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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called “abc notation.” They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1” through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting” the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic” at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 – its well worth it.   [AK]

 

 

 

MID LOTHIAN PIPE BAND. See “Midlothian Pipe Band.”

 

MID WAY, THE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 346.

           

MIDDLE BRIDGE, THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 46.

           

MIDDLE GROVE. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major. Voyager VRCD 344, Howard Marshall & John Williams – “Fiddling Missouri” (1999. Learned from Little Dixie area fiddler Frank Reed {c. 1904-1985} who likely learned it from either Clate “Peggy” Ransdell of Moberly or African-American fiddler Walt Dougherty of Higbee).

           

MIDDLE ISLAND HORNPIPE. Canadian, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB.

X:1

T:Middle Island Hornpipe

C:H.Scoot

S:The Maritime Fiddler

M:2/4

L:1/16

K:D

fe|:"D"dcdA FABA|"G"GFGD "Em"B,2ED|"A7"CEA,C EA,CE|"D"DEFG A2fe|!

dcdA FABA|"G"GFGD "Em"B,2ED|"A7"CEA,C EA,CE|"D"D2DD D:||!

FG|:AFDF Acdc|"G"BGDG BdcB|"D"AFDF AFDF|"a7"GFED E2FG|!

"D"AFDF Acdc|"G"BGDG BdcB|"A7"Acef (3gbe ce|d2dd d:||!

           

MIDDLE ROW HARLEQUIN.  English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; pg. 32.

X:1

T:Middle Row Harlequin

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Geoghegan – Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes (c. 1745-46)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F2c cAF | E2G GEC | F2c cAF | FAc f3 | F2c cAF | E2G GEC | DEF GEC | DEF F3 ||

cdc cAF | FAc fed | cBA GAF | EFG ECc | AFd BGf | ede f2B | AGF CFE | F3 F3 ||

 

MIDDLESEX FARMER, THE.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique in published works to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It is also contained in the 1840 music copybook of Cumbrian musician John Rook. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 144.

X:1

T:Middlesex Farmer, 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:D

D|F(AA)B defd|dBAB efeE|FAAB defg|(f/g/a) ef dDD:|
|:a|fdad fgab|fdad f(ee)a|fdad fgab|fdec dDD:||

 

MIDDLETOWN HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This is perhaps the same “Middletown Hornpipe” that was printed in Original Dances, Walzes & Hornpipes for the Violin, by M. Higgens, published in 1829. Source for notated version: Gilbert Ross [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 207.

           

MIDDLING, THANK YOU. Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 287.

           

MIDLOTHIAN PIPE BAND, THE. Scottish, March (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by P.M. Beaton. The tune is also played as a jig. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 24. WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac – “Timeline” (2003).

           

MIDNIGHT [1]. American, Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 71.

 


MIDNIGHT [2]. Shetlands, A Shetland Reel/Jig?  Shetlands, Island of Yell?  F Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. A tune from the early Shetland dance tradition when older tunes were played and danced in a rhythm that is neither duple or triple. Cooke (The Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 25, pg. 76.

 

MIDNIGHT [3]. AKA and see “Owl Hoot.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB (Titon/Woodward): AABB (Titon/Masters). The source for the tune is African-American fiddler Jim Booker, of Jessamine County, Ky., whom Mark Wilson says would play this somewhat odd tune at a dance late in the evening, allegedly in hopes of inducing a fight so that he might take a rest! Sources for notated version: John Masters (Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., c.1975) [Titon]; Jim Woodward (Camp Nelson, Jessamine County, Ky., 1979) [Titon].Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; Nos. 104-A, 104B, pgs. 132-133. McDirlam Greene MGP Productions, Bruce Greene & Hilary Dirlam - "Fiddler's Dozen" (1994. Learned from African-American fiddler Jim Booker via Frankfort, Ky., fiddler Kelly Gilbert {or vice-versa}). Rounder CD 0377, “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, Vol. 2.” Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Jim Woodward (et al) – “The Art of Traditional Fiddle” (2001. Woodward was an elderly white farmer who knew Booker and played some of his tunes).

                                   

MIDNIGHT BREAKDOWN. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

MIDNIGHT DANCE, THE (Rince Meadon-Oidce). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 176. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1608, pg. 298.

X:1

T:Midnight Dance, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1608

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G/F/G/A/ G/B/d/B/ | A/G/A/B/ A/B/c/B/ | A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/ | d/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ |

G/F/G/A/ G/B/d/B/ | A/G/A/B/ A/B/c/B/ | A/B/c/d/ e/f/g/e/ | d/c/B/A/ G :|

|:B | A/d/c/d/ A/g/f/e/ | d/e/f/g/ af | e/f/g/e/ c/A/B/c/ | d/f/e/c/ AF |

A/d/c/d/ A/g/f/e/ | d/e/f/g/ af | e/f/g/e/ c/A/B/c/ | df d :|

                       

MIDNIGHT FROLIC, THE.  English, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 124, pg. 30.

           

MIDNIGHT HOUR, THE. American. The 'A' part strongly resembles Bayard's "Ben Walker's Walk‑Around" (1981, No. 371, pg. 362). Cushing (The Fifer's Companion, No. 1), 1805; No. 60.

                                   

MIDNIGHT JIG, THE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A modern composition by Julie Preston. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 30.

                                   

MIDNIGHT ON THE WATER. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Texas. D Major. DDad tuning. AABB (Spandaro): AA'BB' (Brody, Matthiesen, Reiner & Anick). This popular composition is usually credited to Texas fiddler Luke Thomasson, although it has been published that Luke's son Benny (a famous Texas‑style fiddler who popularized the melody) long remembered the night he heard both his father and uncle composing the tune on the family porch (c. 1900?). Several sources have noted this tune’s resemblance to an Oklahoma-collected tune called “Old Paint,” and there is an ongoing debate about whether “Midnight” is derivative of “Paint” (or vice versa). The Library of Congress recording "Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls from Texas" (LOC lp L28), collected by John A. Lomax and edited by Duncan Emrich, has a version of the “Paint” song by Jess Morris which has quite similar melodic material with “Midnight on the Water.” The liner notes to the album point out that Morris was born in 1878 and would perhaps have been contemporary with the Thomassons, who, like Morris, lived in the Texas panhandle. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 187. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; pg. 35. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 137. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 21. CCF2, Cape Cod Fiddlers – “Concert Collection II” (1999). Columbia C 33397, Dave Bromberg ‑ "Midnight on the Water" (1975). County 724, Benny Thomasson (Texas) ‑ "Country Fiddling from the Big State." County CD2712, Art Stamper (Ky.) - "The Lost Fiddler" (c. 1982). Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars (New York) ‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer." Green Linnet GLCD 3105, Aly Bain - “Lonely Bird” (1996. Learned from Jay Ungar). Philo 1023, Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy (New York) ‑ "Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Learned from the playing of Fennig's All Stars). Revonah RS‑932, The West Orrtanna Stringband (Pa.) ‑ "An Orrtanna Home Companion" (1978). Rounder 0068, Mark O'Conner‑ "Pickin' in the Wind." Wildwood WILD CD 19804, New Deal String Band.

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T:Midnight on the Water

L:1/8

M:3/4

K:D

DE|”D”.F2.F2 .FE|.F2.F2 .FE|FA3 B|A2 F2 DE |F2 d2 “G”B2|”D”A2F2 DE|”A”F2AFEF|”D”D4:|

|:”D”(3ABc|d4 de|d2c2 Bc|d4B AF|D4 d2|”Em”e4 ef|e2d2e2|”Bm”f3a fe|d2B2c2|”G”{c}d3c de|

dc BA Bc|”D”d3B AF|D4 DE|F2d2 “G”(Bd)|”D”A3(D DE)|”A”F2 (AFEF)|”D”D4:|

                       

MIDNIGHT RAMBLE [1], THE. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Green Linnet GLCD 1184, Patrick Street – “Made in Cork” (1997).

 

MIDNIGHT RAMBLE [2], THE.  English, Jig. C Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. There are several other tunes by this name in country dance repertoire, however, this particular melody seems unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 57.

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T:Midnight Ramble, The [2]

M:6/8

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:Cmin

c|=Bgg gd|ecc =BGG|AFF GEE|FDG ECC|=Bgg gdd|ecc d=BG|cGE AFG|ECC C2:|

|:G|ECG =B,G,c|=Bge|dG^f|g=fg cde|=BGG G2d|ecc dGG|AFF BEE|FDD EFG|ECC C2:||

 

MIDNIGHT RAMBLE [3], THE.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s third country dance collection (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 49.

X:1

T:Midnight Ramble, The [3]

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:D

Bc|d4 A4|F3E D2F2|E2c2E2c2|d2A2 DEFD|d4 A4|F3E D2A2|B2G2F2E2|D/D/D D2z2:|
|:ag|f3e d2a2|f2d2 fgaf|e3d c2g2|e2c2 efge|f2d2g2e2|a2f2b2g2|f2d2e2f2|d/d/d d2z2:||

                       


MIDNIGHT SERENADE [1]. AKA and see "Too Young to Marry [1]," "Chinky Pin," "Sweet Sixteen," "Fourth of July," "Farmer Had a Dog," "Yellow Eyed Cat," "Buffalo Nickel [1]," "My Love is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1]," "Lead Out," "Hair in the Butter," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," "Richmond Blues," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," "Darling Child." The theme song of the Old Virginia Fiddlers, Patrick County, Virginia, who recorded a few sides in the late 1940's. It was also recorded in 1929 by J.W. “Babe” Spangler of Meadows of Dan, Virginia. County 201, "The Old Virginia Fiddlers: Rare Recordings." Okeh 45387 (78 RPM), "The Old Virginia Fiddlers."

 

MIDNIGHT SERENADE [2]. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals [1]," "Roundtown Girls," "Lubly Fan." American, Reel. The melody, usually known as "Buffalo Gals," appears under this title in George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, volume IV (Baltimore, 1839). In 1844 the melody was published as a song, "Lubly Fan," composed by a blackface minstrel with the Virginia Serenaders by the name of Cool White. He is generally credited with originating the tune, however, Knauff's publication predates White's and it may be that the tune was already well-established, states Alan Jabbour. The title "Midnight Serenade" also alludes to the lyrics of the song, which implore "Come dance by the light of the moon."  

                       

MIDNIGHT STARS. Irish, Jig. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1985). Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), No. 11.

 

MIDNIGHT WALTZ [1]. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Alabama. Vocalion 5468 (78 RPM), Stripling Brothers (1929) {Pickens County, Alabama}.

 

MIDNIGHT WALTZ [2]. Bluegrass, Waltz. C Major. Standard tuning. AABCCDD. May be the same as [1]. Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1979; pg. 42.

 

MIDNIGHT WALTZ [3]. AKA and see "Valse de Minuit." Cajun.

 

MIDNIGHT (WALTZ) [4], THE.  English(?), Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 149, pg. 39.

                       

MIDSUMMER NIGHT, THE. AKA and see “Vincent Broderick’s.” Irish, Reel. Composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, a member of the Kincora Ceili Band from 1952-1957. “Midsummer Night” is often played in a set with two other Broderick compositions, “The Tinker’s Daughter” and “The Crock of Gold.” Green Linnet GLCD 1200, Lunasa – “Otherworld” (1999). Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good Friends, Good Music" (1977).

                       

MIDWAY TWO-STEP. See "Wafus Two-Step."

                       

MIDWINTER BLOSSOM.  American, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by keyboard player Bob Pasquarello in 1989. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 36 (appears as “An Early Frost”, the name of a dance by Philippe Callens set to the tune).

 

MIDWINTER WALTZ [1]. American, Waltz. G Minor. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed in 1988 by Larry Edelman (Baltimore, MD), after attending a mid‑winter ball in Baltimore. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; pgs. 62‑63.

 

MIDWINTER WALTZ [2]. Scottish, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'B". Composed in 1994 by Dave Richardson (Edinburgh, Scotland) of the Boys of the Lough, based on a favorite carol remembered from his youth, "In the Bleak Midwinter." Matthiesen (The Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 38. Boys of the Lough - "The Day Dawn."

                       

MIGHTY MIKE’S. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996.

X:1

T: Mighty Mike's

C: © B. Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

A2 FA dcBA | dcBA FB B2 | A2 FA dcBd | faef dBBd |

A2 FA dcBe | fdec dBBd | AdcB AFEF | AFGE FD D2 :|

eAcA eAcA | FABc dcde | fa a2 bage | faef dBBd |

eAcA eAcA | FABc dcde | fBBc dcBd | AFGE FD D2 :|

                       

MIGHTY PRETTY VALLEY, THE. AKA and see "Reel o'/of Tulloch."

                                   

MIGHTY SPARROW, THE. Green Linnet GLCD 3127, Sharon Shannon – “The Best of Sharon Shannon: Spellbound” (1999).

                                   

MIGNONNE. See "Les Rangs de “

Soybean.”"

                                   

MIGNONETTE [1], LA. English (?), Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; pg. 18.

X:1

T:La Mignonette

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures  (c. 1780)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F|A2 A AGF|c2c c2f|c2a c2B|A3 G2F|A2A AGF|c2c c2f|edc =Bcd|c3 c2:|

|:c|g2c b2a|g2f d2f|g2c b2a|g2f e2c|def gab|cde fga|cBA BAG|F3 F2:|

|:A|A3 G3|F2F F2c|c3 B3|A2A A2f|f2e e2d|d2c c2B|ABc cBA|G3 G2:|

|:c|_e2 e ecA|B2B B2d|f2f fd=B|c2c c2g|b2a g2f|b2a g2f|dba gfe|f2f f2:|

 

MIGNONETTE [2].  English, Country Dance Tune (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Composed by Terry Willetts in 1999. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 84.

                       

MIHI MANUM. AKA and see “Give Me Your Hand.”

                       

MIKE AND CHARLIE. Old‑Time. The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by folklorist/musicologist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's.


                       

MIKE ANDERSON'S [1]. Irish, Reel. Mike Anderson was a piper.

 

MIKE ANDERSON'S [2]. AKA and see "Paddy Cronin's [1]," "The Flowers of Red Cliff." Irish, Jig. Mike Anderson was a piper.

                       

MIKE BUCKLEY’S FAVOURITE. AKA and see “Ballynahulla No. 1,” “Ballyhoura Mountains,” “Cuz Teahan’s [1],” “Lucy Farr’s (Polka) [1],” “Teahan’s Favourite Polka.”

                       

MIKE COEN’S. AKA and see “Mick Coen’s.” Irish, Polka. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Mike Coen is the concertina-playing father of brothers Jack, Charlie and Anthony Coen, from Woodford, County Galway. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 67, pg. 25. Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line” (1992. Reissue of Topic 12TS337). Topic 12TS337, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line” (1977). 

                       

MIKE COEN’S FLING. Irish, Fling. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Mike Coen is the concertina-playing father of brothers Jack, Charlie and Anthony Coen, from Woodford, County Galway. Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line.” Topic 12TS337, Jack and Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line.”

X: 1

T: Mike Coen's Fling

S: Jack & Charlie Coen / "The Branch Line" (Topic 12TS337)

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 320

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: hornpipe

K: G

D2 | GFGB AGED | cBcd efge | B3 c dcAc | (3BAG AF GDB,D |

GFGB AGED | cBcd efge | B3 c dcAc |1 (3BAG AF G2 :|2 (3BAG AF G2 D2||

(3gag df (3gag df | gbag edef | (3gag df (3gag dB | cdef g3 d |

(3gag df (3gag df | gbag edeg | bgaf ge d2 | (3efg dB AGAB ||

                          

MIKE COEN’S. Irish, Polka. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 67, pg. 25. .” Green Linnet SIF 3067, Jack & Charlie Coen – “The Branch Line.” Topic 12TS337, Jack & Charlie Coen – ‘The Branch Line.”

X: 1

T: Mike Coen's

S: Jack & Charlie Coen / "The Branch Line" (Topic 12TS337)

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

R: polka

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: Edor

E/F/ | GE BE | GE B>A | FD AD | F/E/D/F/ AB/A/ |

GE BE | GB d2 | ed BA |1 GE E2 :|2 GE E>F ||

G2 BA | G2 BA | F2 AF | ED DE/F/ |

GB BA | G/A/B/c/ d2 | ed BA | GE E2 :|

 

MIKE DUGGER’S. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musican and writer Bill Black. Mike Dugger is a fiddler and guitar player from the Midwest, a one-time member of the band Scartaglen.

X: 1

T: Mike Dugger's

C: © B.Black

N: “For a good friend and fine musician!”

M: 4/4

R: reel

L: 1/8

K: D

DFBF AFEF | AdBA FE (3EDE | DFBF ABde | faeg fdBA |

DFBF AFEF | DFAB ABde | fdec dfec | dBAF ED D2 :|

cA (3AAA eA (3AAA | dfaf bfaf | ecef gfec | dfec dafd |

cA (3AAA eA (3AAA | dfaf bfaf | gfed cage | fdBc d4 :|

                       

MIKE ELLSWORTH. Canadian, Clog (4/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 65.

                       

MIKE FLYNN’S. AKA and see “McGovern’s,” “McGovern’s Favorite,” “The Cottage in the Grove [1]." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AABB’. Mike Rafferty gave it this title as he had the tune from Mike Flynn, a flute player originally from County Sligo, now in New York. He plays it in the key of C Dorian. 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. 62, pg. 20. Larraga LR090098, Mike & Mary Rafferty – “The Old Fireside Music” (1998).

X:1

T:Mike Flynn's

D:Mike & Mary Rafferty, The Old Fireside Music (1998)

N:Transposed from C dorian for comparison

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:A dorian

A>AAB GEDE|G2 Bd edBd|ea a2 gedB|A z BG AGED|A>AAB GEDE|G2 Bd edBd|

ea a2 gedB|AcBG A2 z2::a>aab agef|gedB G2 (3Bcd|egfa gedB|

A z BG AGed|a>aab agef|gedB G2 (3Bcd|ea a2 gedB|AcBG A2 z2:|]

                                               

MIKE IN THE WILDERNESS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major/Mixolydian. ADae or AEae tunings. AABBCC. A tune Titon (2001) finds only in recorded repertoire of the playing of John Salyer. The title is curious: Kerry Blech believes it may be a ‘mondegreen’ i.e. a garbled title, and Suzy Thompson suggests the tune may be named for Confederate Brigadier-General Micah Jenkins, killed by ‘friendly-fire’ during the Battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864 (for more see: http://home.freeuk.com/gabkhan/micah.htm) . Source for notated version: John Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 195, pg. 134. Berea College Appalachian Center AC003, John M. Salyer: Home Recordings 1940-41, Vol. 2” (1993). Yodel-Ay-Hee 008, Dirk Powell – “One Eyed Dog” (1993).

 

MIKE MACDOUGALL’S.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB.  The late Cape Breton fiddler and composer gave the tune the title, having heard it from Mike MacDougall. However, the tune is traditional and widely known among Cape Breton musicians. Dave MacIssac remembered part of a ditty sung to the tune by his mother, who had learned it as a youngster in West Lake Ainslie:

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I asked my mother for fifty cents

To see the elephant jump the fence

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The ditty is a well-known jump-rope chant, whose next two lines are:

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He jumped so high he touched the sky,

And never came back till the fourth of July.

***

Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 295, pg. 105. Jerry Holland – “Master Cape Breton Fiddler” (1982).

 

MIKE MACDOUGALL’S CAPE NORTH DANCES.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 232, pg. 85.  

 

MIKE MACDOUGALL’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BC. Composed by the late fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009, Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 144, pg. 41.

                       

MIKE McGOLDRICK’S. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.

X:1
T:Mike McGoldrick's
C:Mike McGoldrick
R:jig
Z:id:hn-jig-358

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
fef efg|fdA GFE|FAd GBd|FAd B/c/de|
fef efg|fdA GFE|FAd GBd|1 Adc d2e:|2 Adc d2c||
|:~B3 BAF|~f3 fec|~e3 fec|Ace fec|
~B3 BAB|~f3 fec|1 ~e3 fec|BcA B2A:|2 ede ~f3|gfg a2g||
"variations"
|:~f3 gfg|fdA GAG|~F3 GFG|AF/G/A cde|
~f3 gfe|fdA ~G3|FEF ~G3|1 Adc d2e:|2 Adc d2c||
|:BcB BAB|f^ga fec|ece fec|Ace aec|
BcB BAF|f^ga fec|1 ece fec|BcA B2A:|2 ~e3 fef|~g3 a2g||

           

MIKE MOLONEY’S. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Great Meadow GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane – “Fiddledance” (2004. Learned from an early recording of Cape Breton fiddler Joe McLean).

           

MIKE PRESTON'S REEL. AKA and see “Fred Finn’s No. 2.” Irish, Reel.. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: flute player and piper Tommy Hunt (b. 1908, Lissananny, Ballymote, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 104. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 129.

                                   

MIKE SAUNDER’S JIG. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by fidddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 227, pg. 66.

                       

MIKE SCOTT’S. AKA and see “Kings of Kerry.” Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, West Kerry. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham, No. 80, pg. 45.

                       

MIKE SULLIVAN’S HORNPIPE [1]. Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Mike Sullivan was a musician and set dancer from Kilcummin, in Kilarney. See also the related set dance “Madam(e) Bonaparte.” Source for notated version: presumably Mike Sullivan via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Ceol, vol. 5, No. 1 (appears as “Tom Billy’s Hornpipe”). Moylan, (Johnny O’Leary) 1994; No. 78, pg. 45. Topic 12T357, Johnny O’Leary - “Music for the Set” (1977).

 

MIKE SULLIVAN’S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see “The Threshing Reel.” Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source O’Leary and fiddler Denis Murphy heard this tune played on the jews harp by one Kilcummin musician, Mike Sullivan, in the Jug of Punch in Killarney. Murphy returned the next day to make sure he had it accurately (Moylan). Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 254, pg. 146. Gael-Linn CEF092, Julia and Billy Clifford - “Coel as Sliabh Luachra” (appears as “The Threshing Reel”).

           

MIKEY BUCKLEY’S. Irish, Polka. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source O’Leary explained to editor Terry Moylan (1994):

***

 (Mike Buckley)...was a fiddle player above Cnoc na Gaoithe,

learned by Padraig O’Keeffe, he died of TB at the age of

twenty-five. A fine man. Jesus ‘tis years back. I played

with him, that’ll tell you now. He’d be about my age now

if he lived. Poor divil, he gave no battle with it. He was a

big strong, soft heavy lad. It ran through him. At that time

they had no cure for it. A pile of people died who wouldn’t

die today with it.

***

Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region), recorded at Na Piobairi Uilleann, Octobe, 1984 [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 148, pg. 86.

                       

MIKE BUCKLEY’S FAVOURITE. Irish, Polka. A Mixolydian. Standard. ABB. Source for notated version: fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe via fiddler Mike Buckley (Cnoc na Gaoithe) via accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 256, pg. 147. Topic 12T312, “Billy Clifford” (appears untitled).

           

MIKE IN THE WILDERNESS. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. The tune is sourced to Kentucky fiddler John Morgan Salyer. It has been suggested (without supporting data) that the title refers to Civil War era Brigadier-General Micah Jenkins (1835-1864), who perished in the battle of the Wilderness, 1864. Jenkins was from South Carolina, a graduate of the Citadel, and fought in many major campaigns during the war. He was wounded several times, and had to be transported to his last battle in an ambulance. Unfortunately, he was the victim of “friendly fire.”

           

MIKE’S FANCY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 264, pg. 76. Cranford Publications CP-R2, “Jerry Holland Solo” (1988).

                       

MIKE’S JIG. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Houston whistle player Larry Mallette. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 217, pg. 117.

X:1

T: Mike's Jig

C: L. Mallette

Q: 375

R: slide

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 12/8

L: 1/8

K: G

D | G3 ABA G3 geB | d3 edB A3 ABA |

G3 ABA GBd g2 e | d3 ABA G3-G2 :|

B | c3 Ace B3 GBd | A3 BAG E3 D2 D |

G3 ABA GBd g2 e | d3 EBA G3-G2 :|

                       

MIKIE DUGGAN’S. AKA and see “Mick Duggan’s Polka [3].” Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 257, pg. 147.

                       

MIKO RUSSELL’S FAVORITE. See “Micho Russell’s Favorite.”

                                   

MIL NA MAIDÍ. AKA and see “Crushing of Twigs.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABCD. Philippe Varlet points out that this tune is an clever reworking of Doherty’s “Pinch of Snuff.” Source for notated version: fiddler John Doherty, 1965 (Co. Donnegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 183, pg. 96.

           

MILD MABEL KELLY. AKA and see "Mabel Kelly." Irish, Planxty. A composition of Turlough O'Carolan for a patron.

           

MILD O'REILLY. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. "A song of (the) 1798 (rebellion) was written to this" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 637, pgs. 323‑324.

 

MILD PRETTY GIRL, THE (An Cailin Deas Modhamhuil). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 706 pg. 353.

X:1

T:Mild Pretty Girl, The (An Cailin Deas Modhamhuil)

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 706

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

Ac | d2d2 ed | d2c2 Ac | d2d2 cA | c4 ed | A2 G/E/D ED | D2D2 DE |

F2F2 dc | A2G2 AG | F2F2ED | E2A2 AG | E2D2D2 | D4 ||


 

MILE, THE. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 57. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 183.

           

MILE END ASSEMBLY.  English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appears in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). It also appears in the (probably) Dutch collection of G. Willsim called Recueil de 24 Contredances Angloise Les Plus Usite (1755). The Mile-end was in Stepney, east Whitechapel, London, and was an unfashionable district. The assemblies there were open to the public through the purchase of a ticket. Robert Plumer Ward, in his book Pictures of the World at Home and Abroad (1832), gives this sketch:

***

At eight o’clock on a Monday evening, Mr. and Mrs. Maxfield, attended by their nephew,

entered the ball-room of the George and Vulture. It was some fifty feet long, formed by

throwing down the partitions of three other rooms, into which it had usually been divided.

At the upper end, lighted with tallow candles, was a sort of gallery, filled with a band of

musicians, certainly not Weippert’s, under which sat Mr. Deputy Robson, Mr. Jobson, Mr.

Hobson, Mr. Dobson, and their ladies, and sundries of their progeny, from the ages of

fifteen to twenty. These instantly made room for among them from Mr. and Mrs. Maxfield,

who were much respected by them, and who introduced their nephew to them in form.

***

Robert’s heart smote him as the awful ceremony proceeded. For the first time for several

months, his old malady recurred; and he looked fearfully up and down the room, to see if

any of the companions of his former greatness might not, by some miracle, be witnessing

this momentous débût. All, however, was safe; and tea and bread and butter, and a slight

portion of cake, were handed round, previous to the commencement of the “Cameronian

Rant’; for waltzes and quadrilles had not then, as we know, reached England, much less

the George and Vulture. (pg. 349). 

***

Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 14.

X:1

T:Mile End Assembly

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f/e/|f2c A2G|FAG F2f|a>ba g2f|efg cfg|afd gec|fdc =Bgf|

e>fg Gc=B|c2C C2::g/f/|e2g c2 a/g/|f2a d2b|agf ed^c|

d2d d2 f/e/|dgb cea|Bdg 2 f/e/|d>ef cfe|f3 f2:||

           

MILE FROM DUBLIN, A. AKA and see "Within a Mile of Dublin [1]," "The Meadow in Bloom," "The Road to Dublin," "The Maid of Ballintra," "The Kerry Lasses [2]," "Sarah's Reel," "You're a long time a courting," "The Club Reel," "Through the Fields [3]."

                       

MILE FROM EDINBURGH TOWN, A. See “’Twas Within a Mile from Edinboro Town.”

                       

MILE TAING AN UGHDAIR. AKA and see "The Editor's Thanks to Mr. Nathaniel Gow."

                       

MILE TO RIDE, A. AKA and see “The Fleet's a Coming," “Riding a Mile,” "Stannerton Hopping," "Stamfordham Hopping” Scottish, English, Irish; Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in Henry Playford's 1698 English Dancing Master (Part II). "This tune has several titles by which it is known to pipers, such as 'Stannerton (or Stamfordham) Hopping', 'Stanhope i' Weardale' and 'The Fleet's a Coming'"" (Bruce & Stokoe). Northumbrian musician William Vickers printed the melody three times in his 1770 music manuscript collection (as “A Mile toRide,” “Stanhope in Weardale,” and “Stannerton Hopping”). It also appears in the 1800-1805 manuscript (as “A Mile to Ride”) of Northumbrian smallpiper John Peacock (1754-1817) and that of 1812 from John Bell (c. 1864) (appears as “Stamfordham Hopping”). It is a popular three-part slip jig in Ireland, most often appearing under the title “Riding a Mile.” Source for notated version: John Peacock [Bruce & Stokoe]. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 181.

X:1

T:Mile to Ride, A

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Slip Jig

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dBd g2g f2d|g2B BcB d2e|dBd g2g f2d|ecA ABA c2e:|

|:dBG G2c B2c|dBG GAB c2e|dBB G2c B2d|ecA A2B c2e:|

X:2

T:Mile to Ride, A

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:William Vickers manuscript (1770)

K:G

dBd gag fed|gdB BdB d2e|dBd gag fed|a2A ABA c2e:|

|:dBG G2B dBG|d/c/B/A/G GAB d2g|dBG GAB dBG|ecA ABA c2e:|

                       

MILESIAN, THE. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Published before 1730. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 32.

                       

MILESTONE (JIG), THE. AKA and see "The Donegal Jig." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’CC’DD’EE’FF’GG’HH’. The title is miss-labelled in Feldman's The Northern Fiddler, according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, and is actually a composition of classically-trained Irish musician Arthur Darley, who played and collected traditional music in the early 20th century and who lived for a time in County Donegal. Mac Aoidh maintains the Northern authors misheard their source, fiddler Danny O'Donnell, when he spoke to them about another of Darley's compositions, the reel "The Four Mile Stone." See note for “The Donegal Jig” for more information, since that appears to be the correct title. Source for notated version: fiddler Danny O’Donnell (County Donegal) [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 184.

 

MILESTONE [1], THE. AKA and see "The Millstone." Irish, Reel.

 

MILESTONE [2], THE. AKA and see "Carrigaline," "It's a Hard Road to Travel," "Rocks of Cashel [1]" “Steeplechase [2].” Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGuire and Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 54, pg. 14. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 213, pg. 132.

X:1

T:Milestone, The [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:C

G,C ~C2 EG ~G2|Addc dfed|cBcA GE E2|GECE DCA,C|G,C~C2 EG ~G2|

Addc dfed|cBcA GE E2|GEDG EC C2::c2 ec gcec|~c2 ec dcAB|c2 ec ecec|

Addc dfed|c2 ec gcec|~c2 ec dcAc|eg g2 ea a2|gedg ec c2:|

                       

MILESTONE IN THE GARDEN, THE. AKA and see “Humors of Westport,” “Pretty Peggy [5].” Irish, Reel. Popularized by County Sligo fiddler James Morrison who recorded it in New York in 1935. It is also known as “The Humors of Westport,” published by O’Neill under that title. Morrison’s version is named for an actual milestone located near Riverstown, Ireland, and today there is a roadside marker denoting the spot. See also O’Neill’s “Bill Clancy’s Delight” and the related tune “Pretty Peggy [5].” The melody may be derived from a Scottish reel “The Clydesdale Lasses.” Ceol, 1963 (Breathnach’s article “The Man and His Music,” on Sonny Brogan).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

                       


MILITARY SCHOTTISCHE. AKA and see "Pretty Baby," "National Schottische," "Russische Polka," "Texas Schottische," "Doppelpolka." American, Schottische or Polka. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & C Major ('C' part) {Ford}: D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' and 'C' parts) {Phillips}. Standard tuning. ABCA (Ford): AABBC (Phillips). An international tune known either as a polka, schottische or barn dance. The melody is part of a very large tune family, with the exception of the third part which appears to follow the early 19th century convention of many marches and other martial tunes in that it was added as a contrast, or filler, for the main melody(s). Many of these third parts, usually in different keys, are called ‘trio’ parts. The German collector Boehme (1886) gives the note "known in 1842, very popular up to 1860." Kerr’s also gives the tune a German provenance, as it is listed in vol. 1 of Merry Melodies (c. 1880’s) simply under the title “German Schottische” (where it is the second part of a duet, paired against “Home, Sweet Home”). The 'A' part of the tune "Snyder's Clock" is also the same. The first two parts are also closely related to the “Glenbeigh Hornpipe” family of tunes. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 160. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 86.

X:1

T:Military Schottische

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Schottische

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America  (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B/c/)|db ca|Bg g/d/B/G/|Af f/e/d/c/|Bg g>d>B>c|

db ca|Bg g/d/B/G/|Af f/d/c/A/|[GB][GB][GB]||

G(A/B/) (c/d/)(e/f/)|g(B/c/)d2|e(c/d/) c(B/c/)|d(G/A/) B2|

G(A/B/) (c/d/)(e/f/)|g(B/c/) d2|eA/B/ c/B/c/A/|[GB][GB][GB]||

K:C

e/f/|g/f/g/a/ ge|cc c/G/E/C/|DB B/G/F/D/|Cc c/G/c/e/|

g/f/g/a/ ge|cc c/G/E/C/|DB B/G/F/D/|[CE][CE][CE]||

                       

MILITIA DANCE, THE.  English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Northumbrian musician William Vickers included a version in his 1770 music manuscript collection under the title “."

                       

MILK COW BLUES. American, Texas Swing tune. A Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. The tune has been attributed to Kokomo Arnold, who recorded it as “Milkcow Boogie Blue” in 1934, but was soon picked up by jazz and western swing bands and much recorded. Beisswenger & McCann (2008) record that community lore has it that Alton Jones composed it while milking his cow one morning. Source for notated version: Alton Jones (1918-2002, Theodosia, Mo.), learned from Johnny Lee Wills [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 83. Rounder CD 0437, Alton Jones – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 3” (2000).

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

 

MILK SHAKE. French, Bourree (3/8 time). Central France. D Dorian (?). Standard tuning. AABB. Stevens (Massif Central), 1988; No. 31.

                       

MILK THE CHURN. AKA and see "Gliogar an mheadair” (The Gurgling of the Churn).

                       

MILKING OF THE EWES, THE. Scottish, Air. The song was mentioned in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd (1725).

                       

MILKING PAIL, THE. English. Chappell (1859) says that, while the air is sometimes claimed as Scottish, it is in fact of English origin.

                       

MILKING SONG [1] (Im Bo). Irish, Air (6/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Darley & McCall note there must have been an old Gaelic song to this air, whose title means 'Im', butter, and 'bo', a cow. Source for notated version: fiddler Brian Mac Intyre (Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 19, pg. 8.

 

MILKING SONG [2]. AKA and see "Till an Crodh Faidh an Crodh." Scottish, Slow Air.

                       

MILKING TIME IS OVER. Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: from the collection of J.E. Pigott, set by Forde [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 298, pg. 74.

                       

MILKMAID [1], THE. Irish?, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Harding’s All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 148, pg. 47.

X:1

T:Milkmaid, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Harding’s All Round Collection (1905), No. 148

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

g2e cBc | dBA GAB | c2d e2f | g2e d2z | de^f g2B | c2d e3 | d2g ^fec | B2A G2z ||

f2e dec | B2G d2z | dBA G2d | e2g e2z | d2a g2f | edc d2z | .e2.f .g2z | .A2.B .c2z ||

 

MILKMAID [2], THE. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick [5]," "An Maide Draighin," "The Maid at the Well," "The Black Stripper," "The Kilkenny Jig," "The Castle Street Jig," "Arthur McBride [1]," "The Maids of Glenroe."

 

MILKMAID [3], THE. AKA and see "The Dairymaid [4]." Irish, Reel.

 

MILKMAID [4], THE. AKA and see “Mooney’s Reel,” “Tommy Peoples' (Reel) [2].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. The reel is associated with Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples, who said he had the tune from one of his uncles. See also the similar “Two Forty” in Ryans/Coles.

See also listings at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

 

MILKMAID [5], THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry notated by his student [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 137.

X:1

T:Milkmaid (#137), The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Rice-Walsh manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

K:G

D|GDD EDD|GAB c2 d|edc BcA|AGE E2 D|

GDD EDD|GAB c2 d|edc BcA|AGG G2:|

|:d|edd gdd|edB c2 d|edc BcA|AGE E2 d|

edd gdd|edB c2 d|edc BcA|AGG G2:||

 

MILK MAID [6], THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 130, pg. 48.

X:1

T:Milk Maid, The [6]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Aird, vol. II (1785)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | d2d ede | fgf a2a | g2g f2f | ede d2A | d2d ede | fgf a2a |

g2g f2f | ede d2 :||: f2f edc | dcB A2E | A2c B2d | c2B c2A |

f2f edc | f^ga e2e | fef ^gfg | (a3 a2)f/g/ | afd def | ged cBA |

Bcd efg | fed cBA | afd def | ged cBA | Bcd Adc | d3 d2 :|

                       


MILKMAID'S BOB, THE. AKA and see "Oaken Leaves [2]." English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Published by Playford, The English Dancing Master (1651). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 33 & 44.

                       

MILKMAIDS OF BLANTYRE, THE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of this tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 2.

X:1

T:Milkmaids of Blantyre

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B | G/G/G BG cGBG | AD D/D/D =FGAF | G/G/G BG cGBG | Agdg | BG G :: g |

dgBg AA/A/ a2 | dgBg dgBg | (a/g/f/e/ g)B AA/A/a2 | egdg BG G :|

           

MILKY WAY [1], THE.  Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by flute player Vincent Broderick, a member of the Kincora Ceili Band from 1952-1957.

X:1

T:The Milky Way

R:Reel

C:Vincent Broderick

S:John Skelton

D:John Skelton, One at a Time (PAN 146CD)

Z:Chris Corrigan, 10/4/2000

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

|:D2 (3FED ADFA|d2 fd ef d2|D2 (3FED ADFA|BE E2 BE E2|

D2 (3FED ADFA|d2 fd ef d2|dffd efdB|AFEF d4:|

|:efdB AFEF|d2 fd ef d2|efdB AFEF|A2 FE AFAE|

efdB AFEF|defd ef d2|dffd efdB|AFEF d4:|

 

MILKY WAY [2], THE.  Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 80, pg. 21.

 

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