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FIN DE
FINALE IN
THE
X:1
T:Finale in the
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (c. 1810)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d | gd d2 | ge “tr”e2 | d>B c/B/A/G/ | F/G/A/F/ D2 | gd d2 | ge “tr”e2 |
dB d/c/B/A/ | G2G2 :: FF FE/F/ | GG GA/B/ | cc d/c/B/A/ | Bd BG |
FF FE/F/ | GG GA/B/ | cA GF | G2G2 :| fdef | (g/f/)g/a/ gb/g/ | fd ef |
g3 b/g/ | fdef | (g/f/)g/a/ gb/g/ | fdef | g2 g>d | cABG | A/G/A/B/ Ad |
cABG
| A/G/F/E/ D2 | c/A/B/G/ | A/G/A/B/ Ad | cABG | A3 z ||
FINBAR DWYER’S
FAVORITE.
Irish, Jig. Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company”
(2001. Learned from fiddler Conor Tully).
FINBAR DWYER’S (JIG). Irish, Jig.
X:1
T:Finbar Dwyer's
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Siobháne Peoples
R:jig
Z:Barney
K:D
~d3 faf|gec Ace|dcd AFA|=cB=c EFG|
ded ~f3|gec ABc|dcd AFA|GEA D3:||
~d3 ada|gfg ~a3|dcd ada|gef gec|
def ecA|GAB AFG|Adf ecA|1 GEA D3:|2
GEA D2 D||
(4DEFG A2B|=cAG A3|dcd efd|ABG FED|
~d3 afd|Bef gag|~f3 ecA|1 GEA D2
A:|2 GEA D3||
FINBAR DWYER'S (REEL) [1]. AKA and see “Dwyer’s Reel [1],” "The Holly Bush [2].”
FINBAR DWYER'S (REEL) [2].
AKA and see “Molly Bawn [3].” Irish,
Reel. D Mixolydian/Major. AB. Finbar Dwyer is one of the musically talented
Dwyer brothers of
X:1
T:Finbar Dwyer’s [2]
M:C
L:1/8
S:from Mike Rafferty
R:Reel
Z:Tom Madden
K:D
|:A2 EA ceed|BGG2 eBdB|eAce a2ed|cedB BAA2:||
|:a2 ea agba|ge~e2 g3z|a2 ea agba|gedB BAA2|
a2 ea agba|ge~e2 g3a|bzba gaba|gedB eBdB:|"Fine"A4z4||
FINBAR DWYER’S (REEL) [3].
Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler
Willie Kelly (
X:1
T: Finbar Dwyer's
S: Willie Kelly
Q: 350
R: reel
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
D |
EAAG EDGE | DB,ED B,A,B,D | EA,CE A3 G | EB,DB, A,3 :|
D | EA (3AAA EAAF | G2 dG eGdG | EA (3AAA EAef | ecBA GAEA |
EA (3AAA fAeA | EAec d2 ed | c3 A (3Bcd BA | GEDB, A,3 :|
FINBAR DWYER’S (REEL) [4].
AKA and see “Fox on the Town,” “Richard Dwyer’s [2].” Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard. AABB’. Carol 1108, Matt Molloy –
“Shadows on Stone.”
X:1
T:Finbar Dwyer's
T:Fox on the Town, The
T:Richard Dwyer's
R:reel
C:Finbar Dwyer
H:See also #619 (different
version)
Z:id:hn-reel-301
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
K:G
gdBd edBA | G2Bd edBd | gdBd
edef | gefd efga | bggd edBA | G2Bd edBd |
efgb agef |1 gbaf 2gf :|2
gbaf g2ga || be~e2 edBd | e2Be dega | be~e2 edBd | efgb a2ef |
~g3d edBA | G2Bd edBd |
efgb agef |1 gbaf g2ga :|2 gbaf g2gf ||
FINCH IN THE THISTLES. American, Reel. D Major. Standard.
AABB’. Composed by
FIND THE KEY (Faigh an Gleas). AKA and see "Feagh an Geleash" (Try if it is in
tune).
FINDLATER’S HIGHLAND
FLING. Scottish, Fling. B Flat Major.
Standard.
X:1
T:Findlater's Highland Fling
C:J R Findlater
S:MS Collection, Athole Collection,
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Bb
f|d<B B/B/B F<BD<B|d<BB<c (3dgf (3edc|e<c c/c/c G<cE<c|\
e<cc<d (3egf (3edc|
b<BF<B D<BB,<B|d<BB<c (3dgf (3edc|e<ge<c d<fd<B|G<ccd (3egf (3edc|]
d/c/B f>B b>Bd>B|d/c/B F>B (3dgf (3edc|e/d/c g>c b>ce>c|\
e/d/c G>c (3egf (3edc|
d/c/B F>B D>B B,>B|d/c/B f>B (3dgf (3edc|e<ge<c d<fd<B|\
G<c
F>A B2 B|]
FINDY SICKLE TWO-STEP. Old‑Time, Two‑Step.
FINE COMPANION, THE. AKA ‑ "Fine Companions."
English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 or 6/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody appears in Playford's first edition of his English Dancing Master (1651). It is perhaps associated with the
play by Shackerley Marmion (1603-1639), his second, a comedy that was also
entitled A Fine Companion, staged by
Prince Charles’s Men at
X:1
T:Fine Companion
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:F
d2 f dda|cde fed|a2 g aag|a e2 e2 d|eee e2 d|cde A2 e|f2 d cde| d3 f3 ::\
d|
cAA e2 d|cAB A2 e|fde fde | f3 g3 aaa cde ffe fda| ccd ecA d3 f3:|
FINE FUN AT OUR HOUSE. AKA and see "Fine Times At
Our House."
FINE KNACKS FOR LADIES. English, Air. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. A peddler’s song by
one of the greatest composers and musicians of his time, John Dowland. Kines
(1964) believes the lyrics to be an expression of his feelings for his homeland
during his voluntary exile in
FINE TIMES AT OUR
HOUSE [1]. AKA ‑ "Fine Fun at Our
House" (
***
Possum up a gum stump, Coonie in the holler,
Devil's on the other side‑‑Don't you hear him holler?
***
While another from Fayette County,
***
Fine times at our house, Sally's got a little one:
A great beg yellow devil just like the other one.
***
Gerry Milnes collected this verse in
***
Fine times at our house, Kate’s got a little one;
Bless its little soul, it’s another little pretty one.
***
(Bayard, 1944). See "Possum Up
a Gum Stump." Sources for notated versions: Burl Hammons (Marlinton,
Pochahontas County, W.Va.), who says he learned it from his Uncle Neal (rather
than Edden Hammons, who played a similar, but somewhat different version)
[Krassen]: John Summers (Marion, Indiana) [Krassen, Phillips]: Irvin Yaugher
Jr. (Mt. Independence, Pennsylvania, 10/19/1943, learned from his great‑uncle)
[Bayard, 1944]: James Smalley (Westmoreland County, Pa., 1944), Walter Ireland
(Greene County, Pa., 1944), Edden Hammons, via Jody Stecher [Fiddler
Magazine, 2008]: Henry Yeager (Centre County, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard,
1981]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 76. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 301A‑C, pgs. 254‑255. Fiddler
Magazine, Fall 2008, vol. 15, No. 3; pg. 36. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 80 and pgs. 137‑139.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 84. Wilkinson, Southern Folklore Quarterly, VI, I, March, 1942; pg. 10. Flying Fish Records FF089, The Red Clay Ramblers ‑
"Chuckin' the Frizz" (1979. Learned from
X:1
T:Fine Times at Our House
L:1/8
M:2/2
S:James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm,
K:A Mixolyian
E2 E>D CD E2|EAA>A A>BcA|E2
E>D CDE>F|G>EAG F D3|
E2 E>D C>D E2|EA A2 ABcd|efgf
e2d2|cABd c A3||
A,4 CD E2|EA A2 ABcA|EDCD E2F2|GEAG
F D3|EDCD E2A2|
A2A2 ABcd|edcB Aagf|edcB c A3||
K:A Dorian
ed c2 (d//c)Bcd|efga gagf|ed c2
(d//cBcd|ea2b a2 gf|edcB ABcd|1
efga g2d2|efgf e2d2|^cABc c A3:|2
egfa g2d2|ed^cB Aagf|ed^cA c A3||
X:2
T:Fine Times at Our House
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Breakdown
S:Edden Hammons (
K:D
[EA]{F}[E/A/][D/A/] C/[A,/D/]E/(G/
[D/A/]F/)[A,/G/]A/ A/(B/[c/e/][A/e/]) | [EA]{F}[E/A/]D/ C/[A,/D/][E/A/][E/A] |
(3[F/A/]E/D/ [C/D/][A,/D/][DD][DD] |
[EA]{F}[E/A/]D/ C/D/[E/A/](G/ [D/A/]F/)[A,/G/]A/ [A/e/][B/e/][c/e/][d/e/] |
M:5/4
L:1/8
[e/e/][e/e/][e/e/](e/f/
(3[A/g/]f/e/[de] (3[c/e/]B/A/ [G/A/][D/A/] [E/A/](A[A/B/]) AA :|
M:4/4
L:1/8
[A/d/][d/e/][c/e/]d/
[A/e/][d/e/][c/e/][d/e/] [A/e/]d/[A/e/][A/f/] [A/g/][A/a/][A/g/]d/ |
[A/e/][d/e/]c/[d/e/]
[A/e/]d/[c/e/][d/e/] | [A/e/][Aa][A/b/] [A/a/][A/b/][A/a/][A/g/] |
[A/e/]d/[c/e/][d/e/]
[A/e/][d/e/][c/e/][d/e/] [A/e/][d/e/][A/e/][A/f/] [Ag]d |
e/[Aa][A/b/] [A/a/]g/(e/d/)
c/(A/[B/e/]G/) [A,A][A,A] :|
FINE TIMES AT OUR
HOUSE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. D
Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This is
FINE TIMES AT OUR HOUSE, KITTY'S GOT A BABY-O. Old-Time, Breakdown.
FINE TOAST TO HEWLETT. AKA and see “Hewlett.”
FINERTY'S FROLIC (Cleasa Uí Finnactaig). AKA and see "Bliven's Favorite," "By your leave, Larry Grogan,"
"Coppers and Brass [2]",
“The County Limerick Buckhunt,"
“Green Sleeves [3]," "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," "Pingneacha
Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,”
"The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.” Irish, Double Jig. G
Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Nearly identical to “Bliven’s
Favorite.” Miller (Fiddler’s Throne),
2004; No. 42, pg. 36. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1016, pg. 189. O'Neill (Dance Music of
See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Finerty’s Frolic
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/F/|DGG GAB|cAG FGA|BAB cAF|AGG
G2F|
DGG GAB|cAG FGA|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|
|:d|def g2g|fed cAF|Ggf gag|fdd
d2e|f/g/ag fed|cAG FGA|d/e/fd cAF|AGG G2:|
FINGAL('S) MARCH. Irish, March. E Dorian. Standard
tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982,
vol. 3; No. 216, pg. 82. Maggie’s Music MM107,
"Music in the Great Hall" (1992).
FINGALIAN AIR, A (Fonn air Dàin Féinne). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "This Fingalian air was acquired through the
predecessor of Mr. Fraser of Leadclune, referred to in note No. 28 ('An Air to
Which Ossian in recited')" {Fraser}. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Fingalian Air, A
T:Fonn air Dàin Féinne
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G2|c4G2|c4 c/d/c/B/|A2d2B2|c4 d>e|a4g2|g>a g2f2|e4 d>e|a4
c>d|e4d3|c4:|
|:e>d|c4B>A|G4c>B|A2d2B2|c4d>e|a4g2|g>a
g2f2|e4 d>e|a4 e>d|c4B2|A4:|
FINGALIANS’
DANCE, THE. Irish, March? G Major. Standard
tuning. AB. O’Neill says an identical setting with variations was printed in
Burk Thumoth’s Twelve English and Twelve
Irish Airs (
X:1
T:Fingalians' Dance, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:The Hibernian Muse 1787
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
B2 G2 G2 Bc|d2 G2 d2 G2|B2 G2 G2 Bc|d4 {c}B4|
c2 A2 A2 cd|e2 A2 e2 A2|c2 A2 A2 cd|e4 {d}c4||
G2 g2 g2 fg|agfe dcBA|A2 a2 "tr"a2 ga|bagf dcBA|
G2 g2 "tr"g2 fg|f2 ga D2 g2|f2 ga D2 g2|f4 {e}d4||
***
Photo: Paul McNeil
http://www.webcraft.co.uk/westbound/index.htm
***
Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 58. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 6. Redwing
Music RWMCD 5410, Abby
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
B,|E>FGG (F/A)G/F/
E>B,|E>FGB (c/B/)(A/G/) (F/A/)(G/F/)|E>F GG (F/A/)G/F/
E>B,|C>B,C>B, CEE:|
|:B|(e2 e/)B/c/d/ (e2 d/)g/b/g/|(e2
g/)e/ b/g/ c’f (f/a/)g/f/|(e2 e/)B/c/d/ (e2 e/)f/g/e/|{c}a>g {g}f/e/f/d/
{d}e2 E:|
|:G/F/|(E/F/)G/F/ (E/G/)B/e/
c/B/A/G/ (A/G/)F/E/|(E/e/)(B/c/) (G/B/)(B,/A/) GF F2|
E/(e/d/)c/ (B/A/)(G/F/) G/c/(B/A/
G/F/E/D/)|(C/E/)(B,/E/) (C/E/)(B,/E/) CEE:|
B|(e/d/)(e/d/) (d/B/)c/d/
(e/d/)(e/d/) (e/g/)(b/g/)|e2 (3g/f/e/ (3b/a/g/ c’f f/a/g/f/|
eg/f/ e/B/(c/d/) (e2 e/)f/g/e/|{c}
a>g {g} f/e/f/d/ e2 EB|
(e/d/)(e/d/) (e/B/)(c/d/)
(e/d/)(e/d/) (e/g/)(b/g/)|(e/B/)(g/e/) (b/g/)(e’/b/) c’f (f/a/)g/f/|
e/(e/d/)e/
(c/e/)(B/e/) (c/e/)(d/f/) (e/g/)(f/a/)|(g/b/)(a/c’/) (b/g/)(f/a/) gee||
X:1
T:Cuilfhionn
T:Fingal's Weeping
T:
D:Old Blind Dogs, Fit?
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
K:Ador
E/G/ | A2 B/A/G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/ ed/B/ | d>G GE/G/ |
A2 B/A/G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/ ed/B/ |
eA A :|
B/d/ | ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ed/e/ ge/g/ | e/d/B/A/ GB/d/ |
ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ge/a/ g/e/d/B/ | eA AB/d/ |
ed/e/ gf/g/ | ae/a/ ge/a/ | ed/e/ ge/g/ | e/d/B/A/ GA/B/ |
dc/d/ ed/e/ | gf/g/ ae/a/ | ge/a/ g/e/d/B/ | eA A |]
X:2
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:Amin
A2 B/A/ G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ | BA/G/
ed/B/ | dG G2 | A2 B/A/ G/A/ | BA Ae/d/ |
B/B/ A/G/ ed/B/ | eA A2 || ed/e/
g^f/g/ | {a}ae/a/ ge/g/ | ed/e/ g^f/g/ | e/d/ B/A/ G2 |
ed/e/ g^f/g/ | ae/a/ ge/g/ | g/e/
f/d/ g/e/ d/B/ | eA A2 || (3e/f/e/ d/e/ g^f/g/ | ae/a/ ge/g/ |
ed/e/ g^f/g/ | e/d/ B/A/ G/A/ B/G/ |
cB/c/ dc/d/ | ed/e/ ga | g/e/ f/d/ g/e/ d/B/ | eA A2 ||
FINGAL’S DIRK. Scottish, Pipe Quickstep (4/4
time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by Scots
fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927).
Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904;
pg. 49.
X:1
T:Fingal’s Dirk
M:C
L:1/8
R:Pipe Quickstep
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
.A/.B/ | .c.ed>B c(A A).A/.B/ |
ceg>d B(GG)B | ce({c}d>)B ceAa | e>c({c}d>)B cAA :|
|: .A/.B/ | c/d/e/c/ d/f/B/d/
c/d/e/d/ c/e/A/a/ | c/d/e/A/ g/e/d/c/ .B(GG).B | c/d/e/c/ d/f/B/d/ c/d/e/d/
c/e/A/a/ |
e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/e/ ({c/d/}c)AA :: a |
e>cdB cAAe | ceg>d .B(GG).f | e>cdB ce Aa | e>cdB ({B}c)AA :|
|: a | e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/d/ c/e/A/e/
c/A/a/A/ | c/d/e/A/ g/e/d/c/ BG<G Gg | e/a/c/a/ d/c/B/e/ c/d/e/d/ c/e/A/a/ |
e/d/c/e/ d/c/B/e/ cAA :|
FINGAL'S MARCH. See "Fingal March."
FINGALL'S LAMENTATION. AKA and see “Miss Guthrie’s.”
Scottish, Air ("Very Slow"). F Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. "A
very old Gaelic air" (Gow). Despite Gow’s assertion that the tune was very
old, John Purser could find no earlier printed version than Gow’s own. Purser
regards it as typical example of the ‘Celtic revival style’ of Scottish fiddle
composition of Gow’s era. Poet Robert Tannahill directed his song “Wild drives
the bitter northern blast” to the air of “Fingal’s Lamentation.” Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 539. Gow
(Fourth Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 2nd ed., originally
1800; pg. 17. Redwing
Music RWMCD 5410, Abby
X:1
T:Fingall’s Lamentation
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Very slow”
B:Gow – Fourth Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Fmin
G|(A<F) c2 (.F.F)|~AA
cBAG|(A<F) c2 (.F.F)|(=EG) ~F3G|(A<F) c2 ~(.F.F)|(AB) c2 c=e|
f>_e {d}c2 BA|”tr”G>F
F3:||c|”tr”f>g (f_e) (cB)|”tr”B>c e2 (cB)|c=e “tr”f3g|{f/g/}a>g
{g}f3c|
{c}a>g {g}f2
(e>d)|(d/c/)(B/A/) A2 c=e|(f>_e) c2 (.F.F)|”tr”(_EG) F3:|
FINGAL’S WEEPING. AKA and see “Cuilfhionn,”
“Fingal’s Cave [2]."
FINGER LOCK, THE. Scottish, Pibroch.
A piece of piobaireachd music attributed to Ranald MacAilean Og of Cross on the
FINGER RING. AKA and see "I
Wish't I Had a New Five Cents," "New Five Cents [2].” Old‑Time,
Breakdown/ Song.
***
I would not have a yeller gal, I'll tell you the reason why,
She'd blow her nose on yeller corn bread and call it pumpkin pie.
***
Refrain
Wish't I had a finger ring (or, new five cents),
Wish't I had a dime;
Wish't I had a finger ring (new five cents),
To give that gal of mine.
***
I would not have a yeller gal, I'll tell you the reason why,
Her neck's so long and yeller I'm afraid she'd never die.
***
Mawsy had a yeller gal, brought her from the South,
Her mouth looked like an old fireplace with the ashes all raked out.
***
Mawsy had an old gray mare I know her mighty well,
If she ever jumps in my corn patch she'd better jump in hell.
***
Mawsy had an old blind horse, he calls him Bawly Sam,
Every tooth in his old head is sixteen inches round.
***
(See "Old Joe Clark," "Old Dan Tucker" for similar
floating verses, also the song "Raise a Ruckus (Roughhouse) Tonight"
and “Sook Pied”)
Source for notated version: R.E.
Perkins (
FINGER THE SHIFT. AKA and see "The Calendar,"
"Reice an Mhi‑adha."
FINGERING WITH YOUR
FINGERS. Old-Time, Breakdown. B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AA'B. The 'B' part tonality approximately follows a circle of
5ths. Source for notated version: Lonnie Chatmon with the Mississippi Sheiks
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 49.
FINLAY IS HIS FATHER'S
DARLING (Se gaol a'bhodaich
Fionnlagh).
Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 7.
FINLAY MACKENZIE. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed by N.
MacLennan. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle,
vol. 3), 1988; pg. 11.
FINLAYSTON HOUSE. Scottish, Slow Air. The melody was composed by amateur fiddle‑composer
John Riddell of
FINLEY CREEK BLUES. Old-Time, Two-Step. USA, Missouri. D
Major. Standard tuning. ABC. According to Gordon McCann (2008), Missouri
fiddlers frequently attribute the tune to one Zed Tennis, who played on
broadcasts for KWTO (Springfield, Mo.) in the early days of radio. Finley Creek
is a tributary of the James River, flowing through Christian County, Mo., south
of Nixa. Source for notated version: Glenn Rickman (1901-1982, Hurley,
Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle
Tunes), 2008; pg. 111. Rounder 0437, Jim Beeler
Kate – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the
Ozarks, vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties” (2000). Rounder 0432, Bob Holt –
“Got a Little Home to Go To” (1998).
FINN JENTA WALTZ (Finnish Girl Waltz). Norwegian, Waltz. G Dorian. Standard tuning.
AA'BB'. "This is a variant of a well‑known Norwegian waltz, done in
the style of Hans Brimi, a famous Norwegian folk fiddler" (Reiner). Reiner
(Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1977;
pg. 56. RC2000, George Wilson – “Royal Circus” (2000).
FINN POLKA (Kauhauan Polkka). Finnish, Polka. A popular folk tune with the
Finnish ethnic community in northern
FINNEA LASSES. AKA and see “Killarney
Wonder Schottische [1].” Irish, Schottische. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB.
The melody was recorded by Donegal fiddler Hughie Gillespie in
FINNEGAN'S DREAM. AKA and see "Garryowen,"
"The Scotch Laddie." American, Jig
or March.
FINNEGAN'S WAKE [1] (Torran
UíFinnguine). AKA - "Tim Finnegan's Wake." AKA and
see “(An) Bhean Spáinneach,” "Doran's Ass," "The French
Musician," “Paddy Doyle,” “The
Spanish Lady.” Irish,
X:1
T:Finnegan’s Wake
L:1/8
M:C|
K:D
|:F3F F2E2|F2A2B2A2|d3d d2A2|B2A2E4|F3F F2E2|F2A2B2A2|d3d d2A2|B2c2d4:|
|:d3d d2e2|d2c2B2A2|d3d d2e2|d2e2f4|d3d d2e2|d2c2B2A2|B3c B2A2|B2c2d4:|
FINNEGAN'S WAKE [2]. Irish. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays
of Gaelic Melody), No. 56.
FINNIN'
HADDIES. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor.
Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by to Carl Volti,
born Archibald Milligan in
X:1
T:Finnin’
Haddies
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 73 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
B|e<e
B>A G>FE>G|F<d A>G F<D DB|e<e B>A G>FE>G|(3FGA
(3BAB G>E E:|
|:F|G<G
B>G d>GB>G|F<d A>G F<D D>F|G<G B>G
d>GB>e|(3gfe (3Be^d e>E E:|
FINNIS JIG. American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Has
part of "Razors in the Air," an old minstrel tune, in it. American
2/4 tunes were sometimes called 'jigs', perhaps in a reference to 'jig tunes',
a derogatory term for African-Americans.
FINN’S FAVOURITE. See “Rosie Finn’s Favourite.”
FINTAN McMANUS'S. AKA and see “Guns of
the Magnificent Seven.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A
modern composition by Fintan McMaus, Co. Fermanagh. Green
Linnett GLCD 1137, Altan - "
X:1
T: The Guns of the Magnificent Seven
T:Fintan McManus’s
M: 2/2
L: 1/8
R: Reel
C: Fintan McManus
D: Altan, "
K: ADor
EAAG ABcA|EAFA GEDG|EAAG ABcd|egdB
BAAG:|
|:ABcd eAAf|gedc BA~A2|ABcd
eaaf|gedB BA~A2:|
M: 6/8
|:egdB A2|
M: 2/2
egdB GABd|eBdB Aaag|egdB BA~A2:|
FINTOWN REEL (Baile na Finne). See “Scotch Mary.”
FIONA MACLEOD. Scottish, Pipe Reel. Composed by Donald MacLeod for his daughter. Pipe Major Donald MacLeod’s Collection. Green Linnet GLCD 1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice
Cuts” (1997).
FIONA'S REEL. Shetland, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "Written for a very
hard working pupil of Tom (Anderson's), and one of Shetland's Young Heritage
group" (Anderson). Anderson (Ringing
Strings), 1983; pg. 101.
FIONA’S WEDDING. AKA and see “Bluebell Polka,” “Liberton Pipe Band.”
FIR A BHATD. AKA and see “The Boatman [6].”
FIR AN GHUAIL. AKA and see “The Coalminer’s
Reel.”
FIR TREE, THE. Scottish, Strathspey; English, Reel.
See also listing at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index |
X:1
T:Fir Tree, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|E2 =C>E
=c>GE>A|F2 DB/c/ d>AG>A|F2 DB/c/ e/d/B/A/ d>f|
F2 DB/c/ d>A=c>G|E2 =C>E
=c>GE>G|D>EF>G A<d A>F|G<E A>G FDD||
f|d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e
fd>g>e=ce|d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e ~a>g f>d d<f|
d/d/d f>d g>ef>d|e/e/e
f>d g>e=ce|d>ef>g a>ba>f|g>e a/g/f/e/ fdd||
FIR UA MAG-EALLA, NA. AKA and see "The Men from
Mallow."
FIRE AND FERVOUR. Scottish, Reel. Composed by Aberdeen fiddler and composer J. Murdoch
Henderson (1902-1972), dedicated to John Dickie, the “penny whistle wizard” of
Turriff. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish
Melody), 1935.
FIRE AWAY. Scottish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the
Scottish fiddler and composer J. Scott Skinner
(1843-1927). Source for notated
version: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 44, pg.
17.
FIRE AWAY, YOU DEVIL,
YOU. Irish, Air and Jig. The air of this
song was recorded as a jig by County Leitrim flute player John McKenna
(1880-1947). Gennet Records (78 RPM), John McKenna
(1925).
FIRE CROSS SONG, THE. AKA and see "The Fiery Cross."
FIRE DOWN BELOW. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional
Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954.
FIRE FLY (REEL). American, Reel. D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. It is possible this tune was associated with the stage
production called The Fire Fly,
starring, at one time, the famous mid-19th century actress Lotta
Crabtree (who performed in it in Boston in 1868). Mark Twain was residing in
San Francisco at the time, writing for the Alta California. In the issue of
September 6, 1868, Twain writes:
***
One of the first things that fell under our notice was one of Lotta’s
posters, which bore the
information that she would begin a star engagement at Wallack’s within a
few days. It is
wonderful what a firm hold that young girl has secured upon the good will
of the people
and press of the metropolis—I might say, of the rest of the country
also, but you know that
that follows, of course. Critics
speak guardedly of other actresses, but the praise her without
stint. The Tribune and the other great dailies are her friends. She
draws surprisingly. I see
nothing and hear nothing of her enterprising father. Lotta is to appear
in a new play, “The
Fire Fly,” written especially for her. After speaking of her former
successes in New York,
the Tribune says:
***
She is aptly typical of the luminous
and erratic insect, glancing and gleaming in the night air of
summer. The fact the new drama in
which she will appear comes from the practiced pen of Mr.
Edmund Falconer, is guarantee of its
theatrical merit. ‘The Fire Fly’ is the novelty of the week,
moreover, in theatrical life, and
public attention naturally centres upon it. Mr. Moss, the manager,
is understood to have got up the new
play with uncommon care. Should it prove a success, it
will undoubtedly run along till the
close of the summer season.
***
Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 17. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 41.
X:1
T:Fire-Fly
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
.D/(c/d/).f/ .e/(c/d/).B/ | .A/.F/.d/(F/
E/)(G/F/).E/ | .D/(c/d/).f/ .e/(d/B/).b/ | a/g/e/f/ {c}dd |
.D/(c/d/).f/ .e/(c/d/).B/ |
.A/.F/.d/(F/ E/)(G/F/).E/ | .D/(c/d/).f/ .e/(d/B/).b/ | a/g/e/f/ d/e/f/^g/ ||
.a/(d/f/)(a/ g/)(a/f/)(b/ | a/)(f/e/)(d/
B/).A/.f/.g/ | .a/(d/f/)(a/ b/)(a/f/)(b/ | a/).f/.e/.f/ .d/.e/.f/.g/ |
.a/(d/f/)(a/ g/)(a/f/)(b/ |
a/)(f/e/)(d/ B/).A/.(3B/4c/4d/4 | .A/.d/.F/.d/ (a/d/).f/.b/ | .a/.f/.e/.f/
{c}dd ||
FIRE FLY WALTZ. American, Waltz. USA, Pa. E Flat Major ('A' part) & B Flat Major
('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Ralph Sauers
(Buffalo Valley, Pa.) [Guntharp]. Guntharp (Learning
the Fiddler’s Ways), 1980; pg. 73.
FIRE HIM OUT. American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Josephine Keegan’s “Aughacashel” is a similar melody. Micky Soltys finds the first part of this tune similar to the second part of Bill Monroe’s “Monroe’s Hornpipe.” Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg 24.
X:1
T:Fire Him Out
B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
N:slightly adapted
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Paul
de Grae
R:reel
K:A
EFAB c4|BABc BAFA|EFAB ce f2|fecA B2 AF|
EFAB c4|BABc BAFA|agae fecA|BABc A4:||:
AGAB AECE|edBc BAFA|EAce AceA|fecA B3 E|
AGAB AECE|edBc BAFA|EAce Acef|fedB A4:||
FIRE IN THE VALLEY. AKA and see “Coach Road
to Sligo [1],” “The Blackthorn
Stick [1],” “Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill,” "Fire on the Mountain(s) [2]." This
title appears in a manuscript from County Limerick.
FIRE ON/IN THE
MOUNTAIN [1]. AKA and see “Betty Martin,” “Pretty Betty Martin,” “Hog Eye [1],” "Sambo” “Ten
Little Indians,” “Tip Toe Fine."
Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA, widely known. A Major ('A' part)
& D Major ('B' part) {most versions}: A Major {Beisswenger &
McCann/Walden}. Standard, AEae or ADae tunings. AAB (Brody, Krassen): AA’B
(Beisswenger & McCann): AABB (Lowinger): AABB' (Phillips/1994). A popular
American fiddle tune that has numerous
variants (some quite distanced from each other) and is widely
disseminated throughout the South and Midwest. It is typically played at
breakneck speed, giving rise to popular folklore for the origins of the title:
i.e. the fiddler plays so fast the fiddle catches on fire and lights up the
woods (Lowinger, 1974). The title may be Celtic in origin: Scottish clans often
used blazing bonfires on Highland hills as gathering signals (ironically, this also
may be the origin for the Ku Klux Klan’s blazing crosses).
***
Krassen (1973) notes his 'B' part
has similarities with a 78 RPM recording of Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers'
"Hog‑eyed Man," and Bayard (1981) also recognizes the
similarity between the second parts of the same tunes, though a closer match to
"Fire On the Mountain" he believes to be "Betty Martin,"
which is "reminiscent all through." Guthrie Meade (1980) links the
***
The piece was recorded in the early
1940's from Ozark Mountain fiddlers by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph
for the Library of Congress. It is on Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden’s list of
‘100 essential Missouri fiddle tunes’. Lowe Stokes (1898-1983), one of the
north Georgia band 'The Skillet Lickers' fiddlers, remembered it as having been
fiddled by his father. The Red Headed Fiddlers, A.L ‘Red’ Steeley and J.W.
‘Red’ Graham, recorded the tune in 1929, titled by the recording engineers as
“Far in the Mountain”—evidently they were from the North and could not
recognize the correct title when pronounced with Southern accents.
***
Verses are sometimes sung to the
melody, especially in the variants by other names such as “Betty Martin,” “Ten
Little Indians,” “Pretty Betty Martin” and “Hog-eye.” Wilkinson (1942) says
that the following verse made its way into some editions of Mother Goose [see Mother Goose’s Quarto, Boston, 1825]:
***
Fire on the mountains, run, boys, run,
Fire on the mountains, run, boys, run.
***
Other verses (some of which are
floating) have been:
***
Fire on the mountain,
run boy run;
Sal, let me chaw your
rosin some.
***
Fire on the mountain,
run, boys, run;
Fire on the mountain
till the day is done.
***
Fire on the mountain,
water down below;
Never get to heaven
'less you jump Jim Crow.
***
Fire on the Mountain,
fire on the hillside
Fire on the Mountain, run, boys, run.
***
Old Uncle Cyrus fished
all night,
Never caught a fish on
a crawfish bite.
***
Old mother Taylor she
drinks whiskey,
Old mother Taylor she
drinks wine.
Old mother Taylor she
got drunk,
Swung across the river
on a pumpkin vine.
***
Two little Indians lying
in bed,
One turned over and
the other one said,
Fire on the mountain
coming son,
Fire on the mountain
run boy run.
***
Two little Indians and
their squaw
Sittin' on a mountain
in Arkansas.
***
All little Indians
gonna drink whisky
All little Indians gonna
get drunk.
***
All my little Indians don’t drink liquor,
All my little Indians don’t get drunk.
(Sam Connor. The last two lines were also remembered by Arkansas fiddler
Skeeter Walden)
***
Opie connects the lyric with the
minstrel song “Jim Along Josie,” absorbed into play-party tradition. “Jim Along
Josie” was remembered from Missouri play-parties in the 1880’s with the words:
***
Cat’s in the cream jar, run, girls,
run,
Fire on the mountain, fun, boys,
fun.
Hey, Mim along, Mim along, Josie,
Hey, Jim a long, Jim along, Jo.
***
Sources for notated versions: Highwoods String Band (N.Y.)
[Brody]; Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers (Ga.) [Krassen]; Clayton McMichen
(Ga.) [Kaufman]; James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm (Greewood, Albermarle County,
Virginia) [Wilkinson]; Jim ‘Skeeter’ Walden (1879-1956, Busch, north Arkansas)
[Beisswenger & McCann].
***
Print Sources: Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark
Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 152. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 106. Kaufman (Beginning
Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pgs. 76‑77. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1973; pg. 72. Lowinger (Bluegrass Fiddle), 1974; pg. 17.
Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989;
pg. 18. Phillips (Traditional American
Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 85. Wilkinson, Southern Folklore Quarterly, (vol. vi, No. 1, pg. 9, March, 1942).
Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980;
pg. 39.
***
Recorded Sources: Briar
4202l, The Kentucky Colonels‑ "Living In the Past." Brunswick
470 (78 RPM), The Red‑Headed Fiddlers (1929). CMH 9006, Benny Martin‑
"The Fiddle Collection." Columbia 15185-D (78 RPM), Riley Puckett
(fiddled by Clayton McMichen). County Records, Kyle Creed and Fred Cockerham.
County CD 2719, Theron Hale. Document DOCD-8017, Fiddlin’ John Carson
(originally recorded 1926). Document DOCD-8038, A.L Steeley and J.W. ‘Red’
Graham {the Red Headed Fiddlers} (originally recorded 1929). Flying Fish 065,
Buddy Spicher‑ "Me and My Heroes" (appears as the third tune of
'Fiddle Tune Medley'). King Records (78 RPM), Curley Fox (Greysville,
Tennessee). Library of Congress Records, The Red‑Headed Fiddlers ‑
"Dance Music, Breakdowns and Waltzes." Morning Star 45004, Ted
Gossett's String Band (western Ky.) - "Wish I Had My Time Again"
(originally recorded Sept., 1930, probably with fiddling by Tommy Whitmer instead
of Ted Gossett, although the recording was issued under the band name Buddy
Young’s Kentuckians). OKeh 45068 (78 RPM), John Carson (1926). Rounder 0023,
Highwoods String Band‑ "Fire On the Mountain." Rounder 0035,
Fuzzy Mountain String Band‑ "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973.
Learned from Henry Reed, Glen Lyn, Va.). Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin ‑
"Banging and Sawing" (1985. Appears as "Far in the
Mountain," learned from the Red‑Headed Fiddler's record). Rounder C‑11565,
Bob Potts & Walt Koken ‑ "Rounder Fiddle" (1990). Starday
SLP 235, Curly Fox {Ga.} (1963). Stoneway 148, E.J. Hopkins‑ "Fiddle
Hoedown." Vetco LP 104, Clayton McMichen ‑ "The Wonderful World
of Old‑Time Fiddlers" (orig. rec. 1928). In the repertoire of black
string band John Lusk Band (as "Sambo") from the Cumberland Plateau
region of Ky./Tenn.
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Fire on the Mountains
L:1/8
M:2/2
S:James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm,
Greenwood,
K:Amix
efed c2A2|B2G2B2d2|efed c2A2|B2G2
A4:|
|:efed
c2d2|e2f2g2g2|efed c2d2|e2a2 a4:|
FIRE ON THE
MOUNTAIN(S) [2], THE. AKA and see "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill,"
"Humors of Bantry,"
"Billy Patterson(‘s
Favorite)," "The
Blackthorn Stick [1]," "The
Catholic Boys [3]," "The Rose on the Mountain [1],"
"The Eagle's Nest," "The Maid(en) on the Green,"
"The Coach Road to Sligo [1],"
"The Hare on the Mountain."
Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This title is a
"floater." Source for notated version: "Mr. Victor Power of Leap
Co. Cork, a good amateur violinist, with much knowledge of Irish music, about
1875" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk
Music and Songs), 1909; No. 200, pg. 99. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 101, pg. 31.
X:1
T:Fire on the Mountains
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Roche Collection
K:G
d|g>fg efg|dBG AFD|DGG AGA|BGB
ABd|
gfg efg|dBG AFD|AGG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:d|edd gdd|edd gdB|def gdB|eAA ABd|
edd gdd|edd gdB|DGG AGA|BGG G2:|
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
[3]. American, Dance Tune (4/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Samuel Bayard (1943) is of the opinion that his
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
[4]. Old-Time, Breakdown. A Mixolydian.
Standard tuning. AA'BB. A relative of version #1. Source for notated version:
The Canebreak Rattlers [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 86.
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
[5]. AKA and see "Old Time Fire On
the Mountain." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. No
relation to any other versions by this title. The 'B' part is a variant of the
'A', played an octave down. Source for notated version: Sam Connor [Phillips].
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 86.
FIRE POLKA. English, Polka. England,
Northumberland. D Major (‘A’ part) & G Major (‘B’ and ‘C’ parts). Standard tuning.
AABBC. Composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a teacher, musician, composer,
dancing master and fiddler, originally from Morpeth. Source for notated
version: an unattributed 19th century manuscript in the Beamish
Museum [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me),
1995; pg. 28.
FIREFLY HORNPIPE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald (Cape Breton)
[Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald),
1997; No. 16, pg. 6. Honeyman (Strathspey,
Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 53. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 60. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 360, pg. 40. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 41. Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty”
Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (reissue of Celtic Records CX 40).
X:1
T:Firefly 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>AB>c
B>dc>B|A>BG>A F>GE>F|D>FB>F G>Ee>d|(3cdc (3BAG F2
(3FGA|
B>AB>c
B>dc>B|A>BG>A F>GE>F|D>FB>d d>cB>A|c2 (B2 B2):|
|:F>E|(3DFB d2 (3Bdf b2|b3 a
g>fe>d|e>de>f e>dc>B|A>cB>G F2 F>E|
(3DFB d2 (3Bdf b2|B3 a
g>fe>d|e>dc>B A>fg>a|b2 (B2 B2):|
FIRELICHT WALTZ. Shetland, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Composed by Tom
Georgeson (Shetland), a contemporary of the great Shetland fiddler and
composer, the late Tom Anderson. Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 37.
FIREMAN'S DANCE
COTILLION, THE. American, Cotillion (cut time).
USA, Pennsylvania. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version:
the late fiddler Jehile Kirkhuff (Pa.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
2, 1995; pg. 50.
FIREMAN'S QUICKSTEP. American, Quickmarch (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
tune features a fire-alarm like motif in the 'B' part. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 52.
X:1
T:Fireman’s Quickstep
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
df/d/ ce/c/ | df/d/ A2 | B/G/B/d/ c/d/e/c/
| d/e/f/g/ a/b/a/f/ | df/d/ ce/c/ | df/d/ A2 |
B/G/B/d/ c/d/e/c/ | dfd z :: a2a2 |
a3 e/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/c/ | d/e/f/d/ A2 | a2a2 |
a3 e/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/c/ | dfdz
:|
FIREMAN'S REEL. AKA and see "Buttermilk
and Cider," “Going to
California,” "Off/Going
to California [1]," "Old
Towser," "Whiskey,
You're the Devil," "Whiskey
in the Jar," "Belle
of the Kitchen [2]," "The
Silver Cluster," "You Bet,"
"Portsmouth Hornpipe,"
"Miss Johnson's
Hornpipe," "Gypsy Hornpipe
[4]," "Possum Up
a Gum Stump(, Coonie in the Hollow) [1]," "Lexington." New England, Reel. A Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Many of the alternate titles are floaters. Recombined
with different 'B' parts these tunes are also similar (in the 'A' part):
"I'm Waiting For You,"
"Five Miles Out of Town," "Silver Cluster." In New
Hampshire the tune has long had a regional association with the dance Lady
Walpole’s Reel. Source for notated version: Ron West (Vt.) [Phillips]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 86 (appears
as "Portsmouth Hornpipe"). Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 81. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 85. Fretless Records 132, "Ron West:
Vermont Fiddler." Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller –
“Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire”
(1999).
X:1
T:Fireman’s Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
K:A
|:Ac Bc AF EF|Ac ea f2 fg|ag fe fe cA|Bc BA F2E2| Ac Bc AF EF|
Ac ea f2 (3efg|ag fe fe cA|B2A2A4:|
|:ea fa fe ce|ea ga f2 fg|ag fe fe cA|Bc BA F2E2|Ac Bc AF EF|
Ac
ea f2 (3efg|ag fe fe cA|B2A2A2c2:|
FIRESIDE POLKA, THE. English, Polka. Composed by English hammered
dulcimer player Sue Harris. Front Hall FHR‑024,
Fennig's All‑Star String Band ‑ "Fennigmania" (1981).
FIRESIDE REEL. Scottish, Reel. The melody appears in both the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of
Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed " A Collection of the best
Highland Reels written by David Young, W.M. & Accomptant" (1734), and
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."
FIRM OLD TUNE, THE. AKA and see "An Sean Fonn Dur."
FIRST CENTURY REEL. American, Reel. A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard
tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Don Wheeler [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol.
1), 1994; pg. 86.
FIRST COME IN WAS A
BUMBLE BEE. See “Green Willis.”
FIRST
COUSIN OF THE GALLANT TIPPERARY BOYS,
THE. Irish,
Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABB. The tune is named for the
similarity in the opening bars with the tune “The Gallant Tipperary Boys.”
Source O’Leary indicated fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe was the original source for
the tune and title. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary
(Sliabh Luachra region), recorded in 1985 at Kenmare [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 130, pg. 76.
FIRST CUP, THE. AKA and see “Dick Gossip’s.”
FIRST DAY IN TOWN. Old-Time. County 2705, Kenny Baker -
"Master Fiddler."
FIRST DAY IN SPRING. Irish, Reel. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AA’BBCC. Composed by Donegal
native, fiddler Tommy Peoples.
See also listings at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:The First Day In Spring
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Siobháne Peoples
R:reel
D:Miltown Malbay Fiddle Class 1993
Z:Barney
K:Gdor
d2 cA GF DF |(3GFG cG dG cG|Ad cA GF DF|Gg (3fga g3 a |
ba gf dc Ag|ag fd cA FA|G2 cG dG
cG|1 Ad cA G4 :|
2 Ad cA G3 f||
~g3 a bg (3ggg|gb ag fd de|fa ge f2 cf|Af
ag fd cA|
~g3 a bg (3 ggg|af ge fd cA|G2 cG dG
cG|Ad cA G4:||
DG (3GGG Gd cA|G2 cG dG cG |DF (3FFF
Fc AG|F2 cF dF cF|
DG (3GGG Gd cA|G2 cG dc c2|af ge fd
cA |Fd cA G4 :||
FIRST DAY OF SPRING. AKA and see "Hunter's
Hornpipe [2]," "Reynard
the Fox [1],” Village Green." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard
tuning. One part. The melody has been rendered as a hornpipe (see “Hunter’s
Hornpipe”). Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 553, pg. 140.
X:1
T:First Day of Spring [1]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 553
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
cB | A2 FA c2 cd | _e2 dc d3c | f2
cB A2 FA | AG GA G2 GB |
cd ec fc cA | B2 GB A2 AG | FA cf dB
GE | {G}F2 F>G F2 ||
FIRST DAY OF SPRING [2], THE.
Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, New Brunswick. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Composed by Rogersville, New Brunswick, native Eddie Poirier. Cranford (Jerry
Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; no. 186, pg. 70. Jerry Holland – “Crystal Clear” (2000).
FIRST FAG OF THE
MORNING. English, Jig. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by R. Bazen. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 23.
FIRST FLIRTATION. American, Strathspey. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 170.
FIRST GRANDCHILD, THE. Irish, Reel. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by Bill Black to commemorate his friends’ new status. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No.
99, pg. 51.
X:1
T: First Grandchild
C: © B. Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: C
ad d2 edcA | Bege cAAG | EAcA FAdA | cBAB GEEF |
D2 FA d^cde | fdfg agfe | fdad ecgc | AcGE ED D2 :|
d2 cd AGFE | DEGA cG G2 | Ad (3dcd ad (3dcd | edAB c3 c |
d2
^fd edfd | cdeg aecA | D2 ^FA D2 =FA | GcGE D4 :|
FIRST HOUSE IN/OF CONNAUGHT,
THE. Irish,
Reel. Ireland, Counties Roscommon, Kilkenny. G Major. Standard tuning. AB
(Flaherty): AABB (Allan's, Darley & McCall): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). See
also "Downing's Reel,"
"Timothy Downing," "Mama's Pet [1]," "Peata Mamai [2]." The tune is
favored by uilleann pipers. Sources for notated versions: a MS of Mr. James
Corrigan (Clara, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]; piper and flute
player Charlie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloonshanville, near Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon)
[Flaherty]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980’s
[Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co.
Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Allan's Irish
Fiddler, No. 38, pg. 9. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914;
No. 43, pg. 18. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo),
1990; pg. 152. Harker (300 Tunes from
Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 31, pg. 10. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 23. Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good Friends,
Good Music" (1977). Wild Asparagus WA 003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone
Roads" (1990). Topic TSCD 602, Moate Ceilidhe Band – “Irish Dance Music”
(1995. A reissue of the 1945 original).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:First House in
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
|: DG~G2 AG~G2 | BGdG BGFG | DF~F2
AF~F2 | ABcA BGAF |
DG~G2 AG~G2 | BGdG BGFG | defg afdB
| (3cBA FA G4 :|
|: g3a gede | gabg ageg | ~f2dg
~f2de | fgag bgaf |
~g3a gede | gabg ageg | defg afdB |
(3cBA FA G4 :|
X:2
T:First House in Connaught, The
R:reel
S:Mike Rafferty
N:this is another good pipe tune
Z:Lesl and #54 John B. Walsh
M:C|
K:G
G2F2|:DG~G2 AG~G2|BGdG B2AF|DF~F2
AF~F2|A2cA BGAF|
DG~G2 AGG2|BGdG BGG2|defg agfd|1
cAFA G2GF:|2 cAFA G2Bd||
~g3a gfdg|g2bg ageg|~f2dg f2de|fgaf
bgaf|
~g2ga gfdg|~g2bg age2|defg agfd|1
cAFA G2Bd:|2 cAFA G4||
FIRST LIGHT OF DAY, THE. AKA and see “Bonaparte Crossing the
Rhine [2],” “From Galway
to Dublin (Town),” “Listowel
Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. E Dorian. Standard. AABB. Source for notated
version: from a recording by Johnny Cronin and Joe “Banjo” Burke [Black]. Black
(Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996;
No. 93, pg. 48. Shanachie 29009, “Andy McGann and Paul
Brady.”
X:1
T: First Light of Day
S: J. Cronin - J. Burke
Z: transcribed by B.Black
Q: 300
R: hornpipe
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Edor
B,D | E3 F EDB,D | GFGB A2 GA | Bdgf edBA | GEEF D2 B,D |
E3 F EDB,D | GFGB A2 GA | Bdgf edBA | GEED E2 :|
Bd | efed BdBA | GABc d2 Bd | e3 d B3 A | GEEF D2 B,D |
E3
F EDB,D | GFGB A2 GA | Bdgf edBA | GEED E2 :|
FIRST LOVE MAZURKA. American, Mazurka (3/4 time). G Major ('A', 'B', and 'C' parts) & C
Major ('D' part). Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Ford (Traditional Music in
FIRST LOVE POLKA. American, Polka. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Attributed to “Downing” by Howe, who may be referring to New York bandleader David L. Downing, a prominent Civil War era arranger of such pieces as “Dixie’s Land Medley Quick Step” (1861) and the “Kazoodie Ko Whirl Overture” (1852). Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 50.
X:1
T:First Love Polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
C:Downing
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
(gA) A/G/A/c/ | BB Bz :: (gB/)z/ (gB/)z/ | gg/a/ b/a/b/g/ | (fB/)z/ (fB/)z/ | fd/e/ f/=e/f/d/ |
(_eF/)z/ (_eF/)z/ | (dF/)z/ (dF/)z/ | cA/B/ c/=B/c/d/ | B A/B/ c/d/e/f/ | (gB/)z/ (gB/)z/ |
gg/a/ b/a/b/g/ | (fB/)z/ (fB/)z/ | fd/e/ f/=e/f/d/ | (_eF/)z/ (_eF/)z/ | (dF/)z/ (dF/)z/ |
cA/B/
c/B/c/d/ | B {c}A/B/ Bz :|
FIRST MONTH OF SPRING. Irish, American; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Alewine (Maid that Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips),
1987; pg. 17. Green Linnet SIF 0158, Matt Molloy &
Sean Keane ‑ "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Shanachie 78030,
Danú – “Think Before You Think” (2000).
X:1
T:First Month of Spring
L:1/8
M:C|
K:D
fe|d(B {d}(3BAB) A2 FA|DAFA defe|d(B
{d}(3BAB) A2 FA|
Beed egfe|d(B {d}(3BAB) A2 FA|DAFA
defg|afge ~f3e|dBAB e2 fg:|
|:a(f {a}(3fef) afbf| a(f {a}(3fef)
afef|a(f {a}(3fef) a2 af|egfe dBAf|
a(f {a}(3fef) afbf| a(f {a}(3fef) af
e2| f(a {b}(3aga) f(b {c’}(3bab)|bafe ~f3e:|
FIRST MONTH OF SUMMER, THE (“An Cead Mi Samrad” or “An Chéad Mhi den
tSamradh”).
Irish, Reel. A Major (O'Neill): D Major (Flaherty): G Major (Mulvihill): A
Major (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Miller & Perron,
Mulvihill, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AAB (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Flaherty). A
version of this tune is the old‑time "Grey Eagle." Flaherty's D Major
variation could be considered a discrete version of this tune.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:First Month Of Summer
S:Limerick Junction
Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth‑aachen.de
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:G
BA | GEEE D2BD | D2BD GABA | GEEE
DBBB | DEGA B2BA :|\
GBBB dBeB | dBBB e2eg | dBBd e2dB |
BABG ABce |\
dBBB dBeB | dBBB e2ef | gfed edBd |
cABG AcBA |]
X:2
T:First Month of Summer
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Brian Conway
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
cB||A(F D)F E2 CE|A,ECE (3dcB c(B|A
~F3 E ~A,3|CEAB cdBc|
(3ABA FA E2 CE|A,ECE (3dcB cB|A ~F3
E ~A,3|CEAB (3cBA B(G||
A)c (3ccc e(cfc|e)cAc fe (3fga|ec
(3ccc f(ce)(c|d2 c(d Bc)df|
e~c3 (3ABc f(c|e)(cA)c [d3f3]
(g|{b}ag)fe {g}fedc|(3dcB {c}BA BdcB||
FIRST NEW DUTCH SKIPPER, THE. English, Jig (6/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. The melody appears in Walsh’s Third Collection (1730) of Lancashire tunes.
X:1
T:The First New Dutch Skipper
B: Walsh
M:6/4
L:1/8
K:D
D4 A2 F4 D2|D4 A2 F4 D2 | A2 B2 c2 d4 A2 | A2 B2 c2 d4 D2 | D4 A2 F4 D2 |\
D4 A2 F4 D2 | A2 B2 c2 d2 c2 B2 | E2 A2 ^G2 A6:: e4 e2 e4 c2 | d4 e2 f6 |\
e2 f2 g2 f6 | e2 f2 g2 f6 | g2 f2 e2 g2 f2 e2 | f2 e2 d2 c4 B2 | d4 A2 F4 B2 |\
A4 d2 c4 d2 | e4 e2 a2 g2 f2 | e2 f2 c2 d6 ::
M:6/8
K:F
dDE FED | dDE FED | def eag | fed e^cA | dDE FED | dDE FED | def edc | =BA^G A3::\
ABc cdc | cdA BAG| =Bcd ded | fed e^c A | afd e^cA |fed e^cA | agf efg | Ad ^c d2::\
K:D
A| dcd ABc | dAF D2 d | def eag| fed cBA | dcd ABc | dAc eAe | fed cBA | AEC A,2 ::\
e | ecA ecA | efg g2 f | efg gfe | dcB dcB | Bdf B/2c/2d/2e/2f | bfd B3 | FGA FGA |\
dAF
GFE | GBe GBe | Bcd cBA | def ecA | def ecA | dcd ABC | eAF D3 :|
FIRST NIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning.
AABB'BB'. Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986.
FIRST NIGHT IN AMERICA (An Cead Oidce Ann America). Irish, Double Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 851, pg. 158. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 112, pg. 34.
X:1
T:First Night in America, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 112
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GFG AFD|GFG Bcd|efg dBG|ABG
AFD|GFG AFD|GFG Bcd|efg dBG|AGG G2:|
|:d|gfg efg|fag fed|gfg efg|afd d2
(3d/e/f/|g2e a2f|g2e dBG|c2A BGE|GAG G2:|
FIRST NIGHT IN
LEADVILLE. AKA and see "Ross' Reel [1].” Old-Time, Breakdown. E
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears in the mid-19th
century publications by Howe as “Ross’ Reel.” New York musician, writer and
researcher Don Meade believes the tune was named for the Colorado mining
boomtown. Similar in title is “The Last Night in Leadville.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 22. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 47.
X:1
T:First Night in Leadville
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
E | .E(G/B/) .e(f/e/) | d/e/f/g/
.a(g/a/) | b/g/a/f/ g/e/f/d/ | B/a/g/f/ e/c/B/G/ | .E(G/B/) .e(g/e/) |
d/e/f/g/ .a(g/a/) | b/g/a/f/
g/e/f/d/ | B/a/g/f/ e :: .f/{c}.B/(3B/=A/B/ .g/{c}.B/(3B/=A/B/ |
e/f/g/a/ b/a/g/f/ | B/a/g/f/
e/c/B/G/ | E(G/B/) .e(f/e/) | d/e/f/g/ .a(g/a/) | b/g/a/f/ g/e/f/d/ | B/a/g/f/
e :|
FIRST OF APRIL, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Published before 1730 according to Raven, though Barnes
and Johnson date it c. 1773. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986. S. Johnson (Twenty‑Eight
Country Dances as Done at the New
FIRST OF AUGUST. AKA and see "Glorious
First of August," "The
Weaver's March," "The
Gallant Weaver," "Twenty-First
of August," "Frisky Jenny,"
"The Tenth of June," "Come Jolly Bacchus," "Charles of Sweden," "The Liffey Banks." English. The
title commemorates the accession of King George I, in 1714, according to Kidson
(Groves), who believes Jones is wrong
when he asserts it refers to the traditional date of the Britonnic Celtic
festival of Lammas, one of the four great pagan festivals in the calendar year,
or to the paying of Welsh tithes. The tune is sometimes claimed as Welsh,
continued Kidson, as it was printed in that country in 1802 with the suggestion
of antiquity, however, as “Frisky Jenny” the same melody appears in Playford’s Dancing Master of the mid-17th
century and was long a favorite in England. The claim for Welsh provenance has
no merit, according to Kidson (Groves),
who believes that it is probably Swedish (see his article in The Musical Times, Sept. 1895, pg. 593).
Samuel Bayard (in his article “A Miscellany of Tune Notes,” Studies in Folklore, pg. 171) finds “The First of August” in
Edward Jones’s The Bardic Museum
(London: 1802; the second volume of his Relicks),
pg. 104 (referred to by Kidson, above), and in W. Bigley’s Sixty of the Most Admired, etc., pg. 41. He concludes it is
“nothing but the once popular English ‘Come Jolly Bacchus’, or ‘Glorious First
of August’”. The name “First of August” is also given to a Scots country dance.
FIRST OF JUNE, THE (An Cead La Mi Meadon Samraid). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard.
AABB. The date is that of an important British naval victory during the
Napoleonic Wars. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 174. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1600, pg. 297. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 844, pg. 146. Roche
Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 23, pg. 18.
X:1
T:First of June, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No.
844
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B>c|d>dc>A (3ddd c>A|~G2
A>F G2 A>G|F>Af>e d>cE>F|G>gf>e (3ded (3cBA|
d>dc>A (3ddd
c>A|G>gf>a g2g2|d>BG>E D>DE>F|G2g2g2:|
|:e>f|(3gag f>g
e>Be>f|g>bf>g e2 f>g|a>ba>g f>ed>f|d>gf>e d2
e>f|
g>af>g
e>fd>f|g>dB>G A>GE>F|G>BG>E D>DE>F|G2 g2 g2:|
FIRST OF MARCH, THE (An Cead La {Na} Marta). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. The first of March is St. David’s Day. David is the patron saint of
Wales. AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 125. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1357, pg. 253. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 611, pg. 111.
X:1
T:First of March, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No.
611
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
{a}ge|d2 BG AGEF|G2 dG Bdge|d2 BG
AGEA|1 Bdgd efge:|2 Bdgd e2||ef|
g2 gf gbag|fdad fdfa|g2 gf gbaf|gfed
Beef|
g2 gf gbag|fdad fdfa|(3gab ag (3fga
fe|BA (3Bcd efge||
FIRST OF MAY [1], THE (An Cead La Bealteine). AKA and see “The Mayday Hornpipe.” Irish, English,
Scottish; Hornpipe. A Dorian/Mixolydian (O’Neill/1915, Phillips, Raven,
Taylor): A Mixolydian (Emmerson, Roche, Stanford/Petrie): A Major (Kerr,
O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning. AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Allans, Emmerson,
O'Neill, Raven, Roche, Taylor): AA'BB' (Kerr, Phillips). The first of May was
traditionally a day for romance and was important in ancient times as the date
of the festival of La Bealtaine (the day of the mouth of the fire), one of the
most important Celtic celebrations. During Bealtaine ceremonial fires would be
lit on either side of a path and cattle driven up the middle to purify them for
the coming year and to help protect them against disease and insure their
health. Philippe Varlet says the tune was quite popular during the 78 RPM era
and was recorded by Tom Ennis, Packie Dolan, and the Flanagan Brothers, among
others. O'Neill (1913, pg. 132), Bayard (1981) and Emmerson (1971) all say this
double hornpipe is either a derivative, a variant, or development from a common
ancestor of the jig tune known as "Fagamaoid sud mar ata se" (Let Us Leave That As It Is),
or "The Galbally Farmer,"
"Get Up Early," "The Rakes of Kildare," "The (Old) Barndoor Jig." The group
Téada recorded the tune as “The Mayday Hornpipe.” Don Meade points out the
melody was the air of several songs, including “The Little Skillet Pot.” See
note for “Arthur’s Seat [2]" for
another association to the first of May.
***
“The First of May” also shows up in
Ireland as the first tune in a medley of flings called “The Four Provinces.”
***
The title is among those mentioned
in Patrick J. McCall’s 1861 poem “The Dance at Marley,” the first three stanzas
of which goes:
***
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.”
***
Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 98, pg. 25. Cole (1000
Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 48 (reel setting). Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 96, pg. 168. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 4; No. 269, pg.
29. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915/1987; No. 346, pg. 170. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 199. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1708, pg. 318. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 899, pg. 154. O’Neill (1913), pg. 132. Phillips (Tradtional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol.
2, 1995; pg. 50. Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 159. Roche
Collection, 1982, Vol. 2; No. 200, pg. 7. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 76 (reel setting).
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 404, pg. 102. Taylor (Where’s
the Crack?), 1989; pg. 26. White’s
Unique Collection, 1896; No. 49, pg. 9. Rounder 0215, James Bryan ‑ "The First of
May" (198?).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources
(Keyword Search for “First of May”) Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:First of May [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No.
899
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Dorian
AG|EAAB cBcA|dcde f2 ef|gedc
dfed|cAGF G2G2|
EAAB cBcA|dcde f2 ef|gedc dfec|A2 AA
A2:|
|:fg|a2 af g2 ge|fgfd e2 ed|cdef
gfed|cAGF G2G2|
EAAB cBcA|dcde f2 ef|gedc dfec|A2 AA
A2:|
FIRST OF MAY [2], THE. AKA and see "Rickett's Hornpipe."
FIRST OF MAY [3], THE. AKA and see “Gilderoy
[2],” “The Little Beggarman,” “Red Haired Boy,” “The Red-Headed Irishman.” Irish,
Reel. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is “The Red Haired
Boy.” Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown
Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Mitchell (Dance
Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 115, pgs. 96-97.
FIRST OF MAY [4], THE. Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 62,
pg. 23. Rose Murphy – “Milltown Lass.”
FIRST OF SEPTEMBER, THE. American, Reel or March. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. In England and Scotland the first of September is celebrated as the
opening day of partridge season, although this is not perhaps what is honored
by the title. The “First of September” appears in Joshua Cushing’s Fifer’s Companion (pg. 69), published in
Salem, Massachusetts, in 1805. Miller (Fiddler’s
Throne), 2004; No. 338. Sweet (Fifer’s
Delight), 1964/1981; pg. 73 (includes a harmony part).
X:1
T:First of September
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Joshua Cushing – Fifer’s Companion (1805)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
dd dc/d/ | Ad Af | ed cB | A/G/A/B/
A2 | F/A/d/A/ F/A/d/A/ |
G/B/d/B/ G/B/d/B/ | A/B/A/G/
F/G/F/E/ | D2D2 :: a>b a/b/a/g/ | fd df |
gf ed | c/d/e/c/ A2 | a>b
a/b/a/g/ | fd df | g/b/a/g/ f/e/d/c/ | d2d2 :|
FIRST OF SPRING, THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to
Windsor), 1994; pg. 64.
FIRST PINT, THE. Irish,
Jig. Composed by Manchester fiddler Colin Farrell. Green
Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford – “In
Good Company” (2001).
FIRST SLIP, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB
(Mitchell): AABB (Sullivan). Named by Willie Clancy because it was the first
slip jig he learned, taught to him by his father, flute player Gilbert Clancy.
See the “Ride(ing) a Mile [2]”
family of tunes. Source for notated version: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973,
Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 30, pg. 45. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 41, pg. 17.
FIRST TIME AT THE
LOOKING GLASS, THE. AKA and see "The sun has loos'd his weary
teams," "The
Winchester Christening," "The
Hemp Dressers," "The Deil's awa wi the exciseman."
The air appears under this title in Gay's
Beggar's Opera, 1729.
FIRST TUESDAY IN
AUTUMN, THE (An Chead Mhairt
‘e Fhomhar).
AKA and see “Chead Mhairt Den
Fhomhar.” Irish, Air. Ireland, Ulster. According to Ó Canainn (1978) this
is one of the great songs of the northern tradition.
FIRST TWO GENTS. Cited as having commonly been played at Orange County, New York,
country dances in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly).
FIRST WESTERN CHANGE. Canadian, Jig. G Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard
tuning. AABB. The tune shares at least the first strain (which Bayard {1981}
thinks is "rather old") with "Rustic
Reel [1]," "Libby
Prison Quickstep," "City Guards,"
"O Dear Mother, My
Toes Are Sore [2]." Messer (Way
Down East), 1948; No. 78. Messer (Anthology
of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 136, pg. 88. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his
Islanders, Vol. 6." F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."
Fretless Records 119, Rodney and Randy Miller‑‑ "Castles in
the Air."
X: 1
T:First
Western Change
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:G
d|gba
gfe|d2B GBd|d^cd F2d|d^cd GBd|
gba gfe|d2B
GBd|d^cd DEF|G3 G2:|
K:D
A|AFA
B2A|FGA f2f|g2f agf|ece a^ga|
AFA B2A|FGA f3|gfg ABc|d3 d2:|
FIRTH HOUSE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Anonymous. Hardie (Caledonian
Companion), 1992; pg. 61. Henderson (Flowers
of Scottish Melody), 1935. Kohler (Violin
Repository), 1881‑1885.
FIRTH OF CROMORTIE, THE.
Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. The melody appears in John
and Andrew Gow’s A Collection of Slow
Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (
X:1
T:Firth of Cromortie, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John and Andrew Gow – Collection of Slow Airs, Strathspeys and Reels (c. 1795)
K:E Minor
B|G2 (BF) G(EE)G|FdAd FDAF|GBFB GEeg|afbf g(ee)B|G2 BF G(EE)G|
FdAd FDFD|EGFA GBAc|BGAF GEE||f|(a/g/f/e/ b)e Bege|defg afdf|
(a/g/f/e/ B)f gebg|B^dfa (geef)|(a/g/f/e/ b)e Bege|dadf AdFD|GBEe ^dfBa|(b/a/g) (a/g/f) gee||
FIRTH OF
X:1
T:Firth of
M:C
L:1/8
R:Highland Schottische
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 203
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A>Bd>e f>ed>A | (B<e)
e>f g>f e2 | A>Bd>e f>ed>A | (B<d) A>G (F<D) D2 :|
|: a>fd>e f>ed>A |
(B<e) e>f g>f e2 | a>fd>e f>ed>A | (A<d) A>G
(F<D) D2 :|
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