The Fiddler’s Companion

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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]

 

 

 

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:Gow2nd 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 Lewes, England.  It was written for a friend whose house had an open door, writes Chris Partington (Tradtunes 3.11.05), a haven of sorts for captive waterfowl who had access to the house and who made use of it for nesting.  One day while arriving for a rehearsal the composer chanced on a lodger just leaving the premises. “When you go in—watch where you tread,” he told John, who found ducks in the living room. Duck excrement dotted the living room, leaving John to fairly dance his way around it—and he continued the practice with a cockerel perched on his shoulders, as well! 

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 Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 755, pg. 132. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 23. Great Meadow Music GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane – “Fiddledance” (2004).

X:1

T:Watchmaker, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 755

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 - “Edison Recordings--1928" (1996. This instrumental, fiddled by Hattie Stoneman, was the last recording that the Stoneman band {from Carroll County, Va.} did for Edison).

 


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.        

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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>E GF|G4||

                       

WATER MUSIC HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard. AABB. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 10.

                       

WATER OF TYNE, THE. English, Air (6/8 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. One part. The River Tyne marks the border between County Durham and County Northumberland for much of its course, in the northeast of England.

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I cannot get to my love, if I would dee,

The water of Tyne runs between him and me;

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

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Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 89.

X:1

T:Water of Tyne, The

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 County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 28.

 

WATER PARTED FROM THE SEA. English. England, Northumberland. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

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].

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Chickens crowin' in the old plowed field, (x3)

Down in North Carolina.

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Refrain (Verses 1‑3)

Waterbound and I can't go home, (x3)

I have to stay till morning.

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Bill and Charlie lets go home, (x3)

Before the water rises.

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The water's up and I can't get across, (x3)

I'll ride the old white horse.

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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.

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Waterbound and I can't go home, (x3)

Down in North Carolina.    (Kuntz)

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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 County, Pa., "where three out of five plays the fiddle." Bayard (1981) thinks that Christeson's (1973) "Lost Indian [4]" is a version. Source for notated version: Harry Queer (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1957) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 380, pgs. 365‑366.

                       

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).

X:1

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

F/G/ | AAd | BBe | c/B/A/B/c/A/ | dfa | AAd | BBe | c/B/A/B/c/A/ | d2 :|

|: 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:Waterloo

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 (Dorset) [Trim]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 69. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; No. 182, pg. 95. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 49.

X:1

T:Waterloo Dance

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:Waterloo Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

B:KerrMerry 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|

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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.”

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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”:

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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.

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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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