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MNA DEASA
BHAILE-LOCHA-RIABHACH, NA. AKA and see "Pretty Lasses of Loughrea,"
"Execution Song."
MNÁ NA hÉIREANN (The Women of
***
Ta bean in Éireann a phronnfadh sead damh is
mo shaith le n‑ol
Is ta bean in Éireann is ba bhinne leithe mo
rafla ceoil
Mise ag leimnigh no leagtha i gcre is mo
tharr faoi fhod
***
Ta bean in Éireann a bheadh ag ead liom mur
bhfaighfinn ach pog
O bhean ar aonach, nach ait an sceala, is mo
dhaimh fein leo;
Ta bean ab fhearr liom no cath is cead
dhiobh nach bhfagham go deo
Is ta cailin speiriuil ag fear gan Bhearla, dubhghranna croin.
***
Ta bean a dearfadh da siulann leithe go
bhfaighinn an t‑or,
Is ta bean 'na leine is is fearr a mein no
na tainte bo
Le bean a bhuairfeadh Baile an Mhaoir is
clar Thir Eoghain,
Is ni fhaicim leigheas ar mo ghalar fein ach scaird a dh'ol.
***
The English translation goes (from Caroline Foty):
***
There's a woman in
And there's a woman in
To the playing of strings; there's a woman
in
Than me burning or lying in the clay beneath the sod.
***
There's a woman in
From a woman at a fair, isn't it strange,
and I love them all;
There's a woman whom I prefer to battle and
a hundred of them I will never get
And there's a beautiful girl who belongs to
a man without English, so ugly.
***
There's a woman who would say that if I
would wander with her I would find gold;
And there's a woman in a shift whose beauty is worth more than the cattle raids
With a woman who vexed Ballymoyer and the plain of Tyrone {a reference to Maeve and the cattle raid of Cooley, a Cuchulainn tale}
And I see no cure for my illness but drink.
***
Mac
Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stoir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set
Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 91, pg. 52. Claddagh
CC14, “Chieftains 4” (1974). Shanachie 79024, "Chieftains 4"
(1974/1983). Hearts Space, “Celtic Twilight.”
X:1
T:Mna na hEireann
T:Women
of
R:Air
B:An Pota Stoir
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:70
K:D
"Em"EEF G d4|d"E"edc "A"E4|EF "Em"G2 FG E2|
"A"E6 z2|"Em"EEF G d4|d"E"edc "A"E4|
EF "G"G2 FG "A"A2|A6 z2|G"D"FA "Bm"D D4|
z "Bm"DD d d4|e"G"fed BA B2|B6 AG|
F"Em"E d4 de|"A"dcA "G"B4 E|E2 DC "D"D4||
X:2
T:Mná na hÉireann
L:1/4
M:4/4
Q:60
K:G
| G-ABc | g2 a~g | fdA2 | ABc2 | BcA2 | ~A4 | G-ABc | g2 b~a |
| gfdA- | AABc- | cBcd- | dcBd | G2 G g- | gaba- | ag2e | de2 d |
|
cBAg- | ga2g | fd2 e | cA2G | FG3 |]
MNA OGA CILL-MOCEALLOG. AKA and see "The Maids of
Kilmallock."
MNA UAISLE LAIGEANN. AKA and see "The Ladies of
Leinster."
MNA UAISLE O CARRAIG, NA. AKA and see "The Ladies of
Carrick."
MNATHAN TRODACH
OBAIR-THAIRBH. AKA and see "The Scolding Wives of Abertarff."
MO BHAIDIN. Irish, Air (?). D Major. Standard. AB. Miller & Perron (Traditional Irish Fiddle Music), 1977;
Vol. 3, No. 64. Tradition TLP 1024, Mary O'Hara.
MO BHRON A'S MO DHITH. AKA and see "My Sorrow
and My Loss."
MO CAILIN DEAS RUAIDH. Irish, Air.
MO CAILIN DON DEAR AR
MIRE AG OL. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F
Mixolydian. Standard. AB. See also the variant “Do Riubal me Eire on Genan
Go Ceile.” Source for notated version: Davy Condon via the Irish collector
Patrick Joyce [Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete
Collection), 1905; No. 1077, pg. 273.
MO CEOIL SIBH A
LAOCHRA. AKA and see “The Buckeen,” “Cameron House,” “George Gubbin’s Delight,” “Humors of Schull,” “Lord Kelly--Strathspey,”
"Lord Kelly('s Rant/Reel)"
“The Musical Priest,” "The New Bridge of Erin," “The Old Grey Gander,” “Wedding Ring [2].” Irish, March (2/4
time). A Dorian. Standard. AAB. Roche
Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 210, pg. 80.
MO
CHAILIN DONN DEAS AS MISI SIUBHAL LE CHEILE. AKA and see "My
Pretty Brown‑Haired Girl and Myself A‑Walking Together."
MO
CHAILINN OG THOIR LE TOIGH AN AIRE DHOMB. AKA and see "Bonnie Lassie, Take Advice."
MO CHION AIRAN
MO CHREACH A'S MO
DHIACHAIRT. AKA and see "My sorrow and Trouble."
MO
CHREACH IS MO DHITH, IS CLAOIDHTE AN GALAR AN GRADH. See "Love is a
Tormenting Pain."
MO
CHROIDHE CHOMH CHIAR DUBH LE H-AIRNE, TA. AKA and see "My Heart is Black As a Sloe."
MO CRAOIBHIN AOIBHIN
AULINN O. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor.
Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection,
1982, vol. 3; No. 10, pg. 3.
MO CREACH A'S MO
CHIACHAIRT. AKA and see "My Sorrow and Trouble."
MO CHUACHAG LAGHACH (My Gentle Milkmaid). Scottish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning.
AABB. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol.
4, 1991; pg. 9. Maggie’s Music MMCD222, Bonnie Rideout
– “Scottish Fire” (2000).
MO CHUTHCHAS. AKA and see "The
Spot Where My Forefathers Dwelt."
MO DHACHAIGH/DHACHAIDH. AKA and see "The Song of Home,"
"My Home," "My Own/Ain
Home (Waltz)."
MO GHILLE GUANACH (My
thoughless lad).
Scottish, Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABC. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo ghille guanach
T:My thoughtless lad
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Mixolydian
D>D E>G A>B A>G | E2 D>D EG Ad | B>A G2 :|
D>E F>G E>D E>G | AB G>A E>G E>D | DE FG ED EG |
AB GA EG ED || D>D EG AB AG | E2 DD EG Ad | B>A G2 ||
MO GHRADH FO LEOIN. AKA and see "My Lover Wounded."
MO GHRÁSA AR MAIDIN. AKA and see "My Love in
the Morning."
MO GILE MEAR (My Nimble Lad/My Spirited Lad). AKA – "Ó, Mo Laoch, Mo Ghile
Mear," "Seal do Bhíos im' Mhaighdin Shéimh,” "De bharr na gCnoc
's i nImigéin," "Air Bharr na G-Cnoc 's an Ime G-Céin.” AKA and see “Will Ye No’ Come Back Again?”
Irish, Slow March or Air (4/4 time).
***
Seal da rabhas im' mhaighdean shéimh,
'S anois im' bhaintreach chaite thréith,
Mo chéile ag treabhadh na dtonn go tréan
De bharr na gcnoc is i n-imigcéin.
***
Curfá:
'Sé mo laoch, mo Ghile Mear,
'Sé mo Chaesar, Ghile Mear,
Suan ná séan ní bhfuaireas féin
Ó chuaigh i gcéin mo Ghile Mear.
***
For a while I was a gentle maiden
And now a spent worn-out widow
My spouse ploughing the waves strongly
Over the hills and far away.
***
Chorus:
He is my hero, my dashing darling
He is my Caesar, dashing darling.
I've had no rest from forebodings
Since he went far away my darling.
***
The tune was played at the funeral
of Seán Ó Riada, when he was buried in the little church in Cúil Aodha on
***
Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The
Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 87, pg. 50. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs), 1995; No. 98, pg.
84 (Appears as “Gile Mear”). Tubridy (Irish
Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 4. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Traditional
B:A Stór 's a Stórín
Z:Transcribed by Martin Wanicki
K:G
%Verse 1 and chorus:
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MO GRACH E AN CRUISGIN. AKA ‑ "The
Old Jug and It Full." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard
tuning. AAB. Roche Collection, 1982,
vol. 3; No. 22, pg. 6.
MO GRADH GEAL DILLIS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 53,
pg. 15.
MO GHRÁSA IDIR DHÁ RÓS. AKA and see “My Love
Between Two Roses.”
MO LAOCHAN. AKA and see “Black but Comely,” “For a’ that and a’ that.”
MO LAOCHAN BHOIDHEACH. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by
James Stewart-Robertson, the editor of The
Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson
(The Athole Collection), 1884; pg.
96.
X:1
T:Mo Laochan Bhoidheach
M:C|
L:1/8
C:James Stewart-Robertson
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|F<D D/D/D A,>A|F>D D/D/D G<E E>A|F>D D/D/D A,>D|=C>DE>F G<EE:|
g|f>d d/d/d d<A F>e|f>d d/d/d c>de>g|1 f>d d/d/d d<A F>D|=C>DE>F G<EE:|2
f<d
c>A d<A F>D|=c>DE>F G<EE||
MO LEANNAN FALAICH. AKA and see "My Love in
Secret."
MO LUNDUBH BEAG
AOIBHINN. AKA and see "My Sweet Little Blackbird."
MO MAIRE-ANNA. AKA and see "My Mary Anne."
MO MHALI BHEAG OG (My Dear Little May). See "Little
Molly O!"
MO MHÀIRI MHIN MHEALL
SHUILEACH. Scottish, Slow Strathspey. A Minor.
Standard. AABB. "Very old," notes James Stewart-Robertson in his Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 58.
X:1
T:Mo Mhàiri Mhin Mheall Shuileach
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
c|:A<B e2 e>d B<g|G<G d>G B>AG>B|A<B e2 e>dB<g|a>eg>B A2 A<B:|
|:A<aa<b
a>gg>a|b>aa>g g>ee>g|d>eg>a b>ag>b|a<e g>B
A2 AB:|
MO MHUIRNIN BAN. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Ó
Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of
MO MIURNIN NA GRURIGE
BAINE (My Fairhaired
Darling).
Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. See also O’Neill’s
setting under the title “My Fair
Haired Darling [2].” Roche Collection,
1982, vol. 3; No. 63, pg. 18.
MO MUIRNIN ANNSA TIG. AKA and see "My Honey in
the House."
MO MUIRNIN 'SA CODLAD. AKA and see "My Darling
Asleep."
MO NIGHEAN DHONN
BHOIDHEACH (My Brown-Haired
Maid).
Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, Vol. 3), 1988; pg. 44.
MO NIGHEANAG DHÒNN (My little
brown girl). Scottish,
Air (4/4 time). C Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo nigheanag dhònn
T:My little brown girl
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
B | c>B GB B,2 C>D | FB G>F GB c2 | {c/d/}cB GB B,2 CD | FB G>F GD C :|
MO NIGHEAN DUBH, N`A
TREIG MI. AKA and see "Black Haired Nymph, Forsake
Me Not."
MO REULTA EOLUIDHE. AKA and see "My Guiding Star."
MO ROBAIRNEACH GAOLACH (My dear
clever lad). Scottish,
Slow Air (6/8 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo robairneach gaolach
T:My dear clever lad
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B>cB B>GF | G>BG {G}F2D | F>GF dfd | {d}cBc d2F |
Bcd df>d | {d}cBD F2G | FDF d>cd | BGF G2B ||
MO RUN AN DIUGH MAR AN
DE THU. AKA and see "My Love Today as Heretofore."
MO RÙN BHAN DILEAS (My fair and faithful dear one).
Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Morison (
X:1
T:Mo Rùn bhan dileas
T:My fair and faithful dear one
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”In moderate time”
S:Morison –
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
z2z DFA | d2e2Bd | B2 A>D FA | d2
e>d cA | B3B AF | d2 A>F ED | E2 FA d>B | A2D>F E>D | D6 ||
MO RUN GEAL DELEAS (My Faithful Fair/Fond One). Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major.
Standard tuning. One part (Martin): AB (Neil). Neil (1991) reports that the
Gaelic song was composed by a young farmer from the Isle of Mull, named MacLean,
who fell in love with one Isobel of Balinby, to whom he dedicated the lyric.
Unfortunately Isobel did not at first return his affections, and later, when
she was won over, her parents objected to the planned marriage. MacLean
"never fully recovered from his disappointment and he became mentally ill
through time. It was during a period of confinement that he wrote this and
several other compositions." There
are several versions of this air extent. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 24. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 167, pg. 217.
MO RUN GEAL OG. AKA and see "(A)
Lady to Her Husband Killed in Culloden."
MO STOREEN FROM
MUSKERRY (Mo Stóirín O
Mhúscraidhe).
Irish, Air (9/8 time, "lively"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB.
"One half of this tune is given in Stanford‑Petrie, No. 1090, from
an imperfect copy supplied to Petrie by me" (Joyce). Source for notated
version: Lewis O'Brien of Coolfree Co. Limerick: 1845 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909;
No. 174, pg. 87.
X:1
T:Mo Storeen from Muskerry
T:Mo Stóirín O Mhúscraidhe
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GFG AGF EFD|GGG BGB/c/ d2d|ede/f/
gfg ege|dcB ABG F2D||
GBG FAD FED|GGG GBB Bcd|edc BAG
AFD|DcB AGF G2||
MO STOIRIN O
MHUSCRAIDHE. AKA and see "Mo Storeen From Muskerry."
MOATE HUNT, THE. AKA and see "Willie Coleman's Jig."
MOATED HOUSE, THE.
English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
melody appears unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765
country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200
Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 67.
X:1
T:Moated House, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|GgGg|G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|GG “tr”G2|G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|GbFa|g/f/e/d/ ^c/d/e/c/|dd d2:|
|:f/g/|a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/|BBBg|g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/|AAAf|f/e/^d/^c/ B/A/G/F/|GbFa|Ee/f/ g”tr”f|e4|
G/A/B/c/
d/c/B/A/|GgGg|G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|GG “tr”G2|G/A/B/c/ d/c/B/A/|G/A/B/c/
d?B/c/A/|BA/G/ DF|GG G2:||
MOATSVILLE BLUES. Old‑Time, Breakdown.
MOCCASIN TWO-STEP. American (?), Two-Step. From the playing of the late
Joe Robichaud (d. 1999), a fiddler from northern
MOCK HOBBY HORSE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABB
(Karpeles, Raven, Sharp): AABB (Barnes). Published in 1698. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.
Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of
100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 19. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 21. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 55.
X:1
T:Mock Hobby Horse
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a|f>ef Bcd|e2e d2 a/g/|f>ef
ABc|d2d d2a|f>ef Bcd|e2e e2 a/g/|f>ef ABc|d2d d2||
|:d=c|B2B B>AG|G2 g g>fe|fga
a2^g|a2 a a>gf|e g2 f>ed|Be2 c>BA|afg e>dc|d2d d2:|
MOCK MATCH. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes),
1986.
MOCK NIGHTINGALE, THE. Welsh, Air. The tune appears in the late 1742
edition of Blind Parry’s collection of Twelve
Airs for one and two Guitars, repeated in the 1781 edition.
MOCKING BIRD [1]. AKA and see "Listen
to the Mockingbird." Old‑Time,
MOCKING BIRD [2]. AKA and see "Drunken
Hiccups [1]." Infrequently a local southwestern Pennsylvania title for
the piece "Drunken Hiccups."
MOCKINGBIRD HILL. See “Life in the Finnish
Woods” (Livet i Finnskogarna).
MOCKINGBIRD
SCHOTTISCHE. Old‑Time, Schottische. D Major.
Standard tuning. ABB'CC. A version of "Listen to the Mockingbird."
Ford (Traditional Music in
MODE O' WOOING, THE. English, Air (4/4 time). England, Northumberland.
D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part.
***
Young men, when that they do arrive
Between a score and twenty‑five,
There's scarely one that you will find,
But's either more or less inclined
To gang away a wooing, a woop, woo, wooing,
To gang away a wooing, amang the maidens fair. (Bruce & Stokoe)
***
Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 104‑106.
X:1
T:Mode o’ Wooing, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian
Minstrelsy (1882)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmin
A|cc=BA Bcdd|ed=BA GAD>D|cc=BA Bcdd|eA =(B/A/G ABcE|
DDEG
A2 AG|E2e2 E2 GG|DDEG A2 d=B|cAGE D3||
MODEL T JIG, THE.
Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Allie Bennett and Ashley
MacIsaac. Mary Jane Lomond = “Bho Thir nan Craobh/From
the Land of Trees” (played by fiddler Ashley MacIsaac). Wildcat Records WILDCD
101, Ronan Martin – “Ronan Martin” (2008).
MODES
OF THE COURT SO COMMON ARE GROWN,
THE. AKA and
see "Lillibulero." English,
Air. The tune appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729.
MODEST DOLLY. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: the 1770 music manuscript collection of
Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known [Seattle].
Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part
2; No. 341.
X:1
T:Modest Dolly
M:C|
L:1/8
S:William Vickers’ music manuscript
collection (Northumberland, 1770)
K:D
A|F>A d>F G>B e>F|F>A
dF E/E/E E>G|F>A dF G>A eG|Fe Ec|D/D/D D:|
|:a|b>ga>f
g>ef>d|g>ef>g B/B/B Bc|d>A B>G A>F G>E|D>gf>e
d/d/d d:||
MODHEREEN RUA. AKA and see "Fox Chase,"
"Fox Hunt."
MOGGIE LAWTHER. AKA and see "Maggie Lauder."
MOGGY ON THE SHORE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 73, pg. 10.
X:1
T:Moggy on the Shore
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol.
4, No. 73 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DDDF
EDB,D|dDDf gfef|g2 (fg) edef|(dA) (3Bcd AFFA|
DDDF
EDB,D|dDDf gfef|fdeB dFEF|(3DED (DA,) (B,D) D2||
|:d2 (ef)
gfeg|fdad bdad|gafg edef|dBAF (Ad) d2|
d2 (ef)
gfeg|fdad bdad|gafg edef|(dA) (3Bcd AFFA||
MOHAR RIABHOGACH, AN. See "(An) Mothar
Riabhogach."
MOHER REEL, THE. AKA and see “The
Abbey Reel,” “The Union Reel [2].”
Irish, Reel. Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the
Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992). Shanachie 79018, De Dannann - “Star
Spangled Molly.”
MOHEREAVOGUE. See "Mothar Riabhógach."
MÓIN ALMHAINE. See “Bog of Allen [3].”
MOINEAU LAMOUREUX. French-Canadian, A traditional tune in the repertoire of the
family of Gaspésie fiddler Yvon Mimeault (b. 1928, Mont-Louis). Mimeault says it
was associated in his town with the image of a lumberjack, who would come to
town in the evenings courting the neighbour’s daughter. Similar to “La
Chicaneuse.” Yvon Mimeault – “Y’ était temps!/It’s
About Time.”
MOINFEUR FIONNSGOTAC, AN. AKA and see "The
Blooming Meadows."
MOINFEUR GLAS, AN. AKA and see "The Green Meadow."
MOINFHÉIR, AN (The Meadow). AKA and see “The
Meadow,” “The Trip to Nenagh.” Irish,
Reel.
MÓINÍN JIG. AKA and see “Buttermilk Mary
[3],” “Coleman’s Favourite,”
“Fond of the Ladies,” “The Frolicksome Dame,” “A Health to the Ladies,” "The Irish Miller," “Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies,”
“Irishman’s Love [1],” “The Mountain Road [2],” “The Mountainy Boy,” “The Night of the Wedding,” “O’Mahony’s Jig,” “Over the Callows,” “Paddy Clancy’s,” “Pat Beirne’s Favourite,” “The Queenstown Jig,” "Saddle the Pony [2]" (Roche),
“Sweet Biddy Daly,” “To the Ladies.”
MÓINTEÁN>, AN.
AKA and see "The Bank of Turf."
MOIRIN. AKA and see “Moreen,” “The Minstrel Boy.”
MOIRIN
NA TRI BAINNE, NO ABRAN NI RAIGALLAIG. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G
Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; 1069, pg. 271.
MOIRIN NI CHEALLA. AKA and see "Moreen O'Kelly,"
"Pilgrimage to Skellig."
MOIRIN NI CHUILLENAIN. Irish. A Jacobite‑period song in favor of the Stuart aspirations
to the throne. The title is an allegorical name for Ireland.
MOIRREY NY CAINIE. Isle of Man, Air. Traditional. Maggie's Music
MM107, "Music in the Great Hall" (1992).
MOIRSEISIOR SUGAC, AN. AKA and see "The Jolly Seven."
MOJE DEKLE. Croation. A popular folk melody with the ethnic Croation community in
northern Wisconsin.
MOL NA TIARNA (The Landlord’s Beautiful Daughter). AKA - “Moll and Tiarna.” AKA and
see “Ceol na dTead.” Irish, Reel.
Ireland, County Donegal. A popular reel in County Donegal. Francie Dearg
O’Byrne, the fiddler who popularized this tune, told the following story about
it and a companion tune. It seems that Mol na Tiarna, the Landlord’s Beautiful
Daughter, was brought up by a servant named Maire na Sop (Maire of the wisp),
and that this servant had a great talent for lilting which she passed on to the
girl. In good time Mol became enamoured of a young man of whom her father
disapproved and so they had to tryst in secret. Mol enlisted the help of Maire,
who was so attached to the girl that she could refuse her nothing, to help keep
tabs on her father who had promised to kill the young man if he found them
together. The two women arranged a signal in which, if the coast were clear
Maire would lilt Mol’s favorite reel, and if there was danger Maire would lilt
her own favorite reel. This worked well for some time until once, when Maire
was distracted, the landlord noticed his daughter missing, and suspecting some
sort of affair between his daughter and the boy, he grabbed his gun and set
off. Maire finally noticed the landlord gone and ran toward the trysting place
with all haste, whistling the warning tune. The boy was able to make an escape,
and the women able to explain their presence at the place enough to mollify the
father. The story ends happily, for the father eventually lost his dislike of
the young man and the two were soon thereafter married. The story of two tunes
got around and have since been called by the names of the two lilters. Feldman
& O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler),
1979; pg. 165 (Note: the title is transposed on the page with a companion tune,
“Máire na Sop”). Green Linnet SIF‑104, Altan ‑
"The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet SIF‑1095, Altan ‑
"Horse with a Heart" (1989. Learned from the late Francie Byrne from
Kilcar, Co. Donegal).
MOL SPERKA JIG. American, Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 53.
X:1
T:Mol Sperka Jig
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Schottische
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
(3E/F/E/A/G/ (3E/F/E/A/G/ | =GB/G/ d/G/B/G/ | (3E/F/E/A/G/ (3E/F/E/A/f/ |
g/e/d/B/ B/A/A/z/ :: ac’/a/ e/a/c’/a/ | =gb/g/ d/g/b/g/ | ac’/b/ c/a/c’/a/ |
b/a/g/b/ a(a/b/) | c’/a/b/g/ a/e/e/f/ g/f/g/e/ d/B/A/G/ | {g}a2 {g}a>d | c/>A/B/>G/ Az :|
MOLADH MAUREEN NIC
COINNICH (In Praise of Maureen MacKenzie).
Canadian, Pipe March. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning.
AABB’. Composed by Cape Breton piper John MacLean (Dartmouth), originally as an
air and hornpipe. It was reworked as a pipe march by Jerry Holland, and Brenda
Stubbert has composed variation sets. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second
Collection), 2000; No. 1, pg. 1.
See also listings at: Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording
Index |
MOLE(, THE). Scottish, English.
MOLE IN THE GROUND. Old‑Time. The title of this song appears in a list of traditional
MOLECATCHER, THE. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
The melody was first printed by London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson in
their 1765 country dance collection. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 14. Thompson (Compleat
Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 134.
X:1
T:Mole Catcher, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:Measures having triplets in them should be played with an ‘A’ note drone.
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:D
a|(3f/g/a/ a2 afa|(3f/g/a/ a2 afa|ga/g/f/e/ fg/f/e/d/|ecA A2a|(3f/g/a/ a2 afa|(3f/g/a/ a2 afa|
ga/g/f/e/ fge|d3 D2::A|FAd (3f/g/a/ f2|(3g/a/b g2 (3f/g/a/ f2|FAd fg/f/e/d/|
eAA
A2G|FAd (3f/g/a/ f2|(3g/a/b/ g2 (3f/g/a/ f2|gb/a/g/f/ ea/g/f/e/|dA/G/F/E/ D2:||
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