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YE'LL AYE BE WELCOME BACK AGAIN.
AKA and see "Duncan Davi(d)son,"
“Old
Eighteen-Twelve (1812) Quickstep,” "Gentle
Ann," "Handy Andy's Highland Fling,"
"Maggy's Weame Is Fu I
Trow," "Welcome Here
Again." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. John Glen (1891)
thinks that "Ye'll Aye Be Welcome Back/Home Again" is the older title
that precedes the closely related tune "Duncan Davidson," the latter
of which he states was composed by Robert Burns. Further, he believes the
ancestral tune to both is "Strick Upon a Strogin" in the Leyden Manuscript of 1692 (Samuel
Bayard, in reviewing Glen's assertion, admits Glen may be right, but that he
has no compelling reason for his line of thought). The melody appears in the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the
possession of the Earl of Ancaster at
X:1
T:Ye’ll ay be welcome back again
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Bremner – Scots Reels (c. 1757)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
|: e | “tr”f>edf g>fef | A/A/A eA “tr”c>Aeg | “tr”f>edf gfef | A/A/A “tr”(f>e) (d2d) :|
YELL IN THE SHOATS.
Old-Time, Breakdown. DDad tuning. From the fiddling of Garry Harrison with
the Indian Creek Delta Boys who had the tune from Cecil Seeley, who lived near
Toledo, Illinois. Davis Unlimited DU 33042, “Indian
Creek Delta Boys, vol. 2.” Bruce Molsky – “Warring Cats.”
YELLIN’ IN THE SHOATS. See “Yell in the Shoats.”
YELLOW BARBER. AKA and see "Arthur Berry."
Old‑Time, Breakdown.
***
In the first place, our Blacks are attentive to their business, and are
no
idlers, as they are represented to be, in the slave States. Secondly, they
are a useful class, and here on the confines of Barbarism do as much to
put a civilized aspect upon the face of society as any other class. Their
barber shops are favorite places of resort for many bachelor Whites who
meet there, as on a social exchange.
Thirdly, the Blacks are our musicians.
A Negro’s music always has a charm for every ear -- whether it is the
music
of the rosin and the bow, or the guitar, or the soft lubly voice, each
separately or all combined, as of a stilly night, in a serenade.
***
Another reference to Taylor can be
found in the memoirs of Marian Furness Ramsey, daughter of Governor Alexander
Ramsey, who remembered a banquet her father gave for the state legislature (in
1861 or 1862):
***
But, of course, what fascinated me was the dancing in the parlor. The mazurka, the schottische, and the polka were the fashion. Square dances alternated with round, a cotillion, or the lanciers; and Bill Taylor, the fashionable colored barber, played the violin in the small orchestra, at the same time calling out the figures in stentorian tones.
***
The Musicale, Barber Shop, Trenton Falls, New York (1866). Thomas Hicks (1823-1890). North Carolina Museum of Art.
***
East Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas, who
lived near Portsmouth, recorded an influential version of this square dance
tune before he died at age 39 in 1974. Mark Wilson remarks that fiddlers east
of Portsmouth, Ohio, often called the tune “Arthur Berry.” Gerry Milnes says
“Yellow Barber” is well-known in the tri-state area around Huntington, Ashland
and Ironton. Jeff Titon (2001) believes Indiana fiddler John W. Summers
probably learned it from Kentucky fiddler Tom Riley, who was originally from
Bath County, where the tune is better known under the “Arthur Barrie” title.
Sources for notated versions: Jere Canote and Bo Bradham [Phillips]; Buddy
Thomas (Emerson, Lewis County, Ky., c. 1973) [Titon]; Stephanie Prausnitz
[Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg.
261. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 172.
Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 170, pg. 196. Jim Martin Productions, Dave Bing – “Family and Friends”
(learned from Jim Wheeler). Rounder 0032, Buddy Thomas (North-Eastern Ky.) ‑
"Kitty Puss: Old‑Time Fiddle Music From Ky." Rounder 0194,
“John W. Summers, Indiana Fiddler” (1984. Appears as “Arthur Barry”). Rounder
Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Buddy Thomas (et al) – “The Art of Traditional
Fiddle” (2001). Rounder CD 1131/1132, Ed Haley. Rounder 0361, Bruce Molsky –
“Lost Boy” (1996. Learned from Buddy Thomas). Shanachie Records 6040, Gerry
Milnes & Lorraine Lee Hammond – “Hell Up Coal Holler” (1999. Inspired by
the playing of Dave Bing, Jackson County, W.Va., who had the tune from Jim
Wheeler, who associated with Buddy Thomas and Morris Allen).
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See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Yellow Barber
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Gerry Milnes
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A,/B,/D/E/ DD/D/|A,/B,/D/E/ F/E/D|C/D/E E>(A,/2B,/4|C)E G/F/E|!
E/F/A AA/A/|B/A/F/G/ A g/f/|(3f/g/f/e (3d/e/d/B|A/F/E/F/ D2:|!
|:(A<d) d>B|Ad/e/ f/e/d|c/d/e/f/ ee/d/|ce/f/ g/f/e|!
f/a/f/f/ e/d/B/d/|B/A/F/G/ AA/A/|((3f/g/f/e) ((3d/e/d/B)|A/F/E/F/ D2:|!
X:2
T:Yellow Barber
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Bruce Molsky
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D/>=C/ | A,/G,/A,/=C/ D/E/D/C/ | A,/=C/D/E/ F/D/E/^C/ | A,/C/E/F/ E>F |
G/F/E/G/ F/D/E/D/ | F/AB/ A>=c | B/A/G/B/ A/F/A/g/ | (3f/a/f/ e/c/ d/B/A/G/ |
F/D/E/F/ D :: z | d2d2 | A/B/d/e/ f/d/e/c/ | A/c/e/f/ e>f | g/f/e/g/ f/c/e/g/ |
(3f/a/f/ e/c/ d/c/A/d/ | B/A/G/B/ A/F/A/g/ | (3f/a/f/ e/c/ d/B/A/G/ | F/D/E/F/ D :|
“variations ‘B’ part”
|: d/B/ | A/F/A/c/ d/e/d/B/ | A/c/e/f/ f/d/e/c/ |
X:3
T:Yellow Barber
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Buddy Thomas
N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A,G,A,B, DEDB,|A,B,DF EDB,G, A,CEF
E3F|GFEG FDED|F2A2A3c|
BAFB AFAA|(3fgf ec dBAG|FDEC
D4|A,G,A,B, DEDB,|A,B,DF EDB,G,|
A,CEF EFEC|A,CEG FDED|F2A2A3c|BAcA
BAFA|fdec dBAG|FDEC D4||
A2d2d3B|ABde fded|cdef e3f|gfeg
fded|(3fgf ec dBAd|BAFB AFAA|
fgfe dBAG|FDEF D2dB|ABde fded|Bcde
fded|c2 cd e3d|cdef ecAA|
(3fgf ec dBAd|BAFB AFAA|fdec
dBAG|FDEF D4||
YELLOW BEGGAR OF THE
LEAGUE, THE (Bacach Buidhe
Na Leige). AKA
and see "Bacach Buidhe na Leige."
***
The song "The Yellow Bittern" was written in the 18th century by an Ulster poet, Cathal Buí Mac Giolla Ghunna (1690-1756). It seems that Buí Mac Giolla Gunna, or in English ‘yellow Charlie Gunn’, went walking one wintry day near his home by the shores of Lough MacNean. He came upon a yellow bittern lying frozen on the icy lake, and Gunn, identifying with the creature, suspected that the death was brought about because the bird could not drink from the iced-over water. His suspicion was the product of his own fears, for one of his greatest was the absence of convivial drink. The song was translated by Thomas MacDonagh, who was ultimately executed for his role in the Easter Rising of 1916, and goes, in part:
***
It's
not for the common birds that I'd mourn,
The
blackbird, the corncrake or the crane,
But
for the bittern that's shy and apart
And
drinks in the marsh from the lone bog-drain.
Oh!
If I had known you were near your death,
While
my breath held out I'd have run to you,
Till
a splash from the Lake of the Son of the Bird
Your soul would have stirred and waked anew.
***
Sources for notated versions: the index to
Bunting's 1840 collection reveals he noted the tune from a "blind man at
Westport in 1802;" Forde noted the melody from fiddler Hugh O'Beirne (Co.
Limerick) [Joyce]. Joyce (Forde MS),
1909; No. 609, pg. 314. Ó Canainn (Traditional
Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 104, pg. 88. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No.
77, pgs. 120-121. O’Sullivan (Songs of
the Irish). Globestyle Irish CDORBD 090, Sean
MacDonnchadha (et al) – “Hurry The Jug: Classic Recordings Of Songs, Lilting
& Storytelling.”
X:1
T:Yellow Bittern, The
T:An Bonnán Buidh
M:C
L:1/8
S:Bunting
K:C
E/F/|G2 G>E F2 EF|G2A2_B2 AG|AGED C2 D/C/D|C2C2 C3E/F/|
G2 G>E F2 EF|G2A2_B2 AG|AGED C2 D/C/D|C2C2C3||E|
G2 GA c2d2|e2 fe d3f|e2 dc c2 GA|_B2A2G2 cA|{A}G21 GE F2 EF|
G2A2_B2 AG|AGED C2 D/C/D|C2C2 C3||
YELLOW BLANKET, THE. AKA and see "An Suisin Buidhe."
YELLOW BOREEN. AKA and see "Little
Yellow Road," "At the
Yellow Boreen."
YELLOW BOYS OF
INNISKEEN, THE. Irish, Air. The title appears in a
list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last
professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in
Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997).
YELLOW BUSTARD, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County
Leitrim. C Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 578, pg.
146.
X:1
T:Yellow Bustard, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”A county of Leitrim air.”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 578
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
GG | {E}F2 EF GA | _B3 A G/F/E/D/ |
C2 {E}D/C/D/E/ CC | C2 z2 GG |
{E}F2 EF GA | _B3 A G/F/E/D/ | C2
D/C/D/E/ CC | C2 z2 || ~GA/B/ |
~c3 c/d/ ee | d3 c/d/ ed | c2
B{c/B/}A/G/ {G/B/}A>G | G2 z2 GG |
{E}F2 ~EF GA | {_B/d/}B3A G/F/ E/D/
| C2 {E}D/C/D/E/ CC | C2 ||
YELLOW CAT [1], THE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D
Major. ADae tuning. AABB. The tune has some resemblance to a Pennsylvania‑collected
square dance tune in Bayard (1981; No. 90, pg. 55). Any resemblance to
"Yellow Eyed Cat"??
***
The yellow cat jumped
And
he jumped on the wall.
The black cat jumped
And he couldn't jump a‑tall.
(Thede)
***
Sources for notated versions: Frank
Hobbs (Haskill County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Tom Carter and Tom Sauber [Phillips].
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), 1994; pg. 262. Thede (The
Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 132. Rounder 0213, The
Tompkins County Horseflies ‑ "Chokers and Flies" (1985. Learned
from Walter Morris, fiddler with The Pine River Boys and Maybelle).
YELLOW CAT [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Unrelated to version #1. Source for notated version:
Judy Hyman with the Horseflies (Ithica, N.Y.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 261.
YELLOW COTTIE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1987; No. 154, pg.
92.
YELLOW COW. AKA – “Is Trua gan
Peata 'n Mhaoir agam.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. GIFT 10007, Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey – “Lead the
Knave.”
X:1
T:Yellow Cow, The
T:Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir agam
R:reel
H:See also #795
D:Arty McGlynn & Nollaig Casey:
Lead the Knave
Z:id:hn-reel-129
Z:transcribed
by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A2GE FD~D2|EFGD EFGE|A2GE FD~D2|EFGE
A4:|
|:~A3B cdeg|fdec dcAB|cAAB cdeg|1
fdec d2ec:|2 fdec d4||
YELLOW DOG BLUES.
American, Country Blues (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABB’. A
‘Yellow-Dog’ Democrat is a slang term for an individual who would vote for the
Democratic candidate, no matter who ran, ‘even a yeller dog.’ Ruth (Pioneer
Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 58 pg. 21.
X:1
T:Yellow
Dog Blues
M:4/4
L:1/8
S: Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D/E/F/(A/ A/)F/E/D/|G/A/B/(d/ d2)|=f/^f/=f/^f/ d/B/A/F/|F/E/F/(d/ d2)|
D/E/F/(A/ A/)F/E/D/|G/A/B/(d/ d2)|=f/^f/=f/^f/ d/B/A/F/|F/E/F/(d/ d)(3e/f/g/||
a/e/f/(d/ d)(f/g/)|a/e/f/(d/ d2)|G/A/B/d/ e/d/e|=f/^f/=f/^f/ d/B/A|
(FF)(A/B/)|c/e/c/(A/ A)(A/B/)|c/e/c/(A/ A2)|=f/^f/=f/^f/ d/B/A/F/|1
[(F2d2]
[F2)d2]:|2 df (d’2|d’2)z2||
YELLOW EYED CAT. AKA and see "Buffalo
Nickel [1]," "Chinky Pin,"
"Darling Child," "Farmer
Had a Dog," "Fourth of July,"
“Grey-Eyed Cat,” "Hair in the Butter,," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," "Lead
Out," "Midnight
Serenade," "My Love Is/She's But a
Lassie Yet [1]," “Soapsuds
Over the Fence [3],” "Sweet Sixteen,"
"Ten Nights in a Bar Room,"
"Too Young to Marry [1]."
YELLOW FLAIL [1], THE (An Suiste Buide). Irish, Double Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB (Joyce, Mulvihill): AABBCC (O’Neill). Mulvihill (1986)
directs the tune be played slower than a jig. Joyce, 1890; No. 5, pg. 6.
Mulvihill (1st Collection),
1986; No. 59, pg. 132. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 28. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 818, pg. 152. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 4, pg. 17.
X:1
T:Yellow Flail, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 4
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/c/|BAG GFG|D2E FEF|GAG GAB|cAG
FGA|BcB BAG|GAG GBc|dcA AGF|G3 G2:|
|:D|GFG BAG|GFG AFD|GFG BGB|c2A
F2A|GFG BAG|FGA ABc|dcA AGF|G3 G2:|
|:D|G2A B2c|ded d2c|BAG FGA|cAG
F2A|BcB BAG|ABA ABc|dcA AGF|G3 G2:|
YELLOW
FLAIL [2], THE (An Súiste
Buidhe). Irish,
Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. P.W. Joyce (1890) remarks that he
knew this air from his childhood in
X:1
T:Súiste
Buidhe, An
T:Yellow
Flail, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Playful”
S:Joyce – Ancient
Irish Music (1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:G
d/c/ | B2B GAB | c2c c2A | GBd cBA | G2G G2A | B2B GAB |
c2c c2A | GBd cBA | G2G G2 || c | Bcd def | gfe d2c | Bcd def |
gfe def | g2g gdB | c2c c2A | GBd cBA | G2G G2 ||
YELLOW FORD, THE. AKA and see "The Hazel Stick."
YELLOW GAL(S). Old‑Time, Breakdown. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Yellow
is a term applied to light-skinned African Americans or those with mulatto
coloring. There is apparently a tune by this name (not printed in Phillips)
that is cognate with "Buffalo Gals,"
popularized by Eugene Edwards. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark
Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954. It is perhaps the “Yeller Gal” tune that was in the
repertoire of fiddler and Confederate veteran Arnold A. Parrish (Willow
Springs, Wake County, N.C.), as recorded by the old Raleigh News and Observer. Parrish was a
contestant at fiddler’s conventions held in Raleigh prior to World War I.
Source for notated version: Pete Sutherland (VT) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 262. Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys -
"Fine As Frog Hair" (1995). Silver Circle 002, Doug Phillips &
Hilary Dirlam - "Wagoner."
YELLOW GALS FROM THE
SOUTH. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia.
D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: John Ashby
(1915-1979, northern Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 262. County 773, John Ashby and the Free State Ramblers -
“Fiddling by the Hearth.”
YELLOW GARRON, THE (An Garran Buide). Irish, Air (2/4 time, "with
spirit"). A Mixolydian/D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 405, pg. 70.
X:1
T:Yellow Garron, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With spirit”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 405
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A>B cA|dc B^G|A>B cA|Bc
d2|f>e dA/B/|cc Bc|dB AF|DF/A/ B2||A>D DF|
E/D/E/F/ EF/G/|A>D DF|EF
B2|A>D DE|F/E/F/D/ EA|dc/B/ AF|DF A2||
YELLOW GOAT, THE. AKA and see "The Bonnie Lass of Livingston,"
"Cockleshells," "An Gabhairin Bui," "Hielan Laddie [1]," "The High Cauled Cap," "Kiss me Lady," “The Piper’s Dance.” Irish, Air (2/4 time). C
Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Heymann (Secrets
of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pgs. 64-65.
YELLOW HAIRED LADDIE
[1]. AKA and see "Ballyvaughan," “Corporal Casey [2],” “Corporal Casey’s Fancy,” “The Curly Haired Laddie,” “Five Mile Chase [1],” "The Four-Hand Reel," “Lady Gardner’s,” “Parnell’s Reel,” “The Wild Fire Chase.” Scottish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000
Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 36. Page, Northern
Junket, vol. 10, No. 2, April 1970, pg. 28. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 58, pg. 11.
T:Yellow Haired Laddie [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 58.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3D/E/F/ || .G(B/G/) d/G/B/G/ |
F/d/A/d/ B/d/A/d/ | .G(B/G/) d/G/B/d/ |
e/g/f/a/ g/e/d/B/ | .G(B/G/)
d/G/B/G/ | F/D/A/D/ B/D/A/D/ | G(B/G/) d/G/B/d/ |
(e/g/)(f/a/) g :| z |: .g/.d/(B/d/)
.e/.d/(B/d/) | e/a/a/g/ f/d/e/f/ | .g/.d/(B/d/) .e/.d/(B/d/) |
(e/g/).f/.a/ gz | (g/a/).b/.g/
(e/f/).g/.e/ | d/e/d/c/ B/G/B/d/ | e/f/e/d/ e/d/B/d/ | (e/g/)(f/a/) g/e/d/B/ :|
YELLOW HAIRED LADDIE
[2]. AKA and see "The Brown Haired Boy." Scottish,
English; Air or Waltz. G Major (Carlin): D Major (Gatherer, Huntington,
O’Farrell, Sumner). Standard tuning. One part (Gatherer): AABB
(Sumner/Gibbons): AA'BB' (Carlin, Huntington, O’Farrell). A very popular tune
for quite some years. The melody was used three times for songs in Allan
Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (c.
1724). 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]. Carlin (Master
Collection), 1984; No. 178, pg. 103. Gatherer
(Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 27. Hamilton, Select Songs of Scotland (1848). Howe (Musician's Onmibus), No. 2, pg. 116. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 45.
McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III),
1762; pg. 85. Napier (A Selection of
Favorite Scots Songs), vol. 1, pg. 66. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol.
II), c. 1806; pg. 153. O’Farrell (Pocket
Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 36. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodie), 1903/1979; No. 155, pg. 27. Ritson
(Scottish Songs), vol. 1, pgs. 125‑126.
Sime (The Edinburgh Musical Miscellany),
pgs. 52‑53. Sumner (Lincolnshire
Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 53
(originally set in the key of F major, noted for two instruments). Thomson (Orpheus Caledonius), pg. 12.
X:1
T:Yallow
Haird Laddy, The (sic)
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion, vol. III (c.
1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>E |
F2A2 B>c | d3e f2 | A2 (BA) GF | F2E2 D>E | F2A2 (B>c) | d>c de
{d/e/}f2 |1
A>B AF E(D/E/) | D4 :|2 Ad gf e(d/e/) | d4 |: d>e | f2 (gf) ed | c2 ec BA | (B>c) dB AF |
F2E2
D>E | F2A2 (B>c) | d>c (de) f2 |1 A>B AF E(D/E/) | D4 :|2 Ad gf
e(d/e/) | d4 :|
X:2
T:Yellow Haird Laddy [2]
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:Set as a duet in O’Farrell vol. II
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806) pg. 153
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>E | F2A2 (B>c) | d3 (ef2) | A2 {c}BA GF | F2E2 (D>E) | F2A2
(B>c) |
(d>c) (de) {d/e/}f2 |1 AB “tr”A<F ED/E/ | D4 :|2 A2 (gf)
e>d/2e/4 | d4 :: de |
f2 (gf) ed | c2 ec B<A | (B>c) dB AF | F2E2 D>E | F2A2
(B>c) |
(d>c) (d>e) f2 |1 (A>B) (AF) E>D/2E/4 | D4 :|2 F2 (gf) “tr”e>d/2e/4 | d4 ||
X:3
T:Yellow hair’d Laddie, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 85 (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D>E | F2A2B2 | d3e (d/e/f) | A2
(BA)(GF) | ({F}”tr”E4{D/E/}) D>E | F2A2B2 |
(d>c)(d>e) (d/e/f) |
(A>B)(AF)”tr”(E>D) | D4 :: d>e | f2 (gf)”tr”(ed) | c2 (ec)”tr”(BA) |
(Bc)(dB)(AF) | ({F}”tr”E4) D>E |
F2A2 (Bc) | (dc)(de) (d/e/f) | A3 (gf)”tr”(e>d) d4 :|
|: D>E | F2A2 B>c | dcde
(d/e/f) | Ad (B/A/G/F/) (G/F/E/)D/ | “tr”E4 DE | F2A2Bc |
dc (d/e/f/g/ a>)b | (a/f/e/d/)
“tr”e3d | d4 :: d>e | (f/e/f/g/ a)f”tr”ed | (c/B/c/d/ e)c”tr”BA |
(B/A/B/)c/ (B/c/d/)B/ (A/F/E/)D/ |
“tr”E4 (DE) | F2A2 Bc | dc (d/e/f/g/ a>)b |
(a/f/e/d/) “tr”e3d | d4 :|
YELLOW HAIRED LASSIE, THE. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Islands of
Yell and Unst.
YELLOW HEIFER [1], THE. AKA and see "All Around,” "Captain Moss's,” "Come Ashore
Jolly Tar and your Trousers On,” "Cuckoo's Nest [14],” "Good Ax Elve,” "Jack and his Trousers,” "Jacky Tar,” "The Mower,” "The Mountain Top [3],” "An Spealadoir.”
YELLOW HEIFER [2], THE. AKA and see "Paddy
on the Turnpike [2].” Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, western Pennsylvania.
A Mixolydian. AB. Bayard (1944, 1981) identifies this tune as an American
composite, but says the title was not attached exclusively to this piece
although was used for this tune in Fayette County, Pa., at least. The tune is
widespread in Irish and Scottish tradition; he sums: the tune "was fairly
early of record, widely diffused, modal in character (with sets appearing in
more than one mode), and often renamed" (pg. 339). It has been traced back
to the early 18th century. He begs comparison with the first part of a set of
his Pennsylvania‑collected "The Cuckoo's Nest [15]" (1944 source:
Martin). See also the Irish “Flowers
of Limerick [1].” Sources for notated versions: Emery Martin, (Dunbar, Pa.,
1943; learned from his father) [Bayard, 1944]: Wolford (fiddler from Pa., 1944;
learned from older fiddler Henry Garlick of Fayette County) [Bayard, 1981].
Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944;
No. 9. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 347H, pg. 337.
YELLOW HORSE [1], THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). G
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "In Stanford‑Petrie and Bunting are
several airs called 'The Yellow Horse' and An Bearran Buidhe (same meaning):
but this tune is different from all" (Joyce). The title is among those
mentioned as a dance tune in Patrick J. McCall’s 1861 poem “The Dance at
Marley,” the first three stanzas of which go:
***
Murtagh Murphy’s barn was full to the
door when the eve grew dull,
For Phelim Moore his beautiful new pipes had brought to charm them;
In the kitchen thronged the girls - cheeks of roses, teeth of pearls -
Admiring bows and braids and curls, till Phelim’s notes alarm them.
Quick each maid her hat and shawl hung on dresser, bed, or wall,
Smoothed down her hair and smiled on all as she the bawnoge entered,
Where a shass of straw was laid on a ladder raised that made
A seat for them as still they stayed while dancers by them cantered.
***
Murtagh and his vanithee had their chairs
brought in to see
The heels and toes go fast and free, and fun and love and laughter;
In their sconces all alight shone the tallow candles bright -
The flames kept jigging all the night, upleaping to each rafter!
The pipes, with noisy drumming sound, the lovers’ whispering sadly drowned,
So the couples took their ground - their hearts already dancing!
Merrily, with toe and heel, airily in jig and reel,
Fast in and out they whirl and wheel, all capering and prancing.
***
“Off She Goes,” “The Rocky Road,” “The
Tipsy House,” and “Miss McLeod,”
“The Devil’s Dream,” and “Jig Polthogue,” “The Wind that Shakes the Barley,”
“The First o’May,” “The Garran Bwee,” “Tatther Jack Welsh,” “The River Lee,”
-
As lapping breakers from the sea the myriad tunes at Marley!
Reels of three and reels of four, hornpipes and jigs galore,
With singles, doubles held the floor in turn, without a bar low;
But when the fun and courting lulled, and the dancing somewhat dulled,
The door unhinged, the boys down pulled for “Follow me up to Carlow.”
***
See also Bayard's (1944) note for
"Cottage By the Sea." Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 237, pg. 115.
X:1
T:Yellow Horse [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G3 AGA|B2e e2B|d2B cBA|B2G E2D|G3
AGA|B2e efg|dcB ABc|B2G G2:|
|:B|d2B gfe|f2d d2e|d2B gfe|f2d
def|g2f e2d|g2B Bcd|e2B cBA|B2G E2D|
GFG AGA|B2e efg|dcB Adc|B2G G2||
YELLOW HORSE [2], THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time, "with great
spirit"). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version:
"Sent to me...(in) 1884 by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore,
near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast in
Irish music and songs" (Joyce). Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 262, pgs. 125‑126.
X:1
T:Yellow Horse, The [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”with spirit”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d/c/A/G/ FD|FAFD|d/c/A/F/
GF/G/|Adfe|d/c/A/G/ FD|FAFD|d/c/A/F/ G(F/G/)|Add:|
|:A|f2g2|fe/d/ cA|f2g2|fe
d2|f2g2|fe/d/ fe|d/c/A/F/ GF/G/|Add||
YELLOW HORSE [3], THE (An Garran Bui). AKA and see “The Garraun Bwee.” Irish, Air (2/4 time,
"with great spirit"). D Dorian. Standard tuning. ABCD. Source for
notated version: "Sent to me (in) 1884 by Mr. Francis Hogan of South
Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a
great enthusiast in Irish music and songs" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 280, pg. 133.
X:1
T:Yellow Horse, The [3]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”With spirit”
N:The chorus begins at the third
part.
K:D Mix
d>d d2|cA AG|EE
D2|D2D2|d>ddd|e2 cd|e2e2|d3z||
=f2 ed|d=fed|dc AG|Add=f|e2 dc|A2
GE|D2D2|D3||
E|GEGA|c3d|edcd|e3E|GEGA|c3
c/d/|e2e2|d2 z2||
=f2 ed|d=fed|dc AG|Add=f|e2 dc|A2
GE|D2D2|D3||
YELLOW HORSE [4], THE (An Garran Bui). Irish, Air. The melody appears in Bunting’s
second collection of Irish tunes (1809).
YELLOW HORSE, THE [5]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for
notated version: “From an old MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 577, pg.
146.
X:1
T:Yellow Horse, The [5]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 577
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D Mixolydian
d/e/ | =f3 e2d | e/f/gf edB | d2e =fed | deg g2a | bab g2d | e/f/g=f edB
|
ge/f/g deB | ABd d2 || g | dB{A}G G2B | AGA A2 B/A/ | GDE G2B |
ABd de/f/g | dBG G2d | AGA A2 e/f/ | ge/f/g deB | ABd d2 ||
YELLOW JACKET. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark
Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954.
YELLOW JOHN [1] (Seán Buide/Buí). AKA and see “Blow the Wind Southerly (Home to
My Dear),” "Pot Stick," “Kinloch (of Kinloch),” “Lacrum Cosh,” “Ligrum Cush,” "The Marquis/Marquess of Granby,"
"Over the Water to Charlie,”
"Sean Buide,” "Seán Buí,"
"The Shambuy/Shambuie,” “Wishaw’s Delight.” Irish, March (6/8
time) or Slide. D Major. Standard tuning. ABC. 'Sean buide' was a term of
contempt for the Irish followers of the English king William III. The name was
corrupted into English as "(The) Shambuy," under which this tune
sometimes appears. See notes for "Over the Water to Charlie" and
“Kinloch of Kinloch.” See also the related tune “Mickey Murphy’s Jig.” Bulmer
& Sharpley (Music from Ireland),
Vol. 4, No. 87. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979;
No. 1832, pg. 344.
X:1
T:Yellow John [1]
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1832
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D | DFA AFA | BGB A2F | DFA AFA B2c
d2D | DFA AFA | BGB A2 B/c/ |
dfd ecA | B2c d2 || e | fdf ece |
dcB A2 d/e/ | fdf ecA | B2c d2e | fdf ece |
dcB A2F | DFA AFA | B2c d2 || z | d3
c3 | BcB A2z | DFA AFA | B2c d3 |
dBd cAc | BGB A2 B/c/ | def ecA |
B2c d2 ||
YELLOW JOHN [2] (Seán Buide/Buí). Irish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No.
1833, pg. 344.
X:1
T:Yellow John [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1833
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/e/ | fed AFA | BGB AFA | fed AFA |
Bgf e2 d/e/ |
fed AFA | BGB AFA | fed AFA | B2c d2
:|
|: d/e/ | f2a e2a | ded cBA | f2a
e2a | gfg a2a |
bgb afa | geg fde | fed AFA | B2c d2
:|
YELLOW JOKE [1]. English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in
Walsh’s third collection of Lancashire tunes (Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc.) published around the year
1730.
X:1
T:Yellow Joak
T:Yellow Joke
B:Walsh
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:F
f2 c ABc| F2 c f3| afd gec| fcB A2 c|AGF CFE |F3 F3:: c2 c acB |gBA G3|\
c2 c acB |gBA G2 f/2g/2| afd gec| fcB A2 B/2c/2| dBG cAF| BGF E2 c|\
AGF
CFE|F3 F3:|
YELLOW JOKE [2]. AKA and see “Old Marlborough.”
YELLOW-LEG CHICKEN. Old‑Time. The title appears
in a list of traditional Ozark Mountian fiddle tunes compiled by
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.