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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, 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]

 

 

 

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 Philadelphia, Pa.  Other Donegal versions can be found in the repertory of Pat Kelly of Bundoran  and of Danny Meehan and his sister, Roseabelleplay.  See "Shoe the Donkey" [3] for yet another.

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. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 81.

                       

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. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Wellington Funk (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 531B, pg. 474.

                       

SHOEMAKER [1], THE. English, Air (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. F Dorian. Standard tuning. AB.

***

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} (Concord, N.H.), who learned the tune in America [Miskoe & Paul]. Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 39.

 

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 Philadelphia, Pa./County Cavan, Irish‑American fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). The melody was recorded in the 1970's by Galway-born fiddler Seamus Connelly. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 37, pg. 39. Vallely (Play Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 3; 22. Varrick VR‑038, Yankee Ingenuity ‑ "Heatin' up the Hall" (1989).

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 Ireland

N:until the seventies, when it was record by Seamus Connelly,

N:the well-known Galway fiddler.

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 (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 184. CD, Alan Jabbour, James Reed, Bertram Levy – “A Henry Reed Reunion” (2002).

 

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. USA; Arkansas, West Virginia, Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Phillips, Silberberg): AA’BB’ (Songer). The original “Shew Fly, Don’t Bother Me” was a “Comic Song and Dance, or Walk Round” (as the sheet music explained) hit for Billy Reeves (words) and Frank Campbell (music) who composed it in 1869. The two were blackface minstrels and claimed the tune, although it has been pointed out that the reference to ‘Company G’ in some song versions suggests Civil War origins. The tune was recorded on 78 RPM for Brunswick Records by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). The title appears in list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

***

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 (West Virginia) [Phillips]; Vivian Willaims (Seattle) [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 220. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 143. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 41. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 184. Biograph RC6003, “The Original Bogtrotters” (1968). 5 String Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – “Known by their Reputation” (2005. Based on the  playing of West Virginia fiddler Clark Kessinger).

See also listing at:

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

 

SHOOT HER WITH A LEATHER GUN. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

 


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. USA; east Tennessee, east Kentucky, north Georgia. G Major. Standard. AB (Silberberg): AABB (most versions). It has been identified as an east Tennessee tune name, however Rosenbaum (1989) believes it to have been widespread in the Georgia Blue Ridge. The piece is in the repertoire of Montecello, Ky., fiddler Clyde Davenport, who learned it from his father, a Tennessee fiddler. There are various verses sung to the tune:

***

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, Gilmer County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]; Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Phillips];  Mel Durham [Silberberg]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 256. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 322. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 221. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pgs. 168‑169. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 144. Arhoolie 4009, "Any Old Time String Band." Biograph 6007, Ebenezer‑ "Tell it to Me" (appears as "Turkey Buzzard"). County 405, "The Hillbillies" (appears as third tune of "Soldier's Joy Medley"). Folkways FA 2371, Roger Sprung‑ "Ragtime Bluegrass 2." Gennett 6775 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts (Ky.). Vetco 506, Fiddlin Van Kidwell‑ "Midnight Ride."

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 BUFFALO. See “Hunting the Buffalo.”

 

SHOOT TWO BITS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska.  D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 221. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Bob Walters (1889-1960) - "Drunken Wagoneer."

 

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  England's Cotswolds. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1074; pgs. 101 & 203. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold Morris Book), 1988; No. 13, pg. 13.  Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 23. Carthage CGLP 4406, Hutchings et al - "Morris On" (1983. Reissue of Island HELP 5). Island Records HELP 5, "Morris On" (1972).

                       


SHOOTIN' CREEK [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, southwestern Virginia. D Major. ADae or Standard. AB (Krassen, Silberberg): AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Phillips). A popular and common tune in the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va. Alan Jabbour identifies Shooting Creek as a quick-flowing stream that rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains along the Floyd/Franklin County line, and flows down eastwardly through Franklin County in the Virginia Piedmont. The hollow along the creek had a reputation as a locale for moonshining in the early 20th century; it was much favored by bootleggers and became notorious during Prohibition. See also note for "Cripple Creek." Joel Shimberg points out that Kentucky fiddler Manon Campbell’s “Coal Creek” is a close relative of this tune. Sources for notated versions: Oscar Wright (Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia) [Krassen]; Bruce Reid [Silberberg]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 255. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pgs. 84‑85. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 119. Person (A Collection of Popular Airs), 1889; pg. 15 (appears as “Walk Around”). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 220. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 144. Flying Fish FF260, Jabbour, Thompson, and Bradley‑ "Sandy's Fancy." Library of Congress (AFS2740-A-2), 1939, J.W. Thatcher/Hatcher (Franklin County, Va.). Library of Congress (AFS 13034b19), Oscar Wright. Rounder 0010, "Fuzzy Mountain String Band" (1972. Learned from Oscar Wright, Princeton, W.Va.). Rounder 0057, Sam Connor (Copper Hill, Floyd County, Va.) ‑ "Old Originals, Vol. 1" (1978).

 

SHOOTIN' CREEK [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Virginia. D Major. Standard. Alan Jabbour feels this version of the tune, from the playing of Henry Reed, “is similar enough to be compared to (Shooting Creek [1]), but different enough that it cannot be flatly called a variant.” He says it is of the simpler variety of tune popular with Blue Ridge area musicians, lending itself to performance on the banjo. Library of Congress (AFS 13037b01), Henry Reed.

 

SHOOTIN' CREEK [3]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, North Carolina. Musically version #2 is not related to version #1, however, the title refers to the same Franklin County, Va., bootlegging area. Members of the famous string band Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers spent a good deal of time in the area between 1924 and 1931 and recorded a tune under the title. Joel Shimberg points out the the Ramblers’ “Shootin’ Creek” is really a version of “Cripple Creek.” Columbia 15286‑D (78 RPM), Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers (1928).

                       

SHOOYL INNEENYN. Isle of Man, Dance Air. Maggie's Music MM107, "Music in the Great Hall" (1992).

                       

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 AUSTRIA, THE. Composed by whistle player Sean Ryan.

                       

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 Columbia in the 1930’s. The band was based in London, and leader Frank Lee was a piano player. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 128, pg. 65.

 

SHORES OF LAKE ERIE. American. Recorded by (Scottish?) fiddler William Craig on an Edison cylinder (#9893).

                       

SHORES OF LOCH GRANEY. AKA – “Shores of Lough Graney.” AKA and see “Andy McGann’s No. 42 Bunratty Reel,” “Drag Her Around the Road,” "The Pullet and the Cock." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard. AB. Lough Greaney is in County Clare. Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 247, pg. 150 (appears as “Shores of Lough Graney”). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 83, pg. 27.

                       


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 Ireland), vol. 2, No. 36. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 190, pg. 59. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 97, pg. 42. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 55. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 36. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 136. Leader LER 2044, Andrew Davey (1928-2005) – “Music from the Coleman Country” (1972). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller  “Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire” (1999).

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 Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 39, pg. 14.

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’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 197

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 Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.