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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
(
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
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.
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.
X:1
T:Welcome Here Again
M:2/4
L:1/8
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>
|: 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
X:1
T:Welcome Home [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
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.
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
X:1
T:Welcome Home from
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).
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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).
WELCOME HOME, ROYAL
CHARLIE. Irish.
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
X:1
T:Welcome to
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).
WELCOME TO THE TOWN
AGAIN. English, Reel.
WELCOME TO THE TROSSACKS.
Canadian, March (2/4 time).
WELCOME TO YOUR FEET/FOOT
AGAIN. Scottish, Reel or Strathspey. C
Major. Standard tuning. AB (Gow): AAB (Glen, Kerr): ABB' (
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 (
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See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
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 "
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.
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.
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
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
WELL DANE/DONE JACK
[1]. English, Reel.
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 (
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
X:1
T:We’ll Drink Good Health
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill –
Dance Music of
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,
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
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Soldiers were not popular in Victorian
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).
X:1
T:Well Hall
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Playford –
Dancing Master, 6th edition
(1679)
K:F