen Das Down

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig or Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | F2d GEE | FDD GEC | F2d GEE | FDD D2 :|

|: A | dBB cAA | BGG AFD | ded cAA | BGG A2e |

fed cAA | ABG AFD | F2d GEE | FDD D2 :|

 

PRETTY BROWN MAID/GIRL [3] (Cailin deas donn). AKA and see "Cailin Deas Donn [2]." Irish, Air (12/8 time).

 

PRETTY CUCKOO, THE (An Cuac Deas). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with expression"). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. The tune is a variant of the first part of O’Carolan’s “Si Bheag, Si Mhor.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 173, pg. 30.

X:1

T:Pretty Cuckoo, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With expression”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 173

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F | B>cd dcB | G2F D2F | F>GB c2 B/c/ | d2c B2d | G2c F2B | D>CB, C2F |

F>GB c2 B/c/ | d2c B2d | G2c F2B | D>CB, C2F | F>GB c2 B/c/ | d2c B2 ||

 

PRETTY DICK'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Smiling Dicky's Hornpipe [2]." English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 328.

X:1

T:Pritty Dick Hornpipe [sic]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:William Vickers’ music manuscripts, pg. 120  (1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AG|{G}F2 ED GBGE|{G}F2 ED dcdA|{G}F2 ED CDEC|A,A,A,A, A,2 AG|

{G}F2 ED GBAG|{G}F2 ED dBdA|{d}c2 BA ^GABG|AAAA A2:|

|:Bc|dfdB cecA|BcdB {B}A2 GF|GBGE FAFD|CDEC A,2 Bc|

dfdB cecA|BcdB A2 g2|({g}f2) ed cdec|dddd d2:|

 

PRETTY GIRL [1], THE (The Colleen Dhas). Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "An anonymous correspondent from Dundalk" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 217, pg. 106. Columbia Legacy CK 48693, "The Best of the Chieftains" (1992).

X:1

T:The Collen Dhas (The Pretty Girl) [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cB|A2B2G2AB|c2f2 e2 fd|c2BG F2F2|F6 ef|g2e2 cdef|gfed c2 GA|

B2 GA Bc d2|G6 ef|g2e2 cdef|gfed c2 GA|B2cd e2f2|c6 cB|

A2B2G2 AB|c2f2 e2 fd|c2 BG F2F2|F6||

 

PRETTY GIRL [2], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). England, Shropshire. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 19b, pg. 4.

 

PRETTY GIRL COMBING HER LOCKS. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "Copied...from a MS. book lent me by Surgeon‑Major‑General King of Dublin (about 1885), who copied them 40 years previously from an old MS. book in Cork" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 365, pgs. 167‑168.

X:1

T:Pretty girl combing her locks, The

L:1/8

M:3/4

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

A|AB A2 AG|A>B c2e2|e>f e2 ce|d>c B3c|

A>B A2 AG|AB c2e2|eg e2 dB|A>B A3||

e/f/|gf e>f (3efg|fe d>e (3def|edB>edc|d2 B>AGB|

A>B A2 AG|AB c2e2|eg e2 dB|A>B A3||

 

PRETTY GIRL GOING DOWN THE RIVER.  Old-Time, Breakdown. See also note to “Wolves a Howlin’.”

 

PRETTY GIRL IN DANGER, THE. AKA and see "The Ewe Reel," "The Ew(i)e Wi' the Crooked Horn [1]," "The Ram with the Crooked Horn," "Bob with the One Horn [2]," "The Lowlands of Scotland," "Peter Street [2]," "The Merry Lasses," "The Kerry Lasses [1]," "My Love is Far Away," "The Red Blanket," "Sweet Roslea and the Sky Over It," "Go See the Fun," "Miss Huntley's," "The Foe."

 


PRETTY GIRL MILKIN' HER COW [1] (An Cailin Deas Cruidte na m-Bo). AKA and see "Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow [1]," "The Valley Lay Smiling Before Me," "I Would I Were But That Sweet Linnet," "The Flower of All Maidens." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian (Bruce & Emmett, O’Neill): G Minor (Kerr). Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AABB (Bruce & Emmett, Kerr). As can be seen by the alternate titles above, this popular and large Irish tune family is the vehicle for numerous folk songs, and can be heard in slip jig and even reel form in dance tunes (see, for example, a polka version of the tune under "Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow."). Norman Cazden (et al, 1982) collected it in the Catskill Mountains (New York) as "The Green Mossy Bands by the Lea.," and discusses it extensively in his "Folk Songs of the Catskills." Other songs sometimes sung to it, he finds, are the lumbercamp favorite "Erin's Green Shores," "The Banks of the Little Eau Pleine." In Pennsylvania, it has been collected as "The Pretty Girl Milking Her Goat." Cazden also notes that the melody was used for "Llanarmon" (a Welsh hymn), a Newfoundland song called "The Blooming Bright Star of Belle Isle," an 1888 London music hall song written by Lady Dufferin entitled "Terence's Farewell," and many others. Thomas Moore set his text "The Valley Lay Smiling Before Me" to it. The melody was played as a Retreat in the Union army during the American Civil War (retreat does not mean a withdraw in face of the enemy, but rather a camp call signaling the end of the day’s assigned duties with the coming of dusk). Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ and Fifers’ Guide, 1862; pg. 41. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 243, pg. 26 (set as a jig). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 102, pg. 19. Maggie's Music MM107, "Music in the Great Hall" (1992).

X:1

T:Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 102

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

AB | c2e2c2 | B2d2B2 | A2 (G4 | G4) AB | c2e2c2 | B2d2B2 | (A6 | A4) AB |

c2e2c2 | .B2g2.B2 | .A2 (G4 | G4) e>d | c2B2A2 | E2A2B2 | (A6 | A4) || AB |

c2d2e2 | e2^f2^g2 | a2 (A4 | A4) AB | c2d2 e{f/e/}d | e2a2{b}b2 | (a6 |

a2) b3a | g2e2d2 | .B2g2.B2 | .A2 (G4 | G4) ed | c2B2A2 | E2A2B2 | (A6 | A4) ||

 

PRETTY GIRL MILKIN' HER COW [2] (An Cailin Deas Cruidte na m-Bo). AKA and see "Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow." Irish, Jig (6/8 time) or Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is rendered in 9/8 time in the Roche Collection (appears as "Pretty Maid ...")./ Very similar to version #1. Hardings All‑Round, 1905; No. 188, pg. 59. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 103, pg. 19.

X:1

T:Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow [2]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 103

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

AB | c2e2c2 | B2d2B2 | A2 (G4 | G4) AB | c2e2c2 | B2d2B2 | (A6 | A4) AB |

c2e2c2 | B2g2B2 | A2 (G4 | G4) e>d | c2B2A2 | E2^F2^G2 | (A6 | A4) || G2 |

c3 de^f | g2e2c2 | B2 (G4 | G4) G2 | c3 de^f | {a}g2e2^g2 | (a6 | a4) ba |

g3 fed | B2g2B2 | A2 (G4 | G4) ed | c3 BAG | E2^F2^G2 | (A6 | A4) ||

                       

PRETTY GIRLS OF ABBEYFEALE, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. Abbeyfeale is a town in County Limerick on the Kerry border. It was named after a Cistercian abbey founded here in the twelfth century by Brian O'Brian. Only a few ruins are still extent as the old abbey was incorporated into the present Catholic Church. "From memory, as I learned it from my father: a good setting is given in Chappell; but I believe it is Irish. (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 55, pg. 30.

X:1

T:Pretty Girls of Abbeyfeale, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G|B2B B2d|c2A F2G|A<BA G2G|(G3 G2)G|B2c d2e|=f2d c2B|c2d e2c|(d3 d2)G|

B2c d2e|=f2d c2B|c2d e2c|(d3 d2)c|B2B B2d|c2A F2G|A<BA G2G|(G3 G2)||

                       

PRETTY GIRLS OF BALLYMENA, THE (Cailinide Deas Ua Baile-Meadonac). Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor/G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Ballymena is a borough in County Antrim, northern Ireland. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 42, pg. 8.

X:1

T:Pretty Girls of Ballymena, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 42

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

B | .G.E.E.G .D.B,.D.E | .G.A.B.G A2z B/A/ | .G.E.E.G DB,DE |

GBAG G2 zB/A/ | GEEG DB,DE | GABG A3 B/c/ | dBcA BGFE |

DcBA G2 z || D | GABc d2 eB | d2 eB d2 eB cAAG | FGAB c2 dA |

c2 dA cBBA | GABc d2 ed | cdef g2 a/g/f/e/ | dgec B2 AG | FGAc BG G ||

                       

PRETTY GIRLS OF BULGADEN.  AKA and see “Templehouse (Reel).” AKA – “Pretty Maids of Bulgaden.”

 

PRETTY GIRLS OF MAYO (Cailini Deasa Mhuigheo). AKA and see “Music in the Forge,” “My Sweetheart Jane,” "Peigin Leitir Mor," "Sweeney's Reel," "Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney," “Tameen’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Cranitch): AA’B (Taylor): AABB (Mulvihill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty)1. Brendan Breathnach notes that he found an untitled version in P. W. Joyce's Ancient Irish Music (Dublin, 1912 {reprint}, 51). The variant in O’Neill, “Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney,” has a different second part, which Breathnach says does not go with the tune. The song “"Peigín Leitir Mór" is sung to this air in Conamara, as is the song “Goodbye Mursheen Durkin.” The reel was first recorded by south County Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran (1904-1965) in New York in 1934. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Paddy Cronin [Mulvihill]; Paddy Killoran [Lyth]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the 1980’s [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 75, pg. 34. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 95. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 142, pg. 43. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing), vol. 1; page 62. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 51, pg. 13. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 7. Treoir, vol. 36, No. 2, 2004; pg. 25. Yazoo Records, Paddy Killoran  – “The Wheels of the World, vol. 2.”

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Pretty Girls of Mayo, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:reel

Z:Andrew Pickering

K:G

DG G2 A2 de | fdge fdcA | G2 FG Adde | fdcA BGAF |

DG G2 A2 de | fdge fdcA | G2 FG Adde | fdcA AG G2 ||

g2ge fdde | fdge fdde | g2 ge fdde | fdcA AG~G2 |

g2ge fdde | fdge fdd^c | defg abag | fdcA BGAF ||

X:2

T:Pretty Girls of Mayo

R:reel

S:Mike Rafferty

Z:Michael Hogan

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

|~G2GF|D~G3 A2de|fdeg fdcA|G2FG Azde|fdcA BGAF|!

D~G3 A2de|fdeg fdcA|G2FG Adde|fdcA AGG2||!

~g3e fdde|fgag fdd2|~g3e fdeg|fdcA G2(3Bcd|!

g3e fdde|fgag fdd2|defg abag|fdcA G4||!

                       


PRETTY GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE [1], THE. AKA and see "Cunningham's Fancy,” "Funny Eye(s)," "Lady Mary Lindsay,"  "Molly, what ails you?" "Phort Shean tSeain," "The Siege of Ennis [1]," "Streacan an Iascaire," "You're right my Love." Irish, Reel.

 

PRETTY GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE [2], THE. AKA and see “Anderson’s Reel [1],” “Michael Anderson’s,” "Ríl Mhic Aindriú.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Copely Records 9-115 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?).

X:1

T:Pretty Girls of the Village

T:Michael Anderson's

D:Denis Murphy ‑ Music from Sliabh Luachra (RTE, 1995)

R:reel

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

P:ABB                                                                                                                           

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

dedB|ABdf efdB|AFDE FE ~E|ABdf efdf|afeg fd ~d2|

|ABdf ~e2 dB|AFDE FE ~E|ABdf efdf|afeg fd d2|

|:fa ~a2 fb ~b2|afef dB ~B2|fa ~a2 fabf|afef [d3f3] e|

fa ~a2 fabf|afdf dB ~B2|~A2 FA ABdf|afeg fd d2:|

                       

PRETTY GREEN BANKS OF CAVAN, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "gracefully"). C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 718, pg. 358.

X:1

T:Pretty Green Banks of Cavan

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Gracefully”

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | Gcc {d}cBc | d>ed dfa | gee ecA | G>AB c2G | Gcc {d}cBc | ded d2g |

gee ecA | G>AB c2 :: ef | g>ag gc’b | “tr”a3 {g/a/}ged | ceg gec | “tr”A3 {G/A/}G2F |

EGG G>AB | c>dc a2 g/4/a/4b/4c’/4 | gee ecA | G>AB c2 :|

                       

PRETTY HAIR COMB, THE. See “Raca Breag mo Cin.”

                       

PRETTY JANE (Sineid Boideac). AKA and see “Chalk Sunday,” “Johnny Dennehy’s,” “The White Pony.” Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Bayard (1981) sees some general resemblance between this tune and "The Dublin Jig." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 768, pg. 143.

X:1

T:Pretty Jane

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 768

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c/B/ | ABA cBA | cde a2f | ecA BAF | BcB B2c |

ABA cBA | cde a2f | ecA BAF | ABA A2 :|

|: f/g/ | aba afe | fef agf | ecA BAF | BcB Bfg | aba age |

fef a2f | ecA BAF | ABA A2 :|

                       

PRETTY JANE'S REEL. AKA and see “Stick it in the Ashes. American, Reel. A Major. Standard. AABB. See also O’Neill’s variants “Macroom Lasses” and “More Power to Your Elbow,” and Ryan’s/Cole’s “Last Night’s Fun [1].” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 38. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 64.

X:1

T:Pretty Jane’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(EA)(AB) (cB)(cd) | ecdB cAFA | (EA)(AB) (cB)(cd) | ecAc B2A2 | (EA)(AB) (cB)(cd) |

ecdB cAFA | (EA)(AB) (cB)(cd) | ecAc B2A2 :: a2 (ca) (ea)(ca) | dBcA (BG) E2 |

a2 (ea) eac’a | {c’}babc’ a2z2 | (ac’)(fa) (ea)(ce) | dBcA (BG) E2 | EA(AB) cBcd | ecBc A2z2 :|

                       

PRETTY LASS. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (O’Farrell, O'Neill): AB (Joyce). Joyce obtained the melody from the Pigot Collection. Joyce’s and O’Farrell’s versions are identical. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 730, pg. 363. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 82. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 117, pg. 65.

X:1

T:Pretty Lass, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g/e/ | d/B/G/A/ B>e | d/B/G/B/ A>B | d/B/G/A/ Bg/e/ | dB B>e | d/B/G/A/ B/c/d/B/ |

e/d/c/B/ A>B | G/A/B/d/ e/f/g/e/ | dB B2 :: d>e gg | a/g/a/b/ a>b | d>e g/a/b/a/ |

ge ed/B/ | d>e gg | a/g/a/b/ a(b/a/) | (g/f/)g/e/ d/B/g/e/ | dB B2 :|

                       


PRETTY LASSES OF LOUGHREA (Na Mna Deasa Bhaile-Locha-Riabhach). Known as the "Execution Song." Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major (Joyce): F Major (Howe). Standard tuning. One part. "In Ireland whenever any tragic occurrence takes place, such as a wreck, a murder, an execution, an accidental drowning, etc., some local poet generally composes a 'Lamentation' on the event, which is printed on sheets, and sung by professional ballad‑singers through towns, and at fairs and markets. I have a great many of these sheets, and there is usually a rude engraving at top suitable to the subject‑‑the figure of a man hanging, a coffin, a skull and crossbones, etc. The lamentation for a criminal is often written in the first person, and is supposed to be the utterance of the culprit himself immediately before execution: it is in fact an imaginary last dying speech...and the air to which I have set the words was nearly always used for Lamentations in Munster, in my youth; so that these Lamentations were usually composed in the same measure. I have repeatedly heard Lamentations sung to this air in the streets of Dublin" (Joyce). Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 25. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 401, pgs. 210‑211.

X:1

T:Pretty Lasses of Loughrea

M:C

L:1/8

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

N:”Slow”

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>G | A2 (3AGB AG F/D/C/D/ | F2 (3GFG G2 (3cde | f2e2 e>d (3cAG | Ac d>d d2 fe |

d2 e/d/c/A/ d>c A/G/F/D/ | F2 (3GFG A2 fe | d2 (5e/d/c/A/G/ A2 A/G/F/A/ | G2 F>F F2 ||

 

PRETTY LIES.  Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Nebraska. Rounder 0529, Dwight Lamb – “Hell Agin the Barn Door” (2005. Learned from Nebraska fiddler Bob Walters, who probably had it from Missouri fiddler Casey Jones, for whom it was a favourite).

                       

PRETTY LITTLE CAT. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A more major sounding tune than "Pretty Little Dog" from West Virginia fiddler Lee Tiplet, who tells similar stories about the origin of the two tunes. Cassette C-7625, Wilson Douglas - "Back Porch Symphony."

                       

PRETTY LITTLE CATHERINE. French‑Canadian, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 66, pg. 47.

                       

PRETTY LITTLE DOG. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Dorian. Standard tuning. ABCD (Brody): AABB (Johnson, Phillips). The source for the tune is West Virginia fiddler Lee Triplet, who says he fashioned it in the process of learning another tune from fiddler Doc White of Ivydale, W.Va. See also notes for "Pretty Little Cat." The tune is played at a slower tempo than the normal breakdown speed. Source for notated version: Ruthie Dornfeld [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 221. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician: Occasional Collection of Old‑Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), No. 2, 1982 (revised 1988, 2003); pg. 5. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 104. Rounder 0010, "Fuzzy Mountain String Band" (1972). Yodel‑ay‑hee #108327, Critton Hollow Stringband ‑ "Poor Boy" (1979).

                       

PRETTY LITTLE GAL [1]. AKA – “Pretty Little Girl.” AKA and see "Pretty Little Miss [1]," "John Brown's Dream."  Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, western North Carolina. A Major. Standard or AEae tunings. AABBBBBB. Known as a Surry County, North Carolina, regional tune it was, for example, in the repertoire of the area group The Sweet Brothers. The late Mt. Airy, N.C., fiddler Tommy Jarrell played a tune by this name in DDad tuning. One of a family of tunes that includes Brownstream,” “Brownlow’s Dream,” Herve Brown’s Dream,”Jimmy Johnson Pass that Jug Around the Hill,” John Brown's Dream,” “Little Rabbit” “Red Steer,” “Stillhouse Branch” “Table Mountain Road” and others. The tune family is a common a popular one in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where it probably originated but has since been disseminated. Mike Yates (2002) says “it seems to be especially popular along the ‘Great Divide’—that part of the mountains that separate North Carolina and Tennessee—but, in truth, turns up in one form or another all over Appalachia.” The tune was recorded by the duet of William Marshall on fiddle and Howard Hall on banjo, from Hillsville, Carroll County, Virginia (near Galax). Source for notated version: Benton Flippen (N.C.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 189. County CD 2719, The Camp Creek Boys. Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, William Marshall & Howard Hall (et al) – “Far on the Mountains, vols. 1 & 2” (2002). Rounder 0213, The Tompkins County Horseflies ‑ "Chokers and Flies" (1985. Learned from the fiddling of Norman Edmonds, Hillsville, Virginia). Rounder CD 0439, Taylor & Stella Kimble (appears as “Cotton Eyed Joe,” a mistitle?).

X:1

T:Pretty Little Girl [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

N:AEae tuning

N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission; see http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(e2a2)a2 aa|ba2b a2a(e|f)eae feaf|ecBA (Ac2)e|e2a2a2aa|ba2ba2af|

efae feaf|ecBA (Ac2)((e|e)f0eB (Bc)ef|ecBA c3(e|e)feB c2 ef|

ecBc A3((e|e)f)eB (Bc)ef|ecBA c3(e|e)feB c2ef|ecBc A4||

 

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL (I LEFT BEHIND ME) [2]. AKA and see "The Girl I Left Behind Me [1]." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Arkansas. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from the playing of Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Morning Star 45003, Hack's String Band (Muhlenberg County, western Ky.) ‑ "Wink the Other Eye: Old Time Fiddle Band Music from Kentucky, Vol. 1" (1980).

                       


PRETTY LITTLE GIRL ALL AROUND TOWN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. The tune was recorded in 1939 for the Library of Congress by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler John Hatcher.

                       

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL THAT I LOVE, THE. AKA and see “The Purty Girl.” English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Peter Kennedy lists Roche’s “The Purty Girl” as a related tune, although I find no similarities. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 160, pg. 38.

 

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS ON. AKA- "Pretty Little Girl with the Red Dress On." AKA and see "Billy Butler." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; North Carolina, Indiana. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAAABB (John Summers). According to Guthrie Meade (Country Music Sources, 2002), the piece is related to “Who’s Been Here Since I’ve Been Gone” and “Gate to Go Through.” See also the related tune "Sugar Barrel." The lines below, familiar from Leadbelly’s “Poor Howard(‘s Dead and Gone)” and other songs, are sometimes sung with the tune:
***

Who's been here since I've been gone?

A pretty little girl with a blue dress on.

***

Source for notated version: John Summers (Indiana) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 189. Rounder 0194, John W. Summers ‑ "Indiana Fiddler" (1984). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40013, “Doug and Jack Wallin: Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains” (1995). Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40193, Doug Wallin – “Classic Old Time Fiddle” (2007. Reissue recording. Wallin, {1919-2000}, from around Sodom, North Carolina, learned the song from his father).

                       

PRETTY LITTLE GIRL WITH THE RED DRESS ON. AKA and see "Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On."

                       

PRETTY LITTLE INDIAN [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (Phillips/1995): AABB (Phillips/1989). The tune is played slower than the normal breakdown tempo. The tune was popularised by fiddlers such as Curly Ray Cline, who, although a bluegrass fiddler, was influenced by traditional (old-time) Kentucky fiddling. He played from 1966 into the mid-1990’s with Ralph Stanley’s Clinch Mountain Boys. A story, perhaps apocryphal, is told of Cline’s appearance in a fiddle contest with Tennessee’s Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith. Cline was a young teenager at the time, while Smith was perhaps the most renowned fiddler of the era. However, in the contest Cline prevailed, not a little aided by cheerful, youthful exuberance and showboating…so much so that Smith went over to the new champion with the greeting “You oughta be shot!” Source for notated version: Curly Ray Cline [Phillips]. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 35. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 104. Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith – “Say Old Man” (1990. Learned from Curly Ray Cline). Rebel 1509, Curly Ray Cline. Revonah RS‑932, The West Orrtanna String Band ‑ "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978. Learned from Kentucky/Ohio fiddler Van Kidwell). Rounder 0132, Bob Carlin ‑ "Fiddle Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo" (1980. Learned from Van Kidwell via the Hotmud Family). Vetco Records, "Fiddlin' Van Kidwell with the Hotmud Family."

 

PRETTY LITTLE INDIAN [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Source for notated version: Matt Glaser [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; p. 105.

                       

PRETTY LITTLE MISS [1]. AKA and see "Pretty Little Gal" [1], "Little Rabbit," "Herve Brown's Dream," "John Brown's Dream," "Brown's Dream." A tune by this title was recorded (in the key of 'A') for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, fiddler W.E. Claunch. One of a family of tunes that includes “Brownstream,” “Herv Brown’s Dream,” Jimmy Johnson Pass that Jug Around the Hill,” John Brown's Dream,” “Little Rabbit Pretty Little Gal [1],” “Stillhouse Branch” “Table Mountain Road” and others. The tune family is a common a popular one in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where it probably originated but has since been disseminated.

 

PRETTY LITTLE MISS [2]. American, Song Tune? (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 75.

X:1

T:Pretty Little Miss [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/dB/ d2 | e/ge/ g>e | dg fg | a4 | B/dB/ d2 | e/ge/ g>e | dg af | g4 :|

|: b>a gg | e/ge/ g>g | dg fg | a4 | b>a gg | e/ge/ g>g | dg af | g4 :|

                       

PRETTY LITTLE PINK. AKA - "My Pretty Little Pink." AKA and see “Blue Eyed Girl/Gal,” “Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy,” “Fare Thee Well My Pretty Little Miss,” “Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss,” “Susannah/Suzanna Gal [1],” “Western Country.” Old‑Time, Breakdown and Song. USA; Kentucky, southwestern Va. A driving banjo tune recorded in the 1920's by eastern Kentucky musicians. It was also recorded by Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress (2741-A-1) from the fiddle playing and singing of Franklin County, Virginia, musician H.L. Maxey. By the 1930’s the song was a staple in the repertoires of country radio singers such as Bradley Kincaid, Skyland Scotty, and Grandpa Jones, says Charles Wolfe (1991). See note for “Western Country.”

***

The title (as well as an alternate title) comes from a common verse set to the tune:

***

Fly around my pretty little pink,

Fly around my daisy;

Fly around my pretty little pink,

Your blue eyes run me crazy.

***

African-American collector Thomas Talley, in his book Negro Folk Rhymes (1922, reprinted in 1991 edited by Charles Wolfe), printed a version of the song that goes:

***

My pretty liddle Pink,

I once did think,

Dat we-uns sho’ would marry;

But I’se done give up,

Hain’t got no hope,

I hain’t got no time to tarry.

I’ll drink coffee dat flows,

From oaks dat grows,

‘Long de river dat flows wid brandy.

***

Yazoo CD 2051, Bradley Kincaid (reissue).

                       

PRETTY LITTLE SHOES [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, W.Va. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The source for the tune is West Virginia fiddler French Carpenter via Wilson Douglas. Source for notated version: Jim Ketterman [Silberberg/93]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 122. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 35. Chubby Dragon CS 1001, The Red Mules – “Tribute to the Appalachian String Band Music Festival.” Marimac Recordings, 1989, Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) ‑ "Boatin' Up Sandy" (1989).

 

PRETTY LITTLE SHOES [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. GDgd tuning. From the playing of Ward Jarvis, Doc White and Lester McCumber. Kerry Blech thinks the title was Jeff Goehring’s after Wilson Douglas suggested to him that it resembled a tune Wilson knew by this title.


                       

PRETTY LITTLE WIDOW. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, north Georgia. A Major {Phillips}: A Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & A Major (‘B’part) {Titon}: D Major. Standard or AEae (Stepp/Titon) tunings (fiddle). AAB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from the playing of Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. It was famously recorded in 1928 by the Georgia group The Skillet Lickers (Vocalion 02948-A), whom Jeff Titon (2001) suggest may have “inspired (W.H.) Stepp’s more interesting setting.” The melody is said to be the same as “Sugarfoot Rag,” which Clayton McMichen claimed his father wrote. Sources for notated versions: John Ashby [Phillips]; W.H. Stepp (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1937) [Titon]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 190. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 131, pg. 158. County 526, Gid Tanner & Clayton McMichen – “The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2” (1973. Originally recorded 1928). County 720, Joe Drye – “The Mountain Ramblers” (1969). Leatherwood (cassette), Bruce Greene – “Vintage Fiddle Tunes” (1987). Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith – “Say Old Man” (1990. Learned from Tommy Magness). Vocalion 5430 (78 RPM), A.A. Gray (appears as first tune of "A Georgia Barbecue at Stone Mountain"). Shanachie 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorraine Lee Hammond – “Hell Up Coal Holler” (1999. Learned from W.Va. fiddler Glen Smith, along with a Kentucky version).

X:1

T:Pretty Little Widow

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Gerry Milnes

Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz

K:A Mix

e/f/a aa/e/|g/a/b/a/ g<d|e/d/e/f/ g/e/d/B/|A/G/E/G/ B<A|!

e<a a>e|g/a/b/a/ g<d|e/d/e/f/ g/e/d/B/|A/G/E/G/ B<A||!

[c3e3] c/B/|A/B/c/A/ B/A/c/d/|[e2e2][ee][Ae] [d2f2][df][df]|e/f/e/d/ c<A|!

[ce][c/e/][B/e/] [c/e/][d/e/][c/e/][c/e/]|A/B/c/A/ B/A/c/d/|

[e2e2][ee][Ae] [d2f2][df][df]| e/f/e/d/ c<A||

X:2

T:Pretty Little Widder

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

a2 ab afed | g2 ga ge d2 | e2 ef e2 ef | ecBA FA A2 ::

{=c}c2 Ac BAFA | {=cc2) Ac BA A2 | c2c2 cBAF | ECEE FA A2 :|

                       

PRETTY LIZY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB and AABB (Thede). Source for notated version: John Hendricks (Bates, Arkansas) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; p. 40 (two versions).

                       

PRETTY MAGGIE MORRISSEY ("Ciumais na Mona" or "Mairgreadin Deas Ni Muirgeasa"). AKA and see “The Brighton Hornpipe,” “Duke of Leinster [3],” “The Five Pound Note,” “Hennessy’s (Hornpipe) [1],” “Kildare Hornpipe,” “O’Neil’s Hornpipe [1],” “Peggy Morrissey,” “Pretty Maggie Morrissey,” “The Strip of Turf (Ciumhais na Móna),” “The Wexford Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo, of whom O’Neill said: “The airy style of his playing, the clear crispness of his tones, and the rhythmic swing of his tunes, left nothing to be desired…” [O’Neill]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 77, pg. 20. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 223. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 83, p. 159. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 68. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 199. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1707, p. 317. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 182, p. 64. Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?  Appears as “Pretty Peggy Morrisey”).

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:Pretty Maggie Morrissey

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

Z:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1707

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

Bc|:dBGB cAFA|GB (3AGF GABc | dgfg efge | dBGB A2 Bc|

dBGB cAFA|GB (3AGF GABc | dgfg ecAF | GB (3AGF G2 Bc :|

|:dgfg efge|dgfg edBc|dgfg bgeg | dBGB A2 Bc | dBGB cAFA |

GB (3AGF GABc|dgfg ecAF |1 GB (3AGF G2 Bc :|2 GB (3AGF G4||

                       

PRETTY MAID [1]. American (?), Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 27, pg. 5.

X: 1

T:Pretty Maid

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 27

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B2d) cAA | BGG cAA | (B2d) cAA | (BG).G G2g | (B2d) cAA |

BGG cAA | (B2d) cAA | (BG)G G2g :: geg fdf | ece dBG | geg fdf |

(ec).e d2g | geg fdf | ece dBG | (B2d) cAA | (BG)G G2g :|

 

PRETTY MAID [2]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. O’Farrell’s title “Calleen Dass” is a corruption of the Irish Cailin Deas, or ‘Pretty Maid’. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 6.

X:1

T:Calleen Dass or Pretty Maid

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)  

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | (G/F/E/D/) G>A B>A | G2 A>G E2 | G/F/E/D/ G>A (BA/G/) | A2 Bd e (3d/e/f/ |

g>f ed/B/ d (B/A/) | G2 A>G E>A | G>D G>A B (e/d/) | B2 “tr”A2 {G/A/}G (3d/e/f/ |

(g/f/e/d/) (e/d/c/B/) d (B/A/) | G2 A>G “tr”E>A | (G/F/E/D/) “tr”G>A B (e/d/) |  B2 A>G G2 ||

                       

PRETTY MAID MILKIN' HER COW [1]. Irish, American; Polka. C Major. Standard tuning. See note for "Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow." AABB (Ford): AA'B (Carlin). Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 281, pg. 158. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 110.

X:1

T:Pretty Maid Milkin’ Her Cow [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Polka

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

A/B/|ce/c/ Bd/B/|A/G/(E E)A/B/|ce/c/ Bd/B/|AE AA/B/|ce/c/ Bd/B/|

A/G/(E E)A/B/|c/B/A/G/ E<AB/|cA/A/ A::G|c/d/e/f/ ge/c/|B/A/(G G<)A|

c/d/e/f/ ge/g/|a2 {e/f/g/}a2|gf/e/ de/c/|B/A/(G G)A/B/|c/e/c/A/ E<AB/|cE/E/ A:|

 

PRETTY MAID MILKING HER COW [2], THE (An Cailin Deas Cruidte na m-Bo). AKA and see "Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow." Irish, Air (3/4 or 9/8 time) or Slip Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Roche): AABB (O’Farrell). The tune is rendered in 6/8 time in Harding's Collection (appears as "Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow"), and as a waltz in O’Brien’s Boston-published Accordion Instructor (1949). O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pg. 19. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 40, pg. 20.

X:1

T:Pretty Maid Milking the Cow [2]

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Air/Slip Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

AB | cec BdB AGG | cec BdB A2B | cec BdB AGE | GED EAA/A/ A2 :: B |

cde/f/ ged/c/ BGB | c>de efg a2 b/a/ | gec dec BGB | cBA EA^G A2 :|

X:2

T:Pretty Maid Milking Her Cow [2]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

S:O’Brien –  Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bmin

Bc | d2f2d2 | c2e2c2 | B2 (A4 | A4) Bc | d2f2d2 | c2e2c2 | (B6 | B4) Bc | d2f2d2 |

c2e2c2 | B2 (A4 | A4) Bc | d2c2B2 | FB3c | (B6 | B4) A2 | d3e f2g | a2f2d2 |

c2 (A4 | A4) Bc | d3 e f g | a2f2a2 | (b6 | b4) b2 | a4 gf | e2f2d2 | c2 (_B4 | B4) =Bc |

d2c2B2 | F2B2c2 | (B6 |B4) ||

                       

PRETTY MAIDS OF BULGADEN, THE. AKA – “Pretty Girls of Bulgaden.” AKA and see "The Evergreen," “Evergreen Lasses,” “The Fowling Piece,” "Monongahela College" (Pa.), "Mother Carey's," "Old Temple House Reel,” “Rising of the Lark,” “Templehouse (Reel),” “The Tipsy House." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1927/1982, vol. 1; No. 166, pg. 65.

X:1

T:Pretty Maids of Bulgaden, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Roche – vol. 1, No. 166  (1927)

Z:Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

EFGA BE (3EEE|D2 (3FED AD (3FED|EFGA BE (3EEE|BdAc BE (3FED:|

g2 ef g2 fg|afdf afdf|gfef gfed|BdAc BE (3FED|

g2 ef g2 fg|afdf afdf|gfaf gfed|BdAc B>E(3FED||

                       

PRETTY MARION. Pipe Strathespey or Reel. CAT-WMR004, Wendy MacIssac - “The ‘Reel’ Thing” (1994). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean – “Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).

                       

PRETTY MARY BILRY. Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mary O’Malley, Arranmore, 7th Sept., 1857" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 378, pg. 96.

X:1

T:Pretty Mary Bilry

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante quasi Allegro”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 378

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

d/c/ | BGF G/A/ | BAG A/B/ | cdc B/G/ | GFF c/d/ | _edc =d/e/ |

f>d ed | cBG B/c/ | dcc c/d/ | ._e.d.c d/=e/ | f>d _ed | cBG B/c/ |

dcc d/c/ | BGF G/A/ | BAG A/B/ | cdc B/G/ | GF F2 ||

                       

PRETTY MILLINER, THE.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in the 1786 music manuscript copybook of American flute player Henry Beck. A different tune by this name appears in Bride’s Favourite Collection of 200 Select Country Dances (Longman, Lukey & Broderip, London, 1776). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 40.

X:1

T:Pretty Milliner, The

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:G

GGBB|dd g2|dBAG|AFED|GGBB|dd g2|faf^c|d2 D2::cBc).d|ca “tr”a2|

(BAB).c|Bg “tr”g2|gfed|edcB|cBAG|AFED|GGBB|dd g2|BGDF|G2 G,2:||

 

PRETTY MISS SALLY. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was originally published in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (London, 1751), apparently the source of many of the tunes in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 collection. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 3. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 24.

X:1

T:Pretty Miss Sally

M:6/8

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:D

d|cde A2G|F2E D2d|c>de A2G|F2E D2A|d2z c2z|

B2z A2d|cBA EA^G|A3 A,2::A|dAB –cdc|BGD G,2B|

eBc ded|cAE A,2e|a2z g2z|f2z egb|agf edc|d3 D2:||

                       

PRETTY MOLLY BRALLAGHAN. AKA and see "Molly/Judy/Miss Brallaghan/Brannigan."

                       

PRETTY NANCY. AKA and see "Put on Your/Thy Smock on (a) Monday." English, Dance Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. The air appears in Playford's Dancing Master, 4th edition, and a Cambridge University Library lute MS. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 234.


                       

PRETTY NUN, THE. English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Published before 1730. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 19.

                       

PRETTY PARROT, SAY. AKA and see "Pretty Polly, Say." English, Air. The song appears under the alternate title in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1729). The ballad was said to have been translated from the French, and Kidson (1922) states it is on early half‑sheet music. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 54.

                       

PRETTY PEGG{Y} [1] (Mairgreadin Deas). AKA – “Pretty Peg.” AKA and see “Bill Clancy’s Delight,” “The Ladies' Delight.” Scottish, Irish; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001, Surenne): AAB (Athole, Gow, Hunter, Johnson, Martin & Hughes, Skye): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): ABB' (Hardie): AABB’ (Skinner). The melody is identified by the band Altan as a Scottish reel that has been popular in Ireland for a number of years; indeed, J. Scott Skinner, in his Harp and Claymore collection observes it is "One of the finest of the old Reels." The 'B' part is similar to "The Perthshire Hunt." See also “Humours of Westport,” “Maguinnis’ Delight" and “Clyde-Side Lassies” for other tunes in this family. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]; Robert Petrie’s 4th Collection (Edinburgh, 1805) [S. Johnson]. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 440. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 34. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 25. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 214. S. Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 22. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 140, pg. 17. Kerr (Caledonian Collection), pg. 5 (appears as “Pretty Peg”). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 76. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 36 (appears as “Pretty Peg”). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 146 (appears as "Pretty Peggy"). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1476, pg. 273. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 704, pg. 124. Petrie (Fourth Collection of Strathspey, Reels, Jiggs and Country Dances), 1805. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 78. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 90. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 87. Culburnie Records CUL 102, Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher – “The Driven Bow” (1988). Green Linnet SIF‑1094, Capercaillie ‑ "Sidewaulk" (1989). Green Linnet GLCD 1117, Altan - "Harvest Storm" (1992). Ron Gonnella – “Scottish Violin Music” (1966).

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:Pretty Peggy [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2fd AFDA|d2fd e/f/g fe|d2fd AFDF|GEFD CEE:|

A|F/E/D AD BDAD|G/F/D G/F/D CEEG|G/F/D AD BDAD|

GFED A,DDA|G/F/D dD cDBD|AD G/F/D CEEG|FAdf ecdB|

BFGE FDD||

X:2

T:Pretty Peg [1]

R:Reel

D:Altan

Z:Adrian Scahill

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

(3ABc|d2fd ADFA|defd (3efg fe|defd AFDF|(3GFE (3FED CEEA:||\

(3FED AD BDAD|(3FED AD CEEG|(3FED AD BDAD|FDAD A,DDG|\

(3FED dD cDBD|ADFD CEEG|FAdf ecdB|AFEF D4:||

 

PRETTY PEGGY [2] (Mairgread Deas). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: notated in 1854 from the singing of a Dublin servant, Mary Hackett, who was originally from county Limerick [Joyce]. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 23. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 90, pgs. 92-93. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 451, pg. 79.

X:1

T:Pretty Peggy [2]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 451

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AF|D2G2A2|{B}=c2B2 A>F|G2 AF DF|E2D2 de|f2 ed (3cAG|

A2G2 FD|D2 {E}F2 G2|A4 (3ABc|d2 dc BA|=c2 d2 (3cAF|

G2 AF D>F|E2D2 FG|A2f2 ef|d2 cA F>A|GF D2D2|D4||

 

PRETTY PEGGY [3]. Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 231, pg. 25. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 161.

X:1

T:Pretty Peggy [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 231  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

ABc BAB|AFE E2E|ABc BAB|cee e2E|ABc BAB|AFE E2d|

cec BAB|(A3 A2) E::Ace ecA|dfa agf|ecA ABc|BEE E2E|

ABc BAB|cee e2f|cec BAB|(A3 A2)E:|

 

PRETTY PEGGY [4]. AKA and see “Burn’s March,” “Huggad de gadda freed a mony” (“Chugad a’gadaidhe fríd a’mónaidh”), “´Im Bó agus Um Bó,” “Steal a Cow and Eat a Cow.” Irish, Air (4/4 time).

 

PRETTY PEGGY [5]. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also “The Humours of Westport.” The tune appears under this title on Andy McGann’s and Paddy Reynold’s duet album. O’Neill prints the tune as “Bill Clancy’s Delight” with parts reversed from Flaherty’s version. See also “Milestone in the Garden.” Source for notated version: banjo player Tommy Finn (b. 1964, Barlow, Ballymote) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 51 (appears as “Unknown”).

           

PRETTY PEPPER.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 218, pg. 80.

                       

PRETTY POLLY [1]. Old‑Time, Air. Paul Clayton says the song was derived from an English broadside called "The Cruel Ship's Carpenter;" in American tradition Polly is led over hills and deep valleys until finally murdered. Gerry Milnes calls it a “time-worn chestnut,” widely sung and played.  Shanachie 6040, Gerry Milnes & Lorraine Lee Hammond – “Hell Up Coal Holler” (1999). Tradition Records TLP 1007, Hobart Smith ‑ "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians" (1956).

 

PRETTY POLLY [2]. May be "Pretty Polly Ann." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. AEac# tuning. AABB. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers Association 001, Pete McMahan (central Mo.) ‑ "Ozark Mountain Waltz." Rounder 0437, Jimm Beeler Kate  – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, Vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties.” Voyager VRCD 3 44, Howard Marshall & John Williams  – “Fiddling Missouri” (1999. Learned from Pete McMahon who had the tune from Clark Adderbury of Rhineland, Mo.).

 

PRETTY POLLY [3]. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "'Mr. MacDowell: Belfast, 1846,'" via the collector Forde [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 548, pg. 291.

 

PRETTY POLLY [4] (Maine Dear). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "Brightly"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: a MS. of Mr. A. Lowe (Fairview, Ireland) which contained a number of tunes of piper Hugh O'Beirne (Mohill, Co. Leitrim) from 1846 [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 54, pg. 23.

 

PRETTY POLLY [5]. AKA and see "Peter Kutz" (Pa.), "Hi Bell" (Pa.). American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major (Bayard): C Major (Bayard). Standard tuning. AA'B. Bayard (1981) identifies this as an international air, appearing in collections from American, the British Isles, and Continental Europe. He thinks the tune was originally French, and that it has been popular in Europe and the British Isles in two main versions; an earlier one (popular throughout the 18th century) and a later one (popular from the early 19th century to "roughly" the present day, and which was the only one to survive in instrumental folk tradition). The earlier version appears under such titles as "The Weaver's March," "The Gallant Weaver," "Twenty‑first of August," "The Tenth of June," "Frisky Jenny," "Charles of Sweden," "Come Jolly Bacchus," and "(Glorious) First of August." Bayard also notes Flemish and French versions dating from 1702 and 1717, which may be ancestral to the British versions of these earlier tunes. The later form of the air he identifies as well known in France and in the British Isles during the 19th century, and he cites several Continental collections in which the tune appears. In America and Britain this form of the melody was known as "In My Cottage Near the Wood," "The Coquette [3]," "The Cheat" and "Cheat or Swing." Sources for notated versions: Thomas Patterson (fiddler from Elizabeth, Pa., 1930's), Samuel Losch (fiddler from Juniata County, Pa., 1930's), Thomas Hoge (fifer from Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 294A‑C, pgs. 249‑250.

X:1

T:Pretty Polly [5]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bayard – Dance to the Fiddle (1981), No. 294-C

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D>F AA | B/A/B/c/ dd | D>F AA | E/D/E/F/ E>E | D>F AA | B/A/B/c/ dd | d>e f/g/f/e/ | dc d2||

gf e/d/e/f/ | gf e2 | gf e/f/e/d/ | cA A2 | gf e/d/e/f/ | gf e>fe>c | gf e/f/e/d/ | cA/B/ A/G/F/E/ ||

 

PRETTY POLLY [6]. English, ‘Old’ Hornpipe (3/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune comes from a broadsheet ballad of c. 1706. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 34.

X:1

T:Pretty Polly [6]

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:A Minor

d2 | A2E2E2A2 c4 | dcBc A2c2 e3f | e2 ae f2e2d2c2 | B4A2 e2f2e2 |

d4c4 z2 :| B2 | edcB cd c2 dcBA | Bc B2 cBA^G AB A2 | z2 e2 fedc g2G2 |

c4c4 efef | g2g2 gfed c4 | cdcd e2e2 edcB | A2e2A2e2 dcBA | A8 z2 ||

 

PRETTY POLLY [7]. American, Contra Dance Tune. C Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Howe (1867) prints contra dance directions with the melody. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 82.

X:1

T:Pretty Polly [7]

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e/f/ | g2 ^f/g/a/g/ | e2 cB/c/ | dgG A/B/ | c/B/c/d/ c/d/e/f/ | g2 ^f/g/a/g/ |

e2 cB/c/ | dgG A/B/ | cec || e/f/ | d^cd e/f/ | d^c de | fA dc | B/c/A/B/ G f/g/ |

d^cd e/f/ | d^c de | fA dB | cec || E/F/ | G>A GE | AF FA | GE EG |

FDD E/F/ | GE cG | F A2A | GE FD | CEC ||

                       

PRETTY POLLY ANN [1]. AKA and see "Give the Fiddler a Dram [3]."

 

PRETTY POLLY ANN(A) [2]. AKA and see "Sugar Betty/Betsy Ann [1]." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Texas. A Major. AEae or AEac# tunings. AABBCCA'A'. Bob Carlin (1985) notes the tune is possibly a variant of the song "Little Betty Ann," and that, as "Betty Ann," it was recorded in 1947 for Columbia Records by fiddler Jesse Ashlock (who credited the tune to the father of his former employer, Texas swing fiddler Bob Wills). The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. The melody was also recorded by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson. Source for notated version: Tom Fuller via Brad Leftwich [Kuntz]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Rounder C‑11565, Brad Leftwich ‑ "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin ‑ "Bangin' and Sawin'" (1985).

X:1

T:Pretty Polly Ann

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Brad Leftwich

N:AEae tuning-written as if fingered in standard tuning, not as actually sounded.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A/B/|cc/A/ B/cA/B/|cc/A/ DA/B/|cc/A/ B/c/A/E/|D/D/E/D/ A:|

|:DDED AA/c/|B/A/E/D/ A>(D|D)DED AA/c/|B/A/E/G/ D>(D|

D)/D/E/D/ AA/c/|B/A/B/A/ c(A/B/|c)e e/c/A/B/|c/A/B/c/ A2:|

|:c/ e e/ ef|c/d/e/f/ e>e|ce ef/e/|c/A/E/G/ D z:|

                       

PRETTY POLLY LIKE A TROOPER DID RIDE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 640, pgs. 324‑325.

                       

PRETTY POLLY OLIVER. English, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. The air, from Playford’s Dancing Master, appears in broadside ballads. Walker (1924) mentions it by name as one of the better Playford pieces, “a model of graceful melodic curve.” Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 2, 1859; pg. 181.

X:1

T:Pretty Polly Oliver

M:3/4

L:1/8

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

B2|e2d2c2|BG E2F2|GE C2D2|E4B2|c2d2e2|

fd B2 cd|e2G2=A2|B4 B2|cd e2f2|d2 BAGF|

E3F G2|c4 d2|e2d2c2|BG E2F2|GE C2D2|E4||

                       

PRETTY POLLY, SAY. AKA and see "Pretty Parrot, say." English, Air. This popular tune appears in several early 18th century ballad operas, according to Pulver (1923), such as John Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729. The original, "Pretty Parrot, say," was said to have been translated from the French. Kidson (1922) states it is on early half‑sheet music.

***

John Gay (1685-1732), attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, dated before 1723.

                       

PRETTY RED {HAIRED} GIRL [1], THE (An Cailín Deas Ruadh). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. A variant under the title "An Bata Druin" (The Blackthorn Stick) can be found in the "Freeman Collection" (Journal of the Folk Song Society, volume VI, No. 10), though it is not the jig "The Blackthorn Stick" as found in O'Neill's. A similarly metered and structured melody is "The Red Haired Man's Wife [1]," which though reminiscent of "The Pretty Red Haired Girl" in phrases, seems to be a different tune. Source for notated version: the index to the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection gives that the piece was obtained from "Thomas Broadwood Esq...Munster 1815."  O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 89, pgs. 133-134.

 

PRETTY RED GIRL [2], THE ("The Colleen Dhas Rue" or "An Cailín Deas Ruadh"). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. "I give this fine air as I learned it in early days from singers; but an instrumental setting, much ornamented, will be found in Bunting, 1840, p. 66. It is there given in the major; but I always heard it sing and played in the minor" (Joyce). Joyce gives one remembered verse to the Irish song:
***

A bhean-a’-tighe shéimh cuir a déirc amach cun a doill;

Beidh mo phaidir chun Dé a-cur séun agus rath air do chloinn:

Dá m-beidh mo bhean agum fhéin ni bheith mo léintín daithie air mo dhruim;

A’s go bh-fuil sí a g-Cill-teun, mo leun, agus leac air a druím.

***

O gentle woman of the house, give alms to a blind man;

My prayer to God will be to give prosperity and good luck to your children:

If I had my own wife my shirt would not be soiled (as it si) on my back;

But alas, she lies in Kiltane with a stone at her head.

***

Joyce then gives a three verse “free translation” of the song which he says was “very generally known and sung” in Limerick when he was you (c. 1840’s). The song gives “an admirable picture of the sturdy professional beggarman, as he flourished, and as I well remember him, before 1847.” The first verse goes:

***

Of all the trades a-going, begging is my delight;

My rent it is paid and I lay down my bags ev’ry night:

I’ll throw away care and take a long staff in my hand,

And I’ll flourish each day couageously looking for chance.

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 105, pg. 53‑54.

X:1

T:Pretty Red Girl, The

T:An cailín deas ruadh

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With expression”

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Dorian

FG|A2A2B2|G4 AG|F3A GE|E2D2D2|D4 DE|F2 GFED|F3G AB|c2A2G2|

A2d2d2|d4 AG|F2 GFED|F3G AB|c2A2G2|A2d2de|f4 (3edc|d2 edcA|

d3c AG|F3A GE|E2D2D2|D4||

 

PRETTY RED GIRL [3], THE (An Cailín Deas Rua). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABB’. Source for notated version: P.W. Joyce’s Ancient Irish Music {1872} [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 60, pg. 132.

           

PRETTY ROSY CHEEKS. AKA and see "Jolies Joues Roses."

           


PRETTY SALLY. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 500, pg. 126.

X:1

T:Pretty Sally

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 500

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

BA | G2 EG | B2 cd | ef ec | {c}B2 BA | G2 EG | B2 Bd | ef ec | B2 ||

BB | (cB) (cd) | (e>f) ec | cB Bc | BG EG | AG AB | cA GF | FE E{G}F | E2 ||

           

PRETTY SARO. Old-Time, Song. USA, North Carolina. G Major. GDae tuning. Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997. Learned in part from North Carolina musician Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson’s father-in-law, with a verse by Jean Richie of Viper, Ky.).

           

PRETTY SHE, THE. Scottish. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768.

           

PRETTY THING AT THE FAIR, THE.  Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 156, pg. 38.

 

PRETTY YOUNG GIRLS FOR SALE.  See note for “Tobin’s Jig.”

 

PRICE OF MY PIG, THE. Irish, Double Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Darley & McCall): AABB (Cranitch).

***

In the year twenty nine when the weather was fine

I first made me way to the sweet fair of Trim

For to sell a fine swine it was my design

She was plump fat and fair and complete in each limb

This pig was as mild as a lamb or a child

You could whip her all over the world with a twig

And the truth for to tell, I sold her quite well

Two pounds ten was the price that I got for my pig

***

I slapped the cash to me thigh saying "I'll drink by and by"

Down the street I did fly, like a sporting young buck

When a handsome young dame who belonged to the game

She right up to me came to be sure for good luck

She gave me a wink to go in for a drink

Inveigled me up to dance Hennessy's Jig

Twas at the wheel round she slipped her hand down

And then left me quite scarce of the price of my pig!

***

Like a man in despair when I missed me fair share

I went tearing me hair seeking her up and down

Every corner and lane I did search out in vain

But a sprig of this dame sure could never be found

Meet her well I will or I surely will kill

This I swear by the hair on Lord Norbury's wig

Till the day that I die my revenge I will try

On the dame that did rob me the price of me pig

***

On to Navan next day sure I then took me way

For I heard people say that this dame had been seen

But when I got there, having some time to spare

I wetted me care with a drop of poteen

The first to come in, it was Tatterjack Flynn

And we danced a few steps of a nice double jig

Thinking, aye, be-and-by that I'd soon set me eye

On the dame that did rob me the price of me pig

***

Oh by Tara by Skreen, by the Bog of Armeen

By John Paddy McGee by the high Hill of Howth

By the Church, by the bell , by the great Book of Kells

Fort to swear anymore, do you know that I'm loath!

If the Lord of Mayo he but heard of me woe

I'm sure he would come in a chaise or a gig

And he'd search the land round till this dame would be found

And be clattered in pound for the price of me pig

***

Now that it's so, its homeward I'll go

My shuttle I'll throw and from drink I'll refrain

I'll stick to me loom while my youth is in bloom

And I'll never be caught by a strumpet again

Sincerely I swear and I swear I'm sincere

Not a week will go by or a month or a year

That upon that transaction I'll have satisfaction

All on that bad action that lost me me pig!

***

Source for notated version: Mr. T.L. O'Callaghan, bandmaster of Reformatory (Philipstown, King's Co., Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Cranitch  (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 7, pg. 127. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 7. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 40, pg. 17.

X:1

T:Price of my Pig, The

L:1/8

M:6/8

Z:transcribed by Jürgen Gier

K:AMin

EAA AGA|~B3 GAB|~c3 ~B3|AGE E2D|\

EAA AGA|~B3 GAB|eBc ~B3|AGE E2D:|

|:efe ded|~c3 ~B3|~c3 ~B3|AGE E2D|\

EAA AGA|B/c/dB GAB|eBc ~B3|AGE E3:|

X:2
T:Price of My Pig
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:1/4=170
K:Amin
D|: E2A AGA | BcB GAB| cdc BcB | AGE ~E2D | E2A AGA |

BcB GAB | cdc BcB | AGE ~E3 :: efe ded | cdc B3 | cdc BcB | AGE E2D |

E2A AGA | BcB GAB | cdc BcB |1 AGE ~E3 :|2 AGE E2D |

           

PRICILLA’S.  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An untitled tune played for Luke O’Malley by Pricilla Donohue in 1964 in Scariff, County Clare. She had no title, so O’Malley called it after her. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 16, g. 8.

X:1

T:Pricilla’s

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1, No. 16  (1976)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dedB cBAB|G2 BG EGBG|A^GAB cBA=G|EA {B}A^G ABcA|

dedB cBAB|G/G/G BG DGBG|A^GAB cdef|gdcA BG G2:|

|:dg{a}gf gdBd|ea{b}a^g a=geg|(3fed ad bdad|gage dcBc|

dg{a}gf gdBd|ea{b}b^g a=gef|gage dcBc|(3ded cA BG G2:|

           

PRIDE OF AHAMORE (Péarla an Achaidh Mhóir). Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1976) says the reel was from the repertoire of piper John Gorman, born in Beile Uí Dhálaigh, County Roscommon. Source for notated version: fiddler Johnny Henry, 1966 (Ballymote, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 272, p. 140.

           

PRIDE OF CALEDONIA.

X:1

T:Pride of Caledonia

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

B:William Mackie manuscript collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

B|c2A e2A|c2A efg|B2G d2G|B2G dcB|

C2A e2A|c2A edc|B2g edB|c2A A2:|

|:e|a2e a2e|a2b c’ba|g2d g2d|g2a bag|

a2e a2e|a2b c’ba|g2d edB|c2A A2e|

a2e a2e|a2b c/ba|g2d g2d|g2a bag

|1 a2e f2d|e2c dcB|d2g edB|c2A A2:|

|2 c’2c’ bag|a2d edc|B2g edB|c2A A2||

           

PRIDE OF CLOONTIA, THE (Péarla na gCluainte). AKA and see “Fred Finn’s [2],” “Navvy on the Shore [1]." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Philippe Varlet believes the tune to be a variant of “Navvie on the Line.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Sonny McDonagh, 1966 (Bunanadden, Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 195, pg. 102. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 78. Green Linnet SIF 9011, Maeve Donnelly (et al) – “Playing with Fire.” Maeve Donnelly – “Sailing into Walpole’s Marsh.”

 

PRIDE OF CLUINTE, THE. See "The Pride of Cloontia."

 

PRIDE OF GLENNANAIR, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 215, pg. 12.

 


PRIDE OF KILDARE, THE. AKA and see  Sackow’s,” “Sackrows,” “Tripping Upstairs [2].” Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the Bridge Ceili Band [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 53, pg. 76.

 

PRIDE OF KILDARE [2], THE (Mórtas Chill Dara).  Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian (?). Standard tuning. AABB. The influential early-mid 20th century Sliabh Luachra fiddler teacher Pádraig O’Keefe’s ms. was made available to Brendan Breathnach by one of Padriag’s students, Jack Connell (Jack the Lighthouse). Source for notated version: a manuscript written by itinerant Kerry fiddler and teacher Pádraig O’Keeffe [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 178, pg. 86.

 

PRIDE OF KILDARE [3].  AKA and see "My Heart with Love is Breaking," "The Waterloo Reel [5]," "The Rocks of Antiluce," "Lord Gordon," "Duke Gordon," "The Duke of Gordon's Favourite," "The Duke of Gordon's Rant," "The Rakes of Drumlish," "The Scotch Rose," "The Scotch Patriot's Reel." Irish, Reel. According to Brendan Breathnach, “The Pride of Kildare” was the name by which Sliabh Luachra fiddler Pádraig O’Keeffe called “Lord Gordon.”

           

PRIDE OF LEINSTER, THE. AKA and see “The Big Ship come over the Bay,” “The Bouchaleen Buidhe,” “Kitty’s Wedding [2],” “McArdle’s Fancy,” “Out on the Ocean [2],” “Paddy the Dandy [1],” “Ships in Full Sail,” “The Three Little Drummers [2].” Irish, Jig. Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).

           

PRIDE OF MOYVAN(E), THE. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Black): AABB'(Alewine). Moyvane, County Kerry, was the home town of Bronx, NY, fiddler Martin Mulvihill. Alewine (Maid That Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 29. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 336, pg. 179.

X:1

T: Pride of Moyvane

S: M. Mulvihill

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Ddor

FG | AD D2 DEFG | Ad (3ded cAGE | F2 DF E2 CB | cAGF EC C2 |

AD D2 DEFG | Ad (3ded cAGE | F3 F E2 cE | EDCE D2 :|

FG | Add^c d2 Ad | d2 fd dcAB | c2 cd cAGE | AccB cAGE |

Add^c d2 Ad | d2 fd dcAG | F3 D E2 cE | EDCE D2 :|

           

PRIDE OF NEWCASTLE, THE.  English, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by choreographer, collector, musician and composer Pat Shaw in 1963. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 102.

 

PRIDE OF PETRAVORE, THE. AKA and see "Eileen Oge." Irish, Air or Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BB. The air is that of William Percy French (1854-1924) and Houston Collisson’s song "Eileen Oge, the Pride of Petravore." French was also the composer of such well known songs as “Darlin’ Girl from Clare,” "Mountains of Mourne", "Phil the Fluther's Ball", "Abdul Abulbul Ameer" and "Come Back, Paddy Reilly, to Ballyjamesduff".

***

Eileen Og for that the darlin's name is

Through the barony her features they were famous

And if we loved her who could ever blame us

For wasn't she the pride of Petrovor.

But her beauty made us all so shy,

Not a man among us could look her in the eye

Boys, oh boys, that's now the reason why

We're lamenting for the pride of Petrovor.

***

Chorus:

Eileen Og, me heart is turning grey

Ever since the day you wandered far away

Eileen Og, there's good fish in the sea

But there's no one like the pride of Petrovor.

***

Friday night at the fair of Balatober [?]

Eileen met McGrath, the cattle jobber

I'd like to set me mark upon that robber

For he stole away the pride of Petrovar.

He didn't seem to notice her at all

Even when she ogled him underneath her shawl

Lookin' big and masterful while she was lookin small

Most provoking for pride of Petrovar.

***

So it went as it had in the beginning,

Eileen Og was big upon the winnin'

While big McGrath contentedly was grinnin'

At being courted by the pride of Petrovar.

Said he, "I know a girl who could knock you into fits."

At that lovely Eileen nearly lost her wits.

But the upshot of the ruction is that now the robber sits

With his arm around the pride of Petrovor.

***

So, me boys with fate it's hard to grapple

Of me eye, sure Eileen was the apple

And now to see her going to the chapel

with the hardest featured man in Petrovor.

So me boys, here's all I have to say

When you do your courtin', make no display

And if you want them to run after you,

Walk the other way

 For they're mostly like the pride of Petrovar

***

Green Linnet SIF3040, De Dannan - "Ballroom" (1987). De Dannan – “Greatest Hits.”

X:1

T:Pride of Petravore, The

R:hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

Q:90

K:Em

B,D |: "Em"EDEF "G"GFGA | "Em"BcBA GFGE |

"D"D^CDE "Bm"FEFG | "D"ABAG FEDB, |

"Em"EDEF "G"GFGA | "Em"BcBA "G"G2 GA |

B2 Bc "Bm"BAGF |1 "Em"G2 E2 E2 B,D :|2 "Em"G2 E2 E2||:

z2 | "C"[e2c2] [e2c2]  [e3c3] e | "G"dBGA "Em"B2 Bc |

BAFE "D"FGAB |  AGED "Em"E2 GA |

"Bm"Bdef "C"g2 ge | "G"dBGA "Bm"B2 GA |

B2 Bc "G"BAFG |"Em"E2 ED  E2 :||

           

PRIDE OF RATHMORE. AKA and see “Considine’s Grove{s},” “Cronin of Kerry,”  Dinny Ryan’s,” “Game of Love,” “Girls of Farranfore,” “The Gneevguilla Reel,” “The Kerryman’s Daughter [2],” “Miss Brady,” “Paddy Cronin’s [8],” “Rabbit’s Burrow.” Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Martin Mulvihill attributes the tune to Bronx fiddler Paddy Cronin, originally from County Kerry. See also the related “Game of Love” family of tunes. Sources for notated versions: Ann Sheehy {McAuliffe} (Castleisland, County Kerry) [Mulvihill]; fiddler Mrs. Murphy (Cork) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 290, pg. 147 (appears as “Gan ainm”). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 189, pg. 51. Copely EP, Paddy Cronin (c. 1950’s). Maire O'Keeffe – “An Coisir.”

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Pride of Rathmore, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:E Minor

E3F G2 EF|GEAG FDDF|E3F GFGA|Bded Bd e2|E3F G2 EF|GEAG FDDF|

E3F GFGA|Bded BE E2||efed (3Bcd ef|geag fd (dcd|efed (Bcd ef|gfdf e3d|

(3Bcd ed (3Bcd ef|gfag fd (3dcd|gfge d2 ed|(3Bcd ed BE E2||

X:2
T:The Pride of Rathmore
T:Rabbit's Burrow
T:The Kerryman's Daughter
B:CRÉ II, No. 290;
B:M Mulvihill, First Collection of
B:Traditional Irish Music, page 51.
D:Maire O'Keeffe, An Coisir.
N:Mulvihill attributes the tune to Paddy Cronin,
N:with Ann Sheehy McAuliffe noted as the source.
N:Another marginal note gives Julia Clifford's
N:title for the tune as the 'Rabbit's Burrow'.
N:Also as 'The Gneeveguilla Reel' and 'The Girls
N:of Farranfore'.
N:Part of the 'Game of Love' tune family.
Z:Paul Stewart Cranford
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
E3F G2EF|GBAG FDDF|EDEF GFGA|(3Bcded (3Bcded|
E3F G2EF|GBAG FDDF|EDEF G2GA|(3Bcded BEE2|]
efed (3Bcdef|geag fedf|efed (3Bcdeg|fedf e2ed|
(3Bcded (3Bcdef|geag fddf|g3e dged|(3Bcded BEED|]

           

PRIDE OF ROCKCHAPEL, THE. AKA and see “McFadden’s Handsome Daughter.” A two-part version of “McFadden’s Handsome Daughter.” Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Accordion player Luke O’Malley reports that this tune was popularized in the New York City region by John McGrath and disseminated by his students, and probably received its title from a series of Sunday night dances held at the Rockchapel Ballromm on 86th St. “Paddy Killoran, as far as I know, picked it up from him. The dances were run by John O'Neil and Murty Collins (d.)and Paddy Killoran played in the band at times.”

X:1

T:The Pride of Rockchapel

S:Maureen Glynn School of Irish Music

D:Cherish the Ladies, Shanachie 79053, track 14b

Z:Jerome Colburn

M:C|

L:1/8

K:A

E3 F ABcA | aAcA BFAF | E3 F ABcA |1 BF~F2 BFAF :|2 BAFG A3 c ||\

e2 ce fgaf | e2 cA BAFA | e2 ce fgaf | ecBc A3 e |\

e2 ce fgaf | e2 cA BAFA | a3 e fgaf | e2 cA BAFA |]

"Last time through"

e2 ce fgaf | e2 cA BAFA | e2 ce fgaf | ecBc A3 e |\

e2 ce fgaf | e2 cA BAFA | a3 e fgaf | e2 cA BAFG | A8 |]**

                       

PRIDE OF SLEIVE AUGHTY (Mórtas Shliabh Eachtaí). AKA and see “Nova Scotia.” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Breathnach had the “Slieve Aughty” title from Loughrea, County Galway, accordion player Joe Burke. Source for notated version: fiddler Frank ‘The Blacksmith’ O’Reilly [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), No.17, pg. 10.. 

 

PRIDE OF THE BALL. AKA and see similar reels "The Family Estate," "The Girl with the Handsome Face," "Joshua Gray,"  "McKenna's Reel," "Miss Wright's Reel," "Mollie's Bonnet," "Molloy's Night Cap," "Pigeon on the Gate [5]," “The Queen’s Marriage,” "The Queen's Wedding," “Speed the Plow,” "Steeple Chase [1]," "Swallow's Tail Reel," "Take Your Hand Away," "The Village Reel." Scottish, Irish, Canadian, American; Reel. Canada; Ontario, Prince Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole, Harding, Joyce, Kennedy,  Kerr, O’Neill): AA’BB’ (Perlman). Perlman (1996) notes that there is some confusion between this tune and “Pigeon on the Gatepost;” in fact, several of the variants he lists (such as “Roddy Joe’s Reel” and “The Twin Sisters”) are also listed as variants for “Pigeon on the Gatepost.” The tune was also collected by Bayard (1981, Appendix No. 6, pg. 574) as an untitled reel from a fiddler from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in the 1930's. Sources for notated versions: Peter Chaisson, Jr. (b. 1942, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 63, pg. 72. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 37. Harding Collection and Harding's Original Collection, No. 169. Henebry, 1928, No. 67, pg. 243. JIFSS, Vol. XVII, pg. 39. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 342, pg. 157 (appears as untitled reel). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 161, pg. 38. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 226, pg. 25. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 168. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1268. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 83.

X:1

T:Pride of the Ball

T:Steeple Chase [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music  (1909), No. 342

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mix

cB|A2 FD A2 FD|EGAB cBcA|G2EC G2EC|EGAB c2 Bc|

A2FD A2FD|EGAB c2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|GBAF D2:|

|:FG|Addd dcAG|FGAB c2 BA|G2 ECG2EC|EGAB c2 Bc|

Addd dcAG|FGAB cBce|dBcA BGAF|GBAF D2:|

                       

PRIDE OF THE BRONX, THE (Údar Mórtais an Bronx). AKA and see “Brid Harper’s,” “Kevin Coyne’s,” Matt Molloy’s [4],” “McGreevey’s Favorite.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Fiddler Magazine, Winter 2008/09, vol. 15, No. 4; pg. 39. Oisin Mac Dairmada, Brian Fitzgerald, Micheál Ó Ruanaigh – “Traditional Music on Fiddle, Banjo and Harp” (2000).

X:1
T:The Pride of the Bronx
D:Johnny Cronin and Joe (Banjo) Burke, Shanachie 29005, A 5b
Z:Jerome Colburn 10/25/2003
M:C

L:1/8
K:D
B | AF~F2 AFBF | AF~F2 ABDF | AF~F2 ABde | f2 af fed :|
e | fa~a2 fb~b2 | fa~a2 afde | fa~a2 fb~b2 | afdf efde |
fa~a2 fb~b2 | fa~a2 afde | dBAF ABde | f2 af fed |]**

                       

PRIDE OF THE BROOMLANDS. Scottish. The tune resembles "Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine." Smith, The Scotish (sic) Minstrel, IV, 12.

                       

PRIDE OF THE DEE WALTZES, THE. Scottish, Waltz. Composed by Peter Milne (1824-1908), a Scottish fiddler, one of J. Scott Skinner’s teachers and, later, a fiddling partner. Milne managed to make a living playing theater venues all over Scotland, but became addicted to opium in the drug laudanum, which he originally took as a pain-killer.  Milne ended his life in reduced circumstances, busking on the ferry that crossed the Firth of Forth. Skinner (1904) said of him: “(Milne) was the founder of the present style of Strathspey playing, and the best all round player and composer of his day. His left hand was as unerring and accurate as a machine. Another favourite piece of his is ‘The Pride ‘o the Dee’ Valse.” The melody is considered among those of Milne’s better compositions.

                       

PRIDE OF THE DON WALTZES, THE. Scottish, Waltz. Composed by Peter Milne (1824-1908), a Scottish fiddler, one of J. Scott Skinner’s teachers and, later, a fiddling partner. Milne managed to make a living playing theater venues all over Scotland, but became addicted to opium in the drug laudanum, which he originally took as a pain-killer.  Milne ended his life in reduced circumstances, busking on the ferry that crossed the Firth of Forth. The melody is considered among those of Milne’s better compositions.

                       

PRIDE OF THE NORTH HORNPIPE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 56.

X:1

T:Pride of the North Hornpipe, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor  (1898)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2|BFDF BdcB|A2 c2 c2 fe|dBAB fBAB|A2 F2 F2 BA|BFDF EGCE|DFBd fdbf|

gecA FAce|d2 B2 B2::fe|dfba gfed|e2 c2 c2 cd| ecce dBBd | cBAG F2 BA |

GEBG FDBF|GEBG FDBF| GABc decA | B2 d2 B2 :|

                       


PRIDE OF THE PARISH, THE (Blat Na Parraiste). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 194. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1686, pg. 313.

X:1

T:Pride of the Parish, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1686

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | B>AGE DEGA | BAGB A2 GA | B>AGE DEGA | BGAF G2 GA |

B>AGE DEGA | BAGB A2 GA | Bdde dBGB | AGEF G2 :|

|: GA | B>cde dBAG | (3ABc de d2 BA | B>cde dBGB | AGEF G2 GA |

B>cde dBAG | (3ABc de d2 (3def | g>ag>e d>BGB | AGEF G2 :|

                       

PRIDE OF THE STAGE.  American, Strathspey. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 169.

 

PRIDE OF THE WEST, THE (Péarla an Iarthair). AKA and see “Jack Coen’s (Jig) [2],” “Jim Conroy’s Jig,” “The Leg of the Duck [2].” Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was recorded by the Bridge Céilí Band (Robert Gleeson, fiddle). It appears to have been popular in County Galway and, indeed, the composition has been attributed to Galway musician Jim Conroy (from whom fluter Mike Rafferty learned the tune). Conroy was a flute player from Woodford, east County Galway, and a mentor of flutist Jack Coen (Bronx, N.Y.). It was also in the repertoire of Galway-based fiddler Brendan Larrisey. Clo Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Pride of the West

T:Jack Coen’s

T:Leg of the Duck [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

DGG GAG|FEF D2c|~B3 GBd|cAF ~F3|D2G GAG|

FEF DBc|ded cAF|1 AGF GFE:|2 AGF GBc||:dgg dff|dgg cBc|

dgg dff|GAB ABc|def gab|agf g2e|fed cAF|1 AGF GBc:|2 AGF GED||

X:2

T:Leg of the Duck [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

DGG GAG|FEF Ddc|~B3 GBd|cAG FEF|DGG GAG|

FEF DBc|ded cAF|AGF G3:||:dgg def|dgg cBc|dgg def|

GFG ABc|def ~g3|agf g2e|fed cAF|AGF G3:|

 

PRIEST, THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, West Kerry. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 60, pg. 38.

                       

PRIEST AND/IN HIS BOOTS [1], THE ("An Sagart 'Sa Butaiside" or  "Sagart na mBuataisí"). AKA and see "Bounce Upon Bess," "Come All You Good Fellows," “Irish Lilt [5],” "Kissing and Drinking," "Larry O'Lashem," “Mopsy’s Tune;the old way, “Murphy Delany,” “Paddy’s Dream,” "Paddy's Trip from Dublin,"  Parson in Boots,” “Rocking the Cradle [2],” "There Are Sounds of Mirth," "The Tivoli." Irish, Double Jig. D Major (Howe): D Mixolydian ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part) {Breathnach vol. 3, Cole}: A Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) {Breathnach vol. 2, Levey, O'Neill}. Standard tuning. AABB. The Irish title translates as “Priest of the Boots,” though it is often found as “The priest in his boots” or “The priest and his boots.” Dance instructions, but no music, for a title called "The Priest and his books" is to be found in the Menzies Manuscript, 1749, contained in the Atholl Collection of the Sandeman Library, Perth, and, indeed, that may be the original title. O’Neill (1913) also states that a special dance was performed to this tune in Ireland. In fact, the tune appears to have been known throughout the British Isles, and early versions can also be found in Playford’s English Dancing Master (1651)—under the title “An old man is a bed full of bones”—Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion (1745-65 under the title “The Irish Lilt”) and Aird’s Selections &c. (1786). Alfred Moffat, in The Minstrelsy of Ireland (1897), identified variants of this tune as “Murphy Delany” and “The Miser,” and though the former is decidedly a variant, “The Miser” has more differences and it has sometimes been disputed whether in fact it is actually a variant. Breathnach (1976) believes most of the alternate titles from O’Neill are song names, for songwriters were very fond of the tune as a vehicle for their words. For instance, he finds four songs set to it in Crosby’s Irish Musicial Repository (1808) and notes Thomas Moore wrote “There are sounds of mirth” to it. There is no relation to the similarly-entitled “Parson in/on his Boots” published by Aird, though the names have led at times to some confusion. O’Neill (1922) remarks: “As ‘The Priest in His Boots’ and ‘The Parson in his Boots’, this tune was printed in six different Collections of Music between the years 1765 and 1809 at Edinburgh, London, and Dublin. The dullest ear can discern the Similarity of strain in the second parts of ‘The Priest and his Boots’ and ‘The Arkansas Traveler’”. Howe (c. 1867) gives “Paddy’s Trip from Dublin,” “Murphy Delaney,” “Larry O’Lashem” and “Paddy’s Dream” as alternate titles. Source for notated version: flute and whistle player Micko Russell, 1969 (Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach]; a non-standard version by flute player Paddy Taylor (Ireland) [Breathnach, CRÉ III]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 17, pg. 11. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 8, pg. 5. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 52. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 103. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 51, pg. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 47. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 968, pg. 180. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 188, pg. 45. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pgs. 81 & 89. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 238-A. Claddagh Records CC8, Paddy Taylor ‑ "The Boy in the Gap" (1969). Flying Fish FF‑246, The Red Clay Ramblers ‑ "Hard Times" (1981).Green Linnet SIF 1105, Patrick Street – “Irish Times.” Maggie’s Music MM220, Hesperus – “Celtic Roots.”

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Priest and his Boots, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 188

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

c/d/|e2e e2e|efd cBA|dcd fed|cAc e2 c/d/|efe efe|efd cBA|dcd fga|gec d2:|

|:f/g/|afa geg|fdf ecA|dcd fed|cAc e2 f/g/|a2f g2e|f2d ecA|dcd fga|gec d2:|

X:2

T:Priest in his Boots, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Patrick Street

R:Jig

P:AABB

D:PS

Z:Kevin Alewine

K:D

afa geg|fdf ecA|dcd fed|cAc efg|afa geg|fdf ecA|1dcd (3fga f|gec d2f/2g/

2:|2dcd (3fga f|gec dcd:|efe efe|e2d cBA|dcd fed|cAc ecd|efe efe|e2d cBA

|1dcd (3fga f|gec dcd:|2dcd (3fga f|gec d2f/2g/2||

 

PRIEST IN HIS BOOTS [2], THE. Irish. A County Donegal version by the renowned fiddler John Doherty, recently recorded by Paul O'Shaughnessy.  Little relation to the “Priest in his Boots” in O’Neill.

                       

PRIEST AND THE RAKE. AKA and see “Fair-Haired White-Skinned Calf,” "Slainte Righ Pilib." Irish, Air (9/8 time). D Minor. Standard. AB. "This song is a dialogue between a priest and a rake. In the end lthe rake is converted and promises reform. The priest's words are truly typical of the earnest affectionate Irish soggarth. I learned the whole song in my early days from hearing it sung at home. The refrain 'Before the first dawn of day,' was often given in Irish‑‑'Air maidin le fainge an lae: pronounced 'Er moddhim le fawning an lay'. Pluto comes in correctly enough, as he was king of the nether world. The air is a good version of Slainte Righ Philip" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 411, pg. 222.

                       


PRIEST AVOURNEEN. AKA and see "The Big Bow Wow," "Stagger the Buck," "Tá an Coileach ag Fógairt an Lae" [2].

                       

PRIEST IN HIS BOOTS. See “Priest and His Boots.”

                       

PRIEST OF LURGAN, THE. Irish, Air. The title only survives as the single known composition of the Reverend Edward (“Parson”) Sterling, a renowned musician who flourished in the second quarter of the 18th century. He was rector of Lurgan, County Cavan, from 1737 and a fine bagpipe player and composer of airs. He was a contemporary of “Piper” Jackson, and the two are said by O’Neill (1913) to have been the last to compose Irish melodies in the ancient traditional style.

***

Harper Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), blind since the age of two, knew of Sterling by reputation. He writes in his memoirs regarding the upcoming second harp competition at Granard in 1782, “About the month of March I made my way towards Granard, and as usual touched at all my acquantances’ (i.e. gentlemen patrons) houses. I remained some time with the Rev. Mr. Sneyd, rector of Lurgan, County Cavan, the successor of Parson Sterling the celebrated piper, who composed as already mentions ‘The Priest of Lurgan’.”

 

PRIEST WITH THE COLLAR, THE (Sagart An Muince). AKA and see "Be Easy, You Rogue!" Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Also set as a single jig. See also the related “Tá an Coileach ag Fógairt an Lae.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 73. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 731, pg. 136.

X:1

T:Priest with the Collar, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 731

Z:AK/Fidder’s Companion

K:G

D | GBG AGE | c2c B2A | GBG AGE | G2G G2D | GBG AGE |

AEA ABc | BAG AGE | G2G G2 :: B/c/ | dBB dBB | A2A A2 B/c/ |

dBB dBB | G2G G2 B/c/ | dBB dBB | AEA ABc | BAG AGE | G2G G2 :|

|: d/e/ | f2d edB | A2A A2 d/e/ | f2d edB | G2G G2 d/e/ | f2d edB |

AEA ABc | BAG AGE | G2G G2 :|

 

PRIEST'S JIG, THE. AKA and see “Port an tSagairt.”

 

PRIEST'S LEAP [1], THE. AKA and see “The Bridal Jig [1],” “The Humors of Quarry Cross,” “Jerry Donovan’s Favorite,” “MacPaddin’s Favorite,” “The Night Cap.” Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning. AAB (Flaherty): AA'BB' (Roche). Paddy Killoran recorded the tune under the titles “MacPaddin’s Favorite” and “Jerry Donovan’s Favoite.” John Gently called it the “The Night Cap” and Paddy Cronin and Joe Burke had it as “The Humours of Quarry Cross.” Source for notated version: fiddler Kathleen Morris (Corlisheen, Ballyrush, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 56. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 88, pg. 27.

 

PRIEST'S LEAP [2], THE (Leim An T-Sagairt). AKA and see “Kick the World Before You,” "Red Stockings [2],” “Saddle the Pony [1]." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (O'Neill/1850): AA'BB (O'Neill/Krassen). 'A' part similar to version #1. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 23. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 781, pg. 146. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 59, pg. 26.

X:1

T:Priest’s Leap, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 59

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|GBA G2B|def gdB|GBA G2B|AFD AFD|GBA G2B|def gfg|ecA dBG|FEF G2:|

|:B|ded dcB|def gdB|ded dcB|AFD AFD|ded dcB|def gfg|ecA dBG|FEF G2:|

 

PRIEST’S LEAP [3], THE. AKA and see: “(A) Draught of Ale,” "Farrell's Pipes," "The Fourpenny Girl,” “Grania’s Welcome Home [2],” “Highway to Dublin,” “Right Way to Dublin,” “Saddle the Pony [3],” “Sweet Tibby Dunbar.” Irish, Jig.

 

PRIEST’S LEAP [4], THE. Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.

X:1

T:Priest’s Leap, The [4]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:Emin

E/F/ |: GEE {B/c/}BEE | eBd ^cAG | FDD ADD | d^cd AGF | GEE {B/c/}BEE |

GFE (B2^c) | {d/e/}d^cd AGF |1 GEE (E2F) :|2 GEE (E2D) |: EFE (e2f) | {g/a/}geg fdA |

DFA (d^cd) | fde dAF | EFE (e2f) | g2(e f)ed | ^cAG FDF |1 GEE (E2F) :|2 GEE E2 ||

 

PRIMA DONNA. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Al Smitley suggests the tune may possibly have been named for the clipper ship Prima Dona, a name that appears in American Clipper Ships 1833-1858 by Howe and Matthews. More likely is an association with the variety stage of the mid-19th century. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 110. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 147.

X:1

T:Prima Donna

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | dd/d/ f/d/f/a/ | b/a/b/c’/ d’b | a/f/d/f/ A/d/f/a/ | g/f/e/^d/ eA | dd/d/ f/d/f/a/ |

b/a/b/c’/ d’b | a/f/d/f/ e/d/c/e/ | dfd :: A | dc/d/ f/d/c/d/ | e/^d/e/f/ g/f/e/c/ |

d/A/B/c/ d/e/f/d/ | c/e/g/f/ eA | dc/d/ f/d/c/d/ | e/^d/e/f/ g/f/e/c/ | d/A/d/f/ e/d/c/e/ | dfd :|

 

PRIME OF LIFE, THE. Scottish, English; March (2/4 or 4/4 time). England, Shropshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 62b, pg. 25. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 187, pg. 108.

 

PRIME'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Waterford Hornpipe," "O'Dwyer's Hornpipe [1]," "Muddy Water [1]," "Durrock's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Francis O'Neill, the Chicago police chief and collector, knew the tune (as "O'Dwyer's") from his boyhood days in the latter 1800's Co. Cork. Joyce himself was from Limerick. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 63, pg. 34.

X:1

T:Prime’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc|BdGG G2 AG|FADD D2 dc|BdGG G2 Bd|egfa gedc|BdGG G2 AG|

FADD D2 dc|BcdB ecAF|G2 GG G2::ga|b2 ba bgeg|abaf gfed|

defg abag|f2 dd d2 ga|b2ba bgeg|abaf gfed|egfa gedc|B2 GG G2:|

|:Bc|dBBA GB B2| dBBA GB B2|cAAG FAA2|cAAG FA A2|

dBBG eccA|egfa gfga|bgaf gedc|B2 GG G2:|

           


PRIMROSE GAOL. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 31.

                       

PRIMROSE GIRL [1] (Cailín na Samhaircíní). AKA and see "The Rose in the Garden [1]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A Cape Breton version of the tune, in ‘A’ Major, is “Put Me in the Big Chest.” Source for notated version: fiddlers Jim Hanley and Pat Farrell (Newcastle, County Longford) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 150 [2], pg. 80.

 

PRIMROSE GIRL [2]. AKA and see "Primrose Lasses."

 

PRIMROSE GIRL [3].  ???? Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Similar in contour to “Primrose Lasses.” Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 64.

X:1

T:Primrose Girl [3]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(3GFG | c2 ec gcec | gcac gede | ccec gcec | gage dfed | c2 ec gcec |

gcac gede | ageg dfed | cAGE D2 || f2 | edcA G2 GA | GEcE G3f |

edcA G2 GA | GEcE EDDe | edcA G2 GA | GEcE G3f | efde cded | cAGE D2 ||

 

PRIMROSE GLEN, THE (Gleanntán na Samhaircíní). AKA and see “Primrose Vale,” “Wicky Sears." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Breathnach (1963) says the tune is sometimes incorrectly called “The Lark on the Strand [2],” although this title seems to have stuck. The “Wicky Sears” title comes from J.O. O’Brien’s Irish Folk Dance Music (Roxbury, Mass.). Source for notated version: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 5, pg. 4 (appears as “Gleanntán na Samhaircíní”).

X:1
T:Blooming Meadows, The
T:Lark on the Strand, The
T:Primrose Glen, The
R:jig
D:Colm Murphy: An Bodhr\'an
Z:id:hn-jig-111
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
K:G
BA|:GEF ~G2A|BAG ABd|edd gdd|edB dBA|
GEF G2A|BAG AB/c/d|edd gdB|1 AGF GBA:|2 AGF GBd||
|:~g3 efg|afd edB|Add fdd|ed^c def|
~g3 ~a3|bag fgf|edc BcA|1 BGF GBd:|2 BGF G||
"Variations:"
BA|:GEF G2A|BAG AB/c/d|edd gdd|~e3 dBA|
GEF ~G2A|BAG ABd|edg edB|1 AGF GBA:|2 AGF GBd||
|:~g3 efg|afd edB|Add fdd|ed^c def|
~g3 abc'|bag fgf|edc BcA|1 BGF GB/c/d:|2 BGF G||

           

PRIMROSE HILL. American (?), Quickstep (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABA. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 48.

X:1

T:Primrose Hill

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Quickstep

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/A/ | B2B G2G | c2c c2B | A2A AGA | B2c d2c | B2B G2G | c2d e2c |

B2B AGA | (G3G2) :| B2c d3 | e2d d3 | B2c d3 | g2e d2 ||

                       

PRIMROSE LASS [1], THE (Gearrchaile na Samhaircíní). See "Primrose Lasses."

 

PRIMROSE LASS [2], THE (Gearrchaile an tSabhaircín). Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Breathnach notes this tune is not the usual reel with this title. Source for notated version: Bernard Bogue manuscript (Counties Monaghan and Tyrone) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 110, pg. 57.

           

PRIMROSE LASSES (Cailm a Muisean). AKA ‑ "The Primrose Lass/Lassy" (Gearrchaile an tSabhaircín), "The Primrose Girl [2].” AKA and see "The Brown Eyed Girl," "The Kilworth Lasses," "The Maids.”  Irish, Canadian; Reel or Highland Fling. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich): AAB (Kennedy): AABB (Breathnach, Cole, Mulvihill, O'Neill): AABB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Probably Irish in origin. The 'B' part could be substituted for that of "The Boys of Portaferry," although the first part is incompatible. The tune has long been popular in Inverness County, Cape Breton, and was recorded on a wire recording in 1949 from the playing of The Big Fiddler, John Alex MacDonald, aged 73. John Campbell recorded it under the title “A Mabou Reel.” The tune was used by the English guitarist and traditional singer Martin Carthy for his version of the song “Seven Drunken Nights” (recorded with Steeleye Span). Perhaps the earliest sound recording of the melody, however, was by Captain Francis O’Neill, on an early Edison cylinder machine, of the playing of Chicago fiddler John McFadden (originally from County Mayo). Philippe Varlet believes O’Neill acquired the machine after seeing it at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Sources for notated versions: John Campbell (Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]; piper Felix Doran, 1967 (Co. Killmany, Ireland) [Breathach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 189, pg. 99. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 5 (appears as "The Primrose Lass"). Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 97. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 63. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 1, pg. 1. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 162, pg. 38 (appears as “Primrose Girl”). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 53, pg. 130 (listed as a highland fling). O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949 (appears as Highland Fling, “Primrose Lass”). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 267, pg. 137. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 733, pg. 128. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 29. Rounder 7003, John Campbell‑ "Cape Breton Violin Music" (1976). Cape Breton's Magazine Tape, Mike MacDougal‑ "Mike MacDougal's Tape For Fr. Hector." Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996). Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” (1997). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

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B2 BA G2 GE|DEGA BA A2|dBAB GAGE|DEGA BG G2|

B2 BA G2 GE|DEGA BA A2|dcBA GFEF|DEGA BG G2:|

|:dfgd edgd|Bdgd eA A2|Bdgd edgd|BdAc BG G2|Bdgd edgd|

Bdgd eA A2|Bdef gage|dBAc BG G2:|

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H:Other versions: #651, #104. In A: #489.

D:Dervish: Harmony Hill

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~b3a ~g3e|dB~B2 dega|~b3a ~g3e|dBGA BA~A2:|

|:Bd~d2 edgd|edgd edgd|Bd~d2 edge|1 dBGB A2GA:|2 dBGB A2G2||

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T:Primrose Lass, The

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H:Other versions: #618, #104. In A: #489.

D:Matt Molloy: Stony Steps

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~b3a ~g3e|dB~B2 dega|1 ~b3a ~g3e|dBGA BA~A2:|2 bagf g2de|gedB ABGA||

|:Bd~d2 edgd|edgd edgd|Bd~d2 edge|1 gedB ABGA:|2 gedB ABG2||

           

PRIMROSE MAID. Shetlands, Shetland Reel. From the district of Delting, Shetland.

           

PRIMROSE POLKA. English, Polka. G Major (Carlin): D Major (Callaghan). Standard tuning. AA'BB'CC'. Composed by button accordion player Robert ‘Bobby’ Brown, a member of Adam Rennie’s Quartet. Although the word ‘polka’ is in the title, it has more the feel of a schottische or barn dance. The melody has been recorded by Scottish accordion player Jimmy Shand and English melodeon player Bob Cann (Dartmoor). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 68. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 5, pg. 17. Parlophone GEP8828, Jimmy Shand – “A Swirl of the Kilt No. 2.” Parlophone CE 14038, Adam Rennie and His Scottish Country Dance Band (78 RPM). Topic TSCD467, “The Complete Brass Monkey.” Veteran VT 138CD, Bob Cann – “Proper Job!” Veteran VT 144CD, Jack Rice, Les Rice & Mark Bazeley – “Merrymaking.”

                          

PRIMROSE VALE. AKA and see “Primrose Glen,” “Lark in the Morning,” “Wicky Sears.” Irish, Jig. The alternate title “Lark in the Morning” is also the name of several other jigs. Boston button-accordion player Jerry O’Brien published the melody as “Wicky Sears” in the mid-20th century, and the tune was noted by Brendan Breathnach from the playing of Dublin accordion player Sonny Brogan in the 1950’s. Tara CD 4011, Frankie Gavin – “Fierce Traditional.”

           

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