The Fiddler’s Companion
© 1996-2008
Andrew Kuntz
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Notation
Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc notation.” They
can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with
your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then
“cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc
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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] |
THRASHERS, THE. AKA and see "Buttons Three Farthings A
Pair [1]". English, Jig.
THREADBARE COAT, THE (An Casog Caitigte). AKA and see "Boatman of Kinsale". Irish, Air
(4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 307, pg. 53.
X:1
T:Threadbare Coat, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>F|A2 A/B/c/d/ F2 AF|E>FED D2
dB|A>FDF A>BAF|(A4 A)z A2|
A2 A/B/c/d/ F2 A/F/|E>FED D2
zF|B3c dcB^A|(B4 B2||A2|AFAB d3e|
f>efg f>edA|d>efA
A>BAF|(A4 A)z A2|A2 A/B/c/d/|
F2 AF|E>FED D2 d>B|A>BAF
GFE>F|(D6 D)z ||
THREE A PENNY. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 82, pg. 11.
X:1
T:Three a Penny
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 82 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d>ef>d g>ef>d|B<e
e>d c<e e>f|d>ef>d g>ef>d|B<e c>A (d2 d)A:|
|:a>fd>f
a>fd>f|g>fe>d c<e e>f|a>fd>f a>fd>f|B<e c>A
(d2 d)A:|
THREE AROUND THREE. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/4 time).
X:1
T:Three
Around Three
C:Trad
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
|:d2BA
G2G2|A2BA G2D2|EDEF G2AB|c2B2B2A2|
d2BA
G2G2|A2BA G2D2|EDEF G2Ac|B2G2G4:|
|:d2ef
gfed|e2e2efge|d2B2B2AG|FGAB A4|
d2ef gfed|e2e2e2d2|ef g2fg
a2|g4g4:|
THREE BEES IN THE
HONEY. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.
Standard tuning. AA'BB. The tune was in the repertoire of
THREE BRAVE LOYAL
FELLOWS. Scottish, English;
THREE BY SIX AND WALTZ
AROUND. American, Dance Tune.
THREE CAPTAINS, THE (Na Tri Taoisaig/Taoiseaca). AKA and see "Clark's Favorite," "William Clark's Favorite,"
"Three Sea Captains." Scottish,
Irish; Long or Set Dance (in duple or triple time). G Major. Standard tuning.
ABB (Roche): AABB (O'Neill). "From O'Neill, slightly altered"
(Roche). The tune appears in the Calvert
Collection (1799), assembled by Thomas Calvert, a musician from
X:1
T:Three Captains, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Set Dance
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>G (3BGB c>AF>A|G>G
(3BGB d>BG>G|(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|
A>Bc>B (3ABG (3FED|G>G
(3BGB c>AF>A|G>G (3BGB d>BG>G|
(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|(3EcB
(3AGF G2G:|
|:d|g>g (3fed (3ABc (3def|g>g
(3dBd (3ecA A>A|g>g (3bge f>g (3afd|
e/f/ge (3edc d>d (3dcB|c>d
(3ecA B>c (3dBG|A>Bc>B (3ABG (3FED|
G>G (3BGB c>AF>A|G>G
(3BGB d>BG>G|(3cec A>A (3BdB G>G|
(3EcB (3AGF G2 G:|\
X: 1
T:The Three Captains
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:The Calvert Collection (1799) - Page 14
Z:Andrew Kuntz
K:G
D|G2G BAB|c2A F2A|G2G BAB|d2B G2B|cec A2c|BdB G2B|
gfe dcB|ABG FED|G2G BAB|c2A F2A|G2G BAB|d2B G2B|
cec A2c|BdB G2B|AcB AGF|[B,3D3G3][B,2D2G2]||
f|g3 dBG|ABc def|gfg dcB|ecA A2f|~g2a bge|~f2g afd|
egf ed^c|[F3d3] [F2d2]B|=c2d edc|B2c dcB|A2B ~c2e|
dBG FED|G2G BAB|c2A F2A|G2G BAB|d2B G2B|cec A2c|
BdB
G2B|AcB AGF|[B,3G3][B,2G2||
THREE CASE KNIVES. AKA and see “Jock and Tam,” “Lady Susan Montgomery’s
Hornpipe,” “Punchanello’s Hornpipe,”
“Rusty Gulley [2],” “Three Sharp Knives,” “Three Rusty Swords.” English. See also the
related “Forks and Knives” and “Jack’s Gone a Shearing.”
THREE CONEY WALK. English, Jig.
THREE DROPS OF BRANDY. Irish, Reel. The tune was
recorded on 78 RPM for Columbia Records (No. A2309) by Patrick
Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick was z a flute player originally from
THREE DRUNKEN FIDDLERS. AKA ‑ "Three Drunken
Sailors." Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst. The tune was in the
repertoire of the late Shetland fiddler Gibby Gray.
THREE DRUNKEN SAILORS. See "Three Drunken Fiddlers."
THREE FAM'D GENERALS. AKA and see "Fill Every Glass
(for Wine Inspires Us)."
THREE FIDDLE SWING. See "Swinging Fiddles."
THREE FLOWERS, THE. Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. Tubridy (Irish
Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 3. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with
X:1
T:Three Flowers, The
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:March
K:G
Bc|d2d2B2g2|f2f2A3B|c2A2G2F2|G6
Bc|d2d2e2fg|a2a2b3a|g2e2d2ef|
g6
Bc|d2d2e2fg|a2a2b3a|g2e2d2ef|g6Bc|d2d2B2g2|f2f2A3B|c2A2G2F2|G6||
THREE FORKS OF BIG
THREE FORKS OF CHEAT. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
THREE FORKS OF HELL. Old-Time, Breakdown. A banjo piece
from
THREE FORKS OF (IN THE)
THREE FORKS OF REEDY. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Both parts are
irregular in metre. Source for notated version: John Johnson [Phillips].
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), 1994; pg. 241.
THREE FORKS OF
THREE GOOD FELLOWS
DOWN IN YON GLEN. AKA ‑ "There's Three
Guid Fellows Ayont Yon Glen." Scottish, Brisk or Slow Air (9/8 time). G
Minor (Gow): G Dorian (Johnson): A Dorian (Kerr, McGibbon): A Mixolydian
(Martin). Standard tuning. AAB (Carlin): AABBCC (Kerr):
AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL (Johnson, McGibbon). A note in Gow asserts this tune
was a particular favorite of famous Scots fiddler Niel Gow.
X:1
T:There’s three good fellows ayont
yon Glen
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Brisk”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II,
pg. 50-51 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
c | A3 EAB c2d | G3 EGB d2e | cBA
EAB cec | dc(B B)e^G A2 :|
|: e | a2A c2e (c’ba) | b2d B2d gbg
| (c’ba) gfe dcB | cBA ^GeE A2 :|
|: e | c2A E2A c2A | B2D G2d g2b |
e2E cde (abc’) | bc’a e(a^g) A2 :|
|: a | (c’ba) (eac’) (eac’) | (bag)
dgb dgb | (c’ba) eag fed | cBA E(a^g) a2 :|
|: c | AcA E2A cBA | GBG D2G BAG |
AcA E(AB) (cd)e | (dcB) e2E A2 :|
|: a | (c’/b/a/b/c’) (e/d/c/d/e) A2a
| b/(a/g/a/b) (d/c/B/c/d) G2B | (e/d/c/d/)e (c’/b/a/b/c’) (e/d/c/d/e) |
(c/d/c/B/)A Ea^g a2 :: c/d/ |
(e/d/c/B/A) (e/d/c/B/A) “tr”c2 B/c/ | (d/c/B/A/G) (d/c/B/A/G) (B>A^G/^F/) |
E(A/^G/A) E(c/B/c) A>cB/A/ | B2f
e2^G A2 :: e | Ace a2A c2e | GBd g2B d2g | ceg c’2e d2b |
c2a B2^g a2 :: E | (A/B/c/d/e)
(A/B/c/d/e) cBA | (G/A/B/c/d) (G/A/B/c/d) BAG | Ac(e e)c(a a)e(c’ |
c’)ba ea^g A2 :: e | (a/b/c’)a e2a
(c’ba) | (g/a/b)g d2g bag | (a/b/c’)a (ea)e (ce)c | dc(B B)eE A2 :|
|: c/d/ | (e/d/c/B/A) EAc EAc |
(d/c/B/A/G) DGB DGB | cBA a2g f2e | dc(B B)eE A2 :|
|: a | c’b(a a)ea c’ba | ba(g g)dg
bag | c’ba eae dbd | cac Ea^g a2 :|
THREE GRACES, THE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Joshua Campbell's 1778 collection (pg. 63).
THREE HALFPENCE A DAY
[1] (Tri Leat Pinginne
Gac La). AKA
and see "Very Poor Pay." Irish,
Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. At one time three halfpence a day
was referred to as the common wage for an ordinary laborer or soldier. Source
for notated version: O'Neill later in life obtained this version of the tune from
the manuscripts of Timothy Downing, a gentleman farmer of Tralibane,
X:1
T:Three Halfpence a Day [1]
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
B|cBA BAG|AGE GED|cBA dBG|EAA
A2B|cBA BAG|AGE GED|EFE E2D|EAA A2:|
|:B|cBc dcd|ecA GED|cBc d=fd|cAB
c2d|edc dcB|cBA GED|EFE E2D|EAA A2:|
THREE HALFPENCE A DAY [2]. Irish, Jig. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody modulates to G major briefly in the ‘B’ part. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 121.
X:1
T:Three Halfpence a Day [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
f3 fed | cAG F2 :: c | =BGG AGG | =BGG AGG | gag g^fe |
dBG G2c | BGG AGG | BGG AGG | fag fed | cAG F2 :|
THREE HANDED REEL [1]. English, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 125, pg. 39.
X:1
T:Three Handed Reel [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 125 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
B/>A/|GE EE/F/|G/F/G/A/ BA/G/|FD
DD/E/|F/E/F/G/ AB/A/|
GE EE/F/|G/F/G/A/ BA/G/|F^E/F/
A/A/G/F/|EGE:|
|:B|ee/f/ gf/e/|bb (cB)|bb
c/c/B|(cB) (CB,)|
ee/f/ gf/e/|bb (cB)|B/F/F/G/
A/A/G/F/|EGE:|
THREE HANDED REEL [2]. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
The tune was collected from dancers in Bromsberrow Heath, Gloucestershire, in
THREE IN ONE TWO-STEP. Old‑Time, Country Rag.
THREE
JOLLY SHEEPSKINS [1]. English, Sword Dance Tune (2/2
time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) in tracing the ancestry of
the American tune "Black‑Eyed
Susie" dates the tune to the 17th century and says it was popular then
and throughout the 18th. Versions have appeared in Aird (1778, vol. 1, No.
178), Oswald (1780?, Caledonian Pocket
Companion, vol. 2, pg. 10), Dauney (1838, No. 31, pg. 228), Walsh (1731, Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. 1,
No. 20), John Gay's Polly (Air 24),
Moffat and Kidson (Dances of the Olden
Time, 1912, pg. 18) and Kidson (Old
Country Dance and Morris Tunes, 1913, pg. 4). The first figure is from the
area of
X:1
T:Three Jolly Sheepskins [1]
L:1/8
M:2/2
S:Flamborough
K:A
ABcd efec|BGEG BGEG|ABcd efec|BG (3EFG A2 (3EFG|ABcd efec|
BGEG BGEG|ABcd efec|BG (3EFG A2A2||fgag fgag|fg (3agf b2 ag|
f^efg f2 =e2|BcdB A2A2|fgag fgag|fg a2b2 ag|f^efg f2 =e2|c2
dB A2A2||
THREE JOLLY SHEEPSKINS
[2]. Unrelated to the above. English,
Sword Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Third figure from
the area of Sleights,
X:1
T:Sheepskins [2]
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:John Locke (1909)
K:A
c3BA2c2 | d2 dc B4 | c3B A2c2 | B2G2
EGAB | c3B A2c2 | d2 dc B4 |
c4 B3G | A2A2 A4 || e2a2e2a2 |
g2f2g2f2 | e2a2e2a2 | g2a2b4 |
e2a2e2a2 | g2f2g2f2 | e4 c’3b | a2b2
a4 ||
THREE JOLLY SHEEPSKINS
[3]. English, Reel. B Flat Major.
Standard. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection),
1984; No. 37, pg. 32.
THREE JOLLY TOPPERS, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "spirited"). D
Major. Standard. ABC. Source for notated version: c. 1884, from "Mr.
Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a
good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and song" (Joyce).
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song),
1909; No. 276, pg. 131.
X:1
T:Three Jolly Toppers, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With spirit”
N:The chorus is the third section
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A/G/)|F2F FED|d3 A2G|F2F EFG|F2E
D2F|A2F DFA|d3 c2d|e2d c2B|A3 z2||A|
d2d dcd|f2d dcd|B2B Bcd|e2d c2B|A2G
F2E|D2E F2A|B3 c2c|d3 z2||
B|A3 GAG|F2E DFA|[F3B3] [E2c2]
[Ec]|[D3d3] z2||
THREE
LIEUTENANTS. AKA and see “Pither in Enough.”
THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS
[1] (Na Tri Drumadoiride
Beag). AKA and
see "The Aherlow Jig," "Cock in the Heath [1],"
"Connie O'Connell's
(Jig) [1],” “The Geese in the
Bog,” “Ha’Penny Bit,” "Humors of Duagh," "Humors of Listivain," “The Jolly Old Wife,” "The Money I Want," "The Nuptial Knot," "Quinn's Jig," "Spirits of Whisky [2],"
"Tenpenny Bit [1]," "Two and Sixpenny Girl." Irish,
Double Jig.
X:1
T:Three Little Drummers, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
g/f/|eAA eAA|BAB GBd|eAA eAA|de^f
gfg|eAA eAA|BAB GBd|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|
|:d|eaa eaa|egg egg|eaa eaa|de^f
gdB|eaa eaa|egg egg|de&f gdB|BAA A2:|
|:d|eaa a^ga|bab ged|eaa a^ga|bab
g2d|eaa a^ga|bab ged|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|
THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS
[2], THE. AKA and see “The Big Ship come over the Bay,”
“The Bouchaleen Buidhe,” “Kitty’s Wedding [2],” “The Maidens of Tir Eoghain,” “McArdle’s Fancy,” “Off to Donnybrook,” “Out on the Ocean [2],” “Paddy the Dandy [1],” “Pride of Leinster,” “Ships in Full Sail.”
THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS
[3], THE. Irish, Jig.
X:1
T: Droney's Drummers
S: Chris Droney
Q: 325
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
A | BAG g2 e | gfg abc' | bag edc | BdB cBA |
BAG g2 e | gfg abc' | bag edB | def g2 :|
e | gdd gdd | gdd dcB | Acc Acc | Acc cBA |
B3
cdc | BAG Adc | BAG edc | def g2 :|
THREE LITTLE NIGGERS LAYIN' IN BED. American, Reel.
THREE MAIDS OF
THREE MEET [1]. AKA and see "When
Daylight Shines."
THREE MEET [2]. AKA and see "The Muses."
English, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg. 45 (appears as "The
Muses"). Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 103.
X:1
T:Three Meet [2]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
A/G/|FAd FAd|BAB e2d|cBc ABc|d2f a2A/G/|FAd FAd|
BAB e2d|cBc ABc|d2f d2:|
|:a|faa eaa|ded cBA|dcd ede|faf e3|d2d A2A|g2g f2f|ede fed|B2c d2:|
||B|B^AB
BAB|efg f2B|egf edc|B2c F2F|B^AB BAB|efg f2e|Bgf edc|B3B2||
THREE MEET [3]. AKA and see "The
Pleasures of the Town [1]." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Karpeles & Schofield (A
Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 6. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1911‑1922,
vol. 2, pg. 14 (1st part). Sharp (Country
Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 13.
X:1
T:Three Meet [3]
T:Pleasures of the Town
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A| F2A d2A | B2B e2d | d2d cBc | d2d
f2A |
F2A d2A | B2B e2d | d2d cBc | d3 d2
:|
|: z | f2a e2a | fed cBA | d2d
g3 f3 | {f}
THREE MERRY MEN. English, Ballad Air (cut time). B Flat Major (Chappell): A Major
(Kines). Standard tuning. AB. The air appears in John Playford's MS Commonplace
Book, while the words can be found in Peele's The Old Wives' Tale (1595). Shakespeare has Sir Toby mention the ballad,
among others, in Twelfth Night (act
II, scene 3). Only four lines seem to have been given by Chappell, Long and
Gibbon:
***
Three merry men and three merry men and three merry men are we.
I in the wood and thou on the ground and Jack sleeps in the tree.
Hold thy peace, and I prithee hold thy peace.
Thou Knave, hold thy peace thou knave, thou knave.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 197. Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular
Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964; pg. 11.
X:1
T:Three Merry Men
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Times (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
d4 c2d2 B4 F4 | B4 A2B2 D4 E4 | F4 B3A B2c2 d4 | c8 ||
c4
c2A2 F4 F4 | f4 f2e2 d4 B4 | c4 c4 c2d2 e4 | d8 ||
THREE MERRY MEN OF
***
He that will not merry, merry be,
With a generous bowl and toast;
May he in Bridewell be shut up,
And fast bound to a post.
Let him be merry, merry, merry there,
And we will be merry, merry, merry here;
For who can know where we may go,
To be merry another year, Brave boys,
To be merry another year.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 161.
X:1
T:Three Merry Men of
L:1/8
M:C
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D2|G2B2A2d2|cBAB ^F2D2|G2 AB
cBAB|G6:|
A2|B2 Bc d2 de|dedc B2B2|B2 AB
cdcB|A6 d2|
C2B2A2c2|B2G2^F2D2|G2 AB cBAB|G4D4|
F6D2|G2 AB cBAB|G6||
THREE MERRY SISTERS. AKA and see “Cross Road [1],”
“Merry Sisters,” “Mill Town Maid.” British Isles (?),
Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 6. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883.
X:1
T:Three Merry Sisters
M:C|