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SLIAB FEIDLIM. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 27,
pg. 8.
SLIAB GLAS, AN. AKA and see "The Green
Mountain [2]."
SLIAB NA IN BAN. AKA and see "Sliab na mBan.
SLIAB NA mBAN. AKA and see "Sliabh-na-mBan."
SLIABAIRE OG, AN. AKA and see "The Mountain Boy."
SLIABH AUGHTY MARCH, THE. Irish, March (4/4 time). F Major. Standard.
AA’BB’. The tune was composed by Father P.J. Kelly, a Columban priest from
Woodford,
X:1
T:The Sliabh Aughty March
D:Gearoid O hAllmhurain and Patrick
Orceau, "Tracin'"
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:March
Z:Michael Reid
K:G
GA|:B2A>B AG EG|D2 G>F GA
BG|E2 c2 BA GB|A2 d>e d2 DG|
B2A>B AG EG|D2 G>F GA BG|E2 c2
BA GF|[1G2 G>F G2 DG:|[2 G2 G>F G2:|
GB|:d2 Bd gd Bd|g2 g>f gd Bd|c2
a>b ag fe|d2 d2 d2 ef|
g2 g>f gd Bd|c2 a>b ag fe|d2
d>e fd fa|[1g2 g>f g2 Bc:|[2g2 g>f g2 :|
SLIABH BÁNA (“The
SLIABH BLOOM. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Source for notated verison:
Brendan Mulvihill (
SLIABH
BLOOM REEL, THE.
AKA and see “Seán Ryan’s Reel [1].”
Irish, Reel. Composed by Nenagh,
SLIABH
GALLEN/GAILLEAN [1]. AKA and see "Slieve Gallen," "Sliab Na n-Gallen." Irish, Air (3/4 time).
***
I knew and often met a
Hugh Higgins, and in all his peregrinations he
supported the
character of an Irish gentleman-harper. I will not set him
down with the tol-lols
(i.e. mediocre players) by any means.
He was
uncommonly genteel in
his manners, and as to his dress I am informed
that he spared no
expense in purchasing clothes. But as a blind man is
no judge of colours he
was obligated to take his guide’s word for his
fancy. He travelled in
such a manner as does and will do credit to an
Irish harper. Hugh was
born in a place called Tirawley in the County
of Mayo of very decent
parents. His mother’s name was Burk, but losing
the sight at an early
period they had the good sense to put him to music,
and they preferred the
harp to the bagpipes, on which my dear deceased
friend made such a
proficiency as to rank him much, and very much,
above the description
of performers called in the last of my observations,
that is, tol-lol.
***
Heymann (1992) repeats the story of Higgin’s
efforts to rescue a friend from an Omagh jail. It seems his friend Owen Keenan,
like Higgins, was a blind harper who fell in love with the French governess of
a family with whom he often stayed for lengths of time. Smitten, the harper
managed to raise a ladder outside her window with the intent of eloping with
her. He climbed the nineteen feet, climbed through the window and made his way
to the bed, only to find that he had entered the chamber not of his beloved,
but of an old woman. She raised the alarm and Keenan was packed off to
jail. Higgins went to visit Keenan in
jail and, perhaps due to his fine clothes and gentrified airs, was admitted by
the jailer’s wife since the jailer himself was away. She was a woman who
apparently liked a good time, and in no time the two harpers were entertaining
wildly, and drink had been procured and liberally consumed. When the wife became grandly inebriated the
musical pair managed to extricate the key from her pocket and Keenan was away
with the help of Higgins’ guide-boy. Rather than make good his escape, however,
Keenan returned to the residence of his love for another attempt at
elopement—with similar results. He was again apprehended and remanded to jail.
When he was brought before the judge, however, Keenan was acquitted, for the
magistrate could not fathom how a blind man could manage the ladder in the
first place! Keenan eventually did marry
his governess and the pair emigrated to
***
Bunting (Ancient Music of
X:1
T:Sliabh Gallen [1]
R:Air
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Slow with feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D>^F|G2 G/4A/2<B A>B|G4
G/4A/2<B|F<D C>B, G,2|B,2 D/C/B,/C/ Dz|Bcde c>B|
ABcd B>A|GABc G2 G>A Gz||Bcde
dc/B/|ABcd cB/A/|GABc A>G|G>^F D2 GG/A/|
BAGF {=E}FD|CB,/A,/ B,/C/D
G,/A,/B,/C/|DG/z/ ^FA/z/ GB/z/|A>G G2 GA|
Bz z2 e/c/d/B/|~Az z2 d/B/c/A/|Gz z2
c/A/B/G/|A>^F (D2 D) (3=F/G/A/|BAGFDC|
CB,/A,/ B,/C/D/G,/ A,B,/C/|DG
^F/G/A/z/ G/A/B/z/|A>G (G2G)||
SLIABH GALLEN [2]. AKA and see "Sliav Gallen."
Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 16, pg. 18.
X:1
T:Sliav Gallen [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D/>^F/ | G2 G/A/B A>B | G4
G/A/B | F<D C>B, G,2 | B,2 D/C/B,/C/ Dz | Bcde “tr”c>B |
A/B/c/d/ “tr”B>A | GABc A>B |
G2 G>A Gz || Bcde dc/B/ | ABcd cB/A/ | GABc A>G |
G>^F D2 GG/A/ | BAG=F {E}FD |
CB,/A,/ B,/C/D G,/A,/B,/C/ | DG/z/ FA/z/ GB/z/ |
A>G (G2 G)A | B2z2 e/c/d/B/ |
~A2z2 d/B/c/A/ | ~G2z2 c/A/B/G/ | A>F (D2 D)(3^F/G/A/ |
SLIEVE GULLAN [3]. AKA and see “The
enchantment of Fin MacCool.” Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. “An Ossianic air” (Petrie). No apparent relation to versions #1 or
2. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 835, pg. 208.
X:1
T:Slieve Gullan
T:Enchantment of Fin Mac Cool, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Standford/Petrie (1905), No. 835
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
DGF | E3 DGG | G3 [FA][GB][FA] |
[G3B3] [FA][GB][Ac] | [B3d3] ded |
c2 BA Bc | d3
[GB][GB][GB][FA][GB][Ac] | dddded |
ccBABc | dddDGF | EEEDGG | G3 ||
SLIABH
GEAL gCUA NA FEILE. AKA and see “Fare You Well.” Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time).
D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA’B. The air of a song written in 1890 by
Pádraig Ó Maillé, an Irish exile working in the Welsh coal mines. The set dance
“The Garden of Daisies” is
derived from this melody. Ó Canainn (Traditional
Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 46, pg. 42 (appears as “Sliabh Geal
gCua”). Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company”
(2001). RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains - "An Irish Evening"
(1991).
SLIABH LUACHRA [1], THE (The Rushy Mountain). Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Sliabh Luachra is a region along the Cork/Kerry border, famous
for its slides and polkas. Mallinson (100
Polkas), 1997; No. 71, pg. 27.
SLIABH LUACHRA [2], THE. AKA and see “Art O’Keeffe’s Polka[2]," “The Newmarket (Polka) [3]." Irish,
Polka.
SLIABH MHACHAIRE [1]. AKA and see “Back of the Haggard,” “Dan O’Leary’s [2],” “Johnny O’Leary’s,” “Let’s Have a Ceilidh,” “Maids of Ardagh,” “The Tournmore,” “The Toormore Polka [2],” “Tuar Mór Polka [2],” “Wallace’s Cross.” Irish, Polka.
X:1
T:Sliabh Mhachaire [1]
T:Maid of Ardagh
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
FA/A/ BA|de f2|fe/f/ gc|ed BA|FA/A/
BA|de f2|fe/f/ gc|ed d2:|
|:ef/e/ ce|fe a2|ef/e/ ce|fe
c/B/A|ef/e/ ce|fe a2|ef/e/ dB|BA A2:|
SLIABH MHACHAIRE [2]. Irish, Reel. D Dorian. Composed by Clare fiddler Martin Hayes.
X:1
T:Sliabh Mhachaire [2]
L:1/8
C:Martin Hayes
M:C|
K:Ddor
e2 dB cAAG|EAAG EAA2|e2 dB cAAc|BGdG
eGdG|
SLIABH NA mBAN [1]
(The Mountain of the Women). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABCCD. This
SLIEVENAMON [2] {Sliab-na-mBan} (The Mountain of the Women). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. The title is Anglicised Gaelic. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1976, vol. 4, No.
67 (appears as Gan Ainm). O’Neill (O’Neill’s
Irish Music), 1915; No. 312, pg. 155. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 217.
O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Slievenamon
T:Sliab na mBan
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B2 {c/B/A/}|G>DB,>D
G,>DB,>D|G>BA>G (3EFE D>F|G>Bd>f g>dB>d|
cBAG Fedc|B>GF>G
E>DB,>D|G>AB>G (3EFG D>F|G>Bd>g (3efg d>c|
B2G2G2:|
|:B>c|d>g {a}(3gfg b>g
{a}(3gfg|d>gb>g a>gf>g|a>ga>b c’>ba>g|
f>gf>e d>gB>^c| d>g
{a}(3gfg b>g {a}(3gfg|d2 b>g (3efg d>c|
(3Bcd g>d A>dc>A|B2 G2G2:|
SLIAB NA mBAN [3] (The
Mountain of the Women). AKA ‑ "My Love Nell." AKA and see “Star of the County Down.” Irish, Air
(4/4 time). B Minor. Standard. AB. A version of the tune usually known as “Star
of the
SLIABH NA mBAN [4]
(The Mountain of the Women). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 or 6/8 time). G Major. Standard. One part
(Cranitch, Ó Canainn): AA’B (Mulvihill). Crantich (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 105. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd
Edition, 2006; pg. 148. Mulvihill (1st
Collection), 1986; No. 61, pg. 132. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of
X:1
T:Sliabh
na mBan [4]
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Tom Barrett
R:slow air
N:transposed from song setting in D
Z:Transcribed
by Paul de Grae
K:G
(3DEF|G4 cA|B2{cB} A (3GBd|g4 ag|(3fdB c2{dc} Bc|
d3 e dc|B{cB}G Bd cB|A4 (3DEF|
G4 cA|B2{cB} A (3GBd|g4 ag|(3fdB c2{dc} Bc|d3 e dc|
B{cB}G c>A GF|G3 B/c/ (3def|
gB cd fe|d{ed}A B3 A (3GBd|g{ag}B cd fe{fe}|d4 (3DEF|
G4 cA|B3 {cB}A (3GBd|g4 ag|(3f{gf}dB c2{dc} Bc|
d3 e dc|B{cB}G c>A GF|G4||
SLIABH RUSSELL. AKA – “Slieve Russell.” Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning.
AABB. Sliabh Russell,
X:1
T:Slieve Russell
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Z:Barney
K:A Dorian
e2 A Bcd |eaf ged | edB c2 A | BAG
Bcd | e2 A Bcd | eaf ged |
edB cBA | BAG A3 :: eaa efg | agf
ged | eaa efg | fed g3 | eaa efg |
agf ged | edB cBA | BAG A3 :||
SLIAV GALLEN. AKA and see "Sliabh Gallen" [2].
SLIAMH AN t’SHIRREADH. AKA and see “Sheriff Muir.”
SLIDE. A Irish dance form in 12/8 time, originating
from southwest
SLIDE HORNPIPE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major ('A' part)
& F Major ('B' part). Standard. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 54.
X:1
T:Slide Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor
(1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
B>ba>b
g>ec>B|A>f=e>f d>BA>F|_E>ed>e d>BA>B|(3cdc (3BAG
(3FGF (3EDC|
B,>ba>b
g>ec>B|A>f=e>f d>BA>F|_E>ed>e d>cG>A|c2 ([D2B2]
[D2B2]):|
K:F
|:Ec=B=c ecBc|fc=Bc gcBc|_bc=Bc
acBc|ec=Bc gcBc|Ec=Bc ecBc|fc=Bc gcBc|
_bc=Bc acBc|[A2f2] [A2f2] [A2f2]
z2:|
SLIDE NEILI NI
MHATHUNA. AKA and see "Nellie Mahoney's Slide [1]."
SLIEVE BLOOM MARCH. Irish, March. Composed by
SLIEVE ELVA. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "Taken
down in 1876 from the singing of James Keane of Kilkee, who was then 83 years
of age; whose memory was richly stored with Irish music, and with songs both in
Irish and English. He told me at the time, with the greatest confidence and
cheerfulness, that he had two years more to live, as his father, grandfather
and great‑grandfather all died at 85. Slieve Elva is a mountain in
Clare" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish
Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 59, pg. 32.
X:1
T:Slieve Elva
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d=e|f2f2 g2 f/2>d/2c/4=B/4|c2 _BG
F2G2|d2 cB G2G2|G4:|
GA|B2 BG f2f2|g2 (3gf=e f4|g2d2
dcBc|{d}e2d2 {c/=B/}c2 d>g|
G2d2 d>c B/G/F/=E/|F2 G2
{A}B2c2|d2 cB G2G2|G6||
SLIEVE GALLEN/GULLAN. AKA and see "Sliabh Gallen/Gaillean." The title is
an Englished version of the Gaelic "Sliabh Gaillean" (AKA and see).
SLIEVE LUACHRA. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. Slieve Luachra—‘rushy
mountain’—is a region along the Kerry/Cork border where Keegan’s daughter
currently resides. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935),
of Mullaghbawn, south
SLIEVE RUSSELL. See “Sliabh Russell.”
SLIEVMAN’S HORNPIPE. Canadian, Hornpipe. G Major.
Standard. AABB. Probably a corruption of the Gaelic title “Sliab na mBan.”
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987,
SLIEVENAMON. AKA and see "Sliabh-na-mBan"
[2].
SLIGHTED JENNY. American, Reel. The tune appears in George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, volume I (1839), but
does not appear in later collections.
X:1
T:
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow with expression”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),
No. 318
K:G
dA|B>A GABG|E2D2 (3D>EG|A2
AB/c/ BG| B2A2 dA|B>A GAB>G|
E2D2 (3D>EG|A2
AcB{d}c|{B}A2G2||GE|D2E2 G/A/B/c/|d3 edc|B2A2 (3G>AB|
A4 dA|B>A GA {c}B{A}G|E2D2
A/B/c/d/|A3 cB{d}c|{B}A2G2||
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Treoir, vol. 36, No. 1, 2004
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2e dBG | BAB dBA | G2e dBG | AGA
BGE | G2e dBG |
BAB deg | age dBG | AGA BGE :: gbg
faf | ege def | gfg efg |
aga bge | gbg faf | ege deg | age
dBG | AGA BGE :|
SLIGO CHORUS, THE ("Claisceadal Sligaig" or
"Luinneog Sligig"). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “O’Rourkes.” Source for notated version: Chicago
police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County
Kildare [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1273, pg. 239. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 541, pg. 101.
X:1
T:Sligo Chorus, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 541
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
AG|(3FED AD BDAD|(3FED (3ABc d2
AG|(3FED AD BG (3GFG|BdcA GBAG|
(3FED AD BDAD|(3FED (3ABc d2
(3ABc|dfec dc (3ABc|dcAF G2||AB|
cABG (3ABA AB|cABG A2 ed|cBcd
eaaf|gedc dfed|cABG (3ABA AB|
cABG A2 (3ABc|dfec dc (3ABc|dcAF
G2||
SLIGO CREEK. American, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by banjo,
mandolin, fiddle and guitar player Danny Noveck, originally with the title
“Ballad of Fred a Wilma” (i.e. The Flintstones). Fortuitously, before it was
recorded he changed the name. There is a Sligo Creek in the suburbs of
Washington, D.C., near where Noveck was living at the time he composed the
melody (originally from New York, he has since moved on to Chicago and
Bloomington, Indiana). Source for notated version: Seattle fiddler Steve Trampe
via Sue Songer and Lanny Martin (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 186. Oenoke Records 0001, John Whelan - “From the Heart” (1990).
Wild Asparagus 004, Wild Asparagus - “Call of the Wild” (1993).
X:1
T:Sligo Creek
R:Reel
C:Danny Noveck
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:BMin
~f2ef dB~B2|~f2ef def^g|ae~e2
cBAF|EFAB c2de|
~f2ef dB~B2|~f2ef defd|ea~a2 edce|1
dBBA B2de:|2 dBBA B3A|
||:GBBA Bcde|~f2ef defd|eA~A2
cBAF|EFAB c2BA|
GBBA Bcde|~f2ef defd|ea~a2 edce|1
dBBA B3A:|2 dBBA B2de||
X:2
T:Sligo Creek
M:C|
L:1/8
C:Danny Noveck
Z:Transcribed by Philippe Varlet
R:reel
K:D
f2ef dB~B2 | ef{a}fe df~f2 | faed
cAAF | EFAB cAce |
f2ef dB~B2 | ef{a}fe df~f2 | faed
cAec |1 AB{d}BA Bcde :|2 AB{d}BA B3 A ||
GB{d}BA Bcde | f2ef defd | eA A/A/A
cAFA | EFAB cABA |
GB{d}BA Bcde | f2ef defd | a2fa eAce
|1 dB{d}BA B3 A :|2 dB{d}BA Bcde ||
SLIGO DANDY, THE. AKA and see “Bag of Potatoes [2],” "An Mala Fatai." Irish, Reel.
SLIGO FANCY, THE. AKA and see “Dunn’s Hornpipe,” “The Flowers of Antrim [1],” “Marquis of Lorne [1],” “McDermott’s Hornpipe [3].”
Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 106, pg. 27. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dances of Ireland), 1971;
24.
SLIGO GOLD RING. AKA and see “Gold Ring [3].”
Irish, Jig. So named to differentiate the melody from the “Fermanagh Gold Ring”
(“Gold Ring [1]).
SLIGO JIG (Port Shligigh). AKA and see “The
Killavil Jig [1],” “The Trip to
Killavil.” Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: accordionist Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland), who had the
tune from fiddler Fred Finn (Coillte Críona, Sligo) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 51, pg. 21.
SLIGO LASSES, THE ("Na Cailinide Sligaig" or
"Cailini Sligig"). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'B. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976;
pg. 130. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1392, pg. 259. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 636, pg. 114.
X:1
T:Sligo Lasses, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 636
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 BG DGBG|D2 (3FED dAFA|G2 BG
DGef|1 (3gfe dc BGAF:|2 (3gfe dc BG G2||
g2 bg dgbg|fgag fdef|g2 bg dgbg|dega
bg g2|dgbg dgbg|fgag fdef|gaba gedc| (3Bcd AG FDEF||
SLIGO LASSIES. AKA and see “Up Sligo [1].” Irish,
Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: given to
O’Malley by students of New York fiddler and accordion player John McGrath (d.
1955) [O’Malley]. O’Malley (Luke
O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 92, pg. 46.
X: 1
T: Sligo Lassies
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Q: 325
S: Luke O'Malley vol 1
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
R: Jig
K: Edor
D | EBB {c}BAG | FAA {B}AFD | EBB B/c/dB | AFD
E2 D |
EBB {c}BAG | FAA ABc | dcd B/c/dB | AFD E2 :|
|: D | Eee efg | fef dBA | Bee efg | fef d2 A |
Bee
efg | fef dBA | BAB GAB | AFD E2 :|
SLIGO MAID (Gearrchaile Shlighigh). AKA and see “The Glendoan Fancy,” “The Glendowan Fancy,” “The Glendowan Reel,” “Old Peter’s Reel,” “The Sligo Maid’s Lament." Irish, Reel. A
Dorian (Flaherty, Mallinson, Mulvihill, O’Malley, Tubridy): A Dorian/A Minor
(Brody): A Mixolydian/A Dorian (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AABB (Brody,
Mallinson, Mulvihill, O’Malley): AA'BB (Breathnach, Mitchell): AA'BB'
(Flaherty, Harker, Tubridy). “Sligo Maid” is a very popular session reel. A
Prince Edward Island version goes by the title “Old Peter’s Reel.” It has been
said that ‘a Scottish variant’ is “Down
the Broom,” however, although the title sounds Scottish, “Down the Broom” is
an Irish reel. There are some melodic similarities between “Sligo Maid” and
“Down the Broom” in both parts, however, whether they are cognate is debatable.
Influential recordings of the “Sligo Maid” were made by Paddy Killoran
(1904-1965, whose version has been much imitated) and Michael Coleman
(1891-1945), both émigrés from south County Sligo. Sources for notated
versions: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Kathleen Morris
(Corlisheen, Ballyrush, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973,
Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; Barney Enright (Moyvane, Co. Kerry)
[Mulvihill]; New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County
Mayo) [O’Malley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill,
Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ
I), 1963; No. 124, pg. 51. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 259. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from
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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:Sligo Maid
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:A Dorian
dB|:A2 BA (3Bcdef|gedB AGEF|G2 BG
dGBG|DEGA BAdB|A2 BA Bdef|
gedB AGEG|B2 BG ABGE|1 DEGA BAGB:|2
DEGA BA A2||
|:eaag a2 ga|bgaf ge d2|eggf gage|dega
bgag|eaag a2 ga|bgaf ge d2|
eg g2 edBd|1 edgd BA A2:|2 edgd
BAGB||
SLIGO MAID’S LAMENT. AKA and see “The Glendowan Fancy,” “The Glendowan Reel,” “The Sligo Maid.”
SLIGO RAMBLER [1]. AKA and see “The Galway Rambler,” “Sean Ryan’s (Reel) [2],” “The Dash to Portobello.” Irish,
Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated
version: fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo)
[Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo),
1990; pg. 76.
SLIGO RAMBLER [2]. AKA and see “The Cullen Jig,” “Humors of Glynn/Glin [1],”
“Padraig O’Keeffe’s (Jig)
[1].” Irish, Jig. The famous piper Patsy Tuohey recorded the tune under
this title on a cylinder c. 1901-04.
SLIGO REEL [1], THE. AKA and see "Tommy McMahon's Reel." Irish,
Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB. Taylor (Through
the Half-door), 1992; No. 8, pg. 7. Shaskeen -
"Joys of Life."
SLIGO REEL [2]. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard.
AA’BB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol.
4; No. 168, pg. 20.
X:1
T:Sligo Reel [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 168
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(f/g/) |a/d’/c’/d’/ b/d’/c’/d’/|add
(e/d/)|c/d/e/f/ g/a/b/c’/|1 d’aa:|2 d’d’d’||
|:(c’/d’/)|e’aa (b/c’/)|d’dd
(e/d/)|c/d/e/f/ g/a/b/c’/|1 d’aa:|2 d’d’d’||
SLIGO THEN AND NOW. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Bronx, New
York, fiddler Martin Wynne, who had no name for the tune; Bill Black supplied
the one above. Black (Music’s the Very
Best Thing), 1996; No. 191, pg. 101.
X:1
T: Sligo Then and Now
C: Martin Wynne
Q: 350
R: reel
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: G
A | BGEG Bcdg | edBd eg g2 | agba gedB | eBdB A2 GA |
BGEG Bcdg | edBd eg g2 | agba gedB | AGBA G3 :|
d | g3 e a3 f | gabg aged | Bd d2 ed d2 | gedB A2 Bd |
g3
e a3 f | gabg aged | Bdef gedB | AGBA G3 :|
SLIGO TUNE (Abhran Shligigh). Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Bunting (1840) thought the first bar of this tune was similar to
the Scotch song "Will you go to the Ewe boughts Marion." Source for
notated version: the Irish collector Edward Bunting noted the tune from one
Mrs. Best of County Sligo in 1802. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 115, pgs.
165-166.
SLIM GAL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCD. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg.
120.
X:1
T:Slim Gal
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Breakdown
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
[Ae]|:d/f/d/f/
d/f/[A/f/][A/f/]|[A/e/][A/f/][A/f/][A/f/] [Af][Ae]|d/f/d/f/
d/f/d/f/|[A/e/][c/e/][A/e/][c/e/] [ce][ce]|
d/f/d/f/ d/f/d/A/|G/A/B/A/
B/c/d/B/|[A/e/][c/e/][A/e/][c/e/] [B/e/][B/e/][c/e/][c/e/]|1 [Af][Af]
[Af][Af]:|2
[df][df] [d2f2]|:D2D2|D
D2D|DDDD|A,3A,|DD D>D|B,G,2 G,|
A,A,B,C|D[Af]
[Af][Ae]|[d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/] [d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/]|[A/e/][A/f/][A/f/][A/f/]
[Af][Ae]|[d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/] [d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/]|
[A/e/][c/e/][A/e/][c/e/]
[Ae][Ae]|[d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/] [d/f/][d/f/][d/f/][d/f/]|G/A/B/A/
B/c/d/B/|[A/e/][c/e/][A/e/][c/e/] [B/e/][B/e/][c/e/][c/e/]|
[df][df] [d2f2]:||D2D2|D
D2D|DDDD|A,3A,|DD D>D|B,G,2G,|A,A,B,C|D[Ae] [Af][Ae]||
f/e/f/g/a/g/f/e/|[df][df]
[df][Ae]|f/e/f/g/ a/g/f/e/|[ce][c2] [c2e]|
e/f/g/a/ b/a/g/f/|ee/e/
ee/e/|[A/e/][c/e/][A/e/][c/e/] [A/a/]g/f/e/|[df][df] [d2f2]||
SLIM PINE REEL, THE. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Composed by Cecil McEachern. Messer (Anthology
of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 66, pg. 40‑41.
SLINGSBIE’S PROVINCE. Scottish, Scots Measure. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780;
pg. 17.
X:1
T:Slingsbie’s Province
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Scots Measure
B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/|dgdg|d>cBc|dBcA|G/F/G/A/ G2
B/c/|dgdg|d>cBc|dBcA|G3:|
|:B|A>BcB|A>d
D>A|A>BcB|Ad D>c|B>cdc|B>cdc|B/d/B/G/ A/c/A/F/|GG G2:|
SLIP, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). C
Major. Standard. ABB. Published by Playford, The English Dancing Master (1651). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 47 (a facsimile copy of the
Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance
Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 67.
X:1
T:Slip, The
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2G2c2d2 | e3f g2e2 | a2g2 fg e2 |
d4 c4 |
d2G2c2d2 | e3f g2e2 | a2g2 fg e2 |
d4 c4 ||
|: d2Bc d2G2 | d2 Bc d2G2 | d2e2d2a2
| e3d d4 |
e3f t2e2 | f2g2a2A2 | G2c2B2c2 | d3c
c4 :|
SLIP JIG. A type of Irish jig in 9/8 time. Also
sometimes used synonymously with the term ‘hop jig’, another 9/8 form, although
there is a difference between the two. The slip jig has been described as
having a “pineapple, pineapple, pineapple” rhythm (i.e. three groups of eight
notes), while the hop jig sounds like “humpty, humpty, humpty,” similar to a
single jig (i.e. a quarter note followed by and eighth note). Matin Fay of the
Chieftains, for one, believes this to be the oldest rhythm in Irish traditional
music. A slip jig dance was considered a women’s dance, and, according to
accordion player Jim Coogan, was danced in soft shoes or (when he was younger)
no shoes at all.
SLIPÉIR INÍON MHIC
PHÁIDÍN. AKA and see "Miss Patterson's Slipper."
SLIPPER HORNPIPE, THE (Crannciuil na/an Troigin). AKA - “The Silver Slipper.” Irish,
Hornpipe. D Major (O’Neill/1001): D Dorian (O’Neill/Krassen). Standard tuning.
AABB. The tune was recorded in 1929 by Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band under the
title “The Silver Slipper.”
Source for notated version: Francis O’Neill credited his version of the melody
to patrolman and fiddler Timothy Dillon, originally from County Kerry (Philippe
Varlet points out that several of the members of Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band
were also from Kerry). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 174. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1596, pg. 296. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 841, pg. 145.
X:1
T:Slipper Hornpipe, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:D
(3ABc | df (3edc dABG | FdEd D2 d2 |
ceAd cdef | (3gfe fd (3cBA Bc |
df (3edc dABG | FdEd D2 d2 | (3cBA
Bc dfec | d2 {e}dc d2 ::
ec | Acec Ac (3edc | Adfd Ad (3fed |
Bged cdef | (3gfe (3fed cABc |
df (3edc dABG | FdEd D2 d2 | (3cBA
Bc dfec | d2 (3edc d2 :|]
SLOAN'S LAMENTATION ("Caoine Sloin" or "Abhran
Shloin").
AKA and see "The Foggy Dew [2]."
Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Minor (O'Neill's): A Flat Major
(O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard. AAB. The melody is best known as "The
Foggy Dew." Bunting printed the tune in his 1840 collection in the aeolian
mode (which was reprinted by O'Neill), though editor O'Sullivan (1983) chooses
to print his MS version, in the Ionian mode. Source for notated version: the
Irish collector Edward Bunting noted the melody from "W. Sloane Esq.
Armagh, 1800." O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 141, pg. 25. O'Sullivan/Bunting,
1983; No. 117, pg. 167.
X:1
T:Sloan’s Lamentation
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 141
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
d/e/ | f>g d{a}g/^f/ | gG B>c
| {B/c/}dc/B/ GB/A/ :|
|| d | g>a {g/a/}ba/g/ | af
d>d | g>a {g/a/}bg/f/ | b3 ||
SLOCKIT LIGHT, DA. Shetland, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AAB. One of the best-known
tunes composed by the late Shetland fiddler, collector and teacher Tom
Anderson. "I was coming out of Eshaness in late January, 1969, the time
was after 11 pm and as I looked back at the top of the hill leading out of the
district I saw so few lights compared to what I remembered when I was young. As
I watched, the lights started going out one by one. That, coupled with the
recent death of my late wife, made me think of the old word 'Slockit', meaning,
a light that has gone out, and I think that was what inspired the tune"
(Anderson, 1983). The Shetlands have been much influenced by Scandinavia, and
retains many traces of that culture. In Swedish, the word "släcka"
means to quench or turn off, and is related to the English word "slacken.” Fiddler Ellen Gawler was a student of
Anderson’s and (in a posting to Fiddle-L 11/06/05) wrote:
***
The tune was written by Tom Anderson shortly after his wife died. To
slokit da light means to snuff out the light.
Tommie took me to the spot where he composed the tune. The inspiration
for the tune came from one night
when he visited the part of Shetland where he grew up called Easha Ness,
which is to the north and west of
Lerwick on the main island of Shetland. In Sheltand there are no trees,
so aw he was looking out over the
valley he noticed that many of the homes that had been all illuminated
when he was young were now dark. So
many people had moved to Lerwick to work for BP. He was lamenting all
the losses in the changes in his
life, with his wife passing and with the changes in Shetland. He was a
man who was very tuned into the culture
through the music and all that goes with it. The oil company had brought
about many difficulties for the Shetlanders.
As he saw it, they had lost their traditional way of life an had
forgotten how to survive in the way that they had
for thousands of years. Sure, BP had brought employment, but there were
more social problems as people
lost their sense of community and their meaningfulness and place in
their society.
***
As he looked out over Easha Ness that night, he felt like the lights
were going out. The part of the tune where
there is a descending scale are the lights going out. On that night, he
told me that the tune came to him and he
wrote it down in so fa on the only thing that he had to write on; an
empty match book case that had all the
matches torn out of it. I’ll never forget that part of it because that
is how his life was. Things had multiple
meaning for him.
***
Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 20‑21 (includes harmony part). Culburnie CUL121D, Alasdair Frase & Natalie Haas – “Fire
and Grace” (2004). Green Linnet SIF‑1084, Eugene O'Donnell ‑
"The Foggy Dew" (1988. Learned from Aly Bain). Rounder Records,
Norman Blake – “The Rising Fawn String Ensemble” (1979).
SLOE, THE. AKA – “The Slave.” English, Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Barry Callaghan (2007) traces the tune
to an opera called The Slave,
composed by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop (1786-1855) in 1816. Bishop composed
several operas in the first quarter of the 19th century, most of
them forgotten and of incidental value. However, he was appointed musical
director at Vauxhall in 1830, appointed to the Reid chair of music in the
SLOF GALLIARD, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F
Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
SLOPE ROAD JIG. Canadian, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Source for
notated version: Tommy Doucet (Nova Scotia/Boston) via Gerry Robichaud (Saint
Paul, New Brunswick/Boston) [Reiner & Anick]. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989;
pg. 68. Voyager VRLP 310‑S, Gerry Robichaud ‑
"Down East Fiddling."
SLOPES OF SLIABH
LUACHRA, THE. AKA and see “The Ball of Ballynafeidh,” “Banks of Lough Gowna [1],” “Lough Gowna [2],” “The Shores of Lough Gowna.”
SLOPES OF SLIEVE
GULLION, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by Paul Murphy. Slieve Gullion is a
near-2,000 foot high mountain in south Armagh. It is sometimes referred to as
Slieve Fuad, after a Druid king, and has a crater lake, Loch Liath, and a cairn
at the summit. The cairn is the burial place of the mythical chieftain
Cuailnge. Source for notated version: fiddler Paul Murphy (Beesbrook, County
Armagh) [McGuire & Keegan]. Keegan (The
Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 101. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975;
No. 95, pg. 26.
SLOW HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 43.
X:1
T:Slow Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 43
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2 G>A (3BBB B>e|d>BG>A
(3BBB B>e|d>AF>G (3AAA A>B|A>GF>E (3DFA d2|
D2 G>A (3BBB B>e|d>BG>A
(3BBB B>^c|d>cd>e (3fgf (3edc|B2d2 B4:|
|:e>^de>=f
e>fe>=d|c>dc>B A>Bc>^c|d>^cd>e
d>ed>=c\B>cB>A G>AG>F|
E>^GA>B c>d e2|D>FG>A
B>c d2|^c>df>e d>=cB>A|G2B2G4:|
SLOW MARCH FROM THE 2nd
YORK REGT. MILITIA.
English, Slow March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Gibbons
originally set the tune in the key of ‘F’ major in his manuscript. Source for
notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua
Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].
Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1:
The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 56.
SLOW MARCH 42nd. English (?), March (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The ‘A’ part is 12 measures long, the ‘B’ part 8. The loose page containing this printed melody from Riley’s Easy Flute Duets was among the music manuscripts of Setauket, Long Island, painter and fiddler William Sidney Mount, who was taught to play both flute and fiddle in New York City at the home of his uncle, an excellent amateur musician and composer. The title may refer to the British 42nd Regiment, the Black Watch.
T:Slow March 42nd
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
S:Riley’s Easy Flute Duetts (sic), c. 18??
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a>g | f2 f>f f2 a>f | e2 e>e e2 a>g | .f2 (f>g) .e2 (e>f) | d2 zd cdef | .g2 (g>a) f2 (f>g) |
e2 ze (^de).f.g | a2 (a>b) .g2 (g>a) | f2 za (^ga)(ba) | a3 A3A | d2 za (^ga)(ba) |
a4 A3A | d2f2d2 :: d>e | f2 f>f (fa)(gf) | g2 e>e e2g2 | fad’c’ (ba).g.f | e>dc>d e2 a>a |
b2
g>g g2 d’>b | a2 f>f f2a2 | a>g f>e d2c2 | d2 d>d d2 :|
SLOW TIME WALTZ. Document 8028, Mumford Bean &
His Itawambians – “Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2” (reissue).
SLUMBERING MINSTREL, THE.
Scottish, Air. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by the great Scots
fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927).
Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904;
pg. 156.
X:1
T:Slumbering Minstrel, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c2e2d2B2 | A2c2B2G2 | F2 GA E2A2 |
G2A2 B4 | c2e2d2B2 | A2c2B2G2 | F2 GA E2A2 | A2G2 A4 ||
F2 GA E2A2 | d2 cB c2A2 | F2 GA E2A2
| G2A2 Be^d=d | c2e2d2B2 | A2c2B2G2 | F2 GA E2A2 | A2G2 A4 ||
SLY PATRICK (Padraic Glic). AKA and see "Has Sorrow Thy Young Days
Shaded? [1]." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "tenderly"). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Thomas Moore used the melody for his “Has Sorrow Thy Young
Days Shaded.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland:
1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 85, pg. 15.
X:1
T:Sly Patrick
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Tenderly”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 85
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/A/|B>AG AGE|D3 E2G|GAB c2B|A3
A2G/A/|
B>AG AGE|D3 E2G|G>AB
BA>G|G3G2||G|B>cd def|g3 f2e|
edB {Bc}BAG|A3 A2G/A/|B>AG AGE|D3
E2G|G>AB {B}AGG|G3G2||
SMOLAC LIAT-DROMA. AKA and see "The Leitrim Thrush [1]."
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