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GOOCH, THE. Australian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB. A modern composition by Peter Holmes.
X:1
T:The Gooch
R:Reel
C:Peter Holmes
Z:Andrew Le Blanc
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
A,B,||:DCDE DB,A,B,|DCDE D2FG|Adcd
BAGF|EFGA BAGF|
~E2EF GABG|dcde dAFD|DEFG Adcd|1
AFEF D2A,B,:|2 AFEF D4|
||fedf gfed|(3efg fa gfed|afed
bagf|edcB AGFE|
Ddcd fdcd|gddd addd|bagf edcB|AGFE
D4:||
GOOD AX ELVE. AKA and see "The Cuckoo's
Nest [14]," "Cuckoo Hornpipe," "The Yellow Heifer [1]," "Captain Moss's," "The Mountain Top [3]," "Come Ashore
Jolly Tar and Your Trousers On," "Jacky Tar." American, Breakdown. D
Major. Standard. AABB. See note for "The Cuckoo's Nest." Ford (Traditional Music in
GOOD BOY, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major/Mixolydian.
Standard. AB. Source for notated version: “From P. Carew’s MSS”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 537, pg. 136.
X:1
T:Good Boy, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 537
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(3ABc | d2A2G2 | F>
F>
=c3 de^c | d2A2G2 | F>
GOOD BOY JOHNNY. Old‑Time, Fiddle Tune. The title appears in
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph's list of traditional
GOOD DRYING. Scottish, Reel. Composed by R.S. MacDonald. Green
Linnet GLCD1182, The Tannahill Weavers - “Choice Cuts 1987-1996.”
GOOD FELLOW, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. O’Neill’s and O’Farrell’s settings are identical. Source for notated version: manuscripts in the possession of Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, originally from County Down—many from the playing of his father [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pg. 60. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 183.
X:1
T:Good Fellow, The
R:Slip Jig
S:Sergt. James O'Neill manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
K:D
A|:DED D2 d F3|DED D2 d GEc|DED D2 d F3|EFE cBA GEC:|
|:AcA GBG F3|AcA GBG AFD|AcA GBG F3|EFE cBA GEC:|
|:D2 a ged c3|d2 e f2 a gec|faf ged c3|cAG FAF GEC:|
|:DED
dAG F3|DED dAF GEC|DED dAG F3|EFE cBA GEC:||
GOOD FELLOWS, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. E Flat Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 960, pg. 244.
X:1
T:Good Fellows, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”A Duplicate of this tune has the
first four bars repeated.” Ed. (Stanford)
S:Stanford/Petrie – Complete Collection, No. 960 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Flat
E2E E2 B/A/ G3|E2E E2B AFD|E2E
E2B/A/ G2B|AF_D DED AFD|
B2A B2A G2A|B2A B2e dBA|B2A B2A
G2B|AF_D DED AF=D|
EGE G2E GAF|EGE G2B AFD|EGE G2E
G2B|AF_D DFD AF=D||
GOOD FLUTER, THE. AKA and see "The Green Groves of Erin [1],"
"The Groves of Erin," "The Green Fields of Erin [1],"
"Erin's Groves," "Down the Groves," "The Heather
Breeze," "The Queenstown Lasses,"
"Miss Shaw's Reel,"
"Mary in the Mall,"
"The Castlecomer Lasses,"
"The Gay Fellow's Favourite."
GOOD FOR THE TONGUE. AKA and see “Jenkin's Hornpipe,”
“The Stoney/Stony Steps,” “The Washington Hornpipe.” American,
Breakdown or Hornpipe.
T:Good for the Tongue
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 142
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
F | B/c/d/e/ f/(B/A/B/) |
.g/.B/.a/.B/ .b/(B/A/B/) | (G/e/)(F/d/) (E/c/)(D/B/) |
.c/.d/.e/.c/ .B/.A/.G/.F/ | B/c/d/e/
f/(B/A/B/) | .g/.B/.a/.B/ b/(B/A/B/) |
(G/e/)(F/d/) (E/c/)(D/B/) | d/c/B/A/
[DB] :: (d/e/) | f/(B/A/B/) g/(B/A/B/) |
b/a/b/g/ g/f/e/d/ | (g/^f/)(g/d/)
(e/d/)(e/G/) | c/d/e/c/ B/A/G/F/ | B/c/d/e/ f/(B/A/B/) |
.g/.B/.a/.B/ .b/(B/A/B/) |
(G/e/)(F/d/) (E/c/)(D/B/) | d/c/B/A/ [DB] :|
GOOD GIRL, THE. American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. Ryan prints dance directions under the melody. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 26. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883;
X:1
T:Good Girl, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|df/d/ c/e/A/c/|df/d/
c/e/A/c/|d/c/d/e/ f/g/a/f/|1 e/d/c/B/ A:|2 b/g/e/c/ d||
|:A|A/d/f/a/ g/f/g/e/|A/c/e/g/
f/e/f/d/|A/d/f/a/ g/f/g/b/|a/g/f/e/ d:|
|:A|.f.g a>b|a/g/f/e/
g/f/e/d/|.f.g a>b|a/g/f/e d:|
|:e/f/|g/b/g/e/ f/a/f/d/|e/f/g/e/
d/c/B/A/|g/b/g/e/ f/a/f/d/|e/f/g/e/ d:|
GOOD HARVEST. AKA and see “The Cheap Meal.”
GOOD HEALTH TO MY
BROWN MAID (Slainte Do'm Cailin
Donn). Irish,
"Very Slow" Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 595, pg. 104.
X:1
T:Good Health to My Brown Maid
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Very Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
D2|F2 G>B d2 c>B|A2 DE
{D/E/}G2 zA|G>
F2 G>B f2 e>c|d>{e/d/}cAc
d2 zA|c>dc>B d2 cB|A>D ED/E/ F2 z||A/B/|
c>dcB d2 cB|A>D E2 F2
(3cde|f>{g/f/}efg fedc|AGAc d2 zA/B/|cA cdd/e/ f3a|
g>fed c2 d/^c/d/e/|f>edc {A}d2
cB|A>D ED/E/ F3||
GOOD HEALTH TO OUR
FRIENDS FAR AWAY (Slainte D'ar
Caradaib Imcian).
AKA and see “Here’s a
Health to Them That’s Awa’." Irish, Air (6/8 time,
"lively"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 213, pg. 27.
X:1
T:Good Health to Our Friends Far
Away
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
b/a/ | g2d e>dB | d>ef g2 b/a/
| g2d e>fg | a>ba a2 b/a/ | g2d e>fg |
f>ed g2 d | BGB AFA | (G3 G2) ||
G | B2d d<ed | cBA G2 B/c/ |
d2d d>ef | (g3 g2) d | d>ed
efg | f>ed g2 d/c/ | BGB AFA | (G3 G2) ||
GOOD-HUMOURED REEL, THE. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of
Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 54, pg. 15.
GOOD INDIAN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Sources for notated versions: Albert Black (Comanche County, Oklahoma)
[Thede]; Tom Carter & Tom Sauber [Phillips].
***
Oh, Good Indian don't kill me,
For I've a wife and familee. (Sung to first four measures).
***
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 100. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 30.
GOOD LAGER BEER. AKA and see "The
Frost's on the Pumpkin and the Fodder's in the Shock," "Sweet Potato Pie."
American, Schottische. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The
tune is derived from "The Tulip," a Scottish march‑tune
composed by Janes Oswald and published in his "Airs for the Spring,"
c. 1747. This Tulip tune has also been the source for other rather well‑known
tunes (and many songs), including "The Wearing of the
Green," and "Balance a
Straw" which is a more elaborate version of the Pennsylvania
"Good Lager Beer." Source for notated version: Levi Hall (Fayette
County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance
to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 421, pg. 398. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 162 (appears as "Old
Fashioned Schottische").
GOOD LIFE, THE. Irish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn,
south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 54.
GOOD LUCK AND MORE OF IT. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Patrick Stack (Chicago) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 286.
X:1
T:Good Luck and More of It
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Patrick Stack, Chicago
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:A Minor
A2 (3cBA EAce|dcBA GBEB|A2 (3cBA EAce|ecBd cABG|
A2 (3cBA EAce|dcBA GBEB|A2 (3cBA cea^f|ecBd cA A2||
aece ^fece|dcBA GBEB|aece ^fece|ecBd cA A2|
aece
^fece|dcBA GBEB|ag^fe ceaf|ecBd cABG||
GOOD MONEY. AKA and see "Lay Your Good
Money Down."
GOOD MORNING, FAIR
MAID (Go m-Beannuig Dia
Duit a Cailin Ban). AKA ‑ "Go M‑Beannuig Dia Duid
A Cailin Ban." AKA and see "I'll Teach You
the Way," "Hide and Go Seek."
Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. See note for “The
Enniskillen Dragoons” for brief note on the structure of this tune and
partial list of others in this class. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 38, pg. 7.
X:1
T:Good Morning, Fair Maid
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 38
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GA | B2A2G2 | E2G2E2 | D2B,2D2 |
E2G2G2 | G4 D2 | G2A2B2 |
c4 dc | B2A2G2 | B2d2B2 | A4 D2 |
G2A2B2 | c4 dc | B2A2G2 |
B2d2B2 | A4 GA | B2A2G2 | E2G2E2 |
D2B,2D2 | E2G2G2 | G4 ||
GOOD MORNING TO YOUR NIGHTCAP [1] (Ball Ua Dia Ar Do
Biread-Oidce). AKA and see “Over the Waves [2],” “Roll Her in the Rushes [2].”
Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABB'
(O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Miller & Perron). The tune was recorded by
***
The tune’s title comes from a song
of the same name by
***
Dear Kathleen, you, no doubt,
Find sleep how very sweet ‘tis;
Dogs bark, and cocks have crowed out,
You never dream how late ‘tis.
This morning gay, I post away,
To have with you a bit of play,
On two legs rid along, to bid
Good-morrow to your night-cap.
***
Last night, a little bowsy,
With whiskey, ale and cider,
I asked young Betty Blowsy
To let me sit beside her.
Her anger rose, as sour as sloes,
The little gipsy cocked her nose,
So here I’ve rid along, to bid
Good-morrow to your night-cap. [from the Universal Songster; or
***
Source for notated version: Michael
Coleman [Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 73.
O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 148. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1485, pg. 275. O'Neill (Dance Music of
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Good Morning to Your Night Cap [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
A2 Ac BGGB|cBcd (3e^fg dB|A2 Ac
BGGB|cABG (3E^FG D2|A2 Ac BGGB|
cBcd (3e^fg dB|A2 Ac BGGB|cABG EA
A2||efec dedB|cBcd eaag|(3e^fg ec dedB|
cABG (3E^FG D2|e2 ec dedB|{d}cBcd
e^f{a}ge|aged (3e^fg dB|cABG EA A2||
X:2
T:Good Morning to Your Nightcap [1]
T:Good Morning, Nightcap
T:Shifting Gravel
R:reel
D:Matt Molloy: Heathery Breeze
D:Four Men and a Dog: Shifting Gravel
D:Kevin Burke: If the Cap Fits
Z:id:hn-reel-161
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
K:Ador
e3c d3B|cBcd (3efe d2|e2ec d2dB|cABG EGD2|
e3c d3B|cBcd (3efe d2|(3efg fa gedB|cABG EGD2:|
|:EAAc BGGB|cBcd (3efe d2|eA~A2 BG~G2|BGAG EGD2|
EAAc BGGB|cBcd (3efe d2|(3efg fa gedB|cABG EGD2:|
"Variations:"
~e3c dG (3Bcd|cBcd (3efe d2|edce dc (3Bcd|cABG EGD2|
ecec dedB|cBcd ecd2|eg (3fga gedB|cABG (3EFE D2:|
|:~A3c BG~G2|cBcd (3efe d2|eA~A2 BG~G2|BAAG EGD2|
~A3c BG~G2|cBcd (3efe d2|(3efg (3fga gedB|cABG (3EFE D2:|
X:3
T:Untitled Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:James Goodman manuscripts (mid-19th
century)
B:Hugh Shields – Tunes of the
K:A Minor
EAAc BG G2|cBcd
e2A2|EAAc BG G2|BGAG E2D2:||
e2e2d2
ec|cBcd e2A2|e2e2d2 ec|BGAG E2D2|
e2e2d2
ec|cBcd e2A2|e2e2 dfed|BGAG E2D2||
GOOD MORNING TO YOUR NIGHT CAP
[2]. AKA –
“Good morrow to your night cap.” AKA and see “The Drummer [1]." Scottish,
Country Dance Tune. A Minor (Harding’s): B Minor (Gow). Standard tuning. AABB.
The 'B' part is similar to version #1. The Gows included the melody in a
section of country dances fashionable in
X:1
T:Good Morning to Your Night Cap [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
S:Harding’s All-Round Collection (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
E|A/B/c/A/ EE/^G/|A/A/B/c/
dc/B/|A/B/c/A/ EF/f/|(e/d/).c/.B/ A:|
|:B|c/c/c/c/ d/d/d/e/|c/c/B/c/
d/B/G/B/|c/c/c/c/ d/d/d/f/|(e/d/).c/.B/ .A:|
X:2
T:Good morrow to your night cap [2]
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:”This Tune may be played Slow”
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 36 (orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
F|”tr”B>cdB|F2
“tr”F^G|ABcd|({c/d/}e2) “tr”dc|”tr”B>cdB|
F2
“tr”Fg|fedc|({c}B2B::c|.c.c”tr”df|ee”tr”ef|dd”tr”df|
ecAc|dd”tr”d>f|eee>g|”tr”f>edc|{c}B2B:|
GOOD MORNING YOU WOULD LIKE SOME TEA. Canadian, Jig.
X:1
T:Good Morning, You Would Like Some
Tea
R:Jig
Z:From Rufus Guinchard
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
d2 c|:BGG B2 d|g2 g f2 e|ded B2 A|G2
G A2 B|c2 e edc|1B2 d dBG|
A2 c B2 G|A3d2 c:|2B2 d g2 a|bgb a2
f|g3 g2 a|
|:b2 b bag|a2 a agf|g2 a gfe|d2 B G2
B|c2 e edc|1B2 d dBG
A2 c B2 G|A3 g2a:|2B2 d g2 a|bgb a2
f|g3||
GOOD MORROW GOSSIP JOAN. English, Air (4/4 time). E Flat
Major. Standard tuning. One part. The air appears in Pills to Purge Melancholy, and John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729) as well as other ballad operas. Another song
to the same tune is called "Happy Dick" and appears in
***
Why how now, Madam Flirt,
If you thus must chatter,
And are for flinging dirt,
Lets see who best can spatter.
Madam Flirt!
Why how now, saucy jade,
The scoff of such a gipsy?
Saucy Jade!
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 98. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
61. Scott (English Song Book), 1926;
pg. 38.
X:1
T:Good Morrow, Gossip Joan
M:C
L:1/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E_
B2|e2E2G2A2|B6 AG|A2F2B,2 A2|A2G2
z2B2|c2c2c2 BA|BABc B2 AG|
A2A2A2 GF|GFGA G2e2|B2e2B2e2|fedc
B2A2|G4F4|E6||
GOOD MORROW TO YOUR NIGHT-CAP. AKA and see “Humours of Glen [1].”
Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not the same tune as that printed
by O’Neill under the similar sounding title “Good Morning to Your Nightcap”.
X:1
T:Good Morrow to Your Night-Cap
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | BcB BFA | ded dAF | BcA BFF |
EFA B2A | BcB BFA |
ded dAF | GBG FAF | EFA d2 :: z |
Add d2d | gfe fdB | gfe fdB |
AFA B2A | dfb a2a | afd a2a | gfe
fdB | AFA d2 :|
GOOD MORROW TO YOUR NIGHT CAP [2].
See “Good Morning to
Your Night Cap [2].”
GOOD NATURED MAN, THE. See “Goodnatured
Man.”
GOOD NEIGHBOR WALTZ. Canadian, Waltz. D Major. Composed by
GOOD NIGHT (Oidce Mait Cugat). Irish, Single Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning.
AABB. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Good Night
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Single Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
G2E G2E|G2A BGE|G2E G2E|FAd AFD|G2E
G2E|G2A B2c|ded BAG|FAd AFD:|
|:gdc B2A|G2A BGE|gdc BAG|FAd
AFD|gdc B2A|G2A B2c|ded BAG|FAd AFD:|
GOOD NIGHT ALL ROUND. AKA and see "Parting Glass," "Good Night and Joy Be With You All."
GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BE
WITH YOU. AKA
and see "Good Night and Joy Be With Ye A."
GOOD NIGHT AND JOY BE WITH YE A'. AKA and see "Parting Glass," "Good Night
and God be with Ye," "Good Night
All Round," "Sweet
Cootehill Town," "The
Peacock [1]," "Burn's Farewell (to Ayrshire)."
Scottish (originally), English, Irish; Air (4/4 time) or Reel;
X:1
T:Good Night and Joy be wi’ ye a’
M:C
L:1/8
S:Gow – 2nd Repository
(1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
ed|c2~c2 G3c|A2A2 a3g|(eg)ag
egag|e2c2c2:|
ze|{e}dcde {e}d2 cA|GAcd {cd}e2
dc|~dcde ~fefg|{fg}a2d2 d3e|
f>efg {fg}a2 gf|edef {ef}g2
fe|(de)fa (g<e)d>e|c2A2A2||
X:2
T:Goodnight And Joy Be With You
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Playford
K:C
c2 A c2 A|c2 d ecA| c2 A c2 A| Bdg dBG| c2 A c2 A c2| d e2 f gag edc| Bd g dBG::\
c'gf
GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT
AND JOY BE WITH YOU. Irish, English; Jig or Country Dance Tune (6/8
time).
X:1
T:Good Night, Good Night and Joy be
with You
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
{B}c2A {B}c2A|{B}c2d ecA|{B}c2A
{B}c2A|Bdg dBG|{B}c2A {B}c2A|
c2d e2f|gag edc|Bdg dBG:|
c’gf ede|c2d ecA|c’gf edc|Bdg
dBG|c’gf ede|c2d e2f|gag edc Bdg dBG|
c’gf ede|c2d
ecA|c’gf edc|Bdg dBG|c’gf ede|c2d e2f|gag edc|Bdg dBG||
X:2
T:Good
night, good night, and joy be with you
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”A
S:Stanford/Petrie
(1905), No. 920
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
({F}G2)E
({F}G2)E|{F}G2A BGE|{F}G2E {E}G2E|FAd AFD|
{F}G2E
{F}G2E|G2A B2c|ded BAG|FAd AFD|
gdc BAB|G2A
BGE|gdc BAG|FAd AFD|
gdc BAB|G2A
B2c|ded BAG|FAd AFD||
GOOD NIGHT LADIES. American, Dance and Song Tune. G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. Ford (Traditional Music
in
GOOD NIGHT WALTZ.
See “Goodnight Waltz.”
GOOD OLD CAUSE, THE. AKA and see "Hey, Then Up Go We," "The Clean Country Way." The 'good old
cause' of the title in this case comes from a ballad preaching loyalty to the
crown in
GOOD OLD JOHN. Scottish, Reel. Composed in 1931 by
GOOD OMENS. AKA and see "Rory O'Mo{o}re."
GOOD ONE, THE. See “Sweeping the Town.”
GOOD SHIP PLANET, THE (An Lung Bread Plainead). Irish, Air (6/8 time,
"cheerfully"). G Major (O’Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard
tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “From Pat Folan, Arranmore, 8th Sept.,
1857" [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 435, pg. 76. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 379, pg.
96.
X:1
T:Good Ship Planet, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:”Cheerfully”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
E/F/|GAF GEEE/F/|GAB d>Bd|efe
dBA|G>FG/A/ B2 E/F/|
GAF GEE/>F/|G>AB
dB>d|e>fe dBG|{A/B/}AGG G2||G/A/|
B>cB gag|fed edB/A/|B>AG/A/
GFE/F/|E>FG/A/ B2 E/F/|
GAF GEE/>F/|G>AB
dB>d|e>fe dBG|AGG G2||
X:2
T:Good Ship Planet, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 379
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
D/E/ | FGE FDD/E/ | FGA cA>c |
ded cAG | F>EF/G/ A2 D/E/ |
FGE FDD/>E/ | F>GA c>Ac |
ded cAF | {F/A/} (GF)F F2 ||
F/G/ | A>BA fgf | edc dcA/G/ |
A>GA/G/ FED/E/ | D>EF/G/ A2 (D/E/) |
(F>G)
GOOD THING, THE. English(?), Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1785; No. 143, pg. 53.
X:1
T:Good Thing, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d3 Adf | e3 ceg | fag fed | ced cBA | d3 Adf | e3 ceg | fed edc | ddd d3 :|
|:
AcA BdB | cec d3 | ege faf | ggf e2z | AcA BdB | cec d3 | ege faf | ggf e3 :|
GOOD TIME, THE. AKA and see "Les Bons Temps."
GOOD WIFE ADMIT THE WANDERER (A Bhean An Taigh Nach
Leig Thu Steach Am Fear A Tha AIr Fogairt). Scottish, Slow Air (2/4 time). B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. "This air has reference to Prince Charles in
wandering from the place of his defeat to the
X:1
T:Good wife admit the wanderer
T:A Bhean an taigh nach leig thu steach am fear a tha air fògairt
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
(3F/G/A/|B d B z/d/4c/4|B d B z/d/4e/4|fdBF|G3 (3F/G/A/|B d B z/d/4c/4|
B/B/ d/d/ B d/e/|ffff|B3:|(3B/c/d/|e>fg>e|f>ed>f|e>d f>F|G3 (3F/G/A/|
B d B z/d/c/|B/B/ d/d/ B d/e/|ffff|B3 (B/c/d/|e>fg>e|b>gfd|fdBF|G3 (3F/G/A/|
B>F
G/F/E/D/|d/c/d/e/ f/g/a/b/|f>d c2|B3||
GOOD WOMAN'S LAMENT FOR O'CONNELL, THE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source John Kenny’s wife, Brigid, also played the
fiddle, and is the source for “Mrs. Kenny’s Waltz” and “Mrs Kenny’s Barndance,”
both recorded by the great Sligo/New York fiddler Michael Coleman. Bridget
Kenny was dubbed by Chief O'Neill as the "Queen of Irish Fiddlers."
GOODBYE ANNIE BELLE. AKA and see “Cold Icy Floor.” Old-Time. Rounder CD 0382, Marvin Gaster - “Uncle Henry’s Favorites.”
GOODBYE
GOODBYE GIRLS. Old‑Time.
X:1
T:Good-Bye, Girls
C:from a tape of Manco Snead
N:Recorded
N:^ in bar 3, line 2, indicates
sharpened note.
N:Hold in bar 1, line 4 played sometimes,
sometimes not.
Z:Joel Shimberg
M:C
L:1/8
K:AMix
ABcA E3 D | CEDC A,4 |E2 F2 G2 G2
|ABAG
ABcA E3 D | CEDC A,4 |{C}A,G,A,B,
=CDED |E2 [A2A2] A4 :|
|:ABcd e2 (3ABc |defd g3 (3D/2E/2F/2
|/G2GB dedB | GBGB d2 cd |
e3f Hg4 | e3d c2 (3BcB |ABAG EDCD
|E[A3A3]A4 :|
GOODBYE GIRLS I'M
GOING TO
***
Goodbye girls, I'm going to Boston
Goodbye girls, I'm going to Boston
***
Chorus:
Won't we look pretty in the ballroom (x3)
***
Suzy Thompson believes the song may
be related to the sea shanty “What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor,” pointing
out the second parts of the tunes are very similar, and that the chorus refrain
of “Ear-lie in the Morning” is the same. A culture that inhibited dancing,
necessitating the convention of “play party songs,” Suzy reasons, might also
have required a change of lyric from drunken sailors. A version was recorded
with clawhammer banjo by Joel Mabus who called it "Goin To Cairo.” Sources
for notated versions:
GOODBYE LIZA JANE [1].
AKA‑ "Liza Jane." Old‑Time,
***
Swing Ma, swing Pa, goodbye, goodbye,
Swing that gal from
***
Chorus:
Oh how I loved her, ain't that a shame,
Oh how I loved her, Goodbye Liza Jane.
***
Swing that gal and don't be late, goodbye, goodbye,
Knock down Sal, big fat gate, Goodbye Liza Jane.
***
Take a chaw of tobacco, spit on the wall, goodbye, goodbye,
Swing that gal clear across the hall, Goodbye Liza Jane.
***
Three wheels 're off and the axel's draggin', goodbye, goodbye,
You can't ride the little red wagon, Goodbye Liza Jane.
***
Other versions go:
***
Charlotte Town is
burning down, goodbye, goodbye.
Burning down to the ground, goodbye, Liza Jane.
***
Chorus:
Oh, how I miss you,
ain't that a shame,
Oh, how I miss you, goodbye, Liza Jane.
***
Alt. Chorus:
Ain't y'mighty sorry?
Goodbye, bye-bye
Ain't y'mighty sorry? Goodbye, Liza Jane.
***
Liza Jane had a dress
of red, goodbye, goodbye,
Queen of hearts, or so she said, goodbye, Liza Jane.
***
Liza Jane countin' her
toes
You can smell her feet wherever she goes.
***
I got a gal and a
hound dog too,
She don't bite, but the hound dog do.
***
Liza Jane 'bout half
grown,
***
Liza Jane, pretty as a
rose,
Bites her nails and picks her nose.
***
Goin' down to Caro,
goodbye, goodbye,
Goin' down to Caro, goodbye Liza Jane.
***
Well, I blacked my boots
and I made 'em shine, goodbye, goodbye.
I blacked my boots and
I made 'em shine, goodbye Liza Jane
***
A version of the tune and song,
under the title “Rejected by Eliza Jane,” was collected by the African-American
collector Thomas Talley which he printed in his book Negro Folk Rhymes (1922, reprinted 1991 edited by Charles Wolfe).
His lyrics go:
***
W’en I went ‘cross de cotton patch
I give my ho’n a blow.
I thought I heared pretty Lizie say:
“Oh, yonder come my beau!”
***
So: I axed pretty Lizie to marry me,
An’ what d’you reckon she said?
She said she wouldn’ marry me,
If ev’ybody else was dead.
***
An’: As I went up de new cut road,
An’ she go down de land;
Den I though I heared somebody say:
“Good-bye, ole Liza Jane!”
***
Well: Jes get ‘long, Lizie, my true love.
Git ‘long, Miss Lizie Jane.
Perhaps you’ll sack “Ole Sour Bill”
An’ git choked on “Sugar Cain.”
***
Sources for notated versions: Bobby
Hicks (Brody, Phillips): Plank Road String Band via Delaware Gap String Band
(Kuntz). Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook),
1983; pg. 124. Kuntz (Ragged but Right),
1987; pg. 339‑340. Phillips (Fiddlecase
Tunebook), 1989; pg. 21. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 100. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 54. County
772, Bobby Hicks‑ "
X:1
T:Goodbye Liza Jane
T:Liza Jane
M:C|
L:1/8
B:Kuntz – Ragged but Right
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(G|G)F G2 A2 AA|[GB]A [G2B2] [G2c2]
[G2c2]|BA G4 G2|FEDC D2 DF|
GFGB AGAc|BABd cBAc|BAGB AGFA|[G2B2]
[G6B6] [GB]:|
|:[Dd]|[D4d4] [e3e3]e|B2 (d4 d)
(3D/E/F/|G2 [G2B2] [G3A3] [GA]|
[G2B2] [G4B4] [GB] (3A/B/c/|d2d2
e3d|B2 d4 A2|BA G AGFA|1 GEDE G3:|2 GEDB, G,3||
GOODBYE LIZA JANE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown and Song.
GOODBYE LIZA JANE [3]. Old-Time. The title given by Kyle
Creed for his version of “Whose Black Baby Are You?”
GOODBYE MISS GOODAVICH. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB’.
Composed by Lunasa guitarist Donogh Hennessy. Green
Linnet GLCD 1200, Lunasa – “Otherworld” (1999).
X:1
T:Goodbye Miss Goodavich
C:Donogh Hennessy
D:Lúnasa Otherworld
N:Played on Low F whistle on the
recording
R:reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
eBBB cBAG|AEGA DE A2|B/2c/2ded geag|
fffa gfed|eBBB cBAG|AEGA DEG2|GeBG
FdAF|
FEBA GEGA|BzBB cBAG|AEGA
DEG2|B/2c/2ded geag|
fffa gfed|eBBB cBAG|AEGA DEG2|GeBG
FdAF|
FEBA GEGA|:BDG/2A/2B edcB|AFFF
DFFF|B/2c/2dfd aaab|
geed efga|bz bg efg/2f/2e|adfa
bagf|geBG FdAF
|1 G/2F/2EBA GEGA:|2 G/2F/2EBA
GEB/2c/2d|
GOODBYE, MY HONEY, I’M
GONE. AKA and see “Bye-Bye My Honey, I’m Gone.” Old-Time,
Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Originally recorded
by the Grant Brothers, and by the Pickard Family, both in 1929. There are
lyrics to the tune (reminiscent of songs such as “Mole in the Ground”), some of
which go:
***
Goodbye, my honey, I’m gone,
Oh, goodbye, my honey, I’m gone;
I’m going far away but I’ll think of
you each day,
Oh, goodbye, my honey, I’m gone.
***
Mark Wilson suggests connections
with latter-Minstrel era songs. Source for notated version: Bill Conley (b.
1946, Mountain Grove, Mo.), learned from Paul Jones, brother of fiddler Alton
Jones [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle
Music), 2008; pg. 178. Rounder 0437, Bill Conley – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the
Ozarks, vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties” (2000).
GOODBYE MY LITTLE DEVIS. AKA and see "Old Madeira/Maderia Waltz."
GOODBYE OLD ROVER, GOODBYE. American, Jig. USA, Central Pa. G
Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Source for notated version: Harry Daddario
(Buffalo Valley, Pa.) [Guntharp]. Guntharp (Learning
the Fiddler’s Ways), 1980; pg. 103.
GOODBYE SWEETHEART. American, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940;
pg. 10. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection,
1883; pg. 33.
X:1
T:Goodbye Sweetheart
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e/c/g/c/ a/c/g/c/|e/c/g/c/ B/c/d/f/|e/c/g/c/
a/c/g/c/|B/c/d/f/ e/c/~c|e/c/g/c/ a/c/g/c/|
e/c/g/c/ B/c/d/f/|e/c/c/B/
c/B/A/G/|A/B/c/d/ e/c/~c::G/c/B/c/ G/c/~c|G/c/B/c/ d/A/A|
G/c/B/c/ G/c/E/c/|e/f/g/f/
e/c/~c|G/c/E/c/ G/c/E/c/|G/c/e/c/ B/c/d/g/|
a/f/g/e/ f/d/e/c/|e/f/g/f/ e/c/c:|
GOODBYE TO MY TROUBLES. AKA and see "Farewell to My Troubles."
GOODBYE WALTZ. AKA and see "German Waltz_[1]."
GOODBYE WHISKEY. AKA and see "Farewell to Whiskey [1],"
"The Ladies Triumph [1],"
"Young America Hornpipe."
American, Scottish (originally); Reel or March (4/4 time). USA, southwestern
Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Originally composed by Niel Gow (Scotland)
for the prohibition of whisky‑making in Scotland at the end of the 18th
century in 1799. Sources for notated versions: John White (Greene County, Pa.,
1930's), Frank St. Clair (elderly fifer from Greene County, Pa., 1960), Thomas
Patterson (Elizabeth, Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 256, pg. 218.
GOODEN WELL/GOODENWELL. Scottish (originally), Canadian;
Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by James
Walker and first appearing in his Edinburgh-published collection of either 1797
or 1800. The tune was recorded by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s),
1995; No. 12, pg. 4. Glen (The Glen
Collection of Scottish Dance Music), vol. 2, 1895; pg. 3. Rounder 7059, Alex Francis MacKay with Gordon MacLean –
“Gaelic in the Bow” (2005).
X:1
T:Gooden Well
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Glen Collection, vol. 2 (1895)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e|cA A/A/A EAAc|dBcA GBBe|cA A/A/A
EAAg|aefd|cAA:|
g|aefd ceAc|dBcA GBBg|aefd ceAc|aefd
cAAg|aefd ceAc|
dBcA GBBe|ceAc dfeg|aefd cAA||
GOODMANS FIELDS HORNPIPE. English, (Old) Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard tuning. The melody appears in Walsh’s third volume of Lancashire tunes, Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks etc. published around the year 1730.
X:1
T:Goodmans Fields Hornpipe
B:Walsh
M:3/2
L:1/8
K:D
B,4 DEFE DCB,^A,| B,2 GF EDCB, ^A,4| f2 bg afge fdec| d2 gf edcB ^A2 F2|\
B,4 DEFE DCB,^A,| B,2 GF EDCB, ^A,4|gede fdcd ecBc| dcdB F2 ^A2 B4::\
D4 FABc dcdA| Bcdc BAGF E4| E4 GBcd edec| dfgf edcB ^A4|\
b2
ag fedc Bdfb| a2 gf edcB Acea| g2 fe dcB^A B2 fe| dcBd F2 ^A2 B4:|
GOODNATURED MAN, THE (An Fear Cinealta).
AKA and see “The Steamboat,”
“Tim the Turncoat.” Irish,
Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 178.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1620, pg. 301. Green Linnet GLCD 1127, “Martin Hayes” (1993).
See also listings at: Jane
Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s
Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Goodnatured Man, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 301
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|gb/g/ dg/d/|B/c/d/B/ GA/B/|c/d/e/d/
c/B/A/G/|F/G/E/F/ Dd|gb/g/ dg/d/|
B/c/d/B/ GA/B/|c/e/d/c/ B/A/G/F/|AG
G:|
|:B/c/|d/B/d/B/ g/d/g/d/|e/c/e/c/
a/e/a/e/|f/d/f/d g/d/g/d |f/g/a/f/ d/e/f/d/|
gb/g/ dg/d/|B/c/d/B/ GA/B/|c/e/d/c/
B/A/G/F/|AG G:|
GOODNIGHT AND JOY BE
WITH/WI' YOU. See "Good Night and Joy Be Wi' Ye A'."
GOODNIGHT LADIES. American. The tune was sometimes
played (as was “Home Sweet Home”) by the fiddler to signal the end of
festivities at “shivarees,” “kitchen sweats” and similar dance gatherings in
the Mid-West.
GOODNIGHT WALTZ. AKA and see "Mayflower Waltz." Old‑Time,
Waltz. USA, Widely known, esp. in Mid‑ and Southwest. C Major ('A' part)
& F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB (Phillips, Silberberg): ABB
(Christeson). The Leake County Revelers’ version of this tune (backed by
"Wednesday Night Waltz") was the second best-selling country music
record for the year 1927. Learned in the 1930's by Arizona fiddler Kenner C.
Kartchner. It was recorded for the Library of Congress by
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the
early 1940's. Curiously, a recording of the tune was released in Québec for the
French-speaking market with the completely different title “Valse des Amoureux.” Sources for
notated versions: Bill Driver (Miller County, Missouri) [Christeson]; Red
Herron [Phillips]. R.P. Christeson (Old
Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 198. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
2, 1995; pg. 264. Silberberg (93 Fiddle
Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 16. June Appal 007, Tommy Hunter ‑ "Deep in
Tradition" (1976. Learned from his grandfather, James W. Hunter, Madison
County, N.C.). Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams –
“Fiddling Missouri” (1999).
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources |
GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT. Shetland.
***
Goodnight, goodnight be wi you aa
The night is spent and I'm awa. (Cooke)
GOODWIFE ADMIT THE WANDERER. AKA and see "Good Wife Admit the Wanderer."
GOOFUS. AKA "Doin' the Goofus." Western Swing. The tune was written
by Gus Kahn (composer of “Makin’ Whoopie,” among others), a prolific
songwriter/lyricist of the 1920's & 30's. Bandleader Wayne King ("the
Waltz King") had been urging him for some time to write a song for him,
and Kahn came up with “Goofus,” a joke at King’s expense since it was about
him. King, however, turned it into a novelty hit and it became a swing and jazz
standard, then entered folk tradition. One influential version was recorded in
1933 by Lisbon, Indiana, fiddler Homer Slim Miller (1898‑1962), an early
member of the Cumberland Ridge Runners. He is often mistaken as a Kentucky
fiddler because of his association with the group.
***
I was born on a farm down in Ioway
A flaming youth, born just to fly away
I packed my grip and I took my saxophone.
Couldn't read notes so I played everythin' by ear
I made up songs from the sounds that I used to hear
When I'd start to play, folks used to say,
"Sounds a little goofus to me".
***
[Chorus]
Corn fed chords appeal to me
And I like rustic harmony
Hold the note and change the key
That's called goofus
Not according to no rules
That we learned in music schools
But them folks, they danced like fools
They liked goofus.
***
I got me a job but I just couldn't keep it long
The leader said that I played all the music wrong
So I stepped out with an outfit of my own.
Together we made a new kind of orchestry
Just playing that same goofus harmony
When I'd start to play, folks used to say,
"Sounds a little goofus to me".
***
Bluebird 5928‑A (78 RPM), Fiddlin'
Arthur Smith, 1935. Yazoo 512, Cumberland Ridge Runners – “Times Ain’t Like
They Used to Be.”
GOOSE AND THE GRIDIRON, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8
time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This jig was originally published in
Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London,
1773). As with many of the tunes from the Thompson’s 1773 collection, it was
entered into the 1788 music copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner
(Norwich, Conn.). Fredrick Hackwood, in his book Inns, Ales, and Drinking
Customs, originally published in 1909, has this to say about the curious
title (p. 291):
***
The ‘Goose and Gridiron’ was a queer
(inn) sign at the corner of
St. Paul’s Churchyard, which had
supplanted the original one of
the ‘Mitre’. Previously to the
destruction of this house in the Great
to hold their concerts in it. When
the premises was rebuilt, after 1666,
recognition of them as the
headquarters of the society was made by
displaying its badge, a lyre
surmounted by a swan—a combination of
emblems which the jokers were not
slow to parody as the ‘Goose and
Gridiron’. As Ben Jonson justly
exclaims—
“It even puts Apollo
The flights, and to divine
What’s meant by every sign.”
***
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Thompson (Compleat Collection
of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 101.
X:1
T:Goose and Gridiron, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A3
B3|cea ecA|fed cBA|GBA GFE|A2a A2a|A2a agf|gfe Bc^d|e3 E3:|
|:E2e e^de|E2=d dcd|ced cBA|GBA GFE|A2a A2a|A2a agf|edc BAG|G3 [A,3A3]:||
GOOSE COVE. Canadian, March (cut time). Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB’. Composed by fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape
Breton, Nova Scotia). Cranford (Brenda
Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 61, pg. 22. Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert - “In Jig
Time!” (1995).
GOOSE FEATHERS. Canadian, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
There is some resemblance (though no demonstrated relationship) to Bayard's
(1981) Pennsylvania collected "Cotillion" (No. 480, pg. 449). Messer
(Way Down East), 1948; No. 73. Messer
(Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes),
1980; No. 131, pg. 87.
X: 1
T:Goose
Feathers
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:G
d|gfg
d^cd|B^AB GFG|DFA cBA|GBe def|
gfg
d^cd|B^AB GFG|DFA cBA|G3 G2:|
K:D
A|a2z
a2z|a^gb afd|Ace gfe|dfb a2A|
a2z a2z|a^gb afd|Ace gfe|d3 d2:|
GOOSE HANGS HIGH. AKA – “Everything is Pleasant Schottische.”
American, Schottische. USA, Arizona. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB.
***
Everything is lovely when the goose hangs high.
***
Arizona
fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner thought the tune was composed in the 19th century,
and noted it was played for dances in the Southwest in the early 20th century.
It was one of the tunes listed in the repertoire of Georgia fiddler Ben Smith,
who played it during the Civil War while serving with the 12th Alabama Infantry
(Cauthen, 1990). Ruth (Pioneer Western
Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 36, pg. 14 (appears as “Everything is Pleasant
Schottische”).
X:1
T:Goose
Hangs High
T:Everything
is Pleasant Schottische
L:1/8
M:4/4
S:Viola
“Mom” Ruth, 1948
K:D
(fg)|:a>fb>f
a>fe>f|e2 [G2B2][G2B2] z2|[E2c2][E2c2] c>A B>c|1
e2d2d2
(fg):|2 e2d2d2 f>a||d’2 d’2 d’>a a>a|(c’>b) (b>^a) b4|
c’2 c’2
(c’>a) a>a|(b>a) (a>^g) a2 (b>c’)|d’2 d’2 (d’>a) a>a|
c’>b b>^a b4|a>d’ c’>b
a>g f>e|d2f2d2:|
GOOSE IN THE BOG, THE. See “Geese in the Bog.”
GOOSE IN THE MILLPOND. Old‑Time, Fiddletune. The
title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by
musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. It is perhaps
"Ducks on the Millpond"??
GOOSEBERRY BLOSSOMS. AKA and see “Cock Your Pistol Charley [1],”
“Captain Murray’s Reel.”
English, Irish; Reel (2/4 time), Country or Morris Dance Tune (2/2 time) or
part of Running Set. A Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was
published by Playford. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 26. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes),
1909/1994; pg. 59. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 912, pg. 231.
X:1
T:Gooseberry Blossoms
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:A Minor
E2A2A2B2|c2d2e2f2|d4B2G2|d4B2G2|
E2A2A2B2|c2d2e2^f2|g2e2d2B2|B2A2A4:|
a4e2d2|c2d2e2^f2|g4 d2c2|B2c2d2B2|a4 e2d2|c2d2e2^f2|
g2e2d2B2|B2A2A4|a4e2d2|c2d2e2^f2|g4d2c2|B2c2d2B2|
a2e2e2^f2|g2a2b2a2|g2e2d2B2|B2A2A4||
GOOSEBERRY BUSH ("An
Spionán" or "An Tor Spionán"). Irish, Reel. D Major (O'Neill): D Mixolydian
(Breathnach): D Major/Mixolydian (Harker/Rafferty, Vallely). Standard tuning.
ABC (O'Neill): AABBC (Breathnach): AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty, Vallely). A
gooseberry bush is a spiny Eurasian bush that has greenish purple-tinged flowers
and yields berries that are yellow-green or red-purple in color. The name stems
from the association of the berries which were once used to make a sauce for
cooking a goose, but the thorns on the plant also resemble a goose’s foot.
‘Gooseberry Bush’ has been used as a euphemism for female pubic hair and
genitalia, and indeed, countless children were informed in past times that
babies were found ‘under a gooseberry bush’. This usage may have derived from
the French for gooseberry, groseille a
marquerea. Marquereau is the word
for pimp, while une femme gross is
the term given to a pregnant woman. Sources for notated versions: fiddler John
Loughram, 1968 (Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone, Ireland) [Breathnach]; New Jersey flute
player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 262,
pg. 136. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike
Rafferty), 2005; No. 64, pg. 20. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1252, pg. 235. Treoir, vol. 2, 1988. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982;
No. 27, pg. 15. Gael-Linn CEF CD150, Paddy Glackin -
“In Full Spate” (1991). Green Linnet SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Seane Keane ‑
"Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Green Linnet SIF 1027, Mick Moloney -
“Strings Attached.” Larraga Records TR1103, Mary Rafferty – “Hand Me Downs”
(2002). “The Paddy O’Brien Collection.”
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources Alan
Ng’s Irishtune.info |
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
Z:transcribed by Caroline Foty
K:DMix
|:(D2F)(D EF)GB|A^GA(B
~c2)Bc|A(B{d}cA) dcAG|F(G (3AGF) GBAF|
(D2F)(D EF)GB|A^GA(B cd)eg|fded‑~d2^c(A|1
(3B^cd) A(G FD)EF:|
2 (3B^cd) A(G FD)DA |
|: ~d3e fde(d | Bc)cd cAGc | A3F GE‑~E2
| FGA(B {d}cA)Gc | Ad‑~d2 fde(d |
Bc)cd cAGc | A(B{d}cA) dcAG|1
A(B{d}cA) ~d3A :|2 A(B{d}cA) ~d3c |
|:Ad‑~d2 fd‑~d2 |
e(f{a}ge) age(d | (3B^cd) e(f ~g2) e(f
| ga)ge dcA(^c |
d2)A(d Bd)A(G | (3EFG) A(B
~c2)Bc|A(B{d}cA) dcAG |1 A(B{d}cA) ~d3c :|
2 A(B{d}cA) dBAF ||
X:2
T:Gooseberry Bush, The
R:reel
D:Matt Molloy & Sean Keane: Contentment is Wealth
D:Paddy Glackin: In Full Spate
Z:id:hn-reel-322
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D Mix
dB|:ADFD EFGB|AGAB c2AG|ABcA dcAG|FDEF GBAF|
DEFD EFGB|ABcA d2 (3efg|fdde dfed|1 cAGE D2 dB:|2 cAGE DEFG||
|:Ad~d2 fded|~c3d cAGc|~A3F GEED|(3EFG AB c2Bc|
Ad~d2 fded|~c3d cAG2|ABcA dcAG|ABcA d2dc:|
|:Ad~d2 fd~d2|efge aged|^cdef g2ef|~g3e d^cAc|
d2^cd GBAG|FGAB c2AG|ABcA dcAG|1 ABcA d2dc:|2 ABcA d2 dB||
“Variations”
|:ADFD EFGA|AGAB c2Bc|ABcA dcAG|FGAF ~G3E|
A2FA EFGB|ABcA dcde|f2df dcAB|cAGE ED D2:|
d^cde fded|=cded cAGc|ABcA GE~E2|FGAB cAGc|
Ad~d2 fded|cded cAGc|ABcA dcAG|ABcA d2dc||
Ad^cd fded|=cded cAGc|ABcA GE~E2|FGAB cAGc|
Ad^cd fd~d2|=cded cAGc|ABcA dcAG|ABcA d2^cd||
|:Adde fd^cd|efge aged|(3B^c def g2ef|g2ag e^cAc|
d2FA GAAG|FGAB c2AG|ABcA dcAG|ABcA d2dc:|
GOOSEBERRY FAIR. Irish, Reel. Composed by County
Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 7.
GOOSEBERRY HORNPIPE. AKA and see “Worsborough Hornpipe.” English, Hornpipe. D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the early 19th
century music manuscript book of Worsborough (south
GOOSES MINUET, THE. English, Minuet (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Huntington
(William Linten’s), 1977; pg. 35.
GORBACHOV’S FAREWELL
TO LITHUANIA. Irish, D Minor. A politically-titled composition by Andy Cleveland. The
USSR under Gorbachov recognized Lithuania’s independence.
GORDEN OF LESMORE. AKA and see "La Finste." English, England,
Shropshire. A Major. Standard tuning. AABCDD. Source for notated version: a c.
1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 80,
pg. 32.
GORDIE AND SANDY’S. Canadian, Hornpipe. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia). Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s),
1994; No. 50, pg. 18. Brenda Stubbert - “House
Sessions” (1992).
GORDON CASTLE [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by William
Marshall (1748-1833). Marshall was employed as Steward of Gordon
Castle for over twenty years by Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon.
Marshall, Fiddlecase Edition, 1978;
1822 Collection, pg. 44.
X:1
T:Gordon Castle [1]
M:C
L:1/8
S:Marshall – 1822 Collection
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
E>G G>c A>G c<G|E<G
G>A ce d2|E>G G<c A>G A<c|defa ge d2:|
c>def gcge|c>def a/g/f/e/
d2|c>d e<f g<c g>e|f>g a<g a/g/f/e/ d2|
c>def gcge|c>def a/g/f/e/
d2|c>d e<f g<c g>e|fagc’ ef d2||
GORDON CASTLE [2]. AKA and see "Ballnadallach." Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The Gordons were one of the most powerful families in Scotland for many centuries (see note for “Cock of the North”), whose seat was, in Gow’s and Marshall’s time, Gordon Castle, near Fochabers, Morayshire. The Scots poet Robert Burns visited the castle during his Highland tour, where he met Alexander, the 4th Duke of Gordon and his witty wife Jane Maxwell, the Duchess. Burns became friendly with the duke's librarian and companion, James Hoy, and commemorated the visit in his song, Castle Gordon, which ends:
***
Wildly here, without control
Nature reigns and rules the whole;
In that sober pensive mood,
Dearest to the feeling soul,
She plants the forest, pours the flood,
Life's poor day I'll musing rave
And find at night a sheltering cave,
Where waters flow and wild woods wave,
By bonie Castle Gordon.
***
Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg.
24. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2;
No. 17, pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The
Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 20.
X:1
T:Gordon Castle [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
f|e>Ac>A B/B/B ~f2|e>Ac>A e>A e<c|d>fe>c B/B/B ~f2|e>cA>c e2:|
f|e>ca>c B/B/B ~f2|e<c a>c e>c e<f|e>ca>c B/B/B ~f2|e>cA>c e2 ef|
e>ca>c B/B/B ~f2|e>ca>c e>fa>b|a/g/f/e/ ac B/B/B ~f2|e>cA>c e2e||
GORDON CASTLE [3]. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABCCD. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of this tune to be in McGlashan’s collection. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1781; pg. 26.
X:1
T:Gordon
Castle [3]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:McGlashan
– Strathspey Reels (c. 1781)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|B>ABd
e/e/e eg|dGB>A G2 Gd|B>ABd e/e/e ea|g>eg>B A2 A:|
g/a/|b>gae
g>de>g|dGB>A G2 Gg/a/|b>ga>e g>aba|g>eg>B A2 Ag/a/|
b>gae
g>deg|dGB>A G2 G>d|B>ABd e/e/e ea|g>eg>B A2 A||
|:d|BABd
e/e/e eg|G<G B>A G2 G>d|B>ABd e/e/e ea|g>eg>B A2 A:|
g|agec
dege|dcBA G2 Gg|agec dege|dBgB A2 Ag|agec dege|dcBA G2 Gd|
B>ABd e/e/e ea|gegB A2 A||
GORDON CASTLE [4]. Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). E Minor.
Standard tuning. AABB. McGibbon (Scots
Tunes, Book II), c. 1746; pg. 31. Neil (The
Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 83, pg. 112.
X:1
T:Gordon Castle [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book II, pg. 31 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
B>A | (GFG)B E2 e>f |
{e/f/}(gf)”tr”(e^d) e2 (d>c | (cB)(AG) A2 (B>d) | e2 (d>e B2 g>a |
(ba)(ge) (dB)(ge) | (dB)”tr”(AG) A2
(g>f) | (ef/g/) d>e Bg(AB) | (G2”tr”F2)E2 :: (g>a) |
bdBG (g>abG) | (Bd)(ed)
(B/A/B/)g/ BG | (ef/g/) (fg/a/) (ga/b/) (fg/a/) | g(f/g/) (e/g/)(^d/f/) e2
(e/f/g) |
(BG)(Bd) (ed)Bg | ({e}d(c/B/)
(c/B/)(A/G/) A2 B>d | eBge (^dc/B/) eA | G>B A/(G/F/G/) E2 :|
GORDON CASTLE [5]. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major.
Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to
Windsor), 1994; pg. 20.
GORDON CASTLE WALTZ. Scottish, Waltz. C Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No.
69, pg. 25.
GORDON COTE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 10, pg. 4. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster -
"Fit as a Fiddle" (1993).
GORDON GRAHAM’S
FAVORITE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton.
B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and
composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Source for notated version: Winston
Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 44. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 182, pg. 72.
GORDON HIGHLANDERS, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major.
Standard tuning. AB.
***
Gordon Highlanders, Edinburgh Castle. An early photograph, 1846.
***
Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 137, pg. 16.
X:1
T:Gordon Highlanders
R:Strathspey
M:C
L:1/8
S:Kerr, vol. 3, pg. 16
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(C2 C>)E G<G c>A |
G>Ac>d e<c c<e | (C2 C>)E G<G c>e | (3fed (3edc B<d
d<e |
(C2 C>)E G<G c>A |
G>Ac>d e<c c<e | f<a d<f e<g c<e | d>e f/e/d/c/
B<d d<e :|
|: g>ag>e g<c c>e |
g>ag>e (3efg (3fga | g>ag>e g<c c>e | (3fed (3edc B<d
d>e |
g>ag>e g<c c>e |
g>ag>e (3efg (3fga | (3gfe (3fed (3edc G>c | d>e f/e/d/c/ B<d
d<e :|
GORDON HIGHLANDERS MARCH, THE. See “Gay Gordons [1].”
GORDON QUIGLEY’S JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton.
F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer
Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip
to Windsor), 1994; pg. 59.
GORDON STEWART FORBES. Scottish, Jig. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No.
142, pg. 48.
GORDON'S [1]. Scottish?, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Not the strathspey of
version #2. Hardings All‑Round
Collection, 1905; No. 128, pg. 40.
GORDON(S) [2], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. A Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AB. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 3; No. 147, pg. 17. MacDonald (The
Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 187.
X:1
T:Gordons, The [2]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
A2 B<d e2 d<B|(BA) A/A/A
B<A A>c|B<d d>B cBAG|E2 G>A GEDE|
D>EG>A B2
g>^f|e>dg>^f e>d B<d|e>^fg>f e<dc<B|A/A/A e>d
B<A A||
B|A<aa<b a2 g>^f|e>d
e<g a>ee>^f|g>ab>a g/a/g/^f/ g<e|d>edc BGGB|
A<a a>b a2 g^f|e>dB>d
e>^fg>a|b<gae g<e d>B|A<a e>d B<A A2||
GORDON'S FAVOURITE. Shetland, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. A modern composition by the late pianist and piano‑accordianist
Ronnie Cooper, of Lerwick, Shetland. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 50. Philo
1042, Boys of the Lough ‑ "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976).
GORDON’S FIDDLETUNES JIG. American, Double Jig. A Minor.
Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Gordon Euler, who told Susan Songer (1997)
he was inspired by participating in the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in
Port Townsend, Washington. The festival is still a major fiddling event in
North America. Songer (Portland
Collection), 1997; pg. 86.
GORDONS HA'E THE GIRDING O'T, THE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. MacDonald (The Skye Collection),
1887; pg. 57. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 110.
X:1
T:Gordons Hae the Girding O’T, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/B//c//|d<D F>A d<D DB/c/|d<D F>A e<E E>c|d<D F>A d<g f>e|d/c/B/A/ B>c d<DD:|
|:f/g/|a>fg>e
f<d df/g/|a>fg>f e<E E>g|a>fg>e f>de>c|d/c/B/A/
B>c d<DD:|
GORDON’S TRIP TO SYDNEY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Sydney is
the largest town in north Cape Breton. Composed by fiddler and composer Dan R.
MacDonald. Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507,
The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004).
GORDON’S REEL. AKA
and see “Reel de L’Hôtelier.”
GORDON'S TUNE (Port Gordon{ac}). AKA and see “Port Gordon.”
GOREY CARAVAN, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard. One
part.
***
I cannot do without her--I will find her if I can,
My curse attend the driver--Oh he
drives the Caravan.
***
Source for notated version: “From
Mary Hackett (by way of the Irish collector) P. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie].
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection),
1905; No. 649, pg. 163.
X:1
T:Gorey Caravan, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 649
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f2e | d2d cAG | F2G A<BG | A2F
D2D | D3 z2G | A2A cde |
f2e f2g | f2d edc | d3 d2 F/G/ | A2A
cde | f2e f2g | f2d edc |
d3 f2e | d2d cAG | F2G ABG | A2F D2D
| D3 ||
GORHOFFEDD GWYR HARLECH (The March of the Men
of Harlech). AKA and see
"Nixon Number Two." Welsh. A
famous Welsh tune which first appeared in print in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relicks of the Welsh
Bards, 2nd Ed., 1794. Cole's Pocket
Companion for the Flute, 18‑‑; No. 5, pg. 4. Wier, 1918; pg.
314.
GORMAN POLKA. American, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Ford (Traditional Music in
X:1
T:Gormon Polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Polka
B:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e/c/e/c/|AAAA|B>cdB|GGGG|A>B
cc/e/|ddcc|
BBAA|B(B/e/)
GG/B/|A2||(E/F/)(E/F/)|GG (G/A/)(G/A/)|BB (B/c/)(B/c/)|
dBcA|Be (E/F/)(E/F/)|GG
(G/A/)(G/A/)|BB (B/c/)(B/c/)|dBcA|[E2B2e2]||
GORMAN'S REEL [1] (Ríl Uí Ghormáin). Irish, Reel. D Major or Mixolydian.
Standard tuning. AB (Taylor, Tubridy): AAB (Breathnach). Breathnach states that
his source Ryan described "Gormans" as "a very old tune."
Sources for notated versions: flute player M.J. Ryan, 1966 (Ballymote, Co.
Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann,
late 1980’s [Taylor]. Alewine (Maid that
Cut Off the Chicken’s Lips), 1987; pg. 19. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 276, pg. 142. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 26. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two),
1999; pg. 17. Copely Records 9-115 (78 RPM), Paddy
Cronin (195?). Green Linnet SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Seane Keane ‑
"Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry
Harrington, and Paul DeGrae - “The Smoky Chimney” (1996). Four Men and a Dog -
"Shifting Gravel." Kevin
Crawford - "The 'D' Flute Album."
X:1
T:Gorman's
C:Traditional
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:AMix
A3 B defg | a2 fd edBd | A3 B defe |
dBAF EF D2 :|
a2 af defg | a2 fd edBd | a2 af defe
| dBAF EF D2 |
a2 af defg | a2 fd edBd | A3 B defe
| dBAF EF D2 |]
GORMAN'S REEL [2] (Ríl Uí Ghormáin). Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard
tuning. AA'B. Source for notated version: flute, whistle and concertina player
Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 188, pg. 85.
GORMAN'S REEL [3] (Ríl Uí Ghormáin). AKA and see “The Long Strand [2],” “O’Gorman’s Reel,” “," “Lough Isles Return,” "Tuehey's Reel,"The Humours of Loughrea," "The Laurel Bush," "The Yeoman's Reel," "The West Gale," "The Reel of Bogie," "The Showman's Reel," "Spence's Reel [1]," "The Castlebar Traveler."
Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB. O’Neill’s “On the Sly” is the same in the first part,
but not the second. Similarly, "Lochiel's
awa to France but he'll come again” is the same in the first part,
although the second is the same as “The
Mountain Rose.” Ciaran Carson mentions the tune in his book Last Night’s Fun (1996), played in a set
with “Johnny Going to Ceili”
and “The Long and Slender Sally,”
obtained from flute player Cathal McConnell “of Ballanaleck on the shores of
Lough Erne.” Carson thought McConnell had the set from the late John Maguire,
father of fiddle ‘maestro’ Sean McGuire [sic]. Source for notated version:
whistle player Johnny Maguire, 1966 (Co. Cavan & Belfast, Ireland) [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 247,
pg. 128. Ceol, iii,
pg. 27.
GOROUM, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: “From P. Carew’s MS”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 898, pg. 227.
GORT AN TOBAIR. AKA and see "The Spring Garden."
GORT NA NOININ.
AKA and see "The
Garden of Daisies."
GORTHLECK'S HIGHLAND PLAID (Breacan ur Ghir Ghortuileic). Scottish, Strathspey. E Major. Standard
tuning. AABCCD. See note for "The Belted Plaid and Health to Wear It." Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the
Isles), 1874; No. 231, pg. 94. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 276.
X:1
T:Gorthleck’s Highland Plaid
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E
B|E<E B>A G>FE>c|=d>A A<d AD F2|E<E B>A G>FE>a|g>ef>d e/e/e e:|
g|e/f/g/a/ b>e g>e e<g|a>gf>e =d>e f<a|e/f/g/a/ b>e g>eb>a|g>e f<g e/e/e e2|
B<b b>a g>e e<g|a>gf>e =d>e fg/a/|b>ga>f g>e f<d|B<a g>f e/e/e e2||
|:E<E BA G>FE>c|=d>A A<d A<D F2|E<E B>A G>F E<a|g>ef>d e/e/e e2:|
b|a/g/f/e/ b>e g>eb>e|f/e/=d/c/ a<d b>da>d|a/g/f/e/ b>e g>eb>a|g>e f<g e/e/e e2|
B<b b>a g<e e<g|a>gf>e =d>e
fg/a/|b>ga>f g>e f<d|B<a g>f e/e/e e||
GOSSAN THAT BEAT HIS FATHER, THE (An Gasúr a thug Leadradh dá Athair). AKA
and see "Lochiel's
Rant,"
“Lough
Isles Return,”
"Tuehey's Reel," "The Humours of Loughrea," "The Laurel Bush," "The Yeoman's Reel," "The West Gale," "The Reel of Bogie," "The Showman's Reel," "Spence's Reel," "The Castlebar Traveler." Irish, Reel. A Dorian.
Standard tuning. ABB. The word ‘gossan’ in the title derives from the Irish gasúr, meaning ‘young (or wee) lad’.
O’Neill’s “On the Sly” is the same in the first part, but
not the second. Similarly, "Lochiel's awa to
GOSSIP, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “Mrs. Close”
[Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 592, pg. 149.
X:1
T:Gossip, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 592
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F>G BGGF | B>c d/c/B/c/ B2 |
d>c BGGF | B>c d/c/B/c/ B2 | d2 {e}dcdB |
ed {d}cB G2 | B>c dcBG | B>c
BA/G/ FD | F4 d>c | {c}BA/G/ {c}BA/G/ {c}BA/G/ | B,C/D/ C>B, B2 ||
GOSSIP JOAN. AKA and see "Good Morrow,
Gossip Joan." English, Country Dance Tune (cut time) and Air. F
Major. Standard tuning. One part. The tune appears in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1729) under the
title "Why how now, Madam Flirt." It also appears in Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. IV, and
on half‑sheet music. Kidson (1922) dates the song "Good morrow,
Gossip Joan" to the late 17th century. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
GOSTEG DAFYDD ATHRO. Welsh, Air. From the MSS of Robert
ap Huw, 15th century. Maggie's Music MM107, "Music
in the Great Hall" (1992).
GOT A LITTLE HOME TO GO TO. AKA and see “Little Home To Go To.”
GOT NO HONEY BABE NOW. AKA and see "Ain't Got No Honey Babe Now."
GOT THE JAKE LEG TOO. Old-Time, Song. The Ray Brothers were fiddler Will Ray with his
brother Vardman on guitar. ‘Jake-leg’ was a crippling consequence of drinking
Jamaica Ginger. Document 8028, The Ray Brothers –
“Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2” (reissue).
GOTELL’S WALTZ. AKA and see “Florence Killen’s Waltz.”
Canadian, Waltz. Canada, King’s County, Prince Edward Island. The source for the
title is the fiddling Gotell family, from Central Kings County, PEI.
GOTTA QUIT KICKIN' MY DOG AROUND. AKA and see "Great Big Taters in
Sandy Land." Old‑Time, Breakdown. The Skillet Lickers (in
the configuration of Gid Tanner and Clayton McMichen on fiddles, Riley Pucket
on guitar and vocals, and Fate Norris on banjo) recorded the song in Atlanta on
April 17th, 1926, one of eight sides for Columbia records. Wayne W.
Daniel (in his book Pickin’ on Peachtree:
A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia, 1990) opines: “The output
from this historic recording session makes for a rather unimpressive list of
what even there were long-familiar tunes and songs: “Hand Me Down My Walking
Cane,” “Bully of the Town,” “Pass Around the Bottle and We’ll All Take a
Drink,” “Alabama Jubilee,” “Watermelon on the Vine,” “Don’t You Hear Jerusalem
Moan,” “Ya Gotta Quit Kickin’ My Dog Aroun’,” and “Turkey in the Straw.””
***
Every Time I come to town
Somebody goes to kickin' my dog around,
You gotta quit a‑kickin' my dog around.
***
Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 81.
GOUROCK BAY [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 3; No. 105, pg. 13.
X:1
T:Gourock Bay [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 105 (c . 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
c2 B>A (E<A) A2 | c>cB>A
(c/d/e) (f/g/a) | c2 B>A (E<A) A2 | F>B B>c d/c/B/A/ G<B :|
|: A<A c>A e>A a2 | A<A
c>A f/e/d/c/ e<a | A<A c>A e>A a2 | F>B B>c d/c/B/A/
G<B :|
GOUROCK BAY [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning.
AABB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4;
No. 20, pg. 5.
X:1
T:Gourock Bay [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 20 (c . 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
efec efec | eaga bagf | efec efec |
BAGA Bcd^d :|
|: efec AEAc | BABc ABcd | efec AEAc
|1 BAGA Bcd^d :|2 BABc A2a2 ||
GOVERNOR GENERAL. Canadian, Waltz. Canada, New Brunswick.
Composed by New Brunswick fiddler Ned Landry. Atlantica
Muisc NL-00102, Ned Landry - “Ned Landry, Grand Masters Series No. 1"
(1994). Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 26, Ned Landry - “Atlantic Fiddles”
(1994).
GOVERNOR JONES' MARCH. AKA and see "Dow Everly [1]," "Russian March." American, March (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Howe (Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon), 1843; pg. 16.
X:1
T:Governor
Jones’ March
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:March
S:Howe – Complete Preceptor for the Accordeon
(1843)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
G2 | c2 c>G e2 e>c | g>c’a>c’ g3g | afef g>ec>e | d2 d>d d2G2 |
c2 c>G e2 e>c | g>c’a>c’ g3g | a>fe>f d2 B>d | c2 c>c c2 :|
e>f | g2 e>g c2 A>c | F2 F>F F2 f>g | a2 f>a d2 B>d |
G2
G>G GABG | c2 c>G e2 e>c | g>c’a>c’ g3g | a>fe>f d2 B>d
| c2 c>c c2 :|
GOVERNOR KING'S MARCH. American, March (4/4 time). USA,
southwestern Pennsylvania. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. An old fifer's tune.
See note (Bayard, 1944) for "Old Man and Old Woman
Scoldin'". Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from
Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 153,
pgs. 88‑89. Howe (Diamond School
For the Violin), 1861; pg. 24.
GOVERNOR LITTLETON’S DELIGHT.
English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country
dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite
Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 94.
X:1
T:Govenor Littleton’s Delight
M:2/4
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
B/c/|dBGg|”tr”e2
dg|cdBc|A/G/F/E/ DB/c/|dBGg|”tr”e2 dg|faA^c|d3:|
|:d|BdGg|egBg|BdGB|A/G/F/E/ Dd|BdGg|egdg|BgAf|[D3B3g3]:||
GOVERNOR TAYLOR'S MARCH. AKA and see "Napoleon/Bonaparte
Crossing the Alps," "The Officer on
(of the) Guard," "I Won't Be a Nun,"
"Den(n)is
Murphy's Hornpipe." American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa.
D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) identifies related tunes, perhaps
from a common ancestor, as "Pewter Mug," "The Tin‑Ware Lass,"
and "The
Ladies Dressed in Their Garments So Green." It may perhaps be one of
the tunes named for or credited to the fiddling Governors of Tennessee, Alf and
Bob Taylor (i.e. "Taylor's March," "Taylor's Quickstep").
Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette
Counties, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance
to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 54, pg. 39.
GOVERNOR TILFORD'S MARCH. American, March (4/4 time). USA,
southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version:
Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944)
[Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 305, pgs. 258‑259.
GOWD IN GOUPINS. AKA and see "Gold in Cowpens." Scottish, Northumbrian;
Jig (6/8 time) or Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB'. Carlin (Gow Collection); No. 474. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg.
21. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987,
Part 2; No. 252 (appears as "Gold in Cowpens").
X:1
T:Gowd in Goupins
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
f|e/f/ge c2e|~c2e dBG|c2A
(B/c/d)c|{c}B3 B2f|e/f/ge c2e|~c2e dBG|cBA GA^G|A3A2:|
g|a2e g2d|(d/^f/g)e dBG|c2A
(B/c/d)c|{c}B3 B2g|1 a2e g2d|(e/^f/g)e dBG|cBA BA^G|
A3A2:|2 ag^f gfe|dgd dBG|cBA BA^G|A3
A2||
GOWD ON YOUR GARTENS,
MARION. Scottish, Slow Air (3/2 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. The title comes from the third verse of the song
which begins:
***
Will ye go to the ewe‑buchts, Marion?
***
Source for notated version: Skene
MS., 1620 [Johnson]. Johnson (Scottish
Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 4, pg. 23. Maggie’s Music MM220, Hesperus – “Celtic Roots.”
GOWEL REEL (Ríl na Gaibhle). AKA and see “Danny Meehan’s Reel [1],” “McCahill’s Reel [2].” Irish,
Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. ABC. “McFadden’s Favorite” is a related
tune. Source for notated version: fiddler George Rowley/Seoirse Ó Roghallaigh
(Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I),
1963; No. 172, pg. 67. Breathnach (CRÉ
III), 1986; No. 176. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 4; 41.
GOWER REEL. AKA and see "Lumbers." Welsh, Reel. F Major. Standard
tuning. AB. Collected by the great English collector Maude Karpeles, a
contemporary of and collaborator with Cecil Sharpe, at Port Eynon, Gower, Wales
in 1927. The tune is a reel setting of “Rickett’s” AKA “Manchester” hornpipe. Mellor
(Welsh Dance Tunes), 1935; pg. 4.
GOWRIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 4; No. 38, pg. 7.
X:1
T:Gowrie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 38
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | F<A A>B d>ed>c |
B>A B<d e>fe>A | F<A A>B d>ef>e | d/c/B/A/ d>f (e2d)
:|
|: g | f<a d>e f>ga>f |
g<b e>f g>ab>g | f<a e>f d>ef>e | d/c/B/A/ d>f (e2d)
:|
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