The Fiddler’s Companion
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Andrew Kuntz
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Notation
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[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 GIRLS OF PORTREE, THE.
AKA – “The Boat Leaks,” “The Boat is Leaking,” “Tha toll air a
bhàta” (There is a hole in the boat). Scottish, Air (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Identified as
a Isle of Skye air, “communicated by Miss MacLean of Coll.” Coll is one of the
western isles, Argyleshire. The air is popular in Highland bagpiping repertoire.
Alexander MacLean of Coll, 14th Laird, was a host for Dr. Johnson
and Boswell on their trip to the Hebrides in 1775, and Miss MacLean may have
been a member of his household. Johnson was most impressed with the young
laird, who eschewed fancy dress, only sporting a feather in his hat, and who
had the good will of the population. Unfortunately, he was drowned soon after
their visit. “The bagpiper played regularly when dinner was served,” wrote
Johnson, “whose person and dress made a good appearance, and he brought no
disgrace on the family of Rankin, which has long supplied the lairds of Coll
with hereditary music.” Gow (Sixth
Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1822; pg. 30. MacDonald (The Gesto Collection of Highland Music), 1895.
X:1
T:Three Girls of Portree, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Communicated by Miss MacLean of
Cull”
N:”A Skye Air.”
B:Gow – Sixth Collection of
Strathspey Reels (1822)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
F|c2 cA {A}c2 FA|c2 cA G<G d2|c2
c>B AfcA|dG G>A G<G d2|c3 cA {A}c2 FA|
c2 cA G<G d2|c2 c>B AF cA|dG
G>A G<G de||{e}f2 cA f2 (3cde|f2 cA G<G d>e|f2 (3cde f>g a>g|
fd cA G<G d>e|f2 cA f2 ca|f2
cA G<G d>e|f.g a>g fdd>f|c>dcA GG d2||
THREE GOOD FELLOWS
DOWN IN YON GLEN. AKA ‑ "There's Three
Guid Fellows Ayont Yon Glen." AKA and see “Three
Gude Men.” 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 (1809) asserts this tune was a particular favorite of famous
Perthshire fiddler-composer Niel Gow (1727-1807).
***
There’s three true good fellows,
Three brave loyal fellows,
There’s three true good fellows,
Down ayony you glen.
***
Sources for notated versions:
McGibbon's 1746 Scots Tunes, vol. ii,
pg. 18 [Johnson]; William Gunn Bagpipe Book 3rd Collection [Martin].
Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 5,
1797; pg. 49. Andrez (Recueil de Contredances Angloises), c. 1780; pg.
31. Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 562. J. Gow (5th Collection of Strathspey Reels),
1809; pg. 19. Johnson (Two Hundred Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7),
1756; pg. 61. D. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle
Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 18, pgs. 44‑45. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 285, pg. 31
(appears as "There's Three Guid Fellows"). Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002;
pg. 83. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II),
c. 1746; pg. 50-51. Oswald (Caledonian Pokcet Companion), 1760; pg. V,1.
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:Amin
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 GUDE MEN. AKA
and see “Three Good Fellows Down
in Yon Glen.” Scottish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning.
AABB. A version of “Three Good Fellows Down in Yon Glen.” Scott Higgs gives
attribution to a W. Smyth c. 1800, although the tune appears much earlier, in
the MacFarlane Manuscript (1740). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes,
vol. 2), 2005; pg. 130. Higgs (Early One Morning).
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:Ador
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:Dmin
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:Emin
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 tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master
Collection), 1984; No. 37, pg. 32.
THREE JOLLY TOPPERS, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "spirited"). D
Major. Standard tuning. 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 "Cock in the Heath [1],"
“The Geese in the Bog,” “Ha’Penny Bit,” "Humors of Duagh," "Humors of Listivain," “The Jolly Old Wife,” "The Nuptial Knot," "Spirits of Whisky [2],"
"Tenpenny Bit [1]," “Up Sligo.”
Irish, Double Jig.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
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:Amin
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:|
X:2
T:Three Little Drummers [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”A county of Leitrim Jig”
B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 953 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
g/f/|eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|eAA eAA|eaf
ged|eAA eAA|
BGG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2||c/d/|eaa
efg|fdf ged|eaa efg|
fdf ged|eaa efg|fdf gfe|agf gfe|dcB
A2||
X:3
T:Three Little Drummers [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”From P. Carew’s MSS”
B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 954 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
eAA eAA|BGG BGG|eAA ABd|ede/^f/
gdB|eAA eAA|
BGG BGG|de^f gdB|BAA A2||d|eaa
aga|bge edB|
eaa aga|bge g2d|eaa aga|bge edB|de^f
gdB|BAA A3||
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 DRUMMERS [4]. AKA and see “Aherlow Jig,” "Quinn's Jig," "The Spirits of Whiskey [2]," "Connie O'Connell's (Jig) [1]," "The Two‑and‑Sixpenny Girl," "The Money I Want," "Ryan's Travels." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning.
X:1
T:Three Little Drummers [4]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
GBB
BAd|cAA Abc|
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 tuning. 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:Bb
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:Gmin
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.” Irish, Reel.
X:1
T:Three Merry Sisters
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Edor
.B.E(3FED BdcA|.B.E(3FED
dAFA|.B.E(3FED BdcA|(dD)(3DDD ADFA:|
|:Beec d2 cA|Beec dAFA|Beec d2
cA|BABc dAFA:|
:BdcA BFAF|.B.E(3EEE BDFA|BdcA
BFAF|(dD)(3DDD ADFA|
BdcA BFAF|.B.E(3EEE BEFA|DFAc d2
eg|fdec dAFA:|
THREE MERRY SISTERS OF FATE, THE.
See “Merry Sisters (The),” “Three Merry Sisters.”
THREE MILE BRIDGE. Jig. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley
MacIsaac - “Close to the Floor” (1992).
THREE OF A KIND. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 82, pg. 15.
X:1
T:Three of a Kind
M:C|
L:1/8
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No.
82.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FAdA BAdA |
(Bd)FA (3EEE EG | FAdA BAdA | BdFA (3DDD D2 |
fedc defd |
(ge)af (3eee eg | fedc defd | dBAF (3DDD D2 || fedc defd |
geaf (3eee
eg | fedc defe | dBAF (3DDD D2 | fedc defd |
(ge)af (3eee
ea | faef defe | dBAF (3DDD D2 ||
THREE PONIES. American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBAA. The tune was composed
by cellist Nancy Blake, wife of guitarist Norman Blake. Private Collection
(circulated among contra-dance musicians). Bee Balm 302,
“The Corndrinkers.” Marimac 9043, Boiled Buzzards – “Fine Dining” (1991).
Rounder 0231, Nancy Blake – “
THREE PRETTY MAIDS. English, Jig.
THREE RAVENS, THE. English, Air (2/2 time). E Minor. Standard
tuning. One part. The air appears in Thomas Ravenscroft's Melismata (1611). The songs in the book were generally considered
much older, states Kines, while
THREE RUSTY SWORDS. AKA and see “Jock and Tam,” “Lady Susan Montgomery’s
Hornpipe,” “Punchanello’s Hornpipe,”
“Rusty Gulley [2],” “Three Case Knives,” “Three
Sharp Knives.”
THREE SCONES OF BOXTY. Irish, Reel. Ireland, Co. Fermanagh. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Green Linnet GL-1096, Altan - "Horse with a Heart"
(1989).
X:1
T:Three
Scones Of Boxty
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:traditional
S:Tara Diamond(Bingham)
Z:Gregor
Griegoleit
R:reel
K:D
EF |GE ~E2 cBAc|BAGB AGEF|GE ~E2 cBAc|BAGE D2 EF|!
GE ~E2 cBAc|BAGB AGEF|GE ~E2 cBAc|BAGE D2 B2||!
cded cA ~A2|EFGB A2 Bc|d2 ed cA ~A2|BAGE D2 AB|!
cded cA ~A2|BAGB A2 B2|(3Bcd ef g2 fe|dBAF D4||
THREE SEA CAPTAINS, THE. AKA and see "The
Three Captains,” “William Clark’s Favorite." Irish, English; Set
Dance, Morris Dance (6/8 time), or Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB
(Allan's): AB (Heymann, Kennedy, Raven, Wade). O'Neill records that he found
the earliest printed setting in McGoun's Repository
of Scots and Irish Airs (1799). The tune is used for either a single or
polka step in the North‑West (
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Three Sea
Captains, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|G2G
BGB|c2A F2A|G2A B2c|d2B G2B|c2c ecA|B2B dBG|
A2B c2B|ABG
FED|G2G BGB|c2A F2A|G2A B2c|d2B G2B|
cec A2c|BdB
G2F|EcB AGF|(G3G2)||d|g2g dcB|ABc def|g2g efg|
fdd d2d|c2c
ecA|B2B dBG|A2B c2B|ABG FED|G2G BGB|c2A F2A|
G2A B2c|d2B
G2B|cec A2c|BdB G2F|EcB AGF|(G3G2)||
THREE SHARP KNIVES. English. See “Three Case Knives,” “Three
Rusty Swords.”
THREE SHEEPSKINS. AKA and see "Hamilton Races."
Scottish, English; Air and Country Dance Tune. This country dance tune was
printed by Oswald in the Caledonian
Pocket Companion (book 7, pg. 10), a Scottish dancing master during the
1740's and a native of
***
On the Lord Melvill his wife and three sons
Three sheeps skins the wrong side outmost
Three sheeps skins the wrong side outmost
He is a thiefe & she's a whore that call my wife a drunkard
She's not a Drunkerd but she's a pretty dancer
She's not a Drunkerd but she's a pretty dancer
Three long skins as all men may see sir &c [repeat?]
Ther's huffie[?]
thin & music thin & chin of
Gravity sir [ff/ss/ll ?]
It that your chin be not in mode
Then borrow one from me sir
***
The melody can be found in the 1835 music
manuscript of James Winder (Wyresdale,
THREE SISTERS [1], THE. AKA and see "The Atholl Highlanders."
Shetland. Shetland, Yell.
THREE SISTERS [2], THE. Irish, Reel. Composed by flute
player Barry Kerr.
THREE SISTERS [3], THE. Irish, Reel. Composed by
THREE SNOWFLAKES. Canadian, Jig.
THREE STAR HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
THREE THIN DIMES. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
X:1
T:Three Thin Dimes
L:1/8
M:2/4
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:A
(3e/f/g/|”A”a/)A/g/A/ f/A/e/(a/|a)g/g/ f/f/e|”D”d/c/B/A/ F/D/E/F/|A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/|
“A”a/A/g/A/ f/A/e/(a/|a)g/g/ f/f/e|”D”d/c/d/e/ f/g/a/f/|”A”e/c/”E”B/c/ “A”A:|
|:”A”(A|A/)A/A/A/ cc|c/B/A/F/ E/ A (A/|A/)A/c/e/ f/e/a/e/|”D”f/e/c/A/ “A”B<A:|
|:”A”e/e/a/e/ e/e/a/e/|e/e/a/e/ f/e/c/A/|”D”f2 ff|”G”g2 “D”f2|”A”e/e/a/e/ e/e/a/e/|
e/e/a/e/
f/e/c/A/|”D”d/c/d/e/ f/g/a/f/|”A”e/c/”E”B/c/ “A”A:||
THREE TIMES CROWDIE IN
ONE DAY. AKA and see "Bide Ye Yet [2]," "Crowdie," "The Wayward Wife," "O That I Had Ne’er Been Married."
THREE TIMES THREE. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 305, pg.
32.
X:1
T:Three Times Three
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 305
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2f2 defd | cdcB A2F2 | f2f2d2 (ef)
| gagf ecde | f2f2 defd | cdcB A2F2 |
defd efge | f2a2f2 z2 || a2a2f2 (ga)
| gagf e2c2 | a2a2f2(ga) |
bag^f gedc | a2a2f2 (ga) | gagf e2c2
| dfed efge | f2a2f2z2 ||
THREE TRAVELLERS. English, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard. One part. The song appears
in D’Urfey’s Pills to Purge Melancholy.
In the Bagford Collection the ballad
appears under the title "The Jovial Companions; or, The Merry Travelers,
who paid their shot where ever they came, without ever a stiver of money (to
an excellent North-country tune)."
***
There were three travellers, travellers three,
With a hey down, ho down, lang tree down derry,
And they would go travel the
Without ever a stiver of money.
***
The ‘north country’ means the
northern counties of
X:1
T:Three Travellers
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G2A BAG|Bcd d2 c/B/|c2d e2d|ced
BGG|GAG EFG|A2A D2d|dcB ABc|B(G2 G2)||
THREE
TRUE GOOD FELLOWS AYONT YON GLEN,
THE.
Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song
and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he
published c. 1800.
THREE WAY HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Hornpipe.
THREEPENCE WET AND
THREEPENCE DRY. English, Reel.
THREEPENNY BIT, THE ("Cionog Tri-Pingin" or "
X:1
T:Threepenny Bit, The
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mix
AD (3DDD EDEG|AcBG AGEG|AD (3DDD
EDEF|G2 {B}AG EG G2|
AD (3DDD EDEG|AcBG AGEG|c2 cA B2
BG|ABAG EG G2||
Bddf (3efg dB|GABG AGEG|Bd (3ddd
efdB|G2 {B}AG EG G2|
Bd (3ddd (3efg dB|cABG AGEG|c2 cA B2
BG|ABAG EG G2||
THRESH THE FEATHERS. AKA and see "Toss the
Feathers [1]," "The
Humours of Ballagh," "Thornberry's,"
"Geatley's," "The New Reel [1]," “Piper’s Choice,” "The Mountain Lark."
THRESHER [1], THE (An Buailteor). AKA and see "The Peeler and the Goat."
JIFSS, vol. VI, pg. 27.
THRESHERS [2], THE (Na Buailteoiride). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: McFadden [O’Neill]. O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 198. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1704, pg. 317. Roche
Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 168, pg. 59.
X:1
T:Threshers, The [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
FG | A2 Bc dcdB | AdFD EA,B,C | DCDE
FEFG | dBAF E2 FG |
A^GAc dcdB | AdFD EA,B,C | ABdB AFEG
| F2 D2 D2 :|
|: de | fa{b}af bfag | (3fga ec dcBA
| FABc dcdb | afed e2 fg |
afbf agfe | (3fga ec dcBA | FAdA
BGEG | F2 D2 D2 :|
THRESHER [3], THE. See “Y Dynwr.”
THRESHERS [4], THE.
English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody appears
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. 79.
X:1
T:Threshers, The [4]
M:6/8
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|AFB Gec|d2D AFB|GEC D2::c/d/|ecA ^geg|a2A ece|=gec d2:|
|:d|[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]|ee{ef}g fcd|[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]|eec d2:|
|:f/g/|aaa
afd|ggg gec||[Dd][Dd][Dd] [Dd][Dd][Dd]||eec d2:||
THRESHING REEL, THE. AKA and see “Mike Sullivan’s Hornpipe” [2].
THRESHING THE BARLEY (Ag Buailad An T-Orna). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland:
1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 976, pg. 181.
X:1
T:Threshing the Barley
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/ | BAB GBd | cBc ABc | Bcd cBA |
Gge d2c |
BAB GBd | cBc ABc | Bcd cAF | GFG G2
:|
|: c | Bcd def | {a}gfe dBG | Bcd
def | age d2d |
gag gdB | cdc cAF | GBd cAF | GAG G2
:|
THRESHING TUNE. Old-Time, Breakdown.
THRO... see "Through..."
THROUGH ALL THE
EMPLOYMENTS OF LIFE. AKA and see "An old woman clothed in gray,”
“Unconstant Roger."
THROUGH THE FIELD [1]. AKA and see "Winding Stream."
THRO THE FIELDS [2]. AKA and see "Coming
Through the Field(s)," "The
Boat Street Lasses," "Miss Thornton's {Reel},"
"Spike Island Lasses [2],"
"The Maid of the Forest,"
"Lady Anna Hope," "The Creeping Mouse," "Down the Street," "Salamanca [2]," "O'Loughlin's Reel." Irish,
Reel. G Major. Standard. AA'B. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 7, pg. 34.
THROUGH THE FIELDS [3]. AKA and see "The Club Reel,"
"The Kerry Lasses [2]," "Sarah's Reel," "The Meadow in Bloom," "The Road to Dublin," "Within a Mile of Dublin [1],"
"A Mile From Dublin,"
"The Maid of Ballintra,"
"You're a long time a
courting."
THROUGH THE HEATHER. AKA and see “Autumn Leaves,”
"Ginley's Fancy," "Handsome Sally [1]," “The Man of the House,” “The Merry Thatcher,” “Miss Kelly’s Favourite,” “The New Potatoes,” "Old Tom,” “Paddy Carthy’s Reel [2],” "Sally Grant."
THRO’ THE MUIR AT
NIGHT. Scottish, Slip Jig.
X:1
T:Thro' the Muir at Night
S:NLS MS.839, Lady John Scott
(c.1845?)
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:Amix
E2e E2F G3|D2d dcB AFD|E2e E2F G3|E2e edc B^GE |\
E2e E2F G3|d3 d2B
AFD|E2e E2F G3|e3 e2c B^GE:|
e2b a2f f3|def aba fed|e2b aga b3|B2e edc B^GE |\
e3
bag f3|d2f a2d' fed|e3 bag
b3|B2e e2c B^GE:|
THRO(UGH)
THE MOOR/MUIR SHE RAN. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Gow): AABB' (Kerr).
John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 20).
Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No.
499. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2;
No. 188, pg. 21.
X:1
T:Through the Muir She Ran
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 188
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c | fgag fddf | AFcA G/G/G (Gc) |
fgag fddf | cAfc A/A/A A :|
|: B | cdcA FGAB | cdcA G/G/G (GA)
|1 cdcA FGAB | cAfc A/A/A A :|2 cdca gefd | cAfc A/A/A A ||
THRO
THE WARLD WOULD I GAE/GO WE/WITH THE LAD I LIKE [1]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 531. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg.
38.
X:1
T:Thro’ the warld wou’d I gae we the
Lad I like
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 2nd Repository
(1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|~d3f B/B/B e2|d3g f/f/f f2|gfed
cdef|dgfe d2D:|
f|dDAF BEEe|dDAF dDAf|dDAF
BEEe|d>B AF (D2 D)f|
dDAF BEEe|dDAF Agf>e|dBAF E/E/E
(BE)|dgf>e (d2d)||
THRO’ THE WORLD WOU’D I
THROUGH THE WILD WOODS
ALONE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Minor.
Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Phil Gleeson of Coolfree near
Ballyorgan in the Co. Limerick, c. 1852 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 158, pg. 80.
X:1
T:Through the wild woods alone
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”With feeling”
K:G Minor
d/c/|BAG FDC|D2G G2A|BAG cAG|(F3 F2)
G/A/|BAG FDC|DGG A2c|
Bdc A2G|(G3 G2)||G/A/|B>cd/=e/
fdc|dgg gab|agf d>cA/G/|(F3 F2) G/A/|
BAG Bd=e|fag fdc|Bdc A2G|(G3 G2)||
THROUGH
THE WOOD, LADDIE [1]. AKA – “Through the Woods Lady.”
Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major: G Major (O’Farrell). Standard tuning.
AAB (Kershaw): AABB (Gow, O’Farrell): AABBCCDD (Johnson). Allan Ramsay wrote
words to the tune which appear in his Tea
Table Miscellany (vol. i, 1723). The melody appears twice (as "Throw
the Wood Ladie") in the James Gillespie Manuscript (1768) of
***
Sources for notated versions:
McGibbon's Scots Tunes (vol. ii, pg.
6) [Johnson]; contained in the 19th century Joseph Kershaw
Manuscript—Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the remote area of
Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, who compiled his manuscript from
1820 onwards, according to Jamie Knowles [Kershaw]. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 12. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century),
1984; No. 19, pg. 46‑47. The Joseph
Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 61 (appears as “Throw the Wood, Laddie”). McGibbon
(Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1762; pgs.
26-27. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol.
II), c. 1806; pg. 100 (appears as “Thro the Wood Laddie”). Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-36, Dave Shepherd & Becky Price –
“Ashburnham” (from the Tildesley manuscript). Maggie’s Music MM220, Hesperus – “Celtic Roots.”
X:1
T:Thro’ the wood Laddie [1]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Gow – 4th Repository
(1817)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Very Slow”
N:”Original Set”
K:F
F>C|D3 F>G (G>F/4)G/4)|A4
fc|d2 (fd)(cA)|(A2G2) FG|A>G(AB)AG|(BA)(G>F)FG|
A>G(AB)AG|(BA) {A}G>F
~F>C|D2 F>G (G>F/4G/4)|A4 f>g|{fg}a>gfdcA|
G>FGABc|d2(fd)(cA)|c>d(cA)(GB)|A2
D>E (E>D/4E/4)|F4:|
|:f>c|d2 f>g (g>f/4g/4)|a4
fg|a2 (ba)(gf)|(a2g2) f>g|a>g(ab)(ag)|(ba)(gf) f>g|
a>g(ab)(ag)|(b>a)(gf)
~f>c|d2 f>g (g>f/4g/4)|a4 f>g|a>gfdcA|G3 ABc|
c2 (fd)(cA)|~c>d(cA)(GB)|A2D2
(E>D/4E/4)|F4:|
X:2
T:Thro the
Wood Laddie [1]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Grave”
S:McGibbon
– Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>D | E2
G>A “tr”(A>G/2A/4) | B4 g>d | e2 (ge)(dB) | (B2A2) GA | B3 cBA |
B2 “tr”(AG)
G>A | “tr”(B>AB)d (BA) | B2 (AG)(G>D) | E2 G>A “tr”(A>G/2A/4) |
B4 (ga) |
(ba)(ge)(dB) | A3 Bcd | e2 (ge)(dB) | d>edc(BA) | B2E2”tr”F2 | {E/F/}G4 :|
|: g>d |
e2 g>a “tr”(a>g/2a/4) | b4 g>a | b2 (c’b)”tr”(ag) | {g}a4 g>a | b3
c’ba |
(b2 “tr”a)g(ga)
| (ba)bd’(ba) | b2 “tr”(ag) g>d | e2 g>a “tr”(a>g/2a/4) | b4 g>a |
(ba)(ge)(dB)
| {B}A3 Bcd | e2 (ge)(dB) | d>edc”tr”(BA) | B2 E>F “tr”F2 | {E/F/} G4 :|
|: G>D |
E2 (G/F/G/A/) “tr”(A>G/2A/4) | B4 (gd) | e2 (g/(f/e) d/(c/B) | (B2A2) G>A
|
B2 (B/c/d/c/)
BA | B2 “tr”(AG) (GA) | (Bdg)(c”tr”BA) | (d/e/d/e/) d(c/B/) (A/d/c/d/) |
B2 (E>F)
“tr”(F>E/2F/4) | G4 :: g>d | (e/d/e/f/) (g/f/g/a/) “tr”a>g/2a/4 |
{a}b4 (ga) |
bd’(c’b)”tr”(ag)
| {g}a4 ga | bdd’dc’d | bd (g/a/b) (a/b/c’) | g/d/(d’/c’/ b/)d/(d’/c’/
d’/)(c’/b/a/) |
(b/c’/b/a/)
(g/a/g/f/) (g/f/e/d/) | (e/f/e/f/) (g/a/g/a/) “tr”(a>g/2a/4) | {a}b4 ga |
(b/a/g/f/) (g/f/g/f/) (e/d/c/B/) |
“tr”A>G (A/c/)(B/d/) (c/e/)(d/=f/) |
(e/d/c) (g/f/e) (d/c/B) | (d/f/g/f/) (g/f/e/d/) (c/B/A/c/) | B2 E>F
“tr”(F>E/2F/4) | G4 :|
THRO
THE WOOD LADDIE [2].
Scottish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A duple-time
version of the tune from the music manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.
X:1
T:Thro the
Wood Laddie [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Henry Livingston’s manuscript
copybook, late 18th century
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Z2D2 |
F>GAB | BAGF |
BAGF {G}FE
zE | F>GAF | GA>BG | A>BcA | B2 zF | ({A}G>)FGA |
Bg2f |
({f}e)dec | d2z :| E | F>GAB | BAGF | EG2[B,c] | {e}[D2d2]zE |
F>GAB |
Ad2A | F>GAB | Ad2e | fBcd | eABc | (d/4e/2)<f e/c/d/B/ |
A/^G/A ze |
fBcd | ea2 A/c/ | B/d/c/B/ c/A/B/^G/ | A2 zB | e2EE| E2 Ee |
E2 dc |
d2zF | B>^ABc | dffe | dBc^A | B2z2 | f>e dz | e>g g2 | e>d cz |
d>f f2 |
B>c d2 | c>d e2 | d>e f2 | ({g}f)e zA | AF dd | d>(e/2f/4) dA |
AFdd |
d>efF | G>FGA | BddB | A>FGFA | F2 z2 | G>FGA | Bggf |
THROUGH THE WOOD OF
FYVIE. AKA and see "Da Bere Meal is Cheap Again"
(Shetland). Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AAB (Gow,
Kerr). Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 1, 1799; pg. 11. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 2; No. 107, pg. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 130, pg. 16. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 64
(appears as “Thro’ the Wood of Favie”).
X:1
T:Thro’ the wood of Favie (sic)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 1st Repository
(1799)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|d<G B>G (ABc)e|dGBG
dGBG|ceBd (ABc)e|d<B g>B d3:|
e|d<B g>B A>Bce|d<B
g>B bBgB|d>Bg>B (ABc)e|d<B g>B ~d3g|
d<B g>B ABce|dBgB
bBdB|c<aB<g (Abc)e|d>Bg>B d3||
THRO’ THE WOOD SHE RAN. Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB (Surenne): AABB (Gow). Gow
(Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802;
pg. 29. Surenne (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Thro’ the Wood she ran
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
c|f>gag fddf|cFcA G2 Gc|f>gag
fddf|cAfc A/A/A A:|
|:B|c>dcA F>GAB|cdcA G2
GA|cdcA F>GAB|cAfc A/A/A A:|
THROW SOAPSUDS IN THE CORNER
OF THE FENCE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
THROW THE BEETLE AT
HER (Caith an tSlis Léi). Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor (‘A’ part)
& G Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version:
fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (Farnaght, Co. Leitrim), who wrote his
manuscripts in the 1880's [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 43, pg. 22.
THROW THE OLD COW OVER
THE FENCE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. See the
related tune "Robertson County."
Vocalion 5238 (78 RPM), 1928, Dr. Humphrey Bate and
His Possum Hunters (
THROW THE OLD WOMAN OVER THE
HOUSE. Irish,
Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. The tune is part of the Pigot
Collection, published in P. W. Joyce’s Old Irish Folk Music and Song (1909). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs),
1909; No. 801, pgs. 389-390.
X:1
T:Throw the Old Woman Over the House
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Songs (1909), No. 801
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f2c c2B | A2F F2A | GAG _e2d | _e2c
cd=e | f2c c2B | A2F F2A | GAG c2B |
A2F F3 || f2a aga | b2g a2f | c2f
agf | g2c d2a | c’2a b2g | a2f g2e | f2c c2B | A2F F3 ||
THRUM’S CAIRN. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the great
Victorian fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner (1841-1927).
Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987,
THRUPENNY BIT. Irish, Jig. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Peter
Fitzgerald. Black (Music’s the Very Best
Thing), 1996; No. 261.
X:1
T: Thrupenny Bit
C: Peter Fitzgerald
Q: 325
R: jig
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dm
AFD EFD | GAF G2 G | Ade cde | gec BAG |
AFD EFD | GAF G2 G | Adc AcB | BGE D3 :|
AFF dFF | cFF AFF | DFA Bgf | ecd _BAG |
AFF dFF | cFF AFF | DFA dBc |1 efe dc_B :||2 GEF D3 ||
THRUSH
AND THE BLACKBIRD ARE SINGING,
THE. Irish,
Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version:
"From the whistling of Joe Martin of Kilfinane Co. Limerick, a rambling
working man with a great knowledge of Irish airs and songs, and much natural
musical taste" (Joyce). Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 177, pg. 89.
X:1
T:Thrush and the blackbird are
singing, The
L:1/8
M:3/4
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
N:”Slow and with expression”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/e/f|gG G>FED|G/A/B/c/ d2 ef|gd
e>c AG|FG A2 d/e/f|gG G>F ED|GG B>d ef|
gd e>c B/A/G/F/|GG G3||G/A/|Bd g2
fg|ed d>B GA|Bd g2 f/a/g/f/|ee e2 de/f/|
gG G>FED|G/A/B/c/ d2 ef|gd
e/f/d/c/ B/A/G/F/|GG G2||
THRUSH IN THE BUSH, THE (An Smólach sa Sceach).
Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB (Breathnach, McGuire & Keegan, Miller):
AABB’ (Keegan): AA’BB’ (Connolly & Martin). Composed by pianist and fiddler
Josephine Keegan (b. 1935) of Mullaghbawn, south
X:1
T:Thrush in the Bush, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
C:Josephine Keegan
R:Jig
K:G
BA|:G2G DB,D|GBd gdB|AEE cEE|(3ABc B
AGE|DB,D G,B,D|gfg dcB|
ABc dcB|AGF G::DC|B,DG Bdg|gfg
dcB|AEE cEE (3ABc B AGE|
DB,D G,B,D|gfg dcB|ABc dcA|AGF G:|
THRUSH IN THE MORNING, THE. Irish, Reel. Claddagh
CCF21CD, Noel Hill - "The Irish Concertina." Ronan Browne - “The
South Wind.”
X:1
T:Thrush in the morning, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Andrew Pickering
K:D
fag|f2ef d2AF|AdAF Adfe|dAAF
DFF2|ABdf e2fe|dAAF dAAF|BAFA dADE|
EDFA defa|afef d:|
ABc|dcde faaf|g3e fgfe|dcde
faaf|gafg eAce|dcde faa2|bfaf efdB|
BAFA defa|afef d:|
ABc|dAAF BAFA|D3F AFF2|dFFE F2BF|ABdf
e2fe|dAAF dAAF|BAFA dADE|
EDFA defa|afef d:|
THRUSH IN THE STORM, THE (An Smólach sa Stoirm). Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian.
Standard. AABB. A similar tune is flute player Mike Rafferty’s “Coming to Mind.” Source for notated
version: flute player John Brennan/Sean Ó Braonain (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 167,
pg. 66. Coleman Music Center CHC 009, fiddler Sheila
Dowd – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005. Various artists).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Thrush in the Storm, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
FAAF ABde|~f3e d2dB|dBAF ABAF|EGFE
DB B2|
FAAF ABde|fgfe dBBe|dBAF ABde|fdad
fd d2:|
|:fedf edBc|defd BAFA|D~F3 A~F3|edfd
eB B2|
fedf edBc|defd BAFB|ABAF ABde|fdad
fd d2:|
THRUSH IN THE STRAND, THE. AKA and see “The
Thrush in the Straw.”
THRUSH IN THE STRAW
[1], THE. AKA and see “The Black Hoe,” “The Castlelan Races,” “The Castlebar Boy,” “The Castlebar Jig,” “Castlebar Races,” “Mist on the Meadow,” “Morrison’s Fancy,” “The Rakes of Castlebar,” “The Thrush in the Strand.” Irish, Jig. G
Major. Standard. AB. O’Neill printed the tune as “Morrison’s Fancy” in Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody.
Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra
region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 234, pgs. 135-136. Topic 12T309, Padraig O’Keeffe, Denis Murphy & Julia
Clifford - “Kerry Fiddles.”
THRUSH IN THE STRAW
[2], THE. AKA – “The Thrush on the Strand.”
AKA and see “Humours of Lisheen,”
“Tommy’s Favorite,” “The Woeful Widow.” Irish, Jig. A different tune
than “Thrush in the Straw” [1]. Variants are “The Humours of Lisheen” and O’Neill’s
“The Woeful Widow.” Bulmer & Sharpley (Music
from Ireland), 1974, vol. 3, No. 62.
X:1
T:Thrush in the Straw, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
d|efg edB | cBA BGE | ~G3 BdB | BAG
ABd |
efg edB | cBA BGE | ~G3 BdB |1 AGF
GBd :|2 AGF G2D ||
GBd ~g3 | agf g2e | fed edB | cBA
BGE |
GBd ~g3 | agf g2e | fed edB |1 AGF
G2D :|2 AGF GBd ||
X:2
X:233
T:Thrush In the Straw
B:Music From Ireland (Bulmer &
Sharpley)
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:G
d|efg edB|c2 A AGE|DEG BdB|ABA
ABd|efg edB|
c2 A AGE|DEG AGA|BGF G2::D|GBd
gfg|age edB|ged e/f/ge|
dBA ABd|efg edB|c2 A AGE|DEG AGA|BGF
G2:|]
THRUSH'S NEST, THE (Nead An Smolaig). AKA and see "The Goats Horn(s)," "The Spotted Cow," "Galway Tom [1]," "Galloway Tom [2]," "Galway Town," “Lark in the Morning [1],” "The Little Yellow Boy," "Come in the Evening," "The Kelso Races," "The Welcome," "A Western Lilt." Irish, Double Jig. D
Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: McFadden [O’Neill]. O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 34. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 855, pg. 159.
X:1
T:Thrush’s Nest, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 855
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Add fdd | edd fdd | Add fdd |edB BAF
|
Add fdd | edd efg | (f/g/a)f {a}gfe
| fdB Bcd :|
|: A>BA/F/ DFA | DFA Bcd |
A>BA/F/ DFA | fdB Bcd |
A>BA/F/ DFA | DFA d2 d/e/ |
(f/g/a)f {a}gfe | fdB Bcd :|
THUAS STAIGHRE I
bPUBALL. AKA and see "Upstairs in a Tent [1]."
THUG MI'N OIDHCHE
RAOIR SAN AIRIDH. AKA and see "Maighdeannan na Hibiridh"
(The Sheiling Song).
THUGAMAR FÉIN AN
SAMHRADH LINN. AKA and see “Samhradh, Samhradh,” “Summertime, Summertime,” “We brought the Summer with us.”
THUMP THE BITCHES. English, Country Dance Tune
(cut time). F Major. Standard. AB. No key signature is given in the manuscript,
however, the melody sounds better in with one flat. Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New
Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; pg. 29.
X:1
T:Thump the Bitches
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
(fa)(ga) f2 fa | gfed c4 | BdcB A2
(B/c/d) | cBAG F4 | fafa f2 fa | gfed c4 | dcBA GBAG |
FDEC D4 || a2f2d2c’2 | gfed c4 |
d2B2G2f2 | cBAG F4 | a2f2d2c’2 | gfed c4 |
dcBA GBAG FDEC D4 | DEFG AFDF | agae
f4 | F2f2 cBAG | Ffed c4 | a2f2d2c’2 |
gfed c4 | dcBA GBAG | FDEC D4 ||
THUMPING JESUS. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEac#.
THUNDER HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Trumpet
Hornpipe [2]." English (originally), American; Hornpipe. USA,
Missouri. E Flat Major. Standard. AABB. The tune entered the Missouri fiddling
tradition, being especially popular in Boone County. Hornpipes such as the
"Thunder" have been traced by Charlie Walden to the playing of one
John A Hill (b. Ohio, 1851), a fiddler who was a good sight-reader and who
often played from a copy of Ryan's
Mammoth Collection (which later became Cole’s
1000 Fiddle Tunes). Hill, who moved to Missouri from Iowa sometime in the
1890's, taught the "Fiddlin' Sheriff," George Morris, a Boone County
lad who later became a successful contest and radio fiddler in the 1930's and
40's. Walden calls him "perhaps the most influential mid-Missouri fiddler
of the 20th century." It is due to Morris's broadcasts that the tunes
reached a wide audience and were assimilated into the local traditional
repertoire. Not the "Thunderbolt Hornpipe" in Christeson. See note
for “Trumpet Hornpipe [2].” Cole (1000
Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 97. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 132. Rounder 0215,
James Bryan ‑ "The First of May."
X:1
T:Thunder Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
E/E/E E/E/E | G/E/G/B/ e/B/G/E/ |
B,/B,/B, B,/B,/B, | D/B,/D/F/ B/A/G/F/ | E/E/E E/E/E |
G/E/G/B/ e/B/G/E/ | E/g/f/e/
d/c/B/=A/ | BBBz :: B/B/B B/B/B | B/c/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ |
A/B/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ | D/E/G/F/
E/D/C/B,/ | B,/E/B,/E/ C/E/C/E/ | D/E/D/E/ C/E/B,/E/ |
E/c/B/A/ G/F/E/D/ | EEEz :|
THUNDERBOLT, THE. Canadian, Reel.
THUNDERBOLT HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
THUNDERHEAD. AKA and see “St. Michael’s Jig.”
American. Composed by multi-instrumentalist Grey Larsen in 1979 or 1980 after
being impressed while flying in a plane over lightning-illuminated storm cloud
formations below him and the clear starry sky above the clouds (and not a
little influenced from recently having learned some Balkan tunes from a
Bloomington, Indiana, legend, multi-instrumentalist Willy Schwartz, according
to Chris Smith). The tune has been “folk-processed” since its original
appearance on the album 1982 album “Thunderhead” by Grey Larsen and Malcolm
Dalglish (Flying Fish 266).
X:1
T:Thunderhead
L:1/8
M:6/8
C:Grey Larsen
K:Emin
M:6/8
~B3 fBB|eBB dBA|~B3 fgf|edB AGc|~B3
fBB|eBB def|gfe fdB|ADF ABc:||\
K:G
dGG AGE|DEG ~F3|EFF EFF|GFE ~F3|dGG
AGE|DEG E/2F/2GA|\
1 BdB ceg|f/2g/2af gfe:|2Bde fgf|edB
AGc||\
K:Emin
M:7/8
~B3 fBBf|eBB dBBA|~B3 fggf|edB
AGGc|~B3 fBBf|eBB deef|\
gfe fddB|ADF ABBc:||\
K:G
dGG AGGE|DEG E~F3|EFF E~F3|GFE
E~F3|dGG AGGE|DEG EFFA|\
1 BdB ceeg|f/2g/2af g2ge:|2 \
M:6/8
Bde fge|\
M:7/8
edB AGGc||\
N:After last rep of 7/8 part of
tune, end with a one note coda: B7
THUS
GAMESTERS UNITED IN FRIENDSHIP ARE FOUND. AKA and see "Packington's Pound."
THUS
I STAND LIKE THE TURK WITH HIS DOXIES AROUND. AKA and see "Lumps of
Pudding(s) [2]."
THUS
WHEN A GOOD HOUSEWIFE SEES A RAT. AKA and see "Twas when the sea was roaring,"
"A lovely lass to a
friar came [1]." English, Air. The tune appears under this title in
John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1728). It
also appears in
THUS WHEN THE SWALLOW,
SEEKING PREY. AKA and see "All in the downs," "Black Eyed Susan [2]."
THUSSEL LODGE, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning.
AAB. Composed by Malcolm MacDonald, who dedicated his entire collection to Mrs.
Baird of Newbyth. MacDonald (A Collection
of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1); pg. 3.
X:1
T:Thussel Lodge
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:MacDonald – Collection of Strathspey Reels, vol. 1
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d | D/D/D (AD) FDD=c | =cGGc ECCE |
D/D/D AD BDAD | Addc dD D :|
e | d/d/d (fd) gefd | (e=c)ce gece |
d/d/d (fd) gefd | egfe (fd)de |
d/d/d (fd) gefd |e=cce gecg | afge
fdec | A(gfe) fd d ||
THY FAIR BOSOM (Do Ucd Geal). AKA and see "Night Closed Around", "After the Battle". Irish, Air (3/4
time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979;
No. 205, pg. 36.
X:1
T:Thy Fair Bosom
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(de/f/) | g>g g2 (ga/b/) | a>f
e2 dc | B>c d2 cA | B>B B2 d2 | g>g g2 ga/b/ |
a>f e2 d>c | B>c d2 cA |
G>G G2 || Bd | c2 zA A>c | e4 dc | B>d g2 f>g |
a>f g2 d>c | B>d g2 ga/b/ |
a>f e2 d>c | B>c d2 cA | G>G G2 ||
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