The Fiddler’s Companion
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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
SARAH DELL. American, Polka.
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.
SARAH’S JIG. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB. Composed by
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.
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
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 :|
X:1
T:
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:
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:||
X:1
T:
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:|
X:1
T:
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.
***
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
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
X:1
T:Sarsfield's Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:The Hibernian Muse,
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.
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Caremelle Begin – from a transcription of
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 (
SATAN'S NIGHTMARE. AKA and see "Devil's Dream
[1]." A local southwestern
SATELLITE REEL. Canadian, Reel. Composed by
SATIN BREECHES. English, Reel.
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
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See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
T:Satin
Slipper, The
R:Reel
S:O’Neill –
Music of
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
***
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’Neill –
Music of
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
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 (
SATURDAY NIGHT RAG. Old‑Time.
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
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."