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

 

 

 

SARA BUIDHE. AKA and see "Yellow Sara."

                       

SARABAND, THE. English, Country Dance Tune. Published in Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 38.

 

SARABAND OP DE DUCHESSE.  See “The Duchess Saraband.”

 

SARAH ARMSTRONG.  Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The tune was collected from Pennsylvania fiddler Sarah Armstrong in the 1930’s by Prof. Samuel Bayard, and appears as an untitled tune in his book Hill Country Tunes.  It was given the title “Sarah Armstrong” in modern times when it gained some currency among “revival” fiddlers. Source for notated version: Greg Canote [Silberberg]. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 38.

                       

SARAH DELL. American, Polka. USA, New England. A modern composition by Peterborough, New Hampshire, contra-dance musician and composer Bob McQuillen. Alcazar Dance Series FR 203, Rodney Miller ‑ "New England Chestnuts" (1980).

           

SARAH HOBBES’. AKA and see “Bill Harte’s Reel.”

                       


SARAH MACARTHUR’S. AKA and see “Mrs. John Angus MacArthur’s” (Bean Iain Aonghais Nic Artair). Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings. AAB. Sources for notated versions: Mary MacDonald (learned from Sarah MacArthur), and Donald Angus Beaton and Kinnon Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 132. CEI 8001, Winnie Chafe - “Echoes” (1988). NXD-5447, Doug MacPhee - “Cape Breton Master of the Keyboard” (appears as “Curly Sandy Beaton’s Strathspey”). Rounder 7011, Kinnon and Donald Angus Beaton - “The Beaton’s of Mabou” (1978. Appears as “Mrs. John Angus Mac Arthur’s”). WRC1-5253, Brenda Stubbert - “Tamerack ‘er Down”.

                       

SARAH’S JIG. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Composed by Peterborough, New Hampshire, piano and accordion player Bob McQuillen, in honor of Sarah Forbes Bauhan, a whistle player. Source for notated version: fiddler Sally White (Scio, Oregon) [Songer]. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 175.

X:1

T:Sarah's Jig

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:D

"D"DEF "A"EFG | "D"F2 D DFG |\"D"AFA "G"B2 c | "D"d3 -d2 A |

                       

SARAH SMITH’S JIG. American, Jig. USA, New Hampshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Peterborough, New Hampshire, piano and accordion player Bob McQuillen.

X:1

T:Sarah Smith's Jig

C:Bob McQuillen

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

DGB AGe |\dBG A2 G |\ged Beg |\dBG A2 E |\

DGB AGe |\dBd ega |\bge dBA |\BGG G2 z |:

                       

SARAH'S DELIGHT. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. James Kelly & Paddy O’Brien – “Spring in the Air.” Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995).

X:1

T:Sarah’s Delight

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

G2(3Bcd GdBd|GdBd cAAd|D2FA dAFA|d2fd cAFA|\

G2(3Bcd GdBd|GdBd cAAd|DEFG AB (3cBA|dcAF G3F:||\

GABd gfag|fdd2 afd2|DE=FA c3d|edd2 cAFA|\

GABd gfag|fdd2 afde|=f3e fedc|AGFA G3F:||

                       

SARAH'S REEL. AKA and see "You're a long time a courting," "The Road to Dublin," "A Mile from Dublin," "Within a Mile of Dublin [1]," "The Maid of Ballintra," "Through the Fields [3]," "The Kerry Lasses [2]," "The Meadow in Bloom," "An Giobarach."

                       

SARAH'S VALENTINE. Irish, (Slow) Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Composed by Eamon Flynn.

X: 1

T: Sarah's Valentine

R: jig (slow)

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

C: Eamon Flynn

K: G

d | gfg agf | gdB c2 d | BAB cAG | FG^G ABd |

gfg agf | gdB c2 d | BDB ADA |1 G3 G2 :|2 G3 G2 D ||

B,C^C DEF | GAB c2 d | BAB cAG | FG^G AFD |

B,C^C DEF | GAB c2 d | BDB ADA | G3 G2 :|

                       

SARATOGA HORNPIPE [1]. American, Scottish, Canadian; Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. New York City writer, researcher and musician Don Meade believes the tune was named for Saratoga, New York, a still-fashionable spa and resort town, also known for its summer horse-racing. Sources for notated versions: Ruthie Dornfeld (Seattle, Washington) [Phillips]; concertina player Joel Bernstein (Seattle, Washington) [Songer]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 101. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 58. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 380, pg. 42. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-ghedllaedh), 1990; pg. 42. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 224. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 176. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 137. Randel Bays & Joel Bernstein - “The Rashers.” Nomos (appears as “Saratoga Reel”).

X:1

T:Saratoga Hornpipe [1]

M:2/4

L:1/16

K:F Major

|: AB | c=BcA d_Bfd | cAFA cAdc| BAGB AGFA | Gc=Bd c_BAB |

c=BcA d_Bfd | cAFA cdef | defg efga |f2f2f2 :|

|: ef | aAgA fAeA | fAeA dAfA | eA^ce agfe | fgef defg |

aAgA fAeA | fAeA dAdf | efga bgeg | f2f2f2 :|

X:2

T:Saratoga Hornpipe [1]

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:C

EF|G^FGE A=FcA|GECE GEAG|FEDF EDCE|DG^FA G=FEF|\

G^FGE A=FcA|GECE GABc|ABcA BcdB|1 (3cBc e2 c2 EF:|2 (3cBc e2 c2 Bc||\

eEdE cEBE|cEBE AEcE|BE^GB edcB|c2 Bc ABcd|\

eEdE cEBE|cEBE AEcE|Bcde fdBd|c2 e2 c2 Bc:||

 

SARATOGA HORNPIPE [2]. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 169, pg. 59. Edison 50900 (78 RPM), Joseph Samuels, 1920 (appears as last tune of "Miss Johnson's Party Medley").

 

SARATOGA HORNPIPE [3]. AKA ‑ "Queer's Hornpipe" (Pa.). American, Hornpipe. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major (Bayard): A Major (Bayard). Standard tuning. AB. The first half of the tune appears also in "Kitty O'Neill [3]," "Old Time (Straight Jig) [2]," "Away Back," and "Snapping Jig," "Duncan's Reel [1]," "Little Billy Wilson," and an untitled breakdown in Christeson (1973, No. 37). Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Steffy (Pa., 1949), Wilbur Neal (Jefferson County, Pa., 1948), and Harry Queer (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1957) [Bayard]. Bayard, 1981; No. 285A‑C, pgs. 238‑239.

                       


SARATOGA LANCERS. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Robert Stubbert remembered a set called the Saratoga Lancers being danced to this tune on the wharf in Alder Point when he was a boy, according to Paul Cranford (1994). Source for notated version: Robert Stubbert via his daughter, fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (“Brenda Stubbert’s”), 1994; No. 54, pg. 19. Brenda Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992).

                       

SARATOGA REEL [1]. American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 15. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 38.

X:1

T:Saratoga Reel [1]

L:1/8

M:2/4

R:Reel

K:A

c/d/|e/^d/e/f/ e/d/c/B/|A/a/g/a/ ec|df/e/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/G/ Ec/d/|

e/^d/e/f/ e/d/c/B/|A/a/g/a/ ec|d/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|AAA:|

|:G/A/|B/E/~E B/E/d/E/|c/E/~E c/E/e/E/|B/E/~E B/E/d/E/|

c/A/E/C/ A,c|B/E/~E B/E/d/B/|c/E/~E c/E/e/c/|d/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|AAA:|

 

SARATOGA REEL [2]. Irish (?), Reel. The group Nomos recorded the tune in the key of F Major on their first CD.

X:1

T:Saratoga Reel [2]

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:C

EF|G^FGE A=FcA|GECE GEAG|FEDF EDCE|DG^FA G=FEF|\

G^FGE A=FcA|GECE GABc|ABcA BcdB|1 (3cBc e2 c2 EF:|2 (3cBc e2 c2 Bc||\

eEdE cEBE|cEBE AEcE|BE^GB edcB|c2 Bc ABcd|\

eEdE cEBE|cEBE AEcE|Bcde fdBd|c2 e2 c2 Bc:||

                       

SARO. AKA and see "Caro in the Cabbage Patch," "Cow in the Cabbage Patch," "Julie Girl." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, eastern Tennessee, Virginia. D Major. Standard. AABB. Recorded in 1928 for Brunswick/Vocalion by West Virginia string band duo the Cumberland Mountain Entertainers (Sam Caplinger & fiddler Andy Patterson {1893‑1950}). Later the duo moved to Akron, Ohio, and formed the Dixie Harmonizers, who recorded for Gennett. Tom Carter and Barry Poss (1976) remark that the tune is common in the Patrick County, southwestern Virginia, area both as a dance or 'band' tune, and a song (with many verses).

***

Saro, Saro, come lay your hand in mine,

Treat you like a lady just long as the sun does shine.

Ya hadn't been gonna marry me, ya ought't told me so,

I could have been a married man, forty years ago.

Went to see my gal one day, what'd ya reckon she done,

Stole her arm around my neck, thought my time had come.

Went to see my gal one day, where'd ya reckon I found her,

Found her in a buckleberry patch, forty men around her.

Went to see my gal one day, she met me at the door,

Shoes and Stockings in her hand, feet all over the floor.

Once I was a little boy, all I want's a knife,

Now I am a great big boy, all I want's a wife.

Used to be a little boy, tot my momma's switches,

Now I am a great big boy, wear my daddy's britches.

High jack, low jack, tray (?) can't be low

Before I play an unfair game, take my money and go.

(Tom Carter & Blanton Owen from Calvin Pendleton)

***

Source for notated version: Dudley Spangler [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 215. Broadway 8159, The Blue Ridge Highballers ‑ "Julie Girl." County 201, The Old Virginia Fiddlers ‑ "Rare Recordings 1948‑49." County 405, The Hillbillies ‑ "Soldier's Joy Medley." County 531, Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers (Roane County, Tenn.) ‑ "Old Time String Band Classics, 1927‑1933" (1975). Rounder 0057, Calvin Pendleton (Patrick County, Va.) ‑ "Old Originals, vol. 1" (1978).

                       

SARONA. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Skinner/Violinist): ABCDEF (Skinner/Harp). Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Dedicated to W. Ferrier, Broughty Ferry. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 49. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pgs. 162-163.

X:1

T:Sarona

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Skinner – The Scottish Violinist

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(F3E D2)F2 | (A3G)F2A2 | (d3c)B2A2 | (dA GF (F2E) z | (F3E) D2F2 |

(A3G)F2A2 | (d3c) dA GF | F2E2D4 || .A2.d2.c2 de | (d3A) G2F2 |

.E.F.G.A .B.c.d.A | (Bc/d/) GF (F2E) z | (F3ED2)F2 | (A3G) F2A2 |

(d3c) dA GF | F2E2D4 ||

                       


SARSFIELD MARCH. AKA and see "The March of the Tribes to Galway," "The Galway Girls," "All the Ways to Galway [1]," "The Road to Lisdoonvarna [2]," "Slash Away the Pressing Gang," "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

                       

SARSFIELD’S LAMENTATION. Irish, Slow Air or Lament (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Neill states this melody is “entirely distinct from the melody of that name in modern publications” (for which see “Lament for Sarsfield [1]”). He obtained it from The Hibernian Muse, printed in London, 1787. The title refers to General Sarsfield, the Irish commander at the Siege of Limerick, a circumstance that O’Neill says “obviously accounts for its being confounded in later times with ‘Limerick's Lamentation’. This composition bears no resemblance except in name to the "Lament for Sarsfield" No. 433 in O'Neill's Music of Ireland, Chicago, 1903.” O’Neill (1913), pg. 117. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:Sarsfield's Lamentation

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:The Hibernian Muse, London 1787

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:F

"Andante sostenuto"Ac|d2 d2 cA|f2 f2 e>d|c>d c>A G>A|F2 G2 A/2G/2F|

D2 de c>A|f>g gf/2g/2 a2|F3 G Ac|G4:|

|:AB|d2 d2 c>A|f2 f3 E/2F/2|g2 g3 f/2g/2|a2 ba ge|

d>e d>c d/2c/2A|f2 g/2f/2g a2|F>E F>f d/2c/2A|G4:||

                       

SARSFIELD’S QUICKSTEP. Irish. AB. A variant of “MacAllisdrum’s March” in two parts. It appears in Haverty’s Three Hundred Irish Airs, published in 1858-1859.

                       

SASKATCHEWAN JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Ontario. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 41, pg. 52.

X:1

T:Saskatchewan Jig

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Caremelle Begin – from a transcription of Ontario fiddler Dawson Girdwood

K:A

e3 [d3e3]|:[ce]BA GFE|DCB, (C2B,)|A,CE AGA|Bee (e2d)|[ce]BA GFE|

DCB, C2B,|A,>AA GAB|1 cAA A2e:|2 cAA A2 E||

|:Ace aga|gff  ({g}f)ef|EGB gfg|fec e3|Ace aga|gff ({g/}f)ef|EGB gfe|dcB [A2e2] e:|

                       

SASQUATCH BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Source for notated version: Composed by Arthur Lindstrom in 1970 (Prince George, British Columbia) [Gibbons]. Gibbons (As It Comes: Folk Fiddling From Prince George, British Columbia), 1982; No. 9, pgs. 24‑25.

                       

SATAN'S NIGHTMARE. AKA and see "Devil's Dream [1]." A local southwestern Pa. title for "Devil's Dream."

                       

SATELLITE REEL.   Canadian, Reel. Composed by Sarnia, southwestern Ontario, fiddler John(ny) Durocher (1934-1989); one of several tunes he composed in honor of the c. 60’s-70’s space program. Durocher was born the youngest of sixteen children, to a modest family of few resources. He quit school in his young teens to help make family ends meet and remained a factory worker for most of his life, not even possessing a drivers license. John came to fiddling when he found a broken fiddle in the trash one day and asked the owner for permission to retrieve it; with some repair work he had his first instrument. A few lessons from a local teacher (which served to teach him how to read and write music), were all the formal music education John received. He was a prolific composer of fiddle tunes, however, and named them for sports and current events, family and friends and topics of his day, explains Ritchie. Durocher’s music was picked up by radio fiddler Don Messer, who included many of his tunes in his broadcasts and printed collections, helping Durocher to become quite influential in the Ontario scene for his over 400 compositions. [For more see Ron Ritchie, “John Durocher: A Gifted Composer,” Fiddler Magazine, vol. 12, No. 2, Summer 2005, pgs. 25-27].

 

SATIN BREECHES. English, Reel. England, North‑West. A Mixolydian. Standard. AAB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 23.

                       

SATIN SLIPPER, THE (“An Brog Sróil” or “An Slipéar Sróil”). AKA and see “The High Road to Galway.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach/Killoran, O'Neill/1850): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen): AA’BB’ (Breathnach). The tune also appears in the late 19th century collection of Alex Sutherland of County Leitrim. Sutherland was a fiddler from Drumreilly in south County Leitrim, who amassed a huge, though unpublished, collection of tunes in the early 20th century. A portion of the collection was deposited by Sutherland in the Irish Folklore Commission archives; unfortunately, the remainder was accidentally destroyed. See also the related “Aggie Whyte’s (Reel) [2],” “The New Found Out,” “Seamus Connolly’s (Reel).” Sources for notated versions: Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo [O’Neill]; fiddler Paddy Killoran (Co. Sligo), from a 1949 Radio Éireann recording [Breathnach]; Brendan Breathnach, unattributed, from his An Cnusascht Iomlán den Cheol Damhsa [Small/Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 116 (i) and (ii), pg. 60. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 115. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1304, pg. 245. Treoir, vol. 35, No. 2, 2003; pg. 24. Drumlin Records, Brian McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream” (2000. Learned from the Sutherland collection).

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Satin Slipper, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’NeillMusic of Ireland (1903), No. 1304

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A3B AFFA | dcBA BAFA | dcBd cBAc | BAFA (3Bcd cB | A2 AB AFFA |

dcBA BAFA | dfed cedc | BAFA  B3 || c | defg agab | afeg fBBc | defg agab |

afeg fddc | defg agab | afec defg | agfe fedc | dcBA (3Bcd cB ||

X:2

T:Satin Slipper, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Treoir, vol. 35, No. 2 (2003)

K:D

B |: A3B AFFA | d2 cA BGGB | A2 FA dcdf | edBA BddB |

A3B AFFA | d2 cA BGGB | A2 FA dcdf | edBA Bdde |

f2 df g2 ag2 | f2 df edBA | f2 df g2 fg | abaf edde |

f2 df g2 ag | f2 df edBd | A2 FA dcdf | edBA Bd d2 :|

                       

SATISFIED. American, Two-Step (?). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Peter Martin [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 122.

                       

SATURDAY MORNING REEL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Dr. Jimmy Gray (St. Louis County, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 20.

X:1

T:Saturday Morning Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Christeson – Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, Vol. 2 (1984)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E/F/ | A/AA/ EC/E/ | AA/B/ A/c/e | ea/f/ e/c/A/c/ | e/ef/ e/d/c/B/ |

A/AA/ EC/E/ | AA/B/ A/c/e | ea/b/ a/f/e/d/ | c/A/B/c/ A :|

|: e/g/ | a/b/a/f/ ec/e/ | c’/e/c’/e/ ee | f/e/d/f/ ee | f/e/d/f/ e/f/g/e/ |

a/b/a/f/ e/c/e | c’/e/c’/e/ ec/d/ | ea/b/ a/f/e/d/ | c/A/B/c/ A :|

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT [1]. Canadian, Breakdown. C Major. Standard. AABB. Messer, 1948; No. 4. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 24, pg. 26. Sannella, Balance and Swing (CDSS).

X: 1

T:Saturday Night Breakdown

T:Saturday Night [1]

R:Reel

M:2/4

L:1/16

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:C

ef|g2ef age2|c2G2 E4|FGFE DEFG|AGG^F G2ef|

g2ef age2|c2G2 E2G2|FEFG dcBd|c2e2 c2:|

|:EG|c2G2 EFGE|c2G2 E2G2|FGFE DEFG|AGG^F G2AB|

c2G2 EFGE|c2G2 E2G2|FEFG dcBd|c2e2 c2:|

 


SATURDAY NIGHT [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time, 'slows' in 4/4 time). B Flat Major (Bacon): C Major (Raven): F Major (Bacon): G Major (Bacon‑Longborough, Mallinson). Standard. AB (Bacon‑Longborough): AABB (Bacon‑Bledington, Raven): AAB (Bacon, Mallinson). Collected from the villages of Bledington (Gloucestershire), Bucknell (Oxon) and Longborough (Gloucestershire) in England's Cotswolds. Bob Patten collected this verse from Harry Adams at Ile Abbots, Somerset, in 1978:

***

Saturday night I lost my wife

And where do you think I found her?

Up in the moon, playing a tune

With all the girls around her.

***

Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pgs. 89, 121, 259. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 33, pg. 17. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 80. EMI/Harvest 7243 8 29861 2 6, Ashley Hutchings et al - "Son of Morris On" (1976/1994).

X:1

T:Saturday Night [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Morris dance tune

N:The 4/4 part is the “slows”; tempo resumes upon the return to 6/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GAB Gdd |dAA A2 | BAG E2E | AGF G3 :|

ADD D3 | AAB c3 | BAG Bcd | DGF G3 | ADD D3 AAB c2 |

M:4/4

L:1/8

B2A2 G4 | B2c2 d4 | D2G2F4 |

M:6/8

L:1/8

G3 G3 ||

 

SATURDAY NIGHT [3] (Oidce Dia-Satairne). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with spirit"). G Mixolydian. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 234, pg. 40.

X:1

T:Saturday Night [3]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With spirit”

S:O’NeillMusic of Ireland (1903), No. 234

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/B/|de=f edB|AGG G2B|def gag|=fdB c2 B/c/|def gag|=fdB c2 B/c/|

de=f edB|AGG G2||B|BGB gag|=fdB c2 B/c/|de=f edB|BAG A2 B/c/|

def gag|=fdB c2 B/c/|de=f edB|AGG G2||

 

SATURDAY NIGHT [4]. Shetland, Shetland Reel. From the island of Whalsay, Shetland.

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORN. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AB. The melody was published by Playford in his The English Dancing Master (1651). It was a surprising survivor in widespread oral tradition in Cotswold morris dancing several hundred years later, with a Longborough version being called “The Marriage Vow.” Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 45 (a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 67. Topic Records TSCD550, Brass Monkey – “Flame of Fire” (2004).

X:1

T:Saturday Night and Sunday Morn

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(f | f>ed a2) (A | e)ee e2(g | f>ed a2) (A | d)dd d2 (f | f2d a2) (A |

e)ee e2(g | f>ed a2) (A | d)dd d2 || (c | B>AG F>ED) | eee e2 (c |

B>AG F>ED) | ddd d2(c | B>AG FED) | eee e2(d | c>BA GFE) | ddd d2 ||

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT BREAKDOWN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Phillips, Songer). The tune was used as the theme of Sandy Bradley’s Potluck, heard for a time on public radio, played by Seattle brothers Jere and Greg Canote, according to Susan Songer (Portland Collection). Source for notated version: fiddler Wil Gilmer with the Leake County Revellers [Phillips]; Laurie Andres [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 215. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 141. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 176. County 532, "The Leake County Revelers: Saturday Night Breakdown, 1927‑1930 Recordings" (1975).

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT RAG. Old‑Time. USA, Mo. Caney Mountain Records CEP 212 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66.

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL. See "Evangeline Special."

                       

SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ [1]. American, Waltz. G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: learned at jamborees of the Original Michigan Fiddlers' Association from Bob Fleck (Michigan) who had the tune from Arthur Kole (Long Lake, Michigan) [Johnson. Johnson also states she later heard the tune played by a German band at an Oktoberfest in Cincinnati, Ohio]. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc. No. 1), 1991; pg. 4.

 

SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ [2]. Old-Time, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. No relation to "Saturday Night Waltz [1]." Source for notated version: Jim Childress with Uncle Henry's Favorites [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 305. County 2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big Spring.”

 

SATURDAY NIGHT WALTZ [3]. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Arkansas. This is perhaps the same as version #2. County 519, Fiddlin' Bob Larkan & Family ‑ "Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 2."