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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 after pasting, 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]

 

 

 

THA 'BHUAIDH AIG AN FHIGHEADAIR. AKA and see "The Weaver's Triumph."

           

THA COTA ORM S’ARDACH MUILLIN (I am Wearing a Coat in Praise of the Mill). Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Mixolydian. Standard. AAB. A traditional tune from the MacNeil manuscript, a hand-written collection of tunes dating from 1915, composed  by Capt. Angus J. MacNeil or Gillis Point, Cape Breton. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 41 (pipe setting).

                       

THA DUTHRACHD MO CHRIDHE DHUIT (You Have My Heart’s Love). See “Old Time Wedding Reel [1].”

           

THA M'AIGNE FO GHRUAIM. AKA and see "This Gloom On My Soul."

           

THA M' EUDAIL IS MAIGHEAR’S MO GRAIDH. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard. One part. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 5.

                       

THA MI AM CHADAL. AKA and see "I Am Asleep {and Don't Waken Me} [1]."

           

THA MI FO GHRUAIM. AKA and see "Flora MacDonald's Adieu to the Prince."

           

THA MI SGÌTH (I am weary). AKA and see “The Weary Maid.” Scottish, Air or March (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AB. The Gaelic title, “Tha mi sgìth ‘s mi leam fhein” translates as “I am tired of being by myself every day in the blessed hills.” See also O’Neill’s version under the title “Weary Maid.” Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1); No. 21, pg. 19.

X:1

T:Tha Mi Sgith

T:I am weary

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

A2 {A}a2 | ge g2 | e>d BA | G>A BG | A2 {A}a2 | ge g2 | e>d Bg | BA z2 ||

e>d BA | G>A Bd | e>d BA | B3g | e>d BA | G>A Bd | e>d Bg | BA z2 ||

           

THA MI TINN LEIS A' GHAOL. AKA and see "The Languor of Love."

           

THA MISE CHO MULADACH (I am so sorrowful).  Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). F Minor. Standard. AB. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 13, pg. 7.

X:1

T:Tha mis cho muladach

T:I am so sorrowful

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”slowly”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 13 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Minor

F | F>EC A>BA | G2B c2F | E>GE {G}F2F | F>EC A>BA |

G2Bc2F | F2 G/E/ F2 || F | A>Bc d>cB | c2C CAA | AGF {A}G2B |
c2F F>EC | F2A B>cA | G2F F2 ||

                          

THA MO BHREACAN FLUICH FO’N DILE (My plaid is wet with rain).  Scottish, Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. AB. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 10, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Tha mo bhreacan fluich fo’n dile

T:My plaid is wet with rain

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 10  (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

G>F E>E F>G B>B | e>B c>c B>G G>B | G>F E>E F>G B>B ||

E>E E>E E>C C<B, | E>E Ec B>G GB | G>F EE F>G BB ||

           

THA MO GHAOL AIR A' NIGHEAN. AKA and see "My Love is Fixed Upon Her."

           

THA NIGHEAN AIG A' BHREABADAIR. AKA and see "The Weaver Has a Dochter/Daughter."

           

THA TIGH’N FODHAM EIRIDH. AKA and see "The Rising of the Year 1715.”

           

THA TOIRM ANNS A' GHLEANN. AKA and see "The Sound of War from the Glen."

           

THACK COTTAGE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. G Minor. Standard. AABB'. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 191, pg. 22.

X:1

T:Thack Cottage

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 191  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

g2 d>c (B<G) G>B | A>fc>f (A<F) F>A | G>AB>c d>ed>c | (B<g) ^f>a g2d2 :|

|: g>ab>g a>bg>d | f>ga>f g>af>d | g>ab>g a>bg>d |1 c<A d>^F G3d :|2 c<A d>^F (G2G)z ||

           

THADE JANEY BUCKLEY’S. AKA and see “Have a Drink with/on Me.” Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AA’BB. Source for notated version: accordion player Thade Janey Buckley and fiddler Denis Buckley (Caherbarna, near Rathmore, Co. Kerry) via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 255, pg. 146.

           

THADELO SULLIVAN’S HORNPIPE. Irish, Hornpipe. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. G Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: accordion player Thadelo Sullivan via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 189, pg. 110.

           


THADELO SULLIVAN’S POLKA. Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliably Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian. Standard. AA’BB’. Source O’Leary said of Sullivan: “He was a small farmer, a man who had five or six cows. He played the concert flute, tin whistle, a ten-key accordeon and a bit of the concertina.” Source for notated version: accordion player Thadelo Sullivan via Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 190, pg. 110.

           

THADELO’S [1]. Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. B Minor/A Mixolydian. Standard. AA’BB’. Named for Thade (Thadelo) Sullivan, a native of Annaghbeg, Kulcummin, Sliabh Luachra. Source O’Leary maintained no one had ever heard of the polka until he recorded it. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra) [Moylan]. Moylan(Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 104, pg. 61. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989).

 

THADELO’S [2]. Irish, Hornpipe. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: accordion player Thadelo Sullivan via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 112, pg. 65. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989).

 

THADELO’S [3]. Irish, Hornpipe. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard. AABB. See also a related polka called “The Lackagh Cross [3]” in Breathnach’s CRÉ V (1999, No. 103). Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 246, pg. 142.

           

THADELO’S SLIDE. AKA and see “Tarrant’s [1].” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Mixolydian. Standard. AA’BB’. Named for Sliabh Luachra musician Thadelo Sullivan (Tim Sullivan). Source Johnny O’Leary said: “He used to play that on the concertina and the ten-key accordeon. ‘Twas lovely. They’d be hopping that night off the ground” (Moylan). Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 76, pgs. 43-44. Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977. Appears as “Tarrant’s”).

           

THADY CASEY'S. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard. Thady Casey is best remembered as one of West Clare’s best dancers and dancing masters, although he also played the fiddle. Barry Taylor, in his article on Clare fiddler Junior Crehan (Musical Traditions, No. 10, Spring 1992), records Crehan as remembering:

***

There was a wedding at Crosses of Annagh [a noted local music pub in past years, about

two miles from Junior's house] and Thady Casey was there, and Thady had played for a

good few sets, and he was back to the supper and the lads wished me to play for a set. 

I said that I had no fiddle, so the man of the house asked Thady if he would give me the

fiddle to play for a set.  "He can play for twenty, if he likes," he says, so I played for the

set and Thady came over and he stood at the door listening away: "Who learned you",

he says. "Why sure, no one, Thady, I'm only making a bit of a noise," I said.  "You weren't

too bad at all, come up to the house and I'll straighten you!"

***

Up until then Crehan had been a self-taught fiddler, but thereafter received tutelage from Thady Casey and his cousin Scully Casey. Sean McCusker plays a version of this tune (also recorded by Laurence Nugent on his album “The Windy Gap”) that has a half-measure missing in the second part. Green Linnet SIF 1157, John Williams - "John Williams."

X:1

T:Thady Casey’s

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:reel

Z:Liam Hart

K:Em

|B2BA Bded|BdAc BE ~E2|BAGA (3Bcd ef|1gfed Bded:|2gfed Bdef|

|gfge dB ~B2|dBeB (3Bcd ef|g2 ga bgaf|1gfed (3Bcd ef|2gfed (3Bcd ed||

           

THADY CASEY’S FANCY (Rogha Thaidhg Uí Chathasaigh). AKA and see “The Burren,” “Clematis, “Star of Kilkenny.” Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard. AB. Thady Casey was a West Clare dancing master, as well as a fiddler. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Joe Ryan and harmonic player Eddie Clark [Breathnach]; fiddler player Philip Duffy  (b. 1966) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 160, pg. 74.  Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 67. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 27 (appears as “Unknown”). Shanachie 78015, James Keane – “With Friends Like These” (1998).

           

THADY YOU GANDER. AKA and see "Nae Luck Aboot the Hoose," "Teddy You Gander," "Daniel of the Sun [1]," "The Bottle of Brady," "Nelly's Jig," "The Bonny Highlander," "The Buck(e)y Highlander," "The Leg of (a) Duck," "Petticoat Loose [1]," "She is/She's the girl that can do it," "The Western Jig," "Bully for You," "O My Dear Father, Pity your Daughter," "I gave to my Nelly," "From the Court to the Cottage," "Girls of the West," "O My Dear Judy," "'Tis Sweet to Think." Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AA'BB. Thady=Teddy, a nickname. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 225, pg. 26. “Fiddlers Three Plus Two.”

X:1

T:Thady You Gander

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 225  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c2A B2A | c2A B2A |1 FBB BAB | FBB BAB :|2 DAA AGA | EAA A2 ||

|: d | cde Bcd | cde B2A | FBB BAB | FBB B2d | cde Bcd |

cde B2A | EAA AGA | EAA A2d || cde Bcd | cde B2A | FBB BAB |

FBB B2d | cde Bcd |efg a2A | EAA AGA | EAA A2 ||

           

THAILER A BHA ME SHERRIDH IS FEADER A THUAIR ME (A Tailor I Was Seeking and Weaver that I Got). Scottish, Reel. See note for “Miss Charlotte Alston Stewart’s.” The Gaelic title has been modernized as “Taillear a bha Mi Sireadh is Figheadair a Fhuair Mi.”

           

THÁINIG AN TAOIDE ISTEACH.  See “Tide Come In [2].” Irish, Hornpipe.

 

THAMAMA HULLA. See "I am asleep and don't waken me [2]."

           

THAMES HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Ypsilanti Hornpipe.” Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The provenance ‘Scottish’ is simply a nod to the melody’s appearance under this title in the Kerr publications, although there is nothing remotely of Scottish character about it. In fact, Kerr prints it twice, with the earlier (Merry Melodies, vol. 1) printing being as an untitled hornpipe. The tune appears in the Boston publisher Elias Howe’s Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) as “Ypsilanti Hornpipe,” and it may be American in origin (there was much interplay between the Kerr and Ryan collections, albeit Ryan seems to predate Kerr). It could also have been composed in England. At any rate, it has the character of being a ‘composed’ hornpipe, i.e. a melody composed specifically for a stage production or show performance. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 365, pg. 40. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; pg. 43 (appears as untitled hornpipe).

X:1

T:Thames Hornpipe

M:C
L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 365  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Flat

(fe) | dbfd cgec | BfdB AecA | BFGA Bcde | =efgf agf_e | dbfd cgec |

BfdB AecA | BFGA Bcde | =efga b2 :: b2 | afcA BdcB | AFAc fagf |

=eceg bgeg | f=efg a2b2 | afcA BdcB | AFAc fagf | =eceg bgeg | f2a2f2 :|

           

THA’N DAORACH AIR CALUM (Malcolm on a Spree). Canadian, Scottish (?); Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard. AB. The tune, described as a “Gaelic Air,” is from the c. 1915 music manuscript collection of Captain Angus J. MacNeil, piper who lived at Gillis Point, Cape Breton. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 77.

                       

THANIG ON GILLE DUBH AN RAOIR NA BHAILE SO (Last night came the dark haired youth to my village). Scottish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard. AB. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), No. 11, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Thanig on Gille dubh an raoir na bhaile so

T:Last night came the dark haired youth to my village

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”In moderate time”

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F>GF FGA | D2F FDC | c2c c2A | d2c A>GA | F>GF FGA | D2F FDC ||

cdA c2A | cdA c2c | dfc d2A | d2c AGA | F>GF FGA | D2F FDC ||

 

THANKS TO PAUL AND PAUL. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard. AAB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 169, pg. 48. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - “Fathers and Sons” (1992).

           

THANKSGIVING (Toirbeirt Buideac). Irish-American, Air (2/4 time, "tenderly"). G Major. Standard. AB. Composed by fiddler James O’Neill (b. 1863, originally from County Down & Belfast), who, when a sergeant in the Chicago police force in the first decade of the twentieth century collaborated with Captain Francis O’Neill (no relation) on Music of Ireland. In Irish Folk Music O’Neill states it was an “old Irish strain” elaborated by James. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 13, pg. 16. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 55, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Thanksgiving

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 55

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g>f | ed BA | G<E DE | G2 G>A | G2 GA | Bc de | d<B AG | A2 A>B | A2 g>f |

ed BA | G<E DE | Gg fe | d3e | dB AG | E2 {G}F>D | (G4 | G2) || G>A | B2 d2 |

e>f {a}ge | d/g/z B/d/z | G3 A | B2 d2 | e/g/z f/a/z | (g4 | g2) g>a | ba gf | e2 g>e |

dB GB | A2 B>c | dB AG | E2 {G}F>D | (G4 | G2) ||

           

THAR AN gCNOC (Over the Hill). AKA and see “Over the Hill.”

           

THAT BROWNSKIN GAL [1]. Old-Time, Country Rag. USA, Texas. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Texas fiddler Bob Wills [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 146.

 

THAT BROWNSKIN GAL [2]. AKA and see "There's a Brown Skinned Gal (Down the Road Somwhere)."

 

THAT ELEGANT STYLE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Arthur S. Robertson as a tribute to the Aberdeenshire fiddler James F. Dickie (b. New Deer, 1886), who specialised in playing slow strathspeys in an authentic Buchan style. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 60, pg. 83.

 


THAT OLD VIOLIN TUNE. Irish, Waltz. D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & G Major ('C' and 'D' parts). Standard tuning. AABCCD. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 157, pg. 52.

 

THAT TIME THE GROVES WERE CLAD IN GREEN. Irish, Air. This air appears in Luke Wadding's (the Bishop of Ferns) A Pious Garland of Godly Songs for the Solace of his Friends and Neighbours in their Afflictions, 1680.

 

THATCHED CABIN, THE. AKA and see “Jackson’s Drum,” “Paddy from Portlaw.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune usually appear in printed collections as “Paddy from Portlaw.” It can also found in the manuscripts of Henry Hudson (1798‑1889) as "Jackson's Drum". Gael Linn CEF 176, Jackie Daly - “Many’s a Wild Night.”

X:1

T:The Thatched Cabin

D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night"

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:jig

Z:Paul de Grae

K:D

B | AFD DED | AFD D2 B | AFD DEF | GFG EFG |

AFD DED | DFA d2 e | fed B/c/dB | AFD D2 :||

||: f | afd ded | afd d2 f | afd def | gfg efg |

a^ga ba=g | agf gfe | fed B/cdB | AFD D2 :||

 

THATCH'D HOUSE, THE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard. AABA. The Thatched House Tavern was the resort of all the wits, politicians, and men of fashion of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It played host to a number of convivial clubs, including the Catch Club, the Royal Academy Club, the Royal Society Club, the Johnson Club, the Dilettanti Society, the Linnaean Society and several others. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 340.

 

THATCHER, THE (An Tuigeadoir). AKA and see “Castletown Conners [1],” “Condon’s Frolics,” “Digging for Gold.” Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard. AABB. “Condon’s Frolics” and “Digging for Gold” are related tunes. Source for notated version: Chicago cleric Father Fielding [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 58. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1036, pg. 193.

X:1

T:Thatcher, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1036

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

g/f/ | eAB c2d | edc BAG | eAB c2d | eaa eaa |

eAB c2d | edc BAG | ABA gfe | dcB A2 :|

|: d | eaa efg | dec BAG | eaa efg | fed efg |

eaa efg | dec BAG | ABA gfe | dcB A2 :|

 

THATCHER’S MALLET, THE (Máilléad an Tuíodóra).  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by flute player and piper Peter/Peadar Broderick, originally from Bullen, north of Loughrea, County Galway, an older brother of flute player and composer Vincent Broderick. Charlie Piggott, in his book Blooming Meadows (1998) written with Fintan Vallely, relates that in 1954 Peter became (to Piggott’s knowledge) the only person to win the All-Ireland fleadh cheoil flute title playing a self-composed tune on a self-made instrument, a home-made copper flute. Source for notated version: fiddler and composer Paddy Fahey (County Galway) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 155, pg. 77.

 

THAT'S A PLENTY. American, Song Tune (cut time). D Minor ('A' part), F Major ('B' part) & B Flat Major ('C' 'E'parts). Standard tuning. AA'BCC'DEE. Played swing style. Source for notated version: Benny Thomasson (Texas) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 150. Swing Cat 1494, Joe Venuti - "Hot Swing Fiddle & Venuti Stories." Voyager 309, Benny & Jerry Thomasson - "The Weiser Reunion" (1993).

 

THAT'S HOW I SPENT THE WINTER (Sud Mar Chuir Mi'n Geamhradh Tharum). Scottish, Strathspey. Scotland: Isle of Skye. D major. Standard. AAB. "From Patrick MacDonald's Collection" (Skye).

***

Jack Campin found the following passage in the memoirs of Elizabeth Grant of Rothiemurchus. She grew up in a manor in the Highlands in the early 19th century, and here she writes about the year 1812, when at age fifteen she and her sister arose under the direction of her governess:

***

In winter we rose half an hour later, without candle, or fire,
or warm water.  Our clothes were all laid on a chair overnight
in readiness for being taken up in proper order.  My Mother
would not give us candles, and Miss Elphick insisted we should
get up.  We were not allowed hot water, and really in the high-
land winters, when the breath froze on the sheets, and the water
in the jugs became cakes of ice, washing was a cruel necessity,
the fingers were pinched enough.  As we could play our scales
well in the dark, the two pianofortes and the harp began the
day's work.  How very near crying the one whose turn set her at
the harp I will not speak of; the strings cut the poor cold
fingers so that the blisters often bled.  Martyr the second put
her poor blue hands on the keys of the grand-pianoforte in the
drawing room, for in those two rooms the fires were never lighted
till near
nine o'clock - the grates were of bright steel, the
household was not early and so we had to bear our hard fate.

***

MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 183.

X:1

T:That’s How I Spent the Winter
T:Sud Mar Chuir Mi’n Geamhradh Tharum

L:1/8

M:C

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f>A A>A (A>F) A>A|f>a A>f e>d B<d|f>A A>A B>AF>A|a>ef>d e>d B<d:|

f<a {a}b>a a<g e>d|d<d e<e g>ef>e|g<a b>a a<f e>d|(g>e)(f>d) B>A B<d|

a>a {a}b>f a>ef>d|e>fg>e a>gf>e|b>fa>e {e}f>def|g>f/e/ a>d B>A B<a||

                       

THAT’S MORE OF IT.  Irish, Jig. Composed by Moving Cloud pianist Carl Hession. Green Linnet GLCD  1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company” (2001).

 

THAT'S MY GAL. AKA and see "Sam's Rag."

                       


THAT'S MY RABBIT, MY DOG CAUGHT IT. AKA ‑ "The Little Rose (is Gone)." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., W.Va. (as "The Little Rose"). C Major. Standard. AABB. Mark Wilson and Guthrie Meade have both independently pointed out that the tune has been recorded by Calhoun County, West Virginia, fiddler Wilson Douglas as "The Little Rose." Meade (1980) records an odd feature of the Walters' recording:

***

The instrumental breaks, which add variety and intensity to the

performance, were actually an accident brought about by a

misunderstanding of procedures during the recording. The cue

for beginning the number was picked up prematurely by Draper

Walter (the fiddler), while the rest of the band, believing his

entrance untimely, held back, and then joined in one by one

during the next few bars of the tune. When the lights come on,

supposedly indicating a false start, the band again dropped out

with the exception of Draper, who continued playing. The other

instruments joined in sporadically as before and the recording

was completed with the whole ensemble. Amazingly, the item

was accepted and released.

***

Source for notated version: Draper Walter [Phillips]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 240. Recorded Anthology of American Music, 1978, Walter Family (Ky., 1933) ‑ "Traditional Southern Instrumental Styles." Morning Star 45005, Walter Family - "Way Down South in Dixie."

X:1

T:That’s My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:Liz Slade

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e>(A c/)A/c/c/|ee/e/ ge/g/|e/g/e/(A/ c/)A/c/c/|A/B/A/G/ E/D/C|

e>(A c2|e>(e g)e/g/|(a/g/)a/g/ a/g/e/c/|1 e>(A c2:|2 e>(A c)c/A/||

|:{D}GA/A/ c/(d/c/)c/|c/(d/c/)c/ c/(d/c/)c/|{D}GA/A/ c/(d/c/)c/|

c/(d/c/)D/ G/D/E|{D}GA/A/ c/d/c/c/|c/d/c/c/ ce/g/|a/g/a/g/ g/e/c|e>(A c2):|

                       

THAT’S RIGHT TOO. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AA’BB’. A modern composition by Chicago Irish fiddler Liz Carroll. Flying Fish 70586, “Trian.”

X:1

T:That's Right Too

C:Liz Carroll

D:Trian (FF 70586)

R:reel

Z:transcribed by Philippe Varlet

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

D2 FA FE{G}ED|d2 ef edBd|D2 FA FE{G}ED|BcdD FE{G}ED|

D/D/D FA FE{G}ED|d2 ef edfd|BD D/D/D Bd~d2|1 AFEF D3 E:|2 AFEF D3 b||

afef ~d3 B|A2 FD {G}EDDb|afef ~d3 f|efaA f2 fe|

d2 ef edBA|BcdD FE{G}ED|BD D/D/D Bd~d2|1 AFEF D3 b:|2 AFEF D4||

                       

THAT'S THE TIME O' DAY. AKA and see "Another Jig Will Do."

                       

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH. American, Song Air. The tune was recorded and copyrighted in 1923 by Benny Moton. J.P. & Annadeene Fraley – “Maysville.”

                       

THAT'S WHAT MAMMA SAID. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

           

THAUNALAW (It is Day).  Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Major. Standard. AB. P.W. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music, 1873) writes: “This spirited air takes its name from the chorus of an Irish drinking song, which I have written phonetically with the music. It may be translated, (First toper.) “It is day, it is day, it is day—in the early morning!” (Second toper,) “Arrah, not at all, my dear friend, it is only the light of the moon, shining on high!””

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Thaunalaw, thauna law, thaunalaw, agus na woddin!

Neel na law arrah agraw och sullus aurd athawsa yollig.

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Joyce notes there was an English song to the air, printed on a broadsheet, called “The lamentation of Patrick Keane the tailor,” which was “full of coarse, broad humour. Here is one half stanza:--

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I am a tailor by my trade, in cutting out I am quite handy,

And all I earn ev’ry day, my wife lays out in tea and brandy.

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Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 57, pg. 58.

X:1

T:Thaunalaw

T:It is Day

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cc ({d/}e>)f|gf f2|cc ({d/}e>f|gf e/c/e/f/|gf ec/B/|AA AG/F/|EF GA/_B/|cG AF||

cF (F>G)|AB G>F|EF (GA/)B/|cGAF|cF (F>G)|AB G>F|EF G(A/B/)|cG AF||

           

THEARLAICH! NAN TIGEADH TU [1]. AKA and see "Flora MacDonald." Scottish, Reel.