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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
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WAMBLE
MOUNTAIN RAMBLE. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Stacy Phillips notes the name is a new one for an old tune. Source
for notated version: Lynn Smith [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 161.
WANDERER’S MUSINGS, THE. AKA – “The
Works of the Land.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 34,
pg. 10.
WANDERING BOY. Old‑Time, Breakdown and Song.
WANDERING HARPER, THE. AKA and see “The Lass from Collegeland,” “The Unfortunate Rake [1],” “The Wee, Wee Man,” “Bundle and Go,” “The Basket of Turf,” “The Disconsolate Buck.”
WANDERING MINSTREL, THE (An Ceoltóir Fánach). AKA and see “Cape Breton Jig,” “The Dandy Scholar,” “Guiness is Good for You.” Irish
(originally), Canadian; Double Jig.
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording
Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Wandering Minstrel, The
R:jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
B|ADD BAF|Ade fdB|ADD BAG|F3 GFG|ADD
BAF|Ade fdB|AdB AFE| FDD D2:|
|:e|fdf ede|fdB AFA|~B3 Afd|AGF
E2g|~f3 ede|fdB AFA|~B3 AFE|FDD D2:|
|:e|fef afd|gbe gbe|~f3 afd|ceA
ceA|fef afd|gbe gbe|~f3 ede|fdc d2:|
WANDERING TINKER, THE. AKA and see “The Atholl Brae(s),” “The Drinking Reel,” “The Drunken Tailor,” “Gallagher’s Best,” “Lagan
Slashers,” “League and Slasher,”
“Pigeon on the Pier [2],” “The Pigeon on the Gate [1],” “Reidy’s Reel,” “The
Scotch Braes.” Scottish, Reel. C Major (Athole, Hardie, Kerr/2): D Major (Kerr/1).
Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Hardie, Kerr/1): AABB’ (Kerr/2). This reel first
appears in Joseph Lowe’s Collection,
Book 5. Source for notated version: William Hardie Jr. of
X:1
T:Wandering Tinker
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|c2ec egec|Bddc Bdde|c2ec egec|BagB c2cKA|GFEF GABc|
Bddc Bdde|cGEF GABc|AagB c2cA|GFEF GABc|Bddc Bdde|
cedf
egfa|gefd c2c ||
WANDERING WILLY [1] (Uilliamin Seaboideac). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James
O’Neill, a fiddler originally from
X:1
T:Wandering Willy [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/|B/G/D/G/ Bc/B/|A/^G/A/B/
cB/A/|B/g/d/g/ B/g/d/B/|cA Ad/c/|
B/G/D/G/ Bc/B/|A/^G/A/B/ cd|e/g/d/g/
B/g/A/c/|BG GK
|:B/c/|d/g/f/g/ e/d/B/d/|e/a/^g/a/
eg/a/|b/a/g/f/ g/e/d/B/|cA AB/c/|
d/g/f/g/ e/d/B/d/|e/a/^g/a/
ed|e/g/d/g/ B/g/A/c/|BG GK
WANDERING WILLY [2]. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major (Gow): G Major (Barnes, Plain
Brown). Standard tuning. One part (Gow): AB (Plain Brown): AABB’
(Barnes). Source for notated version: an 1845-47 music manuscript by Ellis
Knowles, a musician from Radcliffe,
X:1
T:Wandering Willy [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Gow – 4th Repository
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Very Slow”
K:F
c3B AG|F3G F2|G3F G2|A2d4|c3B AG|F3G
A2|A3^G A2|D6|c3 BAG|F3GF2|
G3FG2|A2d4|c3B AG|F3G
A2|A3^GA2|D6|A2d2^c2|~d3ef2|c3 dcB|A3B c2|
A2d2^c2|~d3e
f2|A3^GA2|D6|A2d2^c2|d3e f2|c3 dcB|A3Bc2|A2d2e2|f3ga2| A3^G A2|D6||
WANG WANG BLUES. Country Blues Tune.
WANT
TO GO TO MEETING AND GOT NO SHOES. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
AABBC. The melody of the first
phrase is similar to “Johnson Gal(s).”
The tune is better known as “Calico” from
the rhyme:
***
Don’t care where in the world I go,
Can’t get around for the calico.
***
Tom Rankin
(1985) believes the title “Want to go to Meeting and Got No Shoes” is “almost certainly”
the second line of a rhyme as well. The source, Frank Kittrell (b. 1871) of
Lauderdale County, Mississippi, learned the tune from his uncle David Kittrell
of the same county and recalled going to a party when he was ten years old (c.
1881) and hearing his uncle fiddle it while a cousin seconded on the straws. In
1939, when he recorded the tune, he told one of the collectors that, “Nowadays,
they are playing ‘
WANT TO GO TO
WANTON SEASON. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Dorian. Standard. AB. The
tune is set for lute by Anthony Holborne in an early manuscript now at the University Library of Cambridge, although the
composer is unknown. Chappell (1859) believes it to be a variant of “Mall Sims.” Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), Vol. 1, 1859; pg. 272.
X:1
T:Wanton
Season
M:C|
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Times
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Dorian
A4f4e4^c4 |
d2f2e2d2 ^c4A4 | f2d2g2e2a2d2^c2A2 | Bc d4 ^c2d2D2 D4 ||
f2a2d4e2g2c3e | d2f2e2d2 | ^c4A4 |
f2d2g2e2a2d2^c2A2 | Bcd4 ^c2d2D2 D4 ||
WANTON TOWDIE. Scottish. The melody, whose title refers to female genitals, appears in
the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth,
1768.
WANTON WIDOW, THE. English, Reel.
X:1
T:Wanton Widow, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
(Northumberland, 1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a|fedf gbeg|fadf e/d/c/B/ Aa|fedf
gbeg|(3fga (3ABc d3:|
|:A|FAdf eAgA|fadf e/d/c/B/ AA|FAdf
eAgA|faAc d2d:|
WANTONESS FOR EVER MORE.
Scottish, Country Dance Tune. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The tune
appears in Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert
Petrie’s first collection. Petrie (Collection
of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 10.
X:1
T:Wantoness
for ever more
S:Petrie's
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's
First Collection, page 10
L:1/8
M:C
K:Bm
"^Slow"
EFGA
B2B2 | BAFA {A}B4 | E2FG A3d | AFEF D3 F
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EFGA
B2Bd | BAFA B2 de | fdeB dBAF | {F2}B4
E4 :|
|:
Tf3 e d2f2 | e2 de B3^c | d3B A2d2 | AFEF D2 de |
f3
e d2f2 | e2 de B2 de | fdeB dBAF | B4 E4 :|
"^Var."
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(E/F/E/F/)(G/A/G/A/) BfeB | (B/c/B/A/)(F/E/F/A/) B4 |\
EB,GE
AFdB | AB/A/ FE DdAF | (E/F/E/F/)(G/A/G/A/) .B(bgf) | (efg).f (ed)(cB) |\
.A(cBA)
BGAF | {A}B4 E4 :: (fgfe) dDdf | efed ^cABc |\
dfdB
AB^cd | AGFE DAde | (fgfe) d^cdf | efde B^cde |\
fd/f/
eB/e/ (d/^c/B/A/)(B/A/G/F/) | B4 E4 :|
WAP AT THE WIDOW MY
LADDIE. See “Wappat the Window My Lady.”
WAPPAT THE WINDOW MY
LADY. AKA – “Wap at the Window,” “Wap at
the Widow My Laddie.” Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB (McGlashan):
AABBCCDD (McGibbon). The tune appears in Henry Playford’s 1700 collection of Scottish
dance tunes. McGlashan erroneously designates the tune as a Scottish Measure.
McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c.
1746; pg. 53. McGlashan (Collection of
Scots Measures), 177?; pg. 6 (appears as “Wap at the Widow my Laddie”).
X:1
T:Wap at the Widow my Laddie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures
(177?)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
G|B>AB GBG|ADB A2G|B>AB
G/A/BG|G>AB g>ag|f>ed e>dB|
GdB A>ba|(g/f/e/f/g) deG|B3d2:|
|:d|g>ab abg|gdb a2g|g>ab
bag|f>ed g>ag|f>ed edB|gdB Aba|
(g/f/e/f/g) deG|B3d2:|
X:2
T:Wap at the Widow my Laddie
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Brisk”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 53
(c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d | B>AB (G/A/BG) | ADB/c/
“tr”A2G | “tr”(B>AB) (G/A/B)G | B>AB g>ag | “tr”g>ed (B/c/de) |
(d<B)g “tr”A2G | “tr”(B>A)B
(G/A/B)G | “tr”B3d2 :: (e/f/ | g)dB g”tr”fe | acA A(b/a/g/f/) |
g>ab abg | “tr”f>ed Bdg |
f>ed edB | gdB Aaf | (g/f/e/f/g) dgG | “tr”B3d2 :: d | (B/c/d)B (G/A/B)G |
(A<D)a ({g}”tr”f2)d | (B/c/d)B
(G/A/B)G | B/A/B/d/e/f/ g/f/g/b/a/g/ | f/g/f/e/f/d/ (B/c/d)e |
de/f/g/B/ Af/g/a/f/ | g/b/a/g/f/e/
d/c/B/A/B/G/ | “tr”B3d2 :: e/f/ | g/f/g/d/B/d/ g/f/e/f/g/e/ |
acA ab/a/g/f/ | g/f/g/a/b/g/
a/g/a/b/a/g/ | f/g/f/e/f/d/ Bdg | f/g/f/e/f/d/ ed/e/f/d/ | g/f/e/d/c/B/
Af/g/a/f/ |
g/f/e/f/g/e/ dgG | “tr”B3d2 :|
WAPPINSCHAW, THE. Scottish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB.
Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection),
1884; pg. 218.
X:1
T:Wappinschaw, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
DEFD F3c|GFED CDEC|D>EFD F2Fc|d=BcE D/D/D D2K
d>edA d/d/d f2|g>fed cdec|d>edA d/d/d f2|ed^ce d2D2|dedA d/d/d f2|
gfed
cdec|decd AbcA|GecE D/D/D D2||
WAR OR PEACE (I care not which). AKA and see “Cogaidh no Sith.”
WAR WHOOPS. AKA and see “Indian War Whoops.” Old-Time,
Breakdown. D Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Geff Crawford
[Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg.
165.
WAR WIDOW WALTZ. See “Valse de Calcasieu.”
WARD ALLEN BREAKDOWN. Canadian, Breakdown. B Flat Major (‘A’ part) & F Major (‘B’ part).
Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Ward Allen, a one-time Canadian Champion
fiddler in the middle of the last century. Condor 977‑1489,
“Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at
X:1
T:Ward
Allen’s Breakdown
C:Ward Allen
R:Breakdown
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:Bb
B,2 DF E2
GE|F2 Ac B2 FA|B2 FB d2 cB|Ac=eg f4|
B,2 DF E2
GE|F2 Ac B2 cB|A2 FA ecAc|BdcA B2 z2K
K:F
|:c4
cBAG|FGAc f2 ef|g2 bg efge|fgaf cBAB|
c4 cBAG|FGAc f2 ef|g2 bg efge|fefg
f2 z2K
WARD’S BRAE. English, Reel;
WARD’S DROP. AKA and see “The Drop.”
WARD’S FANCY. English, Reel.
WARDS HORNPIPE (Keith). Scottish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Originally printed in his Harp and
Claymore collection, it was composed by J. Scott
Skinner. Skinner (The Scottish
Violinist), pg. 43. Skinner (Harp and
Claymore), 1904; pgs. 132-133.
X:1
T:Ward’s
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/>d/ | e/>c/A/>a/
g/>B/d/>f/ | e/>A/c/>f/ e/>(E/A/>)c/ | d/>F/B/>d/
c/>E/A/>c/ | B/>E/G/>B/ e/>d/c/>d/ |
e/>c/A/>a/ g/>B/d/>f/ |
e/>A/c/>f/ e/>(E/A/>)c/ | d/>F/B/>d/ c/>E/A/>c/ |
B/>E/G/>B/ A ||
c/>d/ | (3e/f/g/ a/>b/
c’/>a/g/>a/ | f/>a/d/>f/ ({f}e)c/>e/ | d/>F/B/>d/
c/>E/A/>c/ | B/>e/ (3^d/e/f/ e(c/>=d/) |
(3e/f/g/ a/>b/ c’/>a/g/>a/
| f/>a/d/>f/ e/>a/c/>e/ | d/>F/B/>d/ c/>E/A/>c/ |
B/>E/G/>B/ A ||
WARD’S JIG. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version: Tony Smith (County Cavan & Dublin) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No.
32, pg. 71.
WARD’S PILL. AKA and see “The Pill.”
WARFIELD [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
***
C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield;
C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield;
Naugytuck’s done gone dry, dry, Naugytuck’s done gone dry.
***
Warfield and
WARFIELD [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
WARKSBURN WALTZ. English, Waltz.
WARLEGGAN OX DRIVER. English, Air.
X:1
T:Warleggan Ox Driver
S:RACCA 2
H:OLD
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:180
K:D
F2G2|A2B2c2|d4F2|F2G2A2|B4B2|A2F2D2|A2F2D2|F2E2E2|
E4E2|F3EF2|G2F2G2|A2F2D2|B4B2|c3Bc2|d2F2A2|AGF2E2|D4A2||
A2F2A2|G2F2E2|D2A2A2|A4A2|A2F2A2|G2F2E2|D2A2A2|
A4A2|B2G2B2|AF3A2|B2G2B2|AF3A2|d3AF2|B3GE2|
A2G2F2|E4A2|d3cB2|A2A2G2|F2F2E2|D4||
WARLOCK’S STRATHSPEY. AKA – “The Warlock(‘s).” Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by Robert Lowe, this 19th century strathspey
has since become popular in
WARM BROTH. English, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB.
X:1
T:Warm Broth
M:C
L:1/8
S:John
Rook music manuscript (
K:D
A|d2 AF d2 AF|Eeed cABc|dfef dfef|ABAG Add:|
|:f/g/|afdd dfaf|bgee egbg|afdd dfaf|Bgfe fdd:|
WARM STUFF. AKA and see “Kelton’s Reel,” “Old Dad,” “Pigtown
Fling,” “Ston(e)y Point [1],”
“Wild Horse,” “Wild Horses at Stoney Point.”
The tune appears under this title in Harding’s Collection.
WARPIPER’S DRONE, THE. Irish,
Reel. Giblin (Collection of Traditional
Irish Dance Music), 1928; 31.
WARRIOR O’ PERSIE, THE. Scottish, Slow Air and Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner,
dedicated to “W. McCombie Smith, F.S.A., Schoolhouse, Persie, by
Blairgowrie.” William McCombie Smith was an author, among other things, whose
works include Memoir of the Families of M’Combie and Thomas (1890) and The
Romance of Poaching in the Highlands (1904). Smith also prolifically wrote
about and participated in Highland Games, where he competed as a heavy athlete,
although his performance has been described as “mediocre”. In fact he was far
outshadowed by his brother-in-law, Donald Dinnie, called the greatest
X:1
T:Warrior o’ Persie, The
M:C
L:1/8
C:J. Scott Skinner
R:Strathspey or Slow Air
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A, | {C}[D2D2] FD A,DFD | G/A/B/c/
dD CE E>F | {C}[D2D2] F>D B,D .G,.B |
A/B/c/d/ A/F/G/E/ FD[A,D] :|
|| g | ({D/A/}f>)ga.f .d.A.F.D |
g>abg .e.B.G.E | f>ga.f .d.A.F.D |
C/D/E/F/ G/E/A/G/ FD[A,D]g |
({D/A/}f>)ga.f .d.A.F.D | ({G,/B/}g>)abg .e.B.G.E |
{C}[D2D2] f>d .B,.D .G,.B |
A/B/c/d/ A/F/G/E/ FD[A,D] ||
WARRIOR’S GRAVE, THE. Scottish, Air. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. From J. Scott Skinner’s collection Harp and Claymore, composed by Skinner, who called it a “Wild Melody” in his Scottish Violinist, and an “imitation of Welsh Melody” in the Harp and Claymore. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 10. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 42.
X:1
T:Warrior’s Grave, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Wild Melody”
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Minor
{^c}[E2d2] (A>G) .F.E .D2 |
(B,>>D) (A,>>D) (^C>>E) A/^c/e |
{^c}[E2d2] (A>G) (FE/D/)
(=CB,/A,/) | (G,>>B) (A,>>A) [D2D2] D :|
c | (f>e).d.c (=Bc) .A.F |
B>AGF ED^CA | (f>e).d.^c (da) (A,>^G, |
(A,F) .F.E [D2D2] D.c | (f>e)
.d.c (=Bc) .A.F | (D>^C =C>)F ^C>E) A/^c/e |
{^c}[E2d2] (A>G) (FE/D/)
(=CB,/A,/) | (G,>>B) (A,>>A) {A}(D2D2) ||
WARS IS ALL OVER. English. England, Northumberland. One of the “missing tunes” from
William Vickers’ 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
WARST
CARLE IN A THE WORL’, THE. Scottish, Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 3; No. 248, pg. 28.
X:1
T:Warst Carle in a the Worl’, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 248
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f|ecA ABc|d2c B2A| ecA AcA|B2c
d2f|ecA AcA|d2c B2A|
cec BdB|AAA A2::g|fdf ece|fdf
ecA|AAA (f2e)|
fBB Bcd|efg afe|fac B2A|cec BdB|AAA
A2:|
WARWICK CURT. English. England, Northumberland. One of the “missing tunes” from
William Vickers’ 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
WARWICKSHIRE LADS. English, March. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. A British march from the
Revolutionary War period. Howe catagorizes it with his ‘Scotch Airs’. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 143.
X:1
T:Warwickshire Lads
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(d/e/4f/4) | (gd).d (ec).c | (dB)z
z2 (d/e/4f/4) | gdd ecc | dBz z2B | {c}BAB G2B | d^cd A2G |
FAd GBe | Adf Beg | fed ^cBc | d2d
d2 |: B/c/ | (dcd) e3 | (dcd) e3 | (dB)B (cA)A | (BG)G G2 :|