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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]

 

 

 

THIEF OF LOCHABER (Meurlach Lochaber). Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB' (Gatherer): AABBCCDD’ (Martin). The melody can be found in Donald MacLeod's 3rd collection of bagpipe music and owes its third and fourth parts to him. Martin (2002) maintains the melody is based on an old drove route march, suggesting the title refers to cattle raiding. Gatherer (1987) notes this tune was adapted from O'Neill's "Thief of Lough Erne." The tune was played as “Thief of Lochaber” by both Sandy Coghill and the Battlefield Band. Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 18. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 7. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 82. Flying Fish FF250, Battlefield Band ‑ "Home is Where the Van Is" (1981). Temple TP005, Battlefield Band ‑ "Home is Where the Van Is" (1980).

 

THIEF OF LOUGH ERNE, THE (An Gadaide Ua Loca-Ernai/Loc-Eirne). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB'. See also related Scottish tune “Thief of Lochaber.” O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 963, pg. 178. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 186, pg. 45.

X:1

T:Thief of Lough Erne, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 186

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/A/|GED DED|Adc B2A|GEE EGE|GEE E2A|

GED DED|Adc B2A|BGG G2A|BGG G2:|

|:A|BGG dGG|BGG dGG|AFF cFF|AFA c2A|1 BGG dGG|BGG dGG|

Bdc B2A|BGG G2:|2 BGG dGG|gfe dBG|B<dc B2A|BGG G2:|


                       

THIEF ON THE LUM [1]. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay.

 

THIEF ON THE LUM [2]. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Unst. May be a Scottish tune, says Peter Cooke.

                       

THIEGEEN A VARIGA. AKA and see "Tim the Market Man."

                       

THIEVING MAGPIE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 172, pg. 60.

                       

THINK BEFORE YOU THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK! Irish, Reel. Composed by Danú fiddler Jesse Smith. Shanachie 78030, Danú – “Think Before You Think” (2000).

                       

THINK OF ME. AKA and see "Jongle a Moi."

                       

THIOS AG BEAL BEARNAIS. See "The Red Haired Man's Wife [2]."

                       

THIOS COIS MA FAIRRGE (Down by the Sea). Irish, Air. Green Linnet SIF‑1084, Eugene O'Donnell ‑ "The Foggy Dew" (1988).

                       

THIRD FIGURE, THE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Minor. Standard. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 1.

 

THIRD OF AUGUST, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 557, pg. 295.

 

THIRD OF JULY. AKA and see “Cornshucker’s Frolic.” Old-Time, Breakdown. F Major. Standard. AA'BB'. No one has discovered the significance, if any, of the title. The source, the Red Brush Rowdies, were a West Virginia string band (featuring fiddler Miller Wikel) who recorded in the 1930’s. The tune orginally was in the key of G, according to Kerry Blech. Source for notated version: Red Brush Rowdies [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 240. Volo Bogtrotters.

                                   

THIRTY-EIGHT FORD REEL. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Mabou Coal Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (b. 1912). Rounder 7011, "The Beatons of Mabou: Scottish Violin Music from Cape Breton" (1978).

                                   

THIRTY YEAR JIG. Swedish, Jig. Composed by Roger Tallroth, guitar and bouzouki player of the Swedish group Väsen's in honor of the group’s nyckelharpa player Olov Johansson's 30th birthday.

                                   

THIRTY YEARS AGO (Triocad Bliadain O Ston/Soin). Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 181. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1632, pg. 303. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 860, pg. 148.

X:1

T:Thirty Years Ago

M:C|

L:1/8
R:Hornpipe

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 860

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

Bc|dBeB dBAB|GFGA GDGA|BGBd cBAG|FGAF D2 Bc|

dBeB dBAB|GFGA GABc|defe dcAF|G2 {A}GF G2:|

|:(3DEF|GFGA B2AG|FGAF DEFD|GFGA B2 AG|Adde dcBA|

GFGA B2 AG|FGAB c2 Bc|defe dcAF|G2{A}GF G2:|

 

THIRTY-TWO (32) AOUT, LE. AKA and see "Louison Louisette [1]."

 

THIS FAIR MAID TO THE MEADOW'S GONE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard. One part.

***

This fair maid to the meadow's gone,

To pull the flowers just as they spring,

And every perch she a flower does pull

Until she has her apron full.

***

Source for notated version: "Sent to me (in) 1884 by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast in Irish music and songs" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 283, pg. 134.

X:1

T:This fair maid to the meadow’s gone

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Dorian

D/G/|A3G BAGE|D2D2 D3c|B2 AB d2cB|AGEG A3c|

Bdef g2fe|dBAG E2DG|A3G BAGE|D2D2D3||

 

THIS GLOOM ON MY SOUL (Tha m'aigne fo ghruaim). Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "This air has a variety of Gaelic verses to it, but those most entitled to the denomination of a poem, are Dugald Buchanan's reflections on turning up and surveying a scull, which he handles with a versatility of talent worthy of a genuine poet" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 98, pg. 38.

X:1

T:This gloom on my soul

T:Tha m’aigne fo ghruaim

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Slow Air

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

a>g|f2e2c2|B3z c>B|A2F2E2|F3z c>e|f2c2e2|B4A2|(A6|A2)z2:|

c>e|f2e2f2|e3z a>g|f2e2c2|e3z f>a|b2f2a2|e4c2|(B6|B2)z2 a>g|

f2 e2 c2|B3z c>B|A2F2E2|F3z c>e|f2c2e2|B4A2|(A6|A2)z2||

 

THIS IS MY LOVE, DO YOU LIKE HER?   AKA and see “Anton a’Bhearnais,” “Bundle and Go [4],” "I Lost My Love," “Kiss the Maid Behind the Bier,” “My Love in the Morning,” “Old Comrades.” Irish, Slide. A Dorian. Standard tuning. The tune can be found in Scottish sources (e.g. Kerr) as “I Lost My Love.” A variant of “Sweet Biddy Daly.” Green Linnet SIF 3013, Bothy Band – “Out of the Wind, Into the Sun.” Michael Tubridy – “The Eagle’s Whistle.”

X:1

T:This is My Love, Do You Like Her

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:learned from David Kidd

R:Jig

Z:Lorna LaVerne

K:Edor

~E3 EDB, | G3 G2A | ~B3 BAF| d3 d2A |

Bec d2B |  ABA FED | FAB AFD | E2F G2F |

~E3 EDB, | G3 G2A | ~B3 BAF| d3 d2A |

Bec d2B | ABA FED | FAB AFD | E3 E2A |

Bee edB | Add dBA | Bee edc | d2f e2d |

Bec d2B | ABA FED | FAB AFD | E2F G2A |

Bee edB | Add dBA | Bee edc | d2f e2d |

Bec d2B | ABA FED | FAB AFD | E3 E3 |

X:2

T:This is My Love, Do You Like Her
R:Jig
M:6/8

L:1/8
K:Ador
ABA AGA|cdc c2d|efe ede|g3 e2a|
gec cge|dBG GAB|c2A BGE|1 c3 A2E:|2 c3 A2g||
aba age|gag geg|aba age|g3 e2a|
gec cge|dBG GAB|c2A BGE|1 c3 A2g:|2 c3 A2E||

 

THIS IS NO MY AIN HOUSE. AKA and see "Colonel David Stewart of Garth's Reel." Scottish, Shetland; Reel or ("Very Slow" {Gow}) Strathspey. Shetland, Whalsay. D Major (Aird, Athole, Emmerson, Kerr): C Major (Dick, Emmerson, Thomson). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (most versions): AABB’ (Aird). Bonnie Prince Charlie danced to this tune at the house of Lude, near Blair, before the battle of Prestonpans, 1745 {he won that one} (Marshall monogram, 1845 Collection, and Winstock 1970). Country dance directions were recovered to the tune from the Holmain Manuscript from Dumfries‑shire (c. 1710‑1750). The earliest record of the tune, which appears to be a set of "De'il Stick the/da Minister," is from David Young's Duke of Perth Manuscript (AKA the Drummond Castle Manuscript) of 1734 (where it is listed as a country dance), and Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius, 1733. Gow published it twice, the second time in Sixth Collection, 1822, under the title "Colonel David Stewart of Garth's Reel," and it appears in James Aird's 1782 collection. It is now played as a strathspey in Scotland, as Gow set it in his First Collection (1784—he also noted along with the music “This Tune may be played very Slow”).  Related melodies include "This is not my ain Lassie" and "Sean Trews/Triubhas [1]." Cooke (1986) prints the following text to this dance tune, collected in the Shetland Islands:

***

This is no me ain hoose

I ken by the tickin o it

Bread and butter were my door's cheeks

And pancakes were the tickin o it.

***

The couplet is very similar one in “This is no my ain house” printed in G.S. MacQuoid’s Jacobite Songs and Ballads, an allegory for feelings of displacement after the failure of the Jacobite rebellion. Poet Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) recast “This is no my ain house” as a love song, which goes:

***

This is no my ain house,

I ken by the rigging o’t;

Since with my love I’ve changed my vows,

I dinna like the bigging o’t:

For now that I’m young Robie’s bride,

And mistress of his fire-side,

Mine ain house I’ll like to guide,

And please me with the trigging o’t.

***

Then farewell to my father’s house,

I gang where love invites me;

The strictest duty this allows,

When love with honour meets me.

When Hymen moulds us into ane,

My Robie’s nearer than my kin,

And to refuse him were a sin,

Sae lang’s he kindly treats me.

***

When I’m in mine ain house,

True love shall be a hand ay,

To make me still a prudent spouse,

And let my man command ay;

Avoiding ilka cause of strife,

The common pest of married life,

That makes ane wearied of his wife,

And breaks the kindly band ay.

***

All these versions were probably predated by a children’s song with the title “This is no my ain house.” William Stenhouse, writing in Illustrations to the Scots Musical Museum (No. 237), indicates its an “old nursery ditty” from which Ramsay borrowed a line or two for the inspiration for his poem.

***

Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. 2, 1782; No. 176 p. 65. Alburger (Scottish Fiddlers and Their Music), 1983; Ex. 28, pp. 49‑50. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 225. Dick, No. 96. Emmerson (Rantin’ Pipe and Tremblin’ String), 1971; Nos. 12‑13, p. 131. Gow (First Collection of Niel Gow’s Reels), 1784 (revised 1801); p. 28. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; Set 13, No. 2, p. 9. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 63. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 105. Thomson, Orpheus Caledonius, 1733; No. 32.

X:1

T:This is No’ My Ain House

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|FAAa f2 ed|B/c/d AF BEEG|FA Da f2 ed|B/c/d AG FDD:|

A|FAAd B/c/d AF|GBAF BEEG|F(AA)d B/c/d AF|GBAG FDDG|

FAAd B/c/d AF|GBAF BEEG|FADa gfed|B/c/d AG FDD||

X:2

T:This is no my ain house

M:C|

L:1/8

S:William Mackie ms. (Aberdeen, early 19th cent.)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A|FAAa f2 ed|(Bc/d/) A>F GEEA|FAAa f2 ed|B(c/d/) A>G FDD:|

|:A|FAAd BdAF|GBAF BEEA|FAAd BdAF|G>BA>G FDD:||

 


THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE [1]. English, Scottish; Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCC'DEF. The tune was composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, dancing master, composer and fiddler, originally from Morpeth. Source for notated version: T. Armstrong’s c. 1850 manuscript, in the John Armstrong of Crarrick’s collection [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 27 (includes variations). Hall & Stafford (Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pgs. 28‑29 (includes variations).

 

THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE [2]. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Howe): AABB (Sweet). A relative of "This is no my ain Hoose." Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 122. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 56.

X:1

T:This is No My Ain Lassie [2]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | FA D a {g}f2 ed | (B/c/d) (AF) BEEG | FA D a {g}f2 (ed) | (B/c/d) {B}AF AD D ||

G | (F/G/A) DA (F/G/A) B>A | (F/G/A) D>f eE E>G | (F.G.A) DA (F/G/A) B>A |(B/c/d) (c/d/e) dD D>G |

(F/G/A) DA (F/G/A) BA | (F/G/A) D f eE E<g |a>fg>e f>de>c | d>BA>F AD D2 ||

 

THIS IS NOT MY SWEETHEART (Ni Sise Mo Muirnin). Irish, Air (4/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: credited to 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. 566, pg. 99.

X:1

T:This is Not My Sweetheart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate”

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 566

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

G|EGGA c2 cG|A/B/c GE {G}FDDG|EGGA c2 g>e|c>AG>F EC C:|

||G|EGGc AcGE|FAGC B,DDG|EGGc AcGE|FAG>F ECCG|

EGGc AcGE|FAGC B,DDG|EGGA c2 g>e|c>AG>F EC C||

 

THIS LIFE IS ALL CHEQUERED. AKA and see "Life is All Chequered," "The Black Rogue [1]."

 

THISTLE [1], THE. Scottish, Strathspey. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Hardings All‑Round Collection, 1905; No. 100, pg. 32.

X:1

T:Thistle, The [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:Harding’s All Round Collection, No. 100 (1905)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B Flat

d/c/|.B.F.D.F|B>cdg|fdcB|Ac cd/c/|BFDF|B>cdg|fdcd|Bz B:|

|:f|bagf|b2 Bg|fdcB|Accf|bagf|b2 Bg|fdcd|Bz B:|

 

THISTLE [2], THE. Scottish, Highland Schottische. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 9, pg. 19.

X:1

T:Thistle, The [2]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Highland Schottische

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 1, No. 9 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(C<E) E>C E2 E>F|A>Bc>B B<A A>G|(D<F) F>E F2 F>c|d>cB>A (G<B) B>c|

(C<E) E<C E2 E>F|A>Bc>B B<A A>E|(3FGA (3GAB (3ABc (3Bcd|(3cBA (3BAG A2A2||

c<e e>c e2 e>c|e>f (e<c) A2A2|d<f f>g a>gf>e|e>f (e<c) B2 B>c|

e>f e<c e>f e<c|e>f e<c A2 (AE)|(3FGA (3GAB (3ABc (3Bcd|(3cBA (3BAG A2 A2||

 

THISTLE AND SHAMROCK, THE. AKA – “Con Cassidy’s.” AKA and see “Polly Put the Kettle On.” Irish, Highland and Reel. The melody is well-known as “Polly Put the Kettle On.” Donegal fiddler Danny O’Donnell recorded the tune on a 78 RPM with “Thistle and Shamrock” the name of the set of three Highlands: “Polly Put the Kettle On [1],” “The Bundoran Highland,” and “Neil Gow’s Wife.” Philippe Varlet has found the tune on a 78 RPM recording by Paddy Malone’s accordion band (London, 1932), the sixth in a series of flings (of which only the first four were named). Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007). Rounder CD 1123, Danny O’Donnell – “Milestone at the Garden: Irish Fiddle Masters from the 78 RPM Era” (compilation CD).

 

THISTLE HORNPIPE, THE. Scottish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 53.

X:1

T:Thistle Hornpipe

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:B_

F2|B>AB>d c>ec>A|(3BAB d>B G2 F2|B>AB>d g>fd>B|c>=Bc>d c2 F2|

B>AB>d c>ec>A|(3BAB d>B G2 F>E|(3DFB (3dcB (3Agf (3edc|B2 b2 B2:|

|:f2|g>fg>a b2 b2|(3BAB d>B G2 F2|B>AB>d G>fd>B|c>=Bc>d c2 f2|

g>fg>a b2 b2|(3BAB d>B G2 F>E|(3DFB (3dcB (3Agf (3edc|B2 b2 B2:|

 

THISTLE OF SCOTLAND, THE. Scottish, March (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. The thistle is the national emblem of Scotland, and how it came to be so is the subject of several speculations. One popular story gives that the thistle saved an ancient group of Scottish fighting men who were camped in a field overnight. This was sometime during the campaign surrounding the Battle of Largs in 1263. They had been tracked by a group of Viking invaders who had approached the field and were about to attack. They were barefoot, thought and their path led through a patch of thorny thistle, which pierced their feet and caused them to cry out, alerting the resting Scots who were then able to beat back the invaders. Since then the thistle has been the symbol of Scotland, adopted with the notto “Nemo me impune lacessit” (No-one harms me without punishment), or, in Scots, “Wha daurs meddle wi me.” Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 2, 1988; pg. 13. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979).

 

THISTLE SAE GREEN. AKA and see "Sprig of Shillelagh [1]."

                       

THISTLEDOWN, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by fiddler and pianist Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of Mullaghbawn, south County Armagh. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 77.

                       

THO’ FOR SEVEN LONG YEARS.  AKA and see “Bannocks of Barley Meal.” From the collection of Burk Thumoth. Similarities to “The Munster Cloak.”

           

THOMAISIN O’DEA'S REEL (Ríl Thomaisin Uí Dheaghdha). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “Glenmore Hunt.” Source for notated version: flutist Michael Tubridy/Michael Ó Tiobraide (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 98, pg. 42. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dances of Ireland), 1971; 20.

                       

THOMAS A CARTHA. AKA and see "The Boyne Hunt [1]."

                       

THOMAS AND SALLY. English, Scottish; Country Dance Tune. C Major. Standard tuning. AA’BCC. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Edinburgh publisher Neil Stewart's collection (pg. 66), dated variously 1761 (Glen) and 1775 (Keller et al). The title is taken from a two-act dramatic pastoral opera called Thomas and Sally; or The Sailor’s Return by English composer Thomas Arne (libretto by Isaac Bickerstaff). It was staged at Covent Garden in November, 1760, and was meant to be a rather short entertainment (it runs 50 minutes) given after a spoken play. It is one of the few Arne works that survived a fire at Covent Garden in 1808, and is occasionally revived. The melody was also included by Northumbrian musician William Vickers in his 1770 music manuscript collection. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 129. Sheffield (From Two Barns, vol. 3), 1985. Stewart (Collection of the Newest and Best Reels or Country Dances), 1775; pg. 66. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 101.

X:1

T:Thomas and Sally

M:C|

L:1/8

K:C

c2 e/f/g e2 dc|d/e/f Ad B2 AG|c2 Ge d2 Af|egfe [B4d4]|

c2 e/f/g e2 dc|d/e/f Ad B2 AG| c2 Ge d2 Af|e/f/g FB [E2c2]C2:|

X:2

T:Thomas and Sally

M:C

L:1/8

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

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2006-9

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

c2 (eg) (fe)”tr”(dc)|(d/e/f) Ad {c}B2 AG|c2 Ge d2 Gf|(e/f/g) fe [f}e2 d2|

c2 (eg) (fe)”tr”(dc)|(d/e/f) Ad {c}B2 AG|c2 Ge d2 Gf|(e/f/g) GB c2 [C2c2]||

G2 EG cGec|dBAG ^F/G/A D[Cc]|[B,2B2] d[B,B] [C2c2] ec|B/c/d D^F G2 [G,2G2]|

c2 (eg) (fe)”tr”(dc)|(d/e/f) Ad {c}B2 AG|c2 Ge d2 Gf|(e/f/g) GB c2 [C2c2]|

(c’e)(c’e) (c’e)(fa)|(ge)(dc) (B/c/d) GF|E2 gE F2 af|(e/f/g) GB c2 [C2c2]||

                       

THOMAS AVOCKA FROM BALLYNEAL CROSS. Irish, Air ("not a jig"). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Source for notated version: "Sent to me (in 1884) by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carric‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast of Irish music and songs" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 261, pg. 125.

X:1

T:Thomas Avocka from Ballyneal Cross

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”With spirit”

S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(GE)|DEG G>ED|EDD D2E|GAB ded|edB A2D|G>AB ded|

edB A>GA|B2D DB,D|G>AG ED(E/G/)|A3 B2D|EDD D2||

 

THOMAS BURKE. AKA and see "Honorable Thomas Burke," "My Love's a Bonny Naithing." Irish, Planxty or March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part (Complete Collection): AABB (O'Neill). Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. The tune was recorded by the Belfast Northern Star of July 15, 1792, as having been played in competition by one of ten Irish harp masters at the last great convocation of ancient Irish harpers, the Belfast Harp Festival, held that week. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 13, pg. 32. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 98, pg. 55.

X:1

T:Thomas Burke

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:March

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

dc | B2 AG Bc d2 | D2 GA G2 c2 | BcdB edcB | A6 dc | B2d2c2e2 | d2g2 gfed | efge f/g/a gf | g6 :|

|: ga | b2b2b2 b>c’ | gagf e2 fg | abag fgfe | d6 ef | g2G2G2 ed | e2E2E2 e2 | edcB cBAG | G6 Bc |

dedc BcBA | g2G2G2EF | GAGF EFGE | AGFE D2 GA | B4 BcBA | E2g2f2ed | eged BABd |

e6 fe/f/ | gagf edef | gafg e2 (d/e/f) | gfed edcB | A4 (A/B/c) | BcdB efge | fgaf gfgd | edcB cBAG | G6 :|

 


THOMAS HUNTLEY. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 57.

 

THOMAS, I/YOU CANNOT. AKA ‑ "My Mither Say I Mauna." English, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. This popular air appears in several ballad operas, sometimes with different titles, according to Pulver (1923), such as John Gay's Beggar's Opera (1729, where it appears under the title "I like a ship in storms was tost"). It also appears in dance collections of the earlier period, such as Musick's Delight on the Cithern (1666), Playford's Dancing Master (4th {1670} and later editions), and Sir John Hawkins' transcripts. The tune sometimes appears with ten bars in the second part in ballad collections, but as a dance tune it generally had eight, according to Chappell (1859), who finds the earliest reference to the tune apparently is in a black‑letter ballad (and anti‑Catholic song written after the 1605 Gunpowder Plot) in the Pepys Collection entitled "A New‑yeares‑Gift for the Pope; O come see the difference plainly decided between Truth and Falsehood; to the tune of 'Thomas, you cannot.'" Kidson (1922) declares it is an early tune found in virginal music collections, and says the "Thomas You Cannot" (in The Dancing Master and other publications) title is a later variation. Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 17‑18. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 10.

X:1

T:Thomas, I Cannot

M:6/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Gaye – Beggar’s Opera (1729)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

D2 | (F2G2)A2 B4A2 | d4c2 B4BA | (G2A2)F2 E2F2D2 | (d6 d4) D2 |

F2G2A2 B4A2 | d4c2 B4A2 | G2A2F2 E4D2 | (d6 d4)d2 |

c4 d2 (e2d2)c2 | (d2e2)c2 B4A2 | c4d2 e4F2 | (G2A2F2) E4D2 | c4 d2 (e2d2)c2 |…

           

THOMAS J. WARD. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed July, 1962, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 22.

           

THOMAS JUDGE. AKA and see "Carolan's Frolic." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning. ABC. Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738). An air called “Thomas McJudge” appears in Bunting’s second collection. Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 67, pg. 60. Green Linnet GLCD 1128, Brendan Mulvihill and Donna Long - “The Morning Dew” (1993).

                       

THOMAS LEIXLIP THE PROUD (Tomas Laoigis, Cumasac). AKA – “Thomas Lexlip is Proud.” AKA and see “Cullen Jig,” “Humors of Glynn/Glin [1],” “Jackson’s Hornpipe [1],” “Padraig O’Keeffe’s (Jig) [1].” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composition attributed to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738), mainly by O’Neill. Donal O’Sullivan does not believe that O’Carolan had anything to do with composing it, however.  The title is a corruption of “Though Leixlip is Proud,” the title under which the melody was heard in Shield’s ballad opera Poor Soldier, which premiered in 1783 (Air 12). The melody first appears in print in McLean’s Scots Tunes (c. 1773). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 230. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 638, pg. 114.

X:1

T:Thomas Leixlip the Proud

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 638

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A | d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAA | Afe fAA | d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAF | GAc d2A |

d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAA | Afe fAA | B(c/B/)(A/G/) A(B/A/)(G/F/) | GAc d2 :|

A | Add d2 (f/e/) | (d/c/) (d/e/) (f/g/) afd | gfe {e}fdB | AFA B2 (c/d/) |

AFF BGG | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) |

EFA B2 (c/d/) | AFF BGG | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) | g>fe fdB | ABc d2 ||

           

THOMAS MACDONNELL’S. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. Composed by Mabou, Cape Breton, fiddler Donald Angus Beaton (1912-1982). According to Paul Cranford, “Thomas MacDonnell’s” is often played at Cape Breton Fiddler’s Association get-togethers. Burt Feintuch (2004) notes the tune is “a particularly strong strathspey for step dancing, heard frequently at (Cape Breton) dances.” Rounder CD 11661-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster – “My Roots Are Showing” (2000). Smithsonian Folkways Records, SFW CD 40507, The Beaton Family of Mabou – “Cape Breton Fiddle and Piano Music” (2004). 

                       

THOMAS MARSDEN’S HORNPIPE.  English, “Old” Hornpipe (6/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. ABCDEFG. An “old” or “triple” (sometimes called ‘double’) hornpipe from Thomas Marsden’s A Collection of Original Lancashire Hornpipes, Old and New. Containing Divisions upon each (London, 1705), presumably composed by himself. 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:Tho. Marsden's Hornpipe
M:3/2
L:1/4
S:Marsden
N:G Dorian is probably a better KS>
Z:Transcribed by Pete Stewart and posted at www.goodbagpipes.co.uk/pipetunes/   
N:(reposted at Fiddler’s Companion by permission)
K:GMin
BfA/B/ c/A/Gf|FffF A/B/ c/A/|BfA/B/ c/A/Gf|e/f/g/a/gGA/B/ c/A/||
ag/f/ e/f/g/e/dg|cffFA/B/ c/A/|ag/f/e/f/ g/e/df|egdf e/f/g/e/||
fagf/e/fe/d/|cd/e/fFA/B/ c/A/|BdA/B/ c/A/Gf|e/f/g/a/gGA/B/ c/A/||
BdAcGB|FBFBA/B/ c/A/|BdAcGf|e/f/g/a/gGA/B/ c/A/||
Bdc3/2B/4A/4Gf|e3/2d/4e/4fFA/B/ c/A/|BdA/B/ c/A/GE|GggGA/B/ c/A/||
a/z/g/z/f/z/e/z/d/z/f/z/|cffFA/B/ c/A/|a/z/g/z/f/z/e/z/d/z/f/z/|e/z/f/z/dfe/f/g/e/||
ag/f/ e/f/g/e/fe/d/|cd/e/fFA/B/ c/A/|Bdd/c/B/A/Gf|e/f/g/a/gGA/B/ c/A/||

 

THOMAS MORRES JONES. AKA ‑ "Bumper(s,) Squire Jones." Irish, Planxty (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Turlough O'Carolan. Complete Collection of O'Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 65, pg. 58‑59.

           

THOMAS RAE OF BARRHEAD. Canadian, Strathspey. Canaca, Cape Breton. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1811-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 28.

           


THOMAS REID. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 24.

           

THOMAS REILLY CLERK OF FORE.  Irish, Single Jig. From the Stephen Grier manuscript, South Leitrim, 1883. Brian McNamara (2004) relates that one Hugh Reilly, Clerk of Fore, was hanged in 1814 for the crime of sheep stealing. One or two songs mention Reilly, who is associated in one version with other hangings in the area of Fore, Co. Westmeath, namely that in Glaxtown of three men in 1862 for alleged membership in a secret society, and others involved in a murder in 1882 at Barbaville. One verse goes:

***

They swore that they were innocent,

Although the suffered sore,

Like Murphy, Ford and Gilligan,

And Reilly, Clerk of Fore.

***

Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004).

 

THOMAS' SON WEARS A DIRK (Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais). AKA and see "Biodag Air Mac Thomais," "Canty Brody/Body,” “Thomson’s Got a Dirk.” Scottish, Reel. A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB (Gow): AABB’ (Kerr). John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Angus Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 8). Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 36 (appears as “Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais”). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 2, pg. 3.

X:1

T:Thomas’ son wears a dirk

T:Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Gow – 4th Repository  (1817)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

d|cA c/d/e c2 Ac|B=GdG B2 GB|cA c/d/e c2 Ac|B=G dB {B}A2A:|

^g|aeec aeef|=gddB gdd^g|aeeg aeed|cABG {G}A2 Ag|aeec aeef|

=gddB gdd^g|aeec aefa|cA BG {G}A2A||

           

THOMASIN O’DEA’S. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 171 (appears as “Unknown”).

           

THOMAS’S HORNPIPE (Cornphíopa Thomáis). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: the 1880's collection of fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier (County Leitrim) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 212, pg. 100.

           

THOMASTOWN BREAKDOWN.  Old-Time, Breakdown. The melody was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, for Victor Records by fiddler Bill Helms of Thomastown, a village south of the city. Helms was backed on the recordings by Grady Owens (fiddle), John Hogan (banjo, guitar) and Ty Cobb Hogan (guitar). Later, “in 1931, Helms recorded for Columbia with Riley Puckett and Gid Tanner as the Home Town Boys” (Wayne W. Daniel, Pickin’ on Peachtree, 1990, pg. 81). 

 

THOMAUS A MOUMPUS. Irish, Jig. D Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCC. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pg. 130.

X:2

T:Thomaus a Moumpus

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. IV (c. 1810)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

Add d2c | ded g(gf/e/) | fdd c(AA/G/) | FDF GGF/E/ | FDA c3 | AFA f3 | eag fed |

cAG Adc | d6 :: Adc def | A(AG/F/) G(GF/E/) | c3 cAA | cAA cAA | Adc d3 |

DFD DED | DFD EFG | A(B/A/G/ FDD | EDE D3:: Ddd Ddd | cBA GEc |

Ddd efd | Ade f2e | ded cBA | GcG E2G | FDA FDA | FGE D2 :|

                       

THOMOND BRIDGE. AKA and see “Cuckoo Hornpipe [8].” Irish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. In 1210 King John of England visited the city of Limerick in occupied Ireland and made provisions for the building of a strong castle and a bridge across the Shannon River. The Castle remains to this day but the bridge was replaced in 1838 by the present Thomond Bridge.

***

The Thomond Bridge over the Shannon, with King John’s Castle to the left. Photo by Suzanne Barrett.

***

The melody was recorded on a 78 RPM disc by the Aughrim Slopes Céilí Band. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 214, pg. 11.

X:1

T:Thomond Bridge

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

K:D

|: (3ABc | dAFD GBAG | (3FAF D2 D2 de | fedc dfed | (3cec A2 A2G2 |

(3FAd f2 (3EAc e2 | (3DFA d2 (3CEA c2 | cdef gABc |d2f2d2 :|

|: AG | Fd (3dcd Ad (3dcd | fedc dcBA | Ge (3efe Eeef | gfed ecAG |

Fd (3dcd Ad (3dcd | fedc dcBA |(3GAB AG FEDC | (3EFE D2 D2 :|

 

THOMOND TRIBE MARCH. AKA ‑ "Dalcassian Tribe March," "Farrah! Farrah! "Irish, March (6/8 time). G Major/D Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB'. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 2; No. 324, pg. 55.

           

THOMPSON'S JIG [1]. AKA and see "The Frost Is All Over [3]." British Isles, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Stacy Phillips gives "Frost is all over" as an alternate title, although this is not the tune usually known by that name. Source for notated versions: Angus Chisolm and Mosheh Savitsky [Phillips]. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook), 1989; pg. 48. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 382. Shanachie 14001, Angus Chisolm.

 

THOMPSON'S JIG [2]. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Frank McCollam (Ballycastle, County Antrim) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 92, pg. 84.

           

THOMPSON'S REEL (Seisd/Cor Mic Tomais). AKA and see "Spirvin's Fancy." Irish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. O'Neill/1915): AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). A composite tune, the first part being a version of  "The Girl That/Who Broke My Heart [1]," and the second part a version of  the 'B' part of "Paddy Lynn's Delight." O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 240, pg. 127. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 121. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1337, pg. 250. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 593, pg. 108.

X:1

T:Thompson's Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 593

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G Minor

dc|:BGFD DC C2|DGG^F GABc|1 dBcA BGAF|DGG^F GBdc:|2 dBcA BGAF|

DGG^F G2G2||(3BcB dB fBbB|(3BcB df gdfd|(3BcB dB fBbB|c=Bcd _BG G2|

(3BcB dB fBbB|(3BcB df gdfd|b2 bg fdcd|DGG^F G2||

           

THOMSON'S GOT A DIRK (Tha biodag aig Mac Thomais). AKA and see "Thomas' Son Wears a Dirk," "Canty Brody/Body."

           

THORN, THE. English, Air (4/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. One part (Huntington): AB (Sumner). A song with music by William Shield (1748-1829) to lyrics from John O'Keefe (1747-1833) that was quite popular in its day. Sources for notated versions: the 1823-26 music mss of papermaker and musician Joshua Gibbons (1778-1871, of Tealby, near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire Wolds) [Sumner]; the 1800-1802 music manuscript of ship's fiddler William Litten [Huntington]. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 42. Sumner (Lincolnshire Collections, vol. 1: The Joshua Gibbons Manuscript), 1997; pg. 94.

X:1

T:Thorn, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:William Litten's music manuscript 1800-1802

K:G

FG|A2 BA A2 Bc|d2 AG FD zA|d2 dc cBA^G|A6 F>A|A2 BA A2Bc|

df AG FD B2|Gd dc cB A^G|A2 ae ae cA|c2 d>A d2 AA|e2AA ff2d|

dc cA F^G AB|F2 ED D3z|c2aAd2AA|e2 ca gf ad|dA eG FGAd|

d2 f/e/d/c/ d2 za|b2 b/g/b/g/ ec zd|a2 a/f/a/f/ dB zB|g2 e/g/e/c/ df A/F/A/F/|BG BG AF AF|D6||

                       

THORN BUSH [1]. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major. Standard tuning. One part (Kerr): AB (Hunter): AAB (Martin): AA'B (Athole): AA'BB (Skye). Composed by James Fraser. Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 151. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 44, pg. 8. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 20. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle, vol. 3), 1988; pg. 5. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 33. Scottish Traditional Fiddle. Olympic 6151, The Angus Strathspey and Reel Society - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).

X:1

T:Thorn Bush

M:C|

L:1/8

B:The Athole Collection

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

R:Strathspey

K:A

E|A>B c<A F<A E>C|B,<B B>c d/c/B/A/ G>B|A>B c>A F<A E>C|1

DFEG AA,A,:|2 D>FE>G A/A/A A||

e|d/c/B/A/ e>A f<a e>c|d>B d/c/B/A/ G<B B>e|d/c/B/A/ e>A f<A e>c|

d>B d/c/B/A/ E<A A>c|d/c/B/A/ e<A f<a e>c|d>B d/c/B/A/ G<B B>d|

(3cAc (3ece (3fdf (3agf|(3edc (3cBA E<AA||

 

THORNBUSH [2], THE.  AKA and see "Hawthorne [1]," "Hunter's Purse." Irish, Reel.

                       

THORNBERRY'S. AKA and see "Toss the Feathers [1]," "Thresh the Feathers," "The New Reel [1]," "Piper's Choice," "Geatley's," "The Mountain Lark [1]," "The Humours of Ballagh."

                       

THORNTON JIG, THE. Scottish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Composed by Donald Cameron. CD - IRCD002, Ossian - "Seal Song" (1981). Green Linnet GLCD 1121, The Tannahill Weavers - "The Mermaid's Song." Greentrax CDTRAX079-"Smalltalk" (1994)

T:The Thornton Jig

C:Donald Cameron

D:Smalltalk

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:Dmix

A2G|:F2D DED|G2A BAG|F2D DED|E2c cGE|F2D DED|

G2A BAF|GBG FdF|E2c cGE::F2A ABA|ABc dAG|

F2A ABc|E2c cGE|F2A ABA|ABc dAF|GBG FdF|E2c cGE:|]

           

THORNTON'S. AKA and see "Hould the Reins," "Kilfenora Reel [5]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The tune was recorded as "Thornton's" by Sean Ryan on his album "Back Home." Treoir.

X: 1

T: Thornton's

S: Treoir

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Q: 350

R: reel

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: G

d | g2 dc BG G2 | ABcA defd | g2 dc BG G2 | AdcA G3 :|

d | df f2 dg g2 | defd edcA | df f2 dg g2 | fdcA GABc |

df f2 dg g2 | defd edcA | dg g2 bgag | fdcA G3 ||

           

THOSE EVENING BELLS.  AKA and see "The Game Cock Reel."

 

THOSE HAPPY DAYS (Na Seana Laeteannta Sona). Irish, Quadrille. Five parts:

1) G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major (Trio). 6/8 time. AB, Trio.

2) G Major. 2/4 time. ABCDC.

3) G Major ('A' and 'B' parts) & D Major (Trio). 6/8 time. AB, Trio.

4) D Major. 2/4 time. ABCBC.

5) D Major. 2/4 time ('A', and 'B' parts) & 6/8 time ('C' and 'D' parts). ABCDCD.

Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 194, pg. 69-70.

           

THOU ART GONE FAR AWAY (Ata Tu Imtigte Gad Uainn). Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with feeling"). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 559, pg. 98.

X:1

T:Thou Art Gone Far Away

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:"With feeling"

S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 559

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D Mixolydian

f>e|d>cdB A2 FG|A>BAF E2 F>E|D>EFG A>BAF|A6 f>e|d>cdB A2 FG|Adec d2 cB|

A2 F>A G2 E2|D4 z2||d2|d>ef>g a3a|b>ag>f e3d|d>ef>a d'>d'c'>b|a6 za|a>ee>f g2 f>e|

d>BAF A2 d>B|A2 FA G2E2|D4 z2||

                       

THOU BONNIE WOOD O' CRAIGIELIE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 368, pg. 41.

X:1

T:Thou Bonnie Wood o’ Craigielie

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 368 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(G/A/)|BB/c/ AA/B/|GBE>G|DGBG|dc/B/ AG/A/|BB/c/ AA/B/|

GBE>G|DGdB|A/G/A/B/ G::(B/c/|d>edB|gfed|

d>e e/d/c/B/|BAA (B/c/)|dBcd|efg>e|dGdB|A/G/A/B/ G:||

           

THOU CANS'T NOT HIT IT. English, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. The tune appears in William Ballet's Lute Book, while the only verse that survives is in Shakespeare's Love's Labour Lost (act IV, scene 1) where Rosalind and Boyet sing this fragment:

***

Thou cans't not hit it, hit it, hit it,

Thou cans't not hit it, my good man.

'An I cannot, cannnot, cannot,

'An I cannot, another can. (Kines)

***

Kines (Songs From Shakespeare's Plays and Popular Songs of Shakespeare's Time), 1964; pg. 53.

           

THOU FAIR PULSE OF MY HEART (Acushla Gal Machree). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). G Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Joyce's Englished Gaelic title is "Acushla Gal Machree." See "Fair Pulse of My Heart" {?}.

***

I think of you by day, my love:

At night for you I pray, my love:

Alone or with my comrades 'tis you I always see:

That God may send the time, my love,

When I can call yu mine, my love;

To cherish and to guard you, acushla gal machree.

***

Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 89, pg. 46-47.

X:1

T:Thou Fair Pulse of My Heart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

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

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

N:"Slow and tender"

K:G Minor

D2|G3F G2A2|B3c d2 zB|c3Bc2e2|d3B G2zD|G3A Bcd=e|f4d2c2|d2 =ef g2g2|

g6||d=e|f2=e2f3d|g3f d2z B|c2B2G3A|B3c d2zc|d2g2 fdcB|c3e d2zE2|F2F2G2G2|G6||

                       

THOU HAST LEFT ME MELANCHOLY (Dh' fhag thu mi fo bhron). Scottish, Irish; Slow Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. "This air the editor first acquired in Ireland, from the singing of a Highland sentinel, in front of his tent, being his first serenade at day-break of a summer morning. He instantly wrote it down. On his return to this country, the editor discovered that his father was no stranger to it, and gave it in a far preferable style. It was a particular favourite of Lord Woodhouslee, to whom Mrs. Fraser, wife of the editor, frequently performed it on the organ" (Fraser). Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 157, pg. 64.

X:1

T:Thou hast left me melacholy

T:Dh' fhàg thu mi fo bhròn

L:1/8

M:3/4

S:Fraser Collection  (1874)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|d>B AF [C2E2]|F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|

(3Adf e2 d2| F<A [GB]>[FA] [F2A2]|d>B AF [C2E2]|(F>A) B>A d2|

(3Adf e2 d2|f>d e>c d>A|(Bc/)d/ AF [C2E2]|f<d e>c d>B|

Ag (f/e/)(d/c/) [Fd] (f/e/f/g/)|a>f e>c d>A|Bc/d/ AF [C2E2]|

(F<A) ([GB]>[FA]) [F2A2]|(3A,DF [C2E2] [D2F2]||

                       

THOU OF THE BEAUTIFUL HAIR (Tusa De'n Gruage Breada). Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill]. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 238, pg. 41.

X:1

T:Thou of the Beautiful Hair

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:"Moderate"

S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 238

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:G

d>c | B2B2 B>AGB | d2 d2 =f>ed^f | g2B2 B>AGB | c4 d2 d>c |

B2 B2 B>AGB | d3e =f>ed^f | e>d BG A3 G | G4 G2 || de |

=f2 d2 f2 d>e | =f>e (3dBA B2 de | =f2 (3edB g2 B2 |

~c4 {d/e/}d2 d>c | B2 B2 B>AGB | d3e =f>ed^f | e>d BG A3G | G4 G2 ||

                       

THOUGH DARK BE OUR SORROWS. AKA and see "St. Patrick's Day (in the Morning)."

                       

THOUGH I LIVE NOT WHERE I LOVE.  Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Shears' pipe setting of an air recorded by the Irish group De Danann.  Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1) 1986; pg. 77.

 

THOUGH LATE WAS I PLUMP. AKA and see "Moll Roe{s} [1]," "Mall Rua," "Moll Roe in the Morning," "I'll take a glass with a friend," "Late of/on a Saturday Night," "The Night of the Fun [3]," "Ditherum Doodle," "Munsterman's Flattery," "Come Under My Dimity," "One Bumper at Parting."

                       

THOUGH LEIXLIP IS PROUD. See "Thomas Leixlip is Proud."

                       

THOUGH THE LAST GLIMPSE OF ERIN. AKA and see "Coolin," "In This Calm Sheltered Villa," "Had You Seen My Sweet Coolin," "Oh! Hush the Soft Sigh," "Oh! The Hours I Have Passed."

                       

THOUGHT. AKA and see "Boys from the West," "Caress the Ladies," "Cherish the Ladies," "The Constable's Jig," "The Humours of Cappa [2]," "The Maids of Queenstown," "Punch for the Ladies," "Stage double jig." Irish. The tune has attracted a good number of alternate titles.  Breathnach (1996) finds it as the "Stage double jig" in Tipperary; "Punch for the Ladies," "Caress the Ladies" and "Apples in Winter" in Kerry; "The Constable's Jig" and "The Maids of Queenstown" in Cork. O'Neill (1001 Gems) prints versions under the titles "Cherish the Ladies" and "The Humors of Cappa." The tune is attributed by Goodman to the 18th century gentleman piper Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. Goodman, Vol. IV, pg. 2.

                       

THOUSAND FAREWELLS, A. AKA and see "Rowe's Jig." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by County Tipperary fiddler Seán Ryan (d. 1982). Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 236, pg. 73. Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), pg. 12. Larraga TR1103, Mary Rafferty - "Hand Me Downs" (2002).

X: 1

T:Thousand Farewell, A

C:Sean Ryan

S:The Hidden Ireland

Z:Philippe Varlet

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:Posted to the woodenflute mailing list January 2002

K:D

dAF EFE | DB,A, ~A,3 | FEF BAF | dAF EFA |

dAF EFE | DB,A, ~A,3 | FEF BAF | EDC DFA :||

dcd fed | afd edB | AFE DFA | BAF EFA |

dcd fed | afd edA | B/c/dB AFA | Bdc d2 A :||

                       

THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES I'VE CRACK'D IN MY TIME.  Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; pg. 63.

X:1

T:Thousands of Bottles I've Crack'd in My Time

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion, vol. 1 (c. 1805)

Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion

K:D

(A/B/c/) | d2A2fe | d2A3B | c2 {e}dcBA | B2d2 | (BA)(GF)(ED) | D2F2A2 | B2d2d2 |

{e}d4 :: (d/e/f/) | (g>b) (ag) (fe) | (f>a) (gf) (ed) | e>f (gf)(ed) | B4 d>c | BAG ED |

D2F2A2 | B2d2 d>e | d4 :|

                       

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