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SHOE THE DONKEY [1]. Irish, Mazurka (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. AABBC. A version of
"Varsovienne [1]" recorded on the
Topic album 12T367, "John McGettigan"-- a reissue of late 1920's
recording by McGettigan, a Donegal native transplanted to
X:1
T:Shoe the Donkey [1]
M:3/4
L:1/4
Q:"Gaily"
K:G Major
B3/4c/4|BDB3/4c/4|BDB3/4c/4|ded|A2A3/4B/4|\
ADA3/4B/4|ADA/B/|ced|G2::B/c/|dgf|A2A3/4B/4|\
ced|B2B3/4c/4|BAB|c2A3/4B/4|ced|G2:|
"Trio Tempo di Redowa"
B/c/|(dB)d|(g2d)|(fe)c|(A2G)|(FA)c|(f2e)|(e/d/)^c/d/e/d/|\
B2(B/c/)|(dB)d|(g2d)|(fe)c|(A2G)|(FA)c|f2e|(e/d/)c/A/F/D/|G2||
SHOE THE DONKEY [2]. Irish, Mazurka (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. AABB’. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999;
pg. 3.
X:1
T:Shoe the Donkey [2]
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:G
DG|B2B2DG|B2B2DG|B2c2B2|A4
DF|A2A2DF|A2A2DF|A2B2A2|G4:|
|:Bc|d2g2f2|A4AB|c2e2d2|B4BB|B2A2B2|c3Bcd|1
e2d2c2|B2BA:|2 e2d2F2|G4||
SHOE THE DONKEY [3]. Irish, Mazurka (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning.
Not the usual version of the tune, but one particular to Gaoth Dobhair. Green Linnett GLCD 3090, Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh & Frankie
Kennedy - "Ceol Aduaidh" (1983/1994. Learned from Mairead's father,
Francie Mhaonaigh of Donegal).
X:1
T:Shoe the Donkey [3]
L:1/8
M:3/4
K:G
d^c|d2B2d^c|d2B2d^c|d2e2d2|c4
cB|c2A2cB|\
c2A2cB|c2e2d2|1B4:|2G3 ABA|:G2B2d2|g3
gag|f2e2d2|\
A3 BAG|F2G2A2|f3 ffe|1d2c2A2|B3
cBA:|2d2e2f2|g4||
SHOE STRINGS, THE. English, Jig.
SHOEHAMMER. AKA and see "Paddy Got Drunk on Fish
and Potatoes," "Big
Fat Gal's Good I Know, But a Little Fat Gal's Better O!" American, Jig.
SHOEMAKER [1], THE. English, Air (2/4 time).
***
My mother sent me to the school,
To learn to be a stocking‑knitter,
But I went wrang and play'd the fule,
And married with a shoemaker.
Shoemaker, leather cracker,
With all his stinking, dirty water,
I wish a thousand deaths I'd died
Ere I had wed a shoemaker. (Bruce & Stokoe)
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 96‑97.
X:1
T:Shoemakker, The
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstelsy
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
F||FB ce|dB cF|FB cd|B>c BF/F/|FB ce|dB cd/e/|f>d e>c|B2 AF||
A2 AG/F/|GG GF/G/|_AA AG|Bc BG/G/|_AA AG/F/|GG GF/G/|
FB
ce|B2 AF||
SHOEMAKER [2]. American (?), Polka. G Major. Standard. ABB. Source for notated version:
transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (
SHOEMAKER'S DAUGHTER
[1]. AKA and see "Duchess of Buccleugh [3],"
"Suttor's Daughter," "Wilt thou be my dearie."
Scottish. Used by Robert Burns for one of his songs. John Glen (1891) finds the
earliest printing of the tune in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 72).
SHOEMAKER'S DAUGHTER
[2]. AKA and see “O’Dowd’s Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard. AABB. Composed in the 1950's by the late
X:1
T:The Shoemaker's Daughter
R:Reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:Ed wrote the tune in the fifties, but it did not become
popular in
N:until the seventies, when it was record by Seamus Connelly,
N:the well-known
K:G
DF |: G2 DG BcdB | G=FDE FDCD | G2 DG Bcde | =fdBd c2 Bc |
dg (3gfg dc (3cBc | Bcde =fdcd | g^fdc BcdB | FGAF G2 :||
ef |:g2 dg bgdg | gfdg fdcd | g2 dg Bgdg | f2 (3cBA BGGf | g2 dc BGGE |
^FGAB c2 Bc | dg (3gfg de=fd | cA^FA G2 :||
SHOEMAKER'S FANCY. AKA and see "Boring
the Leather [2]," "Tolladh
an Leathair," "Down the
back Lane," "The Kilfinane
Jig," "Come with me now,"
"The Humours of Ayle
House," "The
Connaughtman [2]," "When you go home." Irish, Double Jig. D
Major. Standard. AABB. Breathnach (CRÉ II),
6 (appears as untitled jig). Roche
Collection, 1982, Vol. 1; No. 93, pg. 41.
SHOEMAKER'S REEL. AKA and see "Cobbler's
Reel,” “(Le) Reel du cordonnier.”
See "You
Married My Daughter and (but) Yet You Didn't."
SHOES AND STOCKINGS. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Songer).
Source for notated version: Bruce Reid [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 143. Songer (
SHOGALLIE'S REEL. AKA and see "Cuddie's Wedding."
Scottish, Reel. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 20).
SHOO FLY. Old‑Time, Breakdown and Song Tune.
***
I went down to Shoe-fly's house,
Shoe-fly wasn't home;
I ate up all the meat and bread,
And fed that dog a bone.
***
Chorus:
Shoe-fly, shoe-fly, don't you bother me,
Stay away from here shoe-fly, I'm as drunk as I can be.
***
Apple-jack, mollasses,
And lots of cornbread too;
If anyone can handle that,
It's more than I can do.
***
Beware, beware,
That's what my mother said;
White folk pour mollases,
Upon that darkey's head.
***
or:
Little cat pour molasses,
Upon that big cat's head.
***
Sources for
notated versions: Clark Kessinger (
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See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources
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SHOOT HER WITH A
LEATHER GUN. Old‑Time. The title appears
in a list of traditional
SHOOT THAT TURKEY
BUZZARD. AKA and see "Turkey Buzzard," (Closely related to)
"Davy Dugger"?? "Engine on a Mogull,"
"Greasy String [1],"
"Old Coon Dog [1],"
"Higher Up the Monkey
Climbs." Old‑Time, Breakdown.
***
Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Shoot that turkey buzzard, flyin' round the mountain.
***
Old hen cackle and chickens flew,
Rooster swore that he'd go, too.
***
Shoot old Davy Dugger, shoot old Davy Dugger,
Shoot old Davy Dugger, catch his wife an' hug 'er.
(Rosenbaum/Chancey)
***
Shoot that turkey buzzard, shoot that turkey buzzard,
Blam!, blam!, caw!, caw! (Kuntz/Any Old Time)
***
Sources for notated versions:
Ebenezer [Brody]: Any Old Time String Band (Ca.) [Kuntz]; Joe and Chesley
Chancey (Boardtown Community, Cherry Log,
X:1
T:Shoot that Turkey Buzzard
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Kuntz – Ragged but Right
K:A
[^GA]|[AA][A/f/][A/f/]
[Ae][A/f/][A/f/]|e/c/B/A/ c>B|Af/f/ ef/f/|e/c/B A>B|
Af/f/ ef/f/|e/c/B/A/ c>B|Af/f/
ef/f/|e/c/B A:|
|:e/f/|aa/f/ aa/a/|f e2 (a|bb/a/
b>c’|b a2 (b|c’c’/c’/ b/a/a|f/a/f/e/ c/AB/|
cc/A/ B/A/A/F/|E/F/A/c/ B<A:|
SHOOT THE
SHOOT TWO BITS. Old-Time, Breakdown.
SHOOTING. AKA and see "Beaux of
London City [1]." English, Slip Jig and Morris Dance Tune (9/8 time).
G Major. Standard. AABB (Bacon‑Brackley, Mallinson, Williamson): AABBBAA
j(Bacon‑Hinton). 'Shooting' is the name of the tune where it was
collected in the villages of Adderbury, Brackley (Northamptonshire) and Hinton‑in‑the‑Hedges
(Northamptonshire) of
SHOOTIN'
CREEK [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
SHOOTIN'
CREEK [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
SHOOTIN' CREEK [3]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
SHOOYL INNEENYN.
SHORE BAR, THE. Scottish, Reel. Composed by Lanarkshire flute
player Niall Kenny.
SHORES OF AMERIKAY, THE. AKA and see "Star of the County Down."
Irish, Scottish; Slow Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard. ABB. A 19th
century Irish ballad (in 6/8 meter) by this title begins:
***
I'm bidding farewell to the land of my youth and the home I love so
well,
And the mountains so grand in my own native land I am bidding them all
farewell;
With an achin' heart I'll bid them adieu, for tomorrow I'll sail far
away,
O'er the raging foam to seek a home on the shores of Amerikay.
(Loesberg, Folksongs & Ballads Popular in Ireland, Vol. 2, 1980).
***
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; pg. 41.
SHORES OF
SHORES OF BALLYBUNNION, THE (Cladaí Bhaile an Bhuinneánaigh).
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AA’BB’. Frank Lee’s Tara Ceilidh Band
recorded this melody on a 78 RPM recording for
SHORES OF
SHORES OF
SHORES OF LOUGH GOWNA. AKA and see “The Ball of
Ballynafeidh,” “Banks of
Lough Gowna [1],” “Lough Gowna [2],”
“The Slopes of Sliabh Luachra.”
Irish, Jig. B Minor. Standard. AABB. Sources for notated versions: Kenny
Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward
Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]; Sligo fiddler Andrew Davey’s 1972
recording [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in
Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Bulmer &
Sharpley (Music from
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See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Shores of Lough Gowna
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:B Minor
~B3 BA(F|{G}F)EF DFA|~B3 BAF|d2e
fed|
~B3 BA(F|{G}F)EF DFA|def gfe|fdB
B2A:|
|:def ~a3|afb afe|dFA def|~g3 fdB|
def ~a3|afb afe|def geg|fd(B
{c}B2)A:|
SHORES OF LOUGH REAGH. AKA – “Shores of Loughrea.” AKA and see "Tommy Whelan's Reel," "Humours of Loughrea." Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard. AB (Harker): AABB (Breathnach, Flaherty). Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 197 (appears as
untitled reel). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo),
1994; pg. 26 (appears as untitled reel). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 45, pg. 14 (includes
variations). Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey
in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Kells KM 9509, Mike and Mary
Rafferty – “The Dangerous Reel” (1995).
X:1
T:Shores of Loughrea
T:Humors of Loughrae
T:Tommy Whelan's
M:C|
L:1/8
S:from Mike Rafferty
Z:Tom Madden
K:G
DE|:~G3A BAA2|bgag egdB|G2GA BAGE|ABAG E2DE| ~G3A BAA2|
bgag egdB|G2GA BAGE|ABAG E2DE::
g2eg fdBd|g2 ef gaba|geeg fdBd|egfd e2ef| g2eg fdBd|g2 ef gaba|
g2ge
a2ag|eaag egdB:|"fine"G4 z4||
SHORT AND SWEET. AKA and see "Orlabear's
Maggot." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. The tune appears under
this title in O’Farrell’s Pocket
Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (vol. II, c. 1806). The first part
bears some similarity to the march/air “Rising
of the Moon.” O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 142.
X:1
T:Short and Sweet
M:C
L:1/8
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G | BcBc d>edB | cA(GF) G>A G>d | ecge eddB | cBAF G2G2 :|
|:FAAA GBBB | cAdB | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ | FAAA GBBB | cAGF G2G2 :|
|: BcBc d2d2 | ef a/g/f/e/ eddc | BcBc dedB | cAdB G2G2 :: d/e/d/c/ BG dBdB |
d/c/B/c/
AF AFcA | d/e/d/c/ Bg eg dg | dcAF G2 G2 :|
SHORT APRON [1], THE. Scottish, Jig. F Major. Standard. AABB.
Directions to one version of this tune were written down in 1752 by John
McGill, a dancing master in Girvan, for his students. John Glen (1891) finds
the earliest appearance of the tune in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection; it also appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 9. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 427. Gow
(Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806;
pg. 30.
X:1
T:Short Apron, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f | cAA fAA | aAA cGG | cAA fAA |
aAc ~d2f | cAA fAA | aAA cGG|A>GF f>ga | ge^c d2 :|
|:c | Acd cAF | (A/B/c)A ~G2B | Acd
cAF | ~f2e ~d2c | Acd cAF | (A/B/c)A ~G2B | AGF f>ga|ge^c d2 :|
SHORT APRON [2] (An t-aparan goirid). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Major.
Standard. AAB. "Ancient Simple Set" (Fraser). "This air, from having
been new modeled by Macgibbon or Oswald, is claimed as a Lowland Scots Melody,‑‑whilst
the original will be found by far the most simple and beautiful of the two, as
sung to Gaelic words by the same gentleman" (Fraser). Fraser
(The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Short Apron [2]
T:An t-aparan goirid
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G/A/B|c3 ded|c2 G2 GA|_B3 dcB|A4 G/A/=B|c3 de>d|c2G2B2|cBcdef|
g4 c’2|g2f2e2|d2c2B2|c2B2A2|G4 zg/f/|efgabc’|g2 e2 c/d/e/f/|e3f d2|c4:|
|:c>d|e2c2d2|c2G2GA|_B3 dcB|A4 c>d|e2c2d2|c2G2B2|cBcdef|g4 c/b/c’|
g2f2e2|d2c2B2|c2B2A2|G4
zc/4B/4A/|g2 F>EFA|G3 gaf|e3f d2|c4:|
SHORT BLACK APRON, THE. Irish, Double Jig. A Minor. Standard. AABB.
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No.
233, pg. 26.
X:1
T:Short Black Apron, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 233
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
A3 cAG | Add cAG | Add cde | gec (e2c)
| A3 cAG |
Add cAG | AGA fga | gec ded :: cAA
fAA | gAA fAA |
cAA fAA | gec ded | cAA fAA | gAA
fAA | eaa aba | gec (d2c) :|
SHORT COATED MARY. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AABB’.
X:1
T:Short Coated Mary
M:C|
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Jack Campin
K:A Dor
A2e2 edef |g2dB GABG | A2e2 edef | g2dB A2A2:|\
g2ge a2a2 | g2g2 BBBG |[1 g2ge a2a2 | g2dB A2A2:|\
[2
A2e2 edef | g2dB A2A2 |]
SHORT GRASS (An Feur Gearr). AKA and see "Put On Your Coat."
Irish, Double Jig. C Major. Standard. AAB (O'Neill/1915}): AABB (Cole, Kerr):
AABB' (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & Krassen). A few bars of this tune are
reminiscent of Breathnach’s “Old
John’s Jig.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes),
1940; pg. 78. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 2; No. 238, pg. 26. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 55. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No.
173, pg. 95. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 981,
pg. 182. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 197, pg. 47. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 110. WMT002,
Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).
X:1
T:Short Grass, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e/d/|cGE cGE|EDE CEG|cGE cGE|Add
ded|cGE cGE|EDE CEG|cee e2d|cAA A2:|
|:z|gag ged|ecc cde|aba age|edd
d2e|1 gag ged|ecc cde|fed fed|ecA A2:|2
gfe agf|gfe dcB|cee e2d|cAA A2||
SHORT LIFE TO ALL
STEPMOTHERS.
Scottish, Strathspey. D Minor. Standard. AAB. The melody appears in the
4th collection of Malcolm
MacDonald of Dunkeld, dedicated to the Countess of Breadalbane. MacDonald (A Fourth Collection of Strathspey Reels),
1797; pgs. 12-13.
X:1
T:Short Life to all Stepmothers
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – 4th Collection of Strathspey Reels (1797)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
D | A,<D D>F D>A,DF |
E>CE>F G/F/E/D/ C>E | A,<D D>E F>G A<d | “tr”c>AcE
D/D/D D :|
^c | “tr”d>edA “tr”d>edA |
c>de>f g/f/e/d/ ce | d>edA d>ef>e | e<c ”tr”g>e d/d/d d2 |
d>edA d>edA | c>de>f
g/f/e/d/ cg | a/g/f/a/ g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/ e/d/^c/e/ | {^c}d>A c>E D/D/D D
||
SHORT ROAD, THE. AKA and see “Baby
Gavin,” “Burke’s [1],” “Charlie Mulvihill’s (Jig)
[1],” “Connie
O’Connell’s Jig [2],” “Coughlan’s,” “Gallagher’s [2],” “Lad O’Beirne’s (Jig),” “Matt Molloy’s (Jig),” “The Silver Vale.” Irish, Jig. Great Meadow GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane –
“Fiddledance” (2004).
SHORT SWEETENING. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional