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

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

 

 

 

SMACHDAOIN CRÓN, AN (The Plug of Tobacco). AKA and see “The Brown Mallet,” The Little Brown Mallet.” Irish, Air (2/4 time, “Lively”). G Major. Standard tuning. AABA. Source for notated version: the 1861 manscript collection of James Goodman, a Church of Ireland cleric who collected in County Cork [Shields]. Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 21, pg. 12. [COMMENT1] [COMMENT2] 

[COMMENT3] [COMMENT4]                           

SMAIRG A CHUIRADH SPIOCAIRE. See "The Miser."

           

SMALADH NA COINNLE (Snuffing the Candle). Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. B Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by piper Barry W. Shears. The title is an allusion to the accomplished step-dancer’s flourish of snuffing out a lit candle at the climax of their performance. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 59 (pipe setting).

                       

SMALL BLACK ROSE, THE (Roisin Dubh). AKA and see "Roisin Dubh [1]."

           

SMALL COALS. AKA and see "Small Coals and Ready Money."

           

SMALL COALS AND LITTLE MONEY. AKA and see "Small Coals and Ready Money."

           

SMALL COALS AND READY MONEY. AKA ‑ "Small Coals," "Small Coals and Little Money." AKA and see “Sleepy Maggie [2],” “To the Quick.” English, Reel. England, Northumberland. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. “Small coals” c. 1860-90, variant of ‘small beer’, meaning weak, inferior (Partridge, Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1961). The melody is a version of the Irish tune “Sleepy Maggie,” here transposed to A dorian, probably to fit the range of the pipes, in particular Northumbrian small-pipes. ‘Ready money’ is money in hand. The “Sleepy Maggie” title appears in the music manuscript copybook of Lionel Winship (actually as “Sleepy Meggy”). “Small Coals and Ready Money” appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 165. Cato (Northumbrian Choice), 1997. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 180 (appears as "Small Coals"). Front Hall FHR‑08, Alistair Anderson ‑ "Traditional Tunes" (1976). Lough 007CD, Boys of the Lough – “The West of Ireland” (1999). Park Records PRKCD 72, Kathryn Tickell Band – “Air Dancing” (2004).

X:1

T:Small Coals an’ Little Money

T:Small Coals and Ready Money

L:1/8

M:C

S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Ador

e2 cA eA B/c/d|e2 cA dG B/c/d|e2 cA eA B/c/d|edge dG B/c/d:|

|:eAcA eA B/c/d|eAcA dG B/c/d|eAcA eA B/c/d|edge dG B/c/d:|

           

SMALL COALS FOR NAILERS. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB (Honeyman, Williamson): AABB’ (Kerr). "...a nailer was slang in the 18th century for the final word in an argument, anything of exceptionally high quality, one who made an arrest, an extortionist or a thief. In the last sense the title would mean 'slim pickings for thieves" (Williamson, 1976). Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 14. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 103, pg. 13 (appears as “Sma’ Coals for Nailers”). Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 54. Olympic 6151, The Angus Strathspey and Reel Society  ‑ "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).

X:1

T:Small Coals for Nailers

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

F|E2 EF G2 GB|(AB)AG (FE)DF|E2 EF G2 GB|(ef)e^d e2 e:|

||B|e2 ef g2 fe|(de0fg (af)df|({f}e^d)ef (ga)gf|(ef)e^d e2 eB|(e^d)ef ({a}gf)ge|

=defg afdf|~G2bg ~f2 af|(ef)e^d e2 e||

                       

SMALL HILLS OF OFFALY, THE. AKA – “The Little Hills of Offaly.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by button accordion player Paddy O’Brien (originally from Offaly). Source for notated version: the recording by O’Brien and Kelly [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 165, pg. 87. Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly ‑ "Is it yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Shanachie 78030, Danú – "Think Before You Think" (2000).

X:1

T: Small Hills of Offaly

S: J.Kelly - P.O'Brien

Q: 350

R: reel

Z:Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: D

d2 Af dBAF | (3ABA EA cege | d2 Af dBAF | EFGE BEGE |

d2 Af dBAF | (3ABA EA cege | d2 Af dBAF | EAGE D2 Ac :|

d3 f a2 af | egfd cAeA | d3 f a2 af | egfd cAGA |

defg a3 f | egfd cAGA | cded cAGA | FDGE FD D2 :|

                       

SMALL IS MY INCLINATION TO SLEEP. AKA ‑ "'S beag mo shunnd ris a' chadal". Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. ABC. "The words to this air are to be found in most compilations of Gaelic songs; the melody, as sung by the editor's father, is highly worthy of English words" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 75, pg. 27.

X:1

T:Small is my inclination to Sleep

T:’S beag mo shunnd ris a’ chadal

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Emin

g>a|b2 b2 a>g|f2 dz g>f|e2d2e2|G2Ez d>e|g2 ez B>A|e2 d2 B>A|G3 z||

G>A|B2B2 B>A|B2 ez d>c|B2G2 A>G|F2Ez e>f|g2 g2 f>e|e2 B2 B>^A|

B3z||G>A|B2 B2 B>A|B2ez d>c|B2 G2 A>G|F2Ez g>a|b2b2a>g|b2g2 f>e|e3 z||

                       

SMALL PIN CUSHION, THE. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding [1]." Scottish. Oswald’s title for the famous “Haste” tune. The only version of "Haste to the Wedding" appearing in Scottish collections that Bayard (1981) could find. Oswald (Caledonian Pocket Companion), 1780?, vol. 2, pg. 94.

                       

SMALL TAILOR'S WIFE. See "A Bhean a Bha Aig an Tailler Chaol," "Lady Madelina Sinclair."

                       

SMALLPIPES. AKA – “A Selection for the Smallpipes.” English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard. AABB’CCDDEEFFGGHHII’. Composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler originally from Morpeth, Northumberland. A theme and variations for the Northumbrian smallpipes. Source for notated version: an unattributed 19th century manuscript in the Beamish Museum [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 52.

 

SMART’S FANCY.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABA. Published in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s third country dance collection (London, 1773). It was entered, as were other tunes from the Thompson’s collection, in the 1788 commonplace book of Norwich, Conn., fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 17.

X:1

T:Smart’s Fancy

M:2/4

L:1/8

N:Play AABA.

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

(ed).e.B|(AG).F.E|(AG).F.E|(DC).B,.A,|(G,E).D.A|(Gc).B.E|(AG).F.E|F2 B,2|

(ede).B|(AG).F.E|(AG).F.E|(DC).B,.A,|(G,E)(DA)|(Gc).B.E|G2 “tr”F2|E4:||
(EG).B.e|g2 fe|f2 ed|cB=AB|=AG^FG|cdef|gedc|{B}=A2 GF|

(b=a).b.f|(ed).c.B|(ed).c.B|(=AG).F.E|(DB)(=Ae)|(dg).f.e|(dc).B.=A|B2 B,2||

 

SMASH. AKA and see “The Champion [2]," “Coleman’s Cross [4]." Irish?, American?; Jig. The tune was recorded in 1916 by a Brooklyn resident of German ancestry, accordionist John J. “Dutch” Kimmel, who recorded mostly Irish tunes for Edison in the early 20th century. It can also be heard on early 78 RPM recordings by the Flanagan Brothers, Eddie Herborn, Paddy Killoran and others, according to Philippe Varlet. Mulligan LUN 002, The Bothy Band‑ "The Bothy Band '75” (appears as “Coleman’s Cross”).

                                               


SMASH THE WINDOWS [1] (Bris Na Fuinneogide/Fuinneoga). AKA and see "Jelly Jig" (American), "Roaring Jelly," "Smash the Windlass" (Shetland). Irish, English, Shetland, Canadian, American; Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). Shetland, Island of Whalsay. USA, New England. Canada, Prince Edward Island. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kershaw): AAB (Miller & Perron, Moylan, O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915): AA'B (Phillips): AABB (Ashman, Johnson, Kerr, Levey, Perlman): AABB' (Begin, Mulvihill). The melody, an exceptional jig tune, has been solidly absorbed into the core repertoire of several genres. British sources seem to predate all others, with the earliest appearance of the melody in John Fife’s manuscript copybook, compiled between 1780 and 1804. Fife was a fiddler, perhaps from Perthshire, although it appears he may have gone to sea for part of the time period covered by his manuscript. A rather anonymous collection of dance figures (Contra Dances) dating from about 1800 also includes a dance with this title [American Antiquarian Society]. The first printing appears to be in W.M. Cahusac’s Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for the Year 1809 (London), “with directions for each dance; as they are Performed at Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblies.” However, an American publication of around the same time, G. Graupner’s Collection of Country Dances and Cotillions (Boston, Mass., c. 1808-1811), also contains the tune. American flute player R.B. Washburn, who compiled his tune and dance collection from 1616-1820, included it in his manuscript copybook. Martin Mulvihill gives this tune as an accompaniment for the dance The Haymakers’ Jig. Sources for notated versions: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; the melody is contained in the Joseph Kershaw manuscript—Kershaw was a fiddler who lived in Slackcote, Saddleworth, North West England, in the 19th century, and his manuscript dates from around 1820 onwards [Kershaw]; the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]; Danny Gardella [Phillips]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Carl & Jackie Webster (Cardigan, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]; from the playing of piper Séamus Ennis (Dublin), who learned them from his father, a piper taught by Nicholas Markey who in turn had been taught by the renowned piper and pipemaker Billy Taylor of Drogheda and later Philadelphia [Breathnach]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 35, pg. 9. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 60a, pg. 23. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 39, pg. 51. Breathnach (Ceol V, No. 2), 1982. Breathnach (The Man and His Music), 1997; No. 4, pg. 72. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 259. Cahusac (Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for the Year 1809), 1809; No. 14. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 59. Gow (Repository). Gow (Beauties), 1819. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes); No. or pg. 11. S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 7. The Joseph Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 24. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 82, pg. 40. Kerr (Merry Melodies); Vol. 1 pg. 40. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 192, pg. 22. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 77, pg. 35. Lowe (A Collection of Reels & Strathspeys), 1844. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 11. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 223, pgs. 128-129. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 45, pg. 128. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 211, pg. 113. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 47. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 965, pg. 179. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 386, pg. 78. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 137. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 43. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 380. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 107 (appears as "Roaring Jelly"). Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 88. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 146. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 4. Apex AL 1613, "The Best of Don Messer and his Islanders, vol. 6." Folkways FG 3575, Barry, Gorman, Ennis, and Heaney‑ "Irish Music in London Pubs." Front Hall 01, Fennigs All Stars‑ "The Hammered Dulcimer."

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:Smash the Windows [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

|: A, | DED (F2A) | (d2f) ecA | G2B F2A | (E2F) GFE | DED (F2A) |

(d2f) ecA | Bgf edc | d3 d2:: f | (a2f) (f2d) | (A2a) agf | g2e e2c |

A2g gfe | f2d g2e | a2f (g/a/b)g | (f/g/a)f edc | d3 d2 :|

X:2

T:Smash the Windows

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:WM Cahusac – Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favourite Country Dances, No. 14 (London)

N:”With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at

N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblies.”

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

E|B,2E G2B|e2g fdB|c2e A2c|B2c BGE|B,2E G2B|e2g fdB|gbg afd|e2 z z2:|

|:g/a/|b2g e2B|B2g bag|a2f d2B|B2f agf|g2e a2f|b2g c’2a|gbg afd|e2z z2:||

 

SMASH THE WINDOWS [2] (Bris Na Fuinneogide). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (O’Neill): AA’BB’ (Miller). The tune is perhaps a fling. It has a general melodic contour suggestive of the famous jig “Smash the Windows” [1]. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 248, pg. 150. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 129. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1382, pg. 257. Green Linnet SIF 1016, The Irish Tradition (with fiddler Brendan Mulvihill) – “The Corner House” (1978). Ossian OSS CD 130, Sliabh Notes – “Along Blackwater’s Banks” (2002. Learned by Dónal Murphy in a session in Miltown Malbay during Willie Week, 2001).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Smash the Windows [2]

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:D

D2FD FAA2 | defd edAF | GE~E2 FEDF | EA,~A,2 DFEF | D2FD FAA2 | defd edAe |\

fd~d2 gfed |1 fage d2AF :|2 fage d2fg |: afdf ~g3a | bagb afdf | g2ge cdef |\

g2gb agfe | faeg fd~d2 | fa~a2 gfeg | fd~d2 gfed |1 fage d2fg :|2 fage d2AF||\

 

SMASH THE WINDOWS [3].  English, Air (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 161.

X:1

T:Smash the Windows [3]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 FA | d2 eA | G2F2 | EFGE | D2 FA | dfeg | fgec | d2d2 :|

|: affd | A2af | geec | G2ge | fdge | afbg | fgec | d2d2 :|

                       

SMÉID I LEATAOGH Í. AKA and see “Wink Her Aside.”

                       

SMÉIDEADH NA MEIDHRE MAISÍ. AKA and see “The Lovely Lassie Winking.”

                       

SMELL OF THE BOG, THE. AKA – “Scent of the Bog.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is traceable, according to David Taylor (1992), to the great Co. Mayo/New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955). Source for notated version: accordion player Joe Burke [Taylor/Tweed]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 2, No. 51. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 71. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 41.

                       

SMEORACH CHLAINN DOMHNUILL. AKA and see "The Minstrel of the MacDonalds."

                       

SMILE AMERICA. AKA and see “Rule, Britannia.”

                       

SMILE OF NANCY BARLOW, THE (Smigead Anna Ni Barlaig). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). G Minor. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1915): ABC (O'Neill/1850). Source for notated version: piper and flute player John Ennis, Chicago policeman and sometimes journalist, originally from Kildare [O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 33, pg. 25. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 297, pg. 52.

X:1

T:Smile of Nancy Barlow, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 297

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

N:”Lively”

R:Air

K:Gmin

G/F/|D2G G2A|B3 A2G|F2A c2A|G2F D2c|d2f c2d|B3 A2G|F2A c2A|G2G G2||

c|d2d d2B|c3 f2A|G2A B2A|GF2 D2C|D2G G2A|B3 A2G|F2A c2A|G2G G2 G/F/||

D2G G2A|F3 FGA|B2G A2F|G2F D2c|d2f c2d|B3 A2G|F2A c2A|G2G G2||

                       


SMILES AND TEARS OF ERIN, THE (Gol agus Gáire na hÉireann). AKA and see “The Crooked Road to Dublin.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: accordionist Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 101, pg. 43. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1983; 81 (appears as untitled reel).

                       

SMILING BILLY. Northumbrian. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance-tune manuscript.

                       

SMILING BRIDE, THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. One part (Black): AA’BB’. Composed by County Leitrim fiddler and  pianist Charlie Lennon for the band De Dannan as part of a 1986 collection of tunes entitled "An Island Wedding." The starting chord is an ‘A’ Major chord, the dominant of the key. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 17, pg. 9. Green Linnet SIF3040, De Dannan - "Ballroom" (1987).

X:1

T: Smiling Bride

C: C. Lennon

S: De Danann

Z: transcribed by B.Black

Q: 350

R: jig

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

K: D

E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GEA, | CDE GAG |

E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GEC | EDC DAF |

E3 FDD | FEE cde | dcA GED | CDE GAB |

cAG EFG | FdF GFG | AdB cAG | EDC D2 g |

fgf fdA | fda agf | efe ecA | cde gag |

fgf fda | fda afd | Bef gab | aec d2 e |

fag fdA | daa agf | e2 e ecA | cde g3 |

gfa baf | fge dAF | GAB Ace | dgf ecA | d6 ||

           

SMILING DICKES HORNPIPE [1].  English, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. From the music manuscript copybook of John Burks, dated 1821. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Burks, although he may have been from the north of England.
X:1

T:Smiling Dickes Hornpipe [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:John Burks music manuscript copybook, dated 1821

K:D

(3ABc|dAdA FDFA|Bdce dcBA|Gcdc BAGF|E2 e2e2 (3ABc|

dAdA FDFA|Bdce dcBA|Bcdc cgec|d2d2d2:|

|:fg|afdf gece|dcdB AFDF|GFGA BAGF|E2e2e2 de|

fdfd AFAd|gege cAce|dcdc Bgec|d2d2d2:|

 

SMILING DICKY'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see "Pretty Dick's Hornpipe." English, Hornpipe. England, Yorkshire. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A different tune than “Smiling Dickes Hornpipe [1].” 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. 16, pg. 32.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

                       

SMILING DICKY'S JIG. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom unfortunately little is known. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 360.

X:1

T:Smiling Dickky’s Jigg [sic]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:William Vickers music manuscript copybook, pg. 99  (1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|d2f ecA|(B/c/d)B AFD|G2B AFD|EEE E2A|d2f ecA|

(B/c/d)B AFD|G2B AFA|DDD D2::g|faf ege|faf ege|

faf ecA|EEE E2 (f/g/)|afa geg|fdf ecA|B>cd e>fg|fdd d2:||

                       

SMILING KATTIE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 11).

                       


SMILING POLLY. AKA and see "The Twin Sisters [4]," "The Keel Row." English, Country Dance and Air (2/4 time). F Major (Chappell): D Major (Kidson, Thompson). Standard tuning. AB (Chappell): AABB (Kidson, Thompson). Ralph Rinzler traces the Old‑Time tune "Bile Them Cabbage Down" to this tune (though I think Kidson's "The Wedding Ring [3]" just as easily could be another of probably many similar source tunes), which appeared in print in 1765 in Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (vol. 2) and/or Thompson's Dances for 1763. Kidson (1890) points out the similarity of this tune with "Yorkshire Lad," "The Dumb Glutton" and the more famous "Keel Row."

***

As I came thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate, thro’ Sandgate,

As I came thro’ Sandgate, I heard a lassie sing:

O weel may the keel row, the keel row, the keel row,

O weel may the kell row, that my laddie’s in.

***

There is an American connection, however, for “Smiling Polly” can be found in the 1794 music manuscript copybook of Micah Hawkins (1777-1825), a New Yorker who played flute, piano and violin and who composed musical theatre. Hawkins was the uncle and one of the musical influences of Long Island painter William Sydney Mount, who himself was a fiddler who frequently depicted fiddlers in his paintings. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pg. 185. Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 18. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 129.

X:1

T:Smiling Polly

T:Keel Row

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time (1859)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

B|A>F FA|B2 GB|A>F FA|G>E C>B|A>F FA|B2 GB|A>F G>E|F3||B|

A<c cv|d2 c>B|A2 FA|GE C>B|A<c cf|d2 cB|A<F G>E|F3||

X:2

T:Smiling Polly

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Frank Kidson – Old English Country Dances  (1890)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

[D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|[D2A2f2] df|e/d/c/B/ A2|[D/2A/2f/2 df|g2 eg|

fa Ac|d2D2::FDAF|dA g2|fe/d/ cd|e/d/c/B/ A2|FDAF|dA g2|fg/a/ Ac|d2D2:|

X:3

T:Smiling Polly

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

[D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|[D2A2f2] df|e/d/c/B/ A2|[D2A2f2] df|g2 eg|fa Ac|d2 D2:|

|:FDAF|dA g2|fed cd|e/d/c/B/ A2|FDAF|dA g2|fg/a/ Ac|d2D2:||

                       

SMILING SUSAN. AKA and see “Old Torn Petticoat.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 227.

X:1

T:Smiling Susan

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Reel

K:A Dorian

AB|cABG AGEF|G2 Bc dBGB|cABG AGED|EAAB A2:|

AB|cdef g2 ef|gage dBGB|cdef gfed|eaab a3 B|

cdef g2 ef|gage dBGB|cABG AGED|EAAB A2||

           

SMIRKING NAN.  AKA – “Poor Walley’s Complaint.” English, Air. D Minor. Standard tuning. One part. A popular song from the mid 18th century. It appeared in the London Magazine (1751, pg. 228), and Allan Ramsays’s The Muses Delight (1754). It was also issued on broadsides with the title “Smirking Nan, or Poor Walley’s Complaint.” The name was earlier used for a racehorse, Marksman’s “Smirking Nan”, recorded as having been sent to Ireland in 1748. She was still racing in April of 1754, losing the Sportsman’s Purse at the Curragh to “Trunnion”. Dance versions appear in Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 5 (1750), and Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master, vol. 5 (1754, pg. 64). The air was included in the late 18th century manuscript copybook of Henry Livingston, Jr.  Livingston purchased the estate of Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1771 at the age of 23. In 1775 he was a Major in the 3rd New York Regiment, which participated in Montgomery’s invasion of Canada in a failed attempt to wrest Montreal from British control. An important land-owner in the Hudson Valley and a member of the powerful Livingston family, Henry was also a surveyor and real estate speculator, an illustrator and map-maker, and a Justice of the Peace for Dutchess County. He was also a musician and presumably a dancer, as he was elected a Manager for the New York Assembly’s dancing season of 1774-1775, along with his 3rd cousin, John Jay, later U.S. Chief Justice of Governor of New York.

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Oh! Wae is me poor Walley cry’d…

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X:1

T:Smirking Nan

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Air

S:The late 18th century copybook manuscript of Henry Livingston

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

FG | A3c (Ac)AG | F2 (ED) D2 dD | A3G (AB)cA | d2 GA G2 FG |

A2 A/B/c BAGF | G2A2f3e | d3c AcGA | d2 D>F D2 AB |

c3d c2BA | f2c2c2 fe | d3e fefg | agfe d3c/B/ | A2f2 cAGF |

G2A2f3e | d2 cB AcGA | d2 D>F D2 || 

           

SMITH O’COUSTER’S FANCY. Shetland. Composed by the late Shetland fiddler, composer, collector and teacher Tom Anderson in honor of another Shetland fiddler, Magnie Smith.

                       

SMITH OF KILLIECHASSIE, THE. Scottish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AAB (Athole, Martin): AA'BBCCDD (Skye). Originally a pipe tune, although popular in fiddle versions. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 81. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 89. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 41. Klub Records CDLDL1284, Fred Morrison – “The Sound of the Sun” (1999). Klub Records CDLDL 1231, Tannas – “Ru-Ra” (1995).

See also listing at:

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

X:1

T:Smith of Killiechassie, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

A/A/A AB e2 e^c|d2 dg B/B/B BG|A/A/A AB e2 e^c|de dB A/A/A AG:|

g2 ^fg aefd|g2 gb B/B/B ~BG|gg ^fg aefd|gedB A/A/A AG||

                       

SMITH'S A GALLANT FIREMAN, THE. AKA and see "Carrick's/Carrack's Reel/Rant," “More Luck to Us,” “Riley’s Favorite.” Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Kerr, Martin, Skinner): AAB (Skye): ABCD (Hardie). Bill Hardie (1986) remarks the title refers to the days when the village blacksmith would serve the populace not only by his trade, but would be called upon to extinguish fires in the event of an emergency. From "J. Scott Skinner's Set" notes Skinner (1843-1927) himself in The Scottish Violinist, while Bill Hardie (1986) styles it "After Charles Hardie's Set." A Northumbrian version is known under the title “Sir John Fenwick.” Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 3, No. 1, pg. 4. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 44. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling). 2002; pg. 126. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist, with variation), pg. 16. Rounder 7001, Joe Cormier ‑ "Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton Island" (1974). “The Caledonian Companion” (1975).

X:1

T:Smith’s a Gallant Fireman, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Strathspey
S:MacDonald – Skye Collection (1887)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F | D3F A/A/A A>F | A>Bd>A F/F/F F<D | E2 E>F B/B/B BA | d>fe>d B/B/B B2 |

D3F A/A/A A>F | A>Bd>A F/F/F FD | G>BG>B F>AF>A | E>DE>F B/B/B B :|

c | d2 d>f d/d/d d>A | B>Ad>A F/F/F F>D | e3f e/e/e e>f | g>fe>d B/B/B B<e |

d2 d>f d/d/d d>A | B>Ad>A F/F/F F>D | G>BG>B F>AF>A | E>DE>F B/B/B B ||

                       

SMITH'S BREAKDOWN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Tennessee. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The Devil's Box, pg. 71. Bluebird 6711‑B (78 RPM), Fiddlin' Arthur Smith, 1937.

                       

SMITH’S BURN, THE. AKA and see “Allt a’ Ghobhainn.”

                       

SMITH'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Belle of Lexington," "Belle Election," “The Hauling Home,” "Kitty's Wedding [1]," "Smith's Reel." American, Irish; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. See notes for “Smith’s Reel” and “Kitty’s Wedding” for more. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 241, pg. 27. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 43. Atlantica Music 02 77657 50222 36, Brenda Stubbert - “Atlantic Fiddles” (1994). Rounder Records , John L. MacDonald – “Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness County Style” (2005). Stubbert Music 1, Brenda Stubbert - “House Sessions” (1992).

X:1

T:Smith’s Delight

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

{g}.f/.e/ | .dB/d/ .AF/A/ | {c}.B/.A/(F/A/) .D{F}.E/.D/ | B,/D/A,/D/ D/F/B/F/ | A/A/D/F/ E{g}.f/.e/ |

.dB/d/ .AF/A/ | {c}.B/.A/(F/A/) .D{F}.E/.D/ | B,/D/A,/D/ D/F/B/A/ | F/A/E/A/ D :: (f/g/) |

a/f/e/d/ b/a/f/d/ | A/d/f/d/ .e/(d/B/d/) | D/F/A/d/ F/A/d/e/ | f/a/d/f/ .e/(f/g/) | a/f/e/d/ b/a/f/d/ |

A/d/f/d/ .e/(d/B/d/) | D/F/A/d/ F/A/d/f/ | .e/(A/c/).e/ d :| 

                       

SMITH'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see  "Cooney's Hornpipe," “The Friendly Visit,” “Tamony’s Hornpipe.” AKA – “Smith’s Hornpipe [1].” Irish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 79, pg. 20. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; pg. 42 (learned from Allan’s Irish Fiddler).

                       

SMITH'S HORNPIPE [1]. AKA and see "Cooney's Hornpipe," “The Friendly Visit,” “Smith’s Favourite,” “Tamony’s Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 384, pg. 183.

X:1

T:Smith’s Hornpipe [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | (3G/B/G/ D/>F/ G/>B/d/>B/ | (3c/e/c/ A/>B/ c/>d/e/>f/ | g/>d/B/>d/ e/>c/A/>G/ | F/>G/A/>B/ c/>AF/>D/ |

(3B/d/B/ D/>F/ G/>B/d/>B/ | (3c/e/c/ A/>B c/>d/e/>f/ | g/>d/B/>G/ F/>A/d/>c/ | BGG :: B/c/ |

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

(3G/B/G/ D/>F/ G/>B/d/>B/ | (3c/e/c/ A/>B/ c/>d/e/>f/ | g/>d/B/>G/ F/>A/d/>c/ | BGG :|

 

SMITH'S HORNPIPE [2]. AKA and see “Babbit’s.” Scottish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 92. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 325, pg. 36.

X:1

T:Smith’s Hornpipe [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Kerr’s Merry Melodies (vol. 2, No. 325)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 | dcdA Bcde | gfed cBAG | FAdf gfed | e2A2A2(Bc) | dAeA fAgA |

aAbA dcBA | dfeg faeg | f2d2d2 :: f2 | agfe dfga | b2e2e2d2 | cAeA fAed |

c2A2A2(Bc) | dAeA fAgA | aAbA dcBA | dfeg faeg | f2d2d2 :|

 

SMITH'S HORNPIPE [3]. American, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 92. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 126.

X:1

T:Smith’s Hornpipe [3]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F | .B(g/f/) e/d/c/B/ | A/B/c/d/ e/F/G/A/ \ B/A/c/B/ d/c/e/d/ | f/g/e/c/ B/A/G/F/ |

.B(g/f/) e/d/c/B/ | A/B/c/B/ A/G/F/E/ | D/B/E/B/ F/B/G/B/ | A/g/f/A/ B :|

|: F | DF/F/ B/F/d/B/ | EG/G/ c/G/e/c/ | d/B/g/f/ e/d/c/B/ | .A/(f/=e/f/) e/c/A/F/ |

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

X:2

T:Smith’s Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Cyril Stinnet (northwest Missouri)

S:MSOTFA Annual, vol. 14, Fall 1996, p. 5

K:Bb

(3FGA|Bdgf edcA|BdcB AFGA|BdcB dBed|cf=ec fcAc|

Bdgf edcA|BdcB AGFE|DBEB FBGB|Afcf B2:|

|:FE|D2 FA BFdB|E2GB cGec|degf|edcB|Af=ef _ecAF|

D2FA BFdB|E2 GB|cGec|degf edcB|AFGA B2:||

                       


SMITH'S RAG. Old‑Time, Country Rag. G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & C Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. AA'BB'C. Composed by Tennessee's Fiddlin' Arthur Smith and recorded by him in 1940. Source for notated version: Arthur Smith [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 133. County 546‑547, "Fiddlin Arthur Smith and His Dixieliners" (1978). Caney Mountain Records CEP 211 (extended play LP, privately issued), Lonnie Robertson (Mo.), c. 1965‑66.

                       

SMITH'S REEL. AKA and see "Belle of Lexington," "Belle Election" (John Patterson’s title), “The Hauling Home,” "Kitty's Wedding [1]," “Mrs. Smith’s Reel,” "Smith's Delight." American, Canadian; Breakdown or Reel. USA, New England. Canada, Prince Edward Island. USA; Texas, Nebraska, New England. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A widely disseminated tune in North America, probably originating from its printing in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883). It is heard in a variety of styles from swing to Maritime. It is well-known among Irish musicians as the hornpipe “Kitty’s Wedding,” one of the most popular in the repertoire, however, it may or may not be Irish in origin. Irish versions date only back to O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (1903), and there are several melodies in the O’Neill collections that derive from American printed sources. Seattle musician Vivian Williams discovered “Smith’s Reel” in George Saunders’ New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin, a tutor first published in Providence, R.I., in 1847 (reprinted by Oliver Ditson in the 1850’s). Saunders claimed to be a “Professor of Music and Dancing” on the frontspiece. In that volume Saunders claims to have composed it himself. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), from Boston publisher Elias Howe’s company, includes the melody under the title “Smith’s Delight.” It is not known whether the title refers to a person named Smith, or if it instead refers to a blacksmith (however, Saunder’s title is simply “Smith’s Reel”, without an article in front). Sources for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Peter Chaisson, Jr. (b. 1942, Bear River, North-east Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 260. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 79, pg. 59. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 46. Howe, 1864, Musician's Omnibus. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 91. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 71. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 224. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 73. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 145. County 707, Norman Solomon‑ "Texas Fiddle Favorites." Flying Fish FF‑247, "Fiddle Fever" (1981). Mag 3901, Sumner and McReynolds‑ "Old Friends." Rounder 1027, Johnnie Lee Wills, "Tulsa Swing." Recorded by Bob Wills (Texas) in 1935.

X:1

T:Smith’s Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Bruce Molsky, based on the 1935 recording by Bob Wills

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

fg | afbf afde | fafd edBc | dedB ABde | fafd e2 fg |

afbf afde | fafd edBc | dedB ABde | fdec d2 :|

|: [GA][A2A2][AA] [A2A2][A2A2] | BABc BA[FA][DA] |

[A2A2] [AA][AA] ABde | fedf ed B2 | [D4A4][DA] [D2A2] [DA] |

BABc BAFD | E A2 d Bde(f | f)dec d4 :|

X:2

T:Smith’s Reel

T:Kitty’s Wedding

L:1/8

M:C|

K:D

fe|d2 Bd A2 FA|BA FA D2 ED|B,D A,D DF BF|AF DF E2 fe|

d2 Bd A2 FA|BA FA D2 ED|BD A,D DF BF|AF EF D2:|

|:fg|af ed ba fd|Ad fd ed Bd|DF Ad FA de|fa df e2 fg|

af ed ba fd|Ad fd ed Bd|DF Ad FA df|eA Bc d2:||

X:3

T:Smith’s Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:George Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, R.I., 1847, No. 39)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

{g}(f/e/)|dB/d/ AF/A/\{c}(B/A/) (F/A/) D {F}(E/D/)|B,/D/A,/D/ (D/F/)(B/F)|A/A/ D/F/ E {g}(f/e/)|

dB/d/ AF/A/|{c}(B/A/) (F/A/) D {F}(E/D/)|B,/D/A,/D/ (D/F/)(B/A/)|F/A/E/A/ D:|

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

a/f/e/d/ b/a/f/d/|A/d/f/d/ .e/(d/B/d/)|D/F/A/d/ F/A/d/f/|.(e/A/c/.e/) d:||

                       

SMITH'S WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. Bluebird 5896‑A (78 RPM), Arthur Smith with the Delmore Brothers, 1935. Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling."

                       

SMOCKFIELD LANE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 372.

                       

SMOKE ABOVE THE CLOUDS. AKA and see "Smoke Behind the Clouds." Old‑Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "A popular piece from the Chattanooga/Georgia border area" (Kerry Blech). See also the related "Walking in My Sleep." Source for notated version: Jess Moore [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; pg. 225.

                       

SMOKE BEHIND THE CLOUDS. AKA and see "Smoke Above the Clouds." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Ky., Tenn. A "genuine regional favorite of southeastern Tenn. fiddlers, showing up in the repertoires of Lowe Stokes, Bob Douglas, and even a black string band from the north end of the (Tenn./Ky. Cumberland) valley headed by John Lusk" (Charles Wolfe, The Devil's Box, Dec. 1981, vol. 15, #4, pg. 55). Gennett 3077 & SVT 4011 (78 RPM's), Jess Young Band (Chattanooga, Tenn.), 1924.

                       

SMOKEY MOKES. Old‑Time, Two‑Step. USA; Missouri, Nebraska. C Major ('A' and 'B' parts), F Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. ABC. The tune was composed in 1899 by Tim-Pan-Alley composer Abe Holzman, described as a two-step and cakewalk. There were lyrics in dialect. This cakewalk was a favourite of the John Phillip Souza band. Source for notated version: Pat Scott (Dixon, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers’ Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 122‑123.

                       

SMOKY CHIMNEY, THE (An Deatacan Toiteac). AKA and see “The Ivy Leaf Reel [1].” Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. An early recording of the tune was made in New York in 1934 by William McElligott, an accordion player from Newcastle West, County Limerick, who lived most of his life in the United States. The tune also appears in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) under the title “The Ivy Leaf,” credited to Zeke Backus, who may have blackface minstrel connections. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 182. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1635, pg. 304. Spin CD1001, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - “The Smoky Chimney” (1996. Learned from the playing of Sliabh Luachra, Co. Kerry, fiddler Padraig O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe added two parts to the tune as found in O’Neill. Maire O’Keeffe {in liner notes to the album} reports that O’Keeffe himself may have composed the third part, while the fourth part is the ‘B’ part of a six-part tune called “Kitty O’Neill’s Champion,” found in Ryan’s Mammoth/Cole’s 1000). 

X:1

T:The Smoky Chimney

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:hornpipe

Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae

K:D

(3ABc | d3 e fdAF | GFGA BG E2 | ef (3gfe cABc | defe ADFA |

dcde fdAF | GFGA BG E2 | ef (3gfe cABc | dAfe d2 :||

||: de | fefg afdf | gfga bgeg | fgaf defe | (3efe (3dcB A2 Ae |

fefg afdf | gfga bgeg | afge (3fed ec |1 Agfe d2 :|| 2 Agfe def^g |

||: a2 ^g2 a3 f | fe^df e2 c2 | B2 A2 B2 ^G | 1 EB^GB A (3ef^g :||2 EB^GB A3 B ||

||: c2 a2 c2 Ac | d2 b2 B3 c | def^g agaf | edcBc AB |

                       

SMOKEY HORNPIPE. AKA – “Smoky Hornpipe.” American, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Jeff Titon  (2001) says the high part of the tune is related to “Texas Quickstep [1]”/”Rachel.” Source for notated versions: Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., 1990) [Phillips, Titon]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 225. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 150, pg. 175. Berea College Appalachian Center AC002, Clyde Davenport – “Puncheon Camps” (1992).

                       

SMOKY HOUSE [1], THE (An Teac Toiteac/Smuiteamail). AKA and see “Johnny’s Wedding,” “Whatever You Please.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1504, pg. 278. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 725, pg. 127.

X:1

T:Smoky House, The [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 725

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

AB | cAeA cAeA | BGGA BcdB | cAeA cAeA | dBGB A2 AB | cAeA cAeA |

BGGA BcdB | cBAB cde^f | gedB A2 || ab | c’bag age^f | gedc BGGb | c’bag aged |

(3e^fg ab a2 ab | c’ba^f gbaf | gedc BG G2 | ABcd ede^f | gedB A2 ||

 

SMOKEY HOUSE [2], THE. AKA and see “Dark Haired Lass,” “Dark Haired Girl [2].” Irish, Reel.

                       

SMOKEY LUM, THE. Scottish. Green Linnet GLCD 1081, The Tannahill Weavers – “Dancing Feet.”

                       

SMOKY MOUNTAIN. Old‑Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 30.

X:1

T:Smoky Mountain

M:C

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

(GF)|EGce g2 (GE)|FAcf a2 (ba)|gecB cege|f2d2d2 (GF)|
EGce g2 (GE)|FAcf a2 (ba)|gecB cdec|d2 [E2c2][E2c2]:|

|:(fg)|a2 Acfa (ba)|gGce g2 (ag)|fGBd bafd|cBcd e2 (fg)|

aAcf a2 (ba)|gGce g2 (ag)|^fgba g=fed|e2 [E2c2][E2c2]:|

                       

SMOKEY MOUNTAIN RAG. Old-Time. F Major. County 2705, Kenny Baker - "Master Fiddler."

                       

SMOKY MOUNTAIN SCHOTTISCHE. American, Schottische. D Major ('A' part), G Major ('B' part), & A Major ('C' part). Standard tuning. ABBC. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 158.

X:1

T:Smoky Mountain Schottische

M:C

L:1/8

R:Schottische

S:Ford – Traditional Music in America (1940)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(FG)|A.f c.e dA FA|(B2e2) e3.d|c.a B.g A.f c.e|d2F2A2 (FG)|

A.f c.e d.A F.A|(c2B2) B3.B|c.a B.g A.f c.e|[F2d2][A2f2][F2d2]z2||

K:G

|:(B3c) edBG|(DG) (FG) (3EGB (dc)|E3E Fd .^c.d|(=cA) (3FED E2D2|

(B3c) edBG|(DG) (FG) (3EGB (dc)|E3G .F.d .^c.d|.=c.A .E.F G2z2:|

K:A

E3F ECA,C|ECEA c3c|e3B d3G|BAGB A2z2|

E3F ECA,C|ECEA c3c|cBGE CEGB|A2A2A2||


 

SMOKEY MOUNTAIN WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. Recorded by the Roane County Ramblers (Tenn.), 1929, but unissued.

                       

SMOKEY ROW. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Ky. Gennett 6588 (78 RPM), Doc Roberts.

                       

SMÓLACH SA SCEACH, AN. See “Thrush in the Bush.”

                                   

SMÓLACH SA STOIRM, AN (The Thrush in the Storm). AKA and see “The Thrush in the Storm.”

                       

SMOLANACH. Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Kerr): AABB' (Athole). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 114, pg. 14. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 25.

X:1

T:Smolanach

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection   (1884)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

f|eAcA eA c2|fBBc fBBa|eAcA eAca|cAAB cAA:|

a|fefa fecd|fBBc FBBa|1 fefa feca|cAAB cAA:|2 fefa eaca|cAAB cAA||

                       

SMOOTH HILL WHERE THE DARK WOMAN LIVES, THE. See “Réidh Chnoc Mná Duibhe.”

                       

SMUGGLERS, DA. AKA ‑ "The Smugglers From Holland." Shetland, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. "Learned from the late Peter Fraser who sometimes called it 'The Smugglers From Holland'. This would probably relate to the days when Gin and Tobacco were smuggled in from Holland" (Anderson). Anderson (Ringing Strings), 1983; pg. 91.

                       

SMUGGLER'S REEL, THE. AKA and see “Irish Hautboy,” “Lisdoonvarna Reel,” “Primrose Girl [1],” “Rose in the Garden [1],” “Tadhg a Run.” American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 51. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg.

X:1

T:Smuggler’s Reel, The

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A|E/F/A/B/ .c(e/c/)|B/A/B/c/ B/A/F/A/|E/F/A/B/ .c(f/e/)|e/d/B/G/ A/A/A/F/|

E/F/A/B/ .c(e/c/)|B/A/B/c/ B/A/F/A/|E/F/A/B/ .cf|e/d/B/c/ A:|

|:c/e/e/f/ e/c/A/c/|B/A/B/c/ B/A/F/A/|c/e/e/f/ e/c/A/c/|B/A/B/c/ Az|

c/e/e/f/ e/c/A/c/|B/A/B/c/ B/A/F/A/|E/F/A/B/ .cf|1 e/d/B/c/ Az:|2 e/d/B/c/ A||

                       

SNACK. Irish. The tune is attributed by Goodman to the famous 18th century uilleann piper Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick.  Goodman collection, vol. IV, pgs. 3-4.

                       

SNAIM A' PHOSAIDH. AKA and see "The Nuptial Knot."

                       

SNAKE, THE. AKA and see "Jack Maguire's," "Sherlock's Fancy." Irish, Reel.

                       

SNAKE BAKED A HOE CAKE. Old-Time, Song. The title song from Jody Stecher’s debut album, c. mid-1970’s. A hoecake or johnnycake is a food item that dates to the early 1700’s and is thought to be a precursor of the modern pancake. The ingridients were cornmeal, salt and either boiling water or cold milk. In modern times johnnycakes are also made with eggs, oil or melted butter and leavening (e.g. baking powder). Some bake these in the oven rather than on a griddle, more like traditional cornbread. An old rhyme and singing game called “Snake Baked a Hoecake” has various creatures appearing.

***

Snake bake a hoecake,
And lef' a frog to mind it

Frog went away, an'
De lizard come and find it.

                                               

SNAKE CHAPMAN’S TUNE. AKA and see “Go Home with the Girls in the Morning.” Old-Time, Breakdown. D Minor. Standard or ADad tuning. According to Kerry Blech, Chapman learned the tune from the radio from a Bob Wills recording for which he had no name (it was “Home with the Girls in the Morning”). Chapman played it in both tunings, although apparently preferred to play it in standard tuning.

                       

SNAKE DANCER, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 34.

                       

SNAKE RIVER REEL. Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Peter Lippincott of St. Louis, Missouri, a musician and dance caller. Source for notated version: Stephanie Prausnitz [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 146. Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine As Frog Hair" (1992). Dan Levenson – “Light of the Moon.” Boiled Buzzards – “Eat at Joes.”

                       

SNAKEWINDER. AKA and see “Jimmy Ossington,” “No Corn on Tigert/Tygart [2]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of Kentucky fiddler Buddy Thomas, who attributed it to his mentor, Morris Allen, the ultimate source for the tune. The unusual title may have to do with the word ‘winder’, a Kentucky term for a set of dance steps that uses a winding series of movements (see “Damon’s Winder”). Source for notated version: Greg Canote [Phillips]; Roger Cooper (Garrison, Lewis County, Ky., 1993) [Titon]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 25. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 151, pg. 176. Berea College Appalachian Center AC007, Roger Cooper – “Snakewinder” (1993). Rounder CD0380, Roger Cooper (Lewis County, Ky.) - “Going Back to Old Kentucky” (1996).

                       

SNAP FINGER. Old‑Time, Breakdown. Played by T.V. Tyson (Hogansville, Ga.) in a 1913 Atlanta, Ga. fiddlers' contest.

                       

SNAPPIN' BUG. American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Bayard (1981) believes this tune to have been inspired by a commonly known hymn tune (beginning "There is a happy land, far, far away"). Source for notated version: Homer Edinger (elderly fiddler from Armstrong County, Pa., 1954) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 385, pg. 368.


                       

SNAPPING JIG. AKA and see "The Saratoga Hornpipe [3]," "Queer's Hornpipe" (Pa.). American, Hornpipe (2/4 time). A Major. Standard. AABB. The 'jig' in the title refers to an old‑time banjo piece perhaps associated with a type of dancing or with a derogatory name for African‑Americans; not to mean the Irish jig. The first part of the tune is to be found in "Old Time (Straight Jig) [2]," "Away Back" and "Kitty O'Neill [3]." Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 82.

                       

SNEACHTA CASGA. AKA and see “Easter Snow.”

                       

SNEACHTA NA CASGA. AKA and see “Easter Snow.”

                       

SNEACTAD AR NA CNUICIB, AN. AKA and see "The Snow on the Hills."

                       

SNEEKY PEET. American, Country Rag. USA, Mo. Composed by Charles Johnson of Kansas City, c. 1900.

                       

SNEEM POLKA, THE. AKA and see “Knocknabower Polka [2]." Irish, Polka. Recorded under this title by Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy in New York on a Celtic label 78 RPM.

                       

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

                       

SNORING (MRS.) GOBEIL (La Ronfleuse Gobeil). AKA and see “Ronfleuse Gobeil>.” French Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. ABBCCAABB. See also related 'B' part of "The Maid Behind the Bar [1]." Source for notated version: Jean Carignan (Montreal, Canada) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1993; pg. 260. Folkways FG 3531, Jean Carignan‑ "Old Time Fiddle Tunes" (1968). Front Hall FHR‑024, Fennig's All‑Star String Band ‑ "Fennigmania" (1981). Legacy 120, Jean Carignan‑ "French Canadian Fiddle Songs" (appears as "Ronfleuse Gobeil"). Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (learned from French‑Canadian fiddler Willy Ringuette or Three Rivers, Quebec). Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend‑ "Le Violin/ The Fiddle" (appears as "Ronfleuse Gobeil"). Voyager 320‑S, Frank Ferrel‑ "Fiddle Tunes."

X:1

T:Snoring Mrs. Gobeil

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f/ | af/d/ A/d/f/a/ | g/e/c/e/ f/d/d/f/ | af/d/ A/d/f/a/ | g/e/c/A/ d>f | af/d/ A/d/f/a/ |

g/e/c/e/ f/d/d/f/ | af/d/ A/d/f/a/ | g/e/c/e/ d> || B | Af {g}f/e/f/d/ | Bg {a}g/f/g |

Ac e/c/e/c/ | d/c/d/e/ f/a/f/d/ | Af {g}f/e/f/d/ | Bg {a}g/f/g | Ac e/c/e/c/ |

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

f/a/{b}a/f/ {b}a/f/d/e/ | f/d/a/d/ f/a/f/d/ | B/c/B/A/ B/c/d/e/ | f/d/e/c/ (dd/) :|

                       

SNOUTS AND EARS.  Scottish, March or Polka. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB.

X:1
T:Snouts and Ears
S:As played by Jimmy Blue on an LP
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:2/4
K:A
e | aA A>B | ce ab/a/ | ge e/f/g/a/ | be ef/g/ | a/g/f/e/ dc  | Be e/f/e/d/ | cA BA/B/ | cA A :|
B | cA A>B | ce ef/e/ | dB B>c | da a/f/e/d/ | cA A>B | ce ef/e/ | dB a/f/e/d/ | cA A :|

 

SNOUTS AND EARS OF AMERICA, THE. American, Reel. USA, Pennsylvania. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Bayard (1944) knew of only this version of the tune but noted that it was possible it was a derivative of the familiar jig "The Irish Washerwoman" recast in 4/4 time, and with the order of parts reversed. Editorializing, he thought it made a distinct improvement on the suspected original melody. Breathnach (1976) also noted the similarity. Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, 1943 (Derry, Pennsylvania) [Bayard]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 58.

                       


SNOW DEER. American, Canadian; Two‑Step or Polka (2/4 time). USA; Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania, North Carolina. G Major (Johnson, Phillips): D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Johnson): AA'BB' (Phillips). In the repertory of Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner, who said it was a "pioneer song of long ago." In actuality it was a Tin-Pan-Alley song by Percy Wenrich who composed it around the end of the first decade of the twentieth century, during the craze for ethnic American Indian songs. Johnson (1986) says it is a popular tune with Michigan fiddlers, and indeed from its tin-pan-alley beginnings it entered traditional North American fiddle repertoire. Most older Pennsylvania fiddlers know and play the tune, according to Robert Buckingham, “always in harmony if there are two or more fiddlers.” It was in the repertoire of Sandhills/Cape Fear, North Carolina, regional fiddler Lauchlin Shaw, though it was uncharacteristic of most of his repertoire of reels and waltzes. Also in repertoire of New Brunswick, Canada, fiddler Ned Landry. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician's No. 7: Michigan Tunes), vol. 7, 1986‑87; pg. 5. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 132. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 72, pg. 26. RCA LCP 1001, Ned Landry and his New Brunswick Lumberjacks ‑ "Bowing the Strings with Ned Landry." Ruffwater Stringband ‑ "Michigan Winter."

X:1

T:Snow Deer

L:1/8

M:C

S: Viola “Mom” Ruth – Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)

K:G

D2G2A2||B2 B^A B2 B^A|B2G2F2G2|A2 A^G A2A^G|\

A2G2F2E2|D4(A4|A2)GG F2E2|D4 (B4|B2)D2G2A2|\

B2 B^A B2B^A|B2G2F2G2|A2A^G A2A^G|A2G2F2E2|\

D4(A4|A2)GG A2B2|(G4 G3)G||A2B2c4|E6G2|F2E2D4|B8|\

B3c B2A2|A2^G2A4|A3B A2G2|G2F2G2G2|A2B2c4|E6G2|\

F2E2D4|B8|B3c B2A2|A2^G2A2c2|B2A2(G4|G2)||

                       

SNOW DOVE. Old‑Time. Traditional. Philo 1023, Jay Ungar & Lyn Hardy ‑ "Songs, Ballads & Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Learned from Bill Vanaver).

                       

SNOW ON THE BEN. Scottish. Ian Hardie – “Breath of Fresher Air.”

                       

SNOW ON THE HILLS, THE (An Sneace/Sneactad Air/Ar na Cnuicib). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'B (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 115. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 19031979; No. 1306, pg. 245. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 19071986; No. 569, pg. 105.

X:1

T:Snow on the Hills, The

R:Reel

S:O'Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 569

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

G2 dG BGdG|GABd cAFA|G2 dG Bcde|fdcB cAFA|

G2 dG BG dG|GABd cAFA|GABc dfeg|fdcA GABc||

||dgga bgaf|dggf d2 cA|dgga bgag|fdcB GABc|

dgga bgag|dggf defg|abag fgfe|defd cAFA||

 

SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see “Lady Montgomery [3]."

 

SNOW ON THE ROOF. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, writer and musician Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 139.

X:1

T: Snow on the Roof

C: © B. Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

A | GABd g2 gf | eBBc dBAF | EGFD EB B2 | dBAF DFAF |

GABd gfga | beef gfef | gedf eBBd | edBA G3 :|

d | edeg abbg | abbg agef | gedf eBBA | GEFD EDB,D |

EDEG ABBd | edeg ab (3bab | gbbg faaf | edBA G3 :|

                       

SNOW ON VALAFIELD. English, Reel. A Dorian (‘A’ part) & A Mixolydian (‘B’ part). Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the English collector, composer and teacher Pat Shuldham-Shaw. The Pat Shaw Collection: Book 5--Dance Melodies. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg.

                       

SNOW SHOES, THE. See "The Snowshoes [3]."

                       

SNOW STORM, THE (An Seignean Sneacta). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 493, pg. 86.

X:1

T:Snow Storm, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 493

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2 | G3A B2 AG | F>GAB c2 Bc | d>e=fe dcA^F | G3F D2 (3DEF |

~G3A B2 AG | F>GAB c2 Bc | d>e=fd cA^FA | G4 G2 || Bc |

dcde =f2 ef | dggf g2 de | =f2 ag fedB | {d}cBAG F2 (3DEF |

~G3 A B2 AG | F>GAB c2 Bc | d>e=fd cA^FA | G4 G2 ||

                       

SNOW THAT MELTS THE SOONEST, THE. AKA and see “January Snows.” English, Air. The tune is from Newcastle. MOO 009, Horslips – “Drive the Cold Winter Away.” Dick Gaughin.

                       

SNOWBIRD [1]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Georgia. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB. Rosenbaum (1989) notes there are several old Appalachian fiddle tunes called "Snowbird" or "Snowbird on the Ashbank." Source for notated version: blind fiddler Uncle Joe Swanson (Towns County, Georgia) via Ross Brown (Towns County, Georgia) [Rosenbaum]. Rosenbaum (Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia), 1989; pg. 22.

 

SNOWBIRD [2]. AKA and see "Snowbird on the Ashbank [1]."

 

SNOWBIRD [3].  Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. From Kentucky fiddler Bruce Greene, who obtained it from Tennessee fiddler Sammy Dyer. Bruce Green – “Fiddler’s Dozen.” Bruce Green – “Vintage Fiddle Tunes.”

 

SNOWBIRD [4]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, North Carolina. G Major (?). Standard tuning. A crooked tune in the repertoire of fiddler Bascom Lamar Lunsford, who recorded it for the Library of Congress (AFS 1839 A1) in 1935. Lunsford is heard on the recording surmising that the tune was named after the Snowbird Creek, in western North Carolina (there is also a Snowbird Mountain and a Snowbird Gap in the state). Kerry Blech says the tune beards “a striking resemblance in some places to a tune Kenny Baker recorded, called ‘Coker Creek.’”

 


SNOWBIRD ON THE ASHBANK [1]. AKA and see "Snowbird [2]," "Georgia Snowbird." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA: West Virginia, Virginia, western North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB (Brody, Phillips). A snowbird is a junco. There are several, apparently unrelated, tunes with this title. Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner said: "A jumping bow in the second change is popular as it emulates a misguided snowbird flitting in an ash bank, thinking it's snow" (Shumway). The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. It was listed as one of the standard tunes in a square dance fiddler's repertoire by A.B. Moore in his History of Alabama, 1934 (Cauthen, 1990). In the repertoire of fiddler Osey Helton, western North Carolina. There are several tunes with the title "Snowbird" or "Snowbird on the Ashbank;" the Oscar Wright/Fuzzy Mountain version is similar to "Paddy on the Turnpike." Sources for notated versions: Fuzzy Mountain String Band (Durham, N.C.) [Brody]; John Hartford [Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 261. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 225. Arhoolie 5018, Uncle John Patterson (Ga.). Rounder 0035, Fuzzy Mountain String Band‑ "Summer Oaks and Porch" (1973. Learned from Oscar Wright, Princeton, W.Va.). Rounder 0089, Oscar and Eugene Wright‑ "Old‑Time Fiddle and Guitar Music from West Virginia" (learned from "One‑Eyed Jim Bell, from over in Virginia, over on John's Creek.").

 

SNOWBIRD IN/ON THE ASHBANK [2]. AKA - "Snowbird in the Ashes." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major. AEac# tuning. AA'BB'C. The ‘B’ part is unusual in that it consists of sliding or shaking the bow along the fingerboard, as can be viewed in The Films of Bess Lomax Hawes. This “Snowbird” tune seems unique to the Collins family. Drew Beisswenger (2008) points to similarities between the ‘A’ parts of this melody and “Horse and Buggy-O,” while Dave Reiner writes that “Dry and Dusty” may have similarities. Source for notated versions: W.S. (Willie) Collins via his son, Earl Collins (the family is from Missouri/Oklahoma) [Beisswenger & McCann, Reiner & Anick]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 177. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; pg. 125. Briar BR 4204, Earl Collins ‑ "That's Earl: Collins Family Fiddling." Voyager 309, Benny & Jerry Thomasson - "The Weiser Reunion" (1993).

 

SNOWBIRD IN THE ASHBANK [3]. Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: John Masters (Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1978), who had the tune from African-American fiddler Jim Booker [Titon]. Titon (Old Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 152, pg. 177. Rounder 0377, John Masters (et al) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky, vol. 2; Along the Kentucky River” (1997).

                       

SNOWBIRD IN THE ASHES. AKA and see "Snowbird in/on the Ashbank [2]."

                       

SNOWDROP. Old-Time, Composed by Kirk McGee, recorded by him and his brother Sam.

           

SNOWFLAKE BREAKDOWN. See "Snowflake Reel." Composed by Wally Traugott.

                       

SNOWFLAKE HORNPIPE. American, New England; Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 115. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 136. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 154.

X:1

T:Snowflake Hornpipe

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:A

E2|A2AG Ac ec|BA Bc Bc dc|Bc de fg af|ea gf ed cB|

A2AG Ac ec|BA Bc de fg|ag ae fd BG|A2a2A2:|

|:cd|ef ed ce ag|fe dc de fg|ag fe dc BA|Ge BG Ec d^d|

ef ed ce ag|fe dc de fg|ag ae fd BG|A2c2A2:|

                       


SNOWFLAKE REEL. AKA ‑ "Snowflake Breakdown." Canadian, American, Bluegrass; Breakdown and Reel (irregular measures in both parts). USA; New England, northern New York, Missouri. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Phillips): AABB' (Bohrer/Kibler). Composed by Canadian fiddler Wally Traugott (sometimes Trougott), this Canadian reel has had some currency with American fiddlers, particularly along the Canadian border and in the Mid-West (Missouri). The B Flat chord in the accompaniment to the ‘B’ part often is the bane of unwary guitarists! Little is known about Trougott although he may have been at one time a fiddler for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, later removing to Las Vegas. Source for notated version: learned by fiddler Vic Kibler (Hamilton County, N.Y.) from a recording by Wally Trougatt [Bohrer/Kibler]. Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 16, pg. 16. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 261. Hinds/Hébert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 19 (appears as "Snowflake Breakdown"). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 226. Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tunebook), 1976; pg. 16. Kicking Mule 209, Andy Cahan‑ "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo.” Adelphi 2004, Delaware Water Gap‑ "String Band Music.” Arc FH2 (K-Tel), Anonymous Fiddler - "25 Old Tyme Fiddle Hits." Arc 565, Carl Elliott - "Down East Dancing." Banff RBS 1123, Jerry Robicahaud ‑ "16 Great Fiddle Tunes by 16 Great Fiddlers.” County 772, Bobby Hicks‑ "Texas Crapshooter.” F&W Records 6, Fireside String Band‑‑"Square Dance Tunes for a Yankee Caller.” GRT 210, Ward Allen - "Maple Leaf Hoedown.” MCA 162, Tommy Jackson‑ "Square Dances Without Calls.” Nashville 2015, Wally Traugott - "Fiddlin' Country Style." Rounder 0060, Brother Oswald and Charlie Collins‑ "Oz and Charlie.” Rounder 0216, John McCutcheon ‑ "Step by Step" (1986. Appears as "Snowflake Breakdown").

                       

SNOWSHOERS’ MARCH.  See “Marche des Raquetteurs [1] and [2].”

 

SNOWSHOER'S REEL [1]. Canadian, New England; Reel. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Messer, Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (Phillips). Lisa Ornstein finds this tune a variant of O’Neill’s “The Blue Garters,” perhaps via Quebec fiddler Joseph Allard, who recorded it as “La Tuque Bleue” in 1930. Source for notated version: Don Commo [Phillips].  Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 40 (appears as the "The Snow Shoers"). Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 60, pg. 36. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 152. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 226.

X:1

T:Snowshoer’s Reel [1]

M:C|

L:1/8

K:F

f2cf a2gf|eceg bgeg|f2cf a2gf|edcB AFF2|f2cf a2gf|

eceg bgeg|f2cf a2gf|edcB AFF2:|

|:AFcF AFGA|Bcdc BAGB|AFcF AFGA|BdcB AFF2|

AFcF AFGA|Bcdc BAGB|AFcF AFGA|BdcB AFF2:|

 

SNOWSHOER [2], THE (Les Raquetteurs). French-Canadian, Reel. B Flat Major ('A' part) & G Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning. AA'B. No relation to "Snow Shoers/Snowshoer's Reel" [1]. Learned by French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux (Concord, N.H.) from a recording in Québec. Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 4.

                       

SNOWSHOES [1]. Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Blaine Sprouse (Brody). Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 262. Voyager 319‑S, Ace Sewell‑ "Southwest Fiddlin.'" Rounder 0117, "Blaine Sprouse."

 

SNOWSHOES [2]. Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'CC. Related to version #1. See also the related "Spotted Pony [1]" (Missouri version). The third section in Phillips' version can be used as an alternative to the 'A' section. Source for notated version: Cecil Johnson & John Ashby (1915-1979, north Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 226. County 773, John Ashby‑ "Fiddling by the Hearth."

 

SNOWSHOES [3]. AKA and see "Snow Shoes." Canadian, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning.

                       

SNOWSTORM. Old-Time, Breakdown. USW, Kentucky. The late Darley Fulks, the source, was from Wolfe County, Kentucky. Rounder CD 0377, Darley Fulks (et al) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Kentucky Vol. II.” Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Darley Fulks (et al) – “The Art of Traditonal Fiddle” (2001).

                       

SNOWY-BREASTED PEARL [1]. AKA and see "Pearl of the White Breast [2]." Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major (O'Neill): D Major (Ó Canainn). Standard tuning. One part (Ó Canainn): AB (O’Neill). Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 38, pg. 36. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 87, pg. 50. Viva W103, Sean McGuire – “Irish Jigs and Reels” (c. 1960’s, a reissue of “Sean Maguire Plays,” the first recording of McGuire that Josephine Keegan accompanied on piano).

X:1

T:Snowy Breasted Pearl, The [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:E_

Bc/d/ | e>d c>B e3c | B>G =FE F2 G_A | B2 GE AG {G}F>E | E6 Bc/d/ |

e>d cB d2 Gc | B>G FE F2 GA | B>B G2 AG {G}F>E | E2E2E2 || B>A |

GBce d3d | ed {d}c>B B2zB | cdeg fedc | B6 Bc/d/ | e>d cB e2 Gc |

BG F>E F2 GA | B2 GE AG {G}F>E | E6 ||

 


SNOWY BREASTED PEARL [2]. AKA and see "Boys of Wexford." New England, County Dance Tune or March (4/4 time). A Major (Laufman, Miller & Perron, Sweet). Standard tuning. AB. The title is also a Christian Science hymn, "Heavenward: 'I love Thy way of freedom, Lord,'" according to Dudley Laufman (1973). Laufman (Okay, Let's Try a Contra, Men on the Right, Ladies on the Left, Up and Down the Hall), 1973; pg. 5. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 64. Sweet (Fifler’s Delight), 1965; pg.79. Front Hall 01, Bill Spence and Fennigs All‑Stars‑‑"The Hammered Dulcimer" (appears as "Boys of Wexford").

X:1

T:Snowy Breasted Pearl [2]

M:C

L:1/8

K:A

|:E2|A3B AG FE|e3f e2d2|c2 A>B cB AG|F6 G2|A3B AG FE| e3f e2d2|

c2 A>B cB AG|A6 :: e2|f2d2a2f2|e2d2c2e2|d2c2B2A2|F6G2| A3B AG FE|

e3f e2d2 | c2 A>B cB AG | A6 :|

 

SNOWY BREASTED PEARL [3], THE (Pearla na m-Brollac Baine). AKA ‑ "Pearla Na‑M‑Brollac Baine." AKA and see "Open Thy Casement, Lady Bright." Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 512, pg. 89.

X:1

T:Snowy Breasted Pearl, The [3]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 512

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d/e/f/|g4 ge|d3 cBA|G4 BG|A2 EDEG|G4 cA|c2d2 ea|g4 f/g/a|g2 fe d2|e2 BABd|e4||

d/e/f|g4 f/g/a|g2 gfed|e2G2 B/c/d|d4 d/e/f|g2 f/g/a ge|d3 cBA|G4 BG|A2 EDEG|G4||

                       

SNOWY HILL, THE. American, Jig or Quadrille. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: Emery Martin (elderly fiddler from Dunbar, Pa., 1946) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 471, pg. 445.

                       

SNOWY MONDAY. English, March (6/8 time) or Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. A modern composition by Northumbrian fiddler Willie Taylor (1916-2000), very well known among Northumbrian musicians. Taylor said the tune had ‘lain about’ half written, until he was snowed in for a time on a stormy Monday. Taylor became known when Northumbrian concertina player Alistair Anderson brought together Taylor, piper Joe Hutton and harmonica player Will Atkinson to perform as ‘The Shepherds’.  Mawson & Wareham Music MWM 1033, Willie Taylor & Kathryn Tickell – “From Sewingshields to Glendale” (1986).

X:1

T:Snowy Monday

M:6/8

L:1/8

C:Willie Taylor

S:Willie Taylor

R:Jig

A:Northumbria

N:The dotted notation of this tune can in no way convey the rhythm

N:that Willy used to play it in

Z:Johnny Adams – Village Music Project

K:D

A|F>GA D2F|A>dd f>dd|G>AB A>dd|A>gf e2A|F>GA D2F|

A>dd f>dd|G>AB Age|1 f>dd d2A:|2 f>dd d2 f/g/||a>fd f>ed|

b>GB d>cB|A>BA d>ef|agf e2 f/g/|a>fd f>ed|B>GB d>cB|

A>BA age|fdd d2 f/g/|a>fd f>ed|B>GB d>cB|A>BA A>dd|

Agf e2A|F>GA D2F|A>dd f>dd|G>AB Age|f>dd d2||

                       

SNOWY PATH, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. The tune was composed by guitarist Mark Kelly of the group Altan and dedicated to Dublin whistle player Donncha O’Brien. The late Mr. O’Brien was confined to a wheelchair for much of his life, a fact that diminished his music not in the least. Kelly played on O’Brien’s CD. Green Linnet GLCD 1117, Altan – “Harvest Storm.”

X:1

T:Snowy Path, The

C:Mark Kelly

R:slip jig

D:Altan: Harvest Storm

Z:id:hn-slipjig-24

Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se

L:1/8

M:9/8

K:D

F2A B2F A2F|G2B d2e dBG|F2A B2F A2F|1 E2D E2F GFE:|2 E2D E2F GAB||

|:c3 c2e d2c|B2G B2c d2e|1 f3 f2e d2B|A2G F2G A2B:|2 d2A B2F A2F|E2D E2F GFE||

                                   

SNOWY ROAD TO MICK’S. Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 19, pg. 10.

X:1

T: Snowy Road to Mick's

C: © B.Black

Q: 425

R: slide

M: 12/8

L: 1/8

K: D

A | d2 d Bcd A2 F E2 F | A2 F E2 B A2 F D2 A |

d2 d Bcd A2 F E2 F | ABA GFE D3 D2 :|

A | Bcd ede f2 g a3 | bag agf e2 c A2 A |

Bcd ede f2 g a3 |1 bag fec d3 d2 :|2 gfe ABc d3 d2 ||

           

SNUFF BOX.  English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of fiddler John Burks, dated 1821, attributed to “W.M.” (photocopy in ed. possession).

X:1

T:Snuff Box

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:John Burks’ music manuscript copybook, dated 1821

N:”By W.M.”

K:D

A|d2 fd AFDc|d2 fd egfe|d2 fd AFDF|GEFD CE E2:|

G|FDAD BDAD|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FDAF BDAD|

FE/D/ FE/D/ A,DDG|FE/D/ FE/D/ CEEG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE FD D3||

           

SNUFF WIFE, THE. Scottish. A traditional bagpipe tune.

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Richard Waitt. “The Hen Wife” (1706). The woman is wearing a ‘kertch’ or ‘breid’ worn by Scottish women in the 17th and 18th centuries, and is holding a snuff horn and snuff spoon.

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Flying Fish FF‑250, The Battlefield Band ‑ "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981). Green Linnet GLCD 1171, Simon Thoumire Three – “March, Strathspey, and Surreal.”

                       

SNUFFING THE CANDLE. See “Smaladh Na Coinnle.”

           

SNUG IN A/THE BLANKET (Go Dlut Annsa Susad/t-Susa). AKA and see “Cailleach a Shúsa,” "Collough a thusa," "Hag in the Blanket." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB (S. Johnson): AABBCC (McNulty, O’Neill). The tonality is interesting: both parts spend much time in ‘D’ mixolydian, resolving to a G Major at the end of each. See also O’Farrell’s version under the title “Calloch a Theusa.” S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); pg. 12. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 22. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 38. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 889, pg. 165. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 138, pg. 38. Green Linnet SIF 1077, Capercaillie ‑ "Crosswinds" (1987). Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford – “In Good Company” (2001. Played in the key of B Flat).

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Snug in the Blanket

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 138

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G|:A2B cBc|EFE c2A|B2G AFD|GAG BAG|A2B cBc|EFE c2A|BdB cAF|G3 BAG:|

|:FGA Afd|Afd Afd|FGA Afd|EFG GFE|FGA Afd|Afd ABc|BdB cAF|G3 BAG:|

|:FGA AFD|DED AFD|FGA AFD|GAG BAG|FGA AFD|DED ABc|BdB cAF|G3 BAG:|

                       

SNUG IN THE CORNER. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Treoir.

X: 1

T: Snug in the Corner

S: "Treoir" 32/2

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

R: reel

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: G

DEGB A2 GB | dBAc B2 GE | DEGB ABGB | dBAc BG G2 :|

dgeg dg (3gfg | dedB cA (3AGA | dgeg dg (3gfg | dedc BG (3GFG |

dgeg dg (3gfg | dedB cA (3AGA | d^cdg edef | g2 af gedB ||

                       

SNUG LITTLE GIRL FROM BANSHA, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively").  G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. "Bears a close resemblance to Ag an mboithrin buidhe of Petrie (Ancient Music of Ireland). There was a song to this air, the subject of which was 'The Snug Little Girl', but I have not been able to procure a copy of it. A 'snug little girl' is one who has a snug comfortable fortune. Bansha, a well known village in Tipperary at the mouth of the Glen of Aherlow" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 176, pgs. 88‑89.

X:1

T:Snug little girl from Bansah, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D|D>EF GAG|FGA B2c|ded dcA|G3F2D|D>EF GAG|FGA B2c|d>e=f/d/ dcA|

G3G2||A|cde =f2f|ggg g>=fd/e/|=fdd/c/ dcA|G3F2D|DEF GAG|FGA B2c|

de=f dcA|G3G2||

                       

SNYDER WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz. USA, Mo. Marimac 9017, Vesta Johnson (Mo.) ‑ "Down Home Rag."

                       

SNYDER'S CLOCK. American. The first part in an international strain which appears in "Pretty Baby," "National Schottische," "Military Schottische," "Russische Polka." Adam, 1927; No. 21.

                       


SNYDER'S JIG. AKA and see "Fred Wilson's Clog," "Harvest Home [1]," "Cincinnati Hornpipe [1]," "Zig‑Zag Hornpipe/Clog," "Ruby Lip," "Cliff Hornpipe," "Kildare Fancy," "Cork Hornpipe [1]," "Standard Hornpipe," "Dundee Hornpipe," "Higgins' Hornpipe," "Kephart's Clog" (Pa.). A local southwestern Pa. for the tune, though usually known there as "Freddie Wilson's Clog/Hornpipe."

                       

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