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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
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with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an
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This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to
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it. [AK] |
WAT YE HOW THE PLAY BEGAN. AKA and see “The Haughs o' Cromdale.”
WAT YE WHE I MET
YESTREEN. AKA and see "Lord Haddo's Favorite." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A
Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings. AABBCCDD. The title means "Guess who I met last
night," and is the first line of Ramsay's song "The young laird and
Edinburgh Katy," printed in the Tea
Table Miscellany, volume I. Gow, who said the melody was “Very Old” in his
1788 collection, later re-titled the tune "Lord Haddo's
Favourite." Source for notated
version: Trotter MS, 1780, pg. 63 [Johnson]. Neil Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1788; pg. 11 (3rd edition. Appears as “Wat ye wha I met the
streen”). Johnson (Scottish
Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 49, pg. 114.
X:1
T:Wat ye
wha I met the streen
T:Wat ye
whe I met yestreen
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s
Reels, pg. 11 (1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|B2 ~cB ~ce f2|e”tr”cac
d/c/”tr”B/A/ F2|A>B {A/B/}c>B ABce|”tr”E2 F>A
{A/B/}cBB:|
|:f|~b>c/ba (b/c’/d’/)c’/ “tr”b2|a>b (a/b/c’/)b/ (c’/b/).a/f/ ea|{^g}”tr”f2 ec
(f/e/f/^g/) a>F|”tr”E2 FA {A/B/}cBB:|
WATCH! WATCH! FORWARD! FORWARD!. AKA and see "Faire! Faire! Ar
Aghaidh! Ar Aghaidh!," "The Pharroh or War March,"
"Yellow Wattle, 2nd set."
WATCH WHERE YOU TREAD. AKA – “The Duck-Shit Polka.”
English, Polka. D Major. Standard. AAB.
Composed by fiddler and melodeon player John Barry of
X: 1
T:Watch Where You Tread
T:Duck-shit Polka
M:C
L:1/8
Q:225
C:by John Barry of Lewes
S:Duck-shit Polka,aka
O:England
A:Sussex
Z:Chris Partington
K:D
||:F2G2|A2BA F2A2|G2AG E2G2|F2D2 AFD2|B4 B4|!
A2BA F2A2|G2AG E2G2|F2D2 ^C2E2|D4:|!
B2c2|(d3e/d/) B2G2|d2D2 G2B2|(d3e/d/) c2B2|A4 F2G2|!
A2BA F2D2|A2A,2 D2F2|A2BA G2F2|E4 B2c2|!
(d3e/d/) B2G2|d2D2 G2B2|(d3e/d/) c2B2|A4 F2G2|!
A2BA F2A2|G2AG E2G2|F2D2 ^C2E2|D4|]
WATCHMAKER, THE (An Uargaireacan/Uaireadoiride). AKA and see “Niel Gow’s Wife [1].” Irish, Reel. A
Dorian. Standard. AAB. The strathspey “Niel Gow’s (Second) Wife” is a related
tune. Source for notated version: James O’Neill (County Down/Belfast/Chicago)
[O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 159. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1539, pg. 284.
O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Watchmaker, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
ed|:cAAc BGGB|cAAB cded|cAAc
BGGB|(3cBA BG EAAB:|
||c2 ec gcec|G2 BG dGBG|c2 ec gcec|eaag
eaab|geeg ^f<dd=f|
e>ccg d<BGB|ABcd efed|(3cBA BG
EAAB||
WATCHMAN RING THAT
BELL. Old-Time. In the repertoire of
Roscoe and Leone Parish. County CD
3510, Ernest V. Stoneman - “
WATCHMAN'S SONG. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. From Charles Dibdin's ballad opera the
"Touchstone." Dibdin was an actor and a singer who also
composed much music for various ballad operas, though his chief claim to fame
was a one-man-review called the Private Entertainment, for which over the years
he wrote many songs.
***
My name's Ted Blarney I'll be bound--
Man and boy upon this ground
Full twenty years I've beat my round
Crying Vauxhill Watch!
WATE YOU HOW THE PLAY
BEGAN. AKA and see "The Oyster Wife's/Wives' Rant,"
"The Haughs o' Cromdale,"
"The Hillside [2]," "Welcome Home," "(Fare Thee Well)
Sweet Killaloe."
WATER DOG’S HOLE, THE. AKA and see “The
Otter’s Holt,” “The Water Hole.”
WATER HOLE, THE. AKA and see “The
Otter’s Holt,” “The Water Dog’s Hole.”
WATER IS WIDE, THE. AKA and see “O
Waly, Waly.” American, Air. An American hymn version of the old Scots
ballad tune “O Waly, Waly.”
X:1
T:The Water is Wide
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:G
D/2 G/2G/2 A|B4-|B A/2A/2
GE|D4-|D>D GF|G4-|G G/2A/2 Bc|
A4-|A>A Bc|d4-|d c/2B/2
AG|B4-|B>A GE|D4-|D>
WATER MUSIC HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time).
D Minor. Standard. AABB. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 10.
WATER OF
***
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I cannot get to my love,
if I would dee, The water of And here I must stand with
the tear in my e'e, Both sighing and sickly my
sweetheart to see. (Bruce & Stokoe) |
River Tyne, East Linton |
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 89.
X:1
T:Water of
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|AFF AFE|DD>D D2 E/F/|GGF EFA|BB>B A2 F/E/|
Dd>d de>f|dA>B B2 c/d/|AFA A>FE|DD>D D2||
WATER OFF A DUCK. Irish, Jig. Composed
by the late
WATER PARTED FROM THE
SEA. English.
WATER RUNS (RUINS?)
BRANDY. English. England, Northumberland.
One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian
dance tune manuscript.
WATER STREET POLKA. AKA and see “The Halfdoor,” “The Grand Old Dame,” “The Lisdoonvarna Polka [2],” “The London Bridge Polka,” “Leather Away with the Wattle.”
WATERBED, THE. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Lunasa.
X:1
T:The Waterbed
C:Diarmaid Moynihan, Black Hat Music
D:Calico, "Celanova
Square", Ossian OSS CD 100
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
EAAE c2 AG|EGDG ED (3EFG|AEGA cA
~A2|cdec dcAG|
EAAE c2 AG|EGDG EG (3bcd|ecdc
AEGA|dcAG EA A2:|
|:~e2 de ge ~e2|cdeg dcAc|~e2 de ga
~a2|gedc AEGA|
~e2 de ge ~e2|cdeg dega|gaeg
deGA|cAGA EA ~A2:|
WATERBOUND. AKA and see “Stay All Night,”
"Way Down in North Carolina."
Old‑Time, Song/ piece. USA, Virginia. A Major. Standard. AB (Silberber):
AABB (Kuntz). This piece is originally from Roscoe Holcomb, though the
Bogtrotters also recorded an early version of the song. Source for notated
version: Art Rosenbaum [Kuntz].
***
Chickens crowin' in the old plowed field, (x3)
Down in North Carolina.
***
Refrain (Verses 1‑3)
Waterbound and I can't go home, (x3)
I have to stay till morning.
***
Bill and Charlie lets go home, (x3)
Before the water rises.
***
The water's up and I can't get across, (x3)
I'll ride the old white horse.
***
The old man's mad but I don't care, (x3)
Just so I get his daughter.
If he don't give her up I'm a‑gonna run away, (x3)
Down in North Carolina.
***
Waterbound and I can't go home, (x3)
Down in North Carolina. (Kuntz)
***
Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 315‑316. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 165. Carryon
Records 005, "The Renegades" (1993). County 534, Fields Ward‑
"Round the Heart of Old Galax, Vol. II" (various artists). Kicking
Mule 203, Art Rosenbaum‑ "The Art of the Mountain Banjo."
Rounder CD 0383, Mike Seegar and Paul Brown - “Down in North Carolina” (appears
as “Way Down in North Carolina”).
X:1
T:Waterbound
L:1/8
M:2/4
B:Kuntz – Ragged but Right
K:A
c/c/B AA/B/|c/d/c/B/ AA|BB/B/
Bc/B/|A/B/A/F/ E>(E|E)F/F/ AA/B/|c/B/c/d/ e2|
fe/e/ cc/B/|A2A2|c/c/B
AA/B/|c/d/c/B/ AA|BB/B/ Bc/B/|A/B/A/F/ E>(E|
E)F/F/ AA/B/|c/B/c/d/ e2|fe/e/
cc/B/|A2A2||
|:aa/a/ aa/a/|f/e/c e(B|c)c/B/
c/B/A|f/e/c/d/ ee|aa/a/ aa/a/|f/e/c ee|fe cB/c/|A2A2:|
WATERFALL [1], THE. English, Hornpipe? England, North‑West. A Minor. Standard.
AA'B. Modern composition by Martin Lynott. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 155.
WATERFALL [2], THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. ABCD. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine
Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan
Tunes), 2002; pg. 37.
WATERFALL WALTZ. AKA and see "Caerdroea."
English, Waltz. D Major. Standard. AAB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
WATERFORD BOAT SONG, A. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for
notated version: “From Mr. O’Kelly” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 696, pg.
175.
X:1
T:Wateford Boat Song, A
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 696
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
C2 | F2 F>F F2 Ac | d>d d>c
A2 GF | G2 G>G G2 Ac | d3A c3c |
f>f fe ed dc | f>A A>G GF
DC | F2 A>F G2 G>F | F6 c2 |
f>f fe ed dc | f>A A>G GF
DC | F2 A>F G2 G>F | G6 ||
WATERFORD GIRLS (Cailíní Phort Láirge). AKA and see “Drive the World Before Me [1].” Irish, Scottish; Slip Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Similar in the first part to “Sail round the Rocks.”
See also the related “Shamrock (Slip
Jig).” Source for notated version: an early 20th century
manuscript by Bernard Bogue (Counties Monaghan and Tyrone) [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 32,
pg. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol.
3; No. 243, pg. 27.
X:1
T:Waterford Girls
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 243
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2d d2e fga | d2d d2f ecA | d2d d2e
fga | bag fge d3 :|
|: ABA F2G ABc | ded fed e3 | ABA
F2G ABc | dcd ecA d3 ||
WATERFORD HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Dwyer’s
Hornpipe [2],” "Prime's
Hornpipe," "Muddy Water [1],"
"Durroch's Hornpipe,"
"O'Dwyer's Hornpipe [1]."
Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABBCC. Neil Mulligan says the tune is “one
of several tunes (O’Farrell) named and renamed after his favorite city,” Waterford. O'Farrell (Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg.
24. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the
Irish or Union Pipes), 1797‑1800; pg. 24.
X:1
T:Waterford Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dc | BdGG G2 AG | FADE D3c | BdGG G2
Bd | egfa gedc | Bd GG G2 AG | FADE D3c |
BGdB ecAF | G2 GA G2 :: g/a/ | b3c’
bgdg | fgab gfed | efge abag | fadd d2 ga |
b3 c’ bgdg | fgab gfed | egfa gedc |
B2G2G2 :: Bc | (dB) B2 DGBG | (dB) G2 DGBG |
cA A2 DFAF | cA A2 DFAF | dBGB ecAc
| egfa gfga | bgaf gedc | B2G2G2 :|
WATERFORD SPECIAL, THE. American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. C Major.
Standard tuning. AB. The tune was given the name by
the source for
WATERFORD WALTZ. Irish, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. An early example of a waltz. The title can be found in O'Farrell's c.
1810 Pocket Companion, vol. IV, one of several tunes with County Waterford
connections in his volumes.
Little is known about uilleann piper O’Farrell, save that he spent some
years playing on the London stage, but the Waterford titles suggest he may have
hailed from the county, or knew it well. Philippe Varlet reports that the tune
was reintroduced by Micheal O'Suilleabhain's early band Oro Damhnaigh on a 1977
Gael-Linn LP and has since been recorded by the Boys of the Lough and Gerard
Trimble. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion,
vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 138. Shanachie 79067, Boys
of the Lough – “Farewell and Remember Me” (1987).
T:Waterford Waltz
M:3/8
L:1/8
R:Waltz
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (c. 1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
|: e/f/ | g/e/A/c/e/g/ |
f/d/A/d/f/d/ | c/e/g/e/d/c/ | dfa | g/e/A/c/e/g/ | f/d/A/d/f/d/ |
c/e/g/e/d/c/ | d2 :: F/G/ |
A/d/F/d/A/d/ | B/d/G/d/B/d/ | c/e/g/e/d/c/ | d/f/a/f/d |
A/d/F/d/A/d/ | B/d/G/d/B/d/ |
c/e/g/e/d/c/ | e d :: f/g/ | aa/b/c’/d’/ | bgg |
f/d/g/e/f/d/ | e/d/c/B/A/>f/ |
aa/b/c’/d’/ | bgg f/d/g/e/d/c/ | ed :|
WATERLOO [1]. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F
Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. Source
for notated version: "Mr. M'Kenzie of Newtownards, a great lover of Irish
Music and of the corresponding folk songs," c. 1879 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909;
No. 338, pgs. 155‑156.
X:1
T:Waterloo [1]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F Major
F2|B3A B2c2|d3c G2E2|FDCD F2F2|F4
z2_e2|d2c2d2=e2|f3d B2c2|
d2f2 fede |c4z2_e2|d3c d2=e2|f3d
B2c2|d2f2 _edcB|G4 z2B2|
A2F2D2C2|B2G2F2D2|C3D F2F2|F4z2||
WATERLOO [2]. Scottish, Scotch Measure or Country
Dance (cut time). D Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & B Minor ('C' part). Standard tuning. AABBCC. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection),
1884; pg. 149.
X:1
T:Waterloo [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/B/c|d2dA F2AF|D2D2D2FA|B2BA G2ed|cded cABc|d2dA F2AF|
D2D2D2FA|B2Bd cdec|d2f2d2:|
|:cd|ecAc fdAf|gfgf gece|dcdB BAGF|E2e2e2cd|ecAc fdAf|gfgf gece| dcde fef^g|a^gag a2:|
|:F2|B2B^A B2Bc|dcde f3e|edcd Bcde|f2F2F2^A2|B2B^A B2Bc| dcde fgfe|fgfe dcB^A|B2B2B2:|
WATERLOO [3]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Unrelated to versions #1 or #2 which
are unrelated to each other. Honeyman (Strathspey,
Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 35.
X:1
T:Waterloo [3]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:A
e2 ef edcd|e2 ef eaga|e2 ef
edce|Bcde f2 e2:|
a2 ea fedc|a2 ea f2 e2|a2 ea
fedc|Bcde f2 e2|a2 ea fedc|a2 ea f2 e2| aefa fedc|Bcde faef||
WATERLOO [4]. English, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune appears in Hodsoll’s Collection of Popular Dances No. 24, an undated manuscript with tunes with Napoleonic-era titles and dance instructions for each melody.
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Hodsoll’s Collection of Popular Dances No. 24
K:F
c|f3c BAGF|GABG FEDC|DEFD EFGA|BABG F2 Ec|f3 c BAGF|GABG FEDC|
DEFD EFGB|AGFE F3||c|cfag fedc|(3def (3efg f2c2|dB B2 cA A2|BGAF FEDC|
cfag
fedc|(3def (3efg f2 c2|dBBd cAAc|BGFE F3||
WATERLOO REEL [5]. AKA and see "The Scotch Rose," "The Scotch Patriot's Reel," "The Rakes of Drumlish,"
"The Rocks of Antiluce,"
"The Pride of Kildare,"
"My Heart with Love is
Breaking," "The Duke
of Gordon's Rant," "The Duke of Gordon's Favourite,"
"Lord Gordon's Reel,"
"Duke Gordon." Irish, Reel.
WATERLOO REEL [6].
American (?), Reel. Ryan’s Mammoth
Collection, 1883; pg. 50.
WATERLOO DANCE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major ('A' and 'C' parts)
& A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABBCC
(Trim): AABC (Sumner). In addition to the Thomas Hardy family
and Joshua Gibbons mss. (referenced below) the melody appears in a
number of 19th century English musicians’ manuscript copybooks,
including Thomas Shoosmith (Arlington, Sussex, early 19th c.), James
Haslingden (Midlands, 1827), Thomas Lambert (Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, c. 1860), Robert
Dale Owen (New Lanark, Scotland, 1826), Richard Pyle (Nether Wallop,
Hamptonshire, 1822), William Carke (Feltwell, Norfolk, 1858) and George Spencer
(Leeds, west Yorkshire, 1831). Sources for notated versions: the 1823-26 music
ms. of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near
Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]; the early 19th century Thomas
Hardy manuscripts (
X:1
T:
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
AG|:F2 eB A2 fe|d2d2d2 cd|e2e2
dcBc|defd A2 AG|F2 dB A2 fe|d2d2d2 cd|
e2e2 dcBc|1 d6 AG:|2
d4 d4||:e2 ec a2 af|e2 ec A2A2|^GABc dBfe|d4 c4|
e2 ec a2 af|e2 ec A2A2|^GABc dBA^G|1
A8 :|2 A6 fg||: a2 aa a2 fa|
b2a2g2f2|e2e2 edef|d2e2f2g2|a2 aa a2
fa|b2a2g2f2|e2e2 edef|1 d6 fg:|2 d6||
WATERLOO HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Published in Davie's Caledonian
Repository (1829). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 339, pg. 36. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle
Tunes), 1976; pg. 57.
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 339 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(AG)|FGEF DFAd|cdBc Aceg|fgef
decd|BcAB GBAG|FGEF DFAd|
cdBc Aceg|fage dfec|d2d2d2::(de)|fedf
edce|dcBd cBAc|BAGB AGFA|
GFED DCB,A,|FGEF
DFAd|cdBc Aceg|fafd egec|d2d2d2:|
WATERMAN, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds
the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Joshua Campbell's 1778
collection (pg. 58). McGlashan (Collection
of Scots Measures), 17__; pg. 15.
X:1
T:Waterman, The
L:1/8
M:6/8
B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c/d/|efd cdB|AGA BGE|EFE EFE|d2c
Bcd|efd cdB|AGA BGE|E>FE E2d|c>dB A2:|
|:A|A2c e2c|A2d f2d|FGA Bcd|cBA
GFE|A2c e2c|A2d f2d|FGA Bcd|cdB A2:|
WATERMAN’S. Irish. E Minor. Composed by flute
player Michael McGoldrick. Mike McGoldrick – “Fused.”
X:1
T:Waterman's
M:7/8
L:1/8
C:Mike McGoldrick
K:Em
E2B2 BAG|A2GA B2E|GAA2 AGA|Bc BG
AGF|
E2B2 BAG|A2GA B2E|GAA2 ABG|AB
GF E3:||
g2e2 efg|f2 BA BdB|c2A2 ABG|AB cd
eaf|
g2e2 efg|f2 BA BdB|c2A2 ABG|AB GF
EGB|
g2e2 efg|a2 gf efd|b2 ag fga|g2 fe
fdB|
g2e2 efg|f2 BA BdB|c2A2 ABG|AB GF
E3||
WATERMAN’S
DANCE, THE.
AKA and see “Old Spand
Hornpipe.” English, “Old” Hornpipe (triple time). C Dorian. Standard. One
part. The tune appears in Marsden’s 1705 publication under the title “Old Spand
Hornpipe.” Topic 12TS355, John Kirkpatrick & Sue
Harris – “Shreds and Patches” (1977). Topic 473, John Kirkpatrick – “A Short
History of John Kirkpatrick.”
X:1
T:Waterman’s
Dance
M:9/4
L:1/8
R:Old
Hornpipe
K:C Dorian
fcedBdcAc|e3efed2c|fcedBdcAc|f3fgf=e2c|
fcBA2Bc3|e3e3/2f/ed2c|fcBA2Bc3|f3fgf=e2c|
A2cG2cF2c|e3dfed2c|A2cG2cF2c|f3fgf=e2c||
WATERMAN'S HORNPIPE, THE. Shetland. Rhythm notated by the collector
Shuldham‑Shaw in 5/2 time, collected in 1947 from the playing of Shetland
fiddler John Stickle. Interestingly, "waterboy" and
"waterman" are names for fairy spirits in Germany, the country of
origin of John's fiddling grandfather Fredemann Stickle who was shipwrecked in
the Shetlands and decided to settle there; of course, the Shetland Islands have
numerous associations with the sea and seafaring apart from this. Supposedly
the tune was of Norse and Scottish origins. Topic 12TS431,
"Brass Monkey" (1983).
WATERMAN'S RANT. Scottish, Rant. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the
tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (pg. 105).
WATERMELON, THE. Canadian, Breakdown. Canada, Prince Edward Island.
D Major. Standard. AA’B. Perlman (1996) believes this is probably a PEI variant
of an American old-time tune. Source for notated version: Attwood O’Connor (b.
1923, Milltown Cross, South Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince
Edward Island), 1996; pg. 158.
WATERMELON (HANGING)
ON THE VINE. Old‑Time. USA, Georgia.
“Watermelon on the Vine” is a well-known minstrel song, popular with early
country music performers. Georgia’s
Skillet Lickers group and Tennessee entertainer Uncle Dave Macon both recorded
the song in the mid-1920’s; the former’s became a best-seller. The Skillet
Lickers (in the configuration of Gid Tanner and Clayton McMichen on fiddles,
Riley Pucket on guitar and vocals, and Fate Norris on banjo) recorded the song
in Atlanta on April 17th, 1926, one of eight sides for Columbia
records. Wayne W. Daniel (in his book Pickin’
on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia, 1990) opines:
“The output from this historic recording session makes for a rather
unimpressive list of what even there were long-familiar tunes and songs: “Hand
Me Down My Walking Cane,” “Bully of the Town,” “Pass Around the Bottle and
We’ll All Take a Drink,” “Alabama Jubilee,” “Watermelon on the Vine,” “Don’t You
Hear Jerusalem Moan,” “Ya Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Aroun’,” and “Turkey in the
Straw.”” African-American collector Thomas Talley, in his book Negro Folk Rhymes (1922), prints a
stanza under the title “Watermelon Preferred”:
***
Dat hambone an’ chicken are sweet.
Dat ‘possum meat are sholy fine.
But give me,--now don’t you cheat!—
(Oh, I jes wish you would give me!)
Dat watermillon, smilin’ on de vine.
***
Columbia 15091 (78 RPM), The Skillet Lickers (1926). County 526, "The Skillet Lickers, vol. 2" (1973). Heritage 054, Wade Mainer ‑ "Brandywine '83: Music of French America" (1984). Vocalion 5063 (78 RPM), Uncle Dave Macon (1925).
WATER-OUZEL, THE. AKA and see "Bog An Locha(i)n."
WATERS OF HOLLAND. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes),
1986. Varrick VR‑013, Bare Necessities ‑
"English Country Dances" (1987).
WATERS OF KYLESKU, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. One part. Martin (Ceol
na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 19.
WATER(S) OF/IN THE SEA. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'.
The possible title for a tune listed as "Traditional Tune" in Dunlay
and Reich who say, "Although the tune was played by fiddlers in the Mabou
area it does not sound like a typical Cape Breton tune." Source for
notated version: Duncan MacQuarrie via Mary (Beaton) MacDonald (Cape Breton)
[Dunlay and Reich, Dunlay & Greenberg]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music from Cape
Breton), 1996; pg. 102. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music from Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 65. 02 50399, Dave MacIssac - “Nimble Fingers” (1995. Learned
from his father, Alex Dan MacIssac).
WATERS OF TYNE, THE. English, Waltz. D major. Standard tuning. One
part. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes),
1984; pg. 134.
WATKIN'S ALE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCC. The air appears in the Fitzwilliam
Virginal Book and Dorothy Welde's Lute
Book. Chappell finds a very few references to the tune in literature dating
to 1592, and mentions two old ballads, one called “A Ditty delightful of Mother
Watkin’s Ale” and another entitled “As Watkin walked by the way.” Neither
ballad was “suitable for publication” he says, meaning that they were too bawdy
or risqué for his Victorian-era publication. Reginald Nettle, in his book Sing a Song of England (1954), says,
“The Watkins celebrated in this tune was ‘Mother Watkins’, which will serve as
a reminder that the brewing of ale was once a domestic duty.” Nettle finds
Thomas Weelkes set to the tune the following words in his Ayeres of Phantasticke Spirites (1608), referring to Will Kemp, the
famous Shakespearean actor, dancer and performer:
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He did labour after the tabor,
For to dance then into France.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 265.
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WATSON’S
CLASS.
Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Niel
Gow (1727-1807). Gow (Second Collection
of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1788; pg. 10 (3rd edition).
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