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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.
X:1
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).
X:1
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.
X:1
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.
X:1
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.
X:1
T:Pray Goody
M:C|
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.”
X:1
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.
X:1
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.”
X:1
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.”
X:1
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.
***
President Ulysses S. Grant
***
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"}.
X:1
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.
X:1
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:
***
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’s
“The 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.
T:Pretty Brown Girl, The [2]
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
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
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.
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
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
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).
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,
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:
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
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”)
***
Harper
Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), blind since the age of two, knew of
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
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.
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
X:1
T:Priest’s Leap, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
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).
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
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
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
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.
X:1
T:Primrose Lasses
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
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:|
X:2
T:Primrose Lass, The
R:reel
H:Other versions: #651, #104. In A: #489.
D:Dervish: Harmony Hill
Z:id:hn-reel-618
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
~b3a ~g3e|dB~B2 dega|~b3a ~g3e|dBGA BA~A2:|
|:Bd~d2 edgd|edgd edgd|Bd~d2 edge|1 dBGB A2GA:|2 dBGB A2G2||
X:3
T:Primrose Lass, The
R:reel
H:Other versions: #618, #104. In A: #489.
D:Matt Molloy: Stony Steps
Z:id:hn-reel-651
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
~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 (
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.
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