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[AK] |
BUT THE HOUSE AND BEN
THE HOUSE. AKA and see "Black Jock" (Black Joke). Shetland,
Jig or Air. A Major. AEae tuning. AA'B. This is the
***
But your house and ben your house
This house is like a bridal house.
***
Sources for notated versions: Andrew
Poleson and John Irvine (Whalsey, Shetland) [Cooke]. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles),
1986; Ex. 34, pg. 87.
BUTCHER BOY, THE. Irish, Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Listed as a 'jig' in Cole's 1000, referring to a type of
old‑time banjo tune-style rather than the Irish 6/8 jig. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 81. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
115. White’s Unique Collection, 1896;
No. 30, pg. 6.
X:1
M:2/4
R:’Sand Jig’
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 30
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/ | dA/d/ B/d/A/d/ | dA/A/ B/e/ z/e/
| dA/d/B/d/A/d/ | g/e/f/d/ B/d/ z/d/ |
dA/d/ B/d/A/d/ | dA/A/ B/e/ z/e/ |
dA/d/ B/d/A/f/ | g/e/f/d/ (B/d/) z/ ||
A/ | fa/ z/a/ a z/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/
z/A/ | (f/a/) z/a/ d’ z/a/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/ z/A/ |
(f/a/) z/a/ a z/f/ | g/e/f/d/ e/d/ z/d/
| g/g/ z/g/ g/d/g/b/ | g/f/e/g/ f/d/ z/ ||
BUTCHER ROW. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDetc. The melody appears
in Walsh’s Third Collection (1730) of
X:1
T:Butcher Row
B: Walsh
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
g| fga a2 g| fga gdB:: fga efg| fga gdB:: f2e f/2e/2f/2g/2a|gec fdB::\
efe cAd| cdc fdB::
efe f/2e/2f/2g/2a |g/2f/2e/2d/2c f/2e/2d/2c/2B ::\
aec aec| aec BGB:: cB/2c/2 cB/2c/2|cB/2c/2 BGB:: ceA dfA| ceA fdB::\
cac dbd| cac BGB::ABA cAd| cec fdB:: ~e3 ~g3| aec fdB:: efe fga| gec fdB::\
e3 c3| cec fdB|A3 c3| c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cec fdB:: e3 g3 |a2 c B2 g::\
a2 c a2 c| a2 c B2 g::a3 e3|cdc fdB:: A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2f |\
A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB| A/2A/2A/2A/2e A/2A/2A/2A/2g| A/2A/2A/2A/2e BGB::\
A/2A/2A/2A/2A cAc | A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB :: e/2e/2e/2e/2e cAc|e/2e/2e/2e/2e BGB::\
a/2a/2a/2a/2a cAc |a/2a/2a/2a/2a BGB:: A/2A/2A/2A/2A A/2A/2A/2A/2A|\
A/2A/2A/2A/2A BGB::A3 d3 |c3 BGB:: cAd cAd| cAd BGB::aec
aec|aec fdB:|
BUTCHER'S APRON, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB
(O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). Source for notated version:
Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from
X:1
T:Butcher’s Apron, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d2 (AF) d2 (AF) | Efed cABc | defe
dcdB | AdAF EFGE | d2 (AF) d2 (AF) |
Efed cABc | defe dcdB | ABAG FD D2
|| a2 (fa) dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb |
a2 (fa) dafa | gefd ceef | a2 (fa)
dafa | b2 (gb) ebgb | agfe dcdB | ABAG FD D2 ||
BUTCHER'S BOY, THE. American, "Clog Dance."
BUTCHER'S CAVE, THE. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a
fiddler originally from
X:1
T:Butcher’s Cave, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(A/G/) | FDD FDD | FAG FED | ABA AGF
| GAG GFG |
Ade fed | cAF EAG | EDD D2 :: (d/e/)
| fdd add | fdd ded | fdd add |
ged cde | fdd add | (f/a/a)f ecA |
cAF EAG | EDD D2 :|
BUTCHER'S HORNPIPE [1], THE. English, Hornpipe.
X:1
T:Butcher’s Hornpipe [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:William Vickers’ music
manuscripts, pg. 120 (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
DE/F/|G2 G>G G2 F>E|DCB,A,
G,A,B,G,|G2 G>G G2 c>B|AGFE DEFD|E2 E>
DCB,A, G,2 Bc|dBGB cAFA|G2 G>G
G2::Bc|d2 d>d d2 e>f|gefd e2 AB/c/|
d2 d>d d2 ef|gefd e2 cB/A/|B2 BB
BdcB|AGFE D2 Bc|dBGB cAFA|G2 G>G G2:|
BUTCHER'S HORNPIPE [2], THE. AKA and see "Black Mary's Hornpipe [1],"
“The Piping Pie Man,” “Wright’s Whim.” English, Hornpipe.
BUTCHER’S HORNPIPE [3], THE.
English, “Old” Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC.
Printed in the Dancing Master series,
editions 1718 and 1728 (printed by John Young, who had taken over the series
from the Playfords), Walsh’s Compleat
Country Dancing Master (3rd ed., 1735), and Daniel Wright’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1719.
X:1
T:Butcher’s Hornpipe [3]
M:3/2
L:1/8
R:Triple Hornpipe
K:G
GFGA B2 c2 d4|edcB cBAG F2D2|E2d2 E2c2
D2B2|D2 EF G2D2 B,2 G,2||
g4 Bc d2 g2 G2|cd e2 A2 a2 f4|e2 ce
d2 Bd c2 Ac|D2G2 GABc A2 G2||
G3 A GABc d2G2|F2A4B2c2E2|E3F EFEF
G2 C2|A,2 D2 DEDC B,2 G,2|]
BUTCHER'S JIG, THE. AKA and see "The Butcher's March."
BUTCHER'S
MARCH [1], THE ("Mairseail
na mBuisteiri" or "Triall An Bustoir"). AKA and see "The Butcher's Jig," “Ree
Raw.” Irish, March or Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB
(Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Breathnach, Cole, Flaherty, O’Neill): AABBCCDDEEFF
(O’Farrell). O’Neill (1913) records that the tune was associated with a
tradition of butchers performing a long dance on "May‑Eve." In
the city of
X:1
T:Butcher’s
March, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:O’Neill
– Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|fAA
eAA|~d2B A2g|fAA eAA|~d2B G2g|fAA eAA|fAA efg|faf gfe|~d2B G2:|
|:B/c/|ded
BAB|~d2B A2B|ded BAB|~d2B G2B|ded BAB|~d2B A2g|faf gfe|~d2B G2:|
X:2
T:Butcher’s March [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Levey - Dance Music of
N:Appears as untitled jig
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g | fAA eAA | B>(ed/B/) A2g | fAA eAA | (B/c/d)B G2g | fAA eAA |
(B>ed/B/) A2g | (f/g/a)f {a}geg | dBA G2 :: B | d>(ed/B/) dAB |
d>(ed/B/) A2B | d>(3ed/B/) (dAc) | (B/c/)dB G2B | d>(ed/B/) (dAB) |
d>(e/d/B/) A2g | (f/g/af) ({a}g)eg | (dBA) G2 :|
BUTCHER'S
MARCH [2], THE (Mairseail na
mBuisteiri).
AKA and see “Bloody
Oul’ Hag, is it Tay You Want?” “The
Bog of Allen [1],” “Brendan
Begley’s Jig,” “The Butchers of Bristol,”
“The Lark’s March.” Irish, Double Jig. G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mulvihill, O’Neill, Taylor): AABB’
(Harker/Rafferty): AABBCCDD (Breathnach). The original tune was a six‑part
jig published in the 18th century under the same title; see note for version
#1. O'Neill and Taylor have the parts reversed from each other. See also the
variant appearing in Breathnach’s Ceol
Rince na hÉireann, vol. II, no. 21 (pg. 13, appears as “Gan ainm”), from
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Butcher’s March, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Tom Ennis & James Morrison
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:G Major
~d3 BAB|dBA A2B|~d3 BAB|dBG G2B|
~d3 BAB|dBA A2g|faf gfe|1 dBG G2B:|2
dBG GBd||
|eAA fAA|edB ABd|eAA gfe|dBG GBd|eAA
fAA|
edB A2g|faf
gfe|1 dBG GBd:|2 dBG G2B||
X:2
T:Butcher’s
March [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor
(1949)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B|ded (3BcB A/B/|dAA A2B|ded (3BcB A/B/|dBG G2B|
ded (3BcB A/B/|dAA A2g|faf gfe|dBG G2:|
|:(3Bcd|eAA fAA|ecB A2 B/d/|eAA gfe|dBG G2 (3Bcd|
eAA
fAA|1 edB A2g|faf gfe|dBG G2:|2 eAA efg|faf gfe|dBG G2||
BUTCHER'S MARCH [3], THE (Mairseail na mBuisteiri). Irish, Double Jig. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. Breathnach (CRÉ
II), 1976; No. 27 [3], pg. 17.
..........................
BUTCHERS OF
BUTCHERS OF
BUTCHER'S ROW [1], THE. Irish?, American, Canadian; Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Harding’s All
Round Collection, 1905; No. 34, pg. 10. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 70. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 29, pg. 27.
X:1
T:Butcher's Row
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne
K:G
BcdB G2gf|edef gedc|BcdB G2Bd|cBAG F2D2|
BcdB G2gf|edef gdef|gfge dedc|BGAF G2d2:|
|:gfga b2b2|abag f2d2|edef gdBd|cBAG F2D2|
GFGB AGAc|BGBd edef|gfge dedc|BGAF G4:|
X2
T:Butcher’s Row [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A | B2 (dB)
G2d2 | egfa gfed | BcdB G2d | edcB B2 (AG) | BcdB G2d |
egfa gfed |
gfge edcB | BcAB G2 :: g2 (ga) b2b2 | abag e2a2 | gfed efge |
DBAG B2G2 |
GFGE EDEG | EGBd gfed | gfge edcB | BcAB G3 :|
BUTCHER'S ROW [2], THE. AKA and see "Far from Home." American, Reel.
Southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Not related to version #1. The
'A' part is similar to the minstrel piece "Root Hog." Source for
notated version: Wilbur Neal (Jefferson County, Pa., 1948) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 132,
pgs. 72‑73.
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Setting: Noel Kilkenny
R:Jig
K:G
DEG EDB, | DEG ~B3 | DEG ABe | dBe
dBA |
DEG EDB | DEG ~B3 | dB/c/d gfe | dBA
G3:||:
gab age | deg ~B3 | gab gab | dB/c/d
e2d |
gab age | deg ~B3 | dB/c/d gfe | dBA
G3:||
BUTTER THE OTHER SIDE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri.
G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Missouri fiddler Fred Stoneking
(b. 1933). Drew Beisswenger (2008) relates that Fred had not title for the tune
(which he had been playing for some 20 years), but hit upon it one day when his
wife charred one side of his toast at breakfast. She buttered the light side,
but Fred suggested buttering the other side to mask the taste. Source for
notated version: Fred Stoneking (Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger
& McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 136. Fred Stoneking – “Butter the Other Side” (privately issued cassette,
c. 1980’s).
BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated
version: O’Reilly [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 516, pg. 90.
X:1
T:Buttercups and Daisies
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
(B>c) | d2G2d3c | (cB)(A>G)
G3A | B3c d>cdf | g2 (c>d) c2 (B>c) |
d2f2 (ed)(cB) | d2d2b3a | g>bgf
d>cdf | A2 B>A G2 || (d>=e) | f3g (gf)(ed) |
b2 f>g f2 ba | g3a (ba) (bc’) |
d’2 (g>a) g2 (f>e) | d2b2 (fd)(cB) |
c2d2 b3a | g>bgf | d>cdf | A2
B>A G2 ||
BUTTERED PEAS(E) [1]. AKA and see “Highland Wedding
[1],” "Jack's Be The
Daddy On't," "Reel of
Stumpie," “Stumpie/Stumpey,”
"No Man's Jig." English; Air, Reel
or Country Dance Tune.
***
Angus Mackay arranged the tune for
the
***
Act the Brute of the lowest class;
Tell me which do you think most base,
Or the Lion or the Ass?
***
Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg.
53. Peacock’s Tunes, c. 1805/1980;
No. 41, pg. 18. Raven (English Country
Dane Tunes), 1984; pg. 142. Scott (English
Song Book), 1926; pg. 12. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 173. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room),
1816; pg. 87. Maggie’s Music MMCD216, Hesperus -
“Early American Roots” (1997).
X:1
T:Buttered
Peas [1]
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
d/c/ | Bd
dc/B/ | ce ed/c/ | Bd dc/B/ | cA Ad/c/ | Bd dc/B/ | ce ed/c/ | Bd Ac | BGG :|
|: d/c/ | Bd g>a | g/f/e/d/ gd |
Bd gf/g/ | aA Ad/c/ | Bd g>a | g/f/e/d/ gd/c/ | Bd Ac | BGG :|
X:2
T:Butter’d Pease [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B2d2 d2 cB|c2e2 e4|B2d2 d2cB|c2A2 A4|B2d2 d2cB|c2e2 e4|BcdB ABcA|B2G2 G4:|
|:B2d2d2
ef|gfga g4|B2d2d2cB|c2A2 A4|B2d2d2 ef|gfga g4|BcdB ABcA|B2G2 G4:||
BUTTERED PEASE [2]. AKA and see “Jockey has gotten a
wife.” Country Dance Tune (6/4 time). The melody, a version of “Jockey had
gotten a wife,” appears under this title in the ballad opera The Female Parson (1730); the same opera
has a version of “Buttered Pease” under the “Jockey” title, thus the two titles
were reversed, according to Bruce Olson.
BUTTERFLY CHAIN, THE. Scottish.
C Major. Standard tuning. Composed by ex-Battlefield Band fiddler Brian
McNeil.
BUTTERFLY HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska. A Major. Standard or AEae
tunings. AABB. See the related tune "Brilliancy."
Source for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson,
Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time
Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 9. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 184.
BUTTERFLY [1], THE. Irish, Polka. D Major ('A' part), A Major ('B'
part) & G Major ('Trio'). Standard tuning. AAB and Trio. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. III, pg.
47, #146.
BUTTERFLY [2], THE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Major.
Standard tuning. ABA’. The tune is apparently a folk‑process derivation
of "I'd be a Butterfly," words and melody by Thomas Haynes Bayly. The
melody was printed by Playford. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 2. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),
1909/1994; pg. 2.
X:1
T:Butterfly,
The [2]
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:A
c4d2d2|e2c2A4|a4g2f2|f2e2e4|c4d2d2|e4
(3fga|c4d2B2|A4A4||
B3BB2B2|c2B2B4|B4BB2B2|c2B2B4|B3BB2B2|c3cc2c2|d3dd2d2|e8||
c4d4|e2d2A4|a4g2f2|f2e2e4|c4d2d2|e4
(3fga|c4d2B2|A4A4||
BUTTERFLY [3], THE. AKA and see “Óró, a Thaidhg, a Ghrá,” "Skin the Peeler(s)." Irish, Slip Jig. E
Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composition of the “The Butterfly” is
credited to the late fiddler Tommy Potts, who knew the first two parts of the
tune from his father, Sean, an Uilleann piper (the two-part tune appears in Coles 1000 as “Skin the Peeler” and “Barney’s Goat”). Caoimhin Mac Aoidh gives
that Potts was working in his garden one day when he noticed the erratic flight
of a butterfly flitting about. Intrigued, Potts tried to mimick the rhythm of
the insect while he continued to work in the garden, and was inspired to come
up with the third part of the tune. The first two existing parts were altered
rhythmically to fit. It has become a commonly heard tune at sessions, to the
dismay of many who find overplaying has made it unpalatable. The tune is called
“Skin the Peeler” by
X:1
T:Butterfly, The
L:1/8
M:9/8
K:Emin
|: ”Em”B2E G2E F3 | ”Em”B2E G2E
“Bm”FED | ”Em”B2E G2E FGA |
”G”B2d d2B “D”AFA | ”Em”B2E G2E F3 |
”C”B2E G2E FED | ”C#/A”B2E G2E FGA |
”D”B2d d2B AFA || “Cmaj7”B2d e2f
g3|”Cmaj7”B2d g2e “Bm”dBA |
“Cmaj7”B2d e2f g2a | “Cmaj7”b2a g2e
“Bm”dBA | “Cmaj7”B2d e2f g3 |
”Cmaj7”B2d g2e “Bm”dBA | “Cmaj7”B2d
e2f “Bm”g2a | “Am”b2a g2e “D#B7”dBA ||
|: ”Em”B3 B2A G2A | “Em”B3 BAB
“Bm”dBA | “Cmaj7”B3 B2A G2A | “Am”B2d g2e “D”dBA :|
BUTTERFLY [4], THE. AKA and see "Souters o’ Selkirk." English,
Jig (9/8 time).
BUTTERFLY [5], THE. Irish, Harp Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Bunting noted in his manuscript that this was either the second,
third or fourth tune learned by beginning harpers. Ann Heymann notes that there
is an old Irish belief that the butterfly represented a dead soul waiting to
enter Purgatory, and that folklore has it that the spirit of a living person
can also leave the body while asleep and travel in the form of the insect.
Source for notated version: Bunting's manuscript, noted from the ancient harper
Patrick Quin of County Armagh, one of ten harpers in attendance at the Belfast
Harp Festival, held in 1792 [Heymann]. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pg. 55.
BUTTERFLY REEL [1], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Green Linnet SIF 1159, “Trian II.”
X:1
T:Butterfly Reel, The [1]
R:reel
S:Billy McComiskey
D:Trian II
Z:Adrian Scahill
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
B3A GEE2|EBEB dBAd|(3B^cd BA
GABe|dBAd BEE2:||\
(3B^cd ef gefA|(3B^cd ge dBAd|(3B^cd
ef g3a|bage dBAd:||
BUTTERFLY REEL [2], THE. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. White’s Unique Collection,
1896; No. 89, pg. 16.
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 89
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3DEF | G2 (BG) cGBG | cGBG ADEF | G2
(BG) cGBG | AdcA G2 :|
|: (3def | g2 (3agf gaba | g2 (3agf
gaba | g2 (3agf gdBd | egfa g2 :|
BUTTERFLY WALTZ. AKA and see “Life Let Us
Cherish.” Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Texas. C Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Christeson noted the tune at the Texas Fiddlers’ Association in 1950. R.P.
Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory,
vol. 1), 1973; No. 236, pg. 191.
X:1
T:Butterfly
Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Waltz
S:Christeson
– Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol.
1, No. 236 (1973)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
E2|E4G2|c4
de|g4 a2|g6|ga ge cA|GA
F4G2|B3c
^cd|g4a2|g6|gag a ga|gag a g^f|a4g2|e6|
E4G2|c4
de|g4a2|g6|ga ge cA|GA GF Ec|d4 c2|A4c’2|
c’6|b4a2|(g6|g2)G2f2|e4G2|e4d2|[(E6c5][E4)c4]||
gf|e2 ed
(c2|c2)g2f2|e2 ed (c2|c2)g2f2|e3d e2|
a4e2|g4^f2|=f2a2g2|f2
fe (d2|d2)a2g2|
f2
fe(d2|d2)a2g2|f3 g ag|b3 f ab|a4^g2|g4 gf||
BUTTERMILK AND CIDER. AKA and see "Off/Going
to California [1]," "Old Towser,"
"Fireman's Reel," "You Bet," "Miss Johnson's Hornpipe,"
"Portsmouth Hornpipe,"
"The Silver Cluster," "Belle of the Kitchen [2],"
"Whiskey, You're the Devil,"
"Whiskey in the Jar,"
"Gypsy Hornpipe [4],"
"Possum Up a Gum Stump(,
Coonie in the Hollow) [1]," "Lexington."
Old‑Time, Reel.
BUTTERMILK AND PRATEES
[1]. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by one Tom Doyle according to Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940, pg. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 103.
X:1
T:Buttermilk and Pratees [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(ag) | fed fga|fed AFD|FAd
def|({g}f)ee eag|fed fga|fed AFD|FAd efg|(fd)d d:|
|:(ag)|fdd fdd|fdd fga|e=cc
e=cc|e=cc e^fg|fdd fdd|fdd fga|bc’d’ afd|(ed)d d:|
BUTTERMILK AND PRATIES
[2]. Irish, Slip Jig. C Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Harding’s All-Round
Collection, 1905; No. 1, pg. 1.
X:1
T:Buttermilk and Praties [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 1 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
c2d e2f gec|d2ef2g a3|c2d e2f
gec|g2e gec d2z:|
|:g2c cec BAG|ABA cBA G2E|FGF AGF
EFG| ABc dcB c2z:|
BUTTERMILK MARY('S)
[1] (Maire Na Blaitce). Irish, Double Jig. A Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle
Tunes), 1940; pg. 64. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 52. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1002, pg. 187. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Buttermilk Mary [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A/B/| cAF FEC| Eac ecA| def edc| cBB
Bed| cea ecA| daf ecA| dfd ced| cAA A2:|
|:c/d/| eaa agf| ecA Ace| fbb b2a|
gee efg| aba gag| fgf efg| aec Bed| cAA A2:|
BUTTERMILK MARY [2]. AKA and see “Scarce o’ Taties [2],”
"Sweeney's Buttermilk,"
"Charlie Lennon's No. 2."
Irish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Sometimes called “Charlie’s Buttermilk Mary,”
and perhaps because of this it has been attributed to Charlie Lennon. Lennon,
however, denied having anything to due with the tune which was actually written
by fiddler Brendan McGlinchey of
BUTTERMILK MARY [3]. AKA and see AKA and see “Coleman’s Favourite,” “Coleman’s (Jig) [3],” “Fond of the Ladies,” “The Frolicksome Dame,” “Health to the Ladies,” "The Irish Miller," “Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies,”
“Irishman’s Love [1],” “The Móinín Jig,” “The Mountain Road [2],” “The Mountainy Boy,” “The Night of the Wedding,” “O’Mahony’s,” “Over the Callows,” “Paddy Clancy’s,” “Pat Beirne’s Favourite,” “The Queenstown Jig,” "Saddle the Pony [2]" (Roche “To the Ladies,” “Sweet Biddy Daly.”
BUTTON THAT SUITS THE
CLOTH, THE.
English, Jig.
X:1
T:Button that Suits the Cloth, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
copybook, pg. 48 (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
BAB GBG|GAB gdc|BAB GBG|A2B c3|BAB
GBG|
GAB gdB|cac BgB|A2B c3::Bcd ded|def
gdc|
Bcd ded|e2f g3|Bcd ded|def gdB|cac
BgB|A2B c3:|
BUTTON'D SMOCK, THE. AKA and see "London is a Fine Town,"
"Watton Town's End." The
tune appears under this title in "Pills to Purge Melancholy."
BUTTONHOLE [1], THE. AKA and see "The Rose of Rochester."
BUTTONHOLE [2], THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Source for notated version: the manuscirpts of the 19th century
Irish collector Bunting [Heymann]. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish
and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 102, pg. 37. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pgs.
114-115.
X:1
T:Button
Hole, The [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Aird,
vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Ador
f/g/ | aAAd
| BG Gf/g/ | aAAB/c/ | d/c/B/A/ Gf/g/ | aAaA | aA Af/g/ |
a/g/f/e/
d/e/d/c/ | BGG || B/c/ | d/c/d/f/ ed | cAAc | G/B/d gd |
BG GB/c/ |
d/^c/e/=f/ ed | cAAf/g/ | a/g/f/e/ d/e/d/c/ | BGG ||
BUTTONS THREE
FARTHINGS A PAIR [1]. AKA and see "The Thrashers."
BUTTONS THREE
FARTHINGS A PAIR [2]. English, Slip Jig.
X:1
T:Buttons Three Farthings a Pair [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
copybook, pg. 134 (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2g fec d3|ecA BGB AFD}D2g fed
d3}cde EFG A3:|
|:ABc cBA BAG|Bcd dcB cBA|efg
BUXTON RACES. English, Jig.
BUY-A-BROOM WALTZ. AKA – “Union Waltz.” AKA and see “Broom
Waltz.” English, Waltz (3/8 time). C Major (Ashman, Howe): D Major (Sumner): D
Major {‘A’ and ‘B’ parts} & D Minor {‘C’ and ‘D’ parts} (Kennedy). Standard
tuning. AABB (Ashman, Howe): AABBCC (Sumner): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). The tune is
familiar as the vehicle for the words to the nursery song known variously as
"Did you Ever See a Lassie," "I'm a Little Dutch Girl" or
"Lieber Augustine." Editor Ashman notes that Dutch and Deutsch (for
'German') seem to have been confused in Shropshire {as they were in the United
States when the German immigrant Amish were labelled Pennsylvania Dutch'}, and
that 'buy-a-broom' girls from Bavaria were in trouble as itinerants in England
in the early 19th century. In fact, the tune is an adaptation of the German
melody “O Du Lieber Augustin.” Wulf Stratowa, writing in Oesterreichishce Lyrik aus Neun Jahrhunderten (Vienna, 1848)
identifies the composer as Marx Augustin, an itinerant bagpiper who was said to
have survived a number of calamities, including the plague in 1679 and the
Turkish occupation of Vienna in 1683. Augustin died on an Austrian highway in
October, 1705. “Buy a Broom” was popularized in England in the early 19th
century by the famous singer and actress, Madame (Eliza) Vestris (1797-1856),
who sang the song on the London stage in 1826, dressed as a Bavarian peasant.
The “Buy a Broom” title appears in a list of
T:Union
Waltz
T:Buy a
Broom
L:1/8
S:Elias
Howe –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
df | a2 abag
| f2d2d2 | e2A A2 | fede fg | a2 abag | f2d2d2 | e2A2A2 | d4 :|
|: cd | e2A2A2 | f2d2d2 | e2A2A2 |
fede fg | a2 abag | f2d2d2 | e2A2A2 | d4 :|
BUY BROOM BUZZEMS. English, Scottish; Country Dance and Song Tune (3/4 time).
***
If ye want a buzzem
For to sweep yor hoose,
Come to me, ma honey,
Ye may hae yor choose.
***
CHO:
Buy Broom buzzems,
Buy them when they’re new
Fine heather bred uns
Better never grew.
***
Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 134. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 118.
Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tune Book),
1976; pg. 18. Tidy House Music THM 011999, The
Fosbrooks – “As Pants the Hart.”
X:1
T:Buy Broom
Buzzems
M:3/4
L:1/8
S: Bruce
& Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy
(1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GB de cA|GB
de c2|GB de cA|BG GE c2||
A2A2 FD|GG
GB c2|A2 AG FD|GB cA G2||
BUZZARD IN A PEA PATCH. AKA and see “Turkey in a Pea Patch.” Old-Time,
Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is traced to Kentucky fiddler
Buddy Thomas, who recorded it as “Turkey in a Pea Patch” on his influential
“Kitty Puss” album. The use of “Buzzard” in the title is apparently from the
Stonekings. Source for notated version: Glenn Berry [Silberberg]; Fred
Stoneking (b. 1933, Missouri), learned from Buddy Thomas (Kentucky)
[Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes),
2008; pg. 136. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg.
19. Rounder
CD 0381, Fred Stoneking – “Saddle Old Spike” (1996).
BWLCH LLANBERIS (
X:1
T:Bwlch Llanberis
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:160
C:Trad
S:Blodau’r Grug Collection vol. 1
R:Waltz
A:
Z:brian_martin12345@yahoo.com
K:D
de|f2af ef|d2A2Bc|d2af df|e4de|fg fe
dc|B2A2de|f2gf ef|d4:||!
fg|a2fa gf|f2e2dc|d2fd Bd|c4de|fg fe
dc|B2A2de|f2gf ef|d4:||
BY A BANK AS I LAY. English, Air (4/4 and 3/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part.
The song appears in the British Museum MSS Reg. Appendix 58. A sixteenth
century ballad, it was recorded in period accounts as a favorite of Henry VIII,
a skilled amateur musician who liked to sing. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pgs. 46‑47.
BY GOLLY. AKA and see “Neary’s.”
BY MEN BELOV’D. English, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The air appears
in Muses Delight (1754) and Bickham’s Musical Entertainer, vol. 2
(1740). Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the
Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; pg. 27.
X:1
T:By Men Belov’d
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2 | (BG)(AF) G2c2 | (BG)(AF) G3A |
B>AB^c d2zG | F>GA>B A2 zA | (3AGF (3FED (3Dd^d d>B |
(3AGF G>E D2 || d2B2^G3G |
A2B2c2A2 | c2A2F3F | G2A2B2G2 | A2g2^c3d | dc/B/AG F4 |
z2 c2 (BG) (AF) | G2c2 (BG) (AF) |
G2c2 (BA) (BG) | (gf/e/)dc B2A2 | G8 ||
BY SUMMERS. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial
Tune Book), 1974; pg. 5.
BY THE BROOKSIDE (Ann Aice an Srutan). Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeant
James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s
collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 373, pg. 65.
X:1
T:By the
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 373
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
d|e>dcA GED>C|EGG>c
c3d|e>deg Bcf>e|e2d2 z2 c>d|e>dcA GED>C|
EGG>c c3d|e>deg Bcfe|d2 c2
z2||e2|d>^cde A3e|d>^cde A3B|=c>dcA Gcfe|
e4 d2d2|e>fec AB c2|f>gfd Bc
d2|g>age cdec|agge d2c2|E>D C2 c>d e2|
F>E D2 d>e f2|G>F E2
e>fgf|ecfe d2 c2||
BY THE FIRESIDE [1] n. Canadian, Polka. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Canadian
fiddler Don Messer. Messer (Anthology of
Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 103, pg. 66.
BY THE FIRESIDE [2]. Canadian, Jig. C Major (‘A” part) & G Major (‘B’ part). Standard
tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: Sterling Baker (b. mid-1940's,
Morell, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of
Montague) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle
Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 146.
BY THE FORT HOW SAD
WAS I. Irish, March (4/4 time). Ireland,
northern Ireland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version:
fiddler John McKeown [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 245.
BY THE LIGHT OF THE
MOON. American?, Country Dance (6/8
time). C Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No.
47, pg. 14.
BY THE OLD FAIRY FORT. AKA and see “Her
Golden Hair Was Curling Down.” Irish, Hornpipe. From the repertoire of
Sliabh Luachra fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe. Recorded under the “Fairy Fort” title
by County Cork accordion player Jacky Daly. Gael-Linn
CEF 176, Jacky Daly - “Many’s the Wild Night.” John Brosnan - “The Cook in the
Kitchen.”
BY YOUR LEAVE, LARRY
GROGAN. AKA and see “Bliven’s Favorite,” "The Butchers of Bristol [1]", "Coppers and Brass [2]", “The County Limerick Buckhunt,"
"Finerty's Frolic," “Green Sleeves [3]," "Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," “The Humours of Ennistymon [1],"
"The Humours of Miltown
[2]," "Larry Grogan(‘s)
[1]", "The Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of Melross,” "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite," "Lynny's
Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.” Irish, Jig. A member
of a large tune family. O’Neill prints another variant as “Hartigan’s Fancy.”
See note for “Groom.” O’Neill (1000 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 132.
BYE-BYE MY HONEY, I'M
GONE. AKA and see “Goodbye, My Honey, I’m Gone.”
Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See also the Ozarks
version (“Goodbye, My Honey, I’m Gone”). Source for notated version: Lotus
Dickey (Indiana) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 43.
BYER’S MAGGOT. AKA and see “Boyer’s Maggot,” “Capt. Jas. Robertson 76th
Regts. Reel.” English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune
appears under the “Byer’s Maggot” title in the 1770 music manuscript collection
of Northumbrian musician William Vickers. Unfortunately, nothing is known of
him. However, the melody was printed in several London dance music publications
as “Boyer’s Maggot”, including John Hinton’s Universal Magazine of Knowledge
and Pleasure (1758), David Rutherford’s Choice Collection of Sixty of
the Most Celebrated Country Dances (1750) and his Compleat Collection of
200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (1760), and Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765
collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 8.
X:1
T:Byer’s
Maggor
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William
Vickers’ 1770 music manuscript (Northumberland)
K:G
DGGB
GABG|ADDF ABcA|BGGA BcdB|cAdB G/G/G G2:|
Bd d2 BdBG|ce
e2 cecA|Bd d2 ef g2|dBcA G/G/G G2:|
X:2
T:Boyer’s Maggot
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>DD>E G>AB>G|A>FE>D A>Bc>A|B>GG>A B>cd>B|cAdB G2G2:|
|:(B/c/d) d2 BcdB|(c/d/e) e2 cdec|(B/c/d) d2 (e/f/g) g2|cAdB
G2G2:||
BYRNE'S FAVORITE
(HORNPIPE). AKA and see "Alexander's Hornpipe." American
(?), Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole): AA'BB' (Kerr). Not
Williamson's "Byrne's Hornpipe.” O’Neill prints the tune as “Alexander’s
Hornpipe.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes),
1940; pg. 108. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 2; No. 374, pg. 41. Ryan’s Mammoth
Collection, 1883; pg. 145.
X:1
T:Byrne’s Favorite
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/c/ | d/A/F/A/ D/F/A/d/ | f/d/A/d/
F/A/d/f/ | g/f/g/e/ f/e/f/d/ | e/d/c/B/ A/B/c/A/ |
d/A/F/A/ D/F/A/d/ | f/d/A/d/
F/A/d/f/ | g/a/b/g/ f/a/c/e/ | ddd :|
|: A/G/ | F/A/d/A F/A/d/A/ |
G/B/d/B/ G/B/d/B/ | A/c/e/c/ A/c/e/c/ |
d/f/a/f/ g/e/c/A/ | F/A/d/A/
F/A/d/A/ | G/B/d/B/ G/B/d/B/ | A/c/e/g/ f/a/c/e/ | ddd :|
BYRNE'S HORNPIPE [1] ("Cornphíopa Uí Bhrion" or "Crannciuil
Ui Broin). AKA
and see “Bryant’s Favorite
Hornpipe,” "Tommy
Hill's Favorite." Irish, Hornpipe. D Major (O'Neill, Sullivan): D
Mixolydian (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AABB. The alternate title “Bryant’s
Favorite” comes from early recordings by New York accordion player John J.
Kimmel. Renowned County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) recorded the tune
in New York in 1927, the first tune in a medley with “Tommy Hill’s Favourite”
by which name it is sometimes (erroneously) called. It was also recorded on a
78RPM by the old Ballinakill Ceili Band of Galway in the early 1930’s. Mike
Rafferty says that Byrne was from the same east County Galway parish as were
the Rafferty family (Harker, 2005). Sources for notated versions: piper Seán
Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; piper (and Chicago Police) Sergeant James Early
[O’Neill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co.
Galway, in 1926, a setting from the Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players
[Harker]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963;
No. 208, pg. 84. Carlin (Master
Collection), 1984; No. 286, pg. 161 (appears as “Bryant’s Favorite”).
Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty),
2005; No. 256, pg. 79. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 1, No. 47. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977;
vol. 3, No. 10 (appears as “Tommy Hill’s Favorite”). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd
Edition, 2006; pg. 113. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 183. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 865, pg. 149. O’Neill (Music
of
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Byrne’s Hornpipe [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 865
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A>G|F>EF>G
A>FD>c|d>Bc>d e>cA>g|f>dg>e f>de>c|(3dcB c>d
e>cA>G|
F>EF>G
A>FD>c|d>Bc>d e>cA>g|(3faf d>f (3ege c>e|d>fe>c
d2:|
|:c>d|e>cA>c
e>fg>e|a>fd>f b>ge>g|a>fd>f g>ea>f|(3gfe f>d
e>cA>G|
F>EF>G
A>FD>c|d>Bc>d e>cA>g|(3faf d>f (3ege c>e|d>fe>c
d2:|
X:2
T:Byrne’s Hornpipe [1]
R:Hornpipe
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-53
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
AG|F2GE AFD2|dA (3Bcd ecAe|fdge
fded|cA (3Bcd ecAG|
F2GE AFD2|dA (3Bcd ecAe|fdge
fdec|Addc d2:|
|:cd|eA~A2 efge|afdf bgeg|afdf
geaf|gefd ecAG|
F2GE AFD2|dA (3Bcd ecAe|fdge
fdec|Addc d2:|
BYRNE'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see “Alexander’s
Hornpipe,” “The Sandlark.” Irish,
Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is usually known as
“Alexander’s Hornpipe.” Source for notated version: fiddler and miller Nicholas
Furlong (Mill of Rags, Wexford, Ireland), noted from his playing at one of the
Feis Ceoil competitions at the turn of the 20th century [Darley
& McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley
& McCall Collection of Irish Music), 1914; No. 84, pg. 39.
BYRNE'S HORNPIPE [3]. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Williamson (1976)
believes there are several possibilities as to the person referred to in the title,
including a Border minstrel named Burne the Violer, a famous Irish giant named
Charles Byrne (who Williamson says died in Margate at the age of twenty‑three
after requesting that his coffin, which measured nine feet, four inches, be
thrown into the ocean because of his fears his body would be medically
dissected), and finally the Irish blind fiddler Michael Byrn (who was hired by
the notorious Captain Bligh at the beginning of the ill‑fated voyage of
The Bounty). Kerr (Merry Melodies),
Vol. 3; No. 337, pg. 36. Williamson (English,
Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 57.
BYRNES OF GLEANN CHOLM
CILLE, THE. Irish. A ‘family tune’, say the notes. Duval & Jones (A Dossan of Heather: Irish traditional music
from Packie Manus Byrne of Donegal for tin whistle, fiddle or flute), 2000.
BYRNS MARCH. Irish, March (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell
notes this is “a very old tune” to be played “rather Slowish.” O’Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union
Pipes, Vol. 1), c. 1805; pgs. 30-31.
X:1
T:Byrns
March
M:C|
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion (c. 1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
BcBA F2 ED
| d2 dA BcBF | A2 AE F2 ED | D3E DEFD | EDEG F2 ED |
D2D2 DEFD |
EDEF D3E | D3E DEFD | EDEG F2ED | D2D2 DEFD |
EDEF D3 ::
ABAG F2F2 | ABAG F2ED | BcBA F3A | BcBA F2 ED |
A2 Bc d3
c/B/ | A2D2F2ED | dedA BcBF | ABAE F2 ED | d3e defd |
edeg f2 ed
| d3e defd | edef dBAB | d2d2 defd | edeg f2 ed | d3e defd | edef d2 :|
BYRON AND DONNA
STUBBERT. Canadian, Jig.
BYRON’S. Irish, Copely Records
9-114 (78 RPM), Paddy Cronin (195?).
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