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STRAC AN CADAS. AKA and se "Tear the Calico
[1]."
STRAC AN MHUC AN LEINE. AKA and see "The Telegraph,"
"Rolling on the Ryegrass,"
"The Ladies Tight Dress,"
"The Listowel Lasses,"
"Boil the Kettle Early,"
"Kitty
got a clinking (coming from the races) [1]," "Punch for the Ladies [2],"
"The Brown Red Girl," "Love among the Roses," "The Kilfinane Reel," "The Lady on the Railroad,"
"What the Devil Ails You
[2]" "Roll her on the
Banks," "The Railway Station," "The Connachtman's Rambles,"
"McCaffrey's Reel," "The Rathkeale Hunt," "The Shannon Breeze [1]," "The Piper's Lass," "Old Molly Ahern," "Maureen Playboy."
STRACHEN’S. Scottish, Strathspey. Dedicated to Strachen’s Music Shop,
STRACHUR. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by Carl Volti. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 48, pg. 8.
X:1
T:Strachur
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 48
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(Bc)|dgeg dBGB|dgeg d2 (Bc)|dgeg
dBGB|1 AFDF A2:|2 AFDF Aedc||
|:(BG)GG (DG)GG|BGGB dedc|1 (BG)GG
(DG)GG|FGAB cedc:|2 Bdgf edcB|AGFE D2||
STRADDLE THE DONKEY.
"Boys in the Gap [1],"
"Cat in the Hopper," “Laird o’ Cockpen,” "Lord Doneraile," "When She Cam Ben (She Bobbit)."
An Irish version of the Scots tune usually known as “Laird o’ Cockpen.”
STRADDY, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with
spirit"). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. "'Straddy', an idle careless
fellow" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish
Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 599, pgs. 310‑311.
STRAGLASS HOUSE--A
STRATHSPEY. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears first in print in Robert Bremner's 2nd Collection of Scots Reels or Country Dances,
c. 1760. It is one of the earliest mentions of the term 'strathspey' in print
(along with Neil Stewart's 1761 printing of "A Strathspey Reel,"
although the very earliest was Walsh's 1743‑44 collection). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c.
1780/81; pg. 8.
X:1
T:Straglass House
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S: McGlashan – Strathspey Reels (c.
1780-81)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|D/D/D D>E F>AAB|A<F d>F E3 F|D/D/D D>E F>AAB|A<F d>F A3:|
|:B|A/A/A d>A B>Ad>F|E/E/E F>D E3F|A/A/A d>A B>Ad>F|
A/A/A dF A3B|A<F d>A B>Ad>F|E/E/E F>D E>FG>B|A>F G>E F>AAB|
A<F
d>F A3:|
STRAIGHT FOURS. American, Reel.
STRAIGHT
TIP CLOG. American, Clog. B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. White’s Unique
Collection, 1896; No. 154, pg. 28.
X:1
T:Old Timer
Clog
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Clog
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No.
154
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
(3de=e |
g>fd>B F>DB,>D | C>EG>c e>gf>=e | g>f_e>c
A>FG>A |
(3BAB (3cBc
(3dcd (3ede | g>fd>B F>DB,>D | C>EG>c e>gf>=e |
g>f_e>c
A>FG>A | B2 [F2d2][D2B2] :: c2 | (c>A) (3cfg a>fa>f |
(d>B)
(3dga b>gb>g | =e>d’c’>b a>bd>e | (3f=ef (3gfg a>fc>A |
(c>A) (3cfg a>fa>f | (d>B)
(3dga b>gb>g | =e>d’c’>b a>bd>e | f2 [c2a2][A2f2] :|
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol.
4, No. 298 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g>a|b>gd>B G>Bd>g|f>ec>A E2_E2|D>dc>A
F>DE>F|G>AB>c d2 g>a|
b>gd>B G>Bd>g|f>ec>A E2_EE2|D>dc>A
F>DE>F|G2B2G2:|
|:A>G|F>GA>B c>DE>F|G>AB>c d2 A>G|F>GA>B
c>DE>F|G>AB>c d2 g>a|
b>gd>B G>Bd>g|f>ec>A E2_E2|D>dc>A
F>DE>F|G2B2G2:|
STRANGER [1], THE. AKA and see “Boys of Ballysimon,” “Poll Ha'penny [2].” Irish, Reel or
Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC. McNulty (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Stranger, The [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dc | B2 BG A2 (3ABc | dcAF G2 FG |
AFDE FAGE | DEFG A2 dc | B2 BG A2 (3ABc |
dcAF G2 FG | AFDE FAGE | D2 (3DDD D2
|| FG | Adde f2 ef | dcAG A2 FG | Adde f2 ed |
cdec d2 FG | Adde f2 ef | dcAF G2 FG
| AFDE FAGE | D2 (3DDD D2 || FG | Adde f2 ef |
dcAG A2 FG | Adde f2 ef | gfef defg
| afge dfec | dcAF G2 FG | AFDE FAGE | D2 (3DDD D2 ||
STRANGER [2], THE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c.
1867; pg. 59.
X:1
T:Stranger
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DE | F3A GFED | F2A2A3d | BcdB BAGF
| G2E2E2 DE | F3A GFED |
F2A2A3d | BcdB Aceg | faec d2 :: ef
| gfed f2a2 | gfed dcBA |
gfed fafa | g2e2 e2 ef | gfed f2a2 |
gfed dcBA | BcdB Aceg | faec d2 :|
STRANGER AT THE GATE. Irish. A famous recording of the tune was made unaccompanied by the renowned
button accordion player Paddy O'Brien (1922-1991) in 1954.
STRANGER FROM
STRANGER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AKA and see “Jingle at the Window.”
STRANGER ON A MULE. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Denny Reid [Silberberg].
Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 151.
STRAP BUCKNER'S FANCY. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional
STRAP THE RAZOR. AKA and see "Strop the Razor."
STRATFORD JUBILEE.
English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to
Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection (London, 1773).
According to Robert Chambers’ Book of Days, the Stratford Jubilee was a
days long celebration in 1769 in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire,
commemorating the death of Shakespeare 150 years before. The celebration was
the idea of the town corporation, who hit upon the brilliant public relations
scheme of inviting the leading actor and producer of the day, David Garrick, to
become a burgess. They presented him with an elegant box made from the mulberry
tree Shakespeare himself planted (which had recently been cut down by its
owner, a “splenetic clergyman” who also pulled down Shakespeare’s house, to the
great distress of the community). Garrick acquitted himself well, hosting a
number of events, dinners, stage entertainments, and of course several complete
performances of Shakespeare’s works. See http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/sept/6.htm
for more. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 3) , 1773; No. 112.
X:1
T:Stratford Jubilee
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
Ace dBG|AEE EGB|Ace dBG|A[Ec][A,3a3]::fDD Dfa|geB GEb|
abg
fe^d|e3 efg|afd Bcd|ecA GAB|FAd EAc|[Cc][Dd][B,B] [A,3A3]:||
STRATH SPRAY'S RANT. AKA and see "Sir Alex
MacDonald's Reel." Scottish, Rant or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. This is the earliest possible reference to the Scottish tune form
"strathspey," and is from John Walsh's Caledonian Country Dances Book II, 1743‑4. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music),
1983; Ex. 24, pg. 46.
STRATHBOGIE
EDITOR, THE.
Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Composed by the great
Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner
(1843-1927), in honor of Mr. Joseph Dunbar, Huntly. A penned note on Skinner’s
original manuscript
reads: “In imitation of Nathaniel Gow’s ‘Fairy Dance’ in which the Writer’s
friends think he has succeeded.” Skinner (Harp
and Claymore), 1904; pg. 100.
X:1
T:Strathbogie
Editor, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
C:J. Scott
Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner –
Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e/ |:
({g}a)a/A/ aa/g/ | f/e/d/c/ B/e/f/g/ | ({g}a/)A/c/e/ a/g/a/f/ |1 e/d/c/B/
A/e/f/g/ :|2 e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/d/ ||
ea/g/ fB/c/
| dg/f/ eA/B/ | c/A/c/e/ a/e/f/d/ | c/A/B/G/ A/B/c/d/ |
e/A/a/g/
f/A/B/c/ | d/G/g/f/ e/E/A/B/ | c/A/c/e/ a/e/f/d/ | c/A/B/G/ A A/ ||
STRATHBOGIE TOAST, THE. AKA and see “The Bobbers of Brechin.” Scottish,
Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by William
Marshall (1748-1833). Strath‑ means 'valley,' or, in this case 'the
valley of the
X:1
T:Strathbogie Toast, The
T:Bobers of Brechin, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
g|dgg^f g2d=f|cdfg dfcf|dgg^f g2dg|fdcA G2 GA|Ggg^f g2 d=f|
cdfg afcf|d^fga bag=f|dfcA G2G||
d|BGdG BGd=e|fdcf AFcA|BGdG BGdg|fdcA G2 Gd|
BGdG
BGd=e|fdcf AFcA|GABc d=efg|fdcA G2G||
STRATHDOWN. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833), and first printed in his
1781 collection (pg. 10). Strath‑ means 'valley', in this case 'valley of
the
X:1
T:Strathdown
L:1/8
M:C
S:
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|D/E/F/G/ AF D/D/D B2|A<d A>F G>E E<F|D/E/F/G/ AF D/D/D B2|A<d A>G FDD:|
|:g|f>e d<e d/d/d f2|d>ef>e e>E E<g|1 f>e d<e d/d/d f2|B<d A>G FDD:|2
f>be>f
d>ec>d|B>dA>G FDD||
STRATHEARN STRATHSPEY. AKA and see "Among
the Houghs of Cromdale." Scottish, Strathspey. A Minor (Cole): G Minor
(Athole, Gow). Standard tuning. AB (Cole): AAB (Athole, Gow). Composed by Dunkeld
fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807), and considered to be in pipe style
although it has a range of ten notes (rather than the usual nine for pipe style
proper). Strath means 'valley,' in this case the valley of the Earn
river in Perthshire, Gow's home county. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 71, pg. 109. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 220. Cole
(1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 124.
Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 19. Jones [ed]. (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; pg. 2. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
194. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883;
pg. 162.
X:1
T:Strathearn
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
g|G<G d>c d<f ~g2|f>c d<f c>B A<F|G<G d>c A>cd>g|f>g a>A G2G:|
A|G<g g>f g<a ~a2|f>ga>g f>d f<c|d<g ~g>f d>fg>a|f>ga>A G2 G>A|
G<g g>f g<a ~g2|f>ga>g f>d f<c|d<cd<f ~g>f g<a|f>ga>A G2G||
X:2
T:Strathearns Strathspey.
M:C
L:1/8
B:Complete Tutor Violin (c. 1815)
Z:Dr. Evan Jones [Ed.]
K:Bb
U:T=!trill!
g | G<G d>c (d<f) g2 | f>cd<f c<BA<F | G<G d>c Acdg | f>g aA G2 G :|| A | Ggg>f (g<a) g2 | f>gag fdfc |
dg-g>f dfga | Tf>g aA G2 (G>A) | Gg-g>f (g>a) g2 | Tf>gag fefc | (dcd)<f (gfg)<a | Tf>g aA G2 G |]
STRATH ERRICK/ERRIKH (Strath-Fharagaic). Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. "This air relates to, and bears the name of, the editor's native
district, at present, he regrets to say, divested by absence, death, and other
casualties, of every friend, but those who have forfeited all title to the
appelation, and of every circumstance that could tend to render his residence
agreeable or comfortable, though once the scene of his highest enjoyments, and
still of his dearest local attachments" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Stratherick
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection
(1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B|F<B,
F>D D>CC>D|F<B, F>D F<dc<d|B<G F>D D>CC>D|
F<B, F>
f|d>Bf>B
d>c c<f|d>Bf>B g>Bf>B|d<bf<g d<fc<d|B<G F>E
D2 D>B|
d>Bf>B
d>c c<f|d>Bf>B g>Bf>B|d<bf<g d<fc<d|G<BF<B
D2D||
STRATHGLASS HOUSE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. It is perhaps
"Straglass House" in Bremner.
Gow accompanies the tune with the note: “This Tune is not to be Danced, as it
ought to have been amongst the Slow Tunes at the beginning of the Book, but was
omited.” Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 1, 1799; pg. 34. MacDonald (The Skye
Collection), 1887; pg. 158.
X:1
T:Strathglass House
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|D/D/D D>
B|A/A/A d>A B>A d<F|E/E/E
F>D [A,3E3] F|A/A/A d>A B>Ad>F|A/A/A dF A3B|
A/A/A d>A B>Ad<F|E/E/E
F>D E>FGB|A>FGE F>DD<B|AF d>F A2||
STRATHLORNE LODGE. Canadian, Jig.
STRATHMASHY. Scottish, Strathspey. C Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 208.
X:1
T:Strathmashy
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:The Athole Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
e|B>G G>F E>CC>E|B,<G,E<G, B,3e|B>GG>F E<C C<E|B,<G, G>=B, C2 C<e|
B<G G>F E<C C>E|B,<G, E>G, B,3e|B<G G>F E>C D<G|B,<G, G>=B, C2C||
G|c/d/e/^f/ g>GG>=A|B<eG>_A B2 Be/d/|c>de>^f g<G G>c|G<c d>B c2 c>d|
e>fg>e
f<d b>d|B<G e>G B2 B>a|g>fe>d c>de>g|G<c d>B
c2c||
STRATHMORE Scottish,
Air. Originally published in Angus Fraser’s A Collection of the Vocal Airs of the Highlands of Scotland (ca.
1874). Maggie’s Music MM220, Hesperus – “Celtic Roots.”
STRATHMORE MEETING, THE (Coinneamh an t-Strath mhor). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A
Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol
na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 42.
STRATHMORE'S REEL. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster
at Drummond Castle), 1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland
Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant."
STRATHNAIRN POLKA. AKA and see “Steve Cooney’s.”
Irish, Polka. B Minor. Standard tuning. AB. A modern composition by West Kerry
based musician and composer Steve Cooney. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The
Set Dance Music of West Kerry), pg. 8.
STRATHSPEY... A Scottish form of dance tune commonly involving
dotted rhythms briskly emphasized in the bowing. They are notated in common, or
4/4 time. The form seems to have derived in the area of the valley (strath) of
the river Spey, in the Scottish Highlands, though no one knows exactly by whom.
Among the first composers of the form were a family known as the Browns, from
Kincardineshire, and they are generally credited with founding the form. The
Cummings of Freuchie were also famous early exponents of the style (the last of
the line, John Roy Cumming, died around the middle of the 18th century). Daniel
Dow’s (1732-1787) publication Thirty-seven
new reells and strathspeys (c. 1775) appears to be the first published
collection with the name strathspey in its title, though as the name of a tune
or dance it appears in Menzies Manuscript
of 1749 in the titles “The Montgomerie's Rant, a Strathspey Reele” and
“Couteraller's Rant, a Strathspey Reel.” However, the earliest reference to a
strathspey, according to John Purser (1992), was in 1653 - "To please the
King the Morris dance I will; Stravetspy, and after, last of all, The Drunken
Dance I'll Dance within that hall".
***
The tempo of the strathspey has
apparently slowed down in modern times from the tempos played two hundred years
ago Hugh Thurston, in Scotland's Dances, quotes Major Edward
Topham, in 1775, writing as follows:
***
Another of the national dances is a kind of quick minuet, or what the
Scotch call a 'Straspae.' We in
gallopping a minuet. Nothing of the minuet is preserved except the
figure;
the step and time most resemble an hornpipe--and I leave you to dwell upon
the picture of a gentleman full-dressed and a lady in a hoop dancing an
hornpipe before a large assembly."
***
Some strathspeys are now performed at
the 116-138 bpm range, with 116 being the favoured tempo for Scottish Country
Dancing. A few
STRATHSPEY
(THE NATIVE COUNTRY OF THE SPRIGHTLY DANCE). AKA ‑ "Strath‑Spe." Scottish, Slow Strathspey. E
Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "In passing through the district of
Strathspey, the traveller may be apt to forget, that among the long ranges of
firwood and heath on each side, originated that sprightly style of performing
and dancing the music which bears its name, now in universal request from the
Spey to the Ganges. If the poets now take up the subject of some of the airs
produced on its banks, it may become as renowned as a classic stream, as it is
famous for giving birth to so much of our national and captivating
amusement" (Fraser). Fraser (The
Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Stathspey (The Native Country of the Sprightly Dance)
T:Srath-Spè
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B,|EE E>F E>D B,2|G,<G, B,>C D2 D>F/G/|EE E>F E>F B, z/d/|B<GA<F [G,2E2] E)F|
EE E>F E>D B,2|G,G, B,>C D2 D>F/G/|EE E>F (G/A/)B^c d>=c|B<GA>F [G2E2] E||
B|e>B e<f e>^d e<f|d<A f>e d2 d>f|e>^de>f (g/a/)b/^c’/ d’>c’|b/^c’/d a>f e2 eg/a/|
[gb][gb] [bg](a/g/) [fa][fa] [fa](f/e/)|[df][df] (g/f/a/f/)
d2 d(e/f/)|(g/e/f/d/ e/^c/d/)F/ (G/A/)B/^c/ d>=c|B<G A>G
[G,2E2][G,E]||
STRATHSPEY, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Robert “Red
Rob” MacIntosh. Gow (Complete
Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 31.
X:1
T:Strathspey, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository
(1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F/E/|D(FF)B E(GG)c/B/|Acfe
dbBf|D(FF)B E(GG)c/B/|(A/B/c) Fe dBB:|
a|b>BA>a g>GF>f|ec
(e/d/)c/B/ Acca|b>Ba>B g>Bf>B|(A/B/c) (Fe) dBBa|
b>BA>a g>GF>f|ec
(e/d/)c/B/ A(cc)B/A/|GBFB EBDF|(E/F/G) F>E DB,B,||
STRATHSPEY FOREVER. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by
Shetland fiddler Arthur S. Robertson. Neil (The
Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 64, pg. 88.
STRATHSPEY
IN MEMORY OF ANGUS ALLAN GILLIS. See "Fight About the Fireside."
Gillis was a
STRATHSPEY QUADRILLE. Scottish, Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AA. An oddity
by one F.W. Grant that hardly resembles a strathspey. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String),
1971; No. 68, pg. 154.
STRATHSPEY REEL, A. Scottish, Strathspey. A generically entitled tune found by John Glen
(1891) to be earliest printed in Neil
Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 50).
STRATHSPEY WALTZ. Scottish, Dance Tune (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. An
oddity by one F.W. Grant that hardly resembles a strathspey. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String),
1971; No. 67, pg. 154.
STRATHSPEY WIGGLE. Scottish. An obscure form referred to in James Oswald's
"Caledonian Pocket Companion" (versions published between roughly
1743‑59), though the exact meaning is unclear.
STRAW BREAKDOWN. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
STRAW COVE TWO-STEP. AKA and see "Two-Step
de l'Anse aux Pailles."
STRAW HAT, THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
From the Hardy Collection, 19th century. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 211.
X:1
T:Straw Hat, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:The Hardy Collection (19th
century)
R:Jig
K:D
d2D FED|ABA cBA|dcB AGF|EFE D3|d2D
FED|
STRAW MAN, THE (Bodach Fodair). Canadian, Reel.
STRAW ROPE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler and
pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south
STRAW SEAT, THE (An Sisteadin/Suidistin). Irish, Double Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 31. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 833, pg. 155. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Straw Seat, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3A/B/c/|d2d ded|cBA ABc|d2d
de=f|ecA A2 B/c/|
d2d ded|cBA ABc|dB/c/d =cBA|GED D2:|
|:A/G/|FDF ABA|FDF ABA|ECE GAG|ECE
GAG|
FDF ABA|FDF ABc|d2B/c/d =cBA|FED
D2:|
STRAWBERRIES,
RASPBERRIES. AKA and see "Fraises et les Framboises."
STRAWBERRY BANKS, THE. AKA and see “The
Early Rose,” “Kiss the Bride.”
Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version:
"Copied from (a) very old well‑written manuscripts lent to me in
1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, of Bruff, Co.
X:1
T:Strawberry Banks, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reek
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 AG FGAc|BGBd gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF
GFED|G2 AG FGAc|
BGBd gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF G2G2||dg g2
ag g2|bgaf gfgd|ecAG FGAc|
BGAF GFED|dg g2 ag g2|bgaf
gfef|dB(3d/e/f/ gfga|bgaf gedB||
STRAWBERRY BEDS, THE. AKA and see "The Blackberry
Blossom/Blossum" [1], “Maud(e)
Millar [2].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 1, pg. 34.
X:1
T:Strawberry Beds, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 34
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(ge)|dBAc BGGA|BcBA B2 (ge)|dBAc
BGGB|Aaag a2:||
(ef)|gage abaf|gfga bgef|gfga
bagf|eaag a2 (ef)|
gage abaf|gfga bgeg|bagf gfed|eaag
a2||
STRAWBERRY BLOSSOM [1], THE (Blat na/an Sublair). AKA and see "Boys of Ballinahinch," “Boys
of Ballynahinch,” “Christmas Eve [3],”
"Mullin's Fancy,” “Rising Sun" [6]. Irish, Reel. G
Mixolydian (Roche): D Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB
(O'Neill/Krassen, 1001 & 1850, Roche): AAB (O'Neill/1850, Stanford/Petrie).
“Christmas Eve/Night” is a related tune. Source for notated version: “From P.
Carew’s MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 124. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979;
Nos. 1354 and 1355, pg. 253. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Strawberry Blossom, The [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1907), No. 609
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
fedf edBd|fd{e}dc d2 ag|fedf
edBc|dBAF E2D2|fedf edBd|fd{e}dc defg|
afge fdec|dBAF E2D2||faab afdf|abaf
gfeg|faab afdf|gfed B2A2|faab afdf|
abaf gfeg|fa (3aaa gb (3bbb|gfef
gbag||
X:2
T:Strawberry Blossom, The [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 484
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
g | fddf eBBg | fddf gfge | fddf
gBBc | dBAF E2D :|
g | f/g/aab afdf | afdf g2 fe |
f/g/aab afdf | gfed B2 Ag |
f/g/aab afdf | afdf gfge | f/g/aab
bgaf | gfed cdeg |
fddf eBBg | fddf gfge | fddf eBBc |
cBAF E2D ||
X:3
T:Strawberry Blossom, The [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 483
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
e/ | d/f/f/g/ f/d/B/d/ | f/d/B/d/ ed/c/
| d/f/f/g/ f/d/B/d/ | e/d/c/B/ GF/e/ |
d/f/f/g/ f/d/B/d/ | f/d/B/d/ ed/c/ |
d/f/f/g/ f/d/B/d/ | e/d/c/B/ GF/e/ ||
d/B/B/d/ c/B/G/e/ | d/B/B/c/
d/e/f/e/ | d/B/B/d/ c/B/G/F/ | B/G/F/D/ CB,/e/ |
d/B/B/d/ c/B/G/e/ | d/B/B/c/
d/e/f/e/ | d/B/B/d/ c/B/G/d/ | B/G/F/d/ c B/ ||
STRAWBERRY BLOSSOM [2]. AKA and see “Oíche Nollag”
(Christmas Eve), “There’s
nae luck aboot the hoose (There’s nae luck ava) [1].” Irish, Single Jig.
Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905;
No. 484.
STRAWBERRY
BLOSSOM [3]. AKA and see “Blackberry Blossom/Blossum [1].”
STRAWBERRY
BLOSSOMS [4]. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standar tuningd. AB. Brian Conway – “First Through the Gate.”
X:1
T:Strawberry Blossoms [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Brian Conway
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ge | dBA(d BG)GA | B2 ({c}B)A Bdge | dBAB GABd | e(a{b}a)^g a2 ge |
dBA(d BG)GA | (3BcB Ad Bdge | dB (3ABA GAB(d | e)(a{b}a)^g agef ||
g(g{a}g)f gaba | ~g3a bgef | (3gag fa gedg | e(a{b}a)^g agef |
g(f{a}g)f gaba | ~g3a bgdf | (3bag ({a}g)f gedg | e(a{b}a)^g a2 ||
STRAWBERRY JIG. American, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The composition is
credited to Walter D. Sweet (the editor's father?) in Ralph Sweet's collection.
Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981;
pg. 31.
STRAWBERRY ROAN. American, Waltz. G Major.
STRAYAWAY CHILD. Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEE (Kennedy): AABCCDDEEFF,
AAB (Hebert): AABB’CCDDEEFF. Composed by Margaret Barry c. 1956 with the help
of
X:1
T:Strayaway Child, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
C:Margaret Barry & Michael
Gorman
K:E Minor
G2A|:BEE GEE|B,EE G2A|BEE BAG|FDF
Adc|BEE GEE|
B,EE G2A|BdB B2A|GEE E2A:||bee
BdB|dBG AGA|
Bee BdB|dBG A2A|Bee BdB dBG AGA|BcB
B2A|GEE E2A||
Bee BdB|dBG AGA|Bee BdB|dBG A2f|gfe
dcB|AGA BGE|
AGE DB,D|EFE E3||:EAG EDE|G3 BAG|AGE
DB,D|E3 E2D|
EAG EDE|G3 BAG|AGF DB,D|1 E3 E2D:|2
E3 E2B||:
efe ded|cBA BGE|GAB d2B|AGE D2c|BAG
EDE|GAB cBA|
BAG EAG|1 E3 E2B:|2 E3 E3||:Bee
efg|fdf eBA|
Bee efg|fdf e2f|gfe dcB|AGA BGE|AGE
DB,D|1 EFE E3:|2
EFE E2B||:edB edB|AGA BGE|edB
edB|AGA B3|
edB gfe|dcB AGA|BAG EAG|1 E3 E2B:|2
E3 EGA||
STREAK O' LEAN, STREAK
O' FAT. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
STREAKING OLD FIDDLE. AKA and see “Bob Taylor’s March.”
STREAM OF THE CAT. AKA and see “Sruthán a’ Chait.”
“Humours of
Tullycreen/Tullycrine.” Irish, Hornpipe.
STREAMERS ON HER HAT. AKA and see "Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay," "I Have a Wife in Baltimore." A
local southwestern
STREAMLET, THE (An Srutan). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 506, p. 89.
X:1
T:Streamlet, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DF|A>BAF GBdB|A2 d>e f2
D>E|FAdB cdec|d4 z2||ef|
gfe>d dcBA|d2 f>g a2
F>G|AdBe gedc|d4 z2||
STREAMS IN THE VALLEY. See “Gardiner’s Favourite [1], “London
Lasses [1].”
STREAMS OF BUNCLODY, THE (Na Amne Bunclodaig). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections),
1903; No. 338, p. 59.
X:1
T:Streams of Bunclody, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
gf|e2d2 BA|G2G2 GA|Bc d2 dB|e2d2 gf|e2d2
BA|G2G2 GA|B3 edB|A4 gf|
e2d2 BA|G2G2 GA|Bc d2 dB|e2d2
gf|e2d2 Bc|d2 dg dB|A2G2G2|G4||GA|
B2d2 ef|g2g2 fg|a3 gfd|e2d2 gf|e2d2
BA|G2G2 GA|B3 edB|A4 gf|e2d2 BA|
G2G2 GA|Bc d2 dB|e2d2 gf|e2d2 Bc|d2
dg dB|A2 G2G2|G4||
STREAMS OF KILNASPIG, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the Pat Dunne manuscript [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 173.
X:1
T:Streams of Kilnaspig (#173), The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Pat. Dunne manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
B/2c/2|dcB AFA|GBd gdB|cBc AFA|GBd c2 A|
dcB AFA|GBd gdB|cBc AFA|BGG G2:|
|:c|def gfg|eag fed|cBc AFA|GBd gec|
def
gfg|eag fed|cBc AFA|BGG G2:||
STREAMS OF LOVELY
***
Oh, the streams of lovely
Where the young men and maidens they do meet their sweethearts;
It is drinking of good liquor caused my heart for to sing,
And the noise in yonder village made the rocks for to ring.
***
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 4 (appears as
“Angels Unawares,” the name of a dance set to the tune by Graham Christian in
2000).
STREAMS
OF POULAPHOUCA, THE. Irish,
Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. . Uilleann piper John Cash was born in
Wexford in 1832 and learned piping from an uncle, James Hanrahan from
***
The
Poulaphouca is a current in
X:1
T:Streams
of Poulaphouca, The
M:C
L:1/8
C:Piper
John Cash (b. 1832)
K:D
D2 ed
AFDF|AFDF ABAF|dAFD ABdB|AFDF GAGE|d2 ed AFDF|
AFDF
ABAF|dAFD ABdB|AFDF ED D2:|
|:AFDF AF
D2|GECE GE C2|AFDF AFDF|GECE FD D2|
(3AGF DF AF
D2|(3GED CE GE C2|(3AGF DF (3AGF DF|
(3GED CE FD
D2:|
STREAMSTOWN, THE. Irish, Single Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player John Joe Gannon
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III),
1985; No. 59, pg. 29 (appears as “Gan Ainm”/No Title).
STREANNCÁN AN IASCAIRE (The Fisherman’s Lilt). AKA and see “The Fisherman’s Lilt [1].”
STREET PLAYER, THE. AKA and see “Cronin’s Reel [3].” Irish, Hornpipe.
D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late County Cavan/Philadelphia
fiddler and composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988) in honor of Tom and Jim McCafferty,
two street musicians of local renown in the villages of Counties Cavan and
Monaghan during the early years of the 20th century. The melody is often heard
nowadays played as a reel, an adaptation said to stem from Michael Coleman’s
playing (Coleman was an occasional visitor to the Reavy household). Source for
notated version: Colm O’Donnell (b. 1962, Aclare,
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
X:1
T:The Street Player
R:Reel (originally written as a
hornpipe)
C:Ed Reavy
D:Catherine McEvoy with Felix Dolan
(track 10a)
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
AFAd ~f3c|dcde fdAF|GAFG ~E3F|GAAG
FGE2|
FDA2 FDFA|BGG2 cdeg|fagf edcd|eddc
d3e:|
|:f2ef d2af|gfed cdec|dfaf g2ed|cdBc
agfe|
FDFA
D2GF|~G3B edcB|~a3b gecd|e2dc d3z:|
STREETS OF MULLINGAR, THE. Irish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning.
AABB. McNulty (Dance Music of
STRICHEN HOUSE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AGBG. Composed by
Alexander A. Hardie (1876-1961) in August, 1935. Alexander Hardie, grandson of
family scion William Hardie (1787-1884), was blind due to an accident but
nevertheless was an accomplished fiddler in the North-East Scottish style.
Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986;
pg. 12.
STRICK UPON A STROGIN. Scottish. John Glen believes that this tune, appearing in the Leyden Manuscript (1642), is the
ancestral tune of "Duncan
Davi(d)son" and "Ye'll Aye Be Welcome Back
Again." Samuel Bayard (1981) gives lukewarm support to this idea.
STRICKLAND. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg.
21.
STRIKE THE
STRIKE THE COLOURS.
English, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. ‘Strike the
colours’ = surrender the ship. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles
and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 138.
X:1
T:Strike the Colours
M:3/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>D FED EFG|F>F AGF GAB|ABc def gec|dAG FGA GFE|D>D FED EFG|F>F AGF GAB|
ABc def gec|dAG FGA D2::afd AFD BGE|AFD EFG ABc|def ged cde|
dAG
FGA FED|D>D FED EFG|F>F AGF GAB|ABc def gec|dAG FGA D2:||
STRIKE
THE GAY HARP. AKA and see “Fitzpatrick’s Jig,” “Jackson’s Night Cap,” "The Night Dance,” “The Piper’s Welcome,” “Strike the Young Harp.” Irish, Jig. D Major
or D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty, Mallinson,
McNulty, Taylor): AA'BBCC (O'Neill). The tune appears to be most often played
in the major rather than the modal mode. The tune first appeared as “
***
One
supposes that the title refers to playing the harp in a celebratory mood, or
playing music that is reflective of a convivial humor. That harpers could
indeed be ‘celebratory’ is attested to by Arthur O’Neill (1734-1818), one of
the last of the old itinerant Irish harpers who had been blinded at age two. He
wrote in this memoirs of the Granard harp competitions he participated in at
the end of the 18th century: “After this first [1781] Ball was ended
I became a favourite in and about Granard, where I remained about four months,
where my company was much sought for. I will not attempt to say how I deserved
such attention, only that I was then more cautious of avoiding inebriation than
the other harpers and kept as little of their company as possible.”
***
Source for
notated version:
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Strike
the Gay Harp
T:Strike the
Young Harp
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
c>AA B>GG|AGF E>DC|c>AA
B>GG|cGE DEG|c>de A>Bc|GAF E2D|
C>CC C2E|GEC DEG||cde e^fg|gag
gec|cde e^fg|afd dBG|cde g2g|
a^f/g/a/f/ g2=f|e>dc ced|cGE
DEG||ced ced|cGF EDC|ced ced|cGE DEG|
cde A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC
DEG|
STRIKE THE YOUNG HARP (Ceinm Suas an Cruit Og). AKA and see “Fitzpatrick’s Jig,” “Jackson’s Night Cap,” "The Night Dance," “The Piper’s Welcome,” “Strike the Gay Harp.” Irish, Jig. A Minor ('A'
part) & C Major ('B' and 'C' parts). Standard tuning. ABC. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1052, pg. 198.
X:1
T:Strike
the Gay Harp
T:Strike
the Young Harp
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill –
Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
c>AA B>GG|AGF E>DC|c>AA
B>GG|cGE DEG|c>de A>Bc|GAF E2D|
C>CC C2E|GEC DEG||cde e^fg|gag
gec|cde e^fg|afd dBG|cde g2g|
a^f/g/a/f/ g2=f|e>dc ced|cGE
DEG||ced ced|cGF EDC|ced ced|cGE DEG|
cde A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC
DEG|
STRIKE UP, YE LUSTY
GALLANTS. Irish, Air (6/8 time,
"spirited"). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. "The ballad
with this title appears to be of English origin, and as such it is mentioned in
Chappell's Popular Music of the Olden
Time. It celebrates a sea fight between an English warship‑‑the
Rainbow'‑‑and a pirate vessel commanded by 'Bold Captain Ward' in
which the captain was defeated and taken prisoner. I heard the ballad sung in
my native place in my youth to the air given below, with which also I give
three verses from memory. The uniform tradition among the people whom I heard
sing the song was that Captain Ward was an Irishman, one of the family of Ward
or Mac‑an‑Bhaird of Donegal. But whatever may be thought of his
nationality or about that of the ballad, the air I give here is Irish, and is
quite different from the one given by Chappell" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 136, pgs. 69‑70.
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Breakdown
S:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D>[GB][G/B/] [GB]B/c/|dd/d/
b/a/[G,G|D>[FA][F/A/] [FA]A/B/|[Dc][D/c/][D/c/] B/A/[GB]|
D>[GB][G/B/] [GB]B/c/|dd/d/
B/A/[GB]|D/F/A c/B/A|[GB][G/B/][G/B/] [GB]:|
|:e/f/|gd/d/ Bd/d/|gd/d/ Bd/d/|ed/d/
fd/d/|aa/b/ a/f/e/f/|
gd/d/ Bd/d/|gd/d/ Bd|D/F/A
c/B/A|[GB][G/B/][G/B/] [GB]:|
STRINGTOWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: John Hartford [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 232.
STRIP OF TURF. AKA and see “Ciumhais na Móna.”
STRIP POLKA. American (?), Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AA. The title is a
mildly off-color pun of ‘strip-poker’. Source for notated version: Ernest
Nepveu (
STRÓIC AN CEAILEACÓ. AKA and see "Tear the Calico
[1]."
STRÓIC INA GHIOBAIL É. AKA and see “Tear it to Rags.”
STROKESTOWN LASSES. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance
Music of
STROLLING MASON, THE (“An Saorcloic Sduipeal” or “An Raibuire
Raoin”). Irish,
Air (4/4 time). D Mixolydian/G Major (O’Neill): F Dorian/E Flat Major
(Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. Sources for notated versions: Mary Madden
and Frank Keane [Petrie]; Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler
originally from
X:1
T:Strolling Mason, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
EG|ABAG E2D2|EGAB c2 BA|GABG A2
GE|(D4 D2) EG|ABAG E2D2|EGAB c2 Bc|
dedA B2A2|G4||BA|GABc d2 Bd|e2 ce d2
BA|GABc A2 GE|(D4 D2) EG|ABAG E2 D2|
EGAB c2 Bc|dedA B2A2|G4||
STROMKARLN'S POLSKA. AKA and see “Hins Polska,”
“Nackens Polska.” Swedish. AEac# tuning. The tune, whose name could be translated
as “The Devil’s Polska,” features plucked or pizzicato notes in succession on
the open 1st, 2nd and 3rd strings.
STRONE JOHNNY. AKA and see “The Blackthorn,” "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick,"
"Clear the Road," “The Countess of Louden(’s Reel),”
"Inch of Garth" “Jack McGuire,”
"The Jolly Clam-Diggers,"
“The Old Blackthorn,” "The
Rising Sun [2]," “Rising of the
Sun” (Eiri na Greine).
Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Rod
Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Miller]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional
Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 62. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 106. Na Fili -
"Farewell to Connacht" (1971).
X:1
T:Strone
Johnny
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
G2BG DGBG|G2Bd
cAFA|~G3B dGBc|defd cAFA|G2BG DGBG|
G2Bd
cAFA|GBB2 dBB2|defd cAFA:: dggf g2fg|add2 adfd|dggf g2fe|
defd
cAFA|dggf g2fg| agab agfe|dgg2 bgg2|defd cAFA :|
STRONG STEED, THE (An Stail
Graoi). Irish,
Slow Air (3/4 time). G Minor/G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated
version: "Ned Goggin the professional fiddler of Glenosheen Co. Limerick
(1844 to 1850)" {Joyce}. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song),
1909; No. 164, pg. 83.
X:1
T:Strong
Seed, The
T:An stail
graoi
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce - Old
Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
N:"Slow
and with expression"
K:Gmin
Bc|d2
d>c BG|G2 cB GA|F2G2 Bc|d2 d>c BG|{E}F2G2 G>A|G4:|
GA|B>A
Bc d=e|f2 g>fdc|d>cBGGA|B>ABc d=e|f2g2 a>g|g4 ag|
fdg<fdc|BGc>BG=E|F2G2
g<f|e2 dc BG|{E}F2G2 G<A|G4||
STRONSAY WALTZ, THE. Scottish, Waltz. Scotland, Orkney
Islands. The Island of Stronsay is one of the Orkneys. The tune, a fairly
recent composition, was composed by a musician named Chalmers. Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Pat Shearer - "Scottish
Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art" (1993).
X: 1
T:
Stronsay Waltz
M:3/4
R:waltz
L:1/8
D: Boys of
the Lough, Farewell and Remember Me
Z:added by
Alf warnock@magma.ca
N: Play
with pronounced "swing"
K:A
ed|:"A"c3B
cd|e2 c2 A2|"D"d3c de|f2 a2 af|
"A"e2
c2 B2|"F#m"A2 B2 c2|"Bm"B6-|B4 ed|
"A"c3
B cd|e2 c2 A2|"D"d3 c de|f2 a2 af|
"A"e2
c2 A2|"E7"B4 e2|"A"A6-|A4 e2:|
"A"a3g
af|e2 c2 A2|"D"d3c de|f2 a2 af|
"A"e2
c2 B2|"F#m"A2 B2 c2|"Bm"B6-|B4 e2|
|1
"A"a3g af|e2 c2 A2|"D"d3c de|f2 a2 af|
"A"e2
c2 A2|"E7"B4 e2|"A"A6-|"A"A4 e2:|
|2
"A"c3B cd|e2 c2 A2|"D"d3c de|f2 a2 af|
"A"e2
c2 A2|"E7"B4 e2|"A"A6-|A6|]
STROP THE RAZOR [1] (Cuir Faobar Air an
Sgian-Bearrta).
Irish, Double Jig. G Major (Cole, O'Neill, White): B Flat Major (Howe, Joyce).
Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AABBCC (Kennedy). See also similar
melodies: "The
Heart of My Kitty Still Warms to Me," "Linehan's Rambles," "Murray's Maggot," "Petticoat Loose [2]," "Young Ettie Lee." The title appears
in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last
professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in
Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). Source for notated version: "From
James Buckley, a Limerick piper" [Joyce]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940;
pg. 60. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 19. Joyce (Ancient
Irish Music), 1890; No. 94, pg. 96. Kennedy (Traditional Dance
Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours),
1997; No. 179, pg. 42. O'Neill
(Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1092, pg. 206. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 285, pg. 62. Ryan's Mammoth
Collection, 1883; pg. 89. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 7,
pg. 2. PTI 1041, James & John Kelly - "Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music."
X:1
T:Stop the
Razor [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill
- Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 285
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:G
D | DGG
BAG | AFD FDC | DGG BAG | Add cAG | DGG BAG |
AFD F2G |
FED F2G | Add cAG :: DGG G2A | DFF F2G | DGG GFG |
Add cAG |
DGG G2A | DFF F2G | FED F2G | Add cAG :|
STROP THE RAZOR [2] (Cuir Faobar Air an
Sgian-Bearrta).
AKA - "Strap the Razor." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC (O'Neill/Krassen): AA'BBCC' (Mitchell): ABCD (O'Neill/1850): AABBCCDD
(O'Neill/1001). The similar words 'strap' and 'strop,' which mean the same
thing and both appear in American English, stem from regional dialect retained
in the language; the New Englander says 'strap' when pronouncing strop, just as
he or she does when saying 'drap' for 'drop.' Petrie (1855) identifies the tune
as "a Munster jig." Philippe Varlet notes its age, remarking that the
tune appears in 18th century collections and ballad operas. Sources for notated
versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare)
[Mitchell]; Mr. Michael Kilkelly of Athlone, 1889 [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish
Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 202, pg. 100 (appears as untitled jig).
Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 29, pgs. 44-45.
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 76. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1979; No. 1093, pg. 206. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No.
286, pg. 62. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 925, pg.
235. Claddagh Records CC17, Sean Keane - "Gusty's
Frolics" (1975. Learned from Willie Clancy).
X:1
T:Strop
the Razor
L:1/8
M:6/8
N:The
parts are reversed from the usual
S:Joyce - Old
Irish Folk Music (1909), No. 202
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:C
{G/A/B/}
c3 cec|dBG G2A|_BGA B2 c|dgg fdB|c3 cec|dBG G2A|_BGA B2c|
dgg
fdc||cBc edc|dcd fdB|cBc edc|dgg fdB|cBc edc|dcd fdc|_BGA B2c| dgg fdc||
X:2
T:Strop
the Razor
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill
- Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 286
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:G
G>AG
GBG|AFD DFD|G>AG G2B|Add cAF|G>AG GBG|AFD DFD|FDE F2G|Add cAF:|
|:GDG
G2A|FDF F2A|GDG G2B|Add cAF|GDG G2A|FDF FGA|cAG FGA|Add cAF:|
|:G/A/B/^c/d/e/
f2d|aba/g/ f2d|cAG FGA|Add cAF|G/A/B/^c/d/e/ f2d|aba/g/ f2d| cAG FGA|Add cAF:|
|:G3
BGG|AGG BGG|G>AG BGG|Add cAF|G>AG BGG|FDE F2G|FDE F2G|Add cAF:|
X:3
T:Strop
the Razor
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:David
Kidd
Z:Lorna
LaVerne
K:G
|:BGG AGG
| BGG A2G | DGG G2F | DGG G2A |
BGG AGG |
BGG A2G | D2E F2G | ADE FGA:|
|:dBB cAA
| dBB cAA | DGG G2F | DGG G2B |
dBB cAA |
dBB cAA | D2E F2G | ADE FGA:|
|:B3 cBc |
d3 dBd | ~g3 gaf | gaf gdc |
~B3 cBc |
d3 d2e | ~f3 fde | fag fdc:|
B2G A2F |
G3 G3 |
STROP THE RAZOR [3]. Irish, Double Jig. G
Major/Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB.
Roche's version combines elements of versions #1 and #2. The 'A' part is very
similar to O'Neill's "Strop the Razor [1]".
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 43, pg. 39. Roche Collection,
1982, vol. 1; No. 103, pg. 44 (appears as "Strap the Razor").
X:1
T:Strap
the Razor
R:Jig
D:Dun
Creagan Live in Switzerland
Z:Rick
Gagne
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
DGG BAG |
AFD FDC | DGG BAG | Add cAG |
DGG BAG |
AFD D2E | ^FDE ^F2G | Add cAG :||
Ade =f2g |
a_bg =f2d | cAG =FGA | Add cAG |
Ade =f2g |
a_bg =f2d | cAG =FGA | Ad/c/A g3 :||
STRUAN ROBERTSON('S
RANT) [1].
AKA and see "Cuckold
come out of the Amrey," "David
Rae." Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor (most versions): E Dorian
(Bremner). Standard tuning. AABB
(Bremner): AABBC (Kerr): AABBCCD (Athole): AABBCCDD' (Skye). A good example of
the form strathspey rant. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the
tune in print in either Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 19) or Robert Bremner's
collection (pg. 17). "Struan Robertson" is known in Northumberland
under the title "Cuckold come out of the Amrey." One version also
appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768. Struan is a
placename in Perthshire, a region known for its harpers in the 17th century.
The Robertsons were Lairds of Lude in Perthshire. The widow of one of the
lairds, John Robertson, himself having passed away in 1731, lived long enough
to enthusiastically entertain Bonnie Prince Charlie at Lude in 1745, where he
dallied to dance strathspeys and reels before campaigning in his unsuccessful
bid for the throne. Lady Lude was said
to have been so excited that she behaved "like a light giglet" and
that she was "so elevated while she was about the Young Pretender that she
looked like a person whose head had gone wrong" (Sanger & Kinnaird, Tree
of Stings, 1992). Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; pg.
17. Gow (1st Repository), 1799; pg. 2. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1;
Set 4, No. 1, pg. 5. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 79. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 248. Surenne (Dance Music of
Scotland), 1852; pgs. 62-63. Rounder 3067, Alan
Stivell - "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp" (1982). Rounder
82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey - "From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic
House Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977" (2000). Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with
Gordon MacLean - "Gaelic in the Bow" (2005).
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Struan
Robertson's Rant
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson
- The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:Emin
e|E/E/E
G>A B>A B<d|D/D/D F>E D/E/F/G/ A<F|E/E/E G>A B>A
B<e|d>BA>F E/E/E E:|
|:g|e>fg>e
b>eg>e|f<d d>f a/g/f/e/ d>f|e>fg>e
b>eg>e|d>BA>F E/E/E E:|
|:B|G>BE>B
G>BE>B|F>AD>A F>AD>A|G>BE>B G>BE>g|f>da>f
e/e/e e:|
f|g>be>b
g>be>b|f>ad>a f>ad>a|g>be>b g>be>g|f>da>f
e/e/e e>f|
g>be>b
g>be>b|f>ad>a f>ad>f|g>bf>a e>fd>f|d/^c/B/A/
d<F E/E/E ~E||
STRUAN ROBERTSON'S
RANT [2].
Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. McGlashan (A Collection of Reels),
c. 1786; pg. 20
X:1
T:Struan
Robertson's Rant
L:1/8
M:C|
S:McGlashan
- Reels
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:Amix
e|ceAe
cAec|Bgdg BGdG|ceAe cAae|fdgB A/A/A e:|
dega
beea|gedg BGdB|dega beeg|fdgB A/A/A e2|dega beea|
g>edg
BGdB|dega bgae|fdgB A/A/A e2||
STRUAN ROBERTSON [3].
Scottish, Reel. E Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scottish
national champion fiddler Arthur Scott Robertson, of the Shetland Islands.
Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 251, pg. 152. Spectrum Records FLP 5015, Arthur Scott Robertson -
"Scotland's Champion Fiddler" (1975).
STRUMMIN' ON THE OLD
BANJO.
Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version:
J.P. Fraley (Rush, Kentucky) [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at
Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 151.
STRUY LODGE. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Composed by Pipe Major W. Ross. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol.
3), 1988; pg. 20. Temple TP021, Battlefield Band -
"On the Rise" (1986).
STU MO RUN. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Minor.
Standard tuning. ABB. Martin (Taigh na Teud), 1990; pg. 9.
X:1
T:Stu mo
run
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
K:Dmin
D>E
F>G A3F|G3 F E2C2|D>E F>G A3A|c3d A4|c2d A2F2|
G3F
E2C2|D>E F>G A3F|AG FE D4||
|:D2 DC
A,4|C2 CD E2C2|D2 DC A,4|C2E2 D4:|
STUART LONGBOW. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard
tuning. AA'BB. Source for notated version: Pete Sutherland (Vermont)
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994;
pg. 232.
STUART LUNDY'S TUNE. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern),
2002; pg. 152.
STUART'S RANT(, THE). AKA and see “Dick
a Dollis,” “Lady Jane
Stuart’s Rant,” “Stewart’s Rant,” “Was Yow at the Wedding.” Scottish, Rant. A Mixolydian.
Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the Bodleian Manuscript (in
the Bodelian Library, Oxford), inscribed "A Collection of the Newest
Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A. Young, W.M.
1740." John Glen (1891) also finds the tune in Robert Bremner's 1757
collection. Bremner (Scots Reels),
c. 1757; pg. 45. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), vol. 1,
1891; pg. 1. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 254. S.
Johnson (A Twenty Year Anniversary Collection), 2003; pg. 42. Maggie's Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout - "Scottish
Fire" (2000).
X:1
T:Stuart's
Rant, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner-
Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:A
Mixolydian
e |
(c/d/e) (f/g/a) "tr"e2 dc | dBgB aBgB | (c/d/e) (f/g/a)
"tr"e2 dc | dBgB aAA :|
|: e |
"tr"cA A/A/A "tr"cAcA | BE E/E/E BEBe | "tr"cA
A/A/A "tr"cAcA | BE E/E/E aAA :|
STUBBERT'S JIG, THE. AKA and see "Sir Wilfred Laurier's [2]."
STUCK IN THE MUD. AKA and see "Missouri Mud."
STUMBLING FIDDLER, THE. American, Jig. USA, New Hampshire. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by Ralph Page (1903-1985, New Hampshire), the "dean of the contra
dance callers," and a seminal figure in New England traditional dance and
music for 40 years (see www.izaak.unh.edu/nhltmd/pagehome.htm). Miller (Fiddler's
Throne), 2004; No. 106, pg. 72. Page (Northern Junket), vol. 4, No.
2, 1953.
STUMP TAIL DOG [1] . Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AA'BB (Phillips). Sources for notated
versions: Brian Hubbard [Phillips]; Geff Crawford [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 232. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 152.
STUMP TAIL DOG [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major.
Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Source for notated version: John Hartford, who had the
tune from Howdy Forrester, who learned it from his Uncle Bob [Devil's Box].
Devil's Box, vol.. 22, No. 2, Summer 1988; pg. 48.
X:1
T:Stump
Tailed Dog
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Howdy
Forrester, learned from his Uncle Bob, transcribed by John Hartford
K:E
bg/e/
f/e/f/g/|bg/e/ f>f|f/f/g/f/ ec|e/ee/ ee|bg/e/ f/e/f/g/|bg/e/ fe/g/|a/g/a/f/
e/c/B/c/|1
A/AB/ A2:|
L:1/8
M:2/8
|2
A>A||
K:A
L:1/8
M:2/4
A,A
c>B|c/B/(3c/B/A/ FA|B/A/B/A/ cB|
L:1/8
M:2/8
AF/E/|
L:1/8
M:2/4
A,A
c>A|c/B/(3c/B/A/ FA|B/A/B/A/ cB|
L:1/8
M:2/8
|1
A>A:|
L:1/8
M:2/4
|2 A4||
STUMP TAIL DOLLY. AKA and see "Stumptown Dolly."
STUMPIE/STUMPEY. AKA - "Reel of Stumpie."
AKA and see "Buttered Peas(e)
[1]," “Highland Wedding [1]
(A' Bhanais
Ghaidhealach),"”
"Jack's Be The Daddy On't,"
"No Man's Jig," "Reel
of Stumpie," "The Rosses Highland." Scottish (originally),
Canadian, English; Strathspey. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. G
Major (Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay and Reich, Perlman, Sweet): A Major
(Athole, Gow, Honeyman, Hunter, Kennedy, Raven, Skye, Surenne). Standard
tuning. AB (Honeyman, Surenne): AAB (Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay and Reich):
AABB (Hunter, Kennedy, Perlman, Raven, Skye, Sweet): AABB' (Athole):
AABBCCDDEEFF (Gow). "A very old tune" (Gow). The earliest recorded
appearances of this double-tonic tune are in John Walsh's Caledonian Country
Dances, book 1, c. 1743-44 (under the title "Butter'd Pease"),
and in David Young's Duke of Perth Manuscript (AKA the Drummond Castle
MS) which predates it, having been printed in 1734. William Stenhouse stated
the "Reel o' Stumpie" was in the ballad opera The Female Parson
(1729) under the title "Jockey has gotten a wife," though John Glen (Early
Scottish Melodies, p. 201-2) said that the "Jockey..." tune was
an entirely different melody. Bruce Olsen finds they were both right as the
titles "Butter'd Peas" (Stumpie) and "Jockey has gotten a
wife" were switched around in The Female Parson. Olson also finds "Stumpie" employed in the ballad
operas The Boarding School (1732), Achilles (1733), The Decoy
(1733) and The Whim (1734). It is usually rendered in the key of 'A'
Major in Scottish versions, but the Mabou (Cape Breton) version is in 'G' and
is played a bit differently (Dunlay & Reich). Some melodic material from
"Stumpie" is shared with "Lady Betty Wemyss' Reel;" as James
C. Dick states, they cover the "same subject."
***
The tune
was used, as so many famous Scots melodies were, by Robert Burns for one of his
revisions of a Scots song (No. 457 in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum
{1796}). This song is also published in Dick's The Songs of Robert Burns (1903,
No. 205) though he omitted parts he apparently deemed too risqué for the times.
Charles Gore gives that the tune (or song) had been previously published as
"Hap and row the Feetie o't," and that Burns reworked the material as
he did with numerous other older songs. These lyrics appear in The Merry
Muses of Caledonia:
***
Wap and
row, wap and row,
I
thought I was a maiden fair,
Till I
heard the grettie o't
***
My
daddie was a fiddler fine,
My
minnie she made mantie O,
And I
mysel a thumpin quean,
And
try'd the reel of stumpie O.
***
Lang
kail, pease and leeks,
They
were at the kirst'nin' o't,
Lang
lads wanton breeks,
They
were at the getting o't.
Wap and
row, &c.
***
The
Bailie he gaed farthest ben,
Mess
John was ripe and ready o't,
But the
Sherra had a wanton fling,
The
Sherra was the daddie o't.
Wap an'
row, &c.
***
The Burns
lyrics go:
***
Hap and
row, hap and row,
Hap and
row, the feetie o',t
I
thocht I was a maiden fair
Till I
heard the greetie o't.
My daddy
was a fiddler fine,
My
minnie she made mankie-o; (mankie=calamanco, a silk-wool
material)
And I
mysel' a thumpin' quean,
Wha
danced the reel o' Stumpie O.
***
Gossip
cup, the gossip cup,
The
kimmer clash and caudle-O;
The
glowin moon, the wanton loon,
The
cuttie-stool and cradle-O.
Douce
dames maun hae their bairn-time borne,
Sae
dinna glower sae glumpie-O,
Birds
love the morn and craws love corn,
And
maids the reel o' Stumpie-O.
***
Dunlay and
Greenberg (1996) report that Scots bagpiper Hamish Moore feels that the modern
march "Highland Wedding" was derived from "Stumpie" and
that he supplies a Gaelic title for the tune, "'Buail gu dluth le'd
chluigean mi', meaning "strike me incessantly with your {?}." Some
have noticed similarities in the Irish polka “Bill Sullivan’s.”
***
Sources
for notated versions: Donald Angus Beaton (Mabou, Cape Breton) [Dunlay &
Greenberg]; Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince
Edward Island) [Perlman]. Aird (Selection
of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 2, 1785; No. 44. Carlin (Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 221. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic
Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 93. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional
Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 59. Gow (The First
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg. 30. Gow (The
Beauties of Niel Gow), Part 3, 1819. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and
Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 34. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland),
1988; No. 150. Johnson
(A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter
18th Century), 1998; pg. 16. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 16. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 1; Set 6, No. 3, pg. 6. Lowe (A Collection of Reels and
Strathspeys), 1842. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 4.
Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 188. Raven
(English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 168. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 13. Surenne (Dance Music of
Scotland), 1852; pgs. 88-89. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg.
57. Also found in many old collections. Beltona BL2128
(78 RPM), The Edinburgh Highland Reel and Strathspey Society (1936). Celtic CX
45, Wilfred Gillis - "Arisaig Airs." CTRAX 073, Hamish Moore -
"Stepping on the Bridge/Daansa' air an Drochaid" (1994). DAB4-1985,
Donald Angus Beaton- "A Musical Legacy" (1985. Appears as "A
Mabou Strathspey"). JC 126, John Campbell- "Cape Breton on the
Floor" (1981. Appears as "Traditonal Strathspey"). Smithsonian
Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou - "Cape Breton
Fiddle and Piano Music" (2004). STEPH 1-94, Stephanie Wills - "Tradition
Continued" (1994).
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Stumpie
M:C
L:1/8
S:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson
- The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's
Companion
K:A
d|c>e
a2 a/g/f/e/ a2|c>e a2 b<B B>d|c>e a2 a/g/f/e/ a2|c>eB>d
c<AA:|
|:d|c>e
e>d/c/ d>f f>e/d/|c>e e>d/c/ f<B B>d|1 c>e e>d/c/
d>f f>ed|c>eB>d c<AA:|2
c>e a2
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STUMPTAILED DOG [1]. See "Stump Tailed Dog."
STUMPTAILED DOG [2]. AKA and see "Dolly."
STUMPTOWN DOLLY. AKA and see "Dolly," "Stump
Tail Dolly." USA, Eastern Kentucky. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
Standard tuning. AAAABB. An eastern Kentucky regional tune. See note for
"Dolly." An influential recording made of the playing of Magoffin
County, eastern Kentucky, fiddler W.M. Bill Stepp by Alan and Elizabeth Lomax
for the Library of Congress on October 26, 1937. Source for notated version:
Bruce Molsky [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes),
vol. 1, 1994; pg. 233. 5 String Productions 5SPO5002,
Hoover Uprights - "Known for their Reputation" (2006. Appears as
"Stumptailed Dolly," a version learned "mostly" from the
W.M. Stepp recording).
STUMPTOWN STOMP. Old-Time. USA, Texas. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was composed by Texas fiddler Eck Robertson,
who recorded in the 1920's. Source for notated version: Eck Robertson (Texas)
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994;
pg. 233. County 202, "Eck Robertson: Famous
Cowboy Fiddler."
STURGAN BRAE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of
Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg.
40.
STURGEON TEA, THE. AKA and see "Pigeon on the Gate [2]."
STYBARROW CRAG. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, North-West. A
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 7.
STYLE OF BALLYLANDERS. Irish, Reel. The melody belongs to
the "Reel of Bogie" family of
tunes. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3, No. 9.
STYLE OF THE LAST CENTURY, THE. AKA - "An seann stoile." Scottish, Slow
Strathspey. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. This tune "is an attempt of the
editor to imitate the style of the last century" (Fraser). Fraser (The
Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles),
1874; No. 186, pg. 76.
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