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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, 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]

 

 

 

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. USA, western North Carolina. Known as a Frank Jenkins fiddle tune. Flying Fish FF‑334, The Red Clay Ramblers  ‑ “It Ain’t Right”  (1986. Learned from the playing of Tommy Jarrell and Frank Jenkins).

           

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. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard. ABC (Breathnach, Moylan): AABBCC (Miller & Perron, Mulvihill, Tubridy). The tune has been paired with “The Lark in the Morning” largely due to the influence of the great Co. Sligo/New York fiddler James Morrison. Breathnach (1963) finds versions of this jig in the first part of O’Neill’s “Willy Walsh’s Jig” and “The Merry Maiden [1],” although he thinks the second part differs. Famed Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded “Wandering Minstrel” in a medley (with “Fasten the Leg in Her” and “Coleman’s Cross”) in New York in 1934. Sources for notated versions: Chieftains fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; fiddler Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 36, pg. 15. Guest (A Hundred Fiddle Tunes in Down East Style), 1980 (appears as “Cape Breton Jig”). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 40 (appears as “Coleman Jig Medley”). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 42. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 187, pgs. 108-109. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 84, pg. 82. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island) 1996; pg. 136. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 36. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIsaac – “Close to the Floor” (1992). Green Linnet SIF‑1110, “My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival” (1991). Green Linnet GLCD, Billy McComiskey – “Makin’ the Rounds” (1981). Nimbus NI5415, Martin O’Connor – “Across the Waters.” RCA 09026-60916-2, The Chieftains – “An Irish Evening” (1991). Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan – “The Whirlwind” (1995). Kitty Hayes & Peter Laban – “They’ll be Good Yet.” Seamus Ennis – “The Wandering Minstrel.”

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 Methlick, Scotland (c. 1856-1944), editor and fiddler Bill Hardie’s grandfather [Hardie]. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 91, pg. 12. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 20, No. 6, pg. 13. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 71.

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 County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 206. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1743, pg. 324.

X:1

T:Wandering Willy [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1743

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, Lancashire, England [Plain Brown]. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 49 (appears as “A Girl’s Best Friend”, the name of a dance by Fried de Metz Herman set to the tune). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 17. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 18.

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. USA; Georgia, North Carolina. F Major. Standard tuning. The tune was recorded in Atlanta by the Scottdale String Band, named in honor of the mill village of Scottdale, near Atlanta, and home to the band members (Wayne W. Daniel, Pickin’ on Peachtree, 1990). Their first recording was made for the OKeh studios on October 28, 1926, and between that date and 1932 the group recorded nearly thirty sides (all but two—released by Paramount—for OKeh). Bill Rattray wrote about the group in Old Time Music magazine (“Scottdale Boys,” OTM, Summer, 1971) and said the group’s records sold “well, or at least fairly well,” and that “their instrumentation was profoundly different from that of the other, more well-known Georgia bands like the Skillet-Lickers, and gave their music a more sophisticated sound that that of the ‘rough North Georgia’ school.” The groups repertoire varied more than usual for string bands from the region, and included “a wider range of material including tunes used chiefly by the jazz bands…the more traditional breakdowns, songs and ballads are hardly featured at all.” [quoted by Daniel]. The melody was in the repertoire of the late North Carolina Piedmont fiddler Lauchlin Shaw.

                       

WANT TO GO TO MEETING AND GOT NO SHOES. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. Aeac#.

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 ‘Turkey in the Straw’ and all this classical stuff.” Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, Frank Kittrell – “Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo American Fiddle Music from Mississippi” (1985. Originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939).

                       

WANT TO GO TO MEMPHIS SO BAD. Old-Time. Rounder 0157, Art Galbraith (Springfield, Mo.) – “Simple Pleasures.”


                       

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|

L:1/8

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. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known [Seattle]. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 226.

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>, 3/8/04

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 |

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."

|: (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 Barre, Vermont.”

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; New England, Polka. G Major (Raven): F Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning. AABB. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 62. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 143.

                       

WARD’S DROP. AKA and see “The Drop.

                       

WARD’S FANCY. English, Reel. England, North‑West. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not “Ward’s Brae.” Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 123.

                       

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. USA; West Virginia, Kentucky. G Major. John Scotland Hannah sings:

***

C’mon boys, let’s go to Warfield;

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 Naugatuck are two towns on opposite sides of the Tug fork of the Big Sandy River, one in Kentucky and the other in West Virginia. The Williamson Brothers & Curry who recorded the tune in the 1920’s, sang similar lyrics (see also the Henry Truvillon AFS recording.) County CO-CD-3515, Ervin and Arnold Williamson with Arnold Curry – “Old-Time Music of West Virginia, volume 1.” Rounder CD0380, Roger Cooper (Lewis County, Ky.) – “Going Back to Old Kentucky” (1996. His “recasting” of the tune on Rounder O376). Rounder CD 0376, Perry Riley – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 1: Up the Ohio and Licking Rivers” (1997).

 

WARFIELD [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A tune from the “Last Chance” tune group, different than “Warfield” [1]. Heritage XXXIII, Aunt Jenny Wilson (Logan, W.Va.) – “Visits” (1981. Aunt Jenny was a teenager when she learned the tune from an old black man.).

                       

WARKSBURN WALTZ. English, Waltz. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is attributed by Christopher Liddell to Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler originally from Morpeth, Northumberland. Graham Dixon (1995) says that the tune was played for a Spanish Waltz by Liddell and source Hepple’s uncle Thomas, who were in great demand for entertaining at weddings in the early 20th century. The Warksburn (burn = stream), notes Dixon, flows out of the Wark Forest and into the River North Tyne, near the village of Wark, Northumberland. Source for notated version: Northumbrian fiddler George Hepple, the first tune he learned as a boy on the fiddle [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 69.

 

WARKWORTH CASTLE. AKA and see “Hey To Couper/Cowper.

 

WARLEGGAN OX DRIVER. English, Air. England, Cornwall.

X:1

T:Warleggan Ox Driver

S:RACCA 2

H:OLD CORNWALL SOCIETY MAGAZINE WRITTEN DOWN 1870

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 Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It was first recorded on a 78 RPM disc by Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey (Cranford). The tune was published in Joseph Lowe’s c. 1840 collection—Robert, the composer, was his son. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 109, pg. 72. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 137, pg. 40. Lowe (Lowe’s Collection), c. 1840’s. Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies – “The Back Door” (1992). Rounder Records 7052, Buddy MacMaster – “The Cape Breton Tradition” (2003). 

                       

WARM BROTH.  English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.

X:1

T:Warm Broth

M:C

L:1/8

S:John Rook music manuscript (Cumbria)

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.

 

WARRENS VICTORY. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Huntington (William Litten’s), 1977; pg. 25.

                       

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 Highland champion in history, who took home a reputed 10,000 prizes and victories in his long career that included wrestling tours and appearances as a strongman. It perhaps does Smith no credit that he is recorded as having “never missed an opportunity for criticizing Donald.” Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 18. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist, with ‘B’ part variation), pg. 11.

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 :|