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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 conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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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]

 

 

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TIAC SIODA, AN. AKA and see "The Silken Wallet."

 

TIARNA GORDON, AN. AKA and see "Lord Gordon's Reel," "The Duke of Gordon's Rant."

 

TIARNA MAC DÓNAILL, AN. AKA and see "Lord MacDonald('s Reel) [4]."

 

TIARNA MHAIGH EO. AKA - "Tiarna Mhuigheo." AKA and see “Lord Mayo [1].”   

 

TIARNA MHUIGHEO. AKA and see “Lord Mayo [1].”

 

TIARNA WELLINGTON. AKA and see "Lord Wellington [1]," "Fairy Hurlers," "Walsh's Favourite," "The Galway Rambler," "Paddy Finlay's Favourite."

 

TIBBIE DUNBAR. AKA- “Sweet Tibby Dunbar.” AKA and see “Highway to Dublin,” "Johnny/Johnnie McGill/MacGill," “Langstrom’s Pony.” Scottish, Air (6/8 time). The title is from the Robert Burns song set to the tune of "Johnny McGill," a Scotch Jig.

 

TIBBY/TIBBIE FOWLER/FOULLER O'/IN THE GLEN [1]. AKA and see "Dunrobin Castle [1]." Scottish, English; Strathspey or Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Minor/F Major. Standard. AB. The tune appears in one of the earliest Scottish fiddler's MS repertory books, c. 1705, in the private collection of Frances Collinson (1966). It also is included in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734," and somewhat later in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (pg. 3). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. “Tibby Fowler” is also a Scottish song whose singing was mentioned by Alexander Jaffray in his sketch of the assembly at Aberdeen in 1777 in Recollection of Kingswells. Jaffray gives an account of the various assemblies or country dances and recalls them as convivial affairs:

***

After the dance, followed a supper, where cheerfulness and good humour

prevailed. Those who could sing entertained the company, which remained

to a late, or rather early hour...I particularly noticed Mrs. Grant of Caron, a

very pleasant sensible woman. Her two songs were "Yowie wi the crookit

horn," and "Tibby Fowler in the Glen."

***

Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 18. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; pg. 3. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).

X:1

T:Tibby Fouller O’ the Glen [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey
S:McGlashan – Collection of Strathspey Reels (c. 1781)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

A|D/D/D D2 F>G A>F|G<GG<G A>GA>G|D/D/D D>DF>G A>c|

d<f d>c A>G G<A|D/D/D D/D/D F>GA>F|G<G B<G c>G B<G|

D/D/D D/D/D F>G A>c|d<f c>A A>G G||e|f<dc<A f>ga>f|g<gg<g b<g a>g|

f<dd<f A>GG>e|f<d c>A f>g a<f|g/g/g g/g/g b<g a>g|f<dc<A f>ga>g|

d<fc<f A>G G||

 


TIBBY FOWLER O’ THE GLEN [2]. AKA and see “The Fouller’s Rant.” Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Dorian. Standard. AAB. Paul Stewart Cranford (1995) and Dunaly & Greenberg (1996) believe “Alec Dan MacIsaac’s” to be a Cape Breton variant of this piece. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 6. Inverness Collection.

X:1

T:Tibby Fowler o’ the Glen

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Gow – 1st Repository  (1799)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

B|A/A/A A>B G>ABd|e(AA>)B d/c/B/A/ G>B|A/A/A A>B G>ABd|e(AA>)B GEE:|

a|g(ee>)g d>edB|g(ee>)g a>b g<e|d>eg>b e>g (e/d/)c/B/|eAA>B GEE>a|

g(ee>)g d>e {e}d {c}B|g(ee>)a (g<b)ae|g>be>g d>gB>d|eAA>B GEE||

           

TIBBIE INGLIS’ FANCY.  AKA and see “Duncan Davi(d)son.” Scottish, Strathspey. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 170.

 

TIC TOC POLKA.  American, Polka. The melody originated in the Slovenian and Polish polka scene in the United States and then migrated to fiddle repertoire, according to Paul Tyler.

 

TICH’S REEL. English, Reel. Composed by Borders fiddler Willy Taylor, in honor of Boys of the Lough member Tich Richardson.

                       

TICKLE HER LEG WITH THE BARLEY STRAW. Green Linnet GLCD 3127, Sharon Shannon – “The Best of Sharon Shannon: Spellbound” (1999. Appears as second tune of “Tickle Her Leg” medley).

           

TICKLE THE PIG. Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black, inspired by the pig in the movie Babe, who thought he was a sheepdog. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 315, pg. 169.

X:1

T: Tickle the Pig

C: © B.Black

Q: 325

R: jig

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: Dmix

E | D2 F A2 F | GcB c2 B | Add ^cde | fdA cGE |

D2 F A2 F | GcB cde | dcA GEC | DED D2 :|

A | Add afd | Ace gfg | f2 a gfe | d2 e cBA |

Add afd | Ace gfe | dcA GEC | DED D2 :|

           

TICKLE THE STRINGS. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AA’B. Source for notated version: Patrick Stack (Chicago) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 250.

X:1

T:Tickle The Strings

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Patrick Stack, Chicago

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:G

d2 BA Bcde|dBAc BG G2|GBBd ceeg|1fgaf gfge:|2fgaf gfgf||

g2 bg agbf|g2 bg agef|g2 bg agba|gede g2 gg|

dgbg dgbg|dgbg agec|Bcdg edeg|fgaf gfge||

           

TICKLE THE WIG.  AKA and see “The Lass in the Parlour.” Irish, Slip Jig.

           

TICKLISH REUBEN. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

           

TICKNOR'S QUADRILLE. American, Quardrille (6/8 time). USA, Michigan. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. (H.) Ford, (Good Morning), 1926; pg. 47. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician’s No. 7: Michigan Tunes), vol. 7, 1986‑87.

           

TICONDEROGA. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBAA. Ticonderoga is a Mohawk Indian word meaning “between the two great waters,” a reference to its location between lakes Champlain and George in New York state. Ford has a companion piece of sorts in his collection, called “Crown Point [1],” the name of a Colonial fort near Ticonderoga that anchored the other approach to Lake George/Lake Champlain. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 106.

X:1

T:Ticonderoga

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig or Quadrille

S:FordTraditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|ABc d2e|fdB A2f|gfe ABc|d2f A2A|ABc d2e|fdB A2a|

a2b a2A|ABc d2::Bc^c d2b|b2b bag|fed ABc|ABc A3|

ABc [c2f2][cf]|[c2f2][cf] [cf]ed|cBA GAB|1 def g3:|2 def g2||

           

TIDAL WAVE. American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part), with Trio in B Flat Major. Standard tuning. ABBC. Composed by Eddie Fox. The tune is listed as a 'jig', referring not to the familiar Irish 6/8 jig but rather a type of old-time 18th century duple-time banjo tune. See “Annie Hughes’ Jig,” also composed by Fox, for a sketch of the man. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 79. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 112.

X:1

T:Tidal Wave

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:”Jig”

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

(C2F2) | (A2c2) | (d/>.c/)(B/>.c/) d>/f?e/>f/ | c/A/z a/f/z | (C2F2) | (A2c2) | f/>d/=B/>a/ (3g/a/g/ (3f/e/d/ |

(3c/g/f/ (3e/_e/d/ (3c/B/G/ (3E/D/_D/ | (C2F2) | (A2c2) | d/>.c/B/>.c/ d>/f?e/>f/ | c/A/z a/f/z |

z/>b/(a/>.b/) (3d/e/^f/ g | z/>a/(^g/>.a/) (3A/B/=B/ c | z/>d/(^c/>.d/) (E/>=.c/)(=B/>.c/) | (F/>.A/)(c/>.e/) f ||

K:C

|: a | (g/>.f/)(d/>.B/) A>G | ^F/>G/c/>e/ g>g | (=f/>g/B/>)g/ (f/>g/B/>)g/ | (e/>gc/>)e/ (E/>G/c/>)e/ |

(g/>f/)d/>B/ A>G | ^F/>G/c/>e/ g>(^g | b/>a/)^c/>(d/ a/>g/)=B/>(=c/ |1 e/>d/)(A/>.B/) c :|2

e/>dA/>B/ c/>_B/G/>E/ ||

“Trio”

K:B_

(F^F G>)D | (F^F G>)D | F/>B/d/>f/ b/>ag/>f | (^fg)A z/>e/(c/>.A/) | (F^F G>)A, |

(F^F G>)A, | C/>F/A/>c/ a/>g/f/>e/ | (^cd)F z/>f/d/>B/ | (F^F G>)D | (F^F G>)D |

=F/>G/=B/>d/ g/>_a/g/>d | c/>B/c/>d/ e>(^f | g/>)(d/e/>)(=B/ c/>)(d/e/>)(=e |

f/>)(^c/d/>)(A/ B/>)c/d | (f^f g>)A | B/>d/f/>b/ Bz ||

           

TIDDLE TOOK TODFISH. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Bayard was not able to trace this tune, though he notes a resemblance to "The Cosmopolite" in Cole's 1000 (pg. 31). I believe that the first part of “Tiddle took Todfish,” however, is a variant of the second part of “Liverpool Hornpipe [1].” Source for notated version: David P. Gilpin, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, September 22, 1943 (learned at Dunbar, Pennsylvania). Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 17.

X:1

T:Tiddle Took Tod Fish

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:reel

N:David (Dave) P. Gilpin, Connellsville, P.A. 1943 (in his 60’s)

N:Dave lost his ring finger in an accident and had to relearn

N:his tunes using the first 2 fingers of his left hand.

N:Samuel P. Bayard (collector of this tune) stated that Dave’s

N:playing was some of the best he’d collected and the loss of fingers

N:was not at all a handicap.

B:Samuel P. Bayard – Hill Country Tunes (1944)

Z:Shawn Craver (www.shawncraver.com)

K:D

(3ABc)|d2[Af]e c2ec|BcdB AFDF|G2BG F2AF|EDEF GABc|

d2fe c2ec|BcdB AFDF|B2BG F2AF|EGFE D2(A2||

|:A)cef gf gz||Ace^g ag az|Acef g2gf|1 faec d2B2:|2 faec d2||

           

TIDE AT THE TAING.  Scottish, Air (6/8 time). Scotland, Orkney. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. A modern composition by Orcadian fiddler Jennifer Wrigley. The Taing, on the island of Wyre, is a prime viewing spot for Common and Grey seals. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 106. Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley – “Dancing Fingers.”

 

TIDE COME IN [1], THE. AKA and see "Till the Tide Comes In." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kidson): AABB (Stokoe & Bruce). Kidson (1890) identifies this as a popular Northumbrian song which has "been long known on the Tyne banks." The version he prints is from A Collection of Marches, Quicksteps, Strathspey, and Reels...adapted for the Pianoforte by Thomas Calvert, Kelso (1799), and he finds a somewhat different set in Topliff's Melodies of the Tyne and Wear (c. 1812). Calvert was a musician who lived in Kelso, in part supporting himself  with “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.” The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Stokoe and Bruce (1882) mention that Sir Cuthbert Sharpe, in his Bishoprick Garland:

***

Till the tide comes in, till the tide comes in,

We'll sit upon the pier till the tide comes in.

***

Frank Kidson (1890) prints these words from the "Tyne Songster" of 1840:

***

While strolling down sweet Sandgate street,

A man-o'-war's blade I chanced to meet:

To the sign of the Ship I hauled him in

To drink a good glass till the tide came in.

***

A similar song appears in the manuscript collection of Northumbrian collector John Bell (a librarian to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne), and begins:

***

While strolling down by Sandgate Street,

A Shipmate there I chanc’d to meet;

“I’ll treat you with a pint of gin,”

Says he, “until the tide comes in,”

CHO:

Till the tide comes in, till the tide comes in,

Right merry will we be till the tide comes in;

We’ll music bring, and dance and sing

And kiss the pretty girls till the tide comes in.

***

Henry Robson, who wrote the list of Northumbrian tunes previously referred to, also wrote a more modern song about the beginning of the 19th century to the same air, and Stokoe and Bruce note it is generally found in collections of local Northumbrian songs; it is perhaps the one printed in the above "Tyne Songster." Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 177 (appears as "Till the Tide Comes In"). Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 20.

X:1

T:Till the Tide Comes In

M:C

L:1/8

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

BA|GB d2d2 cB|Ac e2e2 dc|BdgB Aedc|B2G2G2 BA|GB d2d2 cB|

Ac e2e2 dc|BdgB Aedc|B2G2G2:|

|:(3def|gfgf gdBd|e2d2d2ef|gfgf gdBd|c2A2A2 BA|GB d2d2 cB|

Ac e2e2 dc|BdgB Aedc|B2G2G2:|

X: 3

T:The tide come in.

M:C

L:1/8

B:The Calvert Collection (1799)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

“tr” BA|G2 d2 d2 cB|c2 e2 e2 “tr” BA|G2 d2d2 “tr” AG|{G}F2 A2 A2 “tr” BA|

G2 d2d2 cB|cdef g2d2|(cd)ec (ABc)A|B2 G2 G2||ef|gfgd (BGB)d|e2 d2 d2 ef|

gfgd (BGB)d|c2 A2 A2 ef|gfgd (BGB)d|(ef)ge “tr”(edc)B|(cd)ec (AB)cA|”tr” B2 G2 G2||

 

TIDE COME IN [2], THE (Tháinig an Taoide Isteach). AKA – “The Tide Came In,” “When the Tide Comes In.” AKA and see “The Brown Casket/Chest,” “The Brown Coffin,” “(An) Comhra Donn.” Scottish (originally), Irish; Hornpipe. G Minor (Kerr): D Minor (Miller). Standard tuning. AABB. Some similarities to version #1. According to Donegal fiddler Danny O’Donnell the tune was also called “Factory Smoke Hornpipe” and “The Flowing Tide [2]” (the latter title also belongs to a popular but unrelated hornpipe). The tune is sometimes attributed to Tyneside fiddler and composer James Hill (it is included in Graham Dixon’s 1987 book of Hill compositions, The Lads Like Beer), but the attribution is conjectural. The Charlton Memorial Tune Book (1956) attributes an E minor version of the tune (called “When the Tide Comes in”) to one Jack Davidson. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 363, pg. 40. Kohler’s Violin Repository (appears as “Factory Smoke”). Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 318, pg. 187. Danny O’Donnell – “Ón tSean-Am Anall”

X:1

T:Tide Come In, The [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:G Minor

(dc)|BAG^F GABc|B2G2G2 (bg)|fedc Bced|(3cdB (3ABG F2 (dc)|BAG^F GABc|

dg^fa g2 (g=f)|edcB ceAc|B2G2G2:|

|:(^fg)|bgdB gdBG|DGBd gdbg|afcA fcAF|CFAc BAG^F|G^FGA BABc|

dg^fa g2 (g=f)|edcB ceAc|B2G2G2:|

X:2

T:Th\'ainig an Taoide Isteach (The Tide Came In)

S:Danny O'Donnell

D:On tSean - Am Anall

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

L:1/8

M:C|

K:GMin

dc|BAGF GABc|d2G2 G2ag|fedc BcdB|(3cdc (3BAG F2dc|\

BAGF GABc|dgf<a g2gf|edcB (3cde dc|B2G2 G2::ga|\

bgdB gdBG|DGBd gdbg|afcA fcAF|CFAc dcBA|\

BAG^F GABc|dgf<a g2gf|edcB (3cde dc|B2G2 G2:|

           

TIDESWELL MORRIS PROCESSIONAL, THE. English, Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 34 (hornpipe). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 77.

X:1

T:Tideswell Morris Processional

L:1/8

M:2/2

K:F

A>cc>f f>cc>c|f>dc>B A2F2|A>cc>f f>cc>f|f>dc>B A2F2||

B>c (3dcB A>c c2|B>c (3dcB A2F2|B>c (3dcB A>c c2|d>f e>g f4||

           

TIDEWATER REEL, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 34, pg. 147.

X:1

T: Tidewater Reel

S: © B.Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

E | DEGA BGBd | g2 dc BdcA | Bdef gdBd | cABG AcBA |

DEGA BGBd | g2 dc BdcA | Bdef gdBG | AcBA G3 :|

A | dfaf g2 dc | BdcA BE (3EDE | BGBd g2 dc | BdcA G3 B |

dfaf gbbg | edef gdBG | DEGA BedB | AcBA G3 :|

           

TIDY WOMAN, THE. AKA and see “The Tidy Girleen.” Irish, Single Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A single jig version of the better-known “Behind the Bush in the Garden [1].” Jerome Colburn points out it is also the air of the song "Téir Abhaile 'Riú” (recorded on Clannad 2), and suggests the name "Tidy Woman" might have originated in a garbling of the Irish Gaelic song title. Scottish versions of the tune are “Wha’ll (Who’ll) be King but Charlie?” and “Royal Charlie,” and, in Cape Breton as “I Won’t Do the Work.”

X:1

T:The Tidy Woman

S:John Williams, Green Linnet CD #1157

S:The Dance Music of Ireland: Jigs and Reels, CELT 9001 (Celtophile), 14b

Z:Jerome Colburn

M:12/8

K:ADor

edB | c2 A AGE c2 A AGE | G2 E D2 E ~G3 GEG |\

A2 B c2 d efg e2 d | c2 A BAG A3 :: A2 B |\

c2 B c2 d efg e2 d | c2 B c2 d ~e3 A2 B |\

c2 B c2 d efg e2 d | c2 A BAG A3 :|**

           

TIE-HACKER HOEDOWN, THE. Old-Time. USA, north-central Missouri. C Major. Howard Marshall explains that a tie-hacker was an itinerant worker who cut ties from the north Missouri forest for the railroads in the late 1800's, following the Civil War. They were often Irish or Scots-Irish who lived in camps in the white oak woods and some of their music was preserved in the Wilson family, Howard’s source. MSOTFA 202-CD, Nile Wilson (Linn County, Mo.). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams – “Fiddling Missouri” (1999. Learned from Niles Wilson of Bucklin, Mo.).

           

TIE THE BONNET ("Neasg An Biread" or "Ceangal an Boinead"). AKA and see "The Cottage in the Grove [2]," "Down with the Mail," "The Faraway Wedding [1]," "The Gravelled Walks to Granny," "The Highland Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "In and Out (of) the Harbour," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "Jenny Tie your Bonnet," "Lassie(s) tie your Bonnet(s)," "Lizzie's Bonnet," "The Rambler's Rest," "Upstairs in a Tent [2]." Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian: A Dorian (O’Neill/1001). Standard. AAB (O'Neill/1850): AABB (Mulvihill, O'Neill/Krassen). “Gravel Walks (to Granny)” is a related tune. Sources for notated versions: Jim McElhone (Co. Derry) [Mulvihill]; Abram Sweetman Beamish, a native of the adjoining parish to that of Caheragh, County Cork, where Francis O’Neill was born--although O’Neill got seven tunes from Beamish, only the “Fairhaired Boy” and “Tie the Bonnet” were previously known to him despite their common place of origin [O’Neill]. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 30. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 135, pg. 36. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 124. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1351, pg. 252. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 606, pg. 110.

See also listings at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Tie the Bonnet

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 606

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

A2 Ag fdec|A2 Ac BGGB|A2 Ag fdef|gfge dBGB:|

A2 af gfed|cAeA cAce|a2 af gfef|gfge dBGB|a2 af gfed|

cAeA cAce|afge fdef|gfge dBGB||

           

TIE THE PETTICOAT TIGHTER (Ceangail An Cota-Beag Nios Daingne). AKA and see "The Bonny Highlander," “Petticoat Loose [1],” "Yourself Along with Me [1]." Irish, Single Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB'. Similarities to the “Behind the Bush in the Garden [1]” family of tunes. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 792, pg. 147. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 371, pg. 76.

X:1

T:Tie the Petticoat Tighter

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 371

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

B|c2A BGE|c2A BGE|G2G G2d|G2G G2B|c2A BGE|c2A BGE|A2A A2e|A2A A2:|

|:B|cde dcB|cBA BGE|g>ag gdB|g>ag gdB|1 cde dcB|cBA BGE|aba aec|aba aec:|2

cde def|edc BAG|A2A A2e|A2A A2||

           


TIE THE RIBBONS [1] ("Neasg Na Criosaide" or "Ceanga(i)l na Ribíní"). AKA and see "Trim the Bonnet," “Big Pat’s Hat,” "Big Pat's (Dandy) Reel," "The Clady Reel," "The Dandy Reel," “Drogheda Bay” (Matt Molloy), “The Green Ribbons Reel,” “The Groom in His Shirt,” "The Hills of Clady," "Jimmy the Creelmaker," "O'Connell's Trip to Parliament [2],” "The Pigeon House," "Salamanca [3],” “Trim the Bonnet." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). O’Neill’s “Trim the Bonnet,” from Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (80), is a version of this tune, says Breathnach (1976). Source for notated version: fiddlers Owen Kelly and Jim Donaghy, 1968 (Co. Tyrone, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 284, pg. 145. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 235, pg. 124. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 124. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1352, pg. 252. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 607, pg. 110.

X:1

T:Tie the Ribbons [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 607

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

BGEF GBAG|FGAG FDDc|BGEF G2 ef|gefd Beed|BGEF GBAG|

FGAG FDDc|BGEF G2 ef|{a}gefd Beef||gfga bgeg|fgag fddf|

gfga bgef|gefd Beef|gfga bgeg|fgag fd (3def|gabg fgaf|gfed Beed||

 

TIE THE RIBBONS [2] (Ceangal na Ribíní). AKA and see “Dublin Lasses” [2]. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A variation of version #1. Source for notated version: fiddler Bobby Casey (County Clare, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 179, pg. 81. Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann CL17, Bobby Casey, Junior Crehan & John Kelly ‑ "Ceol an Chlair vol. 1" (1979).

           

TIE YOUR DOG, SALLY GAL. AKA and see "Tight Your Dog." Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BBB'B'CCC'C'. Source for notated version: African‑American fiddler Will Adam (born in the 1890’s, whom Mike Seeger recorded in Maryland in the early 1950's) via fiddler Kerry Blech (Seattle, WA) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 149. Chubby Dragon Productions CD-1001, Will Adam - "A Tribute to the Appalachian String Band Festival: Clifftop, West Virginia.” Smithsonian‑Folkways SF CD 40097, “Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection (1952‑1987).”

           

TIE YOUR SCABBARD DOWN. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

TIED TO A WIFE. AKA and see "My Mind Will Never Be 'Aisy.'"

                       

TIEF ON DA LUM [1], DA. Shetland, Reel. AKA and see "Haad Dee Tongue, Bonnie Lass."

 

TIEF ON DA LUM [2], DA. Scottish.

                                   

TIENNE DE LA BARRET. French, Scottish (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Stevens (Massif Central), vol. 1, 1987; No. 16.

                                   

TIENNET. French, Bourree a 3 Temps (3/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Patick Bouffard. Stevens (Massif Central), vol. 2, 1988; No. 19.

                       

TIERMACLANE FANCY. Irish. Composed by John Joe Casey (b. 1912) of Clarecastle, a fiddler and flute player who was a member of the Fergus Céilí Band in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He composed the tune for the 1961 Fleadh in Miltown and won first prize with it.

                       

TIERNA (Tighearnach). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Tierna is Irish Gaelic for ‘Lord’. Source for notated version: Mr. Flattely of Co. Mayo (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 751, pg. 371.

                       

TIERNA VUJOE. Irish. The air was recorded by the Belfast Evening Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week.

                       

TIERNEY’S. AKA and see “Kitty Linnane’s Favourite,” “Kilfenora Reel [6].” Irish, Reel. The tune was recorded under this title by the Kilfenora Ceili Band.

                       

TIFFANY’S FANCY. AKA – “Harris No. 4.” In the repertoire of Champion, central New York State fiddler Winifred “Murph” Baker.

                       

TIGER HORNPIPE, THE (Cornphíopa an Tíogair). AKA and see “Frank Roche’s Favourite,” “Here Awa’,” “John Roche’s Favorite,” “Lady Ann Hope [1],” “Miss Thornton’s {Reel},” “O’Loughlin’s Reel,” “Salamanca [2],” “Signora Ferze’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A hornpipe setting of the Scottish reel “Lady Ann Hope,” attributed to John Pringle. Paul de Grae speculates the title is a whimsy of Denis Murphy’s who worked for a time in the Bronx Zoo, New York. “Miss Thornton’s Reel” is a related tune. See also reel settings in Breathnach CRÉ V (No. 120). Source for notated version: Sliabh Luachra fiddler Denis Murphy (County Kerry) [Breathnach]. Breathanch (CRÉ V); No. 211, pg. 211.

                       

TIGER RAG.  AKA and see “Chinese Breakdown.” Old-time, Breakdown. A version of “Chinese Breakdown [1]” by Melvin Robinette (1905-1999), a fiddler from Tullahoma, Tennessee, who was inspired early on by Fiddlin’ Cowan Powers.  Document Records 8055, “Grayson & Whitter, Vol. 2” (Reissue. 1999).

                       


TIGGIT ALONG THE ROOM. AKA and see "The Swaggering Jig [1]," "The Noggin of Cream," "The Silly Old Man [1]," "Girls take care how you marry," “Give Us a Drink of Water [2]," "Just at/in the height of her bloom," "Welcome the Piper,"  "Failte don Piobaire," "Taim in Arreir dTigh an Oil." Breathnach (1985) found the title in a manuscript from County Limerick.

                       

TIGH EACH(A)INN (Hector's Home). AKA - "The Auld Road to Towie." Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard. AAB (Athole, Skye): AABB' (Kerr). Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 136, pg. 16. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 85. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 179.

X:1

T:Tigh Eachainn

T:Auld Road to Towie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

K:G

g|e/e/e e>g e2 d>c|B>AA>G B>AA>B|d/d/d d>g e2 d>g|B<G G>A B<GG:|

d|g>ab>g a>eg>B|B>AA>G B>AA>B|d/d/d d>g e2 d>g|B<G G>A B<G G>d|

g>ab>g a>eg>B|B>AA>G B>AA>B|d>eg>d e<gd<g|B<G G>A B<GG||

                       

TIGH IAIN GHROIT. AKA and see "Johnny Groat's (House)."

                       

TIGH N' DUIN. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by James Stewart-Robertson, editor of The Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 258.

X:1

T:Tigh ‘n Dùin

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

C:James Stewart-Robertson

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

B|E/E/E G>A e2 B>e|d>BA>d A>GF>D|E/E/E G>A B>AG>f|

(3gag (3fe^d e2 e:|

f|e<B e>f g>eB>e|g<b a>g f<d d>f|e<B e>f g>eB>f|(3gag (3fe^d e2 e>B|

e<B e>f g>eB>e|g<b a>g f<d d>f|g<ef>d e>Bd>A|B/A/G/F/ d>F E2 E||

                       

TIGH NA G-CEILLIGHE A B-CLOCH. AKA and see "The House of the Kiely's on the Cliff."

                       

TIGHEARNA BHRODHI. AKA and see "The Laird of Brodie."

                       

TIGHEARNA CHUIL FHODAIR. AKA and see "Lord President Forbes."

                       

TIGHEARNA GHLINNEMOREASTUINN. AKA and see "Glen Moriston."

                       

TIGHEARNACH. AKA and see "Tierna."