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OLD HAG AT/IN THE
CHURN, THE (An Sean
Cailleach sa Mhaistrim). Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, County Donegal. It was commonly believed
that butter would not congeal in the churn if a witch was present in the house.
Donegal fiddler John Doherty
said this tune had the ability to drive the witch away as it contained sounds
she could not tolerate, and as so, it was a valuable addition to one’s
repertoire (Caoimhin Mac Aoidh).
OLD HAG IN THE CORNER [1], THE. AKA and see “Hare in the Corn [6],” “Rathawaun.” Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Jerry O’Sullivan & Brian McCandless (2005) are of the opinion that the melody “could have been composed on no other instrument than the uilleann pipes; it is a piping jig through and through.” O’Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; pg. 28. Jerry O’Sullivan – “O’Sullivan Meets O’Farrell” (2005).
X:1
T:Old Hag in the Corner, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
=c | BGd =c2A | BGd =c2A | BGd AGF | EFE E2=c | BGd =c2A | BGd =c2A |
BdB AGF | DED D2 :: G | FGA AFd | AFd AFd | BGd AGF | EFE E2G |
FGA AFd | AFd AFd | B/c/dB AFA | DED D2 :: G| F2D E2D | F2D G2E |
FAd AGF | EFE E2G | F2D E2D | F2D G2E | d2B AFA | DED D2 :: g | fdd edd |
fdd ecA | BGd AGF | EFE E2g | fdd edd | fdd ecA | B/c/dB AFA | DED D2 :|
OLD HAG IN
THE CORNER [2]. Irish,
Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 53, pg. 12.
OLD HAG IN THE KILN (An Chailleach sa Tornóig). AKA and see "Dinny Delaney('s) [1],” “Hag in the Kiln.” Irish, Slide (12/8
time). D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A version of this tune was
played by Dinny Delaney (1836-1919), a blind piper from Ballinasloe, Co.
Galway. Philippe Varlet states that Delaney competed in the Dublin Feis at the
turn of the century and recorded this tune on a cylinder in 1899. Source for
notated version: piper Pat Mitchell, 1972 (Dublin, Ireland), who had the
setting from Delaney’s cylinder recording [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 88, pg. 46. Bulmer
& Sharpley (Music from Ireland),
vol. 4, 81.
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Old Hag in the Kiln, The
T:Dinny Delaney’s
R:slide
N:Parts 3 and 4 are optional.
Z:id:hn-slide-26
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Dmix
A2D ~D3|A2G EFG|A2D ~D3|G2A GED|A2D ~D3|c2d e2d|dcA AGE|G2A GED:|
|:dcA AGE|c3 ABc|dcA AGE|G2A GED|dcA AGE|c2d e2d|dcA AGE|G2A GED:|
|:A2D ~D3|A2B G2B|A2B G2A|E2E GED|A2D ~D3|c2d e2d|dcA AGE|G2A GED:|
|:dcA AGE|c3 ABc|dcA AGE|G2A GED|dcA AGE|c2d e2d|dcA AGE|G2A GED:|
OLD HAG, YOU HAVE
KILLED ME. AKA and see “A chailleach, do mharaís mé,”
"Oh! Hag You Have Killed
Me [1],” “Stop, old
hag, or you’ll kill me." Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AABB. See also the related “Will You Come Home with Me?
[1]” Source for notated version: set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí
Uilleann in the late 1980’s [Taylor]. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 2. Green Linnet SIF 3005, The Bothy Band - “Old Hag You Have
Killed Me” (1981. A reissue of the 1976 Mulligan LP).
X:1
T:Old Hag, You Have Killed Me
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Z:Lorna LaVerne
K:G Major
AG |FED c2A | ded cAG | ~A3 ABG |A2A
A2G |
FED c2A | ded cAF | ~G3 GcA | GcA
G2G |
FED c2A | ded cAG | ~A3 ABG |A2A A2G
|
FED c2A | ded cAF | ~G3 GcA | GcA
G2d |
~f3 gfg | afd cAG | A2A ABG | ABG
A2d |
~f3 gfg | afd cAF | ~G3 GcA | GcA
G2d |
~f3 gfg | afd cAG | A2A ABG | ABG
A2d |
~f3 gfg | afd cAF | ~G3 GcA | GcA G3
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OLD HAILE HORNPIPE. English, “Old” Hornpipe (triple time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABCDEFGH. From Thomas Marsden’s A Collection of Original Lancashire Hornpipes, Old and New. Containing Divisions upon each (London, 1705). The book was sold out of Henry Playford’s shop at the Temple Change, priced at one shilling. Haile is a village in Cumbria, northwest England, 7 miles southeast of Whitehaven.
X: 1
T:Old Haile Hornpipe
M:3/2
L:1/8
S:Marsden
Z:Transcribed by Pete Stewart and posted at www.goodbagpipes.co.uk/pipetunes/
Z:(reposted at Fiddler’s Companion by permission)
K:G
A3Bc2BA B2AG|A2D4G2F2ED|B3cd2cBc2BA|B2G4A2B2AG||
FGAB cdcA GABG|A2D4G2F2D2|GABc dedB ABcA|B2G4A2B2AG||
c2e4dc BcdB|A2D4G2F2ED|G2g2f3e fgaf|g2G4A2B2AG||
cB AG FGAF GABG|A2D4G2F3A|dcBA GABG cA FA|B2G4A2B2AG||
c2e2c2e2BcdB|A2f2A2f2ABcA|G2g2G2fgaf|g2G4A2B2AG||
cBAG FGAF GABG |AGFE DEFG AB cA|dcBA GABG cAFA|B2G4A2B2AG||
c2e2c2e2B2d2|A2f2A2f2AB cA|G2g2G2fgaf|g2G4A2B2AB||
cAFA cAFA dB GB|A2D4G2F3A|dB GB dB GB cAFA|B2G4A2B2AG||
c2e2c2e2B2d2|A2f2A2f2AB cA|G2g2G2g2fgaf|g2G4A2B2AG||
OLD HALFTIME. American, March {?} (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source
for notated version: Jerry Watrous (Deep River, Conn.) [Sweet]. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 48.
OLD HAT. Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark
Fiddling."
OLD HEAD OF DENIS, THE (Sean Ceann Doncad). AKA and see "Meeting of the Waters [1],”
"Helen," "The Wild Geese
[1].” Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling"). G Major. Standard
tuning. One part. The melody was used by Thomas Moore for his text "The
Meeting of the Waters," but was the vehicle for a number of hymns and
ballads, including many cowboy songs such as "The Dreary Black Hills"
and the Catskill Mountain (New York) collected "Rock Island Line" (Cazden,
et al, 1982). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No.
526, pg. 92.
X:1
T:Old Head of Denis, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”With feeling”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 526
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d/>c/ | B{c/B/}AG GED | DEG G2
A/>B/ | c>BA ABG | dBG A2 A/>B/ |
c>BA ABG | dBG {B}A2 G/>A/ |
B>AG GE>D | DEG c2 c/>B/ |
B>AG GE>D | DEG G2 ||
OLD HEAD OF KINSALE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 21.
X:1
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
ed | cAAA AGEF | G2 AF GE D2 | EAAA c2d2 | efge dfed | cAAA AGEF |
G2 AF GE D2 | EAAB c2d2 | efge d4 || eaaa agef | g2 af gfed | cAAB c2d2 |
cfge
d2 cd | eaaa ggef | g2 af gfed | cAAB c2d2 | efge d2 ||
OLD HEN CACKLE(D) [1], THE. AKA and see “Barnyard Serenade,” "Cacklin' Hen [1]," “Christmas Calico,” "Cluck Old Hen [1]," "Hen Cackle(d)," "Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's
Going to Crow." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Texas, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri. G Major: A Major. Standard or
AEae (John Carson, John Salyer) tuning. AABBCCDD. Popular with both black and
white mid-South string bands, writes Charles Wolfe (1991), although it is
“conspicuously absent from most standard collections of black folk songs.” As
evidence of the tune in black tradition, it was in the repertoire of
African-American fiddler Cuje Bertram (of the Cumberland Plateau region,
Kentucky), recorded by him on a 1970 home recording he made for his family. It
also was recorded by African-American fiddlers Howard Armstrong and the
string-band team of Joe Evans and Arthur McClain.
***
The tune was widely known in the South
and Mid-West, with several regional and personal variants. It was one of the
first country music recordings ever made, in 1923, by north Georgia musician
and entertainer Fiddlin’ John Carson (1868-1949), who called it “Old Hen
Cackled and the Rooster’s Going to Crow.” Later in the same era Chattanooga
fiddler Jess Young added a part in the key of C in his recording. The tune was
recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph
from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. “Old Hen Cackle” is one of
‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. It
was popular in the mountais of southeastern Kentucky, notes Jeff Titon (2001)
in a number of related tune and title variants, such as “Cacklin’ Hen,” “Hen
Cackle,” “Cluck Old Hen,” etc. Kentucky fiddler Bill Hatton called it
“Christmas Calico.” Apart from numerous recordings in the 78 RPM era, evidence
for its popularity comes from contemporary newspapers. It is listed in the Northwest Alabamian (Fayette) of August
19, 1929, as one of the tunes likely to be played at an upcoming fiddlers'
convention. The Chilton County News
(Alabama) of June 1, 1922, predicted it would be one of the tunes that would
"vie with the latest jazz nerve wreckers for first place" at a
Chilton County fiddlers' convention. That a fiddler’s rendition “Old Hen
Cackles” was often a benchmark of his skill is illustrated by John Carson’s
recorded exchange (on Okeh 45448) with a fiddler named ‘Bully’ Brewer:
***
Bully: I’m the best fiddler that
ever wobbled a bow.
John: I don’t give a durn, I’m the best fiddler that ever jerked the hairs of a horse’s tail across the belly of a cat.
John: Turn your dog loose.
(Bully plays)
Bully: Well, what’re you going
to play, John?
John: I’m going to play the
fiddle…that’s a durn sight more than you’ve done.
***
One set of lyrics, collected by
African-American collector Thomas Talley, go:
***
De ole hen she cackled,
An’ stayed down in de bo’n.
She git fat an’ sassy,
A-eatin’ up de co’n.
***
De ole hen she cackled,
Git great long yaller laigs,
She swaller down de oats,
But I don’t git no aigs.
***
De ole hen she cackled,
She cackled in de lot,
De nex’ time she cackled,
She cackled in de pot.
***
Not unlike Fiddlin’ John Carson’s:
***
Old hen cackled everybody knows,
The old hen cackled and the rooster's going to crow.
Old hen cackled, cackled mighty loud,
Ain't laid an egg, walked mighty proud.
Old hen cackled, cackled in the lot,
Last time she cackled, cackled in the pot.
***
|
[It was
not always easy to decipher Carson’s words. Irene Spain, charged with
transcribing the record for sheet music sales, said: Poor John couldn’t make a record unless he was a little more than half
drunk and he always had to have a ‘jaw-breaker’—a candy ball about half as
bit as a golf ball—in his mouth and he would roll that around while singing.
His words were so muddled up at times that we had to almost guess at what he
was saying to get them on paper.] |
***
Sources for notated versions: Tony
Gilmore (Jefferson City, Missouri) [Christeson]; John M. Salyer (Salyersville,
Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 105. Titon (Old-Time
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 116, pg. 144. Arhoolie LP1095, Howard Armstrong
(1985). County CD2712, Art Stamper (Ky.) - "The Lost Fiddler" (c.
1982). Gennett 3021‑A and SVT 4011 (78 RPM's), Jess Young Band
(Chattanooga, Tenn.), 1924 {recorded as "Old Hen Cackled"}. Okeh
45448 (78 RPM), Fiddlin’ John Carson. Oriole 8095 & Perfect 12751 (78 RPM),
Joe Evans & Arthur McClain (1931). Rounder
Records 1003, Fiddlin' John Carson (north Ga.) ‑ "The Old Hen
Cackled and the Rooster's Going to Crow." In the repertoire of Uncle Jimmy
Thompson (1848‑1931) {Texas, Tenn.}, Uncle Bunt Stevens (Tenn.), Kentucky
African-American fiddler Cuje Bertram, and G.B. Grayson (from eastern Tennessee
who recorded it under the title “Barnyard Serenade”).
OLD HEN CACKLED AND THE ROOSTER'S GOING TO CROW. AKA and see "Old Hen Cackle(d) [1]," "Hen Cackle(d)," "Cacklin' Hen [1]," "Cluck Old Hen [1]."
OLD HEWSON THE COBBLER. English, Air (9/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. One part. The air
appears in the ballad operas The Jovial
Crew and The Grub Street Opera
(1731). Though the words to the song are lost Chappell (1859) believed it to
have referenced Colonel Hewson, one of Charles I's judges and one of those who
signed his death warrant. Hewson was in fact once a cobbler, and had only one
eye; by fortune and skill he rose to the rank of Colonel on the side of the
Parliamentarian army fighting against the forces of the Cavaliers loyal to the
King. He was knighted by Cromwell and later made one of his Lords, however, as
the tide turned he lost all that he had gained and was lucky to escape from
England with his life just before the Restoration. He died in Amsterdam in
1662. Since most of the balladeers and broadsiders seemed to favor the
Cavaliers, Hewson's humble beginnings and his one‑eyed affliction became
the butt of much doggeral. Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seegar (in Travellers' Songs of England and Scotland)
state that this is the common ancestor to a large family of songs, often quite
bawdy. Chappell (Popular Music of the
Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 163.
X:1
T:Old Hewson the Cobbler
M:9/8
L:1/8
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G Minor
D|G>AG BAG ^FA2|G>AG AFA
c3|G>AG Bc/B/A/G/ ^FA2|=f>ed cAB G2||
OLD HICKORY. AKA and see “Chapel Hill
March,” "Coleman's March [1],"
“Green Willis [1],” "The Raw Recruit," "The New Rigged Ship [1]." American,
Quadrille (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. As "The New Rig'd
Ship," the tune dates back to the 18th century British Isles. Old Hickory
was a nickname for President Andrew Jackson. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 116.
OLD HICKORY HORNIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor),
1898; pg. 54.
X:1
T:Old Hickory Hornpipe
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and
Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B_
dc|BABc BFdc|BABc BFdc|Bcde
fBgf|edcB AFGA|BABc BFdc|BABc BFdc|
BfdB AFGA|B2 d2 B2:|
|:AB|cAFA cAdB|ecAc edgf|edc=B
cGc_B|Af=eg fd_ec|BABc BFdc|
BABc BFdc|BfdB AFGA|B2 d2 B2:|
OLD HIGH REEL, THE. AKA and see “The Beehive,” “A Bangor
Reel,” “The Galway High Reel,” “The
Other High Reel.” Irish, Reel. Standard tuning. D Major. Ossian OSS 85, Oisín – “Celtic Dream” (reissue of “The Jeannie C” & “Winds of Change”).
Noel O'Donoghue & Michael Quealy – “Moher.” “Turas.”
X:1
T:The Old High Reel
T:The Galway High Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
f3 d ecAG|FD (3EFG Ad=cA|G2 FG
Adde|fded cdeg|
fafd ecAG|FD (3EFG Ad=cA|G2 FG
Addc|A2 GE FD D2:|
|:a2 fa dafg|a2 fa dafa|b2 gb
ebgb|efgb efgb|
a2 fa dafg|a2 fa dafa|bgaf gefd|ABAG
FD D2:|
"Variation, second part"
a2 fa dafa | a2 fa dafa | b2 gb ebgb
| b2 gb ebgb |
a2 fa dafa | a2 fa dafa | bgaf gfed
| ABAG FD D2 :||
OLD HIGHLAND FLING, THE. Scottish, Highland Fling. F Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Harding’s All Round
Collection, 1905; No. 181, pg. 57.
X:1
T:Old Highland Fling, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Fling
B:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 181 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
FzFz (A<c) cz|B>GA>F
G>ED>C|FzFz (A<c) cz|d>fe>g f z z2:|
|:f>ga>f
g>fd>c|d>ef>d c>AG>F|f>ga>f g>fd>c|
dzezfz f>g|azgzfzez|d>ef>d
c>BA>G|FzFz (A<c) cz|d>fe>g f:|
OLD HOB. AKA and see "The Mousetrap [1],"
"Marriage, or the
Mouse Trap," "Of
all the simple things we do," "A maid is like the golden ore."
English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune appears under this title
in John Young’s second volume of the Dancing
Master (third edition), printed in London in 1718, and, in a fourth
edition, in 1728, and in John Walsh’s Second
Book of the Compleat Country Dancing-Master (London, 1719, and later
editions of 1735 and 1749). Thomas D’Urfey included it as a song in his Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy
(vol. 1, 1719, as “The Mousetrap, or Old Hob”), as did Watts in his Musical Miscellany (1731, as “The
Marriage”). In fact, the lyric is by D’Urfey, “made to a comical tune in The Country Wake,” a play written by
Doggett, and printed in 1696 (Chappell, vol. 2, pg. 111). “Doggert was an
actor, who bequeathed the annual coat and badge to the Thames watermen,” notes
Chappell. It was the vehicle for a song in Gay’s Beggar’s Opera (1729) and was frequently employed in later ballad
operas such as The Generous Freemason,
The Patron and An Old Man Taught Wisdom.
***
Of all the simple things we do,
To rub over a whimsical life,
There’s no one folly is so true,
As that very bad bargain, a wife.
We’re just like a mouse in a trap,
Or rat that is caught in a gin;
We start and fret, and try to escape,
And rue the sad hour we came in.
***
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 97. Chappell (Old English Popular Music, vol. 2),
1858; pg. 111. Wildgoose Records WGS 310CD,
Belshazzar’s Feast – “Mr. Kynaston’s Famous Dance, vol. 2” (2002).
X:1
T:Old Hob, or The Mouse Trap
M:6/4
L:1/8
S:John Young – Dancing Master, second volume, third edition (1718)
K:D
D|D4E2 F4G2|A4B2 c3BA2|B2c2d2
e2c2A2|A2 (d4 d4)D2|
D4E2 F4G2|A4B2 c3BA2|B2c2d2
e2c2A2|A2 (d4 d4):|
|:(cd)|e2c2A2 d3ef2|B6 g6|f2e2d2
e3de2|(A6 A4)f2|
g4f2 e4d2|c3de2 A4A2|B3cd2 e2c2A2|A2
(d4 d4):|
OLD HOG OR NONE. English, "Morris Air." This melody was taken down by Cecil
Sharp from Charles Bunyan of Oxford, England, and though not ascribed to any
particular morris tradition it may have been played for dancers at Brill (Suff,
1994). EMI/Harvest 7243 8 29861 2 6, Ashley Hutchings
et al - "Son of Morris On" (1976/1994).
OLD HOLLOW POPLAR. Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard. AA’BB. Devil’s Box.
X:1
T:Old Hollow Poplar
M:C|
L:1/8
S:Howdy Forrester, transcribed by John Hartford
K:G
G|:g/g/a g/g/a|g/e/d/c/ B/G/B/d/|aa aa/b/|a/g/e/d/ B/G/D/D/|B/gB/ gg/a/|
g/e/d/c/ B/G/B/d/|aa a/b/a/f/|1 g/f/e/d/ B/G/G:|2 g/f/e/d/ B/G/G/G,/||
|:dB/d/ c/B/A/d/|B/c/d/^c/ B/G/G|G,>A c/B/A/G/|F/G/A/d/ B/G/G|
G,>A
c/B/A/G/|A/B/d/^c/ B/G/G/B/|dB/d/ c/B/A/F/|D/F/A/d/ B/G/G:|
OLD HOME WALTZ. Cajun, Waltz. USA, southwestern Louisiana. D Major. Standard. One part.
See also Aldus Roger's related tune, "Lafayette Playboys' Waltz."
The original was by Shirley Bergeron, though it has been covered by other Cajun
musicians. Source for notated version: Shirley Bergeron (La.) [Francois].
Francois (Yé Yaille, Chère!), 1990;
pgs. 434-435. Lanor
Records LP510 (also on LP1000), Shirley & Alphee Bergeron.
OLD HOMESTEAD, THE. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Composed by John Burt. Similarities with “Rachel
[1].” Jarman (The Cornhuskers Book of
Square Dance Tunes), 1944; pg. 19.
OLD HORNED SHEEP, THE (An Sean Caor-Adrcac). AKA and see “Bangor Regatta,” "Humors of Donnybrook."
Irish, Double Jig. G Major (O’Neill): B Flat Major (Cranford). Standard tuning.
AABB. The melody appears to be an amalgam of two old Irish tunes, “The Humours
of Donnybrook” and “Sweet Biddy Daly”
(the ‘A’ and ‘B’ parts, respectively). It was first printed in Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection (1883) under the title “The Boss.”
Donegal fiddler John Doherty played a version he called “The Pet in the Kitchen,” a reference
to his fiddle. See also “Original
One-Horned Sheep.” Source for notated version: Winston Fitzgerald
(1914-1987, Cape Breton), had had the tune from his friend Don Brown who had
learned it from O’Neill’s [Cranford]. Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 184, pg. 73. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No.
169, pg. 93. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 55. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1026, pg. 192.
O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001
Gems), 1907/1986; No. 238, pg. 53. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 108.
X:1
T:Old Horned Sheep, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1909), No. 238
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3d/e/f/|:g2G GFG|EGG DGG|g2G
GFG|EAG FED|
g2G GFG|EGG DGG|EGG FGA|BGG G2:|
|:z|Bdd dBG|Bdd d2G|Bdd dBG|cAA A2c|
Bdd dBG|Bdd def|gfe dcB|ABG FED:|
OLD HORNLESS COW, THE (Sean Bho Mhaol). AKA and see "The Brown Ewe" (meaning a potheen still).
Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source
for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co.
Leitrim, c. 1846. "O'Beirne obtained it from Glenfarne in the County
Leitrim" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish
Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 569, pgs. 300‑301.
X:1
T:Old Hornless Cow, The
T:Brown Ewe, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
N:”Lively”
R:Air
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music
and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e/f/ | g2e c2A | G2E G2A | c2d ed2f
| g2a g2e | d2e c2A | (G3 G2) e/f/ |
g2e c2A | G2E G2A | c2d e2g | a2e
g2e | d2e c2c | (c3 c2) || G |
c2e g2f | e2g a2b | c’3 b2c’ | a2e
g2e | d2e c2A | (G3 G2) e/f/ |
g2e c2A | G2E G2A | c2d e2g | a2e
g2e | d2e c2c | (c3 c2) ||
OLD HORNPIPE. Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody (labelled
"very old") appears in Niel Gow's First Collection, 2nd
edition, 1801, in duple metre. Emmerson (1971) asserts it is really in 3/2
time, the old hornpipe rhythm which disappeared when the country dances it was
used for fell out of fashion. Emmerson (Rantin’
Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; No. 93, pg. 167.
OLD HORSE AND BUGGY. AKA and see “Horse and Buggy-O.” Old-Time, Breakdown. A Major. AEae
tuning. AA’B. See also Missouri fiddler Fred Stoneking’s version under the
title “Horse and Buggy-O.” County CO-CD-2729, Art Stamper – “Goodbye Girls, I’m Going
to Boston” (2000).
X:1
T:Old Horse and Buggy
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Art Stamper
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
EF|A2 A2 cBAA|c2e4 EF|A2A2 cBAA|F2E4
EF|A2 Ac BABA|
cdef e2 ef|ecBA F(GA)c|B/c/B AB A2
EF|A2 Ac (3BcB AA|
c2e4 EF|A2 Ac (3BcB AA|F2(E2
E2)EF|A2A2 cBAd|cdef e2 ef|
ecBA FGAc|B/c/B AB A2A2||ef2=g
fede|fa2b a3 (a|a2_af ecBA|
ce2(e e2)ce|ef2=g fede|faab a2
af|e2c2 BAAc|B/c/B AB A2e2|
ef2=g fede|fa2b a3f|e2 ef ecBA|ce2(e
e2)ce|ef2=g fede|faab a2 af|
e2c2 BAAc|B/c/B AB A4||
“Alternate A part”
[A,2E2A2] Ac BABA|c2(e2e2)e2|E2 Ac
BABA|c2A2E2A2|
[A,2E2A2] Ac BABA|cdef e2 ef|ecBA
FGAc|B/c/B AB A4||
OLD INDIANA. American, Two-Step or Polka. USA, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning.
ABB’C. Composed by Lee Stoneking in the late 1960’s, according to son Fred.
Source for notated version: Lee Stoneking (1907-1989, Henry County, Missouri)
[Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music),
2008; pg. 143. Graphic Recording, Lee Stoneking –
“Missouri Old Time Fiddlin’” (c. 1970’s).
Rounder Records 0368, Fred Stoneking – “Saddle Old Paint” (1996).
OLD INVERNESS COUNTY
REEL, AN. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape
Breton. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. Source for notated version:
fiddler/guitarist Dave MacIsaac (Halifax, Nova Scotia) via fiddler Jerry
Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton) [Cranford]. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 175, p. 49.
OLD IRELAND, A
LONG FAREWELL. Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. An
English‑sounding melody. The tune was originally published by the Dublin
Feis Ceóil Association in 1914, although it was collected at the turn of the 20th
century. It is a “corrupt version” of “[[Burns Farewell]],” dating to 1797. Source
for notated version: a MS. of Schoolmaster James Whiteside (Bray, Co. Wicklow,
Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Connelly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002;
pgs. Darley & McCall (The Feis Ceóil Collection of Irish Airs), 1914; No. 49, p. 21.
OLD IRELAND, REJOICE. Irish, Scottish; Slow Air (3/4
time). D Dorian. Standard. AB. A tune by this name appears in two 18th century
Scottish volumes; the 1772 McLean Collection, published by James Johnson in
Edinburgh, and the 1740 McFarlane Collection, vol. 2, No. 52. The musicologist
Alfred Moffat maintained the “Old Ireland” tune was a version of “The Wild Geese [1]” ("Gye
Fiane" in Englished Gaelic or, in Irish, “Na Geadna Fiadaine”), though as
with other Moffat pronouncements this is doubted by some. Source for notated
version: Patrick MacDowell, "the distunguished sculptor, born in Belfast
1799: died in 1870" (Joyce). Joyce (Old
Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 787, p. 384.
OLD IRONSIDES (Lancashire) CLOG. American, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB
(Cole): AA'BB' (Kerr). The title undoubtedly refers to the early 19th
century American square-rigged naval ship the Constitution, now a floating museum in Boston harbour. Perhaps the
earliest recording is from 1913 by violinist Charles D’Alamaine, born in 1871
in England, who died in 1943. D’Alamaine immigrated to the United States in
1888, and by 1890 had established himself as “instructor on violin” in
Evanston, Illinois; by 1910 he had removed to Yonkers, and in 1920 was a
chiropractor in New York City (info. from Paul Gifford). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 119. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 365, p. 40.
Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.
157.
X:1
T:Old Ironsides
M:C
L:1/8
R:(Lancashire) Clog
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 (B>.c) (d>.B) g2 |
e>de>f g>dB>G | D2 F>A c>A f>e | d>^cd>e
d>=cB>A |
G2 B>c d>B g2 | e>de>f
g>dB>G | D2 F>A c>B f>e |1 (3ded (3cBA G2 z2 :|2
(3ded (3cBA G2 |: d2 | (3d^cd e>d
c>AF>A | G>FG>A G>Bc>^c |
(3d^cd g>f (3ede c>B |
A>DF>A d2d2 | (3d^cd e>d c>AF>A | G>FG>A G>AB>d |
(3d^cd g>e c>AF>A |1 G2
(3BAB G2 :|2 G2 (3BAB G2z2 ||
OLD
JAKE GILLIE. AKA and see “Jake Gillie.” Old-Time, Breakdown.
USA; Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky. D Major. Standard. AABB’AACC. A
West-Virginia/Kentucky regional tune (Charles Wolfe, 1997). The tune was
recorded on a 78 RPM for Brunswick by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler
Clark Kessinger (1896-1975), who probably learned while growing up in the
Kanawha Valley (Wolfe, Mountains of Music,
1999). See also the tune under the title "Jake Gilly." Other old-time
musicians in whose repertoire “Jake Gilly” was include Matokie Slaughter, of
Pulaski, Va., best‑known as a fine banjo player, but she also played
tunes on the fiddle, including the “Gilly” tune. It was in the repertoire as
well of fiddler Norman
Edmonds (Hillsville, Va.) who played it on his c. 1950's radio shows, some
of which were recorded. Some have noticed a general resemblance between this
tune and “The Eighth of January.” Source for notated version: Clark Kessinger
[Phillips]. Krassen (Clawhammer Banjo),
1974; pg. 18. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 171. Brunswick Records (78 RPM), Clark Kessinger (1930). County
717, Oscar Wright (Princeton, West Virginia) - "More Clawhammer Banjo
Tunes." Rounder 0057, Sam McNeil (Montgomery Co., Virginia) - "Old
Originals, volume 1," (1976. Appears as “Jake Gillie”).
X:1
T:Old Jake
Gillie
L:1/8
M:C|
K:D
f2 fa
f2d2|fdec d3e|fafe dfed|BA F2 D3 (3A/B/c/|defd e2 de|fd e2 d3e|fafe dfed|BA F2
D3||
|:E|FABF A2
BA|FBAF EFDE|FBAF ABFB|AFEF D3:|
|:z|a2 ab
a2f2|abaf edfg|a2ab a2g2|fd e(d d2)z2:|
OLD JAKEY BUZZARD. American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. The
'A' part is similar to the 'B' part of "Old Man and the Old Woman [1]"
and "Growling
Old Man and (Grumbling Old) Woman". Sources for notated versions:
George Clever (elderly fiddler from Jefferson County, Pa., 1948), Hogg (Pa.,
1948) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the
Fiddle), 1981; No. 142A‑B, pg. 78.
OLD JAW BONE. AKA and see "Jawbone,” “Walk Jawbone [2]." Old‑Time,
Breakdown. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AABB. See note for “Walk Jawbone.” The title appears in a list of
traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist
Vance Randolph, published in 1954. The label on the Carter Brothers’ recording
gives the title as “Old Joe Bone.” Source for notated version: Carter Brothers
and Son (Mississippi), 78 RPM recording c. 1929 [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol.
1), 1994; pg. 171.
OLD JERRY DOYLE. Irish, Double Jig. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCC. "From
John Dolan of Glenosheen: 1845" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 65, pg. 35.
X:1
T:Old Jerry Doyle
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ge|dBG G>AG|dcB Age|dBG G>AG|cAF
ABc|BAG G>AG|dBG Bdg| edc dcB|cAF G2:|
|:B/A/|G2 g gfg|dcB ABG|=F2f fef|
cA=F FGA|Ggg gfg| efg de=f| edc dcB|cAF G2:|
|:B/A/|Ggg e2g|dcB AcA|=Fff fef|cA=F
FGA|Ggg B2g|efg de=f| edc dcB|cAF G2:|
OLD JEW, THE. AKA and see "The
Auld Jew," "Black Headed
Dearie" (Ceann Dubh Dilis).
OLD JIM LANE. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain
fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in
1954.
OLD JIMMY JOHNSON. AKA and see “Jimmy Johnson.”
OLD JIMMY SUTTON. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Source for notated version: Highwoods String Band (New York) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 206. Biograph 6003, "The Original Bogtrotters." Rounder
0045, Highwoods String Band‑ "Dance All Night." Tennvale 003,
Pete Parish‑ "Clawhammer Banjo."
OLD JOE [1]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Tennessee. C Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB.
Source for notated version: Oscar Stone with Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum
Hunters (Tenn.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 172.
OLD JOE [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Tennessee, Missouri. C Major. Standard
tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Christeson, Phillips, Songer). This tune was
recorded on another occasion by Tennessee fiddler Sid Harkreader in 1927,
slightly modified from a version he had from Dr. Humphrey Bate. Charles Wolfe
believes Bate may have obtained the tune from black musicians. “Old Joe” is one
of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden.
Sources for notated versions: Bob Walters, 1951, who probably had the tune from
an old 78 RPM (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Sid Harkreader and Paul
Elliott (Tenn.) [Phillips]; Stephanie
Prausnitz [Silberberg]. R.P. Christeson (Old
Time Fiddler’s Repertory), vol. 1, 1973; pg. 40. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 172. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002;
pg. 111. Songer (Portland Collection),
1997; pg. 150. County 541, Sid Harkreader. Rounder
0193, Rodney Miller - “Airplang.” Rounder 0437, Jimm Beeler Kate – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks,
vol. 3: Down in the Border Counties” (2000. Appears as “Old Joe in Dischord”).
OLD JOE BONE. AKA and see “Jawbone,” “Old Jaw Bone,” “Walk
Jawbone [2].”
OLD JOE CLARK. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Widely known. A Major/Mixolydian (most
versions): C Major (Ford): D Mixolydian (Bayard). AEae (Art Stamper), GDgd, or
standard tunings. AB (Bayard): AABB. Bayard (1981) thinks it was originally a
song tune that later (or parallelly) became a fiddle standard and playparty
tune. Alan Jabbour states he has not found any 19th century examples
of the tune in printed, nor is it mentioned by name in any 19th
century texts, and he believes it is no older than the late 19th
century or the early 20th century. The earliest reference appears to
be in the Journal of American Folklore,
XXV, 152, where it is noted that “Old
Joe Clark” was "sung by East Tennessee whites, 1905." Mike Seeger
(1983) relates the local story of the origins of the tune where he lives in
Rockbridge County, Va.:
***
Joe Clark's father settled around Irish Creek, near South River,
in the early 1800's. Joe Clark had a daughter, and a jilted beau
is said to have written the song, out of jealousy, in the late 1800's.
The Clarks have been family‑style string musicians right down
through the years.
***
Another investigation determined the source of the tune to be the murder in Maryland of a traveling salesman named Herbert Brown by Joe Clark and Brown’s wife Betsy sometime after the Civil War. Joe and Betsy attempted to cover up the crime by asserting that Brown was on a trip up North. This perhaps explains the verse:
***
Old Joe Clark killed a man
Layed him in the sand.
***
…and the chorus, many versions of
which include “goodbye Betsy Brown.”
***
Yet another
claim is that the song is named for Joe Clark of Clay County, Kentucky, born in
1839. During the Civil War Clark enlisted in the Union
Army and served for about six months before receiving a disability discharge in
1862, after which he farmed. Later he ran a general store and had a
state-licensed moonshine still. Clark, however, was a womanizer, and this
probably led to his murder in 1886, when he was shot and killed near the back
porch of his store. There is suppossedly a Kentucky State historical marker in
front of the U.S. Post Office at Sexton’s Creek that reads:
***
Mountain
ballad,
about 90 stanzas sung during World War I and later wars by soldiers from
eastern Kentucky. Early version as sung in Virginia, printed in 1918. Joe Clark
born 1839, lived here; a shiftless and rough mountaineer of that day. His
enemies were legion; he was murdered in 1885. In the moonshining days of the
1870s he ran a government supervised still.
***
The tune was recorded for the
Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark
Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Virginia family band
"Fiddlin'" Cowan Powers and Family's recording of the piece was the
third best-selling country music record of 1924, while the Skillet Lickers
(north Georgia) 1926 recording was the fourth best-selling for that year. “Old
Joe Clark” was recorded in 1934 by Louisiana fiddler Wayne Perry, a “lovely and
unusual setting” says Kerry Blech. Blech notes that another Louisiana fiddler,
Horace Foreman, recorded the tune around the same time. He states: “From his
photo Perry looks to be in his late 20’s or early 30’s, while Foreman had been
born in 1849, yet their versions are extraordinarily similar,” pointing out the
strength of regionalism in isolated areas with regard to traditional music.
These and similar ditties were collected with the tune:
***
I has to ride the leadin' mule,
A switch in my right hand;
Gwine to ride with Old Joe Clark,
To a foreign land.
Chorus:
Going around with Old Joe Clark,
Going around I'm gone;
Going around with Old Joe Clark,
Good‑bye Lucy Long. (Thede)
***
I don't like Old Joe Clark,
I'll tell you the reason why;
He caught his foot in a panel of my fence
And tore out all my rye. (Bayard)
***
Many old-time fiddlers (such as West
Virginia’s Edden Hammons) play the piece in cross-tuning, AEae, although some, like
African-American fiddler Joe Thompson, play it in GDgd.
***
Sources for notated versions: Emmet Newman (Delaware County, Oklahoma) [Thede], Wiley Jobes (Greene County, Pa., and northern W.Va., 1930's) and Walter Ireland (Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]; Judy Hyman (Ithica, N.Y.) [Phillips]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 161A‑B, pgs. 98‑99. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 207. Cazden (Dances from Woodland), 1945; pg. 20. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 121. Frets Magazine, "Mike Seeger: Traditional Music," July 1983; pg. 55. Krassen (Appalachian Fiddle), 1973; pg. 16. Lowinger (Bluegrass Fiddle), 1974; pg. 12. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 30‑31. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 172 (two versions). Reiner (Anthology of Fiddle Styles), 1979; pg. 38. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 99, pg. 35. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 28‑29. AFS 20-21, Wayne Crowley (Louisiana, 1934. A field recording by Alan Lomax). AFS 23, Horace Forman (Louisiana, 1934. A field recording by Alan Lomax. Mr. Forman was elderly, having been born in the mid-19th century). Briar 4202, The Kentucky Colonels‑ "Living in the Past." Brunswick 313 (78 RPM), Lonnie Austin (1929). County 524, "Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters, 1927 Recordings." County 723, Cockerham, Jarrell and Jenkins‑ "Back Home in the Blue Ridge." County CO-CD-2729, Art Stamper – “Goodbye Girls I’m Going to Boston” (2000). Document 8039, “The Hill Billies/Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters: Compoete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, vol. 1” (reissue). Folkways FA 2337, Clark Kessinger‑ "Live at Union Grove." Folkways FA 2395, New Lost City Ramblers‑ "vol. 5." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer." Heritage 080, Enoch Rutherford ‑ "Old Cap'n Rabbit." Marimac 9038, Dan Gellert & Brad Leftwich - "A Moment in Time." MCA 88, Bill Monroe‑ "Bluegrass Ramble." Poppy PP‑LA210‑G 0698, Doc Watson‑ "Two Days in November." Rounder 18964-1518-2, Various Artists (Wayne Perry) – “American Fiddle Tunes” (a reissue of the 1971 Library of Congress LP of field recordings). Rounder CD1518, Various Performers – “American Fiddle Tunes” (1971). Victor 19434 (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Cowan Powers (Russell County, S.W. Va.), also recorded by him for Edison in 1925. Edden Hammons Collection II, Disc 1.
X:1
T:Old Joe Clark
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|[E2A2] [E2A2]|ed [E2c2]|Ac B^G|(E2 E)E|[E2A2] [E2A2]|
ed [E2c2]|Ac BE|[E2A2][EA]||A|[c2e2] [c>e>]f|=gfe>d|ef=gf|
(e2
e)A|e2 e>f|gfe>c|Ac BE|A3||
OLD JOE REDBIRD. AKA –
“Redbird [3].” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA,
Arkansas. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Source Wallace knew the tune as
“Redbird,” but since he also knew other melodies by that name, so to
distinguish it he decided to add the name of the Arkansas town of the man whom
he learned it from, Henry Woods, of Old Joe, Arkansas. Source for notated
version: Jesse Wallace (1907-2006, born Stone County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger
& McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg.
156. Rounder CD 0435, Jesse Wallace – “Traditional
Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1” (1999. Various artists).
OLD JOE SHELBY. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark
Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954.
OLD JOE SIFE'S REEL. AKA and see "Farrell
O'Gara's Favorite Reel,” "Last
Night in Leadville," "Last
Night's Fun [1],” "The Macroom Lasses,"
“Stick it in the Ashes.”
American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 30. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 56.
X:1
T:Old Joe Sife’s
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
F | .E(A/c/) B/A/a/f/ | e/c/B/d/
c/A/F/A/ | .E(A/c/) B/A/a/f/ | e/c/B/c/ .A.F |
.E(A/c/) B/A/a/f/ | e/c/B/d/
c/A/F/A/ | .E(A/c/) B/A/a/f/ | e/c/B/c/ A :: e |
a/g/a/f/ e/a/c/e/ | d/B/c/A/
B/A/F/A/ | a/g/a/f/ e/a/c’/a/ | {c’}b/a/b/c’/ .a(a/b/) |
c’/a/f/a/ e/a/c/e/ | d/B/c/A/
B/A/F/A/ | E(A/c/) B/A/a/f/ | e/c/B/c/ A :|
OLD JOE THE BOAT IS
GOING OVER. English. England, East Anglia. Old Hat Records OH-1, Old Hat Band - "The Old Hat
Concert Party."
OLD JOE'S JIG. AKA and see “The Gullane Jig,” “The Old Bush (Jig),” “Port Sheáin tSeosaimh.” Irish,
Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Mallinson, Tubridy): AABB'. It is perhaps
a piping tune. Private collection (circulated among contra-dance musicians).
Source for notated version: Charlie Lavin (b. 1940, Cloohshanville, near
Frenchpark, County Roscommon) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 153 (appears as “Unknown”). Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 35, pg. 15. Tubridy
(Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1),
1999; pg. 29. Shanachie 79002, "The Boys of the
Lough" (1973. Learned from Matt Molloy and Liam og O'Flynn).
X:1
T:Old Joe's Jig
R:jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
|:f2A AFA|BAF A2A|BdB AFA|Bcd efg|
fAA AFA|{d}BAF A2A|B/2c/2dB AFA|Bdc
d2e:||
|fgf efe|dBA d2e|faa afe|faa b2a|
~f3 efe|dBA d2e|fAA {d}AFA|Bdc d2e|
faf efe|dBA d2e|faa bfe|fga b2a|
fAA eAA|dBA d2e|fAA AFA|Bdc d2e||
OLD JOHNNIE WALKER. AKA and see "Buffalo Gals
[1]." English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No.
56, pg. 28 (appears as "Buffalo Girls"). Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 145.
OLD JOHN’S JIG (Port Shean tSeáin). AKA and see “Bank of Ireland [2],” “Port Shean tSeáin.” Irish, Double
Jig. A Dorian (Breathnach, Cranitch): E Dorian (Miller). Standard tuning. AABB.
The tune was named by Brendan Breathnach. O'Sullivan (1983) remarks that this
tune is a jig variant of O'Carolan's "Princess Royal [1]." Breathnach (1963) notes that O’Neill’s “The Short Grass” has several bars
reminiscent of this jig, as does a jig printed by Levey (No. 87). See also the
related “Rambler from Clare”
and the reels “Bank of Ireland”
and “The Kerryman’s Daughter [1].”
Source for notated version: piper Seán Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach
(CRÉ I), 1963; No. 22, pg. 10.
Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996;
pg. 51. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne),
2004; No. 86, pg. 62. Popcorn Behavior – “Journeywork”
(1997). Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples – “The High Part of the Road” (1976).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Sonny Brogan’s #2
T:Bryan O’Lynn
T:Old John’s Jig
R:jig
H:See also #126, #134
D:Oisin: Over the Moor to Maggie
Z:id:hn-jig-45
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Ador
cBA cBA|GEG GAB|cAG A2G|Ad^c ded|cBA
cBA|
~G3 GAB|cde ged|1 cAG A2B:|2 cAG
A2d||:egg eaa|
ged cAA|egg ea|bag a2g|egg eaa|ged
cAA|cde ged|1
cAG A2d:|2 cAG A2B||
“Version of 1st part”
cAA cAG|EDE GAB|cAG A2G|Add ded|cAA
cAG|
EDE GAB|cde ged|1 cAA A2B:|2 cAA
A2d||
OLD JOWLER. AKA – “Old Towler.” English, Scottish; March or Jig. D Major. Standard
tuning. AB. A song, “Old Jowler,” also called “Old Towler” was originally said
to have been composed by William Shield (1748-1829) who was Master of the King's
Music in 1817. It was adopted as a military march by the 53rd Foot
(Light Infantry) in 1881. The name Old Jowler has long been associated with
canines, especially those breeds with jowls, like beagles. For example, Lydia
Maria Child’s (1802-1880) familiar elementary school song entitled “The New
England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day” (better known to us as “Over the
River and Through the Woods”), has the lines:
***
Over the river, and through the wood—
Old Jowler hears our bells;
He shakes his pow,
With a loud bow wow,
And thus the news he tells.
***
William Makepeace Thackery’s
burlesque The Tremendous Adventures of
Major Gahagan, gives the name Jowler to the regimental Colonel of Major
Goliah O’Grady Gahagan, presumably for the comic association. “Old Towler” was
the regimental march of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. The melody was in
the repertoire of Gloucestershire fiddler Stephen Baldwin (1873-1955). Source
for notated version: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua
Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner].
Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union
Pipes), c. 1830; pg. 17. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 3; No. 400, pg. 44. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 54. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua
Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pgs. 44-45 (appears as “Old Towler,” set in the
key of F major for two instruments).
X:1
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Farrell
– Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A/B/4c/4 | d2d B2G | F2G A2=c | B2d ^ceg | f3 e2A | d2d f2d | B2B e2d | c2c BAB |
A3 A2A || e2c A2A | f2d A2A | cde g2f | (f3 e2)A | A^GA Bcd | efg afd | B2e {d}cBc |
(d3 d2) D/4E/4F/4G/4 | A3A3 | A d2 z2A | AFA AFA | Ad2 z2 A/4B/4c/4d/4 |
e3e3 | e a2 z2e | ece ece | eg2 z2g | fd2 z2{d}d | {f}eA2 {A}c2 {A}g | fdd d2f |
eAA A2A | dff dff | d3 z2 A/4B/4c/4 | dff dff | f a2 z2 A/4G/4F/4E/4 | D2G F2B |
A2g
f2d | e2e cBc | d3g3 | f2f ede | a3g3 | f2f ede | d3 d2 ||
OLD JUBITER. AKA and see "The Republican
Set," "Doc Boyd's Jig."
American, Dance Tune and Play‑Party Song (3/8 time). C Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Old Jubiter is a dog’s name. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 99.
X:1
T:Old Jubiter
M:3/8
L:1/8
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
G|cBc|GEG|cea|g2e|fef|dcB|dcc|c2:|
|:e|faa|agf|egg|gfe|fef|dcB|dcc|c2:|
OLD JUDGE PARKER. See “Judge Parker.”
OLD K.C., THE. Old‑Time. Recorded in 1929 for Columbia
by one‑time Tenn. state fiddle champion Jess Young (Chattanooga, Tenn.),
who learned an instrumental version of the tune from black guitarist Howard
Barnes.
OLD KENTUCKY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB. A
version of “The White Cockade.” Ruth (Pioneer
Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 69, p. 25.
X:1
T:Old
Kentucky
M:2/4
L:1/8
S: Viola
“Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes
(1948)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s
Companion
K:D
(d/B/)|AF
F/E/D/F/|AF F(d/B/)|AF F/E/D/F/|G[EA] [EA](d/B/)|
AF
F/E/D/F/|Ad f/g/f/e/|d<[FA] A/B/A/G/|F>D D||
|:A/df/ e/e/f/f/|df [F2A2]|A/df/ f/e/f/g/|a>e e2|f>a a/b/a/f/|
def>e|dA
A/B/A/G/|F[A,D] [A,2D2]:|
OLD KENTUCKY ROAN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB.
Ford (Traditional Music in America),
1940; p. 93.
X:1
T:Old Kentucky Roan
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America
K:D
F/AA/ AA|B/c/d/B/ dB|F/AA/ Ag/g/|1
f/d/e/c/ B2:|2 f/d/e/c/ d||
|:e|fa e/g/f/e/|d/f/e/c/ A>A|fa
e/g/f/e/|d/e/f/g/ a>e|
fa e/g/f/e/|d/f/e/c/ A>A|d/e/f/g/
aA/A/|Ag/g/ f/d/e/c/|(d2 d):|
OLD KERRY COW, THE. AKA and see "I wish I had a Kerry Cow,"
"The Scartaglen Reel," "The Brown Girl's Reel."
OLD KILDIMO REEL. Irish, Reel. Composed by County Down flute player Leon Agnew.
OLD KILFENORA (JIG). AKA and see “The Clare Jig [2],"
“Tom Ward’s (Jig).” Irish, Jig. G
Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Treoir,
vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, p. 30. Brick Mixing Music, Garry
Shannon – “Punctured” (2006).
X:1
T:Old Kilfenora Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Treoir, vol. 38, No. 2, 2006
K:G
A|B3 BAG|F2d d^cd|B2g gfg|eag fed|B3
BAG|
F2d d^cd|ede fef|a3 g2::d|gfg
b2d|gfg b2g|fag fed|
(4fgag fed|gfg b2d|gfg b2g|fag
fdf|a3 g2:|
OLD KING COLE. English, Air (4/4 time). C Minor (Chappell): D Minor (Scott). Standard
tuning. AB (Chappell): AAB (Scott). The air appears in John Gay's burlesque Achilles (1733), which poked fun at the
neo-classical tragedies of the time. The opera, which went over the audiences
heads and subsequently failed, was performed posthumously, for Gay died soon
after it was written after losing his fortune in a financial scandle called the
South Sea Bubble. Chappell (1859) explores the origin of the name 'Old King
Cole', and finds it generally lost to antiquity, though other researchers have
found evidence that Cole was a Romano-British warlord who set up a kingdom in
Northumberland, in northernmost England, just after the Romans deserted
Britain. Chappell mentions an obscure legend of one Cole, a cloth maker, but
could not establish a link to the ballad/nursery fame. Elizabethan dramatists
sometimes alluded to an "Old Cole" in their plays indicating there was
a conventional meaning or joke extent at the time, but there is a possibility
that the term could reference Ben Jonson.
***
No more be Coy, give a loose to Joy
And let Love for thy pardon sue.
A glance could all my rage destroy
And light up my Flame anew.
***
The song “Old King Coul” appears in David Herd’s Scottish Songs and Heroic Ballads
(1776). Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol.
2, 1859; pgs. 171‑172. Scott (English
Song Book), 1926; pg. 10.
X:1
T:Old King
Cole
M:C
L:1/8
S:Chappell
– Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C Minor
c2=B2 c2
GB|c2=B2c2 _BA|G2 FE F2G2|C6 G2|c2=B2c2 GB|c2=B2c2 _BA|
G2 FE F2G2|C6||D2|EFGF EFGF|EFGA B2G2|FGAG FGAG|
FGAB c2
d2|e2 de f2e2|dedc B2 AA|G2 FE F2G2|C6||
OLD KING'S REEL, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince
Edward Island. Tonality shifts between A Dorian and A Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AB (Dunlay): AA’B (Perlman). Usually played with "The King's Reel." A bagpipe setting appears in
Barry Shears’ The Cape Breton Collection
of Bagpipe Music. Sources for notated versions: Buddy MacMaster (Cape
Breton) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay & Reich]; Buddy Longaphie (b. 1950,
Souris, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resides in
Charlottetown) [Perlman]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music
of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 40. Dunlay & Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 46.
Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince
Edward Island), 1996; pg. 89. ACC-49398, Brenda
Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992. Appears as “King’s Reel”). DMP6‑27,
Doug MacPhee‑ "Cape Breton Piano II" (1979). RF9001, John
Morris Rankin/The Rankin Family - “Fare Thee Well Love.” RMD-CAS1, Rodney
MacDonald - “Dancer’s Delight” (1995). Sea-Cape Music ACR4-12940, Buddy
MacMaster - “Judique on the Floor” (1989). SM9107, Sandy MacIntyre - “Island
Treasure-vol. 1.”
OLD KINGDOM. AKA and see "Sweet Sixteen."
Old‑Time. USA, Central Pa. In the repertory of Buffalo Valley, Pa.,
region dance fiddler Archie Miller.
OLD LADIES PICKIN'
CHICKENS. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA;
Missouri, Iowa. D Major ('A' part) & A Major ('B' part). Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Pete McMahan
- "Kansas City Rag." Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association,
Dwight Lamb (b. 1934) - "Old Ladies Pickin' Chickens." Train on the
Island Records TI‑12, Bob Bovee and Gail Heil ‑ "For Old
Time's Sake" (Learned from Iowa fiddler Dwight "Red" Lamb).
OLD LADY OF ROTHESAY. AKA and see “The Grey
Old Lady of Raasay.”
OLD LADY TUCKER. See "Love Somebody [2]."
OLD LAKE ERIE. AKA and see "The Erie Extension."
American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Bayard was
not able to trace this tune, but thought it sounded Irish or Scottish. Sources
for notated versions: Edward King (Greene County, Pa., 1930's) and Hogg (Pa.,
1948) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the
Fiddle), 1981; No. 533A‑B, pg. 475.
OLD LANCASHIRE
HORNPIPE.
AKA – “Lancashire Hornpipe.” AKA and see “Reed
House (Rant).” English, “Old” Hornpipe (3/2 time). D Major. Standard
tuning. AABBCC. The melody was printed by Playford and J. Johnson’s edition of Wright’s Compleat Collection of Celebrated
Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1742, pg. 12). The tune was often printed
with variations, as was the practice with such pieces, which were essentially a
ground for improvisations. Barry Callaghan (2007) opined “Surely one of the
great tunes of the tradition.” “Reed House Rant” is a related tune. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2005; pg. 77. Offord
(John of the Green Cheshire Way),
1985. Raven (One Thousand English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 11 (appears as “Lancashire Hornpipe” set in ¾
time). BGOCD 354, Albion Country Band – “Battle of the
Field (1997 reissue of 1976 Island recording). Island Records HELP25, Albion
Country Band – “Battle of the Field” (1976). Fellside FECD192, Spiers &
Boden – “Tunes” (2005). Ominum Records, John Kirkpatrick – “Force of Habit”
(1996)
X:1
T:Old Lancashire Hornpipe
M:3/2
L:1/8
R:”Old” or Triple Hornpipe
K:D
B2A2G2|F3E D2f2e2d2|e2E4B2 A2G2|F3E
D2f2 e2dc|d2D4:|
|:B2A2G2|F2A2G2B2A2d2|e2E4B2
A2G2|F2A2G2B2A2c2|d2D4:|
|:f2g2a2|f3e d2f2e2d2|c2e4
f2g2a2|f3e d2f2e2 dc|d2D4||
OLD LANG SYNE. Scottish, Air. The melody appears in one of the earliest Scottish
fiddler's MS repertory books, c. 1705, in a private collection of Francis
Collinson (1966).
OLD LANGOLEE/LANGALEE, THE (An Sean Langoli). AKA and see "The Humors of Ballamaguiry,"
"Smile On For Thy Young Days." Irish, Air (6/8 time,
"playful") or Jig. G Major/Mixolydian (Kerr/vol. 2, O’Farrell,
O'Neill): A Major/Mixolydian (Kerr vol. 3). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill): AABB
(Kerr). ‘Lango Lee’ supposedly derives from an Irish phrase for an engorged
penis. O’Farrell indicates ‘f’ natural notes in the first and third measures of
the ‘B’ part. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
vol. 2; No. 258, pg. 28. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 3; No. 226, pg. 26. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 15. O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 247, pg. 43. BEJOCD-28, The Mellstock Band – “The Dance at the Phoenix:
Village Band Music from Hardy’s Wessex and Beyond.”
X:1
T:Old Langolee
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Playful”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 247
Z:AK/Fidddler’s Companion
K:G
G3 B3 | A>GA BGE | D>EG G2e |
d>cB A2 {B/A/}G | G3 B2 B | A>GA BGE |
D>EG G2e | d>cB {B}A2G || Bcd
d>ef | edc BAG | Bcd def | efd g2G |
G>Bd gfe | dcB BAG | G>DG
G>DG | G>cB A2 {B/A/}G ||
OLD LAUDERBACH. American. USA, Central Pa. "How Much is that Doggie in the
Window?" In the repertory of Buffalo Valley, Pa., region dance fiddler
Archie Moore.
OLD LEA RIG. See "The Lea Rig," "The Jay Bird." AKA and see “Bhíosa
lá I bport láirge,” "The Dainty
Besom Maker," “Forgive
the muse that slumbered,” "The Gimlet,"
“I’d mourn the hopes that leave me,” “Johnny’s Grey Breeks [2],”
"Little Mary Cullinan,"
"Little Sheila Connellan,”
“Maureen from Giberland,” “Phelim O’Neill [2],” “Port Láirge,” “The Rose Tree [1]," “The Rose Tree
in Full Bearing." “Rose Tree [1].”
Scottish, Country Dance Tune. C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Gow (Second Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels),
1788; pg. 29 (3rd ed.). Oswald (Caledonian
Pocket Companion), book 10, c. 1760.
X:1
T:Old Lee Rigg, or Rose Tree
M:C
L:1/8
B:Gow – 2nd Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels, 3rd ed.,
pg. 29 (orig. 1788)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
e/>d/|{B/d/}c>A GE G2
GA|”tr”c>d {e}dc/d/ ed”tr”d>e/d/|{B/d/}c>A GE ~G2 GA|“tr”c2 {e}dc/d/
ecc:|
|:”tr”c/>d/|edef {e/f/}g2
“tr”fe|(d<a) a>g add (g/4f/4e/4d/4)|“tr”c>A GE “tr”G2 GA|”tr”c>d
({e}d)c/d/ ec”tr”c:|
OLD LEATHER BONNET WITH A HOLE IN THE
CROWN. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Arkansas. G
Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’CC’. Drew Beisswenger (2008) finds
Clayton McMichen and Riley Puckett’s version of “The
Arkansas Sheik” (1931) to be nearly identical to the tune from the
repertoire of Arkansas fiddler Jesse Wallace. However, Wallace learned his
melody at the age of 16 (predating McMichen’s recording by eight years) from
the singing of his grandmother, while bedridden from a leg injury. Both titles
(“Arkansas Shiek” and “Old Leather Bonnet with a Hole in the Crown” are lines
from songs with different melodies. The hole in the crown of the bonnet was
useful to farm women, who would pull their long hair through it to keep the
wind from blowing it off. Source for notated version: Jesse Wallace (1907-2006,
born Stone County, Arkansas) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger &
McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 156. Rounder
CD 0435, Jesse Wallace – “Traditional Fiddle Music of the Ozarks, vol. 1”
(1999. Various artists).
OLD LEATHER BREECHES
[1] (An Sean Briste
Leatair).
Irish, Air (6/8 time, "spirited"). C Major. Standard tuning. AB.
O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 167, pg. 29.
X:1
T:Old Leather Breeches [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Spirited”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903),
No. 167
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
B/c/ | d>BG d>BG | GFE F2 F/G/
| A>BA ABc | B>AG c2 B/c/ |
d>BG d>BG | GFE F2 F/G/ |
A>BA Adc | BAG c2 || B/A/ |
G>AG EDC | F>GA FED | EFG ABc
| BAG c2 B/A/ |
G>AG EDC | F>GA FED | EFG Adc
| BAG c2 ||
OLD LEATHER BRITCHES
[2]. AKA and see "Leather Breeches/Britches."
Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Va. A tune and tune title peculiar
to the Franklin/Floyd County area of southwestern Va. (Tom Carter & Blanton
Owen, 1976).
OLD LEE RIG (--or THE ROSE TREE). AKA and see “Old Lea
Rig.”
OLD LEITRIM JIG , THE. AKA and see “Broderick’s Jig.” Irish, Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AABB'. "The 'Old Leitrim Jig' came from John Joe Maguire,
a very fine flute player from Co. Fermanagh." Boys of the Lough, 1977; pg. 6. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No.
37.
OLD LIVING ROOM WALTZ. AKA and see "My Own House
Waltz."
OLD LIZA JANE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. AEae tuning. AABB. A
variant of the “Liza Jane” family of tunes. A tune by this name was recorded by
Uncle Am Stuart (b. 1856, Morristown, Tenn.) for Vocalion in 1924. Source Isham
Monday (1879-1964) quoted the following words, which he learned from a lady who
used to sing them while dancing to the tune:
***
If I were in heaven, boys, a-riding
on the train,
I’d swing out on the corner and
swing old Liza Jane.
***
Source for notated version: Isham
Monday (Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Ky., 1959) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time
Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 117, pg. 145.
OLD LOCKS AND QUAYS OF
GALWAY, THE. AKA
and see "The Connacht Reel [1],"
"The College Grove(s),"
"The New Demense [1]," "The
New Domain," "The Milestone [1],"
"The Millstone," "Whiskey in the Jar/Jug,"
"An Cailin Fionn," "The Green Jacket."
OLD MADEIRA/MADERIA
WALTZ. AKA and see "Goodbye My Little Devis"
Old-Time, Waltz. A Major/Mixolydian. AEae or Standard tunings. AA'B. Source for
notated version: Hugh Farr [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 288.
OLD MAID [1], THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 298.
X:1
T:Old Maid (#298), The
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:D
dBAB defe|dBAB e2 e2|dBAB defe|dcBc A2 A2|
dBAB defe|dB (3BBB e2 e2|defg afef|dcBc A2 A2||
"tr"f2 fe "tr"f2 fe|dB (3BBB e2 e2|"tr"f2 fe defe|dcBc A2 A2|
"tr"f2 fe "tr"f2 fe|dB (3BBB e2 e2|defg afef|dcBc A2 A2||
OLD MAID [2], THE. English, Country Dance Tune. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 102.
X:1
T:Old Maid, The
M:C
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 (BG) (Bd)(BG)|”tr”F2 (AF) (Ac)(AF)|”tr”G2 (BG) (dB)(gB)|cAFd BG [G,2G2]:|
|:”tr”g2 {fg}(bg) (af)(gd)|e>f “tr”f>e/2f/4 g/f/g/a/ gd|”tr”g2 {fg}(bg) (af)(gd)|e>f “tr”f>e/2f/4 g3:|
|:B|(ce)(Ac)
(Bd)(GB)|Aa “tr”f>e/2f/4 (gb)(Bd)|(ce)Ac (Bd)(GB)|A/B/c DF G2 z2:||
OLD MAID OF THE MILL
DUST. The
Baltimore Consort – “Tunes from the Attic.” Seamus Egan – “When Juniper Sleeps”
(appears as part of the “Winding Hills” set).
OLD MAIDS, THE. AKA adn see "Les Vieilles Filles."
OLD MAID(S) OF GALWAY,
THE ("Na Banabraside Ua Gaillib" or "Seascanaig Gaillim"). AKA and see "Gearrchailiu
Chontae Mhuigheo," “The Hag’s (Reel),”
“The Mayo Lasses.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB
(Kennedy, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB (Cole): AABB' (O'Neill). The tune
under this name appears to be the earliest printing of this tune family, in the
1883 Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. See
also the similar tunes “The Mayo Lasses,” “Turf
House Reel,” and the Cape Breton “West
Mabou Reel.” Some see resemblances to “George White’s Fancy/Favorite”
family of tunes. Cognate tunes are “Johnny When You Die [1]” (as
recorded on the album “Kerry Fiddles”), “Girls of County Mayo,” and “Come into the Room, I Want
You” (recorded by Dan Sullivan’s Shamrock Band). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 12. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants),
1997; No. 151, pg. 36. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 134. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1417, pg. 263. O'Neill (Dance
Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 654, pg. 117. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 35.
X:1
T:Old Maids of Galway, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1903), No. 654
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
e>B {B}(3BAB e2 dB|A2 GA
dBgf|(3efg df e2 dB|A2 GA BG G2:|
||g2 fg efde|g2 bg eaaf|g2 fg
efdB|A2 GA BG G2|
g2 fg efde|g2 bg eaag|bgaf gedB|A2
GA BG G2||
OLD MAIDS OF GALWAY
[2], THE.
AKA and see ”Come Up in
the Room, I Want You.”
OLD MALINDA. See “Old Melinda.”
OLD MAMMY
KNICKERBOCKER. AKA and see "Miss McLeod's Reel
[1]," "Virginia Reel [5],"
"N....r in the Woodpile [2],"
"John Brown [2]," "Uncle Joe," "Enterprise and Boxer." American,
Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated
version: (allegedly from) William B. Gressley via McCullough (Pa., 1959)
[Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 249D, pgs. 211‑212.
OLD MAN [1], THE (An Seanduine). "The Campbells Are Coming [1],"
"Hob or/a Nob." Irish, March
(6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. ABCDEF. See also the closely related airs
"Robi Down (Donn)," "The Field of Hay," and "The Baldooser." O’Neill says this tune is
a good example of the many variants an old and popular melody may acquire. The
fist setting in his Music of Ireland
is from the Irish language singing of his mother in Bantry, west Cork. The
second and third settings are from O’Daly (1849). In Scotland the tune is
famously known as "The Campbells are Coming", and has been at least
since the beginning of the 18th century. O'Daly (The Poets and Poetry of Munster) 1st ed. (1849) and 2nd ed. (1850),
pg. 96. O'Daly (5th ed. c. 1885; Meehan, editor), pg. 118. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No.
120, pg. 67.
X:1
T:The Old Man [1]
T:An Seanduine
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D | (DEF) (AFE) | (DEF) “tr”(F2E) |
(DEF) (BAF) | AFE “tr”(E2F) | DEF AFE | ~(FEF) ~(dcd) |
(edB) “tr”(BAF) | (AFE) E2 || F |
.A.F.F .d.F.F | .A.F.F ~(F2G) | AFF dcd | eEE E2F | (DEF) (AFE) |
~(FEF) ~(dcd) | edB ~(BAF) | AFE E3
|| (DF).G (AF).F | .D(FG) “tr”(F2E) | (DF).G (AF).D | FEE “tr”(E2F) |
(DF).d AFD | DFA d2e | fdB Bcd |
(AFD) “tr”E2D || .D.d.d .dA.F | .B.A.A A2A | .B.e.e .e.f.g | fdB “tr”(B2A) |
(ABc) (def) | DFA d2e | fdB Bcd |
AFD “tr”E2D || (DFd) (B/A/G/F/E/D/) | (DF).F “tr”(F2E) | (DFd) (B/A/G/F/E/D/) |
(FE).E EG(F/E/) | (DB,C) (DEF) |
(ABc) d2e | (fdB) (Bcd) | (B/A/G/F/E/D/) “tr”E2D || .D.d.d (dAF) |
BAA A2A | (Be).e (efg) | fdB B2
(3A/B/c/ | .d(f/e/d/c/) dfa | DFA d2e | (f/e/d/c/B/A/) (Bcd) | (B/A/G/F/E/D/)
“tr”E2D ||
OLD MAN [2], THE. AKA and see "Johnny McGill,"
"Come Under My Plaidie,"
"An Rogaire Dubh" (The Black
Rogue), "Before I Was
Married [2]," "Billy
O'Rourke's Jig [1]." Scottish, Jig. Keller (Giles Gibbs Jr. and His Book For the Fife...1777), 1974; pg. 18.
OLD MAN [3], THE. Scottish. From the Straloch Manuscript (1627).
An elaboration of the tune appears in the Skene Manuscript (c. 1640), in lute
tablature, under the title “Long Er Onie Old Man.” Nigel Gatherer sees
similarities between this tune and the American old-time tune “Barlow Knife [1].”
X:1
T:The Old Man [3]
S:Straloch MS, 1627
Z:Nigel Gatherer
O:Scottish
K:G
L:1/8
M:2/4
g2 g2|fg a2|g2 gd|B2 d2::e2 dB|A2 A2|BG dB|G2D2:|
OLD MAN [4], THE. Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 72.
X:1
T:Old Man, The [4]
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Surenne – Dance Music of Scotland, pg. 72 (1852)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G>BdB e3g | (d/c/B/A/) G>B
A<AA<G | GBdB e3f | gagd B<B B2 | G>BdB e3g |
(d/c/B/A/) GB A<AA>B | GBdB
e3f | gagd B<B B2 || gage dedB | gage agab |
gage degb | afgd B<BB2 | gage
dedB | gage agab | gbeg d>egb | a>fg>d B<B B2 ||
OLD MAN ADAM'S TUNE. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Mo., Okla. (originally an Ozark Mtn.
tune). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: "Old Man Adams" via John Kennedy
(Pawnee, OK.). Old Time Herald, vol.
1, No. 3, Spring 1988. Copper Creek CCCD-0196, Tom, Brad & Alice – “We’ll Die
in the Pig Pen Fighting.”
OLD MAN AND HIS DOG, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB’.
Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black to
commemorate two local Falmouth characters. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 20, pg. 10.
X:1
T: Old Man and His Dog
C: © B.Black
Q: 350
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
B/2c/2 | d2 B GDG | A2 F D2 A | ded cBc | d2 d dBc |
d2 B GDG | A2 F D2 A | ded cBA | GEF G2 :|
d | gdg gdg | a2 f d2 c | Bcd ecB | A3-ABc |
dGG
DGG | AFF DFF | ded cBA |1 GBA G :|2 BGF G3 ||
OLD MAN AND OLD WOMAN
A-QUARRELIN'. AKA and see "Bonaparte's Retreat."
American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Bayard
(1981) says the pattern of one strain of a tune being played slow, another
quick, to suggest two suggest a quarrel or argument has been adapted to a
number of tunes. He believes this particular tune a direct descendent of the
Irish tune "Fead an Iolair" (The
Eagle's Whistle [1]), even though the latter is in triple time, not duple
as in the Pennsylvania set. In America the tune is usually known as
"Bonaparte's Retreat." The title "Old Man and Old Woman
Quarreling" properly belongs to serveral variants of a Canadian melody.
Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Walter Ireland (Greene County, Pa.,
1944), James Taylor (Greene County Pa. and Wetzel County, W.Va., 1930's), John
or Hiram White (Greene County Pa., 1930's), David Rogers (elderly fiddler from
Greene County, Pa., 1930's; identified as one of older fiddler John Tustin's
tunes) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 239A‑D, pgs. 199‑200.
OLD MAN AND OLD WOMAN
SCOLDIN', THE. AKA and see "Governor King's March."
American, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. A (slow tempo), BB (fast
tempo). Bayard (1944) states that tunes with titles similar to this, and with
the same quasi‑programmatic idea (i.e. a slow part for the old man, a
quick one for the old woman) have long been known in both British and American
folk music repertoires. This tune is an old western Pennsylvania fifer's march
revised to fit the 'Old Man and Woman' pattern: it is a shortened form of
"Governor King's March." Some Irish specimens of the form appear
(though not this tune) in Petrie, Nos. 529, 1225, where the situation indicated
by the titles is that of a young woman married to an old man. Source for
notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong (fiddler from Derry, Pa., 1943) [Bayard].
Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944;
No. 80.
OLD MAN AND THE OLD
WOMAN [1], THE (Le Bone Homme
et La Bonne Femme). AKA and see “The Bottom of the Punch Bowl
[3],” “The Christmas Rum,” “Let's Go Rustico!” “Quebec Reel.” French-Canadian, Reel. Canada;
Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island.
D Major (most versions): G Major (Phillips). Standard tuning. AB
(Silberberg): AABB (Christeson) : AABB' (Messer): AA’BB’ (Phillips). Sometimes
confused with "The Growling
Old Man and Woman" which is very similar in parts, although the two may
have derived from a common ancestor. Perlman (1996) finds alternate names on
Prince Edward Island in addition to the “Old Man...” title; “The Christmas Rum”
in Queens County and “The Bottom of the Punch Bowl” in south Kings County.
Sources for notated versions: Joe Politte (a resident of Old Mines, Missouri,
which was an early French settlement south of St. Louis; several of his tunes
were French) [Christeson]; Stephen Toole (1927-1995, Green Road, Queens County,
Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Stuart Williams/Glenn Barry (Seattle)
[Silberberg]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time
Fiddlers Repertory), Vol. 2, 1984; pg. 62. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 31. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Styles), 1980; No. 48, pg. 32. Perlman
(The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island),
1996; pg. 52. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 173. Silberberg (Tunes I
Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 111. Bee
Balm 302, “The Corndrinkers.” RCA Victor LCP 1001, Ned Landry and His New
Brunswick Lumberjacks ‑ "Bowing the Strings with Ned Landry.”
X: 1
T:The Old
Man and The Old Woman
R:reel
M:2/4
L:1/16
Z:Transcribed
by Bruce Osborne
K:G
Bc|dedB
GBdB|cdcB A2g2|fgfe dfaf|gage d2Bc|
dedB
GBdB|cdcB A2g2|fgfe dfaf|gfga g2:|
|:Bc|dg2g g2Bc|df2f
f2AB|ce2e e2dB|GABc d2Bc|
dg2g g2Bc|df2f f2AB|ce2e e2dc|BGAF
G2:|
OLD MAN AND THE OLD
WOMAN [2]. AKA and see "The Growling
Old Man and (Grumbling Old) Woman." Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince
Edward Island. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version:
Lorin Simmons (Prince Edward Island, 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; Appendix No.
9, pg. 576.
OLD MAN AT THE DYKE. Scottish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 8.
Tocher No. 21 (a periodical issued by the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh
University).
OLD MAN DEPRESSION GET
ON YOUR WAY. AKA and see "Cacklin' Hen [1]." Renamed by the
Skillet Lickers in praise of Roosevelt's New Deal, when they recorded it in
1934.
OLD MAN DILLON (Seanduine Dillon/Diollun). AKA and see “John Naughton’s (Jig),” “Jug of Brown Ale,” "Mug of Brown Ale [2],” "One Bottle More [2]." Irish,
Double Jig. A Dorian (O'Neill/1915 & Krassen, Tubridy): A Mixolydian
(Mulvihill): A Mixolydian/Dorian (Moylan): A Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill/1850).
Standard tuning. AAB (O'Neill/1915, Tubridy): AA’B (Moylan): AABB' (Mulvihill,
O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). In Irish Folk Music (1910)
Francis O’Neill relates that while he was walking his patrolman’s beat on a
summer evening in 1875 he chanced to hear “the strains of a fiddle coming
through the shutters of an old dilapidated building on Cologne street…The
musician was an old man named Dillon, who lived alone, and whom I had seen
daily wielding a long-handled shovel on the streets. His only solace in his
solitary life besides his ‘dhudeen’ was ‘Jenny’, as he affectionately called
his fiddle. A most captivating jig memorised from his playing I named ‘Old Man
Dillon’ in his honor.” O’Neill says “inferior versions” were subsequently found
under the name “A Mug of Brown Ale,” which he thinks was the original title.
The earliest publication of the tune appears to be in Levey’s collection (Vol.
1), as “Mug of Brown Ale,” however, the old Scotch tune “As I Was Kissed Yestreen”
should also be compared. Sources for notated versions: Francis O’Neill had the
tune from fiddler and patrolman Timothy Dillon, originally from County Kerry;
accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry
border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary),
1994; No. 232, pg. 134. Mulvihill (1st
Collection), 1986; No. 67, pg. 79. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 804, pg. 149.
O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915; No. 176, pg. 97. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 25. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems),
1907/1986; No. 75, pg. 28. Ryan’s Mammoth
Collection, 1883; pg. 96. Tubridy (Irish
Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 37. Front
Hall FHR‑010, Bill Spence and Fennig's All Stars ‑ "The
Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again" (1977). Shanachie 79008, Clannad -
“Dulaman” (appears as “The Jug of Brown Ale”).
X:1
T:Old Man Dillon
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:Ador
G|EAA ABd|edB c2A|BGG EGG|BdB
BAG|EAA ABd|ede a2g|edc Bcd|ecA A2:|
|:g|gef g2a|gef g2d|BGG DGG|BdB
BAG|gef g2a|gef g2d|edc Bcd|ecA A2g|
gef g2a|gef g2d|BGG DGG|BdB BAG|EAA
ABd|ede a2g|edc Bcd|ecA A2||
OLD MAN IS A BED FULL
OF BONES, AN. English, Country Dance Tune (6/4
time). A Minor. Standard tuning. One part. The title has become a proverb. The
title, however, refers to the name of the dance, while the tune was originally called
“Cock Robin,” or “Cock Laurel” In the Pattricke Manuscript, for example, the
country dance “The old man with a bed full of bones” (no. 13) is given with the
instruction to be played to the tune of “Cooke Laurrel.” The “Cock Loerel” or
“Cook Laweel” tune is in Choice
Collection of 180 Loyal Songs, etc. (3rd ed., 1685) and in
D’Urfey’s Wit and Mirth, or Pills to
Purge Melancholy (1719), and is itself a song and appears in Ben Jonson’s
masque The Gypsies Metamorphosed. The
Cock Laurel character was a notorious rougue or knave in the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries. The “Old Man is a Bed Full of Bones” title comes from a
song, four lines of which Chappell (1858) found quoted in Rowley’s A Match at Midnight (act i, sc.1).
***
The tune (as “An old man is a bed
full of bones”) appears in the first edition of John Playford’s English Dancing Master (London, 1651),
reprinted in subsequent editions through the sixteenth (1716). It was also
published by John Walsh in The Compleat
Country Dancing Master (London, 1718). An Irish derivation of the melody
goes by the title “The
Priest in His Boots.” Barlow (Complete
Country Dance Tunes from Playford’s Dancing Master), 1985; No. 72, pg. 31.
Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes,
vol. 2), 2005; pg. 97.
X:1
T:Old Man is a Bed Full of Bones, An
M:6/4
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Playford – English Country Dancing Master (1651)
K:Amin
e2e2e2 e4 e2|e2c2A2 c4 c2|d4 c2 d4
c2|d4e2 f4 d2|
e2e2e2 e4e2|e2c2A2 c4e2|f4 f2 e3d c2|d4
e2 f3e d2:|
OLD MAN JONES'S PUMP. American. USA, southwestern Pa. A novelty piece played by a man named
Hogg for the collector Samuel Bayard. The second part was a series of dischords
on the A and E strings of ascending pitch, supposedly sounding very much like
and old hand pump.
OLD MAN MULLER. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark
Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph,
published in 1954. Randolph believes the tune to be a variation on "Turkey in the Straw."
OLD MAN, OLD WOMAN,
AND CHILDREN. American, Reel. USA, southwestern
Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Bayard (1981) thinks this quasi‑programmatic
piece, in the mold of the more famous "Growling Old
Man and Woman," a derivative of the Irish "Eagle's Whistle" (and the
American "Bonaparte's
Retreat"). Source for notated version: Steffy (Pa., 1949) [Bayard].
Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981;
No. 240, pg. 201 (appears as "The Old Man and Old Woman A‑Quarrelin'"
[2]).
OLD MAN QUINN ("An Swanduine Ua Cuinn" or "Ua Cuinn
an Seanduine"). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The elderly James
Quinn (1805-1890), originally from Cloone, County Leitrim, was source James
Early’s relative and his tutor on the uilleann pipes. Francis O’Neill (1924)
describes him as “an old time Chicago piper,” familiarly known as Old Man
Quinn, without whom “no (Irish music) gathering would be complete” while he
lived. Quinn a skilled performer in the Connaught style of closed staccato
piping, having originally been tutored in Leitrim by Gusty Nicols, his landlord
and a gentleman piper of repute (see note for “Gusty’s Frolics”). The young
Quinn became skilled enough to acquire a position as a resident piper to a
Cavan landowner in the 1820’s with whom he stayed for 10 years (remunerated at
the rate of 50 £ per annum, plus the use of a horse, a handsome sum for the
time). By 1840 Quinn had joined the Irish Diaspora and emigrated to New York
before making his way to Chicago, where he set up a successful livery business.
He was the first piper resident in Chicago, writes O’Neill, who regretted not
noting more tunes from the old man’s repertoire before he died. The tune
appears in Stephen Greir’s (1824-1894 of Abbeylare, Granard, County Longford,
who lived in Bohey, Gortletteragh, County Leitrim) manuscript collection
compiled in 1883. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James
Early, originally from Aughavas, County Leitrim [O’Neill]. See also note for “Cloone Hornpipe.” O'Neill (Krassen),
1976; pg. 185. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No.
1649, pg. 306. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 871, pg. 150. Treoir, vol. 33, No. 2, 2001; pg. 27. Drumlin
Records, The McNamara Family – “Leitrim’s Hidden Treasure” (1998).
X:1
T:Old Man Quinn
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 871
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A>G|F>DF>A
d>fe>d|c>de>c A>BA>G|D>FD>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2 A>G|
F>DF>A d>fe>d|c>de>c
A>BA>G|(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2:|
|:g2|f>de>f
g>fd>f|e>de>f g>ec>e|d>cB>A d>fe>d|c2A2A2 d>c|
(3BcB (3ABA G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA
F>GF>A|
(3Bcd A>B G>E (3EFG|F2D2D2:|
|:AG|(3FGF (3EFE D>FA>d|(3cBA
B>c A>ce>g|(3fff d>f g>fe>d|
c2A2A2 d>c|(3BcB (3ABA
G>AG>A|(3Bcd (3ABA F>GF>A|
(3Bcd A>B G>F (3EFG|F2D2D2:|
X:2
T:Old Man Quinn
M:C
L:1/8
S:Steven Grier MS (1883)
R:Hornpipe
K:D
AG | FDFA dfed | cgec AGFE | FAdf
gfed | c2A2 ABAG | FDFA dfed |
cgec AGFE | FdBG FAEA | F2D2D2 :: Ad
| fAdf aged | eAce gedc |
dcBA Gfed | c2A2 ABAG | FDFA dfed|
cgec AGFE | FdBG FAEA | F2D2D2 :|
OLD
MAN ROCKING THE CRADLE, THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major.
Standard tuning. AABC. This is a song tune related to the song “An Seanduine.” O’Neill (1922) says it is a
descriptive piece wherein an old man gives voice to his woes, punctuated by the
wailing of a peevish child and its calls for its Ma-ma. Skillful fiddlers and
pipers would imitate those cries.The fiddle was lowered in pitch and the
fiddler would lightly touch the bridge with a large door key held in his teeth
to simulate the tones of human expression.” Donal Hickey, in his 1999 book on
Sliabh Luachra musicians Stone Mad for
Music, confirms that the great Kerry fiddler Pádraig O’Keeffe (1887-1963) performed this trick:
“…he made the fiddle intone ‘mama, mama’…For this novel tune which is based on
a lullaby, he would put a large door key in his mouth and use it to mute the
fiddle: the ‘mama’ sound. Like that of a baby crying, would result.” Sources
for notated versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west
Clare) [Mitchell]; the Rice-Walsh Manuscript, a collection of music from the
repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry [O’Neill].
Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy),
1993; No. 130, pg. 104. O’Neill (Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
X:1
T:The Old Man Rocking the Cradle
B:Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, F. O'Neill, no. 4
S:Rice-Walsh Mss.
N:arranged for piano in O'Neill;
melody only shown here
N:slow
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
FAA GAA|FAA GFD|FAA GAA|GFD FED|
FAA GAA|FAA GFE|DD/E/F/D/ EAG|EDD
EDD||
dFF AFF|dFF GFD|dFF AFF|GFD FED|
dFF AFF|dFF GFD|DD/E/F/D/ EAG|EDD
EDD||
faa gaa|faa gfd|faa gaa|gfd fed|
faa gaa|faa gfd|dd/e/f/d/ eag|edd
edd|
OLD MAN WILL NEVER DIE, THE. AKA- “The auld man is long a dying,” “The Auld
Man ill ne’er die.” AKA and see “Bridge
of Nairn.” Scottish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Scottish. Glen
(1891) finds the earliest printing of the tune in Neil Stewart's 1761 collection (pg. 67). Aird (Selection),
vol. II, 1782; No. 56, pg. 21. Carlin (The
Gow Collection), 1986; No. 455. Gow (Complete
Repository), Book 2, 1802; pg. 15. McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; pg. 34 (appears as
“The auld man is long a dying”). Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 301.
X:1
T:Old Man Will Never Die, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GBdB e2 eg|d/c/B/A/ GB A/A/A AB|GBdB e2 ef|gagd B/B/B B2:|
~gage dedB|~gage agab|~gage degb|afgd B/B/B B2|~gage dedB|
~gage
agab|gbeg degb|afgd B/B/B B2||
OLD MAN WINTER. American, Jig. B Minor.
Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Vermont fiddler Pete Sutherland.
Sutherland (Bareface), 1984; pg. 8. Sugar Hill SH/PS 1134, Metamore – “Great Road” (1987).
OLD MAN WITH DROOPED
EARS, THE. AKA and see "An Seanduine Spad-Chluasach."
OLD MAN WOULDN’T GIVE
ME STRAW, THE (Gun Do
Dhuit/Dhiùlt Am Bodach Fodar Dhomh). AKA and see “Greig’s Pipes.” Scottish,
Canadian; Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See note for “Greig’s Pipes.” Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1),
1986; pg. 51 (pipe setting).
OLD MAN'S DANCE. American, "Slow Hornpipe." A Minor. Standard tuning. AA'BB'.
Kerr includes the tune in a section of American tunes, mostly minstrel era
pieces and dance tunes for the variety stage. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 410, pg. 46.
X:1
T:Old Man’s Dance
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Hornpipe
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 410
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
A2E2A2B2|c2 de f4|e>dc>e
d>cB>d|c>BA>c B>^G E2|
A2E2A2B2|c2 de f4|e>dc>e
d>cB>d|c>AB>^G A4:|
|:E2 e>d c>B A2|E2 e>d
c>B A2|(g2 g>)f e>f g2|d>ed>c B>c d2|
E2 e>d c>B A2|E2 e>d c>B
A2|A2B2c2d2|1 e2 e/e/e e2d2:|2 e2c2 e4||
OLD MAN'S DELIGHT, THE (Taitneam an Seanduine). Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 28. O'Neill (Music of Ireland:
1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 819, pg. 153. O'Neill (Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986;
No. 85, pg. 30.
X:1
T:Old Man’s Delight, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 85
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
a/f/|ecA A2c|BGE E2 a/f/|ecA Ace|fba
g2 a/f/|ecA ABc|BGE E2E|FGA BGE|A3 A2:|
|:a|e2a f2a|e2a fec|efg aec|eac
ecA|cBc dcd|eac B2A|cBA d2B|cAA A2:|
OLD MAN'S JIG, THE. AKA and see “Bliven’s Favorite,” "Bobbing for Eels," "The Bottle of Punch," "The Butchers of Bristol [1]",
"By your leave, Larry
Grogan," "Coppers
and Brass [2],” “The County
Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's
Frolic," "Fishing for
Eels," “Green Sleeves [3],”
"Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy,"
“The Humours of Ennistymon
[1],” "The Humours
of Milltown [2],” "Ioc an Reicneail,” "Jackson's Bottle of Brandy,"
“The Jug of Punch [5],” "Larry Grogan(‘s) [1]", "The
Lasses of Melrose," “Lasses of
Melross,” "Little Fanny's
Fancy," "Lynn's Favourite,"
"Lynny's Favourite," "Pay
the Reckoning," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," “Queen of the Rushes,” "The Waves of Tramore," “Willie Clancy’s.”
OLD MAN'S MARE DIED, THE. AKA and see "The Auld Man's Meer Deid."
OLD MARLBOROUGH. AKA ‑ "Heel and Toe."
English, Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune
goes with a heel and toe dance collected in the village of Fieldtown
(Leafield), Oxfordshire, England. The first part of the melody is “Yellow Joke [2],” a companion of sorts to
“The Black Joke” (although not the
“Yellow Joak” published by Walsh in his third Lancashire collection). Bacon (The Morris Ring), 1974; pg. 160.
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OLD MASTER'S RUNAWAY. Old‑Time. A version of "Year of (the) Jubilo," learned
(and recorded in 1927) by Sam & Kirk McGee from their father, Uncle John
McGee, a "contest‑winning fiddler in his own right" (Charles
Wolfe). County 542, Sam & Kirk McGee ‑
"Nashville: the Early String Bands, vol. 2."
OLD MELINDA. AKA – “Malindy,” "Melinda," ‘Old Melina.” Old‑Time,
Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Nebraska. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC
(Christeson): AABBCC’ (Beisswenger & McCann): AABB'CC' (Phillips). “Old
Melinda” is one of ‘100 essential Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler
Charlie Walden. Mid-west fiddlers start on different parts of the tune. Mark
Wilson is of the opinion the melody contains elements of early ragtime. Bob
Walter’s announced the tune as “Old Malindee” on his recording, and is known
simply as “Malindy” in Ozark County (Lonnie Robertson introduces it as “Gonna
play Malindee” on his CD). It may be that Walters learned the tune from a
Missouri fiddler, perhaps Casey Jones, who also played the tune (as did
Missouri fiddler Lymon Enloe). Fiddler Jesse Wallace learned the tune from
Frank Waters, who called it “Muddy Water.”
Sources for notated versions: from the playing of Bob Walters (Burt County,
Nebraska), recorded November, 1949 [Christeson]; Lymon Enloe (Mo.) and Bob
Walters [Phillips]; Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981, Springfield, Missouri)
[Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music),
2008; pg. 121. R.P. Christeson (Old Time
Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 50, pg. 38. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1),
1994; pg. 151. County CD2707, Lymon Enloe – “Fiddle
Tunes I Recall.” Marimac Records, Double Decker String Band – “Chasing
Rainbows.” Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Assocation, Bob Walters – “R.B.
Christeson’s Old Time Fiddlers’ Repertory, vol. 1” (1973). Missouri State Old
Time Fiddlers' Assocation 102, Casey Jones (1910-1967, northwest Mo.) -
"Rocky Road to Jordan." Rhythm Rats – “Pretty Crowing Chicken.”
Rounder 0375, Lonnie Robertson – “Lonnie’s Breakdown: Classic Fiddle Music from
Missouri” (1996. Appears as “Malindy,” originally recorded 1977). 5 String
Productions 5SP05002, The Hoover Uprights – “Known for their Reputation”
(2005).
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources |
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M:2/4
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S:Christeson – Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1, No. 50 (1973)
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OLD MEN AT THE LOOM. AKA and see “Maggie Cameron,”
“Willie Roy’s Loomhouse.”
OLD MILK CHURN, THE. AKA
and see “A Fig for a Kiss [1],”
"Gliogar an Mheadair,"
"The Gurgling of the Churn,"
"The Humours of Bottle
Hill," "Milk the Churn
.” Irish, Slip Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes),
1999; No. 54, pg. 12.
OLD MILLER, THE. Old‑Time. Vance Randolph believes this
tune a variant of "Turkey in the
Straw."
OLD MISS SALLY. AKA and see "Miss
Sally at the Party," "I Asked That Pretty Girl to
Be My Wife." Old‑Time, Breakdown.
***
Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally,
I asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
She run at me with a butcher knife,
Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally‑O.
***
Oh Miss Sally, Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally,
Asked Miss Sally for to be my wife,
Said she wouldn't to save my life,
Miss Sally, Miss Sally, Oh Miss Sally, Sally‑O.
***
Mississippi
Department of Archives and History AH‑002, John Hatcher ‑
"Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle Music from
OLD
X:1
T:Old
T:(I) Love Somebody
L:1/8
M:2/4
S:Viola
“Mom” Ruth, 1948
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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OLD MISTER RABBIT. Old‑Time, Song Tune and Breakdown.
***
Oh, what you gonna do when your meat gives out, baby?
What you gonna do when your meat gives out?
Sit in the corner with your mouth stuck out, babe.
***
What you gonna do when it comes a-snow, baby?
What you gonna do when it comes a-snow?
Catch them rabbits as they go, babe.
***
Catching rabbits ain’t no sin, baby,
Catching rabbits ain’t no sin.
Turn them loose and catch ‘em again, babe.
***
Old Mister Rabbit your hair is mighty thin, baby,
Old Mister Rabbit your hair is mighty thin.
Yes, by Jove I split the wind, babe.
***
Old Mister Rabbit your tail is mighty white, baby.
Old Mister Rabbit our tail is mighty white.
Yes, by George, I’m siccin’ out of sight, babe.
***
Old Mister Rabbit your eyes are mighty red, baby,
Old Mister Rabbit your eyes are mighty red.
Yes, by George, I’m darn nigh dead, babe.
***
County 788,
OLD MOLE. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AA.
The melody was first published by Playford in his English Dancing Master (1651). Chris Bartram, writing in his
article “The Fiddle in
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T:Old Mole
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes
(1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
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OLD MOLLY AHERN. AKA and see "Rolling
on the Ryegrass," "Maureen
Playboy," "Piper's Lass,"
"Rathkeale Hunt," "Shannon Breeze [1]," "The Ladies Tight Dress," "The
Ladies Top Dress," "What
the Devil ails you [2]" "Boil the Kettle Early,"
"The Listowel Lasses,"
"Kitty
got a clinking (coming from the races) [1]," "Punch for the Ladies [2],"
"The Lady on the Railroad,"
"The Railway Station,"
"The Brown Red Girl," "Love among the Roses," "The Kilfinane Reel," "The
Connachtman's Rambles [1]," "McCaffrey's
Reel," "The Telegraph,"
"Strac an mhuc an leine,"
"Sean‑Mhaire Ni
Eachthighearn."
OLD MOLLY HARE. AKA and see “Fisher Laddie,”
"Grandma Blair," "Molly Hare," "Largo's Fairy Dance," “Old Granny Blair,” "Rustic Dance [1]," "Fairy Reel [1]" (Ire.). Old‑Time,
Breakdown.
***
(You) country coon, you come here soon;
The girls won’t be here till tomorrow afternoon (John Powell, quoted by Wilkinson)
***
Old Molly Hare, what you doin' there,
Diggin' out a post hole and scratchin' out yore hair?
(Ford)
***
Old Molly Hare, whatcha doin' thar,
Running through the cotton patch, as far as I can tear.
***
Old Molly Hare, whatcha doin' thar,
Sittin' in the corner, smoking a cigar.
***
Old Molly Hare, watcha doin' there,
Run through the country, run like a hare.
(Riley Puckett/Reiner & Anick)
***
African-American collector Thomas
Talley, writing in his book Negro Folk
Rhymes (reprinted in 1991, edited by Charles Wolfe), prints the following
lyric:
***
Ole Molly har’, whats you doin’ thar?
“I’se settin’ in de fence corner, smokin’ seegyar.”
***
Ole Molly har’, what’s you doin’ thar?
“I’se pickin’ out a br’or, settin’ on a Pricky-p’ar.”
***
Ole Molly har’, what’s you doin’ thar?
“I’se gwine cross de Cotton Patch, hard as I can t’ar.”
***
Molly har’ today, so dey all say,
Got her pipe o’ clay, jis to moke de time ‘way.
***
“de dogs say ‘boo!’ An’ dey barks too,
I hain’t got no time fer to talk to you.
***
Ford (1940) relates an improbable
story he had from a man who had been a noted caller of old‑time dances when
he was younger, around the 1870's or 1880's. According to him the settlers of
the Missouri/Kansas prarie region plagued by rodent holes, especillay rabbits,
which were a hazard to cattle or horses. There was a boon to the burrows,
however, as they could by used for fence posts, saving the homesteader the
arduous labor of digging another hole to set his post. Usually, says Ford, the
settlers as a matter of pride took great pains to set their posts in a straight
line. There was however, one character in the community, "whose ingenious
efforts to avoid over‑exertion were a constant source of amusement to his
friends and neighbors.”
***
When he built his fence he was not particular about a straight line.
He selected rows of rabbit holes, set his posts, strung the wire and
had his fencing done in no time at all. But the result was even more
erratic than he had anticipated. He was surveying the completed work
one day when several neighbors, coming in from the range, rode up.
They took one look at the fence and then had their usual laugh, to
poor old John's embarrassment. 'John', said one, in a voice of
suppressed amusement, 'how much liquor does it take to the mile,
to build a fence like that?' 'Well,' said John, scratching his head,
'I hadn't calculated fer it to be a worm fence. Reckon though, if I
had a still hitched to it and the neighbors pourin' cold water
along,
like they do on all my honest endeavors, you fellers 'ud be down at
t'other end of the fence holdin' yer cups to ketch the whiskey!' As
soon as the laughter had subsided over John's turning the tables, the
neighbor added: 'Anyhow, you certainly did get your fencing done
in a hurry, John. Did you have
any help?' 'Yes and no,' was the reply.
'I sort of took advantage of Mother Nature on part of the work. Old
Molly Hare dug the post holes ‑‑ but me and the mules had to
set the
posts and string the wire!' It was shortly after this episode that the
above‑mentioned verse appeared, and began to be used by callers
when the tune 'Old Molly Hare' was played.
***
The tune was recorded for the
Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark
Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's; also recorded for the Library of
Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Tishomingo County,
Mississippi, fiddler W.E. Claunch and Meridian, Mississippi, fiddler W.A.
Bledsoe (who was originally from Tennessee). It was a tune in the repertoire of
fiddler and Confederate veteran Arnold A. Parrish (Willow Springs,
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
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L:1/8
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B:Winston Wilkinson, Southern Folklore Quarterly, vol. VI,
no. 1, pg. 5.
S:James H. “Uncle Jim” Chisholm (
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OLD MOLLY
OLD MORPETH RANT. English, Reel. G Major.
Standard tuning. A version of the well-known Northumberland tune “Morpeth
Rant,” different especially in the ‘B’ part. The ‘rant’ of the title refers to
a dance step. See note for “Morpeth
Rant [1]” and "Morpeth Rant
[2]" for more. Park Records PRKCD 42, Kathryn
Tickell – “The Northumberland Collection” (learned from a relative, Henry
Robson).
OLD MORRIS. AKA and see "The Banks of
the Dee."
OLD MOSE. AKA and see "Buffalo
Nickel [1]," “Cat Ate the
Handsaw,” "Chinky Pin," “Crooked Stovepipe [2],” "Darling Child," “Eber Atkins Tune,” "Farmer Had a Dog," "Fourth of July," “Grey-Eyed Cat,” "Hair in the Butter," "I'm My Momma's Darling (Child),"
“Lead Out,” “Liesel,”
“Love Somebody [2],” "Midnight Serenade [1],"
"My Love
Is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1],” “Raymondville,”
"Richmond Blues," “Soapsuds Over the Fence [3],”
"Sweet Sixteen," "Ten Nights in a Bar Room,"
"Yellow Eyed Cat." Old-Time,
Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Sometimes played in the key of ‘G’.
From the playing of Garry Harrison. Howard Marshall says the title is from
exteme southwest Missouri. Source for notated version: Greg Canote (Seattle)
[Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg.
112.
OLD MOTHER FINNEGAN. Old‑Time. Perhaps "Old Mother
Flanagan." The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain
fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in
1954.
OLD MOTHER FLANAGAN. AKA and see "Mother Flanagan," "Greenfields of America [1],"
"(Pretty, Charming) Molly
(Judy, Miss) Brallaghan (Brannigan)," "Miss Wedderburn('s Reel) [1],"
“Sooka Flanagan.” Old‑Time,
Breakdown. USA; southwestern Pa., West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina. A
Major (Brody, Phillips, Silberberg): G Major (Bayard, Kaufman, Phillips,
Songer). AEae or Standard tunings. AB (Bayard): AB (Silberberg): AABB
(Phillips/Gardella, Songer): AA'BB' (Kaufman): AABBCC (Brody). In
Phillips/Sears version all the parts are irregular. It seems obviously of Irish
derivation; see note for "Greenfields of America." Clay County, West
Virginia, fiddler Wilson Douglas remarked that he didn't know where it
originated; "its a Clay County tune and French (Carpenter, his mentor)
said he never did know. Said the first time he ever heard it played, his dad
played it. And he learned it from him and he said he never did know where it
came from." Another West Virginia fiddler, Emory Bailey, also played a
version. Bayard (1981) collected this rhyme to the first part in Pennsylvania:
***
Old Mother Flanagan, never be a man again,
Hole in her stockin', heel kept a‑rockin'.
***
See also the related tune "Old Flanagan" and the
Kentucky variant “Sooka Flanagan,” and the second strain of the Missouri melody
“A and E Rag.” Though the Fuzzy Mountain String band
recorded the tune in A Major, their source, Lee Triplett, played it is G Major.
Sources for notated versions: Fuzzy Mountain String Band (Chapel Hill, N. C.)
who had it from Lee Triplett (Clay County, Va.) who played it in G Major
[Brody]; I. Morris (Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]; Danny Gardella [Phillips]; banjo and
concertina player Bertram Levy (Port Townsend, Washington) [Songer]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 312C,
pg. 265. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook),
1983; pg. 208. Kaufman (Beginning Old
Time Fiddle), 1977; pgs. 53 & 90‑91. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 173. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002;
pg. 112. Songer (Portland Collection),
1997; pg. 151. Bay 727, "Kenny Hall and the Sweet
Mills String Band." Ghe Records GR1001, Mike Cross ‑ "Child
Prodigy" (1979). Marimac AHS #3, Glen Smith – “Say Old Man” (1990. Learned
from Wilson Douglas). Rounder 0010, "Fuzzy Mountain String Band"
(1972). Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas‑ "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's
Creek" (1975). Rounder 0058, Haywood Blevins (Va.) ‑ "Old
Originals, Vol. 2" (1978). Rounder C‑11565, Malcolm Owen & Bill
Hicks ‑ "Rounder Fiddle" (1990).
OLD MOTHER GOFOUR. AKA and see "Granny, Will Your Dog
Bite? [1]" "Pretty
Betty Martin," "Hog Eye [1],"
"Fire on/in the Mountain
[1]," "Tip Top Fine."
OLD MOTHER GOODWIN. AKA and see "Pigtown Fling,"
"Wild Horse." American, Reel.
USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB. Sources for notated
version: Fred Miller and Glenn Gelnette (Jefferson County, Pa., 1949) [Bayard].
Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981;
No. 166C, pg. 112.
OLD
MOTHER GOOSE. Irish (?), Slip Jig. G Major.
Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “Don’t Leave Me Alone.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 56.
Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs
and Waltzes), 1999; No. 55, pg. 13. Ryan’s
Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 86. White’s
Unique Collection, 1896; No. 24, pg. 5.
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OLD MOTHER GUM. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, southwestern Pa. G
Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Hogg (Pa., 1948)
[Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle),
1981; No. 137, pg. 75.
OLD MOTHER
KNICKERBOCKER. Old-Time. The following ditty was
sometime sung:
***
Old Mother Nickabocker doesn't give a
damn,
Just let a n****r f**k her as any other man.
OLD MOTHER LOBOS. See "Old Mother Logo."
OLD MOTHER LOGO. Old‑Time, Breakdown. D Major ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part).
Standard tuning. AABB. Bayard says this tune resembles "in a general
way" a western
X:1
T:Old Mother Logo
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)
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OLD MOTHER McCARTHY. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. C Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Source Cyril Stinnet goes into 2nd position on the violin to
play parts of this tune, according to Paul Mitchell. Source for notated
version: Cyril Stinnett (Oregon, Missouri) [Christeson, Phillips]. R.P.
Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory,
vol. 2), 1984; pg. 42. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 173.
OLD MOTHER OXFORD. AKA and see "Old Molly Oxford [1],”
“Steeple Claydon." English, Morris
Dance Tune (2/4 time, with an irregular measure in the 'C' part in some
versions). England, Oxfordshire. G Major (most versions): D Major (Spandaro).
Standard tuning. ABC (Raven, et al.): ABCBCBC (Bacon, Mallinson): ABBC
(Spandaro). Collected from the village of Headington, Oxfordshire, in England's
Cotswold region. Michael Cooney reports the melody has been suggested as a
relative of the famous American hoe-down "Turkey in the Straw." Source for
notated version: William Kimber (d. 1961) {Oxfordshire}, via Cecil Sharpe
[Williamson]. Bacon (The Morris Ring),
1974; pg. 194. Karpeles & Schofield (. A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs),
1951; pg. 35. Mallinson (Mally’s Cotswold
Morris Book), 1988, vol. 2; No. 50, pg. 25. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 75. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 6 (appears
as "Old Molly Oxford"). Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 16.
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M:2/4
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OLD MOTHER REILLY. AKA and see “Granny Duncan.”
Scottish. This is the title in fife repertory; pipers call the tune “Granny
Duncan.”
OLD MRS. HUDDLEDEE. English, Schottische. The tune was played in a medley of schottisches
in southern England, along with “Washing
Day [1]” and “The Keel Row”; Norfolk
area concertina player Scan Tester (1887-1972) and fiddler Walter Bulwer
(1882-c. 1972) both independently knew the medley. Bulwer sung this ditty to
the tune:
***
Old Mrs. Hudledee
Went to bed to cuddle me;
Cocked her leg right over me
To keep her belly warm.
***
Topic TSCD607, Billy
Cooper, Walter & Daisy Bulwer – “English Country Music” (2000. Originally
recorded 1962).
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