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WALACE MARCH. See “Wallace March."
WALBURN STOMP. Old-Time. Recorded for OKeh
Records in Atlanta by fiddler George Walburn and guitarist Emmett
Hethcox, both of Hogansville, Georgia. The title was originally not issued. A critic
in Old Time Music magazine (No. 29,
Summer, 1978) believed he heard similarities between Walburn’s fiddling and
that of recorded black fiddler Eddie Anthony. County
744, George Walburn – “Georgia Fiddle Bans, vol. 2.”
WALDO. Old‑Time. USA, Mo. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: Lymon Enloe (Mo.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1),
1994; pg. 251. Marimac
9017, Vesta Johnson (Mo.) ‑ "Down home
Rag." Caney Mountain Records CEP 213 (privatley issued extended play LP),
Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66.
Rounder 0436, Dean Johnston – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 2:
On the Springfield Plain.”
WALDORF REEL. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard. AB. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 164.
WALK A MILE. See “Ride a Mile.”
WALK ALONG JOHN [1]. AKA and see “Come Along John,”
"Johnny
Walk Along With Your Paper Collar On." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB
(Thede): AABB (Christeson, Phillips). The regionally very popular "Walk
Along John" appears to be a Mid‑West variant of "Ston(e)y Point [1]." It was
recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph
from the playing of Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's, and
it was recorded in the 78 RPM era by Luke Highnight’s Ozark Strutters. “Walk
Along John” is one of the ‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’ according to Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden, although
each fiddler seems to have his own variant. Sources for notated versions:
African American fiddler Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]; W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tony Thomas and Bruce
Molsky with Bob Carlin [Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 1), 1973; pg. 91. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol.
1, 1994; pg. 251 (two versions). Thede (The
Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 135. Heritage 060, Bud
Hunt ‑ "Music of the Ozarks" (Brandywine, 1984). Rounder 0157,
Art Galbraith (Springfield, Mo.) ‑ "Simple
Pleasures." Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin ‑ "Banging and
Sawing" (1985. Learned from Tom Fuller {Okla.} via Brad Leftwich).
WALK
ALONG JOHN (WITH YOUR PAPER COLLAR ON) [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not as well-known
as “Walk Along John” [1]. Seattle fiddler Stuart Williams had this
tune from Earl Willis of Springfield, Oregon, originally from Mineola, Missouri. The tune reminds some of the Blue Ridge version of “Cousin Sally Brown [1].” Source
for notated version: Stuart Williams and Earl Willis [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol.),
1994; pg. 251.
WALK ALONG JOHN TO KANSAS. AKA and see "Little Rabbit,"
"Rabbit Where's Your
Mammy" [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Arizona. A Major. AEae or AEac# tunings.
AA'BB'. Arizona fiddler Kartchner identified the tune as
having come from the South. Source for notated version: Kenner C. Kartchner (Arizona) [Shumway]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1),
1994; pg. 193. Shumway (Frontier Fiddler),
1990; pg. 271. County
2730, Rafe Stefanini – “Glory on the Big String.”
WALK HOME, THE. American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB’. Composed by Portland, Oregon, fiddler Dan Compton. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 207.
WALK IN THE PARLOR. See "Walking in the Parlor."
WALK JAW BONE [1]. See "Uncle Joe," "Did You Ever See
the/a Devil, Uncle Joe," "Miss
McLeod's/MacLeod's Reel [1]."
***
I started off from Tennessee
My old horse wouldn't pull for me.
***
He began to fret and slip,
And I began to cuss and whip;
Walk Jawbone from Tennessee (x2).
***
I fed my horse in de poplar trof,
It made him catch the whooping cough.
My old horse died in Tennessee,
And hill'd his jawbone here to me.
Walk Jawbone etc.
***
Lyrics from: Sketches and Eccentricities of Colonel David Crockett of West Tennessee, by J.S. French, 1833 (Charles Wolfe, The Devil's Box, Sept. 1982, pg. 37).
WALK JAWBONE [2]. AKA and see "Alex Dice,"
"Jacket Trimmed in Blue,"
“Din Tarrant’s” “I Have a
Bonnet Trimmed with Blue [1],” “I have a donkey, he wouldn’t go,”
“Jawbone,” "Krakoviak" (Boehme), “Old Joe Bone,” “Tá Boinéad agam,” “Tarrant’s.” Old‑Time,
Breakdown. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Apparently adapted by American black‑face
minstrels from an Irish melody. The title is derived from an instrument used in
minstrel bands as a rhythmic accompaniment: the jawbone of a horse, mule or ox
was held in one hand while a key or other piece of mental was pulled across the
teeth, resulting in an odd sound. This practice may have its origins in slave
communities, and may ultimately stem from African practice. See Irish version
in Roche Collection, Vol. 2, No. 302
(appears as "Set Dance"). Early country music recordings are by
Pope’s Arkansas Mountaineers (1928) and the Mississippi group Carter Brothers and Son (as
“Old Joe Bone”).
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Walk, jawbone, Jenny, come along.
In come Sally with her bootees on.
Walk, jawbone, Jenny, come along.
In come Sally with her bootees on.
***
Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 103. Minstrel Songs Old and New, 1879; pg. 210. County CD 3506, Pope’s Arkansas
Mountaineers (reissue). Document DOCD-8009, Carter Brothers and Son (reissue). Musical Traditions MTCD321-2, Dan Tate (et al) – “Far in the
Mountains vol. 1 & 2” (2002). Rounder CD 0435, Cecil Goforth (et al) – “Traditional
Fiddle Music of the Ozarks.”
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T:Walk
Jawbone [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
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BG/G/|FAAF|EG Bd/d/|cA Ac/c/|
cd/c/ BG|GG
A2::Bdfd|c/c/A/A/ F2|cd/c/ B/B/G/G/|
FAAF|Bdfd|c/c/A/A/
F2|cd/c/ B/B/G/G/|GF F2:|
WALK OF THE TWOPENNY
POSTMAN, THE. AKA and see "Garryowen." English, Morris Dance Tune
(6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is the famous Irish jig
"Garry Owen," collected from the Cotswold village of Fieldtown (Leafield), Oxfordshire. Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 160.
WALK ON WATER REEL, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The
‘B’ part is slightly irregular, with a measure of 2/4 insterted prior to the
last measure of the part. Source for notated version: Attwood O’Connor (b.
1923, Milltown Cross, South King’s County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 46.
WALK OUT OF IT, HOGAN (Siubal Amac As Ua T-Ogain/h-Ogain). Irish, Double Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. ABCDE (O'Neill/1850): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill/Krassen & 1001).
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 65. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1072, pg. 202. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 274, pg. 60.
X:1
T:Walk out of it, Hogan
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems
(1907), No. 274
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
~G3 AGE|B2A AGE|~G3 AGE|GAB GED|~G3
AGE|GAB cde|dBG AGE|GAB GED:|
|:BGG AGG|BGG AGE|BGG AGE|GAG GED|
BGG cAA|dBB cAA|BGG AGE|GAB GED:|
|:dge dBG|ABA ABd|e/f/ge dBG|Bgf
g2a|bag agf|gfe dcB|cBA BAG|AGE FED:|
|:G2d BGd|BGd AGE|G2d BGd|Afd
FED|G2d BGd|BGd ABc|BAG AGE|GAB GED:|
|:D/E/FD D/E/FD|A2 (3c/B/A/
BGE|D/E/FD D/E/FD|
G2 (3A/G/F/ GFE|D/E/FD D/E/FD|ABA
ABc|BAG AGE|GAB GED:|
WALK, TALK CHICKEN. Old-Time. A cross-tuned (AEae)
version of “Farewell to Whiskey,”
from the playing of West Virginia fiddler Melvin Wine.
WALK UP GEORGIA ROW. AKA and see "Georgia Row,"
"Angeline the Baker,"
"Coon Dog." The title
possible refers to a type of dance called a "walk around," or
"cakewalk," and thus could mean "The Georgia Row Cakewalk."
WALKER STREET. AKA and see "Carpenter's
Reel," “The Laborer’s Reel,”
"The Traveller [1],” "Traveller's Reel." Canadian,
American; Reel or Hornpipe. USA; New England, Northwest. Canada; Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard. AB
(Silberberg): AABB (most versions): AA'BB (Phillips): AA’BB’ (Begin). In Kings County, Prince Edward Island, an alternate title is “The
Laborer’s Reel,” from the French-Canadian variant “Reel des Ouvriers” (The
Laborer’s Reel). Sources for notated
versions: Bill Christopherson (Conn.) [Phillips]; Archie Stewart (b.
1917, Milltown Cross, South Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 11, pg. 24. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 45. Kohler’s
Violin Repository, 1881-5. Messer (Way
Down East), 1948; No. 42. Messer (Anthology
of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 62, pg. 36. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 89. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 63. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol.
1, 1994; pg. 252. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 72. Silberberg (Tunes
I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 164. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 207. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 71. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 41,
pg. 8. Alcazar
Dance Series ALC‑201, Jerry Robichaud ‑ "Maritime Dance
Party" (1978). Folkways 3531, Jean Carignan‑‑"Old Time
Fiddle Tunes." Fretless 201, JerryRobichaud ‑‑"Maritime
Dance Party" (1978). Rounder LP 7007 Graham Townsend – “Classics of Irish,
Scottish and French-Canadian Fiddling” (1976). Rounder Heritage Series
1166-11592-2, Graham Townsend (et al) – “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001.
Learned from one of his boyhood mentors, Billy Crawford).
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T:Walker Street
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L:1/8
R:Reel or Hornpipe
K:G
G2 BG dG BG|AB cd cB AG|Bd gd eg dB|cB AG FA DF|
G2 BG dG BG|AB cd cB AG|Bd gd eg dB|cA FA G4:|
|:g2 dg Bg dg|ga bg ag ef|g2 dg Bg dg|cB AG FA D2|
g2
dg Bg dg|ga bg ag ef|gf ga gf ed|eg fa g4:|
WALKER’S COVE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard. AAB. Composed
by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 23.
WALKER’S REEL. American, Reel or Hornpipe. D Minor. Standard. AABB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 58.
X:1
T:Walker’s Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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D2 | F2A2 AGAB | c2 Ac A2d | f2 fd
e2 ec | d2 AB A2G2 | F2A2 AGAB |
c2 Ac A2d2 | e2 fd e2 ec | d3d2 ::
de | f2a2f2a2 | gfed c2 de | f2 fd e2 ec |
d2 AB A2G2 | f2a2f2a2 | gfed c2 de |
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WALKING BY MOONLIGHT. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. AB. Learned by Joyce as a
child in Limerick, c. 1845. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 75, pgs. 40‑41.
X:1
T:Walking by Moonlight
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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ABc d2d|d2d dec/>A/|ABc d2d|edc
BcA|ABc d2d|fef gfg|agf edc|d3d3||
a2f gfg|a3d3|e2e efd|B3A3|Bcd
ede|fef gfg|agf edc|d3d3||
WALKING CANE STOMP. American, Country Blues. The tune
is from the Kentucky Jug Band.
WALKING DOWN THE GEORGIA
ROAD. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.
Standard. AB. From the playing of Angie and Tim Wooten. Source for notated
version: Isla Ross [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor
Tavern), 2002; pg. 163.
WALKING IN A COUNTRY TOWN. English, Ballad Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard. AB. The air appears
in Robinson's Schoole of Musicke (1603).
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden
Times), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 117‑118.
WALKING IN MY SLEEP
[1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; western North Carolina, southwest Virginia, east Kentucky. G Major. Standard. AB
(Silberberg): AABB (Phillips). The tune has been called a Blue Ridge area standard, though Tom Carter
and Barry Poss (1977) believe it was a relatively late addition to the
traditional fiddler's repertoire of Patrick County, Va., "though one which
most of the older fiddlers learned." It is known as a Surry County, North
Carolina, regional tune, and was, for example, in the repertoire of Otis
Burris; a rather "powerful and pretty" version was collected from
Esker Hutchins of Dobson, North Carolina.
***
Pain in my fingers, pain in my toes;
Pain in my ankle bone, I ain't a-gonna work no more.
Walkin' in my sleep, baby, walkin' in my sleep;
Just down the Dixie line, just walkin'in my sleep.
When you see that gal of mine, just tell her if you can,
..............pick up bread, and wash those dirty hands.
When you see that gal of mine, just tell her if you please,
Its whener'd you go to make up dough, roll those dirty sleeves. (Tommy Jarrell,
1981)
***
Source for notated version: Dudley
Spangler (Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 160. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 165. Chubby
Dragon CD1008, Brad Leftwich, Bruce Molsky et al – “Mountairy.usa” (2001).
County 201, The Old Virginia Fiddlers‑ "Rare Recordings 1948‑49."
County 778, Tommy Jarrell ‑ "Pickin' on Tommy's Porch" (1984.
Learned from Pate Martin in the late 1920's or early 30's). County CO-CD-2711,
Kirk Sutphin - "Old Roots and New Branches" (1994). Heritage 054,
J.P. Fraley ‑ "Brandywine '83: Music of French America" (1984). Mountain
301, Kyle Creed‑ "Blue Ridge Style Square Dance Time." Rebel
1498, Curly Ray Cline‑ "Chicken Reel."
X:1
T:Walking in My Sleep
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:From
a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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GE|:”G”DGED
EF G2|B3c B3A|BABc dc B2|”D”A3B A3(F|F)A B2 AB d2|
f3a
f3e|fafe dB A2|1 “G”G3A G2 GE:|2 “G”G3A G3f||:”G”[Bg]agf gagf|
[B3g3\a
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”G”[G3B3][Gc] [G3B3]f:|2 “G”[G3B3][Gc] [G4B4]||
WALKING IN MY SLEEP
[2]. Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. G Major. Standard. AABB
(Phillips): AA'BB (Brody). Source for notated version: Kenny Baker [Brody,
Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook),
1983; pg. 284. Phillips (Traditional American
Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 160. County 719,
Kenny Baker‑ "Portrait of a Bluegrass Fiddler."
WALKING IN THE PARLOR
[1]. See related tune "Trude
Evans." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas. D Major. Standard tuning. AB
(Silberberg): ABB (Brody): ABA'A'B'B' (Krassen). A melody with minstrel-era
origins, although some hear distinct echoes of the English morris dance melody
“Shepherd’s Hey.” The tune was
mentioned in an account as having been played at a LaFollette, northeast Tennessee fiddlers' contest in 1931. The
title (as "Walk in the Parlor") appears in a list of traditional
Ozark Mountian fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954. Wilson Douglas (Ivydale, W.Va.) remarks it was noted W.Va. fiddler French Carpenter's favorite
tune, and says of its origins with his mentor:
***
A lady composed that. She was a fiddler and a top square
dancer. She lived during Carpenter's time, but she was old.
French said she played that tune and nobody could beat her.
That's where he learned it. Her name was Trod Evans. She
was a lady fiddler.
***
Indeed, the tune is sometimes called
“Trude Evans.” It took five years,
according to Douglas, for him to learn the tune with
"the proper time at the proper time, or the proper rock, or the proper
swing, or the proper shuffle." Despite its minstrel beginnings Gerald
Milnes found a version with topical references regarding the nature of John D.
Rockefeller (Milnes, Play of a Fiddle,
1999). Sources for notated versions: Highwoods String Band (New York) [Brody,
Phillips]; John Hilt (Tazewell County, Virginia) [Krassen]; Wilson Douglas
(W.Va.) [Phillips]; Charlie Acuff [Phillips]; Oscar ‘Red’ Wilson [Silberberg].
Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg.
284. Krassen (Masters of Old Time
Fiddling), 1983; pg. 114‑115. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 252 (two
versions). Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg.
164. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance),
1980; pg. 6. Anachronistic 001, John Hilt (Va.) ‑ "Swope's
Knobs." Document 8039, “The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle
Busters: Compoete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Vol. 1” (reissue).
Paramount 33153 (78 RPM), Dr. D. Dix Hollis (Ala., 1861‑1927), 1924.
Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) ‑ "The Right
Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975). Lee Hammons ‑ "Shaking Down
the Acorns." Rounder 0023, Highwoods String Band ‑ "Fire on the
Mountain." Rounder 0089, Oscar and Eugene Wright ‑ "Old Time
Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia." Rounder C‑11565,
Eugene Wright ‑ "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). In the repertoire of
Luther Davis, Galax, Va.
X:1
T:Walkin’ in the Parlour
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
|:f2a2e4|f2a2e3e|f2a2 abaf|gfe2 d4:|
|:fdfd A2d2|fdfd e2d2|fdfd A2d2| fee2 d4:|
WALKING IN THE PARLOR
[2]. AKA and see "Rochester Schottische [1]."
Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, North Carolina. D Major. ADae tuning. The tune was
known by the title "Rochester Schottische" to Tommy Jarrell, the
influential old‑time fiddler from Mt. Airy, N.C., though it bears no resemblance to
the "Rochester Schottishe" that is printed in older American
collections, nor is it, for that matter, a schottische at all. It seems
unrelated to other "Walking in the Parlor" entitled tunes. Barry Poss
(1976) speculates that the tune in older printed collections as "Rochester
Schottische" may have been played at one time around the Round Peak, North
Carolina, area, but that the title became detached from the tune, which then
fell out of the repertory, and became attached to another melody. County 756, Tommy Jarrell (N.C.) ‑ "Sail Away
Ladies" (1976).
WALKING IN THE PARLOR
[3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
Standard tuning. ABB'. Similar to version #1, albeit a ‘crooked’ (irregular
metre) version. Source for notated version: D. Dix Hollis (N.C.) [Phillips].
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 252. Document DOCD 8032,
D. Dix Hollis (et al) – “Alabama Stringbands.”
WALKING IN THE PARLOR
[4]. A fourth version??? Old‑Time,
Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. D Major. Recorded for the Library
of Congress by Herbert Halpert in 1939 from the playing of Lee County,
Mississippi, fiddler W.E. Claunch.
WALKING JAYBIRD. Old-Time, Breakdown. From Stella Elam, who recorded the tune on the LP “Green
Fields of Illinois,” put out by the University of Illinois folk music club (c. 1960’s). A
different tune than “Jaybird.”
WALKING LOVER. American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major.
Standard. AA'BB'. Source for notated version: Joseph Pardee (elderly fiddler
from Indiana County, Pa., 1952) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 591,
pgs. 520‑521.
WALKING OF THE
PLAIDING, THE. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. F Major.
Standard. AABB'. See note for “Waulkin’
o’ the Fauld” for explanation of ‘walking’. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 228. Gow (The First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); pg.
18. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 243.
X:1
T:Walking of the Plaiding, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
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A|F>CC>D F>CC>D|F>CC>D G2 G>A|~F<C
C>D F>GA>d|
c>AG>A F2F::e|~f>c d/c/B/A/ ~f>cf>a|f>c
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A>cG>A F2F:|2 f/e/f/a/ f>c d/c/d/f/
d>c|A<cG>A F2F||
WALKING ON THE MOON. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard.
AA’BB. Composed by Addie Harper of Wick, Scotland. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), Vol. 3, 1988; pg. 17.
X:1
T:Walking on The Moon
C:Addie Harper
I:Sco
Q:1/4=150
M:4/4
K:A
ef|:”A”a2 a2 “E”fe ec |”A/F#”e2 e2
“E7/G#”cB Bc |”A”A2 A2 “Bbdim”ce ee |
“Bm7”fe ee “E7”ce fg |a2 a2 fe ec
|e2 a2 cB Bc |A2 A2 ce ec |1
Bc cB A3/2e :|2Bc cB A3/2|:=c|c2 c2 BA Ac |
e2 e2 fe ef |a2 a2 fe ec |fe ec B2
e2 |c2 c2 BA Ac |
e2 e2 fe ef |a2 [a2A2] fe ec |Bc cB
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WALKIN' OWER DA RIVER. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland,
Whalsay.
WALKING PLOW REEL. American, Reel. USA, North Dakota. A Major. Standard. AABB.
Pancerzewski explains that the walking plow was once a mainstay for
homesteaders on the prairie. Originally made of wood, then metal around World
War I, the plow was pulled by three large steers or horses while a man walked
directly behind it to guide it. Source for notated version: the four fiddling
Nelson Brothers (Grinnell, North
Dakota) [Pancerzewski]. Pancerzewski (Pleasures
of Home), 1988; pg. 19.
WALKING THAT PRETTY
GIRL HOME. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major.
WALKING THE FLOOR. Scottish, Jig or Pipe March. The tune is attributed to John Chisholm. Master Method for Highland Bagpipe (1953). Rounder 82161-7032-2, Bill Lamey – “From Cape Breton to Boston and Back: Classic House
Sessions of Traditional Cape Breton Music 1956-1977” (2000).
WALKING
THE PUPS. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, writer and musician Bill Black.
X: 1
T: Walkin' the Pups
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
C: © B. Black
N: “You get a lot of time to think up tunes when
you're following
N: a curious young pup or two around!”
K: G
D | GBd gfg | edB d2 B | cBc EFG | AGE D2 D |
GBd gfg | efg a^ga | gdB cAF | G3 G2 :|
A | dfa afd | cec B2 c | d2 B GAB | ABA FED |
GAB
ABc | Bcd c2 e | dBG FGA | G3 G2 :|
WALKING TO THE PASTURE. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
WALKING UP TOWN. Canadian, American; Breakdown. USA, Arizona. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.
Related to "I Don't Love Nobody."
Source for notated version: Harry Lecky (b. 1929, Milburn, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 159. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No.
101, pg. 35.
X:1
T:Walkin’ Up Town
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer
Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:C
(G/F/)|EG cf|e>^d e/=d/c|A^G/A/ d/c/A|G3 (G/F/)|EGcf|
e>^d e/=d/c|d/^c/d/e/ ^f/d/e/f/|g3 (G/F/)|EGcf|e>^d
e/=d/c|
A/^G/A d/c/A|G3 (G/F/)|EGcf|e>^d e/=d/c|d/e/d/c/
B/G/A/B/|c3||
g/^f/g a/g/e|c2e2|A/^G/A d/cA/|G3z|g>^f/g/ a/ge/|c2e2|
d/^c/d/e/ ^f/d/e/f/|(g2g2)|g>^f/g/ a/g/e|c2e2|A/^G/A
d/cA/|
G3
(G/F/)|EGcf|e>^d e/=d/c|d/e/d/c/ B/G/A/B/|c3||
WALKING WITH THE
YELLOW GAL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning. ABC.
Source for notated version: Bill Katon (Tebbetts, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2),
1984; pg. 36.
WALL FLOWERS POLKA. Scottish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBAACC(Trio)AA. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 2; No. 441, pg. 51.
X:1
T:Wall Flowers Polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 441 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ff d2|ee B2|dc Bc|BA A2|ff
d2|eeB2|dc Bc|dd d2:|
|:ce e2|ed d2|df f2|fe e2|ce e2|ed
d2|cAB^G|AAA:|
ff d2|ee B2|dc Bc|BA A2|ff
d2|eeB2|dc Bc|dd d2:|
“Trio”
B2 G>e|d4|c2 A>e|d4|e2
f>e|d4|c2 A>e|d4|B2 G>e|d4|c2 A>e|d4|e2 f>g|B4|d2 A>B|GGGz:|
ff d2|ee B2|dc Bc|BA A2|ff
d2|eeB2|dc Bc|dd d2:|
WALLACE. Scottish, Slow Air. A
Major. Standard tuning. ABA’.
Composed by Scottish fiddle great James Scott Skinner
(1847-1928), who called it a “patriotic pastoral” in honor of the hero William
Wallace. Skinner (Harp and Claymore
Collection), 1904; pg. 4.
X:1
T:Wallace
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air – “Patriotic Pastoral”
N:”Slow”
N:Play ABA’
(second ending)
S:Skinner – Harp and
Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/