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SLACAIR AN FAIRCILL. AKA and see "Wallop the Potlid."
SLAGGYFORD GALOP. English, Galop.
SLAGPOLSKA FROM
SMALAND. Swedish, Dance Tune (3/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Thompson (Fiddler's
Almanac), 198‑; pg. 56.
SLAINTE AN CHUPAN. See "Slainte on gCupan."
SLAINTE NA NGAODHAL. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The air is a
famous Scots melody. Roche Collection,
1982, vol. 3; No. 40, pg. 11.
X:1
T:Slainte na nGaodhal
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Roche, vol. 3, No. 40 (1927)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D2|G2 (G>A) B2 (AG)|A2 (A>G)
E2 zD|G2 (G>G) G2 (Bd)|(e4 d2) zd|e2 (e>d)B3d|
(cBA)G E3D|(.G.G) (Bd) e2
(dB)|(A4G2||D2|G2 (G>A) B2 (BA)|G2 (G>E) D3D|
G2 (G>G) G2 (Bd)|(e4d2) zd|e2
(ed) B2 (Bd)|(cBA)G E3D|(G>G) (Bd)e2(dB)|(A4 G2||
SLAINTE ON gCUPAN (Health from the cup). Irish, Air (2/4 time). B Flat
Major. Standard tuning. One part. The Irish collector Edward Bunting printed this
pentachordal air (the 6th and 7th tones are missing) in his 1809 and 1840
volumes. Source for notated version: the index to Bunting's 1840 collection
gives that he received the melody from Richard Kirwan of Cregg in 1792 and
notes "The quaintness and brevity of the air and the fact of its
consisting of only one part, are strong arguments of a high degree of
antiquity." O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 84, pg. 128.
SLAINTE RIGH PILIB [1] (Health to King Phillip). Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard. AABB. O’Neill (1922) says the title refers to King Phillip IV of Spain, who died in 1665. “This setting and the two that follow illustrate the tendency to create variants of popular compositions.” Source for notated version: copied from Burk Thumoth’s Scotch and Irish Airs (1743) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
X:1
T:Slainte Righ Pilib [1]
T:Health to King Phillip
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Burk Thumoth's Scotch & Irish Airs 1743
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:Bb
"Moderato"G4 ^F2|G2 A2 c2|d4 c2|{B}A4 d2|c4 AG|^F2 A3 G|^F3 E F2|D6|!
G4 ^F2|G2 A2 c2|d4 A2|c4 de|f2 =e2 d2|c2 A2 G^F|G6-|G6:|!
g4 ^f2|g2 a2 b2|a4 gf|d4 d=e|f3 g fg|f2 d2 f2|c4 {B}A2|^F4 {E}D2|!
G3 A G^F|G2 A2 c2|d4 A2|c4 d=e|f2 =e2 d2|c2 A2
G^F|G6-|G6:||!
SLAINTE RIGH PILIB [2]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). A Minor. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (vol. II, c. 1806) [O’Neill]. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 150 (appears as “Slaunta Ree Philip”). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
X:1
T:Slainte Righ Pilib [2]
T:Health to King Phillip
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion, 1804-1810
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:A Minor
"Moderato"A2|G2 A2 A2|A2 B2 AG|A2 B2 d2|e2 ^f2 g2|d2 B2 BA|G4 ed|!
B2 A2 A2|A2 B2 AG|A2 B 2d2|e2 ^f2 g2|B4 A2|A4:|!
|:ed|e2 a2 a2|a2 b2 ag|a4 ba|g2 e2 g2|d2 B2 BA|G4 ed|!
B2
A2 A2|A2 B2 AG|A2 B2 d2|e2 ^f2 g2|B4 A2|A4:||!
SLAINTE RIGH PILIB [3]. Irish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard. One part. Source for notated version: O’Neill copied the air from Thomson’s Original Irish Airs (1814-1816). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
X:1
T:Slainte Righ Pilib [3]
T:Health to King Phillip
M:3/4
L:1/8
S:Thomson's Original Irish Airs, 1814-1816
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
K:Bb
"moderato"F4 =E2|F2 G2 B2|c4 B2|G4 c2|B4 GF|=E4 C2|C4 C2|C2 D2 =E2|!
F4 =E2|F2 G2 B2|c4 G2|B2 c2 d2|e2 d2 c2|B2 G2 =E2|F6-|F6|!
f4 =e2|f4 g2|f4 _e2|c4 d2|e4 e2|e2 c2 e2|B4 G2|=E4 C2|!
F4 =E2|F2 G2 B2|c4 G2|B2 c2 d2|e2 d2 c2|B2 G2 =E2|F6-|F6||!
SLÁN AGUS BEANNACHT LE BUAIDHREAMH AN TSAOGHAIL. AKA and see "Farewell to the Troubles of the World," "Farewell to My Troubles." Irish, Jig (“gaily, but not so fast as jig time”). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AB. The title is a reccurent phrase of several songs to the air. Bayard believes "O'Connell's Welcome To Parliament" to be a major mode version or derivative of this tune. Sean O Boyle (1976) notes the words to the tune were composed with lines and half-lines alternating in English and Irish, and believes this reflects the bilingual period in the historical process of the supplanting of the Gaelic language in Ireland by English. Source for notated version: “taken down in 1853 fromt he whistling of Joseph Martin a native of the county Limerick” [Joyce]. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1973/1890; No. 33, pg. 35. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 961. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; Nos. 1462, 1463, and 1478.
X:1
T:Farewell to My Troubles
T:Slán Agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 961
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | dec dcA | GFG AFD | FEF GFD |
FGA c2A | dec dcA |
GFG AFD | F3 G2 A/G/ | FDD D2 :: G |
FED FGA | cdB =cAG |
A=fe dec | ABc d2c | BGB d=cA | GFG
AFD | F3 G2 A/G/ | FDD D2 :|
SLÁN AN MHAIRNÉALAIGH. AKA and see "The
Sailor's Farewell.”
SLÁN BEO FAREWELL. Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Source for
notated version: the 19th century Irish collector P.W. Joyce [Mulvihill]. Howe
(1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg.
27. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music),
1873/1890. Mulvihill (1st
Collection), 1986; No. 58, pg. 132.
X:1
T:Slan Beo
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow and with expression”
S:Joyce – Ancient Irish Music
(1873/1890)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
FG | A2D2E2 | F4 AB | c4 AF | G2F2F2
| F4 FG | A2F2G2 | {A}f4 ef |
d4 dc | A2F2G2 | A4 AG | A2F2G2 |
{A}f4 ef | d4 dc | A2F2G2 | A4 AG |
A2D2E2 | F3G AB | c4 AF | G2F2F2 |
F4 ||
SLÁN GUN TIG MO RUN A
NALL. AKA and see "Well May My True Love Arrive."
SLÁN LE CEOL. AKA and see “Farewell to Music.”
SLÁN LE CONNACHTA. AKA and see "Farewell
to Connacht.”
SLÁN LE h-ÉIREANN.
AKA and see
"Farewell to Erin/Eireann [2]."
SLÁN LE MÁIGH (Farewell to the Maigue). AKA and see “The Bells of Shandon.” Irish, Air (4/4
time). D Major. Standard. One part (Ó Canainn): AAB (Miller & Peron). The
collector George Petrie remarks that the author of this song is “the clever but
deplorably licentious Irish poet Andrew Magrath” and “one of the most
distinguished of a class of men--usually hedge schoolmasters--who, for nearly a
century by their writings, teachings and, too generally, reckless lives,
exercised an influence over the minds and, as may be feared, even the moral
feelings of the fine-hearted but excitable peasantry of Munster.”
***
A set of lyrics was written to the
tune by Francis Sylvester Mahony (Father Prout), honoring the famous bells of
St. Anne’s in Shandon, Cork. The cleric wrote them while studying in the Jesuit
College in Rome in 1804, no doubt remembering the eight bells, one of which
bears the inscription We were all cast at
Gloucester in England. Abel Rdhall, 1750. The church itself was built in
1726 on the site of an earlier church, destroyed during an attack on the city
in 1690, and good views are to be found from the bell tower. Father Prout’s
song begins:
***
With deep affection and recollection |
St. Anne’s, Shandon, Cork. |
***
Ceolta Gael.
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional
Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 61. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 102, pg. 87. Tradition TLP 1024, Mary O'Hara.
SLÁN LE MO BUAIDREAD. AKA and see "Farewell
to My Troubles."
SLÁN LEAT GO BRATH. AKA and see "Farewell
For Ever{more}."
SLÁN LEIS AN bhFRAOCH. AKA and see “Farewell to
the Heather.”
SLÁN
UÍ CHONAILL LE BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH. AKA and see "O'Connell's Farewell to
Dublin [1]."
SLANE (Farewell). Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard.
One part. The tune has been used for many hymns over the years in Protestent
churchs; “Be Thou My Vision” in the 1940 Episcopal
Church Hymnal is one example. See also the Irish ballads “Banks of the Bann” and “With My Love on the Road.”
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional
Fiddle Music), 1977; Addenda.
SLANEY BOG, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB.
Composed by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddler Ed Reavy (1898-1988). According
to his son Joe, the tune gained currency with New York Irish musicians in the
1940's. Reavy (The Collected Compositions
of Ed Reavy), No. 7, pg. 7.
X:1
T:The Slaney Bog
M:2/2
L:1/8
C:Ed Reavy
S:The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy
R:Reel
N:The Slaney Bog. This tune became an instant favorite with "the
N:New York fellows" back in the forties.
Z:Joseph Reavy
K:D
||:[F3A3] G FGAB|=cAFA G2 FG|(3AB=c AG FGAg|fdec dfec|
AGAG FGAB|=cAFA G2 FG|(3AB=c AG FGAg|fdec Adde||
f2 gf gfed|cAAB cdeg | fdfa g2 fg | (3agf (3gfe fddf |(3agf (3gfe fdec |
dfed cAGE | Dddc defg |1 (3agf (3gfed fec:|2 (agf gfe d4||
SLÄNG POLSKA. Swedish, Polska. Culburnie Records CUL 121D,
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004).
SLANTHA. Irish, Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The title is probably a
corruption of the Irish word slainte,
a health. Hardings All-Round Collection,
1905; No. 124, pg. 39.
X:1
T:Slantha
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Harding’s All Round Collection (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gdor
f | d2G GAG | dcd f2d | cAF FGF |
AFA c2f | d2G GAG | dcd f2g | fdf cA^F | GAG G2 :|
|: d | gag gfd | gab a2g | fgf fcA |
faf f2a | gag gfd | gab agf | dfd cA^F | GAG G2 :|
SLANTY GART. AKA and see "Lord
MacDonald('s Reel) [4]" (Scottish title) and the "Leather Breeches/Britches"
family of tunes. Shetland; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBC. Slanty Gart
is a fanciful place name. Boys of the
Lough, 1977; pg. 1. Shanachie 79002, "Boys of
the Lough" (1973). Trailer LER 2086, "Boys of the Lough."
SLAP AND KISS. English, “Old” Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABCDEFGHIJK. An “old” or “triple-“ hornpipe 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. Offord (John of the Greeny Cheshire Way).
X:1
T:Slap and Kiss
M:3/2
L:1/8
S:Marsden
Z:Transcribed by Pete Stewart and posted at www.goodbagpipes.co.uk/pipetunes/
N:(reposted at Fiddler’s Companion by permission)
K:G
ef|gfedB2g2dB AG|A2e2e2A2cdef|gfedB2g2dB AG|BcdBg2B2cdef||
gfed BcdB dB AG|A2e2e2A2 cdef|gfed BcdB dB AG|B2g2g2B2cdec||
G2B2G2e2 BcdB|A2c2A2a2AB cA|G2B2G2g2BcdB|G2g2BcdB AB cA||
G2B2G2g2B2g2|A2a2A2a2A2g2|G2B2G2g2BcdB|G2g2BcdB AB cA||
GA Bc dB de dB AG|AB cd edcB AB cA|GA Bc dB de dB AG|BcdB efge fgaf||
gfed edcB cB AG|AB cd edcB AB cA|GA Bc dB de dB AG|BcdBg2B2d2g2||
B2G2D2g2dB AG|AB cd ec BA cdec|B2G2D2g2dB AG|BcdB g2B2cdec||
gd>z=f ec>ze dB>z G|A2e2e2A2cdef|gd>z=f ec>ze dB>z G|G2g4B2cdec||
B2g4ef gfed|cdef ec BA cdec|B2g4ef gfed |BcdB g2B2cdec||
G2B2G2g2G2B2|A2c2A2a2ABcA|G2B2G2g2G2B2|G2e2G2B2AB cA||
G2B2G2g2dB AG|AB cd ec BA cdef|gfed BcdB dB AG|BcdBg2B2d2g2||
SLASH AWAY THE
PRESSING GANG. AKA and see "All the Way to Galway [1],”
"The Galway Girls,” “High Way to Galloway,” “Kerry Cow,” "The March of the Tribes to
Galway,” "The Road to
Lisdoonvarna [2],” "Sarsfield
March,” "Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
Irish, March (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Similar to
“Yankee Doodle” in the second part. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 65. Shanachie SH-78010, Solas - “Sunny Spells and Scattered
Showers” (1997).
X:1
T:Slash Away the Pressing Gang
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
K:Dmix
d>efd cAAc | BG ~G2 cA A2 |1 d>efd cAAc | BGAF D3 D :|2 defg abag |
fde^c d3 d ||: A>BAG AB c2 | G>AGF ECEG |1 A>BAG ABcd | cAGE D3 D :|
2A>BAG
Adde | "tr"fde^c d3 d ||
SLASHERS. AKA and see “Bannocks'
o' Barley Meal,” "Barley Meal,”
“Kinnegad Slashers.” English,
Irish; Jig. D Major (Kennedy, Raven): C Major (Hardings). Standard tuning.
AABB. Harding’s All Round Collection,
1905; No. 23, pg. 7. Kennedy (Fiddlers
Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; pg. 43. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 110.
X:1
T:Slashers
T:Kinnegad Slashers
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D
(3A/B/c/|ded dAF|ABA ABc|ded dAF|Eee e2f|
ded dAF|ABA Agf|fef dBA|Bdd d2:|
|:A|dfa afd|cde ecA|dfa afd|faa a2A|
dfa afd|cde eag|fef dBA|Bdd d2:|
SLASHING REEL, THE. AKA and see "The Floggin',” "The Newry Lass,” "The Fife Reel,” "The Flag(g)on,” "The Humours of Bantry Bay.”
SLATE ROOF, THE. AKA and see “The Lansdowne Lass.” Irish, Reel. D
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is very similar to (and perhaps a
version of) Paddy Taylor’s “Katie Taylor” and
Josie McDermott’s “Lansdowne Lass.”
Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.)
[Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st
Collection), 1986; No. 75, pg. 20.
SLATTERY'S FANCY (Roga Ui Slatteraig). Irish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB.
Source for notated version: M. Casey [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg.
25. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 803, pg.
149.
X:1
T:Slattery’s Fancy
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 803
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A/B/ | ~c3 c2B | cec dBA | GAB BcB |
Bec dBA | cdc c2B |
Cec dBA| GAB Bec | dBG A2 :: z | a3
gfe | dBA GAB |
{d}cBc dcd | efg a2z | a2a gfe | dBA
GAB | {d}cBc cde | dBG A2 :|
SLATON WALTZ. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Source for notated version: J.S. Price (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma)
[Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book),
1967; pg. 153.
SLAUDEEN’S DELIGHT. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is a variant of “Sweet Biddy Daly,” played as part of the
Dingle Wren tradition by fife and drum band. The tune was transcribed by Steve
MacDonogh in his book “Green and Gold,” that used the 1982 Wren event as an
opportunity to explore historic and folklore background of the tradition.
X:1
T:Slaudeen's
Delight
D:Forever by Dingle Shore, by Dingle band Slaudeen
B:Green and Gold, Steve MacDonogh, Brandon, 1983
N:a Dingle Wren tune, variant of Sweet Biddy Daly
N:transposed from Eb
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
e|dBG AGA|B2 G GED|GFG GAB|BAG A2 e|
dBG AGA|B2 G GED|GFG GAB|AGF G2:|
|:GAB/c/ d2 d|d2 e dBG|GAB/c/ d2
e|dBG ABA|
GAB d2 d|d2 e dBD|~e3 dBA|AGF G3:|
SLAUGHTER HOUSE. AKA and see "Hey, Ho, My
Honey." English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). B Flat Major/G
Dorian/Minor. Standard tuning. AABC. The tune, which slips in and out between
major and modal tonality, dates to the
year 1703. Barnes (English Country Dance
Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance
Tunes), 1909/1994; pg. 69.
X:1
T:Slaughter House
T:Hey Ho, My Honey
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
|: g | ^f2d d=ef | g3 b3 | fd2 c2B |
(G3 G2) g | ^f2d d=ef | g3 b3 | fd2 c2B | (B3 B2) :|
F | BAB cBc | d (f2 f2) F | BAB cde
| (d3 d2)F | B>cd ec2 |
f3 g3 | fd2 c2B | (G3 G2) || A | B3
A2G | ^F (D2 D2)D |
BAB cBc | (d3 d2)A | B>cd ec2 |
f3 g3 | fd2 c2B | (G3 G2) ||
SLAVE, THE. AKA
and see “The Sloe.” English, Country Dance Tune
(4/4 time). The tune appears under this title in some English musicians’
manuscripts, such as that of the Rev. Robert Harrison (Brampton, Cumbria,
1820). It survived into the 20th century in tradition, and was noted
by collector Cecil Sharp from the playing of John Mason in Stow-on-the-Wold
(see note for “The Sloe”). Barry Callaghan (2007) traces the title and tune to
an opera by Sir Henry Bishop, The Slave,
produced in 1816.
SLAYLEY BRIDGE
HORNPIPE. AKA and see "Bristol Hornpipe." English,
Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for
notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley, 1827-1897
(Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Merryweather & Seattle
(The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No.
36, pg. 37.
SLEAMNAIN CUIL AODA. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). Ireland, West Kerry. G Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An
Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No.
84, pg. 47.
SLEAMHNÁN DHINNÍ UI
MHEISCILL. AKA and see "Dinny Mescal's Slide."
SLEAMHNÁN DHÓNAILL UÍ
CHAOIMH. AKA and see "Dan O'Keeffe's Slide [1]."
SLEAMHNÁN
DHONNCHA MHIC IONNRACHTAIGH. AKA and see "Denis Enright's Slide."
SLEAMHNÁN MHÁIRÉAD NIC
SHEANLAOICH. AKA and see "Maggie Shanley's Slide."
SLEAMHNÁN PHÁDRAIG UÍ
CHAOIMH. AKA and see "Padraig O'Keeffe's Slide [1]."
SLEAMHNÁN SHEÁIN UÍ
CHEALLAIGH. AKA and see "John Kelly's Slide [1]."
SLEAMHNÁN SHEÁINÍN
MHICÍ. AKA and see "Johnny Micky's Slide."
SLEAMHNÁN UÍ CHEALLACHAIN. AKA and see "Callaghan's
Slide."
SLEAMHNÁIN
CHROSAIRE AN CHAIRÉIL, NO. 2. AKA and see “The Hare in the Corn [4],” “The Cat in the Corner [2].”
SLEASCHÉIM AN PROMENADE. AKA and see “Promenade.”
SLEEP, DEARIE, SLEEP. Scottish, Air. The Gaelic title “Caidil mo Ghaoil” translates as ‘Sleep
my love.’ The tune is still used as a ‘taps’ signal call in Highland regiments.
SLEEP ON MY KATHLEEN
DEAR (Codal Leat Mo
Caitilin Dileas).
Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB
(O’Farrell): AABB' (O’Neill). O’Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pg. 18. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 97, pg. 18.
X:1
T:Sleep On My Kathleen Dear
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 97
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 | c3 d cBAG | G2 B/A/B/d/ e2 {a}g{f}e
| d<B AG EDEG | G4 z2D2 |
c2 cd cBAG | G2 B/A/B/d/ e2 ge |
d<B AG EDEG | G4 z2 :|
|: e | =f<efg fedB | d2 eg g3 =f
| fege edge | dB c/B/A/G/ ED ze |
=f>efg e2g2 | G2 Bd e2 {a}g{f}e
|1 d<B AG EDEG | G6 z :|2
d<B AG {F}Ec/B/ c/B/A/G/ | G6 z
||
SLEEP ON TILL DAY (Caidil gu la). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). C Major (Gow,
Martin): E Flat Major (Fraser). Standard tuning. AB (Gow/Fraser): AAB (Martin).
"Very old" and “Supposed a Skye Air” (Gow). "The editor begs
leave to call the attention of the public to the difference betwixt this air,
as communicated in Albyn's Anthology, and the genuine set from the singing of
Mr. Fraser of Culduthel and the editor's progenitor, here inserted. These airs
must be correctly communicated, and form a standard before the poet should have
anything to do with them. This also is the only other air which met the
approbation of Mr. George Thomson, with 'The Sequestered Beauty'"
(Fraser). Carlin (The Gow Collection),
1986; No. 560. Fraser (The Airs and
Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No.
179, pg. 73. Gow (Complete Repository),
Part 3, 1806; pg. 8. Martin (Ceol na
Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; pg. 8.
X:1
T:Sleep on till day
T:Caidil gu la
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection
(1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
G>A|B2G2E2|e3fg2|B2c2 [F2A2]|[E3G3] z G>A|B2G2E2|e3f g2|
B2G2[D2F2]|E3z||e>f|g2e2f2|e2G2A2|B2c2_d2|(c2B)ze>f|g2e2f2|
e2B2c2|[E2B2][D2A2][E2G2]|[D3F3] z||
X:2
T:Sleep on till day
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Gow
– 3rd Repository
(1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Cmin
A2|(G2D2)E2|c3de2|G2E2
D>C|C4A2|G2(D2E2)|~c3d e2|E2A2~^G2|A4 c>A|
G2(D2E2)|c3~d e2|G2E2D2|C4||
c>d|{cd}e3dc2|(c2G2)GA|_B2A2
A>c|{=B}(c2G2)G2|{G}e3edc2|(c2G2)Ac|
G2E2D2|{D}E4
A2|G2(D2E2)|c3~de2|G>A E2 D>C|C4||
SLEEP SOOND I'DA
MOARNIN'. AKA and see "Out and In the Harbour,"
"The Gutters o Skeld." Shetland,
Shetland Reel. A Dorian or A Mixolydian. Standard, ADae or AEae tunings. AA’B
(Martin, Martin & Hughes), AABB (Williamson): AABB' (Brody, Cooke {Ex.
49b}): AA'BB' (Cooke {Ex. 49a}). Known all over the Shetland isles (Cooke).
"Much played on the islands...a fairly typical Shetland reel" (Boys
of the Lough). Christine Martin (2002) says the tune is known as “Da Gutters o’
Skeld” on the west side of Shetland and the northern island of Yell. Some see a
similarity between Appalachian fiddler Burl Hammonds’ high part of “Washington’s March [3]” and the
‘B’ part of “Sleep Soond.” Sources for notated versions: Tom Anderson and Aly
Bain (Shetland Islands) [Brody]; W.B. Henderson & R Jamieson (Cullivoe,
North Yell, Shetland) [Cooke]. Brody (Fiddler’s
Fakebook), 1983; pg. 258. Cooke (The
Fiddle Tradition of the Shetland Isles), 1986; Ex. 49, pg. 107 (two
versions). Martin (Traditional Scottish
Fiddling), 2002; pg. 99. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 31. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 55
(includes two variations). Culburnie CUL110, Abby
Newton – “Crossing to Scotland” (1997). Culburnie Records CUL 121D, Alasdair
Fraser & Natalie Haas – “Fire and Grace” (2004). Philo 2019, Tom Anderson
and Aly Bain‑ "The Silver Bow." Shanachie 79002, "Boys of
the Lough" (1973). Tartan Tapes CDTT1004, Chris Stout – “Heat the Hoose”
(1998). Trailer 2086, "Boys of the Lough."
X:1
T:Sleep Soond Ida Moarnin'
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=220
C:Trad Shetland
S:From the playing of Tony and Finbar Murphy
R:Reel
O:Shetland
K:Ador
"Am"e a2 ^g a2 ef|"G"gedB
"Em"GABG|"Am"e a2 ^g a2 ef|[1 "G"gedB
"Am"A2 B
G:|[2 "G"gedB "Am"A3 B||!
"Am"cAeA cAeA|"G"BcdB G3
B|"Am"cAeA cAeA|"G"BAGB "Am"A3 B||!
"Am"cAeA
cAeA|"G"BcdB G3 B|"Am"ABcd efga|"G"gedB
"Am"A2 z2|]!
SLEEPING GIANT
TWO-STEP. Canadian, Two-Step. D Major.
Standard tuning. AB. Composed in 1961 by Manitoba fiddler Andy De Jarlis
(1914-1975), a Métis fiddler who composed some 200 melodies. The melody appears
in his Andy De Jarlis' Canadian Fiddle
Tunes From the Red River Valley, Book 2 and is named after the Sleeping Giant peninsula, north of
Thunder Bay, Ontario—which has the appearance of a sleeping giant. Source for
notated version; Glenn Berry [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at
Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 146.
SLEEPING LULU. AKA and see "L & N Rag."
Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Georgia. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Phillips):
AA'BB (Brody). See also "Lulu
Loves them Young." Source for notated version: Bob Potts and Walt
Koken with the Highwoods String Band (Ithica, N.Y.) {Phillips additionally
credits Seattle fiddler Ruthie Dornfeld} [Brody, Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 257.
Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle
Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 131. Columbia 15567‑D
(78 RPM), Dick Burnett (Monticello, Ky.), (1930. Burnett learned the tune from
one Elmer Stany [d. 1932]). Rounder 0074, Highwoods String Band‑
"No. 3 Special" (1976. Learned from Gid Tanner & the Skillet
Lickers). Rounder 1005, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers‑ "Hear
These New Southern Fiddle and Guitar Records."
SLEEPING MAGGIE. AKA and see "Sleepy Maggie,"
"Sleeping Moggy."
SLEEPING MOGGY. AKA and see "Sleepy Maggy/Maggie".
SLEEPING IN A CORNCOB
BED. AKA and see "Sugar in the Gourd." Old‑Time,
Breakdown. Milo Biggins (Southern Ky.) version of "Sugar in the
Gourd."
SLEEPING ON A DOORSTEP. American, Jig. G major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Conn. Regan.
Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg.
73. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883;
pg. 105.
X:1
T:Sleeping
on a Doorstep
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GAG
GBd|gfe dBG|cde dfg|abg fed|GAG GBd|gfe dBG|
cde dgB|dcA
G2::B|BcB Bef |gfe e^de|f(dcB) f(cB)|ge^d eBG|
BcB Bef|gfe
e^de|fgf (Bgf)|1 eBG E2:|2 edc AFD||
SLEEPING TIME WALTZ. Old-Time, Waltz. USA, Mississippi.
Fiddler Gene Clardy was one of the older Mississippi fiddlers to record in the
78 RPM era. It is said he taught Mississippi fiddling great Willie Narmour to
play. Document 8028, Gene Clardy & Stan Clements –
“Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2” (reissue).
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. American, Waltz. Composed by Irish style button accordion player Billy
McComiskey (Baltimore, MD.). John Nolan
CD.
SLEEPY BODIE. Scottish, Slow Jig. F Major (Gow): A Major (McGibbon). Standard tuning.
AABB (Gow): AABBCCDD (McGibbon). Carlin
(The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 377.
Gow (Complete Repository), Part 3,
1806; pg. 6. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book
III), 1762; pg. 62.
X:1
T:Sleepy Bodie
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Slow Jig
S:Gow – 3rd Repository
(1806)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
~F|A(c2 Af)d|{d}cBA G>AB |A>Bc
(Af)d|c3 F2~F|A>Bc (Af)d|{d}c>BA G>AB|
A>Bc (Af)d|c3F2|:(d/e/)|f>ed {d}cBA|(Bc)A G2 (d/e/)|f>ed cAc|f3 {ef}c2 (d/e/)|
f>ed cBA|(BcA) G2B|A>Bc (Af)d|c3F2:|
X:2
T:Sleepy Body
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book III, pg. 62 (1762)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A | ce2 caf | “tr”e>dc Bcd |
(c/d/)ef caf | ({f}”tr”e3)A2 :: (f/g/) | a>gf edc | d(e/d/c/d/) B2 f/g/ |
a>gf e<ce | a3 e2f/g/ |
a>gf edc | d(e/d/c/d/) ({c}”tr”B2)A | (c/d/e)f caf | “tr”e3A2 :|
|: A | ce2 c/(e/f/g/a/)f/ |
e/f/e/d/c/d/ (Bc)d | (c/d/e)f c/(e/f/g/a/)f/ | ({f}”tr”e3A2 :|
|: (f/g/) | a>gf ef/g/a/c/ |
d/f/e/d/c/d/ B>ef/g/ | (a/b/a/g/)(a/f/) ec/d/e/c/ | “tr”a3 e2f/g/ |
(a/b/a/)g/a/f/ (e/d/e/)(c/d/e/) |
d/(f/e/d/)c/d/ ({c}”tr”B2A | c/B/c/d/e/f/ caf | ({f}”tr”e3A2 :|
SLEEPY EYED JOE [1]. AKA - "Sleepy Joe." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Ga.,
Missouri, Nebraska. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Several different tunes
share this (or similar) title. “Sleepy Eyed Joe” is one of ‘100 essential
Missouri tunes’ listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Sources for notated
versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Lyman Enloe (1906-1997,
Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann, Phillips]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozarks
Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 30. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 19. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol.
1, 1994; pg. 224. County CD-2707, Lyman Enloe – “Fiddle
Tunes I Recall” (originally recorded 1973).
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
SLEEPY EYED JOE [2]. Old-Time, Breakdown. E Major (Phillips): D Major (Hall/Addis). Standard
tuning. AABC. Source for notated version: John Ashby (1915-1979, north Va.)
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 224. Columbia
(78 RPM), Ellis Hall and Bill Addis. County 773, John Ashby and the Free State
Ramblers - “Fiddling by the Hearth.”
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
SLEEPY EYED JOHN. Old-Time, Breakdown and Song. ADad tuning. Bill Monroe recorded a
version as “Get Up John.”
***
Way down yonder on Caney Creek
I whittled out a fiddle from a wagon seat
Tuned my fiddle and rosined my bow
Play a little tune whereever I go
***
(Chorus)
Sleepy eyed john, better get your britches on
Sleepy eyed john, better tie your shoes
Sleepy eyed john, better get your britches on
Try to get to heaven 'fore the devil gets you
***
Sleepy eyed john had a wooden leg
Leg wasn't nothing but a little wooden peg
One shoe off and one shoe on
He could play the double shuffle 'till the cows come home
***
Sleepy eyed john he stole a goose
Goose she hollered but she couldn't get loose
Said John to the goose if you don't be still
We'll miss our supper out on Caney Hill
***
Well I got twenty dollars for to build a fence
Took the money and I ain't worked since
Sold my mule and I sold my plow
And I wouldn't take nothing for my journey now
***
Over the hickory and down the pine,
The raccoon left with the coon dog behind.
John says, "Sic 'em," and the raccoon laughed.
He crossed Green River in a minute and a half.
SLEEPY JOE. AKA and see "Sleepy Eyed Joe."
SLEEPY LOU. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia. C Major. Standard tuning. One
part. Recorded by Uncle Dave Macon. Source for notated version: John Ashby (Va.)
[Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional
American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 132. Front
Hall FHR‑024, Fennig's All‑Star String Band ‑
"Fennigmania" (1981. Learned from Allan Block).
SLEEPY MAGGY/MAGGIE
(Mairgreadin Codluigteac/Codaltac). AKA and see “All the go,” "Drowsy/Drousy/Drowsie
Maggie [1],” “Irishman’s Fancy,” “Jenny’s Chickens,” “Jolly Robin,” “Lovely Robbie,” “Malcolm’s Wedding,” "Sleeping Moggy." Scottish (originally), Irish,
English; Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001, Surenne):
AAB (Gow, Hunter, Martin, Skye): AABB (Athole, Kerr/vol. 3): AABBCC (Kennedy,
Kerr/vol. 4, Raven, Williamson): AABBAACC’ (Cranford/Fitzgerald): AABBCCDD
(Cole). The earliest record of the tune is in David Young's Duke of Perth Manuscript (also known as
the Drummond Castle MS), from 1734,
predating John Glen’s (1891) earliest finding of the printing in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (pg.
48). It also appears in Oswald’s Caledonian
Pocket Companion, bk. 10, c. 1760, in Northumbrian musician William
Vickers’ 1770-72 music manuscript (under the title “Sleeping maggee”), and in
Cumbrian musician John Rook’s 1740 music manuscript. The tune is sometimes
mistakenly called “Drowsy Maggie,” due to the similarity of titles, however,
“Drowsy Maggie” is usually the name for a different tune, popular in Irish
tradition. Further confusing the issue, "Sleepy Maggie" is found in
***
Sources
for notated versions: Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford];
fiddler Peter Turbit [Feldman & O’Doherty]. Bremner (Scots
Reels), c. 1757; pg. 48. Cole (1000
Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 19. Cranford (Winston
Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 113, pg. 46. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 240.
Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1,
1799; pg. 38. Hunter (Fiddle Music of
Scotland), 1988; No. 220 (arranged by James Hunter). Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune Book), vol. 2, 1951; pg.
20 (appears as "Sleeping Moggy"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 34, pg. 6. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 164, pg. 19. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg 62. Martin & Hughes (Ho-re-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 11. O'Neill
(Krassen), 1976; pg. 135. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies),
1903/1979; No. 1424, pg. 264. O'Neill (Dance Music of
See also listings at: Alan
Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle
Recording Index Jane
Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index
to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s
Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Sleepy Maggy [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bmin
g|:f2Bb fBde|f2Ba eAce|f2Bb fBde|f^gaf eAce:|
|:fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f^gaf eAce:|
Conclusion:
fBbB
aBgB|f^gaf eAce|
X:2
T:Sleepy Maggy [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:McGlashan – Reels (pg. 35)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
e|f2 de fBde|f2 df eAce|f2 de fBde|f^gaf eAce|f2 Bb fBde|f2 Bb eAce|
f2 Bb fBde|f/e/f/^g/ af eA c||e|fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|
f^gaf eAce|fB d/B/A/B/ fBde|fB d/B/A/B/ eAce|fB d/B/A/B/ fBde|
f/e/f/^g/ af eA c||e|f2 Bb Bfde|f2 db aAce|f2 Bb Bfde|fbaf eAce|
f2 Bb bbde|f2 Bb bbde|f2 Bb bbde|f/e/f/^g/ f/g/a/f/ eA c||e|fBbB fBde|
fBbB aAce|fBbB fBde|fbaf eAce|fBbB fBde|fBbB aAce|gBbB aB^gB|fB^gB aAce||
X:3
T:Sleepy Meggie [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:John Rook’s music manuscript (Cumbria, 1840)
K:Bmin
f2 df fBde|f2 Bb eAce|f2 df fBde|f/e/f/g/ af eAce:|
|:fBdB fBde|fBdB eAce|fBdB fBde|f’e’f’g’ af eAce:|
SLEEPY MAGGIE [2]. AKA and see “Small Coals and Ready Money.” AKA – “Sleepy Meggy.” The “Sleepy Maggie [1]” tune transposed to the key of A dorian so that it will fit into the range of the Northumbrian pipes.
SLEEPY REEL, THE. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB.
Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No.
16, pg. 8.
X:1
T: Sleepy Reel
C: © B.Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Ador
cB | AEEG cBcd | eAAB AGEG | cdeg a2 bg | efge dBcB |
AEEG cBcd | eAAB AGEG | eAcA agfd | cABG A2 :|
cd | eaaf g2 fg | ebbg a2 ga | bage dBGB | cABG ABcd |
eaaf
g2 fg | ebbg a2 ag | eAcA agfd | cABG A2 :|
SLEEPY ROBIN WALTZ. American, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Ford (Traditional Music in
X:1
T:Sleepy Robin Waltz
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Waltz
B:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(FE)|(D4 B2)|(G4 e2)|(d2
F3)F|F4e2|(d2 F3)F|F4 e2|(d2 G3)G|G4 (FE)|
(D4 B2)|(G4 e2)|(d2
F3)F|F4e2|d2c2d2|e2d2F2|G3 (DBA)|(G2 G2)||
(Bc)|(d2B3)B|(B4a2)|(g2A3)A|A4g2|(f2A3)B|(c4f2)|(e2d3)_B|=B4(Bc)|
(d2B3)B|(B4a2)|(a2g3).B|A4g2|(f2e3)B|(d2c2)A2|G3
(DBA)|(G2G2):|
SLEEPY WALTZ. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning.
ABB. Source for notated version: Fred Doxstadder (Lincoln, Nebraska)
[Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time
Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 203.
SLEG’S HORNPIPE. An alternate title for the
curious “C t’s a Monkey.”
SLÉIBTE CHILL MHANTÁIN. AKA and see “The Wicklow Mountains.” Irish, Jig.
SLÉIBTE CIARRAIGE. AKA and see "The
Mountains of Kerry."
SLÉIBTE MUGDORNA. AKA and see "The Mourne
Mountains [1]."
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