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WOBBLE GEARS. AKA and see "Wobbly Ears," "Harvest Home [1]," "Cincinnati Hornpipe,"
"Fisherman's Favorite,"
"Wooden Shoe Clog," "Wilson's Clog [1]," "Fred Wilson's Clog." Old‑Time.
WOBBLY EARS. AKA and see "Wobble Gears,"
"Fisherman's Favorite,"
"Harvest Home," "Cincinnati Hornpipe,"
"Wooden Shoe Clog," "Wilson's Clog," "Fred Wilson's Clog."
WOE IS ME. AKA and see "'Se Mo Chreach Mhaidne."
WOEFUL WIDOW, THE. AKA and see “The Humours of Lisheen,” “The Thrush in the Straw [2].”
Irish, Jig. E Minor. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Woeful Widow, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
d|efe edB|dBA BGE|GAG BdB|BAA
ABd|efe edB|dBA BGE|GFG BdB|AGG G2:|
|:A|GBd ~g3|agf g2e|gfe edB|dBA
BGE|GBd ~g3|agf g2e|dBA BGE|DGG G2:|
WOES MY HEART THAT WE
SHOULD SUNDER. AKA – “Waes my heart…” Scottish,
Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard. AABB.
The air was popular throughout the 18th century. It was
included in the ballad operas of Joseph Mitchell (The
***
Woes my heart that we shou’d sunder,
With broken words and down cast eyes,
***
Aird (Selections), vol. 5, 1797; pg. 60. Johnson (
X:1
T:Woes my
heart that we show’d sunder
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon
– Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(G>E)(G>A) G3c | (A>G)(A>c) A2
(G>A) | c3d (e>g)(d>e) | c3d e2 {e/f/}g2 |
(G<E)(DE) G3c | {_B}A2 G>F f3a | g>age
(fe)”tr”(dc) | “tr”A3G A2c2 :|
|: “tr”(f>ef)g (fga)f | {f}e>def (efg)e |
“tr”(dcd)e (ge)(de) | c3d e2 {e/f/}g2 |
(G>E)(DE) G3c | {_B}A2 (GF) f3a | g>age
(fe)”tr”(d>c) | “tr”A3G A2c2 :|
WOLF IN THE FERNS. In the repertoire of Champion, central
WOLFE’S SONG. AKA and see "Why,
Soldiers, Why."
WOLFTRAP PROMISE, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Composed by
X:1
T: Wolftrap Promise
C: J. Derrane
Q: 350
R: reel
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
dBAG FBAF | DFAD B,EDB, | A,B,DE FD (3DDD | AF (3FFF BF (3FFF |
dBAG FBAF | DFAD B,EDB, | A,B,DE (3FGA Bd | cBAF B2 z c :|
dB^AB FBdf | ec^Bc aecA | dB^AB FBdf | ecAc e2 z c |
dBFD
B,DCB, | A,CEA ce a2 | fdcd edBc |1 dBFD B,2 z c :|2 dBFD B,2 z2 ||
WOLLOP THE POTLID. AKA and see "Ballai
Lios Chearbhaill," "The Rakes of Newcastle West,"
"The Mouse in the Cupboard,"
"Tumble the Tinker," "The
Walls of Liscarroll [2],"
"The Walls of Enniscorthy,"
"Repeal of the Union [2],"
"The Merry Old Woman [1]."
WOLSEY'S WILD. AKA
and see "Wilson's Wild(d),"
"Quoth John to Joan." English,
Dance Tune (6/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. This early
seventeenth century popular dance air appears under this and other titles in
several lute and virginal books, including the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book. Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time),
1964; pg. 75 (appears as a song, "Quoth John to Joan").
X:1
T:Wolsey’s
Wild
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Times
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
E3F G2 G4G2 | A3Bc2 B4G2 | E3F G2 C4G2 | A3B c2 B6 ||
|| E2G4F2A4 | E2G4D2F4 | E2G4 F2A4 | E4D2 C6
||
WOLVERTON HALL.
English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “Wolverton
Hall” first appears in John Playford’s Dancing Master, 7th
edition (London, 1686) and subsequently appeared in all editions of the
long-running series, through the 18th, published in London in 1728
by John Young. The tune was picked up by the Walsh’s and appears in The
Compleat Country Dancing Master (London, 1718, with editions in 1731 and
1754). Wolverton Hall, Stouton, Worcestershire, is a country mansion built in
the reign of Queen Anne. Barlow (The Complete Country Dance Tunes from
Playford’s Dancing Master), 1985; pg. 66. Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 145.
X:1
T:Wolverton Hall
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:Playford – Dancing Master,
7th edition (1686)
K:F
f2|f4 c2
A3GF2|B2 (d4 d3)c B2|A3B c2 A3G F2|G4 g2 e3d c2|
f4 c2 A3GF2|B2 d4 A2 c4|B3A G2A2
E4|(F6 F4):|
|:fg|a3b a2g4c2|f6 f2c2f2|d2B2d2
c3BA2|G2 g4 g4 a2|
b3a g2 a4 d2|g3 agf e3d c2|f4g2
g4f2|(f6 f4):|
WOLVES A HOWLIN’. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
***
The first line of the lyrics,
according to Rankin, is common in tradition, but the second is often composed at
the whim of the source.
***
Wolves outside howl and a‑hollar
They gonna getch‑you
Bet you a Dollar ! (Unknown)
***
O don't you hear them wolves a‑howlin,
All around my poor little darlin';
Four on the hillside, six in the holler,
They're gonna get 'er, betcha a dollar. (Thede)
***
Don't you hear them wolves a‑howling,
Setting in the corner talking to my darling.
(Rankin)
***
‑‑‑‑' Wolves a‑howlin'
All around my poor little darlin'
Poor little darlin', home a‑cryin' (or ‘hollerin’ and cryin’)
***
Wolves are, howlin', howlin',
howlin'
Oh the wolves are howlin'
Howlin' found my...{stop singing} (John Hatcher,
***
Can't
you hear them wolves a'howlin'
All
around you poor little darlin'
One
on the hillside, two in the hollar
Bet them wolves have done and got her.
***
Sheep
and Hogs and walkin' thru the pasture
Sheeps said, `Hogs can't you run a little faster?'
Go on there and hush your growlin'
Can't you hear them wolves a'howlin'?
(Goldie Goforth, sister of fiddler Gene Goforth)
***
Sources for notated verisons: W.S.
Collins (
WOLVES IN THE WOOD. Old-Time, Piece. AEae tuning. A modal tune in
fast ¾ time from the playing of fiddler Duck Wootan (grandfather of
WOMAN AND TWENTY OF
THEM, A. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Major.
Standard tuning. AB. See also the variant “I was one night about Bridgetmas.”
Source for notated version: “From Mary O’Donohoe, Arran More 13th Sept.,
1852" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 816, pg. 204.
X:1
T:Woman and twenty of them, A
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:Andante
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 816
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/A/ B/c/d/c/ | B>c dc B/G/E/C/ |
(D2 E)(E/G/) AA | (GA) BA/G/ EE |
E3 (G/A/) (B/c/)d/c/ | B>c
(d/c/)B/A/ (B/G/)E/C/ | D2 E(E/G/) AA |
(G>A) BA/G/ EE | E3 || (G/A/) Be
| e>f g/f/e/d/ cd/c/ | (B>G) E(G/A/) (B/c/)d/c/ |
BG A>G EE | E3 G/A/ B/c/d/c/ |
B>c dc B/G/E/C/ | D2 EE/G/ AA | G>A BA/G/ EE | E3 :|
WOMAN FIDDLER, THE. American, Jig. Composed by flute player Deanna
Styles for the late April Limber, “a mentor and fellow contra dance
musician.” Smithsonian
Folkways SFW CD 40126, Bob McQuillen and Old
WOMAN I NEVER FORGOT, THE. AKA and see “The Crane’s Leg,” “Glen of Aherlow” [2], “Lafferty’s,” “Rediggan’s.” Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AABB. The tune is often nowadays known as “Lafferty’s” from Kevin
Burke’s several recordings of it. The tune was originally composed by Sean Ryan
as “Glen of Aherlow.” Songer (
WOMAN OF THE GLEN (Bean a‘Leanna). Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard
tuning. One part. "Woman/Glen" is similar to "Boyne Water," especially to that
tune's second half. Cowdery (The Melodic
Tradition of
WOMAN OF THE HOUSE [1], THE (“Bean A Tig Air Lar” or “Bean an Tighe/Ti ar
Lar”). AKA - “Bean a’ Tigh Faoi Chlair” (The
Woman of the House in the Closed Coffin). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AA'B (O'Neill/1850): ABB’ (Moylan): AABB (most versions).
***
Charlie Piggott, in his book Blooming Meadows (1998) written with
Fintan Vallely, relates the story of a Galway session attended by, among
others, the great Galway button accordion player Joe Cooley and a somewhat
irascible old fiddler named Paddy Meenahan.
A fiddle player was having some difficulty bringing out the well-known
“Woman of the House” and Meenahan was losing patience, finally saying words to
the effect that the fiddler’s tune wasn’t “Woman of the House,” for Paddy well
knew how it should be played. Cooley
expertly soothed the tense situation by chiming in that surely there could be
two women in that house!
***
Sources for notated versions:
accordion player Joe Fallon (b. 1935, Collooney, County Sligo) [Flaherty];
accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry
border) [Moylan]; piper Jimmy O’Brien (County Mayo) [O’Neill]; set dance music
recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s [Taylor]; Eugene Leddy’s
County Cavan Ceili Band, c. 1957 [Miller
& Perron]; Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy [Miller & Perron]; fiddler and
accordion player John McGrath (1900-1955) [O’Malley]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 86, pg. 38. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 88.
Flaherty (Trip to
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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 Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Woman of the House
S:John McKenna (1924)
M:4/4
Z:Transcribed
by Frank Claudy
L:1/8
K:D
GABd efdB|GFGB ABga|1 bgag efge:|2
bgag ef g2||~g3 f (3ege dg|efgf edBd|
G2 e|:dB~B2 Bz BA|GABd efdB|eA~A2 Az
BC|dgbg ageg|dB~B2 B=cBA|
~g3 f eBdg|faag faaf|gabg eBdg|efgf
edBd|G3 B ABga|1 bgag efgz:|2 bgag efge||
X:2
T:Woman of the House [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Malley Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DB{c}B^A B2 {c}B=A | GA )3Bcd eBdB |
AGEG A2 (3Bcd | eB~B2 gB~B2 |
GB{c}B^A B2 B=A | GABd (3efe dB |
GB~B2 A2 GA | BGAG EG G2 :|
|: f2 {g}fd edBd | edgd edBd | f2
{g}fd ed (3Bcd | ea~a2 ea{b}ag |
f2 df edBd | gage d2 BA | GABG (3ABA
GA | BGAG EG G2 :|
WOMAN OF THE HOUSE [2] (Máistreás an Tí). AKA and see "Bean an Ti ar Lar," "The Cows are a‑Milking." G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. A variant of “Woman of the House [1]." The
first part is also a variant of “Pinch
of Snuff” according to Philippe Varlet. Source for notated version: piper
Seán Potts (
WOMAN OF THE HOUSE [3] (A bhean-a-tighe). See “O
Woman of the House.” Irish, Air.
WOMAN WITH THE GOATS, THE (Bean nan gabhar).
Scottish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Morison (
X:1
T:Woman with the goats, The
T:Bean nan gabhar
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D/D/D FE/F/ AB/d/ e2 | D/D/D FE/F/
{B}AF/E/ F2 | D>D FE/F/ AB/d/ e2 |
ee/B/ d>B {B}AF/D/ E>F ||
B>B B/A/F A>A A/F/D | B>B B/A/F AF/E/ F2 |
B>B B/A/F A>B d>B | ed/B/
d>B {B}AF/D/ E>F ||
WOMEN ALL TELL ME, THE. English, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard
tuning. AB. The tune appears in broadside ballads around 1740‑1750.
***
The women all tell me I’m false to my lass,
That I quit my poor Chloe and stick to my glass;
But to you men of reason, my reasons I’ll own,
And if you don’t like them, why let them alone.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), Vol. 2, 1859; pg. 182.
X:1
T:Women All Tell Me, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G/F/|E>FG c>BA|G>FE
D2G/F/|E>FG c>BA|dD^F G2||
G/=F/|ECG A2A/G/|^FDd B2G|c>de
GEG|AcB c2||
WOMEN FOLK. Scottish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The song, first
published in The Border Garland, was
composed by James Hogg, who said of it:
***
The air of this song is my own. It was first set to music by
Heather and most beautifully set, too. It was afterwords set
by Dewar, whether with the same accompaniments or not,
I have forgot. It is my own favourite humourous song when
forced by ladies to sing against my will, which too frequently
happens; and not withstanding my wood‑notes wild, it will
never be sung by anyone so well again.
***
He must have been the life of the
party, for it goes:
***
O sarely may I rue the day
I fancied first the womankind;
For aye sin syne I ne'er can hae
Ae quiet thought or peace o' mind!
They ha'e plagued my heart, and pleased my e'e
An' teased an' flatter'd me at will,
But aye for a' their witchery,
The pawky things I lo'e them still.
***
Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 49, pg. 67.
WOMEN OF IRELAND, THE (Mna na hEireann). AKA and see “Mna na hEireann.” Irish, Air.
WOMEN OF MONAGHAN, THE. Irish, Double Jig. E Dorian/Minor. Standard
tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed
Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy’s childhood was spent in
X: 1
T:The Women of Monaghan
R:jig
C:Ed Reavy
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:For the Hamill women and the other lovely people that Ed
N:knew as a child in neighboring Monaghan.
K:G
B/2A/2 | GEF GAB | g2 B f2 B | efg fdf | e^ce dBA | GEF GAB |
g2 B f2 B | edc BcA |1 G3 GBA :|2 G3 G2 f || gfe fga | f2 d def |
gfe fga | b2 e e2 f | gfe def | agf g2 f | edB cBA | G3 G2 f || gfe fga |
f2 d def | gfe fga | b2 e e2 f | gfe def | agf gfe | dcB cBA
| G3 GBA :||
WOMEN OF PISQUID, THE. Canadian, Reel.
WOMEN’S ROCK, THE (Carraig na m-Ban). AKA and see "The Green Gates [1]." Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “Tobin”, perhaps
referring to O’Neill’s contemporary
X:1
T:Women’s
Rock
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D | GBdg
egdB| GBdg (3efg (dg) | eAcA eAcA | cdef gedB | GBdg egdB | GBdg (3efg (dB) |
cdef gedc
| BGAF G2 z2 || eg (3gfg bg (3gfg | dgfg (3efg (df) | eAcA fAcA | cdef gedB |
dg (3gfg
bg (3gfg | dgfg e2 (dB) | cdef gedc | BGAF G2 ||
WOMEN’S WORK IS NEVER
DONE. AKA and see "The Doubting Virgin," "O That I had never married,"
"The Soldier's Departure."
WONDER HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Coey’s Hornpipe,” "Miss Ferry's Hornpipe,"
“The Southern Shore,” “Tammany Ring.” English, Scottish; Hornpipe. G
Major (Kennedy, Raven): B Flat Major (Honeyman, Kerr, Miller). Standard tuning.
AABB (Honeyman, Kennedy, Miller, Raven): AA'BB (Kerr). “The Wonder” is
sometimes attributed to James Hill (c. 1811-1853) of
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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 Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
T:Wonder Hornpipe
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
(3FGA|B>fd>B
A>ec>A|B>cd>B F2 B>A|G>=Bc>d e>dc>_B|A>cf>=e
g>f_ec|
B>fd>B A>ec>A|B>cd>B
F2 >A|G>gf>e d>cB>A|c2 (B2 B2):|
|:(3dcB|A>cf>=e f>dc>B|A>cf>=e f>ag>f|=e>fg>a b>ge>g|f>=ef>g f2 g>_e|
d>ed>c =B>d g2|c>dc>B A>c f2|g>ba>g f>ed>c|B2 b2 B2:|
X:2
T:Wonder Hornpipe, The
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:G
DEF|GdBG FcAF|(3GFG BG D2GF|EAAB cBAG|(3FED d^ced (3=cBA|
GdBG FcAF|(3GFG BG D2GF|Eedc BADF|AGGF G2:||
AG|FAd^c d2AG|FAd^c dfed|(3B^cd ef gece|d^cde d2 =c2|
B3A ^GBe2|A3G FAd2|(3efg fe (3ded (3cBA|G2(3AGF G2:||
X:3
T:Wonder
Hornpipe, The
R:hornpipe
S:Mike McHale workshop - East Durham July 2000
Z:Michael Hogan
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
(3DEF|GdBG FG (3AGF|GdBG D2GF|EGAB cBAG|Fd^cd ed(3=cBA|
G2BG FGAF|GdBG D2GF|Eedc BAGF|A2GF G2:||
AG|(3FGA de d2AG|(3FGA de dfed|^cdef ge^ce|d3e d3c|
B2BA ^GBe2|A2AG (3FGA d2|egfe (3ded (3cBA|G2 FA G2:|
WON’T YOU COME HOME
WITH ME.
AKA and see “Will
You Come Home with Me [1].”
WOO’D AND MARRIED AND
A’. Scottish, Shetland; Jig (9/8 time).
F Major (Bremner, Glen, Gow): G Major (Aird, Harding): A Major (Kerr). Standard
tuning. AAB (Aird, Glen, Gow): AABB (Bremner, Kerr): AABBCC (Harding). As a
march, this tune was played in Shetland on the islands of Whalsay and Walls for
the wedding march home after the minister's ceremony; it was also noted to have
sometimes been played by fiddlers during the signing of the register. When
Peter Cooke was doing his field work in the 1970's the tune and text, almost
exactly as published in early Scottish collections, was popularly known to most
older Whalsay people (Cooke, 1986). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Robert
Bremner's 1757 collection. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and
Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1783; Nos. 171, pg. 63. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 52 (appears
as “Woo’d & Married & a’”). Glen (The Glen Collection of
Scottish Dance Music), vol. 1, 1891; pg. 20. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 29. Harding's All Round Collection, 1905; No. 24, pg. 8. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 215, pg.
25.
X:1
T:Woo’d an’ Married an’ a’
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Glen Collection, Vol. 1
(1891)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
f|c2B ABG F3|c2c cdA c2f|dcB (A>GA)
FGA|D2d d>ec d2:|
f|cde f>gf e>dc|A2c cdA
c2d|cde f>gf e>dc|A2d dec d2f|
cde f>ga
efg|ABc fcA c2f|cdB ABG FGA|D2d dec d2||
X:2
T:Woo’d and Married and a’
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g | d2c BAB
G3 | Bcd dgB d2g | edc BGB GAB | E2e ef^d e3 :|
g | def gag
fed | Bcd dgB d2g | def gag fed | B2e ef^d e2g |
def gag fed
\ Bcd dgB d2g | edc BAB GAB | E2e ef^d e3 ||
WOOD-BINE COTTAGE. AKA
and see “Allt-y-Caethiwed.”
WOOD CUTTERS. American, Jig. C Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon),
1843; pg. 31.
X:1
T:Wood
Cutters
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Howe – Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
(1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
ccc ceg | ccc ceg | eee e2d | eee e2 e/f/ | ggg gag | fff fgf | eee ege | ddd d2 :|
|: f2f eAe | g2f ece | cge cge | ggg g3 | cGc
dBd | ece f3 | gfe fed | ccc c2 :|
WOOD DUCK, THE. American, Country Dance Tune or Waltz. A Minor.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Fried de Metz Herman (Larchmont, NY) in 1978,
inspired by mallards he was kind enough to have fed during the blizzard of
February, 6‑7, 1978 ("the beauty of his feathers defies
description"). Matthiesen (Waltz
Book II), 1995; pg. 80. Flying Fish FF90564, Bare
Necessities ‑ "Take a Dance" (1991).
WOOD HILL, THE (Cnoc na Coille). AKA and see "Lady Maisterton."
WOOD OF FYVIE, THE. Scottish, Reel or Country Dance Tune (4/4
time). The melody appears in the Bodleian
Manuscript (in the Bodleian Library, Oxford), inscribed "A Collection
of the Newest Country Dances Performed in Scotland written at Edinburgh by D.A.
Young, W.M. 1740," and 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."
WOOD PICKER, THE.
English, Air (2/4 or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
number of measures in each part of Gibbons’ version are unusual (10 for the
first part, 14 for the second) for a fiddle tune, however, the last two
measures of each part are repeated, as is the convention of some song airs. If
the repeats are excluded, then the tune becomes marginally more ‘regular’, with
8 bars in the first part and twelve in the second. I also have a photocopy of
the same melody in another fiddler’s manuscript, a musician named John Burks
with the date of 1821 on the cover. I know nothing of Burks, and although the
manuscript surfaced recently in
X:1
T:Wood Picker, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:John Burks music manuscript, dated
1821
K:D
A|.d(d/d/) d/e/f/d/|.e(e/e/)
e>e|.f(e/d/) .d(c/d/)|e/c/d/B/ .A(A/A/)|.d(d/d/) .d(c/d/)|
.e(e/e/) e z/A/|.a(f/d/) B
(G/G/)|.A(B/c/) d/e/f/g/|.a(f/d/ .B(G/G/)|.A(B/c/) d2||(A/A/)|
.A(G/F/) E(B/B/)|.B(A/G/) .F
(f/f/)|.f(f/f/) d/f/z|.f(f/f/) d/f/f|f/e/d/c/ B(B/B/)|