The Fiddler’s Companion
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[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.
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 (
X:1
T:Tha Mi Sgith
T:I am weary
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Morison –
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 (
X:1
T:Tha mis cho muladach
T:I am so sorrowful
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”slowly”
S:Morison –
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 ||
X:1
T:Tha mo bhreacan fluich fo’n dile
T:My plaid is wet with rain
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
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>
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.
THADELO SULLIVAN’S
POLKA. Irish, Polka.
THADELO’S [1]. Irish, Polka.
THADELO’S [2]. Irish, Hornpipe.
THADELO’S [3]. Irish, Hornpipe.
THADELO’S SLIDE. AKA and see “Tarrant’s [1].” Irish,
Slide (12/8 time).
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
X:1
T:Thady You
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]."
X:1
T:
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
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 (
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 –
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.
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
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g>f | ed BA | G<
ed BA | G<
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.
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 "
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.
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:
X:1
T:Thatcher, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
g/f/ | eAB c2d | edc BAG | eAB c2d |
eaa eaa |
eAB c2d | edc BAG |
|: d | eaa efg | dec BAG | eaa efg |
fed efg |
eaa efg | dec BAG |
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,
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'
THAT'S HOW I SPENT THE
WINTER (Sud Mar Chuir Mi'n
Geamhradh Tharum). Scottish, Strathspey.
***
Jack Campin found the following
passage in the memoirs of Elizabeth
Grant of Rothiemurchus. She grew up in a manor in the
***
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
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.
***
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
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 (
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
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!””
***
Thaunalaw, thauna law, thaunalaw, agus na woddin!
Neel na law arrah agraw och sullus aurd athawsa yollig.
***
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:--
***
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.
***
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!