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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]

 

 

 

WELCH RABBIT, THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the Hardy Collection, 19th century. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 211. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 35.

 

WELCH MORGAN.  AKA and see “Morgan Megan.” The air appears under this title in Daniel Wright’s Aria Di Camera (London, 1730).

 

WELCOME, THE. AKA and see "A Western Lilt," "The Lark in the Morning [1]," "Galway Tom [1]," "Galloway Tom," "Galway Town," "The Goats’ Horn(s)," "The Spotted Cow," "The Thrush's Nest," "The Little Yellow Boy," "Come in the Evening," "The Kelso Races," "An Buachaillín Buí."

 

WELCOME BROTHER DEBTOR. AKA and see "Debtor's Welcome to their Brother." English, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Played by British bands the evening before their surrender at Yorktown.

 


WELCOME, CHARLIE STEWART(, YOU’RE WELCOME). AKA and see “Charlie Stuart [2],” “McAlman’s Reel,” “Queensbury House,” “Taking a Wife,” “Ye’re Welcome Charlie Stewart.” Scottish, Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. ABCD (sometimes played only first and last turns of this version)[Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay and Reich]: AAB (Skye). The title efers to the Jacobite Prince Charlie (Stewart). MacDonald’s Skye Collection has the tune in two parts, as does Bremner’s Collection (1751-1761) where it appears under the title “Queensbury House.”  Dunlay and Greenberg (1996) find several tunes with similarities; in the Inverness Collection (Book II) “There’s Nae Luck About the House” has a second part that is similar to Buddy MacMaster’s second turn, and the editors believe it may have become attached to “Welcome, Prince Charlie” because the melodic contour of the first parts of both tunes is similar. They also find the second part of “Up and War Them a’ Willie” is almost the same as the first part of the “Welcome” tune. Donald MacLellan’s “Taking a Wife” is a crooked or irregular version of “Welcome, Charlie Stewart.” See notes for “Ye’re Welcome Charlie Stewart” for more history and Scottish versions of the piece. Source for notated version: Buddy MacMaster (Cape Breton), who had the last turn from Joe MacLean who found it in a collection [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay and Reich]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 82. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 55. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 45. Shears (The Cape Breton Collection of Bagpipe Music), 1995. Cape Breton's Magazine Tape, Mike MacDougall‑ "Mike MacDougall's Tape For Fr. Hector." Celtic CX 054, Donald MacLellan (Appears as “Taking a Wife”).

X:1

T:Welcome, Charlie Stewart

T:Ye’re Welcome, Charlie Stewart

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:MacDonald – Skye Collection  (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D
B|(AF)(ED) G3B|(GF)(ED) E3B|(AF)(ED) GABd|AGFE D2D:|

A|defd gfec|defd ecBA|defd gfeg|f/g/a ef d3A|defd gfec|defa ecBA|

defd gfeg|faef d2d||

                       

WELCOME CHRISTMAS HOME. Scottish, Waltz. A two-part waltz recorded by Jimmy Shand in the 1970's.

                       

WELCOME FROM HAVANAH. Northumbrian. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.

                       

WELCOME HERE AGAIN. AKA and see “Bayham Abbey,” “Duncan Davi(d)son,” “The 1812 March,” “Gentle Ann,"Handy Andy's Highland Fling," He is Long a Coming,"Maggy's Weame Is Fu I Trow,” “Welcome Home,” "Ye'll Aye Be Welcome Here Again." Scottish, Country Dance Tune or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to before 1734 when it appeared in a MS collection. Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (1828-1896) included the melody in his mid-19th century music manuscript. Goodman collected in tradition in Cork and elsewhere in Munster, but also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections, and it is unknown where he came across “Welcome Here Again.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 3. Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin' String). Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 22. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 194, pg. 45. Morrison (Twenty-Four Early American Country Dances, Cotillions & Reels, for the Year 1976), 1976; pg. 59. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 24. Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 346, pg. 140. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 60. North Star Records NS0038, "The Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge Village."

X:1

T:Welcome Here Again

M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D>E Dd | AF Ad | D>E Dd | AF E2 | D>E Dd | AF Ad | fd ef | d2d2 :|

|: fd de/f/ | gf ed | cA eA | cA eA | fd de/f/ | gf ed | cd ef | d2d2 :|

                       

WELCOME HOME [1] (Failte Romad a Baile). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 151. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1499, pg. 277. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 722, pg. 127.

X:1

T:Welcome Home [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 722

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AG|FEFG AFDc|BAGB AGFD|FEFG A3g|fdec dcAG|FEFG AFDc|BAGB AGFD|

FEFG A3g|fdec d2||de|fedf edce|dcAB cAGg|fedf edcA|Adce d2 de|fedf edce|

dcAB cAGE|FEFG A3g|fdec d2||

 

WELCOME HOME [2]. English, Jig. England, North‑West. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 68.

 

WELCOME HOME [3]. AKA and see "Oro, Welcome Home." The title Bayard (1981) assigned to a huge tune family of myriad and diverse members with similar characteristics.

 

WELCOME HOME FROM NEWFOUNDLAND. Irish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 726, pg. 361.

X:1

T:Welcome Home from Newfoundland

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 726  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

cAF FGF|f3 edc|dBG GAG|d2c def|cAF FGF|

f3 edc|def gfe|f3 f3::agf f2g|a2b c’af|gec cdc|

b3 b2z|agf f2g|a2b c’af|gec cde|f3 f3:|

 

WELCOME HOME GRAINNE [1]. Irish, Reel. Green Linnet SIF‑1109, Altan ‑ "The Red Crow" (1990. Learned from John & Mickey Doherty).

 

WELCOME HOME GRAINNE [2]. Irish, Jig. Green Linnet SIF-1095, Altan - "Horse with a Heart" (1989. Identified as a tune of Co. Donegal fiddler John Doherty's).


 

WELCOME HOME MY DEARIE [1]. AKA ‑ "You've Been Long Away, Welcome Home My Dearie." AKA and see "Nine Nights Away/Awa, Welcome Home My Dearie." Scottish, English; Old Hornpipe (3/2 or 3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Vickers): AABB (Johnson). Johnson (1964) thinks the tune dates from the late 17th century. Later it was published in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection, the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768), and Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian collection. There are words associated with the tune from which are taken the title:

***

You've been long away. Welcome home my Dearie.

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Source for notated version: Stewart's Reels, pg. 9 [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 77, pg. 226. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 213.

 

WELCOME HOME MY DEARIE [2]. English, Dance Tune (3/4 time). England, Northumberland. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 416.

 

WELCOME HOME, ROYAL CHARLIE. Irish. County Donegal. The second part of this tune is the same as the first part of “The Coach Road to Sligo” family of tunes.

           

WELCOME, ROYAL CHARLIE .Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. IV, No 22, pg. 5.

X:1

T:Welcome Royal Charlie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 22   (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e|dcBA GABc|dcBA Aaae|dcBA GABd|ceBc (A2A):|
|:d|ceef dedB|ceef a/g/f/e/ ae|ceef dedB|ceBc (A2A):|

           

WELCOME THE PIPER (Fáilte don Piobaire). AKA and see "The Swaggering Jig [1]," "The Noggin of Cream," "The Old Woman's Consort," “An Seanduine Coileáilte,” “Give Us a Drink of Water” [2], "The Munster Rake." The air appears in Walsh and Glen's Irish Tunes for the Scottish and Irish War Pipes, pg. 46. It is related to “The Drunken Gauger” [1] and “Munster Rake” family.

           

WELCOME TO ALL STRANGERS. Scottish; Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The piece first appears in McGlashan's Scots' Measures. Kidson’s version is identical to that found in McGlashan. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 11. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Welcome to All Strangers

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures  (c. 1780)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

D|FGA D2E|^C2D ECA,|FGA DEF|A,D^C D2:||:e|

fed fga|g2f edc|fed fed|^c>de A3|

AGF EFD|fed ^c>de|AGF EFD|A,D^C D2:|

 

WELCOME TO CORK (Failte Romad Sa Corcac/Corcaige). Irish, Double Jig. G Major/G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The 'B' part is in "double tonic" tonality. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 20. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 733, pg. 137. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 30, pg. 32. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 28.

X:1

T:Welcome to Cork

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1903), No. 30

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/c/|dBG dBG|efg dBG|cec BdB|cAG FED|dBG ecA|gag fed|fed cAF|AGG G2:|

|:G|Ggf gag|=fde f3|=Ffe fgf|edc dcA|Ggf gag|=fde f3|cde =fcA|AGG G2:|

                       

WELCOME TO DUNBLANE. Scottish, Reel. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979).

                       

WELCOME TO SKYE. AKA and see “Failte Don Eilean Sgitheanach.

                       

WELCOME TO HON. CAPT. FATHER JAMES MACLELLAN. Canadian, Pipe March (2/4 time). Canada, Nova Scotia. A Mixolydian Standard tuning. AA’BB’CC’DD’. Composed by the late Ronald J. Gillis of Margaree, Cape Breton, both a pipe and fiddle player. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, Vol. 1), 1986; pg. 30.

                       

WELCOME TO THE TOWN AGAIN. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard. AAB. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 2, pg. 1.

                       

WELCOME TO THE TROSSACKS. Canadian, March (2/4 time). Canada, Nova Scotia. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler Wilfred Gillis of Arisaig, Cape Breton, one of the original members of the Cape Breton Symphony a traditional group playing dance music. Trossacks is a place in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. Cranford (Jerry Holland, Second Collection). Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 32. Natalie MacMaster – “In My Hands.”

                       


WELCOME TO YOUR FEET/FOOT AGAIN. Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Gow): AAB (Glen, Kerr): ABB' (Cranford, Honeyman): AABB (Bremner): AA'BB' (Athole). The tune appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), 1734, inscribed "A Collection of the best Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant." John Glen (1891) finds it in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection, where it is set as a reel. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Bremner (A Collection of Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 14 (appears as “Your welcome to your feet again”). Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 114, pg. 47. Glen (The Glen Collection of Scottish Music), Vol. 1, 1891; pg. 9. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 19. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; Set 20, No. 5, pg. 13. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 61. Breton Books & Music BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (originally issued on Celtic Records CX 40). Rounder Records, Carl MacKenzie - “Welcome to Your Feet Again” (1976). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

X:1

T:Welcome to Your Feet Again

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

E|:C>EG>A cE D2|C>EG>A c<G A>G|F<cE<c d<E D>E|1 C>EG>A c>G A<c:|2 c>G A<a||

|:g<c g>a g<c d>e|g<c g>a g>ag>e|f>g a/g/f/e/ d>=c d<e|1 c>GA>G c>GAa:|2 c>de>d c<GA<c||

 

WELCOME WHISKY BACK AGAIN. AKA ‑ "Whiskey Welcome Back Again." Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major (Gow, Skye): A Major (Skinner): C Major (Hardings): D Major (Little): G Major (Williamson). Standard. AB (Cranford): AAB (Little, Skinner, Skye): AABB (Hardings, Williamson). "Alluding to permitting whiskey to be distilled in the year 1801. It is a merry dancing tune" (Gow). Composed by Niel Gow. In many collections it is paired with Gow's "Farewell to Whiskey [1]", lamenting the ban on whiskey‑making in the late 18th century. It has been set in several keys, however, Gow composed it in B flat major. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Athole Collection. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 229 (appears as "Whiskey Welcome Back Again"). Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 103, pg. 43. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 28, pg. 9. Little (Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire), 1984; pg. 10. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 136. Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 96. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 67. Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (reissue of Celtic Records CX 44).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources 

X:1

T:Welcome Whisky Back Again

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:MacDonald – The Skye Collection   (1887)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

B,<B B>d c>Bcd|BcGB F>D C2|B,<B B>d c>Bc>d|B<F G<B F>D B,2:|

d<f f>g f>dc>B|d<f f>g f<d c2|B<f f>g f<dc>d|B<F G<B FD B,2|d<f f>g f<dc>B|

d<f f>g fdc>e|d<fc<e B>cd>c|B>F G<B FD B,2||

 

WELDMANS MINUET. Scottish, Minuet. The melody appears in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, 1768.

 

WELL A DAY. AKA and see "Essex's Last Goodnight." Irish, English; Ballad Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. This sixteenth, or perhaps fifteenth, century air appears in Sir John Hawkins' transcripts of virginal music. The original ballad is lost, though the air was used for many others, as was the convention of the time. The tune appears in William Ballet's Lute Book of 1594, though Flood (1906) also dates from the early part of the 16th century. It obtained the title "Essex's Last Goodnight" in 1576 when new words were set to it upon the death of the "unfortunate" Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex, in Dublin. Somewhat confusingly, another Earl of Essex, Walter, was similarly lamented in a different set of lyrics to the same air after his beheading on Ash Wednesday, 1601; this second Anglo‑Irish song was printed by Margaret Allde in 1603 (Flood, 1906). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 130.    

X:1

T:Well-a-Day

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 1, pg. 130  (1859)

N:Originally from Sir John Hawkins’ transcripts of virginal music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

A2d2A2|B2G2d2|c3d B2|A3^F D2|A2d2A2|

B2G2d2|c3d B2|A6||d2f2c2|d2A2d2|c3dB2|

AG ^FE D2|d2f2e2|d3c B2|A3G A2|G6||


 

WE'LL ALL AWAY TO SUNNISIDE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 168.

X:1

T:We’ll All Away to Sunnyside

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

f|eccf|ecgc|ecgc|A2 ff|edcf|ecgc|BddB|G2 Bg|/

eccf|ecgc|ecgc|A2 f2|edcf ecgc|BdB|G2B||/

B|AcBd|cedf|ecgc|A2c2|AdBd|cedc|BGdB|G2B2|/

AcBd|cedf|ecgc|A2c2|AcBd|cedc|BGdB|G2B2||

 

WE'LL ALL AWAY TO THE LOW LIGHTS. 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.

                       

WE'LL ALL BE WED IN OUR OLD CLAES, WE CANNA TELL WHEN WE'LL GET NEW. AKA and see "I'll Get Wedded in My Auld Claes." Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

WE'LL ALL GET GOLD IN GOWPINS. AKA and see "Gold In Cowpens." Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

WE’LL ALL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THE DEVIL GOES BLIND. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. Reminiscent of Burl Hammons’ “Big Scioty/Sciota” or John Salyer’s “Kentucky Winder”. Rounder 0421, Bruce Molsky - “Big Hoedown” (1997. From the 1930's Library of Congress recording {by Jean Thomas} of fiddler Ed Morrison of Breathitt County, Ky.).

                       

WE’LL ALL GO TO TO KELSO. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kelso is a town in the Scottish Borders region. Aird (Selections), Vol. II, 1782; No. 94, pg. 34.

X:1

T:We’ill a’ go to Kelso (sic)

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G>AB g>ag | f>ed g2d | e/f/ge dBA | A>BA c>de |

G>AB g>ab | afd g2d | e/f/ge dBG | B3 g2 :|

|: g/a/ | gbg afa | geg dBd | G>AB gdB | AaA c>de |

G>AB gag | afd g2d | e/f/ge dBG | B3 g2 :|

                       

WE'LL ALL TAKE A COACH AND TRIP IT AWAY. AKA and see "Old Grey Goose [1]." Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEE. O’Farrell (Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 39.

X:1

T:We’el (sic) all take Coach and trip it away.

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

BA | GBG FAF | GEE E2F | GBG FAG | FDD DEF | GAG AGA | BcB gfe |

dBG AGF | GEE E2 :: F | G2G dBG | GBA/G/ dBG | A2A ecA | ABc/d/ ecA |

GAG dcB | egf gfe | dBG AGF | GEE E2 :: c | BGG AF/G/A/F/ | GEE E2c |

BGG dGG | FDD D2c | BGG AGF | GEE gfe | dBG AGF | GEE E2 :: f |

gbg faf | gee e2f | gbg fag | fdd def | gbg faf | egf gfe | dBG AGF | GEE E2 :: f |

gdc BcA | GEE E2 f | gdB dAG | FDD DEF | “tr”G3 AGA | BcB gfe | dBG AGF | GEE E2 :|

                       

WE’LL ALL TAKE A SUP IN OUR TURN. See “We All Take a Sup in Our Turn.”

                       

WE'LL ALL TO KELSO GO. Scottish, Jig. F Major: G Major. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1768 2nd collection (pg. 105). Also published by Aird, Oswald and Reinagle.

 

WE'LL AYE GANG BACK TO YON TOWN. Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker, born in Strathbogie, Scotland, in 1819, the title undoubtedly a take-off on the famous “I’ll/We’ll Gang nae Mair tae Yon Toon.” According to Paul Stewart Cranford (1991) the tune still has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 192, pg. 66.  Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996).

 

WELL DANE/DONE JACK [1]. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. For another, unrelated tune of the same title see "Weel Done Jack." Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 374.

X:1

T:Well Dane Jack

M:C|

L:1/8

S:William Vickers collection (1770)

K:A Minor

a|geae ge f2|edBA GBBa|geae ge f2|ecBA EAA:|

|:e/d/|cAce ac d2|edBA GBBe|cAce ac d2|ecBA EAA:|

 

WELL DONE JACK [2].  English, Country Dance Tune. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 95.

X:1

T:Well Done Jack [2]

M:C

L:1/8

S:Joshua Gibbons ms. (1823-26)

K:G

gf g2 dB e2|cB AG FG A2|gf g2 dB de2|cB AG DG G2:|

|:Bc dB e2d2|cB AG FG A2|Bc dB e2d2|cB AG DG G2:|

 

WELL DONE, CRIES SHE, BRAVE DONNELLY. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 316, pg. 79.

 

WE'LL DRINK GOOD HEALTH (Olamaoid Slainte Mait). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 955, pg. 163.

X:1

T:We’ll Drink Good Health

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’NeillDance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 955

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(3ABc|dcec dBAF|DCEC DEFG|Adcd BGED|CDEF E2 (3ABc|

(3dcd ec dBAF|DCEC DEFG|Adcd BGEC|D2 DD D2:|

|:FG|Abcd edeg|fdec dcde|fdec dBAF|E2 EE E2 (3ABc|

(3dcd ec dBAF|DCEC DEFG|Adcd BGEC|D2 DD D2:|


 

WE’LL DRINK TO THE HEALTH OF KEENAN. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “Set from Mary O’Donohoe, Arran-More, Sept. 19th, 1857" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 327, pg. 82.

 

WE’LL GANG NAE MAIR TAE YON TOON.  Scottish, March. Not to be confused with the unrelated, but similarly titled, reel “I’ll Gang nae Mair tae Yon Toon,” to which the poet Robert Burns set verses to.  “We’ll Gang nae Mare tae Yon Toon” was the regimental march of several British army units at one time, including the 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment, the 1st Battalion The Essex Regiment and the 2nd Battalion The Royal Hampshire Regiment. The Scottish tune was introduced into English regimental repertoire by the first commanding officer of the 2nd Queens when it was raised in 1858. The Colonel, a man named Bruce, had transferred in from a Highland regiment and took the melody with him (according to David Murry, Music of the Scottish Regiments, Edinburgh, 1994, pg. 205). These regiments have since been consolidated and amalgamated several times into other units, and have long ceased to exist. Murray writes:

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Soldiers were not popular in Victorian England—except, sentimentally,

when engaged in fighting far away—and the title of the march might

well have found an echo in the hearts of the soldiers as they marched

out of an unpopular station where, perhaps, the people were unfriendly,

the girls unapproachable, and the publicans hostile.

 

WELL HALL. English; Country Dance Tune (3/2 time) or Waltz. F Major (Barlow, Barnes): G Major (Johnson). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was published in the supplement to the 6th edition of Henry Playford's English Dancing Master of 1679. Barlow (Compleat Country Dance Tunes from Playford’s Dancing Master), 1985; No. 237, pg. 61. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 8. Varrick 013, Bare Necessities ‑ "English Country Dances" (1987).

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