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LON DUBH, AN (The Blackbird). See
“Londubh, An”
LON SCLATER HORNPIPE.
AKA and see "The Lonsdale Hornpipe,"
"Lord Strange."
LONACH COUNTRY DANCE, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Air (2/4 time). E Major.
Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by Alexander Walker.
LONACH GATHERING, THE. Scottish, March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J.
Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp
and Claymore Collection), 1904; pg. 33.
X:1
T:Lonach Gathering, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:March
Q:112
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E | AG/A/ FE/D/ C/A,/D/B,/ EF/G/ |
.A/.c/.e/.a/ .e/.A/.F/.A/ .B/.d/.c/.B/ | AG/A/ FE/D/ C/A,/D/B,/ E/A/C/e/ |
a/e/c/A/ e/c/d/B/ ({B}c)(AA) :|
((3e/f/g | a/).g/.f/.a/ .g/.f/.e/.g/ .f/.e/.d/.f/ .e/.d/.c/.e/ | d/c/B/d/
c/B/A/c/ B/A/G/A/ B/e/f/g/ |
a/g/f/a/ g/f/e/g/ f/e/d/f/ e/a/c/e/
| a/e/c/A/ e/c/d/B/ ({B}c)(AA).e | a/c’/f/a/ g/b/e/g/ f/a/d/f/ e/a/c/e/ |
d/f/B/d/ c/e/A/c/ B/A/G/F/ E/d/c/B/
| A/c/B/A/ G/F/E/D/ C/A,/D/B,/ E/A/c/e/ | a/e/c/A/ e/c/d/B/ ({B}c)(AA) ||
LONACH HALL. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by
Alexander Walker.
LONACH HIGHLAND FLING, THE. AKA and see “Peter Bail(l)ie [1].” Scottish,
Strathspey. Composed by Peter Baillie, with variations by J. Scott Skinner. Maggie’s
Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout – “Scottish Fire” (2000).
LONACH HIGHLANDER'S, THE. Scottish, March (4/4 time). F Major. Standard
tuning. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker. The Lonach Gathering features the
custom of the Lonach men, armed with pikes, visiting the grand houses of the
area where they receive generous drams, reports Moyra Cowie in her book The Life and Times of William Marshall (1999).
At the rear of the procession is a man with a horse and cart for conveyance of
any clan member who might become to incapacitated to walk, although it seems a
point of honor for the cart to remain empty no matter how much is imbibed.
L’ONCLE PETIT (Uncle Tiny). French-Canadian, Reel. In the repertoire Gaspésie musician
Yvon Mimeault (b. 1928, Mont-Louis). The tune is named after a paternal uncle,
an excellent step-dancer who loved the tune, and, in fact, a man of rather
large girth and stature. Yvon Mimeault – “Y’etait
temps!/It’s About Time.”
LONDON ASSEMBLY. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). B Flat
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 150.
X:1
T:London Assembly, The
M:C|
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:Bb
F2|B2 (dB) café|DFBd cA F2|B2 dB c=egb|agf=e f2::F2|AFec B2 AB|dBbg f=e f2|
gbdf
egce|dfBd cA F2|G E2 G cBAG|A F2 A dcBA|Bfga bfed|ecBA B2:||
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 44 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B>c|d2 A>F D2 F>A|d2 f>d
e2 g>e|f>dc>d B>cd>e|f>dg>e d>cB>A|d2 A>F D2
F>A|
d2 f>d e2 g>e|f>dc>d
A>dc>e|f2d2d2||d>e|f>dc>d B>dA>d|G>dF>d
E>FD>F|
G>FG>A
B>cd>e|f>dg>e d>cB>A|B>eg>e A>df>d|G>Be>G
F>Ad>A|g>fe>d A>dc>e|f2d2d2||
X:1
T:
S:Sessions etc
Z:Nigel Gatherer
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
A | dA FA | d2 df | ed cd | ef gf/g/ | af ge | dc AF |
GB A/B/A/G/ | FD D :|
z | d>d dd | zd d2 | d>d df | gf ef/g/ | af ge | dc AF |
GB A/B/A/G/ | FD D :|
X:1
T:
C:Ward Allen
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:D
A2 FA B2
AG|FAde f2 ef|g2 gb ag f2|efga fedB|
A2 FA B2
AG|FAde f2 ef|g2 gb agfe|d2 ff d4:|
|:g2 g2
cegb|a2 a2 adef|g2 gb ag f2|efga fedB|
A2 FA B2
AG|FAde f2 ef|g2 gb agfe|d2 ff d2 cB|
A2 FA B2
AG|FAde f2 ef|g2 gb ag f2|efga fedB|
A2 FA B2 AG|FAde f2 ef|g2 gb
agfe|d2 ff d4:|
***
There was a
That loved a country man-a;
And she did desire his company,
A little now and then-a.
This man he was a hemp-dresser….
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol.
1, 1859; pg. 297. Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 43. Seattle (William
Vickers), 1987; No. 201 (appears as "The Hemp Dressers").
X:1
T:
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
B3c d2 d4c2
| B3c d2 D3E F2 | G4G2 G4A2 | B6c6 ||
B3A B2 G3A B2
| A3G A2 D3E F2 | G4G2 G4A2 | B6c6 ||
X:1
T:London Highland Society, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:Lord Macdonald
B:Gow – 3rd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg.9 (orig. 1792)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D/E/4/F/4|GG,DG, GG,
E/D/C/B,/|A,A/B/ c/B/A/G/ F>GA>B|Gg f/g/a/f/ “tr”g>a b/g/d/B/|A/B/c/A/
B/c/d/c/ BGG (D/E/4F/4)|
G/F/E/D/ E/D/C/B,/ C/D/E/F/
G/D/B,/D/|A,A/B/ c/B/A/G/ “tr”F>GAB|”tr”G>ABc (d/c/)”tr”B/A/
(G/F/)”tr”E/D/|^C>EGA FDD||
F|D/D/D D>E
F>GA>B|c>de>f gddb|(b/a/)g/f/ gd B>c ({d}c)B/A/|^G>Bde
^cAA=c|
D/D/D D>E F/E/F/G/
A/G/A/B/|c/B/c/d/ e/d/e/f/ gd”tr”d>b|(b/a/)g/f/ gd B>d {c}BA/G/|Ec
{B}AG/F/ GG,G,||
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B/c/ | d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | G/B/D/G/
.B(A/G/) | F/A/D/F/ .A(G/F/) | G/D/E/F/ G/A/B/c/ |
d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | G/B/D/G/
.B(A/G/) | F/G/A/B/ c/d/e/f/ | ggg :: A/G/ |
F/A/D/F/ .A(G/F/) | G/B/D/G/
.B(A/G/) | F/A/D/F/ .A(G/F/) | (3G/F/E/ (3D/E/F/ |
G/A/B/c/ | d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ |
(3G/A/B/(D/G/) .B(A/G/) | F/G/A/B/ c/d/e/f/ | ggg :|
X:1
T:
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
K:G
Bc|:dcBA G2 Bd|g2 eg f2 dB|c2 ac B2
gB|cBAG GFED|
EDEF GFGA|BABc d2g2|dBGB
cAGF|G2G2G2:|
|:d2|g2bg f2af|g2 eg f2d2|c2 ac B2
gB|cBAG GFED
|EDEF GFGA|BABc d2g2|dBGB
cAGF|G2G2G2:|
X:1
T:
M:3/2
L:1/8
K:D
D2F2A2 d2 fg a2|g2 e4 B2 dcBA|dABG AFGE FDEF|A,2 D4 GF E2D2|
BdBF GBGE FAFD|C2 E4 B,2C2E2|fafc dfdA GFED|A,2 D4 GF E2D2||
(OH)
X:1
T:
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
cB|A2F2F2F2|A2 c4 BA|G2A2 B3c|d6
e2|f2 gf e2 de|f2 F2F2F2|F2G2 A3B|G6 E2||
cB|A2F2F2F2|A2 c4 BA|G2A2 B3c|d6
e2|f2 gf e2 de|f2 F2F2F2|F2 G2 A3 B|G6||
LONDON LADIES. English, Air. The air appears in John Gay's Beggar's Opera
(1729) under the title "If you at an office solicit your due." The
tune is also in Playford's Dancing Master
and different editions of Pills to Purge
Melancholy. The first lines of the song go:
***
Ladies of London both wealthy and fair,
Whom every town fop is pursuing.
***
Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 60.
LONDON LANCIERS. English, Lanciers (an elaborate quadrille in 6/8 and 2/4 time
alternately). D Major & G Major, various alternating parts. Standard
tuning. Part I: AB (6/8 time), Part II: AB (2/4 time), Part III: AB (6/8 time),
PartIV: AB (6/8 time), Part V: AABCD (2/4 time). Part III is Gay's Beggar's
Opera tune "Would You Have a
Young Virgin." "The Lanciers, a regiment of light cavalry armed
with lances, gives its name to this elaborate quadrille. Madam Sacre, in her
classes in Hanover Square, London, established the dance as fashionable about
1850" (Linscott, 1939). Source for notated version: Benjamin Lovett,
"with the consent of Henry Ford, who is much interested in the revival of
the country dance." Source for notated version: Benjamin Lovett. Linscot (Folk Songs of Old New England), 1939;
pgs. 91‑94.
LONDON LASSES [1]
("Cailinide/Cailíní Lungduin" or "Cailíní Londan"). AKA and see "The Maid in the Rushes," "The Bird in the Cage," “Donegal Lassies [2],” “Flying Column [2],” "Gardiner's Favourite [1],"
“Streams in the Valley,” “Sunny Banks,” "The Turnpike Gate [2]." Irish,
Canadian; Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Dunlay &
Reich, O'Neill): AABB (Dunlay & Greenberg, Tubridy): AA’BB’ (Cranford,
Harker/Rafferty). The melody was recorded by fiddler Paddy Cronin, piper Patsy
Tuohy, and flute player Joe McKenna (the latter called it “Streams in the
Valley”). The Cape Breton setting was popularized by the late Donald Angus
Beaton, however it is clear from the transcriptions of his settings that he
played the tune with parts in reverse order from those printed in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland. Dunlay and Greenberg
(1996) note that Cape Breton fiddler John Campbell also played the tune with
parts reversed from O’Neill’s. There is another setting in Breathnach’s CRÉ II, No. 170. “London Lasses” is
often paired in a medley with “The Galway
Rambler,” perhaps stemming from the 1937 recording by the Aughrim Slopes
Ceili Band in
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:London Lasses [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
G2 BG dGBd | eaag eg g2 | G2 BG dGBd
| egdB AGED |
G2 BGT dGBd | Eaag egga | bgag eaaf
| gedB AGED :|
|: gfgd edBe | dGBG BGBd | g2 ag
efge | dBGB AGED |
g2 ag efge | dBAB dega | bgag eaaf |
gedB AGEF :|
LONDON LASSES [2]. Irish, Reel. B Minor ('A' part)
& D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. ABB. The melody appears in the
Sutherland manuscript collection of County Leitrim. This is not the tune
usually known as “London Lasses” today (see version #1), says
X:1
T:London
Lasses [2]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D
a | fBdf
fBdf | eA (3cBA eA (3cBA | fBdf fBdf | ecAc (dB) B2 |
fBdf fBdf
| eA(3cBA eA (3cBA | dcdB cBAd | ecAc dB B2 ||
|: d2 (fd)
(ad)(fd) | c2 (ec) Acec | d2 (fd) (ad)(fd) | ecAc (dB) B2 |
d2 (fd)
(ad)(fd) | c2 (ec) Acec | defg abaf | ecAc dB B2 :|
LONDON LASSIES [3]. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard
tuning. AABB (Miller & Perron/1977): AA’BB’ (Miller & Perron/2006).
Source for notated version: Belfast fiddler Sean McGuire (1927-2005) with the
Four Star Quartet [Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977;
vol. 2, No. 6. Miller & Perron (Irish
Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 82. Blarney Castle Records BC‑509, "Best of Irish
Dance Music."
LONDON LASSES [4??]. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB’. Source for notated version: fiddler Kevin Burke & accordion
player Jackie Daly (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 106.
LONDON MAID. AKA and see "London Gentlewoman,"
"The Hemp Dressers."
LONDON MARCH. English, March (4/4 time). England; Lincolnshire, Yorkshire. G Major
(Merryweather & Seattle): D Major (Sumner). Standard tuning. AAB
(Merryweather & Seattle): AABB (Sumner). The first part of the tune, with a
different strain, is "The Scotch
Hornpipe [1]" and "March of the Third
Regiment of Guards." Source for notated version: an MS collection by
fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897 (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather &
Seattle]; the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons
(1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].
Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddle of
Helperby), 1994; No. 108, pg. 60. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript),
1997; pg. 76 (originally set in the key of ‘C’ major).
LONDON POLKA. American, Polka. USA, Ohio. Edison 51995 (78 RPM),
1927, John Baltzell {Baltzell was from Mt. Vernon, Ohio, also the home town of
minstrel Dan Emmett (d. 1904). Emmett returned to the town in 1888, poor, but
later taught Baltzell to play the fiddle}. Is this the London Bridge Polka?
LONDON 'PRENTICE, THE. AKA and see "All in/on a Misty Morning"
and "The Friar and the Nun [1]."
LONDON PRIDE. AKA and see "Idbury Hill,"
"Old Medden of Fawsley,”
“Stourton Wake." English, Morris
Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Dorian or G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The
tune was collected in two versions from the village of Longborough
(Gloucestershire), in England's Cotswolds. Winston Wilkinson, in his article
“Virginia Dance Tunes” (Southern Folklore Quarterly, vol. VI, no. 1, pg.
6), sees this tune as the source for his Virginia collected “Foggy Dew” (from
fiddler James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm). Wilkinson also notes it was sometimes
called “Shady Grove” by Virginia informants and that a song was collected in
Pennsylvania to it called “The Pinery Boy.” In Scotland the melody has been
used for Child ballad No. 281, “The
Keach in the Creel.” Source for notated version: Mason via Cecil Sharpe
[Bacon]. Bacon (The Morris Ring),
1974; pg. 247 & 248. Sharp & Macilwaine (Morris Dance Tunes), Set VII, No. 6.
X:1
T:London Pride
L:1/8
M:2/2
B:Sharp & Macilwaine – “Morris
Dance Tunes”
K:E Minor
e3fg2e2|dcBA G2G2|A2e2 edcB|1 A3B
A4:|2 A4 A4||
e3f g2e2|agfe d2d2|e3e f2f2|a4e4||
LONDON SCOTTISH, THE.
Scottish, Pipe March (2/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner
(1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore),
1904; pg. 47 (includes variation sets).
X:1
T:Longon Scottish, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Pipe March
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Mix
.A/.B/ | ({c/d/}c)B/c/ ({d/e/}c/d/ |
({e/f/}e)A ({f/a/}f)e/d/ | c/e/a/f/ e/c/B/A/ | g(dd) .e/.d/ | ({d}c)B/A/
d.c/.d/ |
.e.a ({f/a/}f)e/d/ | c/e/a/f/ e/c/d/B/ | ({B}c)(AA) :: e/d/ |
c/e/a/f/ e/c/A/a/ | ({c/d/}c)(AA) .e/.d/ |
c/e/g/e/ d/B/G/g/ | ({B/d/}B)(GG)
.e/.d/ | c/e/a/f/ e/c/A/f/ | e/a/A/a/ ({f/a/}f)e/d/ | c/e/a/f/ e/c/d/B/ |
({B}c)(AA) :|
LONDON TOWER. AKA and see “Gleanntan Reel
[3].”
LONDON WAITS. AKA and see "Past Three O'Clock." English, Air (3/4 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. ABC. This Waits' air was turned into a Christmas carol
and appears in some collections of those songs; it was published by Playford in
his Dancing Master of 1665 (where it
appears simply as “The Waits”), and in Apollo's
Banquet of 1669. Waits were paid musicians of towns and corporations,
especially by the 15th and 16th centuries, and each group
had some special tune to which they gave their name e.g. "Chester Waits," "Colchester Waits." In the year
1575 the livery of the London Waits, states Chappell (1859), was described in a
contemporary chronicle as "blue gowns, red sleeves and caps, every one
having his silver collar about his neck." Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 10‑11.
X:1
T:London
Waits
T:Waits,
The
M:3/2
L:1/8
S:Playford
– Dancing Master (1665)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
B2G2G2
F4A2|Bc d2d2 f4F2|B2G2G2 F4 A2|Bc d2d2 c6:|
|:B2c2d2 c4B2|cBc2d2 B6|(BA) (Bc)
(de) c4 B2|(cB)c2d2 g6:|
LONDON WALTZ. English, Waltz. A Major.
Standard tuning. AABBC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s
Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 145, pg. 37.
LONDONBRIDGE HONRPIPE, THE. AKA and see “City
Life,” “O’Keeffe’s Hornpipe [2],”
“Showman’s Fancy,” “Violetta.” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning.
AA’BB. A different tune than “London Bridge” [1] or [2] or the “London Bridge
Polka.” Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh
Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 106, pg. 62. Gael-Linn
CEF132, Johnny O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989. Appears as second of
“O’Keeffe’s Hornpipes,” named for fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe, from whom O’Leary
learned the tune).
LONDONDERRY AIR. AKA and see “Derry Air,” “Danny Boy,” “Drimoleague Fair,” “Emer’s Farewell to Cucullain.”
LONDONDERRY CLOG. AKA and see "Londonderry Hornpipe,"
"Delaney's Clog," "Showman's Clog." Irish
(originally), Canadian; Clog. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEEFF. The tune was a favorite, records O’Neill (1913),
of County Wexford piper Johnny Cash (1832-1909), ‘Cash the Piper’; in fact so
much that it was locally known as “Cash’s Hornpipe.” Derry was renamed
Londonderry as a result of its being granted to the Corporation of London after
the confiscation of the O’Neill estates in 1609. It was ‘planted’ as a colony
by the twelve City Corporations (Matthews, 1972). Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 84. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 160, pg. 109.
O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 322, pg. 159.
X:1
T:Londonderry
Clog
R:Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:D
A>G|F2A>d
f>dA>F|G2B>d g>dB>G|F2A>d f>dA>F|E2G>B e>cA>G|
F2A>d
f>dA>F|G2B>d g2a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2 d2:|
|:f>g|a2f>d
A>df>a|g2e>c A>ce>g|a2f>d A>dg>f|(3efd (3cdB A2f>g|
a2f>d A>df>a|g>fe>f
g2a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2 d2:|
LONDONDERRY HORNPIPE, THE (Crannciuil Doire-Calgaic). AKA and see “Delaney’s Clog,” “Derry Hornpipe,” “Ladies Hornpipe [1],” "Londonderry Clog," "Showman's Clog." Irish (originally),
Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Allan,
Perlman, Phillips): AACC (Perlman): AABBCC (Kerr): AA’BBCC’DD (Moylan):
AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Neill). O’Neill states:
***
No. 1753 has a history. Bernard Delaney introduced the tune consisting
of the 1st and 2nd parts on the Irish pipes in a masterly manner, being
a
great favourite with dancers. Turlough McSwiney, the Donegal piper,
added the 3rd part which was improved by Miss Gillan. Later Delaney
added the fourth part. In a MS collection I discovered the 5th and 6th
parts. It was an old strain closely resembling the others so its two
parts
were joined to the former making altogether a hornpipe of great style
and variety.
***
Breathnach states (in Ennis, 1977)
that O’Neill’s setting was played by
Leo Rowsome, Willie Clancy and most other pipers. Perlman (1996) states that
while this is a three part tune in Allan’s
Irish Fiddler, on Prince Edward Island the tune is two part, though
sometimes with the second part being the regular ‘B’ part, and sometimes the
‘C’ part. Derry was renamed Londonderry as a result of its being granted to the
Corporation of London after the confiscation of the O’Neill estates in 1609. It
was ‘planted’ as a colony by the twelve City Corporations (Matthews, 1972). The
tune was picked up by Ontario fiddlers, popularized by radio fiddler Ward Allen.
Sources for notated versions: Clem Myers (Vt.) [Phillips]; accordion player
Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan];
George MacPhee (b. 1941, Monticello, North-East Kings County) and Eddy
Arsenault (b. 1921, Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island)
[Perlman]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No.
96, pg. 24 (appears as "The Londonderry"). Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music),
1928; 62 (appears as untitled hornpipe). Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes); No. or pg. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 340, pg. 36. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 227, pgs.
130-131. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 210. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1753, pg. 326. O'Neill (Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986;
No. 925, pg. 158. Perlman (The Fiddle
Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 79. Phillips (The Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 35.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; pg. 206. Condor 977‑1489,
"Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont." GRT Records
9230-1031, “The Best of Ward Allen” (1973). Sparton Records SP 210, “Ward Allen
Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown, vol. 2.”
X:1
T:Londonderry Hornpipe, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 925
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A>G|F2 A>d f>dA>F|G2
G>B d>dB>G|F2 A>d f>dA>F|E2 G>B e>cA>G|
F2 A>d f>dA>F|G2 B>d g2
a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:f>g|a2 f>d A>df>a|g2
e>c A>ce>g|a2 f>d A>dg>f|(3efd (3cdB A2 f>g|
a2 f>d A>df>a|g>fe>f
g2 a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:A>G|(3FED A>D
B>DA>D|d>cd>f e>cA>G|(3FED A>D B>DA>D|
E>GF>A G>BA>G|(3FED
A>D B>DA>D|d>cd>f e>ce>g| (3fgf d>f
{a}g>ec>e|d>f (3edc d2:|
|:(3efg|a>^ga>b a>fd>f|g>fg>a g>ec>e|a>^ga>b a>fd>f|(3efd (3cdB A2 (3efg|
a>^ga>b a>fd>f|g>fe>f g>ba>g|(3fgf d>f {a}g>ec>e|d>f (3edc d2:|
|:f>g|(3aaa f>d A>df>a|(3ggg e>c A>ce>g|f>dg>e a>fb>g|e>cd>B A2 f>g|
(3aaa f>d A>df>a|(3ggg e>c A2 a>g|f>dA>F E>ge>c|d2f2d2:|
|:F>G|A>FA>d f>ed>c|B>GB>e g>fe>d|c>Ac>e a>gf>e|f>cd>B A2 F>G|
A>FA>d
f>ed>c|B>GB>d g2 a>g|f>af>d B>ge>c|d2g2d2:|
LONDONDERRY LOVE SONG (Abran--Grad Doire-Calgaic). AKA and see "Londonderry Air," "Danny Boy" “Derry Air.” Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with
feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The familiar “Derry Air” with
cadences ending on the relative minor chord. Derry was renamed Londonderry as a
result of its being granted to the Corporation of London after the confiscation
of the O’Neill estates in 1609. It was ‘planted’ as a colony by the twelve City
Corporations (Matthews, 1972). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 188, pg. 33.
X:1
T:Londonderry Love Song
T:Danny Boy
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),
No. 188
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
F GA | B3A BedB AG Ez GBe | d3e dBGB
| A4 zFGA | B3A BedB |
AGED EFGA | B3 c BAGF | E4 z || d ef
| g3f fedB | dB Gz def |
g3f fedB | e4 zddd | b3a ageg | dB
Gz FGA | BedB AGFG | E4 z ||
LONDON'S GLORY. English, Country Dance Tune. D
Minor. AABB. 18th century tune. Raven (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 215.
LONDON’S LOYALTY. English, Old Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. The tune was printed by Playford around the year 1700. Plain
Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 31.
LONDUBH, AN (The Blackbird). AKA and see
"The Blackbird." Irish, Air. An
Irish song of the Jacobite period in favor of the Stuarts. The title is an
allegorical name for Ireland. See note for “The Blackbird” for further info.
LONDUBH AGUS AN
CHEIRSEACH, AN (The Blackbird
and the Woodlark). AKA - "The Blackbird and
the Hen," "The
Blackbird and the Thrush," "The
Cock and Hen." Irish, Air or March (6/8 or ¾ time). G Mixolydian/Major
(Johnson): A Mixolydian (O’Neill). Standard tuning. AABB. O'Sullivan finds
related tunes in Petrie's Ancient Music
of Ireland (1855) and Bunting's 1840 collection under the titles
"Cearc agus Coileach a d'imigh le cheile" and "Sweet
Portaferry," respectively. Words to the air were recorded by Bunting from
two County Mayo sources in 1802. Source for notated version: According to the
Index of Bunting's 1840 edition, the tune was noted at Ballinrobe, County Mayo,
in 1792. Bunting (The Ancient Music of
Ireland), 1840. Johnson (The Kitchen
Musician No. 5: Mostly Irish Airs), 1985 (revised 2000); pg. 8. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1837, pg. 345.
O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 7, pgs. 9-10. Green
Linnet SIF 1053, Mick Moloney & Eugene O’Donnell – “Uncommon Bonds” (1984).
X:1
T:Blackbird and the Hen, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1837
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e/d/ | ccd BBc | AAB/c/ {c}d2B | fdB
c/d/ec | {c}BAA A2 e/d/ |
ccd BBc | AAB/c/ {c}d2b | fdB c/d/eb
| baa a2 :: d/c/ | def =ged/c/ |
def/^g/ a2a | {a}=gee {e}dBA | Bee
e2 e/d/ | cc/e/d/c/ BB/d/c/B/ |
AA/B/c/A/ d2B | fe/d/c/B/
c/d/e/c/d/B/ | BAA A2 :|
LONDUBH AGUS AN
CIARSEACH, AN (The Blackbird
and the Thrush).
AKA and see "The
Blackbird and the Thrush."
LONDUBH IS AN
CHEIRSEACH, AN. AKA and see “The Blackbird and the Thrush,”
“Sweet Portaferry.”
LONE APPENDICITIS. AKA and see "Constitution
Hornpipe [1]."
LONE BUSH [1], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler and composer Ed Reavy
(1898-1988). The tune is named for the solitary surviving bush which grew
outside the family farmhouse in Cavan where Reavy was raised. “The Lone Bush”
was one of the tune selections of a young Liz Carroll (Chicago) when she won
the Junior All Ireland fiddle competition. Reavy (The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 106, pg. 119.
X:1
T:Lone Bush, The
R:hornpipe
C:Ed Reavy
D:The Music of Ed Reavy
Z:id:hn-hornpipe-83
Z:transcribed
by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
(3DEF|GABd c2dB|GABd c2Bc|dg (3fga
gfdc|BGDE =FDCD|
GABd c2dB|GA (3Bcd c2Bc|dg (3fed
cADF|AGGF G2:|
|:(3Bcd|gd (3Bcd =fcAc|gdBd =f2
(3de^f|gb (3fga gfdf|gfga fdcA|
GABd c2dB|GABd c2Bc|dgfd cADF|(3ABA
GF G2:|
LONE BUSH [2], THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn,
south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 55.
LONE HIGHLAND GLEN. Scottish, Slow Air. Composed in 1928 by Aberdeenshire fiddler and
composer J. Murdoch Henderson (1902-1972), dedicated to the Highland Strathspey
and Reel Society, Inverness. Henderson (Flowers
of Scottish Melody), 1935.
LONE INDIAN. AKA and see "Lost Indian"
??? Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA,
Alabama, Missouri. In the repertory of northwest Alabama fiddler D. Dix Hollis
(1861‑1927), and considered by him one of "the good old tunes of
long ago" (as recorded in the Opelika
Daily News of April 17th, 1926) {Cauthen, 1990}. Missouri
State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Lymon Enloe (b. 1906, Cole Co., Mo.)
{appears as "Lonesome Indian"}.
LONE SHANAKYLE. AKA and see “Maid of the Golden Tresses,” “An Paisdin/Páistín Fionn [1].”
Irish, Air. MORCD001, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh – “The
Nervous Man” (2002).
LONE STAR CLOG. American, Clog. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg.
87.
X:1
T:Lone Star Clog
M:C
L:1/8
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(F>G)|({B}A<)^GA>F
D>FA>d|c>ed>B A>ce>g|f>de>c d>BA>F|B2E2
E>FG>^G|
({B}A>)^GA>F
D>FA>d|c>ed>B A>ce>g|f>de>c d>BA>F|D2d2D2:|
|:(c>d)|e>^de>c
A>ce>g|g>fa>f d2 e>f|g>ab>a g>fe>d|(3cde (3dcB A2
c>d|
e>^de>c
A>ce>g|g>fa>f d2 e>f|g>ab>a (3gec (3ABc|d2f2d2:|
LONE STAR RAG [1]. AKA and see "Stone's Rag."
Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas. C Major. Standard Tuning.
ABCB. This tune, recorded in 1940 by Texas fiddler Bob Wills, proved popular
and has since been in the repertoires of many Texas fiddlers. It appears to be
a close variant of Oscar Stone’s composition “Stone’s Rag,” with
improvisations. Source for notated version: Cecil Snow (1918-1991,
Oklahoma/Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark
Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 131. Cecil Snow = “The
Country Boys, Sounds from the Ozarks (c. 1989. Privately issued cassette).
LONE STAR RAG [2]. Old-Time, Country Rag. A Major. Standard tuning. ABB'. A different tune
than "Lone Star Rag [1].” Source for notated version: Art Davis with Bill
Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers (Texas) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 80. Bluebird AMX2-5503, “Bill Boyd’s Cowboy Ramblers” (1975).
LONE VALE, THE. Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. "A Highland air" (Gow). Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 548. Gow
(Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806;
pg. 14.
X:1
T:Lone Vale, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Gow – 3rd Repository (1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B/>G/|F>GF {Bc}d>cB|~G>FG
(BG)F|~F>GF {Bc}d>cB|c>Bc/d/ B2G|~F>GF (BG)F|
~F>GF {Bc}dcB|{d}d>Bc
B2::B|~d>cd e>dc/B/|G>FG BGF|~d>cd e2 d/c/|
(B/A/)(B/c/)(d/=e/) f2F|~d>cd
e>dc/B/|G>FG (BG)F|~F>GF {Bc}d>cB|{d}d>Bc B2:|
LONELY BIRD, THE (Yksinainen Lintu). Finnish, Slow Air. Composed by
Hatti Hintikka. Green Linnet GLCD 3105, Aly Bain -
“Lonely Bird” (1996. Learned from some fiddlers at a festival in Finland). Whirlie Records CD2, Aly Bain - "Lonely
Bird."
LONELY I'LL BE LOVE
WITHOUT YOU. AKA ‑ "Gan Tusa Beid Me
Uigneac A Grad." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 321, pg. 56.
X:1
T:Lonely I’ll be Love without You
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),
No. 321
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GAB ABd|e3 d2B|GAB AGF|(E3
E2)D|GAB ABd|e3 d2G|Bcd cAF|(G3 G2)||
B/c/|dBd gfg|e3 A2B|cde dBd|G3 F2
F/E/|DGB ABd|e3 d2G|Bcd cAF|(G3 G2)||
LONELY LAD, THE. AKA and see “The Pipe on the Hob [2],” “Paddy Canney’s (Jig) No. 2.”
LONESOME BLUES. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg):
AA'BB (Phillips). Sources for notated versions: Wil Gilmer and the Leake County
Revelers [Phillips]; Greg Canote (Seattle) [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
2, 1995; pg. 80. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002;
pg. 92. County 532, "The Leake County Ramblers:
1927‑1930 Recordings" (1975).
LONESOME BOATMAN, THE. Irish. Composed by piper Finbar Furey at the age of 19, inspired by a
fisherman casting his nets for salmon.
LONESOME FIDDLE BLUES. Bluegrass, Breakdown. D Dorian ('A' part), D ('B' part). Standard
tuning. AA'BA. Composed by bluegrass fiddler Vasser Clements. Charlie Daniels “Devil Went Down to Georgia” seems to
have been largely based on Clements’ tune. Source for notated version: Vasser
Clements [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 173. Mercury SRM‑1‑1022,
"Vasser Clements." Rounder 0068, Mark O'Conner‑ "Pickin'
in the Wind." United Artists 9801, "Will the Circle Be
Unbroken."
LONESOME BOATMAN, THE. Irish, Air. Composed by uilleann piper Finbar
Furey in the early 1970’s.
LONESOME EYES. Canadian, Air. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major.
Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland, for his
son.
LONESOME HILL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Thede states that this version of "The Lonesome Hill" was the
one played by the fiddler who took first prize in fiddling at the World's
Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), Will Connally. The melody has been linked
to the “Dubuque” family of tunes (by Gus
Meade). Source for notated version: Max Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma)
[Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book),
1967; pg. 112.
LONESOME INDIAN. AKA and see "Lone Indian."
LONESOME JIG [1], THE. AKA and see “Rolling Wave(s) [1].” Irish, Slide
(12/8 time). Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB’. The first part is almost identical to Joyce’s jig “Humours of Glenflesk,” a town
not far from source O’Leary’s home. Source for notated version: Bill the Weaver
(Bill Murphy, father of fiddler Denis Murphy) via accordion player Johnny
O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region) [Moylan]. Ceol,
vol. 5, No. 1. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary),
1994; No. 122, pg. 71. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny
O’Leary - “An Calmfhear/The Trooper” (1989. Appears as “Bill the Weaver”).
LONESOME JIG [2], THE. AKA and see “The Castle Jig [2],” “Sean Ryan’s Jig [1].” Irish, Double Jig.
A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Sean Ryan (County
Offaly) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st
Collection), 1986; No. 87, pg. 83.
LONESOME JIG [3], THE. AKA and see “Leitrim Fancy [2].” Irish, Jig. Danny O’Donnell – “Ón tSean-Am Anall.”
LONESOME JOHN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Aeolian (Krassen): A Dorian
(Reiner): A Mixolydian (Titon). Standard or AEae tunings. AAB (Krassen): AABB
(Reiner, Titon). Titon (2001) notes that his source, John Salyer (1882-1952)
played his ‘c’ notes at an intonation between a ‘c’ natural and a ‘c’ sharp.
This is not a mistake or poor technique, but a legitimate characteristic of the
tonality of many old-time fiddlers. Salyer himself called such intonation
‘wild’ notes. Mike Yates (2002) believes this tune to be related to “Salt Creek,” “Salt River [2]” and Hobart Smith’s “Pateroller [1]” (the latter is not the
tune that is alternately called “Run, N….r, Run”). Sources for notated
versions: “Fiddlin' Sam Kelly” (i.e. Santford Kelly {1898-1973} of West
Liberty, Morgan County, Ky.) [Krassen]; John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin
County, Ky.) [Titon]. Krassen (Appalachian
Fiddle), 1973; pg. 38. Reiner (Anthology
of Fiddle Styles), 1979; pg. 28. Titon (Old-Time
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 95, pg. 124. Appalachian
Center AC003, “John M. Salyer, Home Recordings 1941-42” (1993). Greenhays GR
710, John McCutcheon ‑ "Fine Times at Our House" (1982. Learned
from Scott Boatright, Fort Blackmore, Va.).
LONESOME KATY. AKA and "Beaux of Oak Hill [1],"
"The Boys of Bluehill,"
"Silver Lake [4]." Old‑Time,
Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 57.
X:1
T:Lonesome Katy
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Breakdown
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/G/F/G/ AA|B/A/B/c/ ed|f/g/a/f/
ef|d/f/e/d/ BA|A/G/F/G/ AA|
B/A/B/c/ ed|f/g/a/f/ ef|A>de/
d2::a/g/f/g/ aa|g/f/g/a/ ba|
f/g/a/f/ ef|d/f/e/d/ BA|A/G/F/G/
AA|B/A/B/c/ ed|f/g/a/f/ ef|A>de/ d2:|
LONESOME MOONLIGHT
WALTZ. Bluegrass, Waltz. From
the ‘father of Bluegrass,’ Bill Monroe. D Minor/F Major. There are two versions
of the melody, both by Bill Monroe, but with differing second parts.“Kenny Baker Plays Bill
Monroe.”
LONESOME OAK. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark
Mountains fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954.
LONESOME POLLY ANN.
Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. AEac# tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’CC’.
Gordon McCann remembers that Robertson originally called this tune “Pretty
Polly” (see also Pete McMahon’s version of “Pretty Polly” on the album “Now
That’s a Good Tune”), but changed the name so as to avoid remarks that he
copied McMahon’s tune [Beisswenger & McCann, 2008]. There are several other
tunes and folksong ballads with that have the name “Polly Ann” in them, most
unrelated to each other, and apparently not with Robertson’s tune. The melody
was recorded as “[[Lonesome Betty Ann]]” in the late 1940’s by fiddler Jesse
Ashlock, a Western Swing version. Source for notated version: Lonnie Robertson
(1908-1981, Springfield, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger
& McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes), 2008; pg. 120. Caney Mountan CLP 232, Lonnie Robertson – “Fiddle Tunes,
Ozark Style.” Rounder 0375, Lonnie Robertson – “Lonnie’s Breakdown” (1996.
Originally recorded in 1977).
LONESOME REEL, THE. AKA
and see “Peeler’s Jacket [4],” “Sean
Reid’s Reel.” Irish, Reel. G Major.
LONESOME ROAD BLUES. AKA and see "Going
Down the Road Feelin' Bad." Old‑Time, Song Tune. USA, North
Carolina. The song is widely known and recorded as "Goin' Down the Road
Feelin' Bad," locally called "Lonesome Road Blues" in the Round
Peak, North Carolina, region. Tommy Jarrell remembers the tune "coming
'round" to the area about 1918 or so. County 778,
Tommy Jarrell ‑ "Pickin' on Tommy's Porch" (1984).
LONESOME ROAD TO
DINGLE [1]. AKA and see “Din Tarrant’s [3],” “The Gneevgullia Polka [3],” “Paul Landers’.” Irish, Polka. Ireland,
West Kerry. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham
(An Pota Stoir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne
{The Set Dance Music of West Kerry}), No. 40, p. 29 (appears as “Gan Ainm”
{untitled}).
LONESOME ROAD TO
DINGLE [2]. AKA and see “The Brosna Slide [1],” “The Trip to the Jacks.” Irish, Slide
(12/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 65, p. 28.
LONESOME VALLEY WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Mo. Caney Mountian
Records CEP 207 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c.
1965‑66.
LONESOME WEDDING, THE (bRon Ar A Ngrad). Irish, Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1983,
vol. 3; No. 173, pg. 61.
LONG ACRE, THE. Irish. A modern composition by Irish fiddler
Kevin Burke, who now resides in Seattle. Green Linnet
SIF1122, Kevin Burke - "Open House" (1992).
LONG AND SLENDER SALLY, THE. Irish, Reel. Ciaran Carson mentions the tune
in his book Last Night’s Fun (1996),
played in a set with “Johnny
Going to Ceili” and “The
Gosson that Beat His Father,” obtained from flute player Cathal McConnell
“of Ballanaleck on the shores of Lough Erne.” Carson thought McConnell had the
set from the late John Magure, father of fiddle ‘maestro’ Sean McGuire [sic].
LONG CAMPAIGN, THE. Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Ruth Dornfeld
(Boston/Seattle) via accordion player John Whelan [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No.
255, pg. 136.
X:1
T:Long Campaign (Mixo 1st part), The
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:100
R:Reel
K:Dmix
DFAd cAGE | FGAB (3cBA d2 | DFAd
cAGE | =F3F EDCE |
DFAd cAGE | FGAB (3cBA d2 | a3g efge
| age^c d4 :|
| Ad (3ddd ABcA | fgaf ge^ce | Ad
(3ddd ABcA | G2FG EFGE |
Ad (3ddd ABcA | fgaf ge^ce | a3g
efge | age^c d4 :||
LONG CHASE, THE. AKA and see “Ballylander’s Reel,” “Mountain Rose,” “Mulcahy’s,” “Mulvihill’s (Reel) [3],” "The Reel of Bogie."
LONG COLD NIGHTS. See “Sir John Fenwick’s (the)
Flower Among Them All.”
LONG DANCE, THE. AKA and see "The Perfect Cure." Also see “The Ladies Fancy [5],” “The Piper’s Finish.”
LONG DROP, THE. Irish,
Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Richard Twomey. Source for
notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill,
Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300
Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 155, pg. 47. Capelhouse
Records, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company” (2001).
LONG-EARED MULE, THE. AKA and see "Flop‑Eared Mule [1]"
and variations. Canadian, American (originally); Breakdown. USA; Virginia,
Mississippi. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Standard tuning.
AABB. In the repertiore of southwestern Virginia and some Mississippi fiddlers
under this title, and also appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain
fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in
1954. It was recorded by Herbert Halpert in 1939 for the Library of Congress
from the playing of Mississippi fiddler John Hatcher. Messer (Way Down East Fiddlin’ Tunes), 1948; No.
24. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes),
1980; No. 44, pg. 31. Document 8039, “The Hill
Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Compoete Recorded Works in
Chronological Order, vol. 1” (reissue). Gennett 6065 (78 RPM), Ernest Stoneman,
c. 1928. Okeh 40405 (78 RPM) Emmett Lundy (b. 1864,
Galax,
LONG EIGHT, THE. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding [1]."
English, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs),
1951; pg. 8.
LONG ER ONIE OLD MAN. Scottish. A development of a tune called “The Old Man” in the earlier Straloch Manuscript (1627). Nigel Gatherer sees similarities with the American old-time tune “Barlow Knife.”
X:1
T:Long Er Onie Old Man
B:Skene MS (Lute tablature), c1640
O:Scottish
Z:Nigel Gatherer
K:G
L:1/8
M:2/4
ga ge|=fg a^f|ga gd|B2 d2:|ed Bd|=f3 A|
GG
d2|GG d2|ed Bd|=f3 a|GG dG|AB d|]
LONG FORK OF BUCKTHORN, THE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Kentucky, Missouri.
A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABCC. See the related tune "Brushy Fork of John's Creek
[1]." Source for notated version: Kentucky fiddler Art Stamper
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1), 1994; pg. 146. County
CD2712, Art Stamper - "The Lost Fiddler" (c. 1982. Taught to him by
his father, Hiram Stamper).
LONG HILLS OF MOURNE (Cnoic Fhada Mhughdhorna). AKA and see “The Bush Reel,” “Captain Rock [2],” "The Old Bush (Reel)." Irish,
Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Breathnach (1963) notes that George Petrie
has an untitled version (Complete
Collection, 1905, No. 907) and says it is a County Clare reel. Elsewhere,
Petrie says that his “Peggy is your head sick” when danced to goes by the name
of “Long Hills of Mourne,” but the melodies are not similar. Source for notated
version: piper Seán Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 105, pg. 44.
X:1
T:The Old Bush
T:The Long Hills of Mourne
N:printed settings include CRE I
105, O'Neill's DMI 781
N:("Captain Rock") and
Petrie's "Complete Collection" no. 907
R: reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmix
A2 GA cA ~A2|d^cde fdec|A2 GA cAGA |
dfef cAdc |
A2 GA cAGB|Add^c defg|(3agf (3gfe
fde^c | dfed cA A2 ||
eg ~g2 edcd|efge ~c3 d|eg ~g2 afge |
dfed cA A2 |
eg ~g2 ag ~g2|fgfe defg|(3agf (3gfe
fde^c | dfed cA A2 ||
LONG HILLS OF MOURNE
[2], THE. AKA and see "Bascadh Thomais Mhic an
Bhaird," “Mourne Mountains
[1],” “Tom Ward’s Downfall.”
LONG-HORNED DEER. AKA and see "Forked Deer."
The tune was known by this title by West Virginia fiddler French Carpenter.
LONG
IS THE DAY WITHOUT THE SONS OF UISNEACH. AKA and see "Fada an la gan clann
Uisneach [1]."
LONG ISLAND REEL. AKA and see "The Green
Mountain [2]."
LONG JOHN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Arkansas, Nebraska. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle
tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.
“Long John” is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler
Charlie Walden. Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt Co., Nebraska)
[Christeson, Phillips]. Christeson (Old
Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 106. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol.
1), 1994; pg. 147.
LONG JOHN'S WEDDING (“Posga Sean Fada” or “Posad Seagan Fada”). AKA and see “The Perfect Cure.” Irish, Double Jig or
March. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Neill (1922) calls the march an
‘elaboration’ of the jig he prints in Music
of Ireland (1903). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 53. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1018, pg. 190. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 233, pg. 52. O’Neill (Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 64 (march version).
X:1
T:Long John’s Wedding
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig or March
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No.
233
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e|c2A ABA|agf e2d|c2A ABc|d2c
Bcd|c2A ABA|agf e2d|c2A BGB|A3 A2:|
|:e|A2B c2d|efe e3|d2B Bcd|e2d cBA|e2d
cBA|f2g agf|e2d c2a|c2A BGB|A3 A2:|
X;2
T:Long John's Wedding March
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
R:March
K:G
dc|B2 G GBG|gfe d2 c|B2 G GAB|c2 B ABc|
B2 G GBG|gfe d2 c|B2 G AFA|G3 G2:||
D|G2 A B2 c|dcd d2 B|cBc ABc|d2 c BAG|
e2 f gfe|d2 c B2 d|e2 d c2 B|A3 d3|
G2 A B2 c|dcd d2 B|c2 B ABc|d2 c BAG|
e2 f gfe|d2 g d2 c|B2 G AFA|G3 G2||
LONG LIFE TO
STEPMOTHERS. Scottish, Slow Quickstep. D Major.
Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Nathaniel Gow
(1766-1831) the title suggested by his family. Father Niel Gow (1727-1807)
married twice. His first wife was Margaret Wiseman, with whom he had five sons
and three daughters. She died in . Niel remarried to Margaret Urquhart of Perth
in 1768, and, although they had no children of their own, they remained
happlily married until her death in 1805. As stepmother, she had affectionate
relationships with all Niel’s children by his first wife. Niel was deeply
distressed by Margaret Urquhart’s death and stopped playing for a time, until
urged back to the fiddle by his family. When he picked it up again he composed
the lovely “Niel Gow’s
Lament for the Death of his Second Wife.” The tune was probably partly an
answer to “Short Life to
All Stepmothers,” a strathspey by Malcolm MacDonald, appearing in his Fourth
Collection (1797). Carlin (Gow
Collection), 1986; No. 573. Gow (Fourth Collection of Strathspey Dances),
2nd ed., originally 1800; pg. 4.
X:1
T:Long Life to Stepmothers
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:”Slow”
B:Gow – Fourth Collection of Niel
Gow’s Reels (1800)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
({A}D)({A}D) ({A}D)({A}D)|(B,/E/)
“tr”E/>C/ (D/F/) “tr”F/A/|({A}D)({A}D) ({A}D)({A}D)|(B,/E/) “tr”E/>C/
D2:||
{^g}a {^g}a
f/d/”tr”d/>c/|B/e/e/>d/ (c/A/)d/f/|{^g}a {^g}a
f/d/”tr”d/>c/|(B/e/)e/>c/ {c}dD|
{^g}a {^g}a f/d/”tr”d/>c/|B/(e/4f/4)
(g/4f/4).e/4.d/4 (c/A/)d/f/|(a/f/).d/.A/ (f/d/).A/.F/|(B/G/)(E/C/) {C}D2||
LONG, LONG AGO. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4). G Major. Standard tuning. AB
(Raven): ABCD (Hall & Stafford): AABBCCDD (Dixon). The tune is printed with
variations by Morpeth fiddler Robert Whinham (1814-1893) in both Dixon and Hall
& Stafford. Source for notated versions: the c. 1850 music manuscript of
piper and fiddler Tom Armstrong of Hindley Steel [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 54. Hall &
Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book),
1974; pg. 6. Raven (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1984; pg. 142. NPS1, Carole & Anthony
Robb (et al) – “New Horizon.”
LONG LOST JOHN. Rural Records RRCF 251, Curly Fox (Ga.)
{1970}.
LONG MORRIS. English. Cottey Light Industries CLI-903,
Dexter et al - "Over the Water" (1993).
LONG NOTE, THE. Irish, Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). D
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA'BC. A slide version of the first two parts
of “Jenny’s Welcome to Charlie.” It
was the theme song of an influential Monday night RTE program, also called The
Long Note, in the 1970’s and was thus popularized in the repertoire. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 2; No. 36, pg. 15.
X: 1
T: Long Note [The]
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
Q: 350
R: Single Jig
K: D
DDD D2 A A2 G E2 F|G2 E EEE =c2 E d3|
DDD D2 A A2 G E2G|AAA G2 A E2 A D3 :|
ddd d2 B =c2 Ad2 B|=c2 A d2 B c2 A G3|
ddd d2 B =c2 A d2 d|e2 a a2 g eae d3|
ddd d2 B =c2 Ad2 B|=c2 A d2 B c2 A G2F|
D2 E F2 G A2 d d2 c|AAA G2 A E2 A D3 ||
aaa a2 b a2 f d2 f|g2 f g2 a g2 e c3|
aaa a2 b a2 f d2 d|e2 a a2 g eae d3|
aaa a2 b a2 f d2 f|g2 e fed e2 d c2 B|
A2 B c2 d e2 d d2 c|AAA G2 A E2 A D3 ||
LONG ODDS. AKA – “Miss Laton’s Hornpipe.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A
Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. The melody was first published (with dance
instructions) in Preston and Son’s Twenty-Four Country Dances for the Year
1791 (London), “As they are performed at Court, Bath, and all
Public Assemblys.”
There was a song called “Long Odds,” from Charles Dibdin's (1745-1814) The
Long Odds : A Serenata, in Two Acts (1783), commencing: “And did you hear what sad disaster.”
The country dance title may have derived from it. Barnes (English
Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Antilles (Island)
AN-7003, Kirkpatrick & Hutchings - "The Compleat Dancing Master"
(1973).
X:1
T:Long Odds
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
DGGA B2BG|c2cA BGFE|DGGA BABd|ecAF G2G2:|!
|:egfe e2dB|cedc c2B2|ABcA Bcd2|ecAG GFED|!
egfe e2dB|cedc c2B2|ABcA Bcd2|ecAF G2G2:|
X:2
T:Miss Latons Hornpipe. JB.037
T:Long Odds,aka. JB.037
S:Jas.Blackshaw MS, 1837, N.Shropshire
Z:Tony Weatherall 2006
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:1/2=90
A:North Shropshire
N:Hornpipe in the theatrical sense.
R:.Hornpipe
K:G
G2GB|d2dB|e2ec|d2dB|G2GB|d2d2|egga|g2g2::!
b2bg|a2af|g2ge|d2dB|G2GB|d2df|egga|g2g2:|
LONG POINT. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composed Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976).
Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg.
12. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIsaac -
“Close to the Floor” (1992).
LONG POINT TWO-STEP. See "Longue Pointe Two-Step."
LONG ROAD TO
MILLEDGEVILLE. AKA and see "Milledgeville."
LONG ROOM, THE. AKA and see “The Long Room of Scarborough.”
LONG
ROOM OF
***
***
Early printings of the melody appear
in Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (1748,
pg. 89),
X:1
T:Long Room, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Aird's Selections vol. 1, 1782
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
B | G2 G GBG Bcd | G2 G GBG AFD | G2 G GBG Bcd | e2 e fed g2 :|
|: e/2f/2 | g2 g gag fed | g2 g gbg afd | g2 g gag fed | efg afd g2 :|
|: c | BGB BGB c2 d | BGB BGB AFD | BGB BGB c2 d | ege fed g2 :||
X:2
T:Long Room at Scarbray, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)
K:G
G2G GBG Bcd|G2G GBG AFD|G2G GBG Bcd|EFE EFG AFD:|
|:BGB
BGB Bcd|BGB BGB AFD|BGB BGB Bcd|EGE EFG AFD:|
LONG STRAND [1], THE (An Craig Fada). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See
also the related “Longford Collector.” Source
for notated version: Chicago policeman and fiddler Timothy Dillon [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 794, pg. 138.
Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy – “Heathery Breeze”
(1999).
X:1
T:Long
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G3B dB B2 | gBBc dcBA | G3B d2 BG |
(3ABc BA GEEF |
G3B dB B2 | gBBc d2 cd | (3efg de Bdef | gedB AGEG ||
g3f afge | dB B2 GABd | gfaf gedB |
DAFA DAFA |
g2 fg afge | dBBd g2 fg | (3efg de
Bdef | gbaf gfeg ||
LONG STRAND [2], THE. AKA and see “Gorman’s Reel [3],” “O’Gorman’s Reel,” “Sporting Nell [1].” Irish, Reel. D Dorian.
Standard tuning. AA’B. See also the related “Old Gorman’s Reel.”
X:1
T:Long
S:Paul O'Shaughnessy
Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Ddor
AD (3DDD A2dc|AcAG EFGc|AD (3DDD
A2dc|1AcGE EDEG:|2AcGE EDDB|]\
c2ec gcec|(3ccc Bc AddB|c2ec gcec|AcGE
EDDB|\
c2ec gcec|(3ccc Bc Addg|f3f
efed|(3cdc Bc Addc|]
LONG TIME I COURTED
YOU, MISS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. ABC. "Air and one verse of song given from memory, as I
heard them in early life at home" (Joyce).
***
Long time I courted you, Miss,
But now I’ve come from sea,
We’ll make no more ado, Miss,
But quickly married be.
Long time you courted Sally—
With false vows you filled her head,
And Susan in the valley,
You promised her you’d wed.
Cho:
And sing oh, the storm is now gone down,
The ship is in the bay;
The captain and the sailors all
Are roving far away.
***
Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 43, pg. 24.
X:1
T:Long time I courted you, Miss
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:Chorus starts at second double
bars.
K:D
A | d>cdf e2 dB | AfdB A3A |
d>cde f>ga>A | AAce d3 || A | BGFG AGFE | Dfge d2 c>A|
d>cde fga>A | AA ce d3 || d/e/
| f>de>c dddc | BAdB A3d | f>de>c d/e/f/g/ (a a/)A/ | AA ce d3||
LONG WAY FROM HOME, A. AKA and see “Lads of Doocastle,”
“Paddy Arthur’s Pint,” “The Trip to Kinvara.” Irish, Reel.
Alternate title “Lads of Doocastle” is from flute player Roger Sherlock, while
“Paddy Arthur’s Pint” and “Trip to Kinvara” are from the Green Linnet Ceili
Band and Buttons and Bows, respectively. However, the tune was originally
composed in the early 1950’s by accordion player Martin Mulhaire as “A Long Way
from Home.”
LONG WAYS TO HOLBROOK. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Arizona. C Major. Learned by Arizona
fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner from the playing of Frank Pruitt, 1900.
LONG WHITE CAT, THE (Peely Cuit Ban). Irish, 6/8 time). G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. "Same as Moore's, 'They May Rail at this Life'"
(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Songs), 1909; No. 645, pg. 326.
LONGEST DAY, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning.
AB. AB. "From John Windele, Cork," a distinguished archaeologist
(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Songs), 1909; No. 826, pg. 400.
X:1
T:Longest Day, The
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Moderate”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Songs (1909), No. 826
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E2 | A2 A>cBA | G2E2E2 | A2
A>Bcd | c2 B3B | c2c2d2 |
e2 e>fed | c2A2A2 | A4 || d2 |
e2e2e2 | {e}d2d2d2 | c2c2c2 |
d4 cd | e2e2e2 | {e}d2d2c2 | B2A2A2
| A4 ||
LONGFIELD JIG, THE. Irish, Jig. D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune begins on the subdominent chord. Source
for notated version: Joe Keegan, a flute player from the Co. Laois side of
Portartington, father of pianist and fiddler Josephine Keegan [McGuire &
Keegan]. McGuire & Keegan (Irish
Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 14, pg. 4.
LONGFORD BEGGARWOMAN, THE. AKA and see “The Bonny Boy,” "The Longford Collector."
LONGFORD COLLECTOR, THE (Bailitheoir Longphoirt). AKA and see “The Bonny Boy,” "The Longford Beggarwoman." Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard tuning. AB (Breathnach, Mulvihill): AAB (Sullivan): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty,
Mallinson, Moylan, Tubridy). The tune was sometimes known as "The Longford
Beggarwoman" in the County Clare border area near Galway (Peter Woods). It
is the second tune of a famous Michael Coleman medley which includes and “The Sailor’s Bonnet.” Barry O’Neill,
in his notes for the LP “Wheels of the World,” states that the title was known
to County Sligo/New York City fiddler Michael Coleman as “The Longford
Beggarwoman.” The story goes that Coleman was playing the tune in a taproom and
after he finished someone asked him the name, which he gave as “Longford
Beggarwoman”. Immediately, a plate sailed across the room and crashed on the
wall near his head, followed by an irate woman shouting something to the effect
that she was from Longford and they
weren’t beggars there. Another version has her saying ‘there were more
beggarwomen in
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Longford Collector
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
G3A Bcdf|edBc dedB|G3A BcdB|AcBA
GEDE|G3A Bddg|edBc d2 ef|
gbaf gedB|1 AcBA GEDE:|2 AcBA GE
D2||
g3 a gedf|edBc d2 ef|gbaf gedB|AcBA GE
D2|g3a gedf|edBc d2 ef|
gbaf gedB|1 AcBA GE D2:|2 AcBA
GEDE||
LONGFORD JIG, THE. AKA and see "Apples in Winter [2],” “Fruit for the Ladies,” "Gillan's Apples [1]" (Ullai Uí
Ghiollain), “Gillian’s Apples,” “Jackson’s
Growling Cat,” “Jackson’s
Stranger [2],” “Rise the Grouse,” “Rouse the Grouse.” Breathnach (1996)
finds this title a County Leitrim name for “Jackson’s Stranger.”
LONGFORD REELS, THE. See “Bonnie Ann(ie) [1],” “Longford
Tinker,” and “Jinnie Bang the Weaver” (Jennie Dang the Weaver”).
LONGFORD SPINSTER, THE. AKA and see “The
Longford Tinker.”
LONGFORD TINKER, THE. AKA – “The Longford Reel.” AKA and see “The Furze Bush,” “The
Longford Spinster.” Irish, Reel. B Minor (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ and
‘C’ parts). Standard tuning. ABC (Mallinson, Sullivan): AABC (Mulvihill). The
tune is apparently derived from the Scots “Jenny Dang the Weaver.” It
was popularized by the playing of the Bothy Band. Sources for notated versions:
Tony Smith (Co. Cavan & Dublin) [Mulvihill]; Bothy Band [Sullivan].
Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 25,
pg. 11 (appears as “The Longford Spinster”). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 147, pg. 40. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 49, pg. 20. Cló Iar-Chonnachta, CICD 148, Mick Conneely – “Selkie”
(2001. Learned from fiddler Brendan Mulkere, Crusheen, Co. Clare). Green Linnet
SIF 3011, Bothy Band - “1975.”
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Longford Tinker
T:Jenny Dang the Weaver
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Bmin
| dBBA B3c | dBBB fBeB | dBBA B3B |
ABde 3fe |
dBBB fBBB | dBBB 3FG | aAAd ABAF |
ABdf fgfe |
2dfd efge | defa 2gfe | 2dfd efge |
defa 2gfe |
2dfd efge | defa 2gfe | bgaf gfed |
faaf gfed |
faaa faaa | faaf gfed | gbbb gbbb |
gbbg gfed |
faaa faaa | faaf 3ga | bgaf gfed
|faaf gfef |
LONGMAN/CLEMENTI AND CO. AKA and see "Walmer Castle."
LONGUE POINTE TWO-STEP. Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time). USA, Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning.
One part. Long Point, Louisiana, is between the towns of Iota and Mowata. A
related song, according to Raymond Francois (1990), is "T'as Passe par la Fenetre."
Source for notated version: Gervais Quibodeaux and Ambrose Thibodeaux (La.)
[Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!),
1990; pgs. 203-204. La Louisiane Records LL-119,
Ambrose Thibodeaux.
LONGUEVAL. Scottish, Waltz. Composed by Pipe Major John Weatherson. The melody is
named after a village in France, the scene of a struggle during the Battle of
the Somme, July, 1916. BM-91, Buddy MacMaster –
“Glencoe Hall” (from bagpipe music compiled by Captain John MacLellan). Topic
12TS239. Topic TSCD 669, Will Atkinson (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance
Music of the north of England” (1998).
LONELINESS WALTZ. AKA and see "Valse d'Ennui."
LONNIE'S BREAKDOWN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.
Recorded at home by Missouri fiddler Lonnie Robertston for private issue. Mark
Wilson says the tune appears to be Robertson’s own composition, “although it is
patterend upon traditional pieces such as ‘Johnny, Get Your Gun’ (as
played by Earl Johnson).” Source for notated versions: Lonnie Robertson
(1908-1981, Springfield, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger
& McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 120. R.P. Christeson (Old
Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 48 (appears as an untitled
tune). Caney Mountain Records CEP 102 (privately
issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson – “Missouri Fiddling” (c. 1965‑66).
Rounder CD 0375, Lonnie Robertson – “Lonnie’s Breakdown” (1996. Originally
recorded 1977). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Lonnie Robertson (et al)
– “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001).
LONNIE'S HORNPIPE. Old‑Time, Breakdwon. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. B‑Flat Major
('A' part) & F Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. A tune learned in
northern Missouri by source Lonnie Robertson, who had no title for it.
Robertson enjoyed the tune, and it became associated with his name through his
frequent playing of it. Drew Beisswenger (2008) points out that the key change
between strains, while not unknown in reels and hornpipes in the Ozarks, is
rare, and he speculates derivation from the schottische form played in German
communities in central and northern Missouri. Beissenger also points to large
interval jumps in the tune as uncharacteristic of much of the region’s
breakdown fiddling. Source for notated version: Lonnie Robertson (Missouri) via
Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981,
Springfield, Missouri) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark
Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 121. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 36. Rounder CD 0375, Lonnie Robertson – “Lonnie’s Breakdown”
(1996. Originally recorded 1979).
LONSDALE HORNPIPE, THE. AKA and see “Lord Strange.”
LOOBY LIGHT. English (?), Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes),
1999; No. 41, pg. 10.
LOOHARADHAWN’S JIG, THE. See “Luaithreadan’s
Jig.”
LOOK BEFORE YOU. AKA and see "Lassie,
Look Before You/Ye," "Miss Agnes Ross's Reel,"
"Miss
Ross(' Strathspey—-of Elgin) [1]." Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian.
Standard tuning. AB (Cole): AAB (Gow). The melody was composed by William
Marshall and originally titled "Miss Ross's Strathspey," published in
his First Collection, 1781. The title
above is Gow's title for the tune, which appears in his Repository, Part Second, 1802, without credit to Marshall. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 528. Cole
(1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 123.
Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2,
1802; pg. 37. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection,
1883; pg. 163.
X:1
T:Look Before You
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Gow – 2nd Repository (1802)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F|D>AF>A
D>AF>A|E=cc>G E2 CE|D>AF>A D>AF>A|Ddd>A F2D:|
f|d>fA>f d>f
A>B|~=c>d~e>f g2 (a/g/f/)e/|d>fA>f dfAf|~d>e~f>g a2
(a/g/f/e/)|
d>fA>f
d>fA>B|~=c>d~e>fg2 ef/g/|a>fg>e f>de>c|d>AB>G
F2D||
LOOK BEHIND YOU. AKA and see "Lassie,
Look Behind You/Ye," "Lady Anne Gordon's Reel,"
"The House of Letterfourie."
Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by William Marshall (1748-1833) who titled it "The
House of Letterfourie" and published it in his First Collection of 1781. The title above is the one Gow used when
he reprinted the tune in his Repository,
Part Second, 1802, without credit to Marshall. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 529. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg.
38. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 87
{appears as "Lassie Look Behind Ye"}.
X:1
T:Lassie Look Behind Ye
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|ADFD EB,B,B|AD F/G/A d2 d>f|gfed eBBd|FD F/G/A d2d:|
|:f|dg
f/g/a beef|dg f/g/a fdec|dBAF EFGA|FD F/G/A d2d:|
LOOK OUT GAL I SEE A BOOGER.
Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB.
Presumably ‘booger’ in this context means a ghost. Drew Beisswenger (2008) sees
resemblance to the “Katy Hill” tune family. Source for notated version: Henley
Dykes (1920-1995, Greene County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger
& McCann (Ozark Fiddle Tunes), 2008; pg. 182.
LOOK SHARP. AKA and see “Cavendish Court.”
LOOKING FOR MY CALVES. AKA and see "Boyne Water [1],"
"Cavalcade of the Boyne."
LOOKING GLASS. AKA and see "The Breast
Knot," "Bonny
Breast Knots [1]," "Ladies
Breist/Breast Knot(s)."
LOOKING SOUTH. Irish, Hornpipe. Composed by
County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (Seán Ryan’s Dream), 33.
LOON LASSES, THE. See “Noon Lasses.”
LOONIE McTOWLTER. AKA ‑ "Looney MacTwolter." Scottish, Irish; Jig or
Slide. G Major (Cole): B Flat Major (Hardings). Standard tuning. AB (Cole):
AABB (Hardings). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes),
1940 pg. 75. Hardings All‑Round
Collection, 1905; No. 50, pg. 15 (appears as "Looney MacTwolter").
Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
108. White’s Unique Collection, 1896;
No. 22, pg. 4 (appears as “Looney McTwolter”). Great
Meadow GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane – “Fiddledance” (2004).
X:1
T:Looney McTwolter
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 22
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G3B3 | AGA BGE | DEF (Gc/d/e) |
({e}d)cB (A2G) | G3B3 | AGA BGE |
DEF (Gc/d/e) | ({d}d)cB (A2G) || Bcd
de=f | edc BAG | Bcdl de=f |
e=fd g3 | GBd g^fe | dcB (A2G) | DEF
(G2.e) | dcB (A2G) ||
LOOPING. Irish, Slip Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1983, vol. 2; No. 264,
pg. 27.
LOP-EARED MULE. AKA and see "Flop-Eared
Mule [1]."
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