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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]

 

 

 

MWYNEN CYNWYD. AKA and see "The Melody of Cynwyd."[COMMENT1] [COMMENT2] [COMMENT3] [COMMENT4] [COMMENT5] [COMMENT6] [COMMENT7] [COMMENT8] [COMMENT9] [COMMENT10] [COMMENT11] [COMMENT12] [COMMENT13] [COMMENT14] [COMMENT15] [COMMENT16] [COMMENT17] [COMMENT18] [COMMENT19] [COMMENT20] [COMMENT21] [COMMENT22] [COMMENT23] [COMMENT24] [COMMENT25] [COMMENT26] [COMMENT27] [COMMENT28] [COMMENT29] [COMMENT30] [COMMENT31] [COMMENT32] [COMMENT33] [COMMENT34] 

[COMMENT35] [COMMENT36]                           

MY AIN FIRESIDE. AKA and se "Tod(d)lin' Hame."

           

(MY) AIN KIND DEARIE (O). AKA and see "The Lea Rig(ges)," "Oh! Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet?" "The Wedding [3]."  Scottish,  English, Canadian; Reel, Slow March and Air. England, Northumberland. Canada; Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton. G Major (O’Farrell): A Major (Miller): A Mixolydian (Bremner). Standard or AEae (Cape Breton) tunings. AB (most versions): AABB (Bremner, Miller, Perlman). A popular 18th century melody, this tune appears the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768, pg. 55), Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (Scots Reels or County Dances, Ediburgh, pg. 76), and the Drummond Castle Manuscript (in the possession of the Earl of Ancaster at Drummond Castle), inscribed "A Collection of Country Dances written for the use of his Grace the Duke of Perth by Dav. Young, 1734." Captain Francis O’Neill (1922) finds “an elaborite arrangement with 12 bars in each part appears in McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs, Strathspeys, Reels, etc., published in Glasgow about 1803.” There are also resemblances between this tune and "Christmas Eve [1]," "Our President," "Here's a Health to Our Leader," "The Fearless Boys," and the 1st part of Bayard's Pennsylvania collected "Hell Broke Loose in Georgia." The title (as well as the alternate titel "Lea Rig," by which it is also commonly known) comes from the words set to the tune (which also provide one of the alternate titles, "The Lea Rig" by which it is now better known), in common use in the countryside of Scotland in the 18th century. They begin:

***

I'll lay thee o'er the lea rig,

My ain kind dearie O.

***

Scots poet Robert Burns adapted the melody to his song of the same title, which is close to the setting given in Cranford (1995). Cape Breton settings of “My Ain Kind Dearie,” such as played by Joe MacLean, Dan Hughie MacEachern and others, were rendered in multiple parts (six to eight) in ‘raised-bass’ tuning (AEAE), according to Paul Stewart Cranford (1995), who thought the variations likely evolved from ones similiar to those given in Charles MacLean’s 1774 publication A Collection of Favourite Scots Tunes with Variations for the Violin. ). It was often played in Scotland in scordatura tuning (AEae), as directed, for example, in James Gillespie’s A Collection of the Best and Most Favourite Tunes for the Violin (Perth, 1768). Irish versions of the melody can be found under the titles “Have you seen or have you heard,” “Sweet Innisfallen" and Lover’s “Widow Machree.” Sources for notated versions: fiddler Mike MacDougall (1928-1982, Ingonish, Cape Breton) via Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford]; Paul MacDonald (b. 1974, Charlottetown, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Bremner (Scots Reels), 1757; pg. 76. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 172, pg. 49 (slow march setting). Graham, 1908; pg. 176. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1787‑1803, vol. 1, No. 49. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 352, pg. 206. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 141. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 10, pg. 3. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 206 (appears as “Me Ain Kind Dearie”). Walsh (Compleat Country Dancing Master), 1731, vol. 1, pg. 64.

X:1

T:My Ain Kind Dearie

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA | {G/A/}BDD>E G>AGB | A>B c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ |

{G/A/}BDD>E G>AGg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :: d | e/d/e/g/ g>B c/B/c/d/ e>A |

A/c/B/d/ c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | {G/A/}BDD>E G>A Gg | e>d e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|

|: BA | GDD>E GDB>G | A>B c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | GDDe dG BG |

g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/d/ BG G2 :: d | g/d/B/d/ e/d/B/d/ g/d/B/d/ e/g/f/a/ |

g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ {G/A/}BE EB/A/ | {G/A/}BDD>E G>AGg | ed e/f/g/d/ BG G2 :|

X:2

T:My ain kind Dearie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Bremner – Scots Reels (1757)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mixolydian

B | AFEF (A2 A)c | B/B/B c>A BFFB | AFEF (A2 A)a | “tr”f2 ec eAA :|

|: a | f/f/f af ecac | B/B/B c>A BFFB | AFEF ABce | faec eAA :|

           

MY AIN LASSIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 34, pg. 7.

X:1

T:My Ain Lassie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 34  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|F<A A>a g>fe>d|B<d A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>a g>fe>d|B<d A>G F<D D:|

|:A|F<A A>d B>dA>F|G<B A>F B<E E>G|F<A A>d B>dA>F|G<B A>G F<D D:|

           

MY APRON DEARIE.  Scottish, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 88.

X:1

T:My Apron Dearie

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 88  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G>A | c3d e>d | c2G2A2 | _B3 dc>B | (_B2A2) G>A | c3 de>d | c2G2A2 |

c>Bc>de>f | g4G2 | c2 (3gfe (3fe3d | (cd/e/) G2A2 | _B2 d>efB | (_B2”tr”A2) (A/=B/c) |

G2 (FE) (FG/A/) | ({A}G4) (ef) | g3f “tr”e>d | c4 :: e>f | g2 (fe)(dc) | f4f>_e |

D2 (_B>c)(d>e) | f4 ef | g2 (fe)(dc) | (fg/a/)g2a2 | g2 (fe) (fg/a/) | ({a}g4) (c’/b/a) |

g2 ({f}e2) {d}(c/d/e) | f3g (f/g/a) | A2 d>e ({g}f)(e/d/) | (c2B) z cA | ({A}G2) (FE) (FG/A/) |

(A2G2) e>f | “tr”g3e ({g}f)(e/d/) | c4 :|

 

MY BABY LOVES SHORTENIN’ BREAD.  AKA and see "Irish Cobbler," "Shortenin' Bread [2].”

 

MY BABY ON MY ARM. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 710, pg. 178.

X:1

T:My Baby on My Arm
M:2/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 710

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

C/D/ | E(3F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ | Bc/G/ B/G/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E2 E/F/ |

GG/F/ G/B/c/d/ | e>c fe/d/ | c>B G/B/c/d/ | ed/e/ c E/F/ | GG/F/ G/B/c/d/ |

e>c f/e/d/e/ | cd/B/ (G/B/).c.d | ed/e/ c C/D/ | E/F/E/C/ CE/F/ | Ge f/e/d/c/ |

B(3c/B/G/ B/F/ (3F/E/F/ | EE E ||


                       

MY BLESSINGS GO WITH YOU SWEET ERIN GO BRAGH. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. MacDowell, Dec., 1859" [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 864, pg. 215.

X:1

T:My blessings go with you sweet Erin go bragh

M:3/4

L:1/8
R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 864

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Dorian

B>G | (F2G2)B2 | c2f2 (c>B) | (G2F2) F2 | F4 f>g | (a2f2) a2 |

g2 (g>fec) | (B2c) e2 | f4 || f>g | a2 (a>g)fe | g2 (g>f)ec | (B2G2)e2 |

({G}B4) G2 | (F2G2) B2 | c2 ({c}f2) e/c/f/4e/4c/4B/4 | {F/A/}G2F2F2 | F4 :|

                       

MY BLONDE IS GONE. See "Ma Blonde est Parti."

                       

MY BOLD TRAINOR O (Mo Trainor Treumar O). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). D Mixolydian (?). Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 462, pg. 81.

X:1

T:My Bold Trainor O

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 462

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DEF|G2A c2B|AF2 E2D|D2F A2B|cB2 z2A|d2F GA2|F3 D2F|E3 D2D|D3||

FGA|B2B c2B|BA2 A2F|ABc d2e|(d3 d2)A|B2A d2B|AF2 D2E|D3 D2E|D3||

                       

MY BONNIE BAY MARE AND I. AKA and see "My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up."

           

MY BONNIE LADDIE. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Fling. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 169.

           

MY BONNIE LASS(IE). AKA and see "Scotland the Brave."

           

MY BONNY BRUNETTE (Ho rò mo nighean dònn bhoidheach). Scottish, March? E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air appears, from the words, to be the serenade of a lover to his mistress. He taps at her window, and, in  place of her usual gracious reply to his protestations of love, she appears at her window, but is on this occasion silent. Explanations, of course, become necessary, when it merely turned out that her silence proceeded from the minister sleeping in the adjoining apartment, and hazarded a disclosure of an amour, only secret till the consent of friends could be obtained" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 138, pg. 56.

X:1

T:My Bonny Brunette [1]

T:Ho rò mo nighean don bhòidheach

L:1/8

M:C

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c|B>AG>F [G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|eBB^G (A2 A)B/c/|

B>AG>F [G,3E3] c|B>AG>F [G,2E2] E>F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|

eBB^G (A2 A)B/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|

|:B|e>f g>f eBB~^d|ef/g/  f>^d e2 ^dc|B>GA>G g>fef/g/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|

B>AG>F [G,3E3] F|G>AB>^c dBBg/f/|eBB^G A2 AB/c/|B>AG>F [G,3E3]:|

 

MY BONNY BRUNETTE [2] (Ho! Rò! Mo nighean dònn bhoidheach).  AKA – “My Pretty Brown Girl.” Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2), c. 1882; No. 2, pg. 2.

X:1

T:My Bonny Brunette [2]

T:Ho! Ro! Mo nighean donn bhiodheach

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 2, No. 2 (c. 1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C | F>E D>C F2 C>A | A>A B>A G2 AB | c2B2C2c>B | A2 B>G F3 ||

                       

MY BONNIE MEGGY LAUDER. Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY BOY TAMMIE/TAMMY. Scottish, Strathspey or Highland Schottische. D Dorian (Hardings, Johnson): E Dorian/Minor (Kerr). Standard tuning. AA (Harding, Johnson): AABB (Kerr). First published in 1791. Bayard states this tune is a variation of "Muirland Willie" (and suggests that it should also be compared with "Kitty Alone"), while Glen asserts "My Boy Tammie" is derivative of that same tune. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 139, pg. 44. Johnson, vol. Vi, No. 502. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 205, pg. 24.

X:1

T:My Boy Tammie

M:C

L:1/8

B:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 139  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ddor

D|D>EF>G A>B c2|G>AG>F (E<C) zD|D>EF>G A>B c2|A>fe>d (A<d) z d|

d>ef>e d>cA>A|F>Ac>A G>EC>d|d>fe>f d>dA>A|F>GA>G (F<D) z:||

                       

MY BRAW HIGHLAND LADDIE. Scottish; Highland, Quickstep, March, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. One part (Kerr): AABB (Kennedy). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 143, pg. 34. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 47.

                       

MY BROTHER TOM (Tomas Mo Dearbratair). Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'. See also "Cailleach an Airgid," “The Hag with the money,” "I Was Born for Sport." The version in O’Neill is mistakenly printed in two sharps. Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 50. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 996, pg. 185. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 211, pg. 49.

X:1

T:My Brother Tom

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 996

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Mixolydian

D | DED AGE | GAB cBc | DED AGE | GcA GEC |

DED AGE | GAB cBc | edc dcA | GcA GED :|

|: ABc dcd | edc d2c | ABc d2e | fed cAG |1 ABc dcd |

edc d2c | GAB cBc | GcA GEC :|2 fed edc | dcA c2A |

GAB c2A| GcA GED ||

                       


MY BROTHER'S LETTER. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Nova Scotia musician Vincent MacLellan. Sources for notated versions: Eleanor Townsend (Ontario, Canada) [Hinds]; Sarah Michaels [Phillips]; Dennis Pitre (b. 1941, St. Felix, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 8. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 161. Gordon MacQuarrie (Ed.), Cape Breton Collection. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 86. Celestial Entertainment CECS001, Brenda Stubbert (Cape Breton, N.S.) - “In Jig Time!” (1995). Glencoe GMI‑001, "Cape Breton Symphony."

                       

MY CAPE BRETON HOME. Canadian, Waltz or Slow Air. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Matthiesen): AABB (Cranford). Composed in 1988 by the late fiddler Jerry Holland (1955-2009, Inverness, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) for his father, to commemorate their mutual love for Cape Breton. The tune is often played as a waltz. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 282, pg. 83. Matthiesen (Waltz Book I), 1992; pg. 36. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland ‑ "Lively Steps" (1987).

                       

MY CHARMER FROM CLARE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] Irish Minstrels and Musicians.” Source for notated version: the Whiteside manuscript [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:My Charmer from Clare

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Whiteside manuscript

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Andante con Sentimente" (3EFG|A2 A2 dc|B2 G2 (3AGE|(3DEF G2 G2|

G4 (3Bcd|e2 ef ge|f2 d2 ed|c2 BA B2|E4||(3Bcd|e2 ef ge|f2 d2 ed|

c2 BA B2|E4 (3EFG|A2 A2 dc|B2 G2 (3AGE|(3DEF G2 G2|G4||

           

MY CLOSEST FRIEND.  Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 275, pg. 99.

           

MY DADDY O. Scottish, Air. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 119.

                       

MY DARK ROSALEEN. AKA and see “Roisin Dubh [1].”

                       

MY DARLING. AKA and see "A Mhuirnin."

                       

MY DARLING ASLEEP (Mo Muirnin 'Sa Codlad). Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AABBCC (Harker/Rafferty). A popular Irish session tune; so much so, in fact, that it is sometimes seen as hackneyed, leading some wags to call it “My Darling’s a Sheep.” An uncorroborated story has Harry Bradshaw maintaining that Chief Francis O’Neill originally collected the tune from Abram Beamish as “My Darling in Bed,” but amended the title when he included it in MOI so as to preclude any suggestive connotations. Williamson's source, Leo Rowsome, died in 1970 after establishing himself as a key figure in Irish piping, both as a player and maker of pipes. Some see similarities in “Wink of Her Eye [2],” “Bold John O’Leary.” Sources for notated versions: piper Leo Rowsome (Ireland) [Williamson]; Abram Sweetman Beamish, a native of the adjoining parish to that of Caheragh, County Cork, where Francis O’Neill was born--although O’Neill got seven tunes from Beamish, only the “Fairhaired Boy [1]” and “Tie the Bonnet” were previously known to him despite their common place of origin [O’Neill]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the late 1980’s [Taylor]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926, who had his unusual three-part version from fiddler Aggie Whyte [Harker]. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 244, pg. 141. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 220, pg. 68. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 11. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 47. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 87, pg. 38. O’Brien (Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor), 1949. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 43. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 925, pg. 172. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1986; No. 159, pg. 41. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 145. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 1. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 36. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 78. Claddagh Records, CC11, Rowsome on "The Drones and the Chanters." Green Linnett SIF3012, Martin O’Connor - “The Connachtman’s Rambles” (1979).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Darling Asleep

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

e|fdd cAA|BAG A2G FAA def|gfg eag|fdd cAA BAG A2G|FAA def|gec d2:|

|:A FAA ABA|FAA BAG|FAA def|~g3 eag|fdd cAA BAG A2G|FAA def|gec d2:|

X:2
T:My Darling Asleep (Mo Muirnin 'Sa Codlad)
S:Aggie White tape
Z:lesl
P:3
M:6/8
K:Dmix
d2e|:fed cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|1 ge^c d2e:|2 ge^c d3||
|:dfa afd|g~g2 bag|faf dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|ge^c d3:||
|:FGA BAG|FGA BAG|FGA dfa|g~g2 eag|
f2d cAA|BGG A2G|FGA dfa|1 ge^c d3:|2 ge^c d3||

 

MY DARLING BOY IS FAR AWAY. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Ned Goggin the professional fiddler of Glenosheen Co. Limerick (c. 1844 ‑ 1850) {Joyce}. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 165, pg. 83.

X:1

T:My darling boy is far away

L:1/8

M:C

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

B>c|d2 BG B2A2|G4 F2 G>A|B2 AG B2c2|d3c B2c2|d2BG B2A2|G4 F2 G>A|

B3c d2A2|G2G2G2||d>e|f2 dc Bcde|f3 d2 (3def|g3a b2 ag|f2 ef dcBc|

d2 BG B2 A2|G4 F2 G>A|B3c d2A2|G2G2G2||

 

MY DARLING BOY IS GONE. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "A favourite around Ballymoney and in some parts of Tyrone. A despairing love song was sung to it" (Joyce). Source for notated version: sent to Joyce c. 1875 by Mr. J. McKenzie of Newtownards, “a great lover of Irish Music” [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 326, pg. 151.

X:1

T:My darling boy is gone

L:1/8

M:C

N:”Slow”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

K:D Minor

D|D2 FG AdAF|G>FDD D3A|d2 fd d2 AF|G2 AD F3c|

d2 fd d>c AF|GF GA{=B}c2 AF|D>EFG Ad AF|G>FDD D3||

 

MY DARLING DON'T LEAVE ME (Na Treig Me Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 424, pg. 74.

X:1

T:My Darling Don’t Leave Me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 424

N:”With feeling”

K:G

dc|B2 (3GAB AG|E2 DE (3GAB|A2G2G2|G4||de/f/|g2 ef {a}ge|d2B2 GB|

c2 cd e^c|d4 de/f/|{a}g2 ef ge|d2B2 (3GAB|c3d e/f/{a}g/e/|d4 dc|

B2 (3GAB AG|E2 DE (3GAB|A2G2G2|G4||

                       


MY DARLING FAIR MAID (Mo Cailin Fionn Dileas). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 195. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1690, pg. 314.

X:1

T:My Darling Fair Maid

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1690

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ GG/>B/ | d/>B/G/>B/ dd/>e/ | d/>B/ (3B/A/G/ AA/>B/ |

c/>A/B/>G/ EB/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ GG/>A/ | d/>B/G/>B/ dg/>e/ |

d/>B/G/>D/ G/>A/B/>G/ | (A/<B/) G/>G/ g :: G/>A/ | B/>dd/>e/ dg/>e/ |

d/>B/ (3B/A/G/ AA/>B/ | c/>B/c/>d/ e/>f/g/>e/ | d/>B/A/>G/ AA/>B/ |

c/>B/c/>d/ e/>f/g/>e/ | d/>B/A/>G/ A/>c/B/>A/ | G/>E/D/>E/ G/>A/B/>G/ | (A/<B/) G/>G/ G :|

                       

MY DARLING HAS DECEIVED ME (Rinnm'eudail mo mhealladhd). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. This tune "is one of the love songs to which it is so difficult to attach incident, but is given as communicated through the gentlemen mentioned in the Prospectus" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 174, pg. 71.

X:1

T:My darling has deceived me

T:Rinn m’eudail mo mhealladh

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection   (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>G|d3e g2|(d2e) z G>G|d3e g2|(ag2) z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|

([F2A2] B)z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|(A G2) z G>G|d3eg2|(d2e)z G>G|

d3eg2|ag2 z f>e|[B2d2][A2c2][G2B2]|([F2A2]B) z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|

(A G2) z||d>c|B2g2B2|(A2G)z d>B|c3de2|(a g2)z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|

([F2A2]B) z g>e|[B3d3] D G2|(A G2) z d>c|B2g2B2|(A2G) z d>B|c3d e2|

(a g2) z f>e|[B2e2][A2c2][G2B2]|[F2A2] Bz g>e|d3D G2|A G2 z||

                       

MY DARLING I AM FOND OF YOU (Mo Muirnin Graduigim Tu). AKA - "Then She Sung Most Charming." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill learned the song from the singing of his father, when a boy in Bantry, west Cork. The second strain is repeated after the fourth, “evidently to correspond with an extra line in the verse.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 16, pg. 3.

X:1

T:My Darling I am Fond of You

L:1/8

M:3/4

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 16

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|F4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|

G2A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|F4A2|E4D2|D4||D2|F4G2|A2B2c2|

d4e2|f4e2|d4c2|A4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|E4D2|D4E2|

F4G2|A4d2|d4c2|A4B2|G4A2|F6|D4D2|D4E2|F4A2|E4D2|D4||

                       

MY DARLING IS ON HIS WAY HOME. Irish, Air ("not a Jig") {6/8 time}. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "Taken down in my young days from Morry Dwane of Glenosheen" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 34, pg. 20.

X:1

T:My darling is on his way home

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Song Air (“Moderately”)

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|edB ABG|EGE D2 E/F/|GAB edB|(A3 A2) B/d/|edB ABG|E/F/G/A/B/d/ e2fe|

dBG AEF|(G3 G2)||B|def gfe|fdB B2d|ede fed|(e3 e2)d|edB ABG|Bdf g2 f/e/|

dBG AEF|(G3 G2)||

                       

MY DARLING KATHLEEN (Caitilin Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 622, pg. 110.

X:1

T:My Darling Kathleen

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 622

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B4 AG|d4 cB|g4 fe|d (b3B) z/B/|B4 AG|A2 e3 (d/c/)|B3c BA|G4 zD|B4 AG|

d4 cB|g3f ag|f3e cA|A (G3G)g|g (D3 D)G|B4 B A2|G4 z||B|g4 fe|f f3 d2|e4 de|

(c B3) A2|G4 FE|E E3 E2|G4 G>G|F4 zD|B4 AG|d4 cB|g2 a3 g|g e3 fg|(g3 d)BG|

GF B3A|A2 d3c|B4 B2|(B3 A)ce|d2 g3 e|d A3 c2|c B3 B2|B3 Ace|g2 G4|E2 D3 d|d2 G4||

                       

MY DARLING PEGGY WHITE. Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. "A Connemara Air" (Joyce). Source for notated version: William Elliott Hudson, "a well known Irish patriot and scholar of the last century" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 771, pg. 378.

X:1

T:My Darling Peggy White

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f/e/ | d2A A2G | A2F D2C | D2E F2F | (F3 F2)A | c2A cde | f3 e2f | d2A A2c | (d3d2)A |

c2A cde | f3e2f | d2A A=Bc | (d3d2) f/e/ | d2A A2G | A2F D2C | D2E F2F | (F3F2) ||

                       

MY DEAR AND ONLY LOVE TAKE HEED. AKA and see "Derwentwater's Farewell,” "Montrose Lasses,” "Chevy Chase" (a version), "Jock o' the Syde,” "Dick o' the Cow,” "I'll Never Love Thee More [1].”

                       

MY DEAR CLEVER LAD.  See “Mo robairneach gaolach.”

 

MY DEAR DARLING (S’a Muirnin Dileas). AKA and see "Savourneen Deelish,” "I Saw from the Beach,” "T'is Gone, and Forever,” "Miss Molly.” Irish, Air (4/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodiess), 1903/1979; No. 309, pg. 54.

X:1

T:My Dear Darling

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 309

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2 d>e dcc>d|B>A Bd/c/ BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 c>B/4c/4 d3A|

d2 f>d dcc>d|BAB=c BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 {d}c>c {c}d3||A|

d2 d>e f2 f>a|g2 f>e fd B>c|2 f>d dccd|BAB=c BAFf|a>gfe dcc>d|

BA Bd/c/ BAFB|A>GFE D>EFA|B2 {d}c>c {c}d2||

                       

MY DEAR, DURST I BUT MOW YOU. AKA and see "The Miller's Daughter [1]," "The Miller's Wedding.” Scottish. appears in the 1717‑c.1740 George Skene Manuscript (f.3v).

 

MY DEAR IRISH GIRL. Irish, Air (4/4 & 6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says: “Not a few songs or ballads have been sung to a variant of this old air, one of them being named The Hat My Father Wore. Where the second part came from the Editor is unable to say, except that it has lodged in his memory for many years.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:My Dear Irish Girl

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Con spirito"(3DEF|GFGB edBG|AGEE E3 d|efgf eede|ccBA B3 d|!

efgf efde|ccBA e2 dB|GFGB edBG|AGEE E3||!

M:6/8

L:1/8

D|GAG GAG|BAG Bcd|GAG GFG|FAG FED|!

GAG G2 G|BAG Bcd|efg edB|AGF G2||!

                       

MY DEAR JEWEL. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 242.

                       

MY DEAR LITTLE GIRL. AKA and see "Ma Chere 'Tite Fille".

                       


MY DEAR, WE'LL GET MARRIED IF LOVE COMES ON. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑‑on‑Suir, 1884, "a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and songs. He must have been then well over seventy years of age" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 255, pg. 123.

X:1

T:My dear, we’ll get married if love comes on

L:1/8

M:3/4

N:”Slow”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

EF|G2G2 GA|G>E C2D2|E2c2B2|A4 cd|e2c2e2|d2c2B2|A2 AGE>D|E4 cd|

e2c2e2|d2c2 Bc|A2 AGE>F|G4 CD|EF G2A2|G>E C2D2|E2c2B2|A4||

                       

MY DEARIE AN THOU DIE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. The melody, which is related to “The Lea Rig” and “My Own Kind Dearie,” appears in the Adam Craig collection (1730) in a march-like setting. Bruce Olson finds it listed (as “My Dearie if Thou Die”) in the Leyden Lyra Viol Manuscript from around 1692 (pg./No. 12). Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), Vol. II, 1782; No. 190, pg. 70.
X:1

T:My Dearie an thou die

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird, Vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

e/d/ | cGGE | G>A G/A/c/d/ | e/d/c/B/ A/B/A/G/ | A3c | G>A c>e | d/c/d/e/ ga |

ge f/e/d/c/ | A2 A :: e/f/ | g>age | ggeg | a/b/c’/b/ a/g/e/g/ | a2 aA/B/ |

c>d ed/c/ | d/c/d/e/ ga | g/a/c’/e/ f/e/d/c/ | A2 A :|

                       

MY DEARY/DEARIE SITE OWER LATE UP. AKA ‑ "My Laddie Sits Ower Late Up." AKA and see "My Bonnie Bay Mare and I." English, Scottish; Jig and Air (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Raven, Bruce & Stokoe): ABCDEFFGGHHII (Peacock). "This nursery song is thoroughly local, and dates from about the beginning of last century. There is such an insignificant difference between the above tune and 'Dorrington Lads', that they are usually taken to be the same air. As it is, however, better to err in repetition than in omission, we have included both, premising that we have been unable to settle the question of priority of date" (Stokoe & Bruce). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.  A humorous song about drinking goes to the air:

***

My dearie sits ower late up,

My hinny sits ower late up,

My laddy sits ower late up,

Betwixt the pint pot and the cup.

***

Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 155. Peacock (Peacock’s Tunes), c. 1805/1980; No. 24, pgs. 8‑9. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 131. Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976).

X:1

T:My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up

T:My Bonnie Bay Mare and I

M:9/8

L:1/8

R:Air and Jig

S: Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

e|dBG BdB G2e|dBG dB/c/d/B/ A2e|dBG dB/c/d/B/ GAB|c>de/f/ gdB A2:|

|:g|fef gdB G2g|fef gdB A2g|fef gdB GAB|c>de/f/ gdB A2:|

                       

MY DERMOT (Mo Diarmaid). Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "lively"). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill credits the tune to Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 232. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Selections), 1903/1979; No. 647, pg. 116.

X:1

T:My Dermot

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Lively”

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 647

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

F | A2A ABG | F2E D2 (A/B/) | c2c cdB | ({d}c3) c2B |

A2A ABG | F2E D2 (3A/B/c/ | d2 d (de^c) | d3 d2 || (d/e/) |

F2f fge | f2A A2 (A/B/) | ({d}c)Bc ({e}d2)B | ({d}c3) c2B |

A2A ABG | F2E D2A | d2d de^c | d3 d2 ||

                       

MY DOG DIES. AKA and see "James Lee's Favorite Jig." American, Dance Tune. Composition credited to Zeke Backus in Ryan’s/Cole's 1000. Backus has been called a New England bandleader and tune composer, although this cannot be substantiated at this time. Some say that Backus was (also?) a minstrel performer, and apparently spent at least some time in San Francisco. However, according to Rice’s comprehensive Monacrchs of Minstrelsy (1908), only a Charles Backus was listed in the annals of minstrel performers. It was Charles who was a minstrel in California, and well as the east coast, and he even toured Australia several times. It is not known what, if any, connection he may have had with ‘Zeke’. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 6.

                       

MY DUNGANNON SWEETHEART. Canadian, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Composed by the late Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend (d. 1998) for his wife Eleanor, also a championship fiddler. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 25. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. NMAS 1972, Natalie MacMaster - "Fit as a Fiddle" (1993). Claddagh CC49, Skylark - “All of It” (appears as “Graham Townsend’s Jig”) Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend ‑ "Le Violon/The Fiddle." Philo 1153, Sharon Shannon - “Sharon Shannon.”

X:1

T:My Dungannon Sweetheart

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:C Major

DDE FAd | ~f3 fec | edd dAF | AGG GEC |

A,CE AcE | ~a3 agf | gec ABc | [1 dFB ~A3 :|| [2 ~d3 dde|

~f3 fdB | ~A3 AAB | AFB AFF | AGG GBd |

~g3 gec | Ace aaf | gec ABc | [1 dFB ~A3 :|| [2 ~d3 dde ||

                       

MY EPPIE IS TRUE. Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY EVELEEN GAVE ME A SECRET TO KEEP. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "Mick Dinneen of Coolfree, Co. Limerick: 1853" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 151, pg. 77.

X:1

T:My Eveleen gave me a secret to keep

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Mod: time well marked”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

d/c/|BAG DGB|AcA FGA|BAG dcA|GAG F<D d/c/|BAG DGB|AcA FGA|

B/c/d/e/f/d/ gdc|BGG G2||G/A/|B>cd/e/ fef|gag g>f/g/a/|bag fdc|

dg{b}a g2 b/a/|g/f/a/g/f/e/ dfc|AcA FGA|B/c/d/e/f/d/ gdc|BGG G2||

                       

MY EWIE WI' THE CROOKET HORN. See "Ewie Wi' the Crooked Horn."

                       

MY FAIR AND FAITHFUL DEAR ONE (Mo Rùn bhan dileas). AKA and see “Mo rùn bhan dileas.” Scottish, Air (3/4 time).

 

MY FAIR-HAIRED DARLING [1] (Mavourneen Na Gruaige Baine). AKA and see "Charmer With the Fair Locks," "Dobbin's Flowery Vale [1]," "Maid of Templenoe," "One Evening in June," "Youth and Bloom." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Learned by Francis O’Neill as a boy from the singing of his father in Bantry, West County Cork, “after the daily routine of the farm work was over” [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 37, pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Fairhaired Darling [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Waltz tempo”

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FG | A4 g2 | f4d2 | e4A2 | B2A2G2 | F4A2 | d4d2 | (d6 | d2)z2 || e2 | f4e2 | f4g2 | a4f2 |

g2e2d2 | c4A2 | B4^G2 | (A6 | A2) z2 de | f4e2 | f4g2 | a4f2 | g2e2d2 | c4A2 | B4^G2 |

(A6 | A2) z2 FG | A4g2 | f4d2 | e4A2 | B2A2G2 | F4A2 | d4d2 | (d6 | d2) z2 ||

 

MY FAIR-HAIRED DARLING [2] (Mo Muirnin Na Gruaige Baine). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Cazden (et al, 1982) remarks this is a variant of a rather large tune family, which includes his duple-time Catskill Mountain (New York) collected song "The Poor Man's Family," as well as some versions of "The Banks of Newfoundland" and "The Lowlands of Holland." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 242, pg. 42. O’Neill (1913), pg. 120.

X:1

T:My Fair-Haired Darling [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 242

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c |

A3 G3 | (F3 F2)G | A4 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d |

=f3 de^f | g2f d2c | A2G F2A | (G3 G3) | G3 z2 || c | d2c d2e | 

=f3 de^f | g2f d2e | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c | A3 G3 | (F3 F2)G |

A3 G2F | D2G G2F | G3 AGF | G2A c2d | =f3 de^f | g2f d2c |

A2G F2A | (G3 G3) | G3 ||

                       

MY FAIR LOVE IS LEAVING ME (Ta Mo Grad Geal Dom Treigine). Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 21, pg. 6.

                       

MY FATHER. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton) in honor of her father, Robert Stubbert (b. 1923), also a fiddler from whom she learned much repertoire. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 60, pg. 21. Brenda Stubbert - “Tamerack ‘er Down” (1985).

                       

MY FAVORITE DRAM. AKA and see "(A) Highland Bumpkin." AKA ‑ "Ho ro mo bhoban an dram." Scottish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'CC'. This tune "is a well‑known and popular bacchanalian Highland melody; but Culduthel's set of the words and music are so superior to any the editor has heard, that it is rather fortunate his edition of the air happens to be in print before an imperfect standard came forward" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 164, pg. 67.

                       


MY FAVOURITE, IF I COULD GET THEE. AKA ‑ "Stu mo luaidh na'm faighinn thu.” Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This is one of the airs which bear similitude to one of our standard Scottish melodies, 'In Winter, When the Rain Rain'd Cauld.' How an air, with words so ancient as those attached to this one, should have existed in the Highlands, and no person import it, can only be accounted for by its being a real native, and new‑modelled by Oswald or Macgibbon" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 62, pg. 22.

X:1

T:My favourite if I could get thee

T:’Stu mo luaidh na’m faighinn thu

L:1/8

M:3/4

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F|B>B B3d|c>B A4|B>A G3F|F>E D4|B>B B3c|d>e f3g|f>e d3c|dB B3:|

F|B>B f3d|c>B A4|d>G G3F|B>F D4|B>B c3B|cd/f/ g3d|f>e d3c|dB B2 zF|

B>B f3d|c>B A4|d>G G3F|B>F D4|B>B c3B|cd/f/ g3 z/d/|f>e d3c|B3 A G||

                       

MY FAVORITE JIG. American, Hornpipe. USA, North Dakota. A Major ('A' part) & E Major ('B' & 'C' parts). Standard tuning. AABC. This tune took its name from a type of banjo tune called a 'jig', rather than the Irish jig form; it is effectively what is better known as a hornpipe or clog. Pancerzewski credits the tune to an old fiddler named Mr. Oard, once a professional musician for vaudeville theaters, who came into Elvy Osborne's barber shop at times in the early 20th century to jam. Source for notated version: MS of Elvy Osborne (Minot, North Dakota) [Pancerzewski]. Pancerzewski (The Pleasures of Home), 1988; pg. 7.

 

MY FIDDLE. Irish, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Learned by Joyce in his childhood in Co. Limerick, c. 1840. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 72, pg. 39.

X:1

T:My Fiddle

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Hornpipe

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

ed|cGEG c2 ed|cGEG c2 ed|cdec fedc|B2d2d2 ed|cGEG c2 de|

fgab c’bag|agae fdcB|c2c2c2::gf|efge agfe|f2d2 dcde|defd gfed|

e2c2c2ed|cGEG cdec|fgab c’bag|agae fdcB|c2c2c2:|

 

MY FIRST NIGHT IN AMERICA. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: “adapted from Joe Derrane’s recording” [O’Malley]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 60, pg. 78. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 77, pg. 59.

X: 1

T: My First Night in America

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 350

S: Luke O'Malley vol 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: Jig

K: G

D | GFG AFD | GFG Bcd | e/f/ge dBG | A2 G FED |

GFG AFD | GFG Bcd | e/f/ge dBG | AGF G2 :|

|: d | gfg bge | d^cd e=cA | Bcd efg | a/b/ag fed |

gfg bge | d^cd e=cA | Bdg dBG | AGF G2 :|

 

MY FORMER WIFE ("An Bean Do Bi/Be Ceana/Ceadna Agam" or "An Bean Do Bi an Tan Agam"). AKA and see “Bantry Bay (Jig),” “Jackson’s Coggie/Coge (in the Morning).” Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was introduced to Chicago traditional musicians by uilleann piper Bernard Delaney in the late 19th century, wrote Chief Francis O’Neill, although he had sourced it to South Leitrim piper (and Chicago police sergeant) James Early in his first publication, Music of Ireland (1903). Chief O’Neill remembered: “The sudden popularity which (“My Former Wife”) achieved became a source of no little embarrassment to its sponsor. It was one of the ‘pet’ jigs which he liked to play at public entertainments. When (Leitrim-born James) Early and (County Mayo-born John) McFadden (a famous Chicago pipe/fiddle duo) happened to be on the same programme and came on the stage ahead of Delaney, the mischievous pair never failed to play his favorite tune” (Irish Folk Music, pg. 96). Piper Delaney was described by O’Neill as “capable of craning or playing the Connaught staccato system of execution, the free and rolling style with a liberal sprinkling of graces and trills was his favourite.” The range of the tune (to a high ‘c’ natural) helps it to stand out in the repertoire, and the flute-playing O’Neill must have thought it an important tune to include it in three of his collections. Another Chicago-based piper from the same era, Patsy Tuohey, recorded the melody. Source for notated version: Chicago piper Bernard Delaney [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 150, pg. 85. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 849, pg. 158. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 110, pg. 33. Compass Records 7 4446 2,Oisíin McAuley – “From the Hills of Donegal” (2007). Drumlin Records, Brain McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream.”

See also listings at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Former Wife

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 110

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

E|EAA ABc|BAG c2A|BGE EFE|GED DED|EAA ABc|BAB GBd|ede gdB|BAA A2:|

|:d|e^fg abc’|bag a2g|ede g2a|g<ba ged|e^fg abc’|bag a2g|ede gdB|BAA A2:|

           

MY FRIEND AND PITCHER. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Friend and Pitcher

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D | D3F A3B | AF d>F {F}E2 zF | D3F A3B | d3e fd AB/c/ | d2 dc B3A | AF AB d3B |

A<F ED “tr”E3F | D3E FD zF | D3F A3B | AF dF E3F | D3F A3B | d3e f>e dd/e/ |

f>d e>c d3 {e/d/c/}B | AF AB d2 zB | A<F ED “tr”E3F | D3E FD ||

                                   

MY FRIEND BUDDY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton musician and composed Dan Hughie MacEachern in honor of his friend, fiddler Buddy MacMaster. Rounder RO 7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996. Learned from her uncle, Buddy MacMaster).

                       

MY FROG AIN'T GOT NO BLUES. Old‑Time. Recorded by Eck Robertson (Texas, 1929) on Victor, but unissued.

                       

MY GENTLE MILKMAID. See “Mo Chuachag Laghach.”

                       

MY GIRL IS ON THE OCEAN. American (?), Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. In the manuscript the tune is headed “My Girl is on the Ocean, or going to America” and “From Joseph Duma.” Elsewhere in the manuscript Mount transposed the tune to the key of F Minor on a page dated Sept. 21st, 1845. Source for notated version: the muisc manuscripts of painter William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), of Setauket, Long Island.

X:1

T:My Girl is on the Ocean, or going to America (sic)

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:William Sidney Mount manuscripts, dated Sept. 21st, 1845.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Edor

G/B/E/F/ GF/E/ | F/A/D/E/ F/A/F/D/ | E/F/G/A/ B/A/B/d/ |1 e/c/d/A/ B E/E/ :|

|2 e/c/d/A/ B ^G/A/ || B/e/e/f/ gf/e/ | d/e/f/g/ a/f/d/f/ | e/B/e/f/ gf/e/ |

f/a/g/f/ ee>d | B/e/e/f/ gf/e/ | ^d/e/f/g/ a/f/d/f/ | e/c/B/A/ ^G/A/B/d/ | e/d/c/A/ BE/E/ ||

“variations, A part”

e/f/ | g/b/e/f/ gf/e/ | f/a/d/e/ f/a/f/d/ | g/b/e/f/ gf/e/ | f/a/g/f/ (3e/e/ee :|

“variations, last measure of B part”

e/<c/d/<B/ A/<F/B/<E/ ||

                       

MY GIRL'S GONE CRAZY. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

                       

MY GREAT FRIEND JOHN MORRIS RANKIN.  Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Brenda Stubbert for the late fiddler John Morris Rankin (d. 2000). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

 

MY GREAT GLEN OF SCOTLAND. AKA ‑ "The Great Glen of Scotland," "Gleann Mor na h‑Albainn." Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. See note for "The Great Glen of Scotland." Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 89, pg. 34.

X:1

T:Great Glen of Scotland, The

T:My Great Glen of Scotland

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser – Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d/>B/ | AFF D>F (F/G/) | A>(BA/G/) F2 d/>B/ | A.F.F F>(EF/G/) | AB>^A B>cd/>G/ |

A.F.F D>F (F/G/) | A>BA/F/ ({F}d2) (d/e/) | f>(ed/c/) ({c}d(B/A/)(G/^E/) |

Fd”tr”c {Bc}{c}B2 :| (a/g/) | f{^g}a{^g}a e{^g}a{^g}a | {f}a>ba/=g/ {g}f2 a/g/ |

“tr”f(a/^g/a/).f/ e”tr”(a/g/a/).e/ | fb>^a b2 (b/c’/) | (d’/c’/)b/a/g/f/ (b/a/)g/f/e/d/ |

{f}a>ba/g/ [d2f2] (d/e/) | “tr”f>ed/c/ {c}d(B/A/)(G/^E/) | Fd”tr”c {Bc} {c}B2 A/G/ |

F.A.A E.A.A | A>(BA/G/) | F2G | “tr”f(A/^G/A/)F/ “tr”E(A/G/A/).E/ | FB>^A B2 (B/c/) |

(d/c/)B/A/G/F/ (B/A/)G/F/E/D/ | A>BA/G/ F2 D/>E/ | “tr”F>ED EDC | CF^A, {C}B,2 ||

 

MY GRANDFATHER’S NIGHTCAP. AKA and see “Seol na nGeabhaigh.”

 


MY GUIDING STAR (Mo Reulta Eoluidhe). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Berine, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 613, pg. 316.

                       

MY HEART HURTS. AKA and see "Mon Coeur Fait Mal."

                       

MY HEART IS BLACK AS A SLOE. AKA ‑ "Ta Mo Chroidhe Chomh Chiar Dubh Le H‑Airne." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "copied from a MS. collection lent to Mr. Pigot by James Hardiman, the historian of Galway and editor of Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 764, pg. 375.

                       

MY HEART IS BREAKING (Ta Mo Croide Ag Brisead). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 416, pg. 73.

X:1

T:My Heart is Breaking

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 416

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2|d3e fedc|d2A2 A3F|G3B AGFE|F2D2 D3A|d3e fedc|d2A2 A3F|

G3B dBAG|F2D2D2||A2|d3e f2d2|e3c A3A|d2 {e/4d/4c/4}de f2d2|

e2c2c2 de|f3d fedc|d2 {e/4d/4c/4}de f2 F2|G3B AGFE|F2 D2D2||

                       

MY HEART IS BROKE(N) SINCE THY DEPARTURE (Gun Bhris Mo Chrish’ On Dh’fhalbh Thu). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "From Captain Fraser's Collection" (Skye). This "is one of the love songs to which it is so difficult to attach incident, as every pair of lovers instantly apply the words and airs that suit them to their own case. This is, however, one of the sacred compilation made by the gentlemen named in the prospectus, and universally admired on all convivial occasions. Within their own district they had the aid of a celebrated son of song, Mr. Thomas Houston, whose family are proprietors in Sutherland" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 116, pg. 46. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1992; No. 45. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 191. Greentrax CDTRAX 9009, Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) - “Scottish Tradition 9: The Fiddler and his Art” (1993).

X:1

T:My heart is broke since thy departure

T:Gun bhris mo chridh’ o’n dh’ fhalbh thu

M:C

L:1/8

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

F/>G/|A>Bc>d cAAz/B/|c>f f/e/f/g/ a2 g/z/ F/G/|A>Bc>d c<A a>g|f>d c<A G2 F:|

c/d/4e/4|f>ga>d dcc c/d/4e/4|f>g ag f2 zc/d/4e/4|f>g a>d c<A a>g|f>dc>A G2 F c/d/4e/4|

f>g a>d dcc c/d/4e/4|f>g a>g f2 zc/d/4e/4|f>g a>d c<A a>g|f>d c<A G2 F||

                       

MY HEART IS HEAVY. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 71, pg. 43.

X:1

T:My Heart is Heavy

M:4/4
L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915), No.

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

FD | C2 DF A2 fe | d>edc A2 GA | c2 de fdcB | AF/A/G>F D2 FD | C2 FG A2 d>c |

cAGF f3d | cBAF GFD>C | CDF>F F2 || AB | c2 df f2 ef | gfed c2 (3cde | f3e d2 c>B |

AFGF D2 FD | C2 DF F2fe | d>edc A2 dc | BAGF GFD>C | CDF>F F2 ||

                       

MY HEART IS SAIR FOR SOMEBODY. Scottish, Fling. G Major. Standard tuning. AA. Harding’s All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 168, pg. 53.

X:1

T:My Heart is Sair for Somebody

M:C

L:1/8

R:Fling

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 168  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>Bd>B A>G (A<B)|G>GB>d ez d<B|G>Bd>B A>G (A<B)|(G<E) E>A dz B>G|

ez c>e dz B<G|cz B>G Az F<D|G>BA>c B>e dz|(G>E)E>D dz (B<G):|

                       

MY HEART IS SORE (Ta Mo Croide Craidte). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "plaintive"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: credited to Chicago Police Sergeatn James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 563, pg. 99.

X:1

T:My Heart is Sore

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Plaintive”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 563

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GA|B2 Bc AB|G2 G2 Bc|d2e2 dB|A4 de/f/|g3a bg|ag e>d Bd|{d}cB G2 G>{B}A|G4||

GA|BG dB AB|G2 G2 GA|Bd ef e^d|e3f gf|e>d Bd gB|A2 G2 Bd|{d}cB G2 G>{B}A G4||

                       

MY HEART IS YOUR SLAVE (Is Do Drugaire Mo Croide). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 302, pg. 52.

X:1

T:My Heart is Your Slave

L:1/8

M:3/4

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 302

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

gfe|d2 BG BA|A2 Bd ed|B2 GB AG|G3 g/f/ fe|d2 BG BA|A2 Bd cd|

B2 GB A>G|G3||G/A/ Bc|d2 fe ed|d2 GB/d/ ef|g>f gb ag|

g2f a/g/ fe|^cd/=c/ BG BA|A3B cd|B2 GB A>G|G3||

                       

MY HEART WAS SO FREE. AKA and see "Pray, fair one, be kind." The tune appears under this name in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729. Kidson (1922) was not able to trace the air.

                       


MY HEART WITH LOVE IS BREAKING. AKA and see "Duke Gordon,” "The Duke of Gordon's Rant," "The Duke of Gordon's Favourite," "Lord Gordon," "The Pride of Kildare [3]," "The Rakes of Drumlish," "The Rocks of Antiluce,"  "The Scotch Rose," "The Scotch Patriot's Reel," "The Waterloo Reel [5]."

                       

MY HEART'S FULL OF JOY (Ta Mo Croide Lutgaireac). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "playful"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 279, pg. 48.

X:1

T:My Heart’s Full of Joy

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Playful”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 279

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(D/>G/) | B>cA GAB | ({A/B/}c2)B ({B}A2)d | G2 ({c/d/}e) d<BA |

GBc d2 (D/>G/) | B>cA GBd | g({a/g/}f)e d2d | dcB ABA | G2 (B/A/) G2 ||

d | g({a/g/}f)g agf | gdB G2 ((B/>d/}) | g({a/g/}f)e dBc | d3 d2 (B/>d/) |

g({a/g/}f)e agf | gBd g2e | dcB ABA | G2 (B/A/) G2 ||

                       

MY HEATHER HILLS. AKA and see “Jock Tamson’s,” “The Road to India.” Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 2, pg. 26.

 

MY HOME (Mo Dhachaidh). AKA and see "My Own/Ain House."

 

MY HOME WALTZ. AKA and see "My Own House."

 

MY HONEST DEAR NEIGHBOR I NE’ER KILLED YOUR CAT. Irish, Air (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. What are the words to this one?! Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 470, pg. 118.

X:1

T:My honest dear neighbour I ne’er killed your cat

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Stanford/Petrie – No. 470  (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E | (EA).A {B}c2c | dcd Bcd | cBA GED | E3 A2 :|

c | dBc d2e | dBc d2B | Bee dBA | Bc^d e2E | EAA {B}c2c |

dcd {c}B2d | cBA GED | E3 A2 ||

 

MY HONEY IN THE HOUSE (Mo Muirnin Annsa Tig). AKA and see “My Love is in the House [2].” Irish, Highland or Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Kennedy): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 144, pg. 34. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 149. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1491, pg. 276. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 715, pg. 126.

X:1

T:My Honey in the House

L:1/8

M:C|

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 715

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

DEFG A2 AB|cAdB cAGE|DEFG A2 AG|EFGE FD D2|EFGE FD D2|DEFG A2 AB|

Addc dfed|cAGE FD D2||d2 fd efge|d2 fd edcB|AGAB c2 cA|EFGE FD D2|

d2 fd efge|d2 fd edcB|Addc dfed|cAGE FD D2||

 

MY HOUSE WALTZ. AKA and see "My Home Waltz," "My Own House Waltz."

 

MY JEWEL, MY JOY. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "From Mr. W. Aldwell of Cork ("Dec. 17, 1848"), who heard air and song sung in Cork about the year 1790. He remembered one verse of the song (given here), which, as Forde remarks, is curious for the absence of rhyme.

***

My jewel, my joy, don't trouble me with the drum,

Sound the dead march as my corpse goes along;

And over my body throw handfuls of laurel,

And let them all know that I'm going to my rest."

***

(Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 442, pg. 249.

X:1

T:My Jewel, My Joy

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Rather slow”

B:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 442 (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

E2|A2A2A2|e4 d2|e2g2e2|d2B2G2|A2A2 AB|c2B2c2|d2c2d2|

e4 ef|g2e2a2|g2 e2 ed|c2B2A2|G2A2B2|B2e2e2|d2g2e2|d2B2G2|A4||

 

MY JO JANET. Scottish, Air. C Major (Howe): D Major (McGibbon). Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AABB (McGibbon). The earliest form of the tune (with an anonymous lyric) appears in old lute manuscripts such as the Skene (c. 1615‑20) and Rowallan (c. 1612‑28). Emmerson (1972) groups this ballad with other anonymous lyrics from the 17th century (such as "Muirland Willie," "The Barrin' o the Door," and "The Wowing of Jok and Jynny") which "add considerably to our knowledge of the habits and outlook of these times." Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 126. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 91.

X:1

T:My Jo Janet

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(Gc)cc B>cdf | (ed)(cG) (E2G2) | (A>BcA) (B>cdf) | (ec)(cG) (E2G2) ||

(cAGE) F>E D2 | C2 (G>F) E2 G>G | (AcGE) (F>E) D2 | E<C (G>F) E2 Gz ||

X:2

T:My Joe Jannet

M:C|

L:1/8

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 91  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | (Bc) d2d2e2 | ({d}”tr”c3)d e2 ({e/f/}g2) | f2d2d2A2 | “tr”F4A2 :|

|: Bc | d2B2A2F2 | =c4E4 | F2d2A2D2 | d2D2A2(Bc) | (dc)(BA) (BA)(GF) |

=c4E4 | DEFG ABGA | “tr”F4 A2 :|

 

MY JOHNNY DEAR (Mo Seanin Dileas). Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 211, pg. 37.

X:1

T:My Johnny Dear

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:”Moderate”

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 211

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(D/E/) | FF F(E/D/) | A>F AB | AA .A(F/D/) | E3 (D/E/) | FF .F(E/D/) |

(A>F (AB) | (A/F/)(E/>F/) DD | D3 || AB/c/ | (d>e) dc | (B>A) Bc |

BA .A(F/D/) | E3 (D/E/) | FF .F(E/D/) | (A>F) (AB) | (A/F/)(E/>F/) DD | D3 ||

 

MY JOURNEY TO LONDON. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 487, pg. 269.


 

MY KATHLEEN DEAR. AKA and see "Lough Rea," "Bally Lough Riach." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: Dr. Browne, Mayo, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 443, pg. 250.

X:1

T:My Kathleen Dear

T:Lough Rea

T:Bally Lough Riach

M:C

L:1/8

N:The last bar, plus the pickup note ‘F’ in the 2nd to last

N:bar after the rest, is the refrain of the song.

R:Air

N:”Slow”

B:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 443 (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

f|c>BA>G FGF C|F>Acc d2 cf|c>BA>G G>AGF|G>Acc d2 cC|

F>FA>c d3 c/d/|f3g f2 ef|d>cf>e dcAG|F>FFG AG zF|D2 F>G F3||

 

MY KING HAS LANDED AT MOIDART. Scottish, Pipe Pibroch. This pipe pibroch commemorates the spot where Bonnie Prince Charlie first stepped foot on Scottish soil during the Jacobite rising of 1745. It is said to have been composed on the spot at the time of the landing (although this is disputed) by a member of the piping family of MacIntyres from Rannoch, one John MacIntyre (Collinson, 1975). See note for “Eight Men of Mudart/Muidart” for more information on the event and associated tales.

                       

MY LADDIE COMES ON FRIDAY. English. England, Northumberland. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY LADDIE SITS OWER LATE UP. AKA and see "My Dearie Sits Ower Late Up."

                       

MY LAD’S OVER BONNY FOR THE COAL TRADE. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Plain Brown Tune Book, 1997; pg. 29.

                       

MY LADY BALCLUGHE'S (BUCCLEUCH'S) AYRE. Scottish. From the Panmure Manuscript, #9454, Seventy Seven Dances, Songs and Scots Airs for Violin, c. 1675. Williamson relates in his notes to the tune that the most famous exploit of the Buccleuch's, a prominent Border family, was the daring rescue of Kinmont Willie from Carlisle Castle by Walter Scott of Branxholme, Laird of Buccleuch, in 1596. This latter bold man, later captured and sent to England, appeared before Queen Elizabeth, who asked him, "How dared you undertake such a dangerous and presumptuous venture?"  Whereupon Buccleuch replied, "What does a man not dare to do?"  Finding merit in this response Elizabeth is reported to have said, "With ten thousand such men, our brother of Scotland might shake the firmest throne of Europe." She followed up by soon returning him unharmed to Scotland. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2."

                       

MY LADY BINNIS LILT. See note for “Jock O’ Hazeldean.”

 

MY LADY CAREY'S DOMPE. English, Dance Air (cut time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB & variations. A 'dumpe' was a sort of slow dance in vogue in the England of Henry VIII, the early 16th century, but nothing much is known about it. This air is from a MS in the British Museum. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 222.

 

MY LADY CULLEN(‘S DELIGHT). AKA - "My Lady Cullen.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). E Minor (Raven): D Minor (Barnes, Sharp). Standard tuning. AB (Sharp): AABB (Barnes, Raven). The melody was published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 13 & 42 (the latter is a facsimile copy of the Playford original). Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 26.

X:1

T:My Lady Cullen

M:2/2

L:1/8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes   (1909)

K:D Minor

A2A2 f3f|gfed ^c3 c|d2d2A2f2|e4 d4|A2A2 f3f|gfed ^c3c|d2d2 A2f2|e4 d4||

A2A2 c3c|F3G A3c|B2G2G2G2|A2 =Bc d4|A2A2 c3c|F3G A3c|B2G2G2G2|A2 =Bc d4||

 

MY LADY FOSTER’S DELIGHT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). F Major/D Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody dates to 1703. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 76.

X:1

T:My Lady Foster’s Delight

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

AG | F2A2E2A2 | D2A2d2 de | f2 ed gfge | ^c6 AB | =c2 cd B2 Bc |

A2 d/c/B/A/ G2 AB | C2 BA G>FE>G | F6 ||: cB| A2c2G2c2 | F2c2E2c2 |

D2B2^C2^G2 | A6 ag | fafa fafa | egeg egeg | f2 ed Ad^ce | d4 F2 :|

 

MY LADY HOPE'S SCOTCH-MEASURE. Scottish. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes‑‑the first appearence in print of the term 'Scotch Measure'.

 


MY LADY LAUDLAN'S LILT. Scottish. From the Skene MS of c. 1615. Williamson says that various versions of the tune occur in both 3/4 and 4/4 time, and he suggests the title may refer to the Lady Lothian who was the wife of Mark Kerr, Earl of Lothian, who died in 1609. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, Vol. 2."

 

MY LADY WINWOOD'S MAGGOT. AKA and see "Nobody's Jig." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Maud Karpeles notes this tune, which dates to 1728 under this title (though to 1686 as "Nobody's Jigg"), can be used as an alternative accompaniment to the Flamborough Sword Dance. A 'maggot' was another name for a dram, a unit of liquid measure, and also meant a small thing of little consequence, or a plaything; from the Italian Magioletta. Maggots were latter 17th century longways country dances written generally to triple-time tunes and often dedicated to a personage. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; pg. 18‑19. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 50.

X:1

T:My Lady Winwood’s Maggot

T:Nobody’s Jig

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

|:g2|f2d2 d2 ef|g2 G2 G2 g2|f2 d2 defd|g6 ag|f2d2 d2 ef|g2 d2 d2 c2|B4 A4|G6:|

|:cB|c2 e2 e2 dc|Bc d2d2 cB|c2 e2 e2 dc|B2 d2 d2 B2|cBcd edef|g2d2 d2c2|B4 A4|G6:|

 

MY LADY’S COURANT. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). F Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Sharp (1909) notes “My Lady’s Courant” is to the tune of “Walton Abbey.” Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 49.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Courant

L:1/8

M:2/2

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

|:f2g2a2 ga|bagf e2c2|d2B2 G2c2|A2F2 c4|

f2g2a2 ga|bagf e2c2|d2 B2 G2c2|A2 F6:|

|:G2E2 GEGE|c2G2 A2F2|d2B2 dBdB|g2d2 e2c2|

a2 gf g2 fe|defg e2c2|dcBA G2c2 A2 F6:|

 

MY LADY'S GOON HAS GAIRS ON'T. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major (Cole): F Major (Howe). Standard tuning. AB. Goon=gown. A goonie is a nightie. ‘Gairs’ means pleats, as in pleated sleeves (sometimes a different material or color was used for the pleats). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 123. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c.1867; pg. 149. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 162.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Gown Has Gairs Upon It

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

C2 | F>FF>A G>FD>G | F>FA>d d>cA>f | F>FF>A G>FD>B | A>d f<d c<A G ||

B | A>Ac>F d>cc>A | A>Ac>F EG/G/ G>B | A>Bc>F d>cc>A | A>cf>d c<A B ||

                       

MY LADY’S MANTLE. Scottish, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867), pg. 149.

X:1

T:My Lady’s Mantle

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G | Acc c2 (c/d/) | e>dc cAG | g2 (e/d/) cBc | GcA (G>FE) |

DD/E/F/G/ AGc | Gfe dcz/d/ | c3 z2 ||  

                       

MY LAG(G)AN LOVE. Irish, Air (2/4 or 3/4 time). C Major (Roche): G Major (Ó Canainn). Standard tuning. One part (Ó Canainn): AB (Roche). The Lagan is a river in northern Ireland which runs through Belfast, but it also refers to the locality of East Donegal/West Tyrone; the word itself refers to ‘low-lying ground’. Words are by Joseph Campbell (sometimes given as Joseph McCahill), set to an ancient Irish air. It is sometimes played by Scottish and Canadian pipe bands, and, in America, sung as a song known as "The quiet joys of brotherhood." According to John Moulden the song was first published in Belfast in 1904 in Herbert Hughes and John Campbell’s Songs of Uladh (pg. 32), wherein Hughes states that he “made this collection while on holiday in North Dun-na-nGall in August of last year.” The note with the tune says:
***

I got this from Proinseas mac Suibhne who played it for me on the fidil.  He had it

from his father Seaghan mac Suibhne, who learned it from a sapper working on the

Ordnance Survey in Tearmann about fifty years ago. It was sung to a ballad called

“The Belfast Maid,” now forgotten in Cill-mac-nEnain.

***

"From Hughes" (Roche). Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 88, pg. 76 (appears as “Lagan Love”). Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 9, pg. 3. Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaille ‑ "Crosswinds" (1987).

X:1

T:My Lagan Love

R:Air

D:Brendan Power "The New Irish Harmonica”

M:3/4

L:1/8

Z:Paul Kinder

Q:60

K:GMix

d ef|"G"g3 (3d/2f/2d/2 "C"(3cBG|"F"F3 G "G"(3Bcd|"C"c3 B/2A/2 GF|"C"G3 d/2e/2 "F"(3fef|!

"G"g3 d "F"c/2B/2A/2G/2|"F"F3 G A/2B/2c/2d/2|"C"c3 B {B}G>G|"C"G3G/2A/2"G"B/2c/2|!

"C"e3 d "G"(3dcB|"C"c4 (3edf|"C"g3 c (3ede|"Bm"^f>g "Gm"g_b>g=f|!

"G"g3 (3d/2f/2d/2 d/2c/2B/2G/2|"F"F3 G/2A/2 "G"(3Bcd|"C"c3 B {B}G>G|"G"G4|

 

MY LAME LEG. AKA – “Se mo chas chrùbach” (My lame leg has kept me behind). AKA and see “The Trippers.” Scottish, Slow Air or March (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Kerr prints a mixolydian mode version in the 4th collection of Merry Melodies, as “The Trippers.” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 12, pg. 48. Morison (Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1), c. 1880; No. 20, pg. 10.

X:1

T:Se mo chas chrùbach

T:My lame leg has kept me behind

M:3/8

L:1/8

R:March

S:Morison – Highland Airs and Quicksteps, vol. 1 (c. 1880)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

ABd | e2A | {g}^f2d | e2A | ABd | e2A | g2e | dBG | ABd | e2A |

{g}^f2d | e2g | gag | g^fe | dBg | dBG || gag | g^fe | ^f2g | a2e | gag |

g^fe | dBg | dBG | gag | g^fe | ^f2g | a2b | bag | g^fe | dBg | dBG ||

 


MY LAST FALL. American, Quadrille (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The original source of this tune was 19th century black fiddler Joe Workman from Greene County, Pennsylvania. His fiddling was legendary in the area, and he was reportedly so stirring a dance fiddler he could "make an old cow dance". This was the only tune that Bayard could collect intact that can be attributed to his playing; Bayard thinks it sounds Irish and cites "A Night at the Fair" and "Galloping O'Hogan" as having similar sounding parts. Source for notated version: Joe Workman via William Shape (Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 485, pgs. 451‑452.

 

MY LAST FAREWELL TO STIRLING. English; Aire or Waltz. C Major. Standard tuning. One part. A modern composition by Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 192.

 

MY LAST GOLD DOLLAR. AKA ‑ "My Last Old Dollar Is Gone.” Old‑Time, Song and Fiddle Tune. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

 

MY LILY. AKA and see "Mo shuil a'd dheigh" (Fare Thee Well Love),” “Of Thee I Dream.” Scottish, Canadian; Gaelic Air (3/4 time). Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The first verse and chorus of the song goes:

***
Gu'n d'éirich mi mochthrath maduinn an dé,

'S gu'n gheàrr mi 'n earr-thalmhainn do bhrìgh mo sgèil,
An dùil gu 'm faicinn-sa rùn mo chléibh;

O chòin! gu 'm facas, 's a cùlaibh rium féin.

***

Séist O chòin! mo chailin, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;

A chailin, mo chailin, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;
A Lili, mo Lili, 's mo shùil a'd dhéidh;

Cha leir dhomh am bealach le sileadh nan deur.

***

One story says that the song was originally written by a student of Celtic studies in Glasgow, enamoured of  a woman from Dublin, however, the real story behind the song is documented in the Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness (Vol 57). It seems that the Reverend Donald MacNicoll, minister of Lismore and a distinguished Gaelic scholar, proposed in 1771 at the age of 36 to the young Lilias Campbell of Achlian, Dalmally, who lived nearby. She was half his age and, loath to marry an older man and one somewhat disfigured by smallpox, she accepted the alternate proposal of a Captain Campbell of Glenorchy. MacNicholl consoled himself in versifying on the lonely horseback ride home, composing the famous song of lost love, "Mo shuil a'd dheigh." After the departure of his rival Campbell grew careless, and during the celebrating of his betrothal he asked his servant to kiss Lilias for the wager of a shilling.  For her part, Lilias was incensed at being so ungallantly bought and immediately broke it off with Campbell, sending instead for MacNicholl to see if he might still be agreeable.  He was, and they married in November, 1771, two days after her 18th birthday. The couple lived long and happily, despite the fact that many of their 16 children died in infancy, as was too common in those days. Source for notated version: adapted by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) from the piano playing of Joan MacDonald Boes (accompanist for The Five MacDonald Fiddlers on many of their recordings in the 1960's) [Cranford].  Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 278, pg. 81.

X:1
T:My Lily
S:Aly Bain (from a TV programme)
N:Bars 5-11 actually played an octave higher
Z:Nigel Gatherer
R:air
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:A
E | A2 A | A2 (3A/B/c/ | A>GF | E2 c/d/ | c2B/A/ | c2B/A/ | Bcd |\
e2 e/^e/| f2 e/d/ | ce>c | d2F | E2 F/G/ | A2F | E/D/ C c/d/ | c2B | A2 ||
a/g/ | a2a/g/ a2 (3a/b/c/ | ag>f | e2d | e2d | c2 B/A/ | Bc>d | e3 |
f2 e/d/ | ce>c | d2F | [E2A2e2] f/g/ | a2 g/f/ | ec>d | c2B | A2 |]

                       

MY LITTLE BAG THAT WAS STOLEN (Mo Malin A Bi Goidgte Uaim). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "briskly"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 591, pg. 104.

X:1

T:My Little Bag that was Stolen

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Briskly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 591

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DGGA B2 AG|B2 Bd cA A2|DGGA B2 AG|GBAG FDDC|DGGA B2 AG|B3d cA A2|

DGGA B2 (3AGF|GBAG FD D2||dddB c2 Ac|B2 Bd cA A2|defd c2 AF|GBAG FD D2|

dddB c2 cA|B3d cA A2|defd c2 (3AGF|GBAG FDDC||

                       

MY LITTLE BROWN GIRL.  See “Mo nigheanag dhònn.”

 

MY LITTLE DONY. AKA – “Doney,” “Dony,” “Doney Gal,” “Little Dony.” AKA and see "Oh, My Little Darling." Old‑Time, Breakdown & Song Air. USA, Mississippi. A Major. AEae (perhaps GDGD) tuning. AABB. Recorded in 1939 by Abbott Ferriss & Herbert Halpert for the Library of Congress, from the playing of Mississippi fiddler Charles Long, of Quitman, Clarke County, Mississippi. Long was by then an elderly man, nearly 70, and had lived much of his early life in Alabama, where he learned to fiddle. According to the liner notes for the Mississippi Dept. of Archives album, the tune belongs to the "Liza Jane [3]" family of tunes, but was recorded as "Oh My Little Darling" on the same 1939 collecting trip for the Library of Congress that Charles Long's version was recorded. The latter was sung and played on the banjo by Thaddeus Willingham of Gulfport Mississippi. The tune has the same fine phrase as "Goodbye Liza Jane [2]" as recorded by Georgia musician Fiddling John Carson, although Long’s coarse phrase is different than the usual “Liza Jane” song air.

***

Eyes just like a cherry, cheeks just like a rose,

How I love my Dony, Got in Heaven knows.

***

Fair you well my Dony, Fair you well I say,

Fair you well my Dony, Come another day.

***

You can ride the old grey mare, I will ride the roan,

When you go a‑courtin', Let my Dony alone.

***

Preacher in the pulpit, Bible in his hand,

Said he wouldn't preach no more, Till he got another dram.

***

Wish I had a band box, Put my Dony in,

Take her out and kiss her, Put her back again.

***

It has been suggested (by David Lynch and others) that the name Dony derived from the Spanish cognate of ‘donna,’ doña,  See also song versions called “Platonia, Pride of the Plains” (as recorded by Norman Blake). Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 32. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, Charles Long ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985. Reissue recording).

X:1

T:Doney

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Brad Leftwich

N:AEae tuning

N:From a transcription by John Lamancusa, by permission. See http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/tunes.htm

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(E | “A”E)A c>c d e2 (e | e/)(E/e) dc e>(E e)(E | E)A c>c de2(e | e/)(E/e) “E7”dc “A”A<A, A(E |

E)A c>c de2(e | e/)E/e dc e>(E e)(E | E)A c>c de2(e | e/)(E/e) “E7”dc “A”A>A, A(a ||

“A”a)=g e>e de2(a | a)=gec “D”d>(e d)(a | a)=g e>e cd2(e | e/)E/e dc A>(A, A)(a |

a)=g e>e de2(a | a)=gec d>(e d)(a | a)=g e>e cd2(e | e/)(E/e) dc A<(A, A2) ||

                       

MY LITTLE GIRL. AKA and see "My Pretty Girl," "Tucker's Waltz." New England, Dance Tune. A singing square dance call. G Major. Standard. One part.

                       


MY LITTLE HOME IN THE HILLS. Old‑Time. Caney Mountain Records CEP 207 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66.

                       

MY LITTLE HOME IN WEST VIRGINIA. Old‑Time, Song Tune (?). USA, W.Va. A Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'CC'. Identified as a West Virginia tune. Source for notated version: Ellis Hall (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 90. Columbia (78 RPM), Ellis Hall and Bill Addis. Old Homestead OHCS 177, Ellis Hall and Bill Addis (on fiddle and piano)‑ "Home in West Virginia” (reissue).

                       

MY LODGING IS UNCERTAIN. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 22.

X:1

T:My Lodging is Uncertain

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

B | e>f (g/f/e/d/) (cB) (BA/G/) | A>GAB d3B | ef (g/f/e/d/) c(B>{B}AG | A>GEE E3 :|

|: B | A>G EE cB B(A/G/) | A>GAB d3B | e>f (g/f/e/d/) cB{B}(AG) | A>GEE E3 :|

                       

MY LODGING'S IN/ON THE COLD, COLD GROUND (Is Mo Loistin an Talam Fuar). AKA and see "Believe Me, If All (Those Enduring Young Charms)," "When the dove Left the Ark," "Duty and Love." English, Air and Waltz; Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part (O’Farrell): AB (Chappell, Kennedy, O'Neill, Raven): AABB (Kerr). This has been a very popular and enduring melody since its first appearence in print in Vocal Music, or The Songster's Companion of 1775. However, the lyrics in one form or another are considerably older and were set to another tune composed by Matthew Lock which appeared in the year 1664 (see "On the Cold Ground, or I Prethee, Love, Turn to Me"). At some point in the next century the old tune was discarded and the familiar one substituted. “My Lodging’s…” was played as a Tattoo during the American Civil War, signalling bed-time and “lights out” in the military camp. Bruce & Emmett’s Drummers’ and Fifers’ Guide, 1862; pg. 45. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 140‑141. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 67, pg. 33. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 402, pg. 44. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1); c. 1805; pg. 74. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 114, pg. 21. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 133. Topic TSCD 669, Billy Ballantine & Jimmy Hunter (et al) – “Ranting and Reeling: Dance Music of the north of England” (1998. Piccolo player Billy Ballantine {born c. 1890’s} and harmonica player Jimmy Hunter were both from Northumberland).

X:1

T:My Lodging is on the Cold, Cold Ground

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow with feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 114

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(B/>A/) | (G>AG) (GBd) | (ceg) (g2 f/>)e/ | (d>cB) ({A/B/}A)G>A |

(B3B2) (B/>A/) | (G>AG) (GBd) | (ceg) g2 (f/e/) | (dgB) (A{B/A/}GA) |

(G3 G2) || (d/>c/) | (Bd).g g2 d/d/ | (ec).g g2 (f/e/) | (d>cB) {A/B/}(AG>A) |

(B3B2) (B/>A/) | G>AG (GBd) | (ceg) g2(f/e/) | (dgB) (A{B/A/}GA) | (G3 G2) ||

                       

MY LONG TAIL BLUE. American. Bronner (1987) says the tune is related to a Scottish folk song, without further specifying.

                       

MY LORD BYRON’S MAGGOT. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. A maggot was another term for a dram, a unit of liquid measure, and also meant something of small or little consequence or a plaything; from the Italian maggioletta . Maggots were latter 17th century longways country dances written generally to triple-time tunes and often dedicated to a personage.  Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 71.

X:1

T:My Lord Byron’s Maggot

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

|: A | (AFA) (AFA) | (AFA) [F2A2]d | (dAd) (dAd) | (dAd) d2d |

(fga) (efg) | (fga) (efg) | fga a2^g | (a3a2) :|

|| a | (fd)d (ge)e | (fd)d (ge)e | (fd)d g>ag/f/ | (e3e2) f/g/ |

a2z g2z | f2z e2z | f2z g2z | f2z e2a |

(f/g/ad) (eAa) | (f/g/ad) (eAa) | f>ed e e2 | (d3 d2) ||

                       

MY LORD MAYOR'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Lillibulero." This alternate title for the well-known "Lillibulero" can be traced to a reference in Edward Ward's The London Spy (1698‑9) of a street scene in London, which reads:

***

...some were dancing to a bagpipe; others whistling

to a Base Violin, two Fiddlers scraping Lilla burlero,

My Lord Mayor's Delight, upon a couple of Crack'd Crowds.

                       

MY LORD OF MARCHE PAVAN. Scottish, Paven.  Composed by James Lauder in 1584.

                       

MY LORD OF SHERBORNE'S JIG. AKA and see "Sherborne Jig."

                       


MY LORD SEFO(R)TH'S SCOTCH-MEASURE. Scottish. Published in Henry Playford's 1700 collection of Scottish dance tunes‑‑the first appearence in print of the term 'Scotch Measure'.

                       

MY LORD’S DELIGHT.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was first printed in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 7.

X:1

T:My Lord’s Delight

M:C|

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:D

f/e/d c/B/c d/c/B A2|B/A/G F/E/F G/F/E D2|D>FE>G|F>AG>g|f/e/d c>d e4:|

|:a/f/d a/f/d =c/B/A G/F/G|b/^g/e b/^g/e d/c/B c2|A/B/c d/e/f g/f/e f/a/c|d/f/G F2E2 D2:||

 

MY LOVE AND I. Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 27.

                       

MY LOVE AND I IN THE GARDEN. AKA and see “Kennaw’s Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. E Minor/ G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3; 33. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 167, pg. 65.

                       

MY LOVE AND TREASURE. See "Ciste No Stor."

 

MY LOVE BETWEEN TWO ROSES (Mo Ghrása idir Dhá Rós). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: the c. 1880's collection of uileann piper and fiddler Stephen Grier (County Leitrim) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 197, pg. 91.

 

MY LOVE CAME PASSING BY ME. English. England, Northumberland. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

 

MY LOVE HAS GONE (Ata Mo Grad Imtigte). Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). G Major ('A' part) & C Major ('B' part). Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 67, pg. 12.

X:1

T:My Love Has Gone

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 67

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c2 (BA) | G2 (DB,) | C2 (FE) | D3D | E2 (cB) | BAAG | FdcA |

(FD)(BA) | G2 (FE) | D2 (CD) | E2 (ed) | c3A | BGDB, | EcAF | G2G2 | G4 ||

K:C

E2 (Gc) | .G(G ^GG) | (Ad c).A | G2 (cd) | (ea) (ge) | d2 (Bc) |

DcBA | GFED | E2 (Gc) | .G(G ^FG) | (Ad c).A | G2 (cd) |

e>(cd>)(B | c>)(G A>)F | E2d2 | c4 ||

 

MY LOVE HE IS TALL (ALTHOUGH HE IS YOUNG). AKA ‑ "Although He is Young." Irish, Air (3/4 time). Ireland, County Wexford. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “A Wexford air. From Mr. R. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 81, pg. 48. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 685, pg. 172.

X:1

T:My love he is tall although he is young

M:3/4
L:1/8

N:”A Wexford air”

S:Stanford/Petire (1905), No. 685

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

G>F | E2E3F | G4 e>d | c2 de f>d | e4 (3Bcd | e2d2c2 | d>c B2 =AB | c2 cB d>c |

{c}B4 (3Bcd | e2B2G2 | A2c2BG | E2E2F2 | G4 e>d | ed ef/g/ | ag fe | ed BB/{d}c/ |

B2 Bc/d/ | ef gf/g/ | ag fe | ed BG | A2 Bc | _d2 fe | dB AF | {F}E2 E>{G}F | E3 ||

 

MY LOVE IN AMERICA. See "My Love is in America."

 

MY LOVE IN SECRET (Mo Leannan falaich). Scottish, G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. "The very name of this air precludes from obtaining much information regarding the particular occasion of it; but it is the genuine set, sung by the gentlemen mentioned in the prospectus" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 58, pg. 20.

X:1

T:My Love in Secret

T:Mo leannan falaich

L:1/8

M:C

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

c|B/c/d d>e d>ed>c|B/c/d g>a b>de>c|B/c/d d>e d>ed>B|A>GAB g>f e:|

|:d/e/f|g>a g/a/b d>edB|g>ab>a g>d e2|1 g>a g/a/b d>ed>B|A>GA>B g>fe:|2

g>ab>a g>ed>B|G>A B<b g>f e2||

 

MY LOVE IN THE BRONX. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: “from my mother” [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 49, pg. 13.

                       


MY LOVE IN THE MORNING (Mo Ghrása ar Maidin). AKA and see “Anton a’Bhearnais,” “Art O’Keeffe’s [2],” “Biddy Crowley’s Ball,” "Happy to Meet {and Sorry to Part}" “I Found My Love in the Morning,” I Lost My Love,” "Jemmie the Gom,” “Johnny Mick Dinny’s,” “Kiss the Maid Behind the Bier,” "Sorry to Part," “This is My Love, Do You Like Her?” "The Wake Jig," Irish, Single Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. See also the variant from the Goodman collection, “Humours of Tralee.” Source for notated version: flutist Michael O Tiobraide/Michael Tubridy (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 57, pg. 25.

                       

MY LOVE IS A BANDBOY (Is Buacaill Ceol Mo Gradsa). AKA and see "I'll Marry My Johnny." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "playfully"). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill): AAB (Johnson). Francis O’Neill remembered the tune from his Bantry, west Cork, boyhood being sung by his parents. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's Occasional: Waltz, Air and Misc.), No. 1, 1991; pg. 7. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 11, pg. 2. Fretless 122, "Oldtime Fiddling ‑ Vol. 10" (1976).

X:1

T:My Love is a Bandboy

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Playfully”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 11

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

AB|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4AB|c2d2e2|g2e2d2|c2d2e2|d4 AB|c2d2e2|d4 AB|

c2d2e2|g2e2d2|c2d2e2|G4 ed|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4||AB|c2E2E2|G2E2E2|

c2E2E2|G4 AB|c2B2A2|G2E2D2|E2A2A2|A4 AB|c2E2E2|G2E2E2|c2E2E2|

G4 AB|cBcde^f|{a}g2e2d2|c2A2A2|A4||

                       

MY LOVE IS A LADY (Is Bean Uasal Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "playful"). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 223, pg. 39.

X:1

T:My Love is a Lady

M:6/8

L:1.8

R:Air

N:”Playful”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 223

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G | d>ed (gab) | {b}agf g2 (f/e/) | dcB GFG | BA z z2 (B/c/) | d>ed gab | {b}agf g2 (f/e/) | dBG FDA | (G3G2) ||

d | g>ag bag | c’ba b/g/ z z2 | afd g>ag | {f}ed^c d2d | b>gd (B/G/)z (a/b/) | c’ag (f/d/) z (e/f/) | gBd FDA | (G3G2) ||

                       

MY LOVE IS ALL MADNESS AND FOLLY. AKA and see "South Sea Ballad." The air appears under this title in Gay's Beggar's Opera, 1729.

                       

MY LOVE IS ALL THE WORLD TO ME. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Mick Dinneen of Coolfree, Co. Limerick: 1853" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 149, pg. 76.

X:1

T:My love is all the world to me

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate time”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B>c|d2 Bd cBAB|G2 G>A BABc|d2 g>g efgd|c2B2A2 B>c|d4 cBAB|G2 G>A BABc|

d2g2 e>def|g2G2G2||B>c|d2g2 ecBc|dBAG E2 DE|G2A2 BABd|e2 dB A2 Bc|

d2g2e2c2|d>BAG E2 D>E|GBdg e>def|g2G2G2||

                       

MY LOVE IS AN ARBUTUS. AKA and see "Coola Shore," “I rise in the morning with my heart full of woe.” Irish, Air. This air can be found in George Petrie's collection of Irish airs. Green Linnet SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984).

                       


MY LOVE IS/SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET [1]. AKA and see “Big Muddy,” "Buffalo Nickel [1],"  "Chinky Pin," "Chinquapin/Chinquipin," "Crumb Creek Posey," "The Cumberland Square Eight,"  "Darling Child," "The Duke of York," "Farmer Had a Dog," "Fourth of July," "Hair in the Butter," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child)," "The King's Head" (floater‑Pa.),  "Lead Out," "Lindsay Munnell Tune" (Pa.), "Love Somebody(, Yes I Do!)," "Midnight Serenade [1]," "Miss Farquharson's Reel," “Missouri Mule,” "Old Kingdom,"  "Richmond Blues," “Soapsuds Over the Fence [3],” "Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room," "Too Young to Marry [1]," “Tripping on the Mountain,” "The Virginia Reel [4]" (floater‑Pa.),  "The White Cockade" (floating title, Pa.),  "Yellow Eyed Cat."  AKA – “My Lover’s but a Lady Yet.” Scottish, Irish, English, American; Reel, Polka (Ireland) and Country Dance Tune. USA; New England, Southwestern Pa., New York. England, Northumberland. D Major (most versions): C Major (Huntington). Standard tuning. AB (Howe, Silberberg, Sweet): AABB (most versions). The title was fixed on the tune because of two songs composed to it, one by Robert Burns and the other by the "Ettrick Shepherd," James Hogg, although the tune seems to have first appeared in print in Bremner's Scots Reels" of 1757 as "Miss Farqharson's Reel." It appears in James Aird's collection (of Scottish tunes), but although Samuel Bayard (1981) for some reason said he could find neither the title nor the music therein—Sara Johnson, and others who have looked find it “plain as day” in Aird, 1782, vol. 2, page 1, No. 1. The writer of Gems of Scottish Song asserts that the original title of the tune was "Lady Bodinscoth's Reel." In modern times the reel is often played in a set to accompany the dance “Dashing White Sergeant.”

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Although of Scottish origin it soon became a popular tune south of the Tweed, as attested to the title's appearance in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Northumbrian musician William Vickers included it in his 1770 music manuscript under the title “My Lover’s Butt a Lady Yett.”  "My Love She's But a Lassie Yet" is also the name of a Scottish country dance, though a somewhat unusual one (Flett & Flett, 1964).

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Imported to Ireland, the tune was converted to a polka and played under the titles “My Love is But a Lassie” and “Tripping on the Mountain.” The last title is the name it was famously recorded as in the 78 RPM era by flute player John McKenna and fiddler James Morrison.

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The melody also found currency across the ocean and Bayard deems it perhaps the most widespread instrumental folk tune in Pennsylvania tradition, and that it in fact seems mostly to have been known as an instrumental air among folk musicians in general. The tune was printed under the title "Richmond Blues" in George P. Knauff's Virginia Reels, volume II (Baltimore, 1839) and was still cited as commonly played for country dances in Orange County, New York, in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly). In the South, old‑time musicians know the tune under the title “Sweet Sixteen” and "Too Young to Marry.” Jim Taylor (1995) says the tune in its various titles was well-known to musicians in both North and South during the American Civil War era. See also note for “Richmond Blues.”

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Source for notated version: Tony Mates [Silberberg]. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, c. 1782; No. 1, pg. 1. American Veteran Fifer, 1927; No. 61, pg. 31. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 323A‑V, pgs. 283‑289. Bruce & Emmett (Drummers and Fifers Guide), 1880; pg. 24. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 51. Gems of Scottish Song, pg. 160. Gow (Vocal Melodies of Scotland), 1822, 2nd ed. pg. 21. Graham, 1908; pg. 32. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1981; pg. 60 (appears as a set of "Caledonian Quadrilles"). Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 123. Jarman, Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes; No. or pg. 20. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum), 1787‑1803, vol. 3, No. 225, pg. 234. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 57, pg. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 22. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 60. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 186, pg. 241. Ostling, 1939; pg. 21. Riley (Flute Melodies), 1820; vol. 2, No. 22. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 104. Smith (Scottish Minstrel), 1820‑24, vol. 5, pg. 106. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 56. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 47. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 20. Wilson (Companion to the Ballroom), 1840; pg. 65. Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007). F&W Records 1, "F&W String Band."

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Love is But a Lassie Yet  [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

|:dc|d2D2F2A2|d2D2D2 dc|d2D2F2A2|e2E2E2 dc|

d2D2F2A2|B2g2f2e2|dc BA Bc de|f2d2d2:|

|:fg|a3f g3e|f2d2d2 fg|a3f g2a2|b2e2e2 fg|a2 fg g2 eg|

f2 df e2A2|dcBA Bcde|f2d2d2:|

X:2

T:My Lover’s Butt a Lady Yett

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript, pg. 22  (1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/B/c/|dDFD dDD B/c/|dDFD BEE B/c/|dDFD dgfe|d/c/B A/B/c dDD:|

|:f/g/|afge fdd f/g/|afge eEE (f/g/)|afge fdec|d/c/B/A/ Bc dDD:|

 

MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE [2]. AKA‑ "Farewell to Whiskey [1]," "Love Somebody." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Barely recognizable as a variant of above. Also Irish versions (e.g. Mike Rafferty) under this title (see “Farewell to Whiskey [1]”). Source for notated version: Ben Smith (Dixon, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 53.

                       

MY LOVE IS COMING HOME. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Learned by Joyce in childhood in Co. Limerick, c. 1850. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 141, pg. 72.

X:1

T:My love is coming home

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow AIr

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Tenderly”

K:G Dorian

d|d2 BG B2A2|G4 F2G2|B2 AG B2c2|d3 c B2c2|d2 BG B2A2|

G4 F2 GA|B3c d2A2|G2G2G3||d/e/|f2 dc Bcde|f (d3 d2) (3def|

g3a b2 ag|f2 ef dcBc|d2 BG B2A2|G4 F2G2|B3c d2A2|G2G2 G3||

                       


MY LOVE IS FAIR AND HANDSOME [1] (Ta Mo Grad Go Alain's Go Boideac). AKA and see "Coming Home from the Bog," "Donegal Boys," "The Gardener's Daughter," “The Groves of Mt. Talbot,” "I Wish I Never Saw You," "Magic Slipper [1]," "Maud(e) Millar [2]," "McFadden's Handsome Daughter," “The Montua,” “Morrison’s (Reel) [2],” “Mrs. Smullen’s,” "Paddy McFadden's [1]."  Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (Flaherty): AA'B (O'Neill). A two-part version of the reel often known by the title “McFadden’s Handsome Daughter.” "My Love is Fair and Handsome" was the favorite reel of a Mr. Broderick, the school director with whom the future collector Francis O'Neill boarded at Edina, Missouri, in the 1870's. Broderick was a native of Galway and, like O'Neill, a fine performer on the flute (O'Neill, Irish Folk Music). Paddy Killoran recorded the tune on a c. 1950’s 78 RPM record for the Dublin label under this title. Piper Brian McNamara has recorded a tune under this title taken from the County Leitrim 19th century Grier manuscript.  He says another setting of the tune can be found from a transcription of the County Westmeath piper Joe Kilmurray of Ballinacarrigy. See also the related American Old-time tune “Katy Hill [1].” Source for notated version: conical ("Clarke's") whistle player Jim Donoghue, 1910-1990 (Drimacoo, Monasteraden, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 179. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 99. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1220, pg. 230. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 497, pg. 94.

X:1

T:My Love is Fair and Handsome

T:Magic Slipper, The [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

g/e/|d/B/A/B/ G/F/E/F/|GB/G/ d/G/B/e/|d/B/A/B/ G/F/E/D/|B/e/e/^d/ e/f/g/e/|

d/B/A/B/ G/F/E/F/|GB/G/ d/G/B/e/|d/B/A/B/ G/F/E/D/|E/G/F/A/ Gz:|

|:d/e/g/a/ b/g/a/b/|g/f/g/a/ g/d/B/g/|d/e/g/a/ b/g/a/b/|g/a/f/g/ e/f/g/e/|

d/e/g/a/ b/a/g/f/|g/f/e/f/ g>a|b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/|(3e/f/g/ d/g/ e/f/g/e/:|

 

MY LOVE IS FAIR AND HANDSOME [2]. Irish, Reel. Not the tune usually associated with the name “My Love is Fair and Handsome,” Naka Ishii finds it a version of “Kit O’Connor's Reel.” The liner notes to Bobby Casey’s album (written by Tony Crehan) give that “My Love is Fair and Handsome” [2] was composed by New York fiddler Paddy Killoran.  Killoran, says Crehan, was married to a sister of Josie Hayes of Coor, and was a frequent visitor to Clare. Local County Clare musicians picked up the tune from his playing during visits in the 1950’s. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959).

X:1

T:My Love is Fair and Handsome

T:Kit O'Connor's?

M:4/4

L:1/8

C:Paddy Killoran

S:Bobby Casey

R:reel

D:Casey in the Cowhouse

Z:Naka Ishii

K:A

~E2EF ABcA|eAcA BF~F2|~E2EF ABcA|BF~F2 BFAF|

E2CE A,2CE|d2cA BF~F2|CE~E2 Ac~c2|~B2Bc ABcd|

e2 (3cBA EA (3cBA|eAcA BFFc|ec (3ccc Ac (3ccc|ecAc ~B2Bc|

ec~c2 ac~c2|ecAc BAFe|af=ge fg{a}gf|edcA BGAF||

~E2EF ABcA|eAcA BF~F2|~E2EF ABcA|BF~F2| BFAF|

E2CE A,2CE|d2cA BF~F2|CE~E2 Ac~c2|~B2Bc A2 (3Bcd|

e2 (3cBA EA (3cBA|eAcA BFFc|ec (3ccc Acec|ecAc ~B2Bc|

ec~c2 ac~c2|ecAc BAFe|af=ge fg{a}gf|edcA BFAF||

~E2EF ABcA|eAcA BF~F2|~E2EF ABcA|BF~F2 BFAF|

~E2EF ABcA|eAcA BF~F2|~E2EF ABcA|BAGB A4||

                       

MY LOVE IS FAR AWAY. AKA and see "Bob with the one Horn [2]," “Drimen Dru Deelish,” "The Ewe Reel," "The Ew(i)e Wi' the Crooked Horn [1]," "The Foe," "Go see the Fun," "The Kerry Lasses [1]," "The Lowlands of Scotland," "The Merry Lasses," "Miss Huntley's," "Peter Street [2]," "The Pretty Girl in Danger," "The Ram with the Crooked Horn," "The Red Blanket," "Scotch Mary," "Sweet Roslea and the Sky over it." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 7. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 30.

X:1

T:My Love is Far Away

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Dorian

AB | cE ~E2 cded | cEEF G2G2 | cE ~E2 cded | cABG A A/B/ | cE ~E2 cded |

cEEF G2 AB | cEEG cded | cABG A2 :: cd | eaag efed | cdef g2 gf | eaag efed |

cABG A2 cd | eaag efed | cdef g2 fg | afge fded | ^cABG A2 :|

                       

MY LOVE IS FIXED UPON HER (Tha mo ghaol air an nighean). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). B Minor. Standard. AAB. "The only words the editor ever heard to this air are by Donald Downe Fraser, forester and gamekeeper to Simon Fraser, Esq., of Foyers. If there are none more ancient, the same man should have the merit of composing this sweet eccentric air" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 167, pg. 68.

X:1

T:My Love is fixed upon her

T:Tha mo ghaol air an nighean

M:C

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Minor

F |: B>c d2 (c>B)(dA) | F>GA>B c>de>c | d>ef>e d>c (B<F) | A>GF>^E F<^A B2 :|

~B>c d<f c>B(dA) | F>GA>B c>de>c | d>ef>e d>c (B<F) | A>GF>^E F<^A B2 |

~B>c d<f c>B(dA) | F>GA>B c>dec | B>cd>e f>B(AG) | Ff (ed) (cd) [D2B2] ||

                       

MY LOVE IS GONE TO SEA (Chaidh mo leannan null thar sàl). Scottish, Jig. C Major. Standard. AB. This tune "is in the genuine cheerful style of the boat songs, and a particular favourite with the gentlemen mentioned in the prospectus. Should Government carry to maturity the mere hint on the North Sea fishing, given in Note 66, the present general relish for the boat songs will increase, with the sensation excited, or with the success anticipated" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 201, pg. 83.

X:1

T:My Love is gone to Sea

T:Chaidh mo leannan null thar sàl

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

c2 G E>A z | G2E D3 | E<G z a<c z | B2G E3 | c2d e2A | G2 E D3 | E<G z A<cz |

B2^G A3 :| C2c d2c | B2A d2e | c2d e2e | f2d e2e | c2c d2c|B2A e2g | e2G E<Ez |

c2d e3 | C2G E<Az | G2E D3 | E<G zA<cz | B2G E3 | c2d e2A | G2E D3 |

E<Gz A<cz | B2^G A3 ||

                       


MY LOVE IS IN AMERICA ("Tá Mo Gradsa Ann America," “Tá mo Ghrá I Meiriceá,” "Tá Mo Muirnin in America" or "I Meiriceá atá mo Ghrá-sa"). AKA and see "Dandy Apron," "Jenny Lind's Reel," "Corney is Coming," "The Bride(s) to Bed," "My Love is in the House [1]," "Six Mile Bridge," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "Kelly's Reel," "Miss Wilson," "The Barrack Street Boys," "I Saw Her," "Cheese It," "Shannon Breeze [2]," "Merry Bits of Timber," “My Love is in the Bronx,” "Knit the Pocky," "The British Naggon." Irish, Reel. D Major (Allan, Cole, Kerr, Roche): D Mixolydian (O'Neill): D Mixolydian {'A' part} & D Major {'B' part} (Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty, Mitchell, Taylor). Standard. AB (Allan, Mitchell, O'Neill, Roche): AAB (Kerr): AABB (Breathnach, Cole, Taylor): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). The earliest printing of this very popular reel appears to be in Levey's Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873), wherein it is set as a hornpipe. Similar melodies are the "The Collier's (Reel)" and the jig “Do You Want Anymore.” Neil Mulligan remarks that American musicians in the early 20th century called the reel “My Love is On the Ocean.” O'Sullivan (1983) notes a curious relationship with another reel called "The Dunmore Lasses;" they are nearly mirror images of each other, save one is transposed down one step though in the same key signature. The tune is popular among uilleann pipers who like to slide up to the beginning f sharp note. A County Donegal version, recorded by Paul O’Shaughnessy (“Within a Mile of Dublin”), has the first part in the Dorian mode (and sounds, but is not, slightly irregular). Sources for notated versions: piper Seamus Ennis, 1959 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; accordionist and set dancer Mike Butler (Ennis, County Clare) [Taylor/Tweed]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 48, pg. 12. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 271, pg. 140. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 10. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 136, pg. 41. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 10, pg. 35. Levey (The Dance Music of Ireland), 2nd Collection, 1873; No. 14, pg. 6. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 83, pgs. 76-77. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 119. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1327, pg. 248. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 586, pg. 107. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 160, pg. 63. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 32. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 22, pg. 17. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 14. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 47, pg. 9. Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). CCE Néillidh Mulligan - "The Leitrim Thrush.” Claddagh 4CC 32, Willie Clancy – “The Pipering of Willie Clancy, Vol. 1” (1980). DMPCD 9401, Karen Tweed – “Drops of Springwater” (1994). Gael-Linn CEF 045, “Paddy Keenan” (1975). Green Linnet SIF‑1110, "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991). Shaskeen - "My Love is in America." Green Linnett GLCD 1181, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - “The Lonesome Touch” (1997).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:My Love is in America

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

F3G AB=cB|Ad ~d2 Ad~d2|F3G AB=cA|GBAG FD D2|

F3G AB=cB|Addc defg|afge fdAF|GBAG FD D2:|

|:fdeg fdec|Ad~d2 Adde|fdeg fdAF|GBAG FD D2|

fdeg fdec|Addc defg|a2 ge fdAF|GBAG FD D2:|

X:2

T:My Love is in America

S:Paul O'Shaughnessy

Z:Juergen.Gier@post.rwth-aachen.de

M:C|

L:1/8

K:DDor

A,DDE|FEFG (3AcA Gc|Addc AddE|FEFG ABcA|GcAG FDEC|\

A,DDE ^FGAB|Add^c de^fg|(3ag^f ge fdAF|1GcAG FDEC:|2GcAG ^FDDg|:\

K:D

fd (3efg faec|Addc Adda|fd (3efg fdAF|G=cAG FDDg|\

fd (3efg faec|Addc defg|(3agf ge fdAF|1G=cAG FDDg:|2G=cAG =FDEC|]

X:3

T:My Love is in America

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G | FE FG AB cA | Ad dc (Ad) d2 | FE FG AB cd | cA GA (ED) D :|

|: g| fd ed fd ed | Ad dc Ad dg | fd ed fd ed | cA GA (ED) D2 |

fd ed fd ed | Ad dc Ad de | fg ag fd ed | cA GA (ED) Dz :|

                                               

MY LOVE IS IN THE HOUSE [1]. AKA and see "The Barrack Street Boys,"  "Birnie‑boozle," "Braes of Tullymet," "Brides Away," "Brides to Bed," "The British Naggon," "Caledonian (Caledonean) Hunt [1]," "Cheese It," "Corney is Coming," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "D. Dick's Favourite," "I saw her," "Kelly's Reel," “The Lumberjack,” "Miss Grant of Grant [1],” "Miss Wilson," "Merry Bits of Timber," "My Love is in America," "Shannon Breeze [2]," "Six Mile Bridge.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The first strain is shared with "The Caledonian Hunt." Source for notated version: "...copied from (a) very old well‑written manuscript lent to me in 1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, of Bruff, Co. Limerick" [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 230, pgs. 111‑112.

X:1

T:My Love is in the House [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FAdA BdAF|GBAF GE E2|FAdA BdAF|GBAG FD D2:|

dfaf bgaf|dfaf ge e2|d/e/f/g/af bgaf|dfag fd d2|dfaf bgaf|

d/e/f/g/af geeg|fafd ecAF|GBAG FD D2||

 

MY LOVE IS IN THE HOUSE [2]. AKA and see “My Honey in the House.” Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Cork. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: “A Cork reel from P. Carew’s MSS” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 703, pg. 178.

X:1

T:My Love is in the House [2]
M:C
L:1/8

R:Reel

N:”A Cork reel.”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 703

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/E/ | DEFG A2 AB | =cAdB cAGE | DEFG A2 GF | EFGE FD D2 :|

|: defd efge | gfg ecAG | FGAB =cAGF | EFGE FD D2 :|

                       

MY LOVE IS LIKE THE/A RED, RED ROSE [1]. AKA and see “Low Down in the Broom.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major (Cole, Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title comes from the lyric set to the tune by the Scots' national poet, Robert Burns. The tune is not the one Burns originally had in mind for his words, which actually was Gow's "Major Graham (of Inchbrakie)"; it was replaced with an old Scottish tune "Low Down in the Broom" by G.R. Graham some fifty years after Burns' original publication. Neil (1991) reports that most of the lyric came from a country girl whom the poet overheard singing in his youth; so impressed was he that he took a note of them and later altered them to his ear. Other variants of the song also exist.

***

My love is like a red, red rose,

That's newly sprung in June;

My love is like the melodie,

That's sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in love am I,

And i will love thee still, my dear,

Till a' the seas gang dry.

***

Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 125. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; p. 25. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 165.

X:1

T:Unknown

R:polka

S:From a tape of Con Cassidy of unknown provenance

N:I think it's a polka.  Could be a march...

Z:Rough transcription by Larry Sanger. Identification with “My Love is Like a Red Red Z:Rose” by Nigel Gatherer

M:2/4

L:1/8

Q:120

K:G

|:G2 Bd|g>a gd|e>d eg|a>g ab|G2 Bd|g>a gd|ee/e/ fd|1 gd BA:|2 g2 gd||

|:gb ag|eg de/f/|gb db|a2 ad|gb ag|eg dg|ee/e/ fd|1 g2 gd:|2 g2 dB||

X:2

T:My Love is Like the Red Red Rose

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

B:William Mackie manuscript collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/F/|DDEF d>cBA|B>ABd e2 (de/f/)|DD(EF) dcBA|{c}BABc {e}d2:|

|:A|d{d/e/}fed BdAF|AA gf {f}e2 a>g|fafd BdAF|A>ABc d2:||

 

 

MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED, RED ROSE [2]. AKA and see "Major Graham (of Inchbrakie).” Scottish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, the original Burn's set his song to, is Neil Gow's "Major Graham,” which itself is "unconsciously" similar in composition to William Marshall's "Miss Admiral Gordon's Strathspey.” Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 176, p. 231.

 

MY LOVE IS LIKE A RED RED ROSE [3].  Scottish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The air is often employed as a waltz. Martin (Traditional Scottish Music), 2002; p. 39.

                       

MY LOVE IS LOST TO ME. Scottish. This tune by James Oswald is a version of  "O As I Was Kiss’d Yestreen [1],” believes Bayard (1981), and should also be compared with "The Princess Royal [1],” or "The Arethusa,” an O'Carolan composition. It was used by Robert Burns as the vehicle for his lyric "O were I on Parnassus' Hill.”  Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), c. 1780, vol. 1, p. 157.

                       

MY LOVE IS NEWLY LISTED. English, Air (4/4 time). England, Northumberland. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. "The late Mr. Thomas Doubleday, an enthusiastic and eloquent advocate for the collection of old Northumbrian music, picked this tune up from a street singer, and inserted it in a contribution to Blackwood's Magazine, in 1821. He gave some verses adapted to the milody entitled 'Oh the snaw it melts the soonest,' and describes it as 'An air that has been familiar to me since I was 'penny‑can high,' as the saying is' but the merit of which I was never aware of until now. I have forgot what we used to call it, but it now goes by the name of 'My Love is Newly Listed'. It is just one of those ditties which Gay would have put into the Beggar's Opera. Monotonous, yet original‑‑full of mannerism,  yet with a vein of unexpected feeling‑‑it embodies, in a faint degree, that mixture of  passion which is at the top of what you call 'musical expression.''" (Bruce & Stokoe). Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; p. 97.

X:1

T:My love is newly listed

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air
S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstelsy  (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E Minor

E>F|G>BB^c d<BBA|GEE^D E2 zE/F/|G>BB^c d>de>d|

^cAB^G A2 zF|GBB>^c d>de>d|^cAAc d2 z=c|
BEGA B<d c>A|BG/E/ E>E E2||

                          

MY LOVE IS ON THE OCEAN [1]. AKA and see “Anderson’s (Reel) [2],” “Miss Lane’s Fancy,” “The New Mown Meadows,” “The Old Silver Spear,” “The Silver Spear,” “The Silver Tip [1],” Threepenny Bit,” The Top of the Cliff.” American (?  Scottish?), Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. See note for “My Love is in America.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 30. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 63. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 55.

X:1

T:My Love is on the Ocean [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Mix

(g/f/) |: .e/.A/.A/.A/ (B/A/).B/.d/ | .e/.g/(f/d/) edB | .e/.A/.A/.A/ B/A/B/d/ | de/d/ B/d/d/>d/ | .e/.A/.A/.A/ B/A/B/d/ |

(3e/f/g/ f/d/ ed/B/ | .g/.g/(g/e/) .f/.f/(f/e/) | de/d/ (B/d/).d/.d/ :: f/a/^g/a/ b/a/g/a/ | .gf/d/ .ed/B/ | f/a/^g/a/ b/a/g/a/ |

.d(e/d/) (B/d/).d | f/a/^g/a/ b/a/g/a/ | gf/d/ ed/B/ | g/>g/ (3g/f/e/ f/>f/ (3f/e/d/ |1 =d(e/d/) (B/d/).d/.d/ ||2 d(e/d/) (B/d/)d ||

X:2

T:My Love is on the Ocean

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(e/A/)(3.A/.A/.A/ ({c}B/A/B/d/) | (3e/f/g/(f/d/) (e/d/B/d/) | (e/A/)(3.A/.A/.A/ ({c}B/A/B/d/) | (e/g/).d/.c/ (B/d/).d |

(e/A/)(3.A/.A/.A/ ({c}B/A/B/d/) | (3e/f/g/(f/d/) (e/d/B/d/) | .g(b/g/) .f(a/f/) | (g/e/f/).d (B/d/).d :|

|: .a(a/b/) a/f/d/f/ | g/d/f/d/ e/d/B/d/ | .a(a/b/) .a/(f/d/f/) | (g/d/f/).d/ (B/d/).d | .a(a/b/) (a/f/d/).f/ |

g/e/f/d/ e/d/B/d/ | .g(b/g/) .f(a/f/) | (g/e/f/).d/ (B/d/).d :|

 

MY LOVE IS ON THE OCEAN [2]. Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian/D Major. Standard. AABB’. There are two extra measures inserted between the ‘A’ and ‘B’ parts in Kerr’s version, making it a rare Scottish irregular tune. It is a variant of “My Love is on the Ocean [1].” Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 85, pg. 11.

                       

MY LOVE IS ON THE RIVER (Ta Mo Storin Air an Amain). Irish, Air (2/4 time, "distinctly"). D Mixolydian. Standard. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 286, pg. 50.

X:1

T:My Love is on the River

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Distinctly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 286

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 AG | (FG) (AB) | =c2 B2 | A3 (f/>e/) | dc AG | FG Ad | e2 f>e | d3 z |

A2 AG | (FG) .A.B | =c2 B2 | A3 (f/>e/) | dc AG | FG Ac/d/ | e2 f>e | d4 ||

f>g ag | f2 ed | ({d}c2) AG | A4 | f>g ag | f2 ed | cd e>f | d4 | .A.A .A.G |

.F.G .A.B | =.c2.c2 (BG) | .A.A f>e | dc AG | FG Ac/d/ | e2 f>e | d4 ||

                                               


MY LOVE IS SUCH A FAIR ONE (Is Álainn go Deo mo Ghrása). AKA and see “Flower of the Flock [1].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB. "Flower of the Flock" is a related tune. Source for notated version: the c. 1960's collection of Jack Wade (County Monaghan) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 176, pg. 82.

                       


MY LOVE, MY LOVE. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was played for morris dancing at the Rush‑Cart ceremony at Moston (near Manchester), England, c. 1850‑1860. Gilchrist noted some similarities of music and title with the ancient carol "Tommorow Shall Be My Dancing Day." Kidson & Neal (English Folksong and Dance), 1915; pgs. 116‑117.

                       

MY LOVE NELL. AKA and see "Sliab Na In Ban [3]." The tune also appears as an untitled Jig in Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 90, pg. 47.

                       

MY LOVE SHE IS LIVING IN DONEGAL TOWN. Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. "Sent to Forde by the Rev. Alexander Ross of Dungiven, Londonderry" (Joyce). The air is identical to another air from the Pigot Collection (published within Joyce’s work), No. 712, an untitled air from a Donegal native. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994) states he heard the tune played by two fiddlers, John Doherty of Donegal and Vincent McLoughlin of Ballymaguigan, County Derry. He concludes the tune has some currency in the 19th century in the northwest of Ireland, but that it has gone out of fashion. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 663, pg. 332.

                       

MY LOVE SHE WON’T COME NEAR ME. Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From Mr. R.A. Fitzgerald” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 704, pg. 177.

X:1

T:My love she won’t come near me
M:2/4
L:1/8

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 704

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F Mixolyidan

B/>G/ | FF GA/B/ | c>d eG/A/ | B/G/F/G/ FF | F3 d/e/ | ff gf/e/ | d>c BG/A/ |

Bc de | c3 d/>e/ | ff gf/e/ | dc BG/A/ | Bc de | f3 g/e/ | dd BG | c>d eG/A/ | B/G/F/G/ FF | F3 ||

                       

MY LOVE SHE'S BUT A LASSIE YET. AKA and see "The Duke of York," "My Love is/She's but a Lassie Yet [1]," "Richmond Blues," "Love Somebody [2].” Scottish, Scotch Measure. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 26 (appears as “Cumberland Square Eight”, the name of a dance the tune is set to). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 114.

X:1

T:My Love She’s But a Lassie Yet

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f/e/ | dDFA | dD Dd/c/ | dDFA | eE EB/c/ | dDFA | dgfe | d/c/B/A/ B>c | dD D :|

|: f/g/ | afge | fd df/g/ | afgf | eE Ef/g/ | afge | fd e z/c/ | d/c/B/A/ Bc | dDD :|

                       

MY LOVE TODAY AS HERETOFORE (Mo run an diugh mar an de thu). Scottish, Slow Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "This tune has pervaded most of the Highland and the Isles, but its origin seems to have been traced to Appin of Dull, or Strathtay, where a girl of the name of Cameron was left in circumstances peculiarly distressing by her lover, who went abroad. Her song describes, most passionately, her affections unlaterably fixed upon him, and, notwithstanding his dereliction of her in such circumstances, she observes, that to retort or accuse is by no means the way to reclaim misconduct, but that she would continue to profess 'her love today as heretofore,' that none might suppose her sentiments altered. Sentiments so loveral and amiable soon spread from hadn to hand, and found their way to her lover, when the youth, contrasting them with the sting in his own bosom, was so impressed with the insult offered to so much innate virtue, that he soon felt all the force of returning affection, heightened by esteem for the object of his early attachment, who could so nobly conduct herself, that he returned to marry her, and they lived in comfort many years" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 165, pg. 67.

X:1

T:My Love to-day as heretofore

T:Mo rùn an diugh mar an dé thu

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

[D3B2]A [D3B2]d|G2D (E2 G/z/)|[G3e2]d [G3e] g2|d2A (B2d/)z/|

[G3e2]d [G3e] g2|G2D (E2 G/)z/|[D2B2] A B e2|d2 [GB] ([F2A2]G):|

|:B>AB d>BG|B>GD (E2 G/)z/|e>de g>ed|[G3e]>dc [G2B2] d/z/|

e>de g>BA|G>ED (E2G/)z/|[D3B]>AB [G3B]eB|[Ad]>c[GB] ([F2A2]G):|

                       

MY LOVE WAS ONCE A BONNIE LAD. AKA and see "The Flowers of Edinburgh [1]."

                       


MY LOVE WHAT IS THE REASON YOU CANNOT FANCY ME. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 326, pg. 82.

                       

MY LOVE WILL NE'ER FORSAKE ME (Ni Treigfad Mo Grad Me Go Deo). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "with feeling"). D Major (O’Neill): B Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. Sources for notated versions: “From P.J. O’Reilly, Esq., Westport” [Stanford/Petrie]; noted by Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 549, pg. 96. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 701, pg. 176.

X:1

T:My Love Will Ne’er Forsake Me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With feeling”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 549

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

AB/c/|d2 d>e fd|e>c A3d|dFGBAG|{E}F4 AF|D>EFGAB|A2d2 zd|c>decAc|d4||

cd|ecA2 ag|f2 d3A|dAGFED|A4 AF|D>EFGAB|A2d2 zd|c>decAc|d4||

                       

MY LOVE WITH THE YELLOW LOCKS. AKA and see "Cailin na Gruaige Bui."

                       

MY LOVELY BLACK MAIDEN (Nighean Dubh Nan Geala Chas). AKA and see “Nighean Dubh Nan Geala Chas.” Scottish Reel.

                       

MY LOVELY IRISH BOY. Irish, Song Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard. One part. "Popular in and around Ballycastle in Antrim, abour 1850" (Joyce).

***

Once I was courting a lively Irish boy,

He called me his honey and he said I was his joy;

He talked to me of love and he promised me to wed;

But when he found my money gone my lovely boy fled.

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 328, pg. 152.

X:1

T:My lovely Irish boy

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs   (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

A2 Ac BG EG|F2 E>E E3z|B2 cd e2 dc|Bc BA G2 zE|
GB cd e2 dc|Bc BA G2 FE|A2 Ac BG EG|F2 E>E E3z||

                       

MY LOVER IS FLED, MY HEART IS SORE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From P.J. O’Reilly, Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 700, pg. 175.

X:1

T:My lover is fled, my heart is sore
M:3/4
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 700

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

EF | G2 GAFG | E2E2 GA | B2c2 BG | F4 (3Bcd | e3 fge | fe c>B GB |

AG E2E2 | E4 || EF | GE BG FG | E2E2 EF | GB cd c=B |

c4 ed | c>B GB eG | F2E2 GB | AG E2 E>F | E4 ||

                       

MY LOVER WOUNDED (Mo ghradh fo leoin). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "The few verses the editor ever heard of this delightful simple melody, mentioned no name that could enable him to trace the event which gave rise to it. There is an imperfect set of it in the collection of the Reverend Patrick MacDonald,--  which corroborates its being a Highland melody. The set now given was from the gentlemen alluded to in the Prospectus" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 84, pg. 31.

X:1

T:My Lover Wounded

T:Mo ghradh fo leoin

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D G>A|B2d z/e/ d>B|A2 G z/D/ G>A|B2 dz/B/ A>G|G3:|

B d>e|d2c z/B/ d>e|d2e z/f/ g>f|e2d z/B/ A>B|e2 zd g>f|e2d z/B/ d>B|

A2G z/D/ G>A|B2d z/B/ A>G|G3||

           

MY LOVER’S BUT A LADY YET. See "My Love is But a Lassie Yet [1]."

           

MY LOVE’S A BONNY NAITHING. AKA and see "Thomas Burke,” "Honorable Thomas Burke.”

                       

MY LOVE'S BONNY WHEN SHE SMILES ON ME. AKA and see "Flowers of Edinburgh [1].” Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This tune may have been written (with the above title) in the 1740's by James Oswald. Glen says it appeared in 1742, perhaps misdating its publication in Oswald’s 1744 A Second Collection of Curious Scots Tunes. Soon after, it was published in his Caledonian Pocket Companion under the title "Flowers of Edinburgh,” and is widely known nowadays by that title. Bayard (1981) states it also appears in Oswald's second volume of Curious Scots Tunes, c. 1742. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 25, pg. 47. Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001).

                       

MY LOVE'S BUT A LASSIE (YET). See "My Love is But a Lassie Yet [1]."

                       


MY LOVE'S LIKE A CHERRY NEW COME OFF A TREE. Northumbrian. This title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.

                       

MY LOVE’S THE FAIREST CREATURE. See note for “Celia Connellan.”

 

MY MARY ANNE (Mo Maire-Anna). AKA - “My Maryanne,” “My Marianne.” AKA and see "The Boys of Galway," "The Galway Reel [3]." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA’BB (Songer): AABB (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune is sourced by Francis O’Neill to fiddler John McFadden, a Chicago music contemporary. Paul de Grae believes the melody to be a reworking of “The Boys of Galway,” which O’Neill sourced to McFadden’s playing partner, uilleann piper Sergeant James Early. However, both tunes were preceeded by a version called “The Galway Reel,” which can be found in the James Goodman collection and in R.M. Levey’s Dance Music of Ireland. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 94. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1194, pg. 225. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 471, pg. 91. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 146. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 24, pg. 18. Green Linnet GLCD 1016, The Irish Tradition – “The Corner House” (1978. Paired with “The Corner House.” Box player Billy McComiskey credited Galway flute player Jack Coen with popularising the tune in New York, having found it in O’Neill’s). Shaskeen - "My Love is in America." Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered Showers” (1997). Kerry Elkin - “Soir et Matin” (1992).

X:1

T:My Maryanne

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 471

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

d|cded cAGB|Adde dcAB|cded cAGE|AFED FGAB|

cded cAGB|Adde dcAB|cded cAGE|F2 GE {F}ED D2||

egge cBcd|eaag aged|egge dfed|cAGA c2 cd|

egge dBcd|eaab agef|gefd (3efg ed|cAGA c3||

           

MY MARY CULLENAN (A Mháire ni Chuillionáin).  Irish, Air (2/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Joyce notes that this is a different air than the similarly-titled “Móirín ní Chuillionáin” (a version of the well-known “Rose Tree”). Source for notated version: copied by P.W. Joyce from the Forde manuscript, which were coped in turn from a manuscript lent to Forde by piper Patrick Carey of County Cork (who is probably the Patrick Carew who supplied Petrie with so many tunes) [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 449, pg. 252.

X:1

T:My Mary Cullenan

T: A Mháire ni Chuillionáin

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Mod.”

B:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, No. 449 (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A/G/|FDFA|G/>F/G/A/ G A/G/|FDFG|AGG A/G/|FDFA|

G/>F/G/A/ G A/=B/|c/B/A/G/ FG|Add A/G/|FDFA|G/>F/G/A/ G A/G/|

FDFG|A>GA f/g/|ag/f/ ga/g|f/e/d/c/ Af|AG/F/ G/B/A/G/|FDD||

f/g/|a>gac’|g>fg a/g/|fd/e/ fg|agg f/g/|a>gac’|g>fg a/g/|

fd/e/ fg/f/|d/>e/d/c/ A A/G/|F>GAf|A>GAf|A>GA f/g/|

ag/f/ da/>g/|f/e/d/c/ Af|AG/F/ G/B/A/G/|FDD||

           

MY MARY'S O'ER THE DEEP BLUE SEA. English?, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Harding’s All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 143, pg. 45.

X:1

T:My Mary’s O’er the Deep Blue Sea

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 143 (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G|ce f/e/d/c/|Ac/A/ GA/B/|cc/B/ c/d/e/c/|fd dG|ce/e/ f/e/d/c/|

Ac/A/ GB/c/|dd/d/ gA/c/|BG G::(G/A/)|B(B/c/) d(e/f/)|e(c/d/) c(c/d/)|e/a/e/d/ B/e/e/d/|

cA A(G/F/)|EG c/d/e/c/|Ac GA/B/|c(c/d/) e/g/d/f/|ec c(c/e/)|fa ag/f/|eggG|

c deg/d/g/|ec ce/f/|gc/e/ de/f/|g/e/c/e/ dG|c/B/c/d/ e/g/d/g/|ecc:|

                       

MY MIND IT IS UNEASY. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. "This song is an example of the consummate taste and skill of those unlearned old song‑writers in suiting words to music: for both song and air are characterised by intense sadness. I learned both in childhood; I never heard either air or song outside my own home; and I do not believe that they have ever been printed. Though the words are rude and artless, it is well worth printing them for their passionate earnestness" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 388, pgs. 195‑196.

                       

MY MIND WILL NEVER BE EASY/'AISY' (Ni Beid Mo Aigne Suaimneac Go Deo). AKA and see "I Lead Such a Troublesome Life," "Tied to a Wife." Irish, Slip Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. See also the related slide “Didn’t She Dance and Dance.” O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 88. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1132, pg. 214. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 421, pg. 83. Kells Music 9501, Dervish - "Playing with Fire."  Paddy Glackin - "Hidden Ground." Michael McGoldrick – “Morning Rory.”

X:1

T:My Mind Will Never Be Easy

R:slip jig

M:9/8

K:G

gf|:edB BAB G2A|Bdd deB dgf|edB BAB G2A|1 Bde efd egf:|2 Bde efd edB||

|:def g2g fed|Bdd deB d2B|1 def g2g fed|Bde efd edB:|2 deg age dBA|Bee efd e||

                       

MY MITHER/MINNIE IS AYE GLOWREN O'ER/OWER ME. AKA ‑ "My Mother's Eye Glowering O'er Me." AKA and see “Auld Maid Wad be Married.” Scottish, Jig; Irish, Air. G Minor (Bremner, Gow, McGlashan): E Minor (Kerr, O'Neill, Sweet): A Minor (S. Johnson). Standard tuning. AAB (Gow): AABB (Bremner, S. Johnson, Kerr, O'Neill, Sweet). The title means ‘my mother is always watching over me.’ Chappell (1859) asserts the melody for this tune was appropriated from the English country dance tune "A Health to Betty." The melody appears in the 1768 Gillespie Manuscript of Perth, though John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection. Howe (c. 1867) notes: “Burn’s song ‘Louis, what reck I by thee’ is sung to this tune.” Aird (Selections), vol. 1, 1778. Bremner (Scots Reels), c. 1757; pg. 87 (appears as “My Mither’s ay glowran o’er me”). Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 450. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 14. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 296, pg. 32. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, vol. III), 1762; pgs. 62-63. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), 177?; pg. 8. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 77, pg. 46 (appears as “My Mother’s Eye Glowering o’er Me”). Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 25. Acoustic Music Records 319.1249.242, Ian Melrose – “Scottish Legacy” (2004).

X:1

T:My Mother’s ay Glowring o’er me

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:McGlashan’s Collection of Scots Measures   (177?)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D|G>AG G^FD|B>cB ABc|d>ed c2B|f3 d2g|fdB Bfd|cAF Fdc|B>AG A^FD|B3A2:|

d|g>ag ^f2d|g>ab a2g|fdb c2B|f3 gab|fdB Bfd|cAF Fdc|B>AG A^FD|B3A2:|

X:2

T:My Mother’s ay glowring o’er me

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pgs. 62-63  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

D2 | G3A G2 ({G}”tr”^F4D2 | B3c B2A2B2c2 | d3ed2”tr”c4B2 | f6d4g2 | f2d2B2B2f2d2 |

c3 BAG F2d2c2 | “tr”B3AG2  A2^F2D2 | “tr”B6A4 :: d2 | g3a g2 ({ga}”tr”f4)d2 |

g2a2b2 ({b}”tr”a4)g2 | f2d2b2 “tr”c4B2 | f6g2a2b2 | f2d2B2 B2f2d2 | c2A2F2F2d2c2 |

B3AG2A2^F2D2 | “tr”B6A4 :: D2 | G3 AGA ({G}”tr”^F4)D2 | BABdcB cBAGAF |

BABcde “tr”c4B2 | f6d4g2 | fedc B2 B2 defd | cdcBAG F2ed2c2 | BcBABG A2^F2D2 |

“tr”B6A4 :: d2 | g^fga g2 ({g}”tr”f4)d2 | (gab)gab “tr”a4g2 | f2 ga b2 “tr”c4B2 |

f4gabgab | fedc B2B2 defd | cBABcA F2d2c2 | BcBA G2A2^F2D2 | “tr”B6A4 :|

                                   

MY MITHER SAY I MAUNA. AKA and see "Thomas, I/You Cannot." Scotland, Air.

                                   

MY MOTHER'S EYE/AY GLOWERING O'ER ME. AKA and see "My Mither is Aye Gowren O'er Me."


                                   

MY MOUNTAIN HOME. AKA and see "Jackson's Morning Brush."

                                   

MY NAME IS BOLD KELLY [1]. Irish, Air (6/8 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. One part. "There is a different air with this name in Stanford‑Petrie, which was contributed by me. But some mistake has crept in; for this is not the name I gave it. The spirited air I give here I remember from childhood as 'My Name is bold Kelly', as well as a verse or two of the song about Bold Kelly himself" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 248, pg. 120.

X:1

T:My name is bold Kelly [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Spirited: time well marked”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gdor

B/c/|dGG GFG|B>cd/e/ fdc|dGG GFG|B>cd/e/ fdc|dgg dfd|

cBc dF G/A/|B2 d/c/=B/ c2 d/>c/|_BG{B}A G2||

 

MY NAME IS BOLD KELLY [2]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). F Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” (who denied this was the title of the air--see note for “My Name is Bold Kelly” [1]) [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905: No. 810, pg. 202.

X:1

T:My name is bold Kelly [2]

M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 810

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Fmix

{A}Bc | d2c2B2 | {c}f2 ec A2 | B>A B2c2 | {d}f4 ag | f>e dB AF | BA F2F2 | F4 :|

|| cd | e>d e2f2 | e2 cB AF | A2B2 cd | e4 ag | f2 ec B2 | c2f2 =e2 | f4 AB/c/ |

d2c2B2 | {c/}f2 {c/}cBA2 | B>A B2c2 | {c}f4 ag | f>e dB AF | BA F2F2 | F4 ||

                       

MY NAME IS DICK KELLY. AKA and see "The Wild Geese [1]", "Mr. Basse, His Career," "The Hunter in His Career," "The Hunting the Hare [1]," "Mount Taragh's Triumph." Irish. A version of the "Drunken Hiccups" family of tunes, which includes "Johnnie Armstrong," "Tod(d)lin’ Hame," "Bacach," "Rye Whiskey [1]," "Jack of Diamonds [3]," "Robi Donadh Gorrach," "The Wagoner's Lad," "Clinch Mountain," "The Cuckoo [5]," and others. Murphy (Collection of Irish Airs and Jiggs...), 1809 or 1820; pg. 38.

                       

MY NAME IS MOLL MACKEY. AKA and see "Rodney's Glory [1]," "Irishman's Return From America," "Praises of Limerick."

                       

MY NAME IS O'SULLIVAN. AKA and see "Let Us Be Drinking," "Beid Maoid Ag Ol," "Bimid ag ol is ag pogadh na mBan," "I Court the Fair Maidens."

                       

MY NAME IT IS MUNHALL. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Dorian/G Major. Standard tuning. AB. "Sergeant Munhall commanded some troops who mutinied in Cork about 1800" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Mr. J. Snowe, Cork, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 666, pgs. 333‑334.

                       

MY NAME IT IS NELL. AKA and see "Nell Flaherty's Drake."

                       


MY NANNY-O. AKA and see “When Bidden to the Wake.” Scottish, Slow Air. E Minor (McGibbon, O’Farrell): D Minor (Howe). Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AABB (McGibbon, O’Farrell): AABBCCDDEEFF. The tune is from a 17th‑century slow air to which Allan Ramsay wrote new words in 1718 for his Tea Table Miscellany (in a section called “Musick for the Scots Songs”). It also appears in Orpheus Caledonius (1725). William Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time, 1859) appears to claim the tune as English from its mention in the Roxburghe Collection where ‘a pleasant new tune, or Nanny O’ is the vehicle for a song called “The Scotch Wooing,” has to do with the southern part of Northumberland. It has a burden that  goes:

***

It is Nanny, Nanny, Nanny O,

The love I bear to Nanny O,

All the world shall never know

The love I bear to Nanny O.

***

Graham and John Glen believe the tune to be thoroughly Scottish, In the McFarlane/Johnson version, variations were set as an air‑jig suite by William Forbes of Disblair (c. 1662‑1740). William Forbes lived on an estated in Aberdeenshire, according to Johnson (1984), and took up composing late in life after being rendered almost penniless "through paying extravagent sums of aliment to his ex‑wife." Though he was somewhat isolated from mainstream contact as a composer, he mixed Scottish and Italian ideas in the same pieces; Johnson sees him as "quirky" but "original". 

***

“My Nanny-O” proved to be a popular and durable melody which later appeared in James Oswald’s Caledonian Pocket Companion (London, 1760) and was also printed in the McLean collection of 1772. Oswald again used part of the melody for the beginning theme of his 'Snowdrop' sonata . Under the title “When Bidden to the Wake” it was printed by Benjamin Carr in Evening Amusement (1796, pg. 20). The Scots Musical Museum of 1789 gives it under the incomplete title “While for Some Pawn Their…”, and it was performed on the London stage in William Shield and Mrs. Brooke’s play Rosina, in 1783, called “A Fair Scots Tune.” The tune also appears in musicians manuscripts: in America, in the Shattuck Manuscript of 1801 as “Mananio” (obviously a condensation of the title “My Nanny-O”), and in the Commonplace Manuscript of 1797 as “When Night Her Sable Curtain Drew, or Sorrows of Werter.” Source for notated version: the McFarlane MS., 1740 (vol. ii, no. 108) [Johnson]. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 126. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 26, pg. 77. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book III), 1762; pg. 71. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 95.

X:1

T:My Nanny O

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

G>A | B2 E2 BcBA | G2 F>E/2F/4 E2 D>E | G3A B>ABd | e2 A>B A2 G>A |

B3d cBAG | A2B2g3f | e3d BABd | e2 E>F E2 :: Bc | d3e {e}d2 (cB) | g2(d>e) d2 (gf) |

e3f (g>fga) | b2 e>f ee2 (dc) | B2 g2 (dB)(AG) | A2B2g3f | e>fed BABd | e2 E>F E2 :|

X:2

T:My Nannie O

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

(FG) | (A2D2) (A3G) | F2 (E>D) D2 (D>E) | F3G (AGAc) | d2 G>A G2 (F>G) |

A2c2 (BAGF) | (G2A2) (f3e) | (d3c) (AFA^c) | d2 (D>E) D2 || AB | (c3d) (dcBA) |

f2 (c>d) c2 (fe) | (d3e) (fefg) | a2 (d>e) d2 (cB) | A2f2 (cAGF) | G2A2 f3e |

d3c A>G A^c | D2 (D>E) D2 ||

X:3

T:My Nanie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 71  (1762)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

GA | B2E2”tr”B3A | G2 “tr”F>E E2 DE | G3A “tr”(B>AB)d | e2A>B A2 GA | B2 (B/c/d) (cB)(AG) |

A2B2”tr”g3f | e>ged “tr”(B>AB)^d | e2(E>FE2) :: B>c | d3e d2 “tr”(cB) | g2d>e d2gf | e3f “tr”(g>fg)a |

b2e>f e2dc | B2g2(dB)”tr”(AG) | A2B2”tr”g3f | e>ged “tr”(B>AB)^d | e2 (E>F E2) :|

                       

MY NANNY’S AWA. AKA and see “Dear Sandy.” Scottish, Waltz. D Major. Standard tuning. One part. “My Nanny’s Awa” was a broadside ballad of the mid-19th century, published by James Lindsay of 11 King Street, Glasgow. The first verse goes:

***

Now in her green mantle blytgher nature arrays,

And listen the lambkins that bleat owre the braes;

While birds warble welcome in ilka green shaw,

But to me its delightless—my Nannie’s awa.

***

Parolophone PMD 1047, Jimmy Shand – “Comin’ Thro’ the Rye.”

X:1
T:My Nannie's Awa'
D:Wallochmore Ceilidh Band, Looking for a Partner
Z:Nigel Gatherer
R:waltz
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:D
A/G/ |
F>GA | ABd | f>ed | d2e | f>ed | dBA | Bee  |
e2 d/e/ | fdd  | f/e/ dd | dBd | A2F | G>AB |
Add | e>de | f2 F | G>AB | Add | eaf | d2  |]

                       


MY NATIVE BROSNA TOWN. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. “A north Kerry song; words composed by D. Hannon” (Mulvihill). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 6, pg. 119.

                       

MY NATIVE MOUNTAIN HOME. Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: "Paddy Conneely, the Galway piper," via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 458, pg. 256.

                       

MY OLD DOG'S TRAILING UP A SQUIRREL. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Modal/Major. AEae tuning. ABACDCDCDC. The tune, which was originally recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Clarke County, Mississippi, fiddler Charles Long (who was originally from Alabama), appears unique and has not been found in other printed or recorded versions. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002, Charles Long ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from Mississippi" (1985).

                       

MY OLD FIDDLE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 157, pg. 45. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - “Fathers and Sons” (1992). Green Linnett, Jerry Holland - “The Fiddlesticks Collection” (1995).

                       

MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME . American, "Sand Jig" (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 407, pg. 46.

                       

MY ONLY JO(E) AND DEARIE (O) [1]. Scottish, "Slowish" Reel; Irish, New England, Polka. D Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody was first published in Wilson’s Companion to the Ballroom (London, 1816), where it appears among the ‘figure’ dances, listed as a Scotch tune. Ann Heymann (1990) sees this piece as a version of Irish harper Thomas Connellan’s “Celia Connellan,” although the relationship between versions of  “Joe” and O’Neill’s “Celia” appear distant at best. Source for notated version: Wilson’s Companion to the Ballroom [O’Neill]. Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 309. Miller & Perron (101 Polkas), 1978; No. 50. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:My Only Joe and Deary O

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Wilson's Companion to the Ballroom, London 1816

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Maestoso"B|e3 f gfed|e2 B2 B3 G|A3 c BAGF|G2 E2 E3 G|

e3 f gfed|e2 B2 B3 G|A3 c BAGF|G2 E2 E2 z||

B|e3 f g2 e2|f2 ^d2 B2 z B|e3 f g2 fe|f2 d2 d2 ef|

g2 e2 gfe^d|e2 B2 B2 G2|A3 c BAGF|G2 E2 E2 z||

 

MY ONLY JOE AND DEARIE [2]. Scottish, “Slowish” Air (4/4 time). D Minor (Gow): E Minor (Howe). Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AAB (Gow). “Supposed Irish” (Gow). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3, 1806; pg. 12. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 123.

X:1

T:My only Joe and dearie

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Gow – 3rd Repository  (1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

A2|~d3e fe d^c|d2A2 A3F|~G3B (AG)(FE)|F2D2 D2A2|~d3e (fe)(d^c)|d2A2 A3F|G2 (AB) (AG)(FE)|F2D2D2:|

A2|~d3e f2d2|e3^c A2A2|~d3e f2 ed|e2=c2c2 (de)|f3d (fe)(d^c)|~d3e f2F2|~G3B AG(FE)| F2D2D2A2|

~d3e f2d2|e3^c A2A2|~d3e {g}f2 ed|e2=c2c2f>g|a3f (ag)(fe)|(de)(fg) a2 F2|~G2 (AB) (AG)(FE)|F2D2D2||

                       

MY OTIS TOMAS MANDOLIN. Canadian, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland in praise of an instrument made for him by Goose Cove, St. Ann’s Bay, Cape Breton, luthier, fiddler and composer Otis Tomas. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 79, pg. 24.

                       

MY OWN DEAR COLLEEN DHAS. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Patrick O'Leary of Graignamanagh, Co. Kilkenny, "a good amateur musician with a great knowledge of the popular airs of that part of Ireland," c. 1900. (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 296, pg. 140.

                       

MY OWN DEAR MAID. Irish, Air (4/4 time, "mod. or rather slow"). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. "I copied (this tune) about 1873 from a MS. lent to me from near Lough Conn, County Mayo." Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 309, pg. 145.

X:1

T:My Own Dear Maid

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Mod. or rather slow”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Mod: or rather slow”

K:G

EF|G2 A/G/E E2 GA|B2g2 agfe|d2 e/d/B dBAB|G2G2G2 GA|B2 BA Bdef|

g4 a2 gf|e3 d Bdef|g2 fg e2 GA|B2 BA Bdef|g4 a2 gf|e2 fd Bdef|gdcB A2 BA|

G2 A/G/E E2 GA|B2g2 agfe|d2 e/d/B dBAB|G2G2G2||

           

MY OWN HEART’S DELIGHT. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 71.

X:1

T:My Own Heart’s Delight

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (1808)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

GE | D4E2 | G4G2 | B4 AG | G2A2E2 | “tr”e4 dc | B2d2G2 | g4f2 | e4 ag |

f4 eB | d4 :: d2 | d2e2f2 | g2d2B2 | g3ag2 | f4 ed | e2B2d2 | “tr”e4 (3def |

e2B2d2 | e4 (3def | g3f ed | c2B2A2 | B2E2F2 | {EF} G4 :|

           

MY OWN HOME. See "My Own House Waltz."

                       


MY OWN HOMESTEAD. Canadian, Waltz. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Perlman (1996) identifies the tune as a “converted North American popular song.” Source for notated version: Johnny Joe & Foncey Chaisson (b. 1918 & 1929, Souris, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 170.

                       

MY OWN HOUSE WALTZ. AKA "My Ain Hoose," "My Home" (Mo dhachaidh), "My Home Waltz," "Old Living Room Waltz." Scottish, English, Old‑Time; Slow Air or Waltz (3/4 or 6/8 time). A Major [most versions]: A Major ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) [Phillips]. Standard tuning. One part (Laufman): AB (Kennedy, Laufman, Phillips, Raven): AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Kaufman). Scottish versions are generally titled "My Home" (Mo dhachaidh), have a slightly different 'B' part and feature a double tonic at the cadences. Phillips' version, in two keys, is simply a melodic repeat of the same material in the subdominent key. Source for notated version: Highwoods String Band (Ithica, N.Y.) [Brody]; Ned Phoenix [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 201. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pg. 64. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 28 (appears as "My Home Waltz"). Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 15 (appears as "My Home"). Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 13. Matthiesen (The Waltz Book), 1992; ppg. 37. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 285. Raven (English Country Dance Music), 1984; pg. 133. Avocet Records, Glasnotes ‑ "Live from Contrafornia." Columbia, Dave Bromberg‑ "My Own House." F&W Records, "F&W String Band 2." Kicking Mule 216, Strathspey‑ "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977. Appears as "My Home Waltz"). Marimac 9064D, Lauchlin Stamper & A.C. Overton - “Sally with the Run Down Shoes” (1996. Appears as “Home Waltz;” learned by Stamper from younger fiddlers.). Rounder 0023, Highwoods String Band‑ "Fire On the Mountain."

X:1

T:My Home

M:3/4

L:1/4

K:A

e/2d/2|"A"c3/2B/2A|"A"Ace|"D/f+"a"e"g"d"f|"A/c+"e2"b"e/2d/2|"A"c3/2B/2"g#"c|\

"F#m"AB"e"c|"Bm/d"d3/2c/2d|

"E7"B"f#"e"g#"d|"A"c3/2B/2A|"A"Ace|"D/f+"a"e"g"d"f|"A/c+"e2"b"d|"A"c3/2A/2c|\

"G"B3/2=G/2B|"A"A3/2B/2A|"A"A2"E7"E|

"A"A3/2B/2c|"A"cBc|"A"e3/2d/2c|"F#m"c2e|"Bm"d3/2c/2d|"E7"Bcd|"A"e3/2c/2A|\

"A7"Ac/2e/2c/2e/2|

"D"f3/2d/2f|"D/f+"a"e"g"d"f|"A/c+"e3/2d/2c|"A"a2"E7"d|"A"c3/2A/2c|"G"B3/2=G/2B\

|"A"A3/2B/2A|"A"A2||

                       

MY OWN KIND DEARIE O. See "My Ain Kind Dearie O."

                       

MY OWN LAND. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Norman Maclean. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 17.

                       


MY OWN SWEETHEART (Mo Searc Grad Fein). Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major/D Minor. Standard. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 489, pg. 86.

X:1

T:My Own Sweetheart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 489

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

(f>e) | dc AF DEFG | Acde f2 (fe) | decA G>AGF | D6 (f>e) | dc AF DEFG |

Acde f2 (ef) | d>ecA G>AGF | F6 || (AG) | FA (cd/e/) f2 (ef) | ({a}g)efd cAF>G |

Acdf ecd=B | c6 (f>e) | dc AF DEFG | Acde f2 (ef) | d>ecA G>AGF | F6 ||

           

MY OWN WHYM. English, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 145, pg. 35.

           

MY OWN YOUNG DEAR (Mo Grad Og Fein). Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 75, pg. 13.

X:1

T:My Own Young Dear

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 75

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A GA | (F2 E)D EF | (D2 F)A BG | (F2 E)D GF | E3A GA |

(F2E)D EF| (D2 F)A BG | (F2 E)D EF | D3 || A BA |

(B2d)e fe | d3e fe | dB AB ee | e3 d/e/ fe | dB AB dA |

(F2 G)A BG | (F2 E)D EF | D3 ||

                       

MY PARENTS GAVE ME GOOD ADVICE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: “From P. MacDowell, Esq.” [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 761, pg. 190.

X:1

T:My parents gave me good advice

M:3/4
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderato”

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 761

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

c/d/ e/d/c/A/ | GE DE/G/ AA | A3 EAB | c2 de fe/d/ | e3 d/>c/ AA |

c>d ef/g/ aa | g3 a/g/ e/d/c/A/ | GE DE/G/ AA | A3 ||

           

MY PIPES SO SWEET. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: J igs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. No. 130, pg. 32.

           

MY PLAID IS WET WITH RAIN. See “Tha mo bhreacan fluich fo’n dile.”

 

MY POLLY.

X:1

T:My Polly

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Harry Schaefer (1879-1954)

R:Waltz

A:Forbes, New South Wales, Australia

N:From the Schaefer manuscripts held in the National Library of Australia

N:A popular tune often used for the first part of the Jolly Miller Waltz

Z:Transcribed into ABC by John Furlonger

K:D

d4 c2|B6|sB4 sA2|F6|A2 F2 D2|A,4 B,2|C6-|C4 z2|!

E4 ^D2|E6|sF4 s^E2|F6|sF4 sd2|c4 B2|A6-|A2 B2 c2|!

d4 c2|B6|sB4 sA2|F6|sF2 E2 sD2|sF2 G2 sA2|B6-|B2 sB2 sc2|!

sd4 sB2|sG4 sE2|A6-|A2 s^G2 sA2| B6|c6|d6|d2 z2|:(3ded|!

c2 z2 g2|g2 z2 (3BcB|A2 z2 f2|f2 z2 (3ABA|G2 z2 e2|e2 z2 (3GAG|F2 B2 F2|

A2 z2 (3ded|!

c2 z2 f2| f2 z2 (3BcB|A2 z2 f2| f2 z2 f2|ee e2 c2|dd d2 ^G2|A6|1A2 z2:|2

“D.C."A2 z4||

                       

MY PRETTY BROWN GIRL (Ho! Ro! Mo Nighean donn bhoidheach). AKA and see "My Bonny Brunette." Scottish, Slow Air (4/4/ time).

                       


MY PRETTY BROWN-HAIRED GIRL AND MYSELF A-WALKING TOGETHER (Mo chailín donn deas as misi siubhal le chéile). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Phil Gleason of Coolfree near Ballyorgan in the Co. Limerick, who "was a noted singer, and such an inimitable whistler that at some distance he was able to puzzle the best ear as to what sort of musical instrument he played" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 160, pg. 81.

X:1

T:My pretty brown-haired girl and myself a-walking together

T:Mo chailín donn deas as misi siubhal le chéile

M:3/4

L:1/8

N:”Rather slow”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c|ff f2 Ac|_ed d>=e fc|d/c/B A2 FA|GA c3 d/e/|ff f2 Ac|_ed d>=e fc|d/c/B A2 FG|FF F3||

A|GA c2 Ac|_ed d>c AA/c/|ff e>d c/A/c|dc c3c|ff f2 Ac|_ed d>=e fc|d/c/B A2 FG|FF F3||

                       

MY PRETTY FAIR MAID. AKA and see "The Pretty Brown Girl [2]," "Cailin Deas Donn [1]," "Buacaillin Og [1]," "Move up to me," "Mairin Buggerty," "Did you see my man looking for me? [1]" Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 53. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 302, pg. 33. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 82.

X:1

T:My Pretty Fair Maid

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

B2d cAA|BGG cAA|B2d cAA|BGG G2g|B2d cAA|

BGG cAA|B2d cAA|BGG G2g::geg fef|ece dBG|gege fdf|

ece d2g|geg fef|ece dBG|B2d cAA|BGG G2g:|

                       


MY PRETTY GIRL. AKA and see "My Little Girl," "Tucker's Waltz."

           

MY PRETTY LITTLE GIRL’S GONE.  Old-Time, Breakdown (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A ‘crooked’ (irregular measures) tune, played slower than the usual breakdown pieces (almost at march tempo) that Drew Beisswenger (2008) concludes was one of source Morrison’s favorites, given the number of times he played it for various field researchers. Source for notated version: Absie Morrison (1876-1964, Searcy County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 105. Rounder CD 1707, Absie Morrison – “Southern Journey” (Various artists, compiled by Alan Lomax).

((()))  Absie Morrison (1876-1964)  “My Pretty Little Girl’s Gone”

           

MY PRETTY MARY (Mo Maire Deas). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. 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 (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 122, pg. 22.

X:1

T:My Pretty Mary

M:C

L:1/8

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (122)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|G2 B>c edcB|gfed B2 {d}cB|A2 c>e agfe|decd B2 B>A|G2 B>d gbaf|

{a}gdec B3d|g2 d>e B2 {d}c>A|(G4 G2) z||d|g>f g/a/b/a/ gfed|Bdgd B3B|

A2 Bd g2 ba|gafg e3d|g>a b/a/g/f/ e>f g/f/e/d/|BgBc A3d|g2 d>e B2 {d}cA|G6 z||

                       

MY RECENT GIFT (Mo chion air an ur-ghibht). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. This tune "is an air of which the words and substance can be obtained from most of the recent publications of Gaelic songs of any consequence. There is one set of verses by Macleod's female bard, on the birth of an heir of that family" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 196, pg. 81.

X:1

T:My recent Gift

T:Mo chion air an ur – ghibht

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Fraser Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c>d|B2 A^GEG|(B2A2) B>A|=G3 E^GB|A2 z2 c>d|e2G2 (A>G)|A2 G<E A>G|

A2 G<E D2|C2 z2:|

|:(E>F)|G4 A>B|c2e2 d>c|B2 A>^GEG|A2 z2 c>d|e2G2 A>G|A2 GEA>G|

A2 GE D2|C4 (E>F)|G4 A>B|c2e2 d>c|B2 A>^GEG|A4 (G/A/B)|c2C2 (E>D)|

E2A2 G>F|E3F D2|C4||

                       

MY ROBIN IS TO THE GREENWOOD GONE. AKA and see "Bonny Sweet Robin." English, Song Air (3/4 time). D Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB. The air appears in the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, Jane Pickering's Lute Book, William Ballet's Lute Book, Anthony Holborne's Cittharn Schoole (1597), and Robinson's Schoole of Musicke (1603). It is possible this was a Robin Hood ballad, though the words have been lost. Chappell (1859) thinks one of Ophelia's lines in Hamlet may be a line of the song:

***

For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.

***

Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Times), Vol.  1, 1859; pg. 153.

                       

MY ROPE AND SPURS. See "Valse des Vachers."

                       

MY SKIFF IS ON THE SHORE. Scottish, Guaracha Waltz. G Major. STandard. AA. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 305, pg. 33.

                       

MY SONG I WILL FINISH, HER NAME’S MISS JANE INNIS. Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 521, pg. 132. 

X:1

T:My song I will finish, her name’s Miss Jane Innis

M:3/4

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 521

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

GE | D2D2 EG | A2G2 AB | =c2 c2 BA | B2G2 GE | D2D2 EG |

A2G2 AG | A2d2d2 | d4 || cd | e2 cd e2 | d2A2 AB | =c2c2 BA |

B2G2 FG | A2d2e2 | c2 A>G FG | E2D2D2 | D4 ||

                       

MY SORROW AND MY LOSS (Mo bhrón a's mo dhíth). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "moderate or slow"). G Dorian. Standard. One part. "Written down from singers about 1846" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 46, pg. 26.

X:1

T:My sorrow and my loss

T:Mo bhrón a's mo dhíth

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Dorian

G/F/|DGG G2 A/=B/|cAG F2G|AGG Gce|d3 d2B/c/|dgg fdc/d/|

fdc A2 (3d/c/A/|GGA Bcd|fdf g2 d/c/|BAG Add/c/|AGG G2|

                       

MY SORROW AND TROUBLE (Mo Chreach a’s mo Dhíachairt).  Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard. AB. Joyce’s source sang a song in Irish to the tune. The first verse goes:

***

Mo chreach a’s mo dhíachairt gan ceó draoichte air na bóithribh,

A’s go siubhalfhainn san oídhche le’m chroidhe geal na glóire.

Mo phócaidhe bheith a líonadh le geal phisidhe croineach,

Ná sásacht súd dom inntinn agus lúidhe sios le cóbach.

***

Alas and alas, that there is not a fairy-fog on the roads,

And that I might walk in the night with thy fair sweetheart of glory.

If my pockets ere to be filled with white crown pieces—

That would not content my mind, and to be married to a clown.

***

Source for notated version: “From the singing of Joe Martin of Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, 1852” [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 1, pg. 3.

X:1

T:My Sorrow and Trouble

T:Mo Chreach a’s mo Dhíachairt

L:1/8

M:3/4

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow and with feeling”

K:G Dorian

(3DEF|G2B2 A>G|G2 F2 (3DEF|G2 B2 A>G|G2F2 (5D/E/F/G/A/|B2B2 d>B|

c2c2 d>c|B2 AGF>A|{G}G4||de|f2 edcd|g2d2 f>d|d2 cA{G}A>G|

G2F2 (5D/E/F/G/A/|B2B2 d>B|c2c2 dc|B2 AGF>A|{G} G4||

                       

MY SORROW IS GREATER THAN I CAN TELL. AKA and see “There’s an end to my sorrow.” Irish, Slow Air (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The melody, in a simpler version, is also the vehicle for the Scots song “There’ll never be peace ‘till Jamie comes hame.” Source for notated version: James Keane of Kilkee on the Atlantic coast of County Clare, in 1876 when he was in his 83rd year [Joyce]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 14, pg. 10.

X:1

T:My Sorrow is Greater Than I Can Tell

L:1/8

M:6/8

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Slow and tender”

K:A Minor

A/>B/|cBA BGE|D/E/GG G2 A>B|cBA BeA/G/|EAA A2 A/B/|c/B/c/d/e/^f/ ged|

e/d/BA G2 A>B|cd/c/B/A/ BeA/G/|EAA A2||a/b/|c’ba bag|egg g2 a/b/|c’ba bag|

eaa/>b/ a2 A>B|c/B/c/d/e/^f/ ged|BdB/A/ G2 A/>B/|cd/c/B/A/ BeA/>G/|EAA A2||

 

MY STORE IS SHORT AND MY JOURNEY IS LONG. Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 534, pg. 135.

X:1

T:My store is short and my journey is long
M:6/8
L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 534

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

E/F/ | G2A cB E/F/ | G2A FEF | G2A FEE | E3 E2 :|

|: F | G2A BeB | G2A FEE/F/ | G2A Bcd | e3 e2 (3g/e/_d/ |

c2c _dBA | G2A FE E/F/ | G2A FEE | E3 E2 :|

 

MY SWEET CATHERINE OGIE. English. England, Northumberland. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tune ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. It is probably the well‑known Scottish tune "Catherine Ogie."


 

MY SWEET LITTLE BLACKBIRD (Mo Londubh Beag Aoighinn). Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. "According to O'Beirne this is 'Craoibhin Aoibhinn aluinn og.' (Note by Forde.) 'Songs of the Nation' (James Duffy), p. 92, has quite a different air with this same name ‑‑ 'Craoibhin Aoibhinn aluinn og'" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846, via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 616, pgs. 316‑317.

 

MY SWEETHEART JANE (Mo Suirideac Sineid). AKA and see "Life of man [1],” “Music in the Forge,”  "Peigin Leitir Mor," “The Pretty Girls of Mayo,” "Sweeney's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). See also the ‘A’ part of "Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney." O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 160. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1546, pg. 285. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 760, pg. 132.

X:1

T:My Sweetheart Jane

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – 1001 Gems (1907), No. 760

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DGGF Adde|ABcA dBcA|DGGF Adde|fdcA BGAF|DGGF Adde|ABcA dBcA|

DGGF Adde|fdcA AG G2||dggf g2 ag|fdde fgaf|dggf gbag|fdcA dBcA|

dggf g2 ag|fdde fga2|bgaf gdde|fdcA AG G2||

 

MY THREE BEST FRIENDS. AKA and see "Mes Trois Copains."

 

MY THOUGHTLESS LAD.  See “Mo ghille guanach.”

 

MY TOCHER'S THE JEWEL. AKA and see “Bundle and Go,” "The High Way to Edinburgh," "Lord Elcho's Favourite." Scottish, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The composition of the tune under this title is by Nathaniel Gow. The melody may have been taken at some time from "The Muckin' of Geordie's Byre," at least according to Scots national poet Robert Burns who in a Cromek's Reliques (1808) called Niel Gow's (or "Niel Gow & Son's") claim of authorship 'notorious.' His opinion was seconded by the collector John Glen (1895), who, however, did not blame Niel but his son Nathaniel Gow. Nathaniel defended himself a year after Burns' accusation by protesting that no composer's name was attached to the melody in the Gow collections, and that, in any case, "My Tocher's the Jewel" could be found as an untitled quick jig in Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (book III, pg. 28). Glen (1895) points out it can also be found, long before Nathaniel's time, in James Aird's Selection of Airs and Marches (1st edition) under the name "The Highway to Edinburgh." Oswald's quick jig also was given another use by Gow who thought it a pretty tune when played slow, and, since it did not have a name, he titled it "Lord Elcho's Favourite."  Robert Burns himself wrote a lyric called "My Tocher's the Jewel," contributed to James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, to the tune of the related "The Highway to Edinburgh." Cazden (et al, 1982) identify these tunes as belonging to the protean 'Lazarus' family of airs, which include the famous Irish tune "Star of the County Down" and the Scottish "Gilderoy." Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 289, pg. 31.

X:1

T:My Tocher’s the Jewel

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 289  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A Minor

e|cAA A2G|Acd eag|edc e2d|cGG G2e|cAA A2G|

Acd eag|ega ged|cAA A2::g|gag gec|deg a2a|

ged ced|BGG G2e|ABA ABA|Acd eag|ega ged|cAA A2:|

                       


MY TRUE LOVE. Cajun, Two Step (4/4 time). USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB(Vocal)AABB(Vocal)A. Source for notated version: Hadley Fontenot, the Balfa Brothers (La.) [Francois]. Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990; pgs. 294-295. Swallow Records SW-LP6011, the Balfa Brothers.

                       

MY TRUE LOVE HAS GONE FROM ME. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (1922) says: “This air like scores of others was unconsciously memorized in my boyhood days at Tralibane some three miles southeast of Bantry, West Cork. All that I can remember now of the ballad sung to it is the distich:

***

My true love he has gone from me, and I can't tell how far

Eighteen hundred thousand miles, on board of a man of war

***

It is not likely that the poetaster in equalizing his meter realized the absurdity of a voyage equal to seventy-two times the circumference of the earth.” O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.

X:1

T:My True Love Has Gone from Me

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Air

K:G

"Moderato con expressivo"Bd|e3 d g2 B2|c4 edBA|B2 AB G2 G2|G4-G2 ga|

b2 bc' b2 ag|a3 c' b2 ab|g3 g f3 e|d4-d2||ga|b2 bc' b2 ag|a3 c' b2 ab|

g3 g f3 e|d4-d2 Bd|e3 d g2 B2|c4 edBA|B2 AB G2 G2|G4-G2||

                                               

MY TWO SONS. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard. AABB. Composed by Blooming Point, Queen’s County, Prince Edward Island, fiddler Reuben Smith (b. 1931). Source for notated version: Reuben Smith [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 125.

           

MY UNCLE TOBY.  English, Air (3/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 106.

X:1

T:My Uncle Toby

M:3/8

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:D

d2d|dfd|ecA|(c/d/ec)|d2d|dfd|ecA|d3::aaf|b2g|a2f|g2e|ffd|gge|adc|d3:||

           

MY VALENTINE. Irish, Air (6/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), 1810; pg. 83.

X:1

T:My Valentine

M:6/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

A | A4 Bc d4 e2 | f2 (gf)ed e2 cA A>e | “tr”f4 ag “tr”e4 ag/e/ | d4 A/B/c/d/ ed d>ef>e |

dcAGAB c4 ed | dcABcA G2 ED/E/ D>E | F4 AG E4 AG/E/ | d4 A/B/c/d/ ed d3 :|

                       

MY WEDDING IS PREPARING. Irish, Air (2/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. 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. 610, pg. 315.

                       

MY WEE FIDDLE. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 37, pg. 7.

X:1

T:My Wee Fiddle

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 37  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

g|(fe)dc d2AG|FGEF Dddg|(fe)dc d2 AF|GAFG Eee:|

g|Lfa)aa (af)de|(fa)aa (af)df|(eg)gg (ge)cd|efge cbag:|

                       

MY WIFE DIED ON SATURDAY NIGHT. Old-Time, Breakdown and Song. Old-Time, Breakdown and Song. C Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Dr. Humphrey Bate, a bona-fide physician with a medical degree from Vanderbilt, recorded this song with his band The Possum Hunters. Bate sang and played harmonica and some guitar, and his was one of the most poular bands in the Nashville area for many years.  They were the first string band to air on Nashville radio and the first to tour from the Grand Ole Opry.  The good Dr. led the Possum Hunters until his death in the 1940’s, and the band continued in various forms until the 1960’s. The harmonica was not an uncommon instrument in early American string bands.

***

My wife died on Saturday night, and Sunday she was buried,

Monday was my courtin’ day and Tuesday I was married

***

Round and round, up and down, every day I wander,

Round and round, up and down, lookin’ for my honey.

***

Source for notated version: Dr. Humphrey Bate and the Possum Hunters (Tenn.) [Kuntz]. Kuntz (Ragged But Right), 1987; pgs. 307-308. County 541, Dr. Humphrey Bate and the Possum Hunters - “Nashville; the Early String Bands.” Folkways 2492, New Lost City Ramblers – “String Band Instrumentals” (1964).

X:1

T:My Wife Died on  Saturday Night

L:1/8

M:2/4

B:Kuntz – Ragged but Right

K:C

A/B/|cc cc/d/|e/d/c/B/ c2|A/G/A/B/ c/A/G/F/|E(G G)A/B/|cc cc/d/|e/d/c/B/ c2|de fB|

d(c c)A/B/|cc cc/d/|e/d/c/B/ c2|A/G/A/B/ c/A/G/F/|E(G G)A/B/|cc cc/d/|e/d/c/B/ c2|de fB|d(c c)||

|:e/f/|gg g>g|a/g/e/d/ cc|A/G/A/B/ c/A/G/F/|EG Ge/f/|gg gg/g/|a/g/e/d/ cc|de fB|d(c c):|

                       

MY WIFE HAS SCOLDED ME (Throd mo bhean a's throd i rium). Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 63, pg. 22.

X:1

T:My Wife has scolded me

T:Throd mo bhean a’s throd i rium

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G Minor

D|G>^F G<B ({D/E/}=F>)D F2 | .G.G G<A B<c d z/(^f/ | g>)dd>c (B>cd/ F>f | dD d>c BGG :| d |

({^f}g>)dg({a}b) ({d}f>)d “tr”f2 | ({g/a/}b>)ag>B (G/A/)(B/c/) d z/(^f/|g>)dd>c (B>c/2d/4) Fz/(e/ |

d)D d>c BGG>d | g>dg({a}b) ({d}f>)d f2 | ({g/a/}b>)ag>B (G/A/)(B/c/) dz/(^f/ | g>)dd>c (B>c/2/d/4) Fz/(e/ | d)D d>c BGG ||

                       

MY WIFE IS SICK AND LIKE TO DIE, OH DEAR WHAT SHALL I DO. AKA and see “Castle of Dromore.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. The melody appears in Hoffman’s collection of Petrie’s tunes (1877) and in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (1903) as the “Castle of Dromore.” Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 509, pg. 129.

X:1

T:My wife is sick and like to die, oh dear what shall I do.

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 509

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

A/B/ | c2c c2c | d2c cde | f2B A2B | c3 z2 || d/e/ | f2F F2F |

G2F FGA | B2d c2B | {B}A3 z2 || d/e/ | (fg)f (ef)e | ded c2B |

A2c BAG | F3 || A2c | BcB G2B | A2F A2c | BcB G2E | F3 F ||

                       

MY WIFE SHE DANG ME, Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDDEE. Dang = beat. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1746; pgs. 6-7.

X:1

T:My Wife She Dang Me

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

N:”Brisk”

S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, Book 1 (c. 1746)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | FAAA/B/ =c2 E>A | FA Ad/e/ f2 df/g/ | g(a/g/) “tr”f(e/f/) (g/f/)(e/d/) {f}e(d/c/) |

dc/B/ A/B/G/A/”tr”F2D :: c | D/E/F/G/ AA/B/ =cEcE | dF A/B/d/e/ fdAf |

g>a b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/ {f}ed/c/| dc/B/ A/B/G/A/ “tr”F2D :: A | F/A/D/E/ F/G/A/B/ =c/G/E/c/ E/F/G/F/ |

d/A/F/d/ A/B/d/e/ f/g/f/e/ d/(f/e/f/) | g/b/a/g/ f/g/e/f/ g/f/e/d/ c/d/e/c/ | d(c/B/) A/B/G/A/ “tr”F2D :|

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:D
A | DED F>GA | E=cE c2E | dAF d>ef | ded “tr”f2d | g(a/g/f/e/) f(g/f/e/d/) | e>fe/d/ “tr”c2A |

d>cB ABG | “tr”F3 D2 :: (F/G/) | AFD AFD | E=cE c2E | dAF AFD | d>ed “tr”f2d |

g(a/g/f/e/) f(g/f/e/d/) | (e/f/e/d/c/d/) {d}”tr”c2A | (B/A/B/c/)d A>BG | “tr”F3 D2 :|

           

MY WIFE SHE’S TA’EN THE GEE. Scottish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. “Old” it is noted.  The Job of Journeywork [1]” is said to be based upon this tune.

The title roughly translates as “My wife is displaying pettishness or temper.” It forms the burden of a song called “The Rinaway Bride” (Chambers, The Scottish Songs, 1829):

***

A laddie and a lassie fair,

Lived in the south countrie;

They hae coost their claes thegither,

And wedded wad they be.

On Tuesday to the bridal feast,

Came fiddlers flocking free—

But hey play up the rinaway bride,

For she has ta’en the gee.

***

Ritson, in Scotch Songs, vol. 1, pg. 90, also printed a song called “My Wife hae ta’en the Gee.” ***

The tune was "Communicated by A.G. Hunter, Esq., of Blackness" (Gow). Alexander Gibson Hunter of Blackness, heir of large estates in Forfarshire, was an intimate of Sir Walter Scott’s. He himself was a writer and became a partner in the Edinburgh publishing house of Archibald Constanble & Co. in 1801. They published the Edinburgh Review, a periodical which published some of the early poems of Scott’s. Hunter succeeded to the family estates in 1809, moved into Blackness House, near Dundee, and gave up the publishing business, but not before encouraging Scott to write novels in addition to poetry. John Gibson Lockhart (Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart., 1837) maintains that the publishing partnership dissolved because of “intemperate language” on the part of Hunter, but this has been disputed. Hunter did not survive long as Laird of Blackness, for he died in 1812 at about the age of forty. Hunter was known as “an elegant scholar and an enthusiastic lover of the fine arts. As a musician he excelled.” [Notes and Queries, 4th S. IV. OCT. 30/69]. His wife was a cousin named Anne Gibson-Wright, whom he married in 1800. See also “Miss H. Hunter of Blackness,” a tune for another member of the family.

***

Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 550. Gow (Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels), 1809; pg. 32.

X:1

T:My wife she’s ta’en the Gee

M:C
L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slowly and Disctinctly”

B:Gow – Fifth Collection of Strathspey Reels (1809)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companoin

K:C

G|CGGE cGG(A|_B)DDE F3 A/=B/|cGG(B c)GGF|”tr”E>D C/D/E/F/ G3 A|”tr”_B>cdc ~B>cBG|

F<D_B>D F3 A/=B/|c>Ad>B ~c>_BAF|G<c “tr”E>F [B3G3]||G|G<c “tr”E>F ~G>A A/(G/F/)_E/|

(D<_B) D>=E ~F3 E/F/|G<c “tr”E>F “tr”G>A GA/F/|E<c “tr”E>F G3 A|”tr”_B>cdc ~B>cBG|

(F<D) (_B>D) F3 A/=B/|c>A d>B ~c>_B AF|(G<A) “tr”E>F G3||

                       

MY WIFE’S A DRUNKARD. Shetland, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Arthur Peterson (Shetland) [Anderson & Georgeson]. Anderson & Georgeson (Da Mirrie Dancers), 1970; pg. 24.

T:My Wife's a Drunkard

M:4/4

L:1/8

Q:1/4=220

C:Trad Shetland

R:reel

Z:Chris Hoseaso

K:D

a>e e/2e/2e a2 ef|gede g2 g2|a>e e/2e/2e a2 e2|dBGB A3 z:|!

eAcA e2 ge|dBGB d2 d2|eAcA e2 ge|dBGB A3 z:|!

                       


MY WIFE'S A WANTON WEE THING [1]. AKA – “My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing.” AKA and see "Bride Next." Scottish, Jig. D Mixolydian (Athole, Gow, Hall & Stafford, S. Johnson, Kennesy, Kerr/vol. 2, Raven, Sweet): A Mixolydian (Kerr/vol. 3): G Mixolydian (Cranford). Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AAB (S. Johnson, Kennedy, Kerr, Raven, Sweet): AABCCD (Athole, Gow, Hall & Stafford, Hardie). The melody was published by Henry Playford as "Bride Next" in his 1700 collection of Scottish dance music. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune under the above title in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 30), and also as "My Wife..." in the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). Hardie (1992) and Cranford (1994) state it earlier appears in James Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (Book 6) of c. 1751 or 1755. Directions for the country dance were written down in 1752 by John McGill, a dancing master in Girvan, for his students. The tune was adapted by Robert Burns for one of his songs, called "My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing," who, though fond of "the light horse gallop of the air," complained that its peculiar rhythms presented the poet with "almost insuperable difficulties," like many Scottish tunes. The tune was adapted by Robert Burns for one of his songs, called "My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing," who, although he was fond of "the light horse gallop of the air," complained that its peculiar rhythms presented the poet with "almost insuperable difficulties," like many Scottish tunes. The lyric to the ‘wanton’ version, from the Merry Muses of Caledonia (1799), begins:

***

My wife's a wanton, wee thing,

My wife's a wanton, wee thing,

My wife's a wanton, wee thing,

She winna be guided by me.

***

She play'd the loon or she was married,

She play'd the loon or she was married,

She glar'd the loon or she was married,

She'll do it again or she die

***

Variations appeared to the tune in the two-part melody by the Gow’s, who printed it as a four-part piece. The tune has long been popular in the Borders region of England and Scotland (it appears, for example, in the mid-18th century Dixon manuscript, with numberous variations, in keeping with Northumbrian style). Most Cape Breton fiddler’s play the melody in a two-part setting in the key of ‘D’, according to editor Paul Cranford, though the Confiant/Stubbert setting is in ‘G’. See also the Irish variant “McCarthy’s Favorite.” Source for notated version: Northside Cape Breton fiddler Joe Confiant (c. 1900-1980) via fiddler Robert Stubbert via his daughter, Brenda Stubbert (b. 1959, Point Aconi, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia) [Cranford]. Cranford (Brenda Stubbert’s), 1994; No. 127, pg. 44. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 35. Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 32. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 41. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 125. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 14. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 2, 1954; pg. 41. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 318, pg. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 227, pg. 26. Mackenzie, Dance Music of Scotland (Book II), 1845. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 107. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 135. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 25. Culburnie Records, Alasdair Fraser – “Legacy of the Scottish Fiddle, vol. 2” (2004). EMI Records, Jimmy Shand – “King of the Melodeon Men” (1994). Legacy 03CD, Donald Stewart - “The Fiddler’s Companion” (1980. Various artisits). Temple Records COMD 2052, Battlefield Band – “Stand Easy and Preview” (1994. Re-release of the 1979 Topic album).

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:My Wife’s a Wanton Wee Thing

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection  (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Major

f/d/|d2A dfe|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|

F/G/|ABA FDF|A3 =c3|G=cG ECE|G3 B3|AdA FDF|A3 g3|fdf ece|d3 D2 F/G/|

ABA FDF|AdA FDF|GAG E=CE|G=cG ECE|ABA FDF|AFA aeg|fga gfe|d3 D2||

|:f/g/|d2g faf|d3 A2B|=cdc cGE|=c3 E2^c|d2A dfe|d3 A2G|FDF ECE|D3 D2:|

f/g/|aba fdf|a3 g2f|gag e=ce|g3 efg|aba fdf|a3 g2 f/g/|fdf ece|d3 D2 f/g/|aba fdf|

aba fdf|gag e=ce|gag e=ce|aba fdf|aba gab|fga gfe|d3 D2||

 

MY WIFE'S A WANTON WEE THING [2]. Scottish, Strathspey. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The strathspey setting of the same tune as version #1, arranged by Keith Macdonald, compiler of the Skye Collection. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 72.

X:1

T:My Wife’s a Wanton Wee Thing [2]

L:1/8

M:C

R:Strathspey

K:D

(f/e/)|d>g f>e d2 A2|B<=c A<G Ec E2|A<d g<f e<d A2|F>D E>C D2D2:|

|:d<A G<F G<A =c2|G>=c E>c Gc E2|A2 G>FE<D a2|g<fd<e c<d d2:|

|:(fg) a>f d>f a>a|(gf)ge cege|(fg) a>f d>f a2|(g<f) (d<e) c<d d2:|

                       

MY WIFE’S MY OWN (Liom Féin Amháin Mo Bheansa). Irish, Slip Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. A similarly titled slip jig, O’Neill’s “I Have a Wife of My Own,” bears little resemblance to this tune. Source for notated version: fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (Farnaght, Co. Leitrim), who wrote his manuscripts in the 1880's [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 44, pg. 22.

                       

MYLLARGUTEN (The Miller's Boy). Norwegian. The title of the tune was a pseudonym for Torgeir Augundson, a child prodigy who became one of the most influential spelemann (hardranger fiddlers) in Norway, both in style of playing and body of pieces.  He received a command‑invitation to play for the King of Denmark (Denmark ruled Norway from 1397‑1814), though it is not recorded how his playing was received.

                       

MYLLARGUTEN'S SISTE SLATT (Myllarguten's Last Slatt). Norwegian, Lydarslatt (listening piece for the Hardanger fiddle). A Mixolydian. ADae tuning. One part. Myllarguten (or The Miller Boy) was the nickname for the legendary Norwegian fiddler Torgeir Augundsen, the most famous speleman (traditional fiddler) of the 19th century. This piece is a listening piece, even though based on the ganger dance form. Source for notated version: Finn Vabo (Vestland, Norway) [Hopkins]. Hopkins, 1986; Ex. 2, pg. 108.

           

MYMPWY PORTHEINON.  AKA and see “Port Einon Whim.”

 

MYOPIA HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 108. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 301, pg. 178. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 145.

X:1

T:Myopia Hornpipe

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

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

a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | d/f/e/g/ f/a/e/g/ | fdd :: (f/g/) | a/g/f/e/ d/e/f/g/ | b/a/g/f/ e(e/d/) | c/A/e/A/ g/f/e/d/ |

c/e/d/B/ .A(B/c/) | d/A/e/A/ f/A/g/A/ | a/g/f/e/ d/c/B/A/ | B/d/c/e/ d/f/e/g/ | fdd :|

                       

MYRA’S JIG. Composed by Ian Lothian. Great Meadow Music GMM 2003, “Rodney Miller’s Airdance” (2000).

                       

MYRTLE, THE. Scottish, Air. Composed by James Oswald as part of his suite of 48 ‘Airs’, consisting of one air for each of twelve plants in each of four seasons. Not content with one such suite, Oswald composed another whole set for a total of 96 pieces of music. The myrtle is a fabled plant in the British Isles. John Purser writes that the plant was dedicated to the goddess Venus, giving rise to the tradition in which young maids would place a sprig of myrtle under their pillows on St. John’s Eve and fall asleep hoping to dream of their ‘true love’, thus insuring a union would come about. The bouquets of Royal Brides in Britain, says Purser, contains a sprig of the plant, grown from the planted sprig of myrtle that Queen Victoria carried in her own bridal bouquet. Redwing Music RWMCD 5410, Abby Newton – “Castles, Kirks and Caves” (2001. This is the third air from Oswald’s second set for ‘Summer’).

                       

MYSTERY REEL. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Peter Fitzgerald. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 262.

X:1

T: Mystery Reel

C: Peter Fitzgerald

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: Ador

A2 (3cBA EAGA | FDDE GddB | cEGE C3 E | DFAd cAFG |

A2 (3cBA EAGA | FDDE GddB | cege fefg | bagf edcB :|

c3 A GE E2 | cAGc A3 A | Ae e2 dg g2 | afgb agfd |

c3 A GE E2 | cAGc A3 A | Aede c2 ec | cedB cdcB :|

                       


MYSTERIES OF KNOCK. AKA and see "The Ladies of Carrick." Irish, Jig. A Mixolydian (Ryan/Cole): A Major (Taylor): D Major (Treoir). Standard tuning. AAB (Cole): AABB (Taylor, Treoir). Don Meade writes: “Fifteen villagers at Knock in County Mayo in 1789 claimed to have seen the Virgin Mary, whose shrine is still a pilgrimage site. The tune is similar to “The Little House Under the Hill,” also printed in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (pg. 87).” This jig was recorded in the early 1930’s on a 78 RPM disc by banjo player Michael Gaffney (b. 1896, Mullaun, Arigna, County Rosommon). Source for notated version: Michael Gaffney via the band Shaskeen (Ireland) [Taylor]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 54. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 46, pg. 34. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 82. Treoir, vol. 32, No. 3, 2000; pg. 20. Edison 50870 (78 RPM), Joseph Samuels, 1919 (appears as 4th tune of "St. Patrick's Day Medley"). Shaskeen - "The Mouse Behind the Dresser" & "Shaskeen Live."

X:1

T:Mysteries of Knock

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:D

B|ADD AGF|ADD AdB|ADD AGF|BGE EdB|

ADD AGF|ADD ABc|dcB AGF|BGE E2:|

|:B|AFF dFF|AFF AdB|AFF dFF|BGE EdB|

AFF dFF|AFF ABc|dcB AGF|BGE E2:|


           

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 [COMMENT18]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - On.

 [COMMENT19]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT20]Note:  The change to pitch (12) and font (1) must be converted manually.

 [COMMENT21]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT22]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - On.

 [COMMENT23]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT24]Note:  The change to pitch (12) and font (1) must be converted manually.

 [COMMENT25]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT26]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - On.

 [COMMENT27]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT28]Note:  The change to pitch (12) and font (1) must be converted manually.

 [COMMENT29]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT30]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - On.

 [COMMENT31]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT32]Note:  The change to pitch (12) and font (1) must be converted manually.

 [COMMENT33]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT34]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - On.

 [COMMENT35]This was Font/Pitch 1,10 - Off.

 [COMMENT36]Note:  The change to pitch (12) and font (1) must be converted manually.