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Notation
Note: The tunes below are recorded in what
is called “abc
notation.”
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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,
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
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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