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WRAGGLE TAGGLE GYPSIES. English, Morris Dance Tune (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. From the area of Lichfield, England. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 88.

           

WREATH THE BOWL. See “Maid at the Spinning Wheel.”

 

WRECKER'S DAUGHTER [1]. AKA and see "The Wild Goose Chase [3]" (Dixon, Missouri). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Appears as "Breakdown #153" in Christeson (1973) who had it by the above title from Joe Johnson (Lincoln, Nebraska). Christeson says the alternate title "Wild Goose Chase" was also the name of a popular square dance figure for which this tune was most often played and may have lent its name to the tune; its true title is unknown. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 153, pg. 108.

 

WRECKER’S DAUGHTER [2]. American, Quickstep March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. D Major (Bayard, Sweet): C Major (Howe/Accordeon). Standard tuning. ABC (Bayard): AABBC (Sweet): AABBCC (Howe). Composed by Conrad Fay sometime before 1840 (when it was printed in its third edition), and widely known as a fife march. Source for notated version: John Meighen (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 293, pg. 249. American Veteran Fifer, 1927; No. 121. The Company of Fifers and Drummers, '76, 1974; pg. 17. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; pg. 27. Howe (School for the Violin), 1851; pg. 30. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965; pg. 55.

X:1

T:Wrecker’s Daughter Quick Step, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:March

S:Howe – Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon (1843)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G/G/G/z/ G/G/G/z/ | G/G/G/z/ G/G/G/z/ | EG c2 | cBAG | A/A/A/z/ A/A/A/z/ |

A/A/A/z/ A/A/A/z/ | Ac f2 | fedc | B/B/B/z/ B/B/B/z/ | B/B/B/z/ B/B/B/z/ |

GB/d/ g2 | edce | dcBd | c/c/c/z/ c/c/c/z/ | [G2c2] :: ggag | eefe | ddag |

e>B c/d/e/f/ | ggag | eefe | ddag | c’3c | ggag | eefe | ddag | e>B c/d/e/f/ |

ggag | eefe | ddag | cz c’2 :: e2 gc’ | e2 gc’ | f2 ac’ | e2 gc’ | d2fa | g2 c’e’ |

d’g/g/ gg | gz G2 | e2 gc’ | e2 gc’ | f2 ac’ | e2 gc’ | d2 fa | g2 c’e’ | d’(3g/g/g/ aa | c’2 z2 :|

 

WREN, THE. AKA – “Rann Polka.” AKA and see “Johnny Mickey’s,” “Johnny Mickey Barry’s,” “Polca an dreoilin,” “Tourniore Lasses.” Irish, Polka. Green Linnet GLCD 3065, Jackie Daly – “Music from Sliabh Luachra” (1992. A reissue of the 1977 Topic Records album).

 

WREN HORNPIPE [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB (O'Neill). Reminiscent of "Cuckoo's Nest." O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 316, pg. 156. O’Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 945, pg. 161.

X:1

T:Wren Hornpipe [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 945

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

ed|cBAG AcBA|GEDE G3B|cBAG ABcd|eaag (3efe de|

cBAG AcBA|GEDE GABd|c2 BA GABG|A2 AB A2:|

|:g2|a2 a2 ac’ba|gede g3^f|g^fga b2a2|gede d3B|cBAG AcBA|

GEDE GABd|c2 BA GABG|A2 AB A2:|

 

WREN’S HORNPIPE [2], THE (Cronphiopa an Dreoilin). Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixlolydian. Standard. AAB. Source for notated version: fiddler Tom Barrett, 1971 (Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 314, pg. 160. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 79.

 

WREN’S NEST [1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABBCC. Composed by fiddler Frankie Gavin. De Dannan – “Anthem.”

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T:Wren's Nest

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:De Dannan

R:jig

Z:Barney

K:D

D|:GAB ded|cAA A2 c|BGE ~E3|AFD AFD|

GAB ded|cAA A2 c|BGE AFD|GEE E2 D:||

EBe deB|cAA B2 A|GAB ded|cAA BGD|

EBe deB|cAA B2 A|GAB cAB|GEE FED:||

B,DE GED|B,DE E2 D|B,DE GAB|AFD AFD|

B,DE GED|B,DE E2 D|GAB cAB|GEE E2 D:||

 

WREN’S NEST [2]. AKA and see “Padraig O’Keeffe’s (Jig) [2],” “The Cordal Jig,” “Julia Clifford’s Favourite,” “Tom Billy’s (Jig) [4].

 

WREXHAM QUICK MARCH. English, March (2/4 time). England, Shropshire. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. Source for notated version: a c. 1837‑1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 92, pg. 37.

 

WRIGGLY’S REEL. American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by a ten-year-old Jerry Holland. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 13, pg. 4.

 


WRIGHT SCHOTTISCHE, THE. American, Schottische. USA, southwestern Pa. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'AA'CC'DD'. The source indicated it was from a player named Wright. Source for notated version: William Shape (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 434, pg. 408.

 

WRIGHT'S HORNPIPE. Irish, Scottish; Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 321, pg. 35. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 381, pg. 182.

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T:Wright’s Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

Ac | dcdA FDBA | GFED CEA,C | DDFD ADdD | FADF E2 Ac | dcdA BGgf |

edcB AGFE | FdBG FAGE | D2D2D2 :: cd | ecA^G Aceg | fdA^G Adfa |

gbeg fadf | edcB AABc | dcdA BGgf | edcB AGFE | FdAg fdce | d2d2d2 :|

 

WRIGHT’S HUMOUR [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. The melody appears in Daniel Wright’s Extraordinary Collection of Pleasant and Merry Humours (London, c. 1715). Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 20.

 

WRIGHT’S HUMOUR [2]. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From Wright’s Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances, published by Johnson in London, c. 1740. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 146.

 

WRIGHT'S QUICKSTEP. American, Quickstep (6/8 time). USA, New England. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Page, Northern Junket, vol. 6, No. 11, December 1959; pg. 27.

X:1

T:Wright’s Quickstep

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig or quickstep

S:Page – Northern Junket, vol. 6, No. 11 (1959)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3DEF|G2G GFG|D2G D3|G2G BGB|d2c A3|G2G GFG|

E2G D3|G2G ABc|B2A G3::g2d e2d|g2d e2d|

BdB A3|BdB A3|g2d e2d|g2d e2d|BdB ABA|(G3 G3):|

 

WRIGHT'S RANT. AKA and see “The Stool of Repentance.” Scottish, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. The tune also appears under this title in Aird’s Airs and Melodies, vol. 1. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 92.

X:1

T:Wright’s Rant

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mixolydian

cAA eAA | cAA “tr”e2c | dBB gBB | aBB “tr”f2e | cAA eAA | cAA “tr”e2c |

def efg | (f/^g/a)c “tr”B2A :: cAA (f/g/a/g/f/e/) | cAA “tr”e2A | dBB (f/g/a/g/f/e/) |

aBB “tr”f2e | cAA (f/g/a/g/f/e/) | cAA “tr”e2c | def efg | (f/^g/a)c “tr”B2A :|

 

WRIGHT’S WHIM. AKA and see “Black Mary’s Hornpipe,” “The Butcher’s Hornpipe [2]," “The Piping Pie Man.”

 

WULL WHITE.  Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler and bandleader Angus Fitchet. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 270, pg. 161. SPCD002, Kenny Thomson & the Wardlaw Scottish Dance Band – “We Twa.”

 

WULLAFJORD. AKA and see “Willafjord.

 

WULLY HONEY. AKA - “Walley Honey.” Scottish. The melody appears in the ballad opera An Old Man Taught Wisdom (1735) and in the Scots Musical Museum (No. 451).

 

WURBURN, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. E Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 31.

 

WYLAM AWAY. AKA and see "To Wylam Away," "Gingling Geordie," "Wile Him Away." English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC (Stokoe & Bruce): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLL (Peacock):  AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMM (Hall & Stafford). "The earliest notice we can find of this tune is under the name of 'Gingling Geordie', in an old manuscript book, dated 1694, formerly belonging to (fiddler) Henry Atkinson, of Hartburn, Northumberland. It appeared in Henry Playford's Collection of Tunes for Violin and Flute, dated 1700, and afterwards in several Scottish collections, down to Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. V., p. 382. It was known also by the name of 'Wile (i.e. entice) Him Away', and received the name it is now known by in the district, from having been the distinguishing tune of Walter Blackett, Esq., of Wylam, at the great contested Parliamentary election for the borough of Newcastle, in the year 1741" (Bruce & Stokoe). The tune title appears (as "To Wylam Away") in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pgs. 30‑31. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 33, pg. 13. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 146.

X:1

T:Wylam Away

M:6/8

L:1/8
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e/f/|gdB gGB|gdB A2 e/f/|gdB gGB|gdB G2:|

|:e|dB/c/d dB/c/d|dB/c/d A2e|dB/c/d dB/c/d|dB/c/d G2:|

|:c|BAG edB|gdB ABc|BAG edB|gdB G2:|

 

WYPERS.  AKA and see “Ferry Bridge Hornpipe.”

 

WYZEE HAMILTON SPECIAL. AKA and see "Y.Z. Special."


 

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