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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
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Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use
abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct
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into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For
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abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of
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TIN GEE GEE, THE.
English, Polka. EFDSS CD13, Mark Bazeley &
Jason Rice – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). Veteran VT139CD, Mark
Bazeley & Jason Rice – “Moor Music.”
TIN WARE LASS, THE (Cailin an Stain-Earrada). AKA and see "The Pewter Mug." Irish, English; Reel or
Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 17 (Reel). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976;
pg. 166 (Appears listed as the hornpipe
"Tinware Lass" in the O'Neill's editions). O'Neill (Music of
Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1566, pg. 290. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Tinware Lass, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
BA|GABc d2ef|gfaf gedc|BABc
dBGA|B2A2 AcBA|
GABc d2(3def|gfaf gedc|BABc dBAc|B2G2G2:|
|:(3efg|a2d2 d2(3def|g2G2 G2(3def|gfge dBGA|B2A2 AcBA|
GABc
d2 (3def|gfaf gedc|BABc dBAc|B2G2G2:|
TIN WEDDING HORNPIPE. American, Hornpipe. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated
version:
X: 1
T: Tin Wedding
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 325
S: Luke O'Malley vol 1
R: hornpipe
K: C
(3GAB |cG G2 EGCG|(3FGF DG (3FGF DG|EGcd
ecfe|(3ded (3cBA G2 AB|
cG G2 (3EFG CE | FGDG (3FGF DG | EGcd edcB | c2
e2 c2 :|
|: Bc | dBGB dBgf | ecGc ecag | ^fdAd fdba |
(3gag (3fgf (3efe (3ded|
cG
G2 EGCG | (3FGF DG (3FGF DG | EGcd edcB | c2 e2 c2 :|
TINA’S SCHOTTISCHE. Canadian, Schottische.
TINK-A-TINK. English, Schottsiche. G Major (Ashman, Callaghan, Kennedy, Raven,
Sharp, Trim): A Major (Kerr). Standard tuning. ABC (Kennedy, Raven): AAB
(Kerr): AABB (Ashman, Trim): ABAC (Sharp). This very popular melody first
appeared as the vehicle for a duet in the 1798 opera Blue Beard, or Female Curiosity by Michael Kelly, first performed
at the
***
Similarly, it appears in print in a
number of publications on both sides of the Atlantic soon after the opera was
produced: Andrew’s Complete Instructions
for the Fife (London, c. 1808), G. Astor’s Entire New and Complete Instructions for the Guittar (London, 1800)
and his Hoboy Preceptor, or Military
Pieces (London, c. 1800), Thomas Ball’s Gentleman’s
Amusement Book 1 (Norfolk, Va., 1815), G. Gilbert’s Gentleman’s Pocket Companion for the German Flute or Violin (New
York, 1802), Goulding’s Clarinet
Preceptor (London, c. 1803), Carr’s Musical
Repository (1800), Edward Riley’s Flute
Melodies (New York, 1814-16), James Hulbert’s Complete Fifer’s Museum (Greenfield, Mass., c. 1811), and on
various songsheets. Linscott (1939) thinks this melody is similar to "Petronella." Source for notated version:
a c. 1837-1840 MS by
See also listing at: Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An
Index to Recorded Sources |
X:1
T:Tink-a-Tink
M:2/2
L:1/8
S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(G2d>B) (B2d>B) |
(c>dc>B A>F D2) | (G2d>B) (G2d>B) | (c>AG>F) G4 :|
|: (d2 g>f e>dc>B |
A>Bc>d B2G2) | (d2 g>f e>dc>B | c>Ad>F G2G2) :|
(G2d>B) (B2d>B) |
(c>dc>B A>F D2) | (G2d>B) (G2d>B) | (c>AG>F) G4 :|
(G2d>B) (G2e>c) | (G2 d>B
c>AG>F) | (G2d>B) (G2d>B) | (c>AG>F G2G2) :|
X:2
T:Tink a
TInk
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:From Ann Winnington’s music
manuscript book (No. 6), from the early 19th century.
N:Winnington
was an American, probably a pianist, who resided in
K:G
G2d>B | G2 d>B | c>dc>B
| AG F2 | G2d>B | G2 d>B | c>AG>F | G2G2 :|
|: d2 g>f | e>dc>B |
A>Bc>d | c2 A2 | d2 g>f | e>dc>B | AcFA | G2G2 :|
TINKER BARN, THE.
American, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by
TINKER CART, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’.
A traditional “slow reel” set by County Cavan/Philadelphia fiddle player and
composer Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Reavy (The
Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy), No. 56, pgs. 61-62.
X: 56
T:The Tinker Cart
R:reel
C:Ed Reavy
M:2/2
L:1/8
Z:Joe Reavy
N:This is Ed's setting of an old tune that is seldom heard today. It's one
N:of those lovely slow reels that has the right touch in the most
N:important spots. Ed's "fixing" of it in this setting makes it a truly
N:superb fiddle tune.
K:G
D | GABd cAFG | AGGF GABc | (3dcB AG FGAc|BGAF GFED|GABd cAFB AGGF GBdg|
fdcA FDEF |1 AGGF GDEF :|2 AGGF G2 Bd | gage fgfd | (3cBA Bc dcdf |
gage fgfd | (3cBA dB c2 ef | gage fgfa | gfed ^cdfg | (3bag fd cAFG |
AGGF G2 Bd || gage fgfd | (3cBA Bc dcdf | gage fgfd | (3cBA dB c2 ef |
gage fgfa | gfed ^cdfg | (3bag fd cAFG |1 AGGF GDEF ||
TINKER DOHERTY. AKA and see “All Around the
World,” “Cooley’s (Reel) [2],”
“The Connemara Rake,” “Doherty’s (Reel) [2],” “Grehan’s,” “John Doherty’s Reel [1],” “Johnny Doherty’s Reel [1],”
“Jolly Beggar [2],” “The Knotted Chord [2]," “Matt Molloy’s [1],” “The Mistress,” “Mot Malloy,” “The Wise Maid [1]."
TINKERMAN’S WIFE, THE.
AKA and see – ““Johnny
Allen’s Reel,” “Sean McGlynn’s Fancy.”
Irish, Reel. Compass 7 4298 2, Mike McGoldrick –
“Fused” (2000).
TINKER'S APRON, THE (Aprún an Tincéara). AKA and see “Monaghan Twig [1].” Irish, Reel. A
Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. See also the related “Little Katie Kearney” and “Tom Keane’s Reel.” Source for notated
version: whistle player Johnny Maguire, 1966 (Co. Cavan and
X:1
T:Tinker’s Apron, The
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
ed|:cAAB cAAB|cAAG (3eee ed|cAAB
(3ccc cA |BGGB (3ddd ed|
cAAB cAAB|cAAG (3eee ed|cAAB (3ccc
cA|BGGB (3ddd ed :|
|:cdef gfed|cdef eABA|(3Bcd ef
gfge|dBgB (3ddd ed |
cdef gfed|cdef eABA|(3Bcd ef (3ggg
ge|dBgB (3ddd ed:|
TINKER’S BIB, THE (Práiscín an Tincéara). Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard
tuning. AABB. As it is similar to “The White
Leaf” this tune is sometimes called “The Green Leaf.” Source for notated
version: the mid-20th century collection of Jack Wade (County Monaghan)
[Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV),
1996; No. 192, pg. 89.
TINKER'S DAUGHTER, THE. AKA and see “Broderick’s Reel,” “Creamer’s Reel,” “Joe Monahan’s Reel,” “Peter Broderick’s Reel.” Irish,
Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by flute player Vincent
Broderick, originally from Bullaun, north of Loughrea, County Galway,
originally titled “The Tinker’s Daughter,” but often known by the alternate
titles. Peter Broderick is Vincent’s older brother. “The Tinker’s Daughter” is
one of Broderick’s more popular tunes, and is sometimes heard in a medley with
two other of his compositions, “The
Midsummer Night” and “The Crock of
Gold.” The melody is in Martin
Mulvihill’s book as “Joe Monahan’s.” Green Linnet GLCD 1200, Lunasa – “Otherworld” (1999).
Philo 1051, Boys of the Lough ‑ "Good Friends, Good Music"
(1976). Shanachie SH78041, Solas – “The Hour Before Dawn” (2000). Conal O Grada
– “Top o’ Coom.”
See also listing at: Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Michael Cramer's
T:Tinker's Daughter, The
R:reel
D:Conal O'Grada: The Top of Coom
Z:id:hn-reel-291
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef dB~B2|dBAF FEDF|
~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2dB:|2 Adfe d2de||
|:fded BAFA|dcdf a2af|g2fg eB~B2|dBAF FEDF|
~A3B AF~F2|AFAd f2fg|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2de:|2 Adfe d2dB||
"Variations:"
ABdB AFDF|~A3d f2fg|afef d2dB|dBAF FEDF|
AFAB AF~F2|AFAd ~f3g|afef dB~B2|1 Adfe d2dB:|2 Adfe d2de||
|:fded BdAB|d2df ~a3f|g2fg edBc|dBAF FEDF|
ABdB AF~F2|AFAd ~f3g|afef d2dB|1 Adfe d2de:|2 Adfe d2dB||
TINKER’S FROLIC, THE. Irish,
Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. The melody appears in the mid-19th
century music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland Canon James Goodman
(1828-1896). Goodman, an Irish speaker and uilleann piper, collected in
tradition in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster, but also obtained tunes from
manuscripts and printed sources. Shields (Tunes
of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 98, pg. 42.
TINKER’S HORSE, THE. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A reel-time setting of the famous “MacPherson’s Rant,” from the Wick Scottish Country Dance Band.
X:1
T:Tinker's Horse, The
D:Wick S.C.D., The Sound of the North (1970)
O:Scotland
Z:Nigel Gatherer
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:A
EF|AAAE c2 BA|BABc B2 cd|eefe c2 BA|F4 Ed cd|
eefe c2 BA|BABc B2 EF|AABc B2 AF|E4 E2:|
cd|eefe c2 BA|BABc B2 cd|eefe c2 BA|F4 Ed cd|
eefe c2 BA|BABc B2 EF|AABc B2 AF|E4 E2:|
TINKER’S OCCUPATION, THE (Ealaín an Tincéara). AKA and see “Johnny Doherty’s Yellow
Tinker,” “The Jolly Tinker [2].”
Irish, Reel. D Dorian/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. ABCDEFF. The tune is related
to O’Neill’s “Jolly Tinker” and “The Yellow
Tinker.” Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of
schoolteacher and fiddler Michael ‘Master’ McDermott (Carrickmore, southern
County Tyrone), who learned his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 186,
pg. 86. Shanachie 34013, Liz Carroll - “A Friend
Indeed” (appears as “Johnny Doherty’s Yellow Tinker”).
TINKER'S REEL [1], THE (Cor na Stanadoir). AKA and see “Free and Easy [2]," “Mulqueen’s,” “Spindleshanks,” “Spinkle Shanks [1]." Irish,
(Single) Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: from
the whistling of Jimmie Ward (Co. Clare) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 187, pg. 98 (appears
as Gan ainm). O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Tinker’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
|F2 EG FD DE|EG AG FD DE|F2 EG FD
DE|FA Bc dF EG|
F2 EG FD DE|FG AG FE DE|F2 EG FD
DE|FABc d2 cd ||
|:e4 ef ed|cd ef g2 fg|e4 ef ed|cA
Bc d2 cd|
e4 ef ed| cd ef g2 fg|af f2 ge e2|1
df ec d2 cd:|2 df ec e4||
TINKER’S REEL [2], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning.
AB. Source for notated version: Brendan Mulvihill (
TINKER’S REEL [3], THE (Ríl an Tincéara). Irish, Reel. A Dorian/D Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. No relation to “Tinker’s Reel [1].” Source for notated
version: from the 19th century (?) collection of Dan Sheahan (
TINKER'S STICK, THE. AKA – “Tinker’s Sticke.” AKA and see “Boil the Kettle Early [3],”
“The Cloontia Reel,” “The Far Field,” "An Garda Nua," “Michael Dwyer’s Favourite,” “Nancy in the Hobble,” "The New Policeman [3]," "Paddy Bolster's Reel," "The Twin Brothers [1]," "Lady Cork's Reel." Irish,
Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Treoir,
vol. 32, No.2. Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne
& John McEvoy – “Pride of the West” (2007).
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X: 1
T: Tinker's Stick
S: "Treoir" 32/2
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black.
K: G
B2 BG A2 GE | DGBG AGED | BcBA G2 GB | dBAc BGGA
|
BcBG ABGE | DGBG AGED | B2 BA G2 GB | dBAc BG G2
||
dggf g2 ag | egdg eg d2 | dggf gabg | egab ageg
|
dggf
g2 ag | egdg eg d2 | gedB ABcd | eaaf gedc ||
TINKER'S WIFE, THE. Irish, Reel. D Minor. Standard tuning. AB.
Source for notated version: fiddler Teresa Halpin (
TINWARE LASS, THE. See "Tin Ware
Lass."
TIOB AN FIAD. AKA and see "Stagger the Buck."
TIOCFADH TÚ A BHAILE
LIOM, AN. AKA and see "Eileen/Aileen Aroon [1]." Irish,
Air. A 17th century Irish song. See “Will You Come Home With Me?”
TIOCFAID TÚ A BAILE
LIOM, AN. See "Will You Come Home With Me?"
"Tiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom." Irish, Jig.
TIOCFAIDH TÚ ABHAILE
LIOM [1]. See “Oh, Hag You Have Killed Me [1],”
“Will You Come Home With
Me?”
TIOCFAIDH TÚ ABHAILE
LIOM [2]. See “Oh, Hag You Have Killed Me [2].”
TIOMAIN NA BA A BAILE. AKA and see "Drive the
Cows Home."
TIONSGNAD PAIDIN. AKA and see "Paddy's
Resource [1]."
TIOMCUAIRT, AN. AKA and see "The Friendly
Visit."
TIP OF THE WHISTLE. Irish, Air. So‑called by Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, when he
could not remember the tune's true name or origin. Shanachie
79024, "Chieftains 4" (1972/1983).
TIP THE CRUISKEEN (Doirt an Cruisgin/Cruiscin). Irish, Single Jig. A Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (O’Neill’s
Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 212, pg. 113. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 887, pg. 165.
O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Tip the Cruiskeen
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Single Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A2B c2A|B2G A2F|cAF FAF|cAF FAF|A2B
c2A|B2G A2F|BGE EGE|BGE EGE:|
|:e2c d2B|c2A cde|cAF FAF|cAF
FAF|e2c d2B|c2A cde|BGE EGE|BGE EGE:|
TIP TOE FINE. AKA and see "Tip Toe,
Pretty Betty Martin," "I Betty Martin," "Betty Martin," "Pretty Betty Martin."
TIP TOE, PRETTY BETTY
MARTIN. AKA and see "Betty Martin," "Pretty Betty Martin," "I
Betty Martin," "Tip Toe Fine,"
"Very Pretty Martin," "Granny, Will Your Dog
Bite? [1]," "Old
Mother Gofour," "Fire
on/in the Mountain [1]," "Hog
Eye [1]." Old‑Time, Breakdown. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB'.
Various sets of words attached to the tune have led to a varity of titles for
it:
***
Pretty Betty Martin, tip toe, tip toe,
Pretty Betty Martin, tip toe fine.
***
Ford (Traditional Music in
X:1
T:Tip Toe, Pretty Betty Martin
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Ford – Traditional Music in
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
AA A,/C/E/C/|DF E2|FD/F/ EC/A,/|DF
E2|AA A,C/E/C/|
DF E2|A/A/A/A/ c/A/B/A/|EG A2::e/f/e/d/
cd|ea cd|
e/f/e/d/ cA|.B.E A2|e/f/e/d/ cd|ea
cd|g/f/e/d/ cA|.B.E A2:|
TIP TOP HORNPIPE. English? American?, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 57. Topic 12TS431, "Brass Monkey" (1983. Learned from
English melodeon player, fiddler, Northumbrian piper and whistler Bob Rundle).
Topic TSCD, “The Complete Brass Monkey” (1993).
X:1
T:Tip Top Hornpipe
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
A, | {E}D/C/D/F/ {B}A/^G/A/c/ |
d/e/f/e/ d/c/B/c/ | d/c/d/B/ A/F/D | C/D/E/F/ E/G/F/E/ |
D/C/D/F/ A/^G/A/c/ | d/e/f/e/
d/B/^A/B/ | bz/g/ z/a/f | z/A/ F/A/ d :: f/g/ |
a/b/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ | e/f/d/f/
e/d/B/c/ | d/c/d/B/ A/F/D | C/D/E/F/ E/G/F/E/ |
D/C/D/F/ A/^G/A/c/ | d/e/f/e/
d/B/^A/B/ | bz/g/ z/a/f | z/A/F/A/ d :|
TIP TIP POLKA. American, Polka.
TIP TOE HOME. Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard
tuning. AABB’. Composed by button accordion player Mary Rafferty, daughter of
fluter Mike Rafferty, about a neighbour. Source for notated version:
TIPP STAFF, THE. See “Tipstaff Strathspey.”
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G>AG d>ed|G>AG
F>ED|G>FG E>FG|A>BG F2D|G>AG d>ed|G>AG F>ED|
G>FG A>B{d}c|BAF G2||B|B>cB
e>fe|d>cB A2A|A>Bc c>BA|BGA B2B|
B>cB e>fe|dcB A2A|A>Bc
BAB|GEF E2||D/D/|G>AG d>ed|G>AG F>ED|
G>FG EFG|ABG F>ED|GBd gde|dcB
A e2|d>ed GAB|cAF G2||
TIPPERARY HILLS (Cnuic Tiobraid-Arainn). AKA and see "Andrew Carey" [1], "Andrew Carr," "Over the Hill to Tipperary,"
“Michael Gorman’s.” Irish, Slip Jig.
D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 83. Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 103 (appears as
untitled slip jig). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music
from Ireland), vol. 4; No. 88 (appears as untitled slip jig). O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1148, pg. 216. O'Neill (Dance
Music of
X:1
T:Tipperary Hills
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
F2A AFA AFA|G2B BGB BGB|F2A AFA
ABc|d2B AFD E2D:|
|:d2B AFD DFA|Bcd efg f2e|d2B AFD
DFA|Bcd AFD E2D:|
TIPPERARY REEL, THE.
Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard
tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry
Holland (1955-2009) at the request of musician Denis Ryan (see also “Farewell to Ryan’s Fancy”). Ryan
and Holland played together at the University of Limerick in 1997, as part of a
concert commemorating the 800th anniversary of the charter of the
city of Limerick [Cranford]. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection),
2000; No. 213, pg. 79.
TIPPERTY’S JEAN. Scottish, Jig. Composed by the great Scots
fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner. WS 031703, Wendy MacIsaac – “Timeline” (2003).
TIPPITY WICHET. AKA - "Tippitiwitchet." English, Air and Country Dance Tune
(2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. One part (Scott): AB (Raven). This is one
of the early 19th century singer Grimaldi's most famous songs, who sang it in
Thomas Dibdin's "Bang up or Harlequin Prime," for which William Reeve
wrote the music (including the tune for this song). It was later sung famously
by Sam Cowell.
***
This morning early My malady was such
I in my tea took brandy, And took a drop too much.
Tol lol lol (hiccup),
Tol lol lol de rol de lay.
***
Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 148. Scott (English Song Book), 1926; pg. 56.
TIPP’S TUNE. Old-Time, Breakdown.
TIPP'S WALTZ. Old‑Time, Waltz.
TIPPY, GET YOUR
HAIRCUT. Old-Time, Breakdown.
TIPS FROM THE BOUGHT. American, Quadrille. Bronner (1987) states it was a commonly played
tune for dances in
TIPSTAFF STRATHSPEY.
Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The melody appears in the
1790 collection by Kirkmichael, Perthshire, fiddler Robert Petrie. An earlier version, called
“The Tipp Staff” appears earlier in the 1770 music manuscript collection of
Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom, unfortunately, nothing is
known. Vickers’ version is set in reel time, without the dotted strathspey
rhythms. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey
Reels and Country Dances), 1790; pg. 3.
X:1
T:Tipstaff
Strathspey
C:Robert
Petrie
S:Petrie's
Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
Z:Steve
Wyrick <sjwyrick'at'astound'dot'net>,
N:Petrie's First Collection, page 3
L:1/8
M:C
R:Strathspey
K:G
c
| B<Gg>G DG-GA/B/ | c<Aa>A EA-A.c
| dB-Bd ec-ce | g>dTc>B (TB2A>)c |
BGgG
D(G G)A/B/ | cAaA EA-Ac | Bg-ge (f/e/f/g/) ag | fd f/e/d/^c/ dDd ||
d
| (d<=f)(Tf>e) (Ted)(Tdc) | cBA^G A2 A,A/B/ | c<eTe>d d>cB<d
| g<dTc>B TB2Az |
G,<G-TG>B
A,<ATA>c | B,<TBB>d C<Tc-c>e | B>de>f g>dTc>B | TA>GA<B G2 G,2 |]
X:2
T:Tipp
Staf [sic], The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:William
Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)
K:G
d/c/|BGgG
G,G GA/B/|cAaA A,A AB/c/|dBBd ecce|dccB BAAc|
BGgG
G,G GA/B/|cAaA A,A AB/c/|Bdge fgag|fdec d3 D:|
|:d=ffe
eddc|BAA^G AA,A,B|ceed dccB|gdcB B3A|
G,GGB
A,AAc|B,BBd Ccce|deef gdcB|AGAB G2 z2:|
TIPSY HOUSE, THE. AKA and see “The Templehouse (Reel).” Irish, Reel. E
Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Darley & McCall’s title is perhaps a
garbled version of the well-known “The Templehouse,” of which this is a
version. If this is so, it was probably not their mistake but one that had sunk
into tradition, for the title is among those mentioned in Patrick J. McCall’s
1861 poem “The Dance at Marley”:
***
Murtagh Murphy’s barn was full to the door when the eve
grew dull,
For Phelim Moore his beautiful new pipes had brought to charm them;
In the kitchen thronged the girls - cheeks of roses, teeth of pearls -
Admiring bows and braids and curls, till Phelim’s notes alarm them.
Quick each maid her hat and shawl hung on dresser, bed, or wall,
Smoothed down her hair and smiled on all as she the bawnoge entered,
Where a shass of straw was laid on a ladder raised that made
A seat for them as still they stayed while dancers by them cantered.
***
Murtagh and his vanithee had their chairs brought in to
see
The heels and toes go fast and free, and fun and love and laughter;
In their sconces all alight shone the tallow candles bright -
The flames kept jigging all the night, upleaping to each rafter!
The pipes, with noisy drumming sound, the lovers’ whispering sadly drowned,
So the couples took their ground - their hearts already dancing!
Merrily, with toe and heel, airily in jig and reel,
Fast in and out they whirl and wheel, all capering and prancing.
***
“Off She Goes,” “The Rocky Road,” “The Tipsy House,” and
“Miss McLeod,”
“The Devil’s Dream,” and “Jig Polthogue,” “The Wind that Shakes the Barley,”
“The First o’May,” “The Garran Bwee,” “Tatther Jack Welsh,” “The River Lee,”
-
As lapping breakers from the sea the myriad tunes at Marley!
Reels of three and reels of four, hornpipes and jigs galore,
With singles, doubles held the floor in turn, without a bar low;
But when the fun and courting lulled, and the dancing somewhat dulled,
The door unhinged, the boys down pulled for “Follow me up to Carlow.”
***
Source for notated version: flutist
and farm laborer John Ferguson (Rathangan, Co.
X:1
T:Tipsy House, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Darley & McCall – Feis
Ceóil Collection (1914).
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
E2 GE BEGE | D2 FD ADFD | E2 GE BEGE
| (3BcB AG (3BGE E2 |
E2 GE BEGE | D2 FD ADFD | E2 GE BEGE
| (3BcB AG (3BGE E2 ||
ge (3efe ge (3efe | fd (3ded fd
(3ded | ge (3efe ge (3efe | (3gfg bg (3afd e2 |
ge (3efe ge (3efe | fd (3ded fd
(3ded | bgaf (3gfe e2 | (3BcB AG (3BGE E2 ||
TIPSY PARSON [1]. AKA and see "Liberty [1]."
American, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle).
AABB. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight),
1965/1981; p. 59.
TIPSY PARSON [2], THE.
American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Ralph Page
(1903-1985,
TIPSY SAILOR [1], THE. English, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning.
AABBCCDD. "From the playing of (English revial musician) Nic Jones on
fiddle." Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 216. Wild Asparagus WA
003, Wild Asparagus - "Tone Roads" (1990).
X:1
T:Tipsy Sailor, The [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Gmin
DGGF GABc | dcBA GFDE | F2 FE FGAB |
cAFA dcBA |
GDB,D GABc | dcBA GFDE | F2 fe dcBA |
ABGG G4 :|
TIPSY SAILOR [2], THE. AKA and see “The Merry Harriers [3].” Scottish,
Jig.
TIPSY SAILOR [3], THE. Irish (?), Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning.
AA’BB’. White’s Unique Collection,
1896; No. 9, pg. 2.
X:1
T:Tipsy Sailor, The [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 9
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Gmin
gdB gdB | gdB (g2a) | bag g^fg |
a^fd dcd | gdB gdB | gdB (g2a) |
_bag ^fga |1 g3 [G,2D2B2g2]z :|2 g2z
=f3 || fdB {c}BAB | fBB gBB |
fdB {c}BAB | cAF FAc | fdB {c}BAB |
fBB gBB | fba gfe |1 dcB AGF :|2 dcB A^Fd ||
TIR FHIACHRAIGH. See "Tir Fiachrach."
TIR FIACHRACH. AKA - "Tireragh." Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Flat Major.
Standard tuning. AABB. O'Sullivan (1983) finds the locale of the title in all
probability to be the barony of Tirerah in
TIR RAFARTAIGH. Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard
tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by harpist Mícheál Rooney, named for the townland
where he lives and composed as part of a millennium suite (see also his “Gort
na Móna”). Source for notated version: flute player Gary Shannon [Treoir]. Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2, 2005; pg. 30. Mícheál
Rooney & June McCormack – “Draíocht” (2004).
X:1
T:Tir Rafartaigh
M:12/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:Treoir, vol. 37, No. 2
(2005)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Emin
A | G2E (EDE) c2A B2G | AcA G2E A2c
B2A |1 G2E (EDE) c2A B2G | AcA (G2E) D3 D2E :|2
G2A B2c d3 B2G | AGE G2E D3 (D2E)
||: G2A B2c d3 B2G | ABA G2E A2c B2A |
G2A B2c d3 B2G |1 AGE G2E D3 (D2E)
:|2 AGE (G2E) D3 D2 ||
TIRE KICKERS. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape
Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Cape Breton
fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The
Second Collection), 2000; No. 141, pg. 53.
TIRED AFTER MY
EXPEDITION (Gur trom an deigh mo
thurais mi).
Scottish, Slow Air (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. This tune "is
another air acquired by the editor's father, through Dr. Morison from Lews,
formerly mentioned. The words contained reflections on various events which
befel them during the Canadian expedition, particularly during a winter's
quarters in Ft. Stanwix, of which they were heartily tired; absence and
distance from their native country, thus reviving all their predilections for
it. On this occasion Dr. Morison composed his unequalled Gaelic verses to the
Garb of Old Gaul" (Fraser). Fraser (The
Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
X:1
T:Tired after my Expedition
T:Gur trom an deigh mo thurais mi
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Air
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B,|G2 F>E DB,B,z/B/|G>EF>^D [G,3E3] (E/4D/4E/4F/4)|
G>B (3A/B/G/ (3F/G/E/ DB,B,D|B,>^A,B,^D E2 EB,|
G2 F>E DB,B,z/B/|G>E F>^D [G,3E3] (E/4D/4D/4F/4)|
G>B (3ABG (3FGE DB,B,D|B,>^A,B,^D E2D||B|
eB B(e/f/4g/4) fBB^d|eB B(e/f/4g/4) [d3f3] a|g>b a/g/(f/e/) =d(GF)B|
B,>^A,B,^D E3B|eB B(e/f/4g/4) fBB^d|e>fga g2 [df] (g/4f/4g/4a/4)|
b>B
(c/B/)(A/G/) (A/G/)(F/E/) B (A/4G/4F/4E/4)|B,>^A,B,^D E3||
TIREE BRIDAL SONG, THE.
Scottish, Air or Waltz. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. A Gaelic air
entitled “Am falbh thu leam, a ribhinn òg? (Will you come away with me, young
maiden?), which is not the same as ‘bridal song’, a polite and probably
Victorian euphemism. The picturesque Isle of Tiree is off the west coast of
TIRETAGH. AKA and see "Tir Fiachrach."
TIRNASKEA LASSES, THE (Gearrchailí Thír na Sceach). Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning.
AAB. Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of
schoolteacher and fiddler Michael ‘Master’ McDermott (Carrickmore, southern
County Tyrone), who learned his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach].
Breathnach (CRE IV), 1996; No. 202,
pg. 92.
TIRO L'AUTO. French, Varsovienne (3/4 time). C
Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Stevens (
TIRRICK HORNPIPE, DA. Shetland, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. "A little
hornpipe composed in 1965 while watching the flight of an Arctic Tern. Terns
are called 'Tirricks' in Shetland" (
TIRTEAC NUAD, AN. AKA and see "The New Demense."
'TIS A BIT OF A THING. AKA and see "The Black Rogue
[1]."
'TIS A GIFT TO BE
SIMPLE. AKA ‑ "Simple Gifts," "Lord of the
Dance," "Shaker Hymn." American, Air or March (4/4 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. AABB. An American Shaker song attributed to Elder
Joseph Brackett, 1848. Miller & Perron (New
England Fiddler’s Repertoire), 1983; No. 168 (appears as “Simple Gifts”). Rounder 0078, "Early Shaker Spirituals."
X:1
T:’Tis a Gift to be Simple
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
DD|G2GA BG Bc|d2dd B2AG|A2A2A2A2|AB AF D2D2|
GF GA B2AA|B2c2d3B|A2AB A2GG|A2GF G2:|
|:d4B3A|Bc BA G3A|B2 Bc d2B2|A2AB A2D2|
G4G3A|B2Bc
d2BB|A2A2B2BA|G2G2G2:|
'TIS A PITY TO SEE. Irish, Air (3/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. "From
Mr. J. Snowe (
‘TIS ALL FOR THE LOVE OF THE WIDOW. American (?), Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe categorizes the tune among the ‘songs’ section. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 45.
X:1
T:’Tis All For the Love of the Widow
L:1/8
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A | Add dcd | eAA A2 c/d/ | eac edB | BA2 z2A | f>ed e>dc | dBd cee | a2c/c/ e>dB |
B A2 z2A | d>dd d>cd | B>BB B2 c/d/ | eef gBe | d3 {e/d/}c2 A/A/ |
f>ed
efg | fa2 z2A/A/ | Bge ABc | e d2 z2 :|
‘TIS I YOUR LOVER. Irish, Air (3/4 time).
X:1
T:’Tis I your lover
M:3/4
L:1/8
N:”
R: Air
N:”Andante”
S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 782
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
f/e/ dB | (G2A) B cc/B/ | (G2F) A/B/
cc | c>e dc dB | B3 f/e/ dB | G2A B cc/B/ |
G2F A/B/ cc | c>e dc dB | B3 || F
B/c/ d/e/ | f>d ef gf/d/ | (c2B) F B/c/ d/e/ |
f>d ef gf/d/ | c3 f/e/ dB | (G2A)
B cc/B/ | (G2F) A/B/ cc | c>e dc dB | B3 ||
'TIS LITTLE FOR GLORY
I CARE. AKA and see "Terry Heigh Ho the Grinder [1]."
‘TIS MY BITTER SORROW. AKA and see “’Sé Fáth Mo
Bhuartha.”
TIS MY DELIGHT ON A
SHINY NIGHT. AKA ‑ "The
‘TIS NOT YOUR GOLD WOULD ME ENTICE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 26.
X:1
T:’Tis Not
Your Gold Would Me Entice
R:Air
N:”Lively”
S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
Bc | d2B2e2
BA | G2F2E2 EF | G2G2 ABAG | F2E2D2 (3B,^CD | E3F G2A2 |
B2 gf e2 fe
| d2B2e2 BA | G2A2B2 GF | E3F G2A2 | B2 gf
e3f | d2B2 e2 (3dBA | B2 EF G2 ||
'TIS SWEET TO THINK. AKA and see "Daniel of
the Sun [1]."
‘TIS THE LAST ROSE OF
SUMMER. AKA and see “The Groves of Blarney,” “The Last Rose of Summer.”
'TIS
THE WHISKEY THAT MAKES LIFE'S CARES LIE LIGHT ON ME. Irish, Air (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated
version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c.
1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and
Songs), 1909; No. 547, pg. 291.
‘TIS TIME TO GO HOME. See “’S
fheudar dhomh fhein a bhi falbh.”
TIS WOMAN THAT SEDUCES
ALL MANKIND. AKA and see "The bonny grey‑ey'd morn."
TISHAMINGO. Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional
***
All counties have blues. I felt that
enough and ought to have one. I picked up notes from other
tunes and made one up of my own. It took some time, not all
at once.
***
Gary
Stanton, in his article “All Counties Have Blues: County Blues as an Emergent
Genre of Fiddle Tunes in Eastern Mississippi” (North Carolina Folklore Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Nov. 1980), points
out that while almost a third of the commercial releases of white Mississippi
musicians in the 1920’s and 1930’s were blues or blues influenced, only two
field recordings of white instrumental blues were made, “Tishomingo County
Blues” and “Lost John.” The field recordings were assumed to have been of older,
less commercial musicians.
***
Tom Rankin
(1985) points out that the coarse part of the melody was borrowed almost
directly from "Carroll County
Blues #1” (there were three different Carroll County Blues recorded),
although it was played in a different key. “Tishomingo” is called by
***
Source for
notated version: John Hatcher [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 151. Mississippi Department of Archives and History AH‑002,
John Hatcher ‑ "Great Big Yam Potatoes: Anglo‑American Fiddle
Music from
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:John Hatcher, Iuka, Miss.
Z:From a transcription by Gary Stanton
K:D
[D2d2]|[D2d2] (3ef/|d2 (3ef/|(3ed/ (3B/(d|d2) (3ef/|(d2 [D2d2)] (3ef/|
d2 (3ef/|d2 ef/f/|(3ed/ (3B/[D(d]|[D2d2)] (3ef/|a2a2|a2a2|cB cB|
(A3 A/)A/|(3aa/ (3ba/|(3b(a/ (3a)e/|(3f(d/ (3d)B/|(3AE/ (3FE/|
(3F((d/ d2)|d2) (3FD/|(3EE/ (3FE/|Dz (3FD/|(3EE/ (3FE/|
Dz (3FD/|(3EE/ (3FD/|(3EE/ (3FE/|(3DE/F2|(d4| d2) (3FD/|
(3EE/ (3FE/|Dz (3FD/|(3EE/ (3FE/|Dz (3[FA]D/|(3EE/
(3FE/|(3DE/ F2|[D2d2]||
'TIT ARDOIN TWO-STEP. See "Jolie Catin [2]."
TIT BITT, THE. English,
Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. The melody appears
unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance
collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country
Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 68.
X:68
T:Tit bitt, The
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:G
G2 BG|BGEB|G2 BG|AFDA|G2 BG|BGEB|cecA|FDFA:|
|:G2
gf|gGGB|Gggf|aAAB|G2 gf|gbge|cecA|FDFA:||
TIT FOR TAT [1] (Sud Air/Ar So!). AKA and see "Limestone Rock," "An Chloch
Aoil." Irish, Reel. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard
tuning. AA'B. The phrase ‘Tit for Tat’ is derived from the German phrase ‘Dir
fur Dat’, or ‘this for that’. O'Neill (Music
of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1457, pg. 270. O'Neill (Dance Music of
X:1
T:Tit for Tat
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dc|BGGB AG G2|DG {A}(3GFG A2
dc|(3BcB BG (3ABA AB|1 cABG A2:|2
cdef g2||Bd|(3efe dB (3efe dB|(3efe
dB A2 Bd|e>B {c}(3BAB g>B {c}(3BAB|
cABG A2
Bd|(3efe dB (3efe dB|(3efe dB A2 Bd|e g2 e gagf|edef g2||
TIT
FOR TAT [2]. AKA and see “Fair Play.” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8
time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. An old handwritten note in script in the
copy of Aird’s Selection in a
X:1
T:Tit for
Tat [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird,
vol. II (1785)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2d A2A | BcB A2A | dcd e2f | gag f2e | d2d A2A | BcB A2A | dcd efg | f2e d3 ||
fga a3 | fga a3 | fga b2a | g2f e2d | fga a3 | fga a3 | fga b2a | g2f e3 ||
'TIT GALOP POUR MAMOU (Canter to Mamou). Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time).
'TIT GALOP POUR POINTE
AUX PINS (Canter to Pine
Point). AKA and
see "La Pointe aux Pins."
'TIT MAURICE (Little Maurice). Cajun, Waltz.
'TIT MONDE (Little One). Cajun, Waltz.
TIT MULET COTON-MAIS. See "'Tit Galop Pour Mamou."
TITANIC HIGHLAND, THE. AKA and see “Miss Drummond of Perth [1],”
“Yorkshire Bite [1].” Irish,
'TITE CANAILLE (Little Scoundrel). Cajun, Two-Step (4/4 time).
TITE SMITH’S HORNPIPE. See “Ted Smith’s Hornpipe.”
TITT BITT. Northumbrian. One of the "missing tunes" from William
Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript.
'TITS YEUX BLEUS (Little Blue Eyes). Cajun, Waltz.
'TITS YEUX NOIRS (Little Black Eyes). Cajun, Waltz.
TIUGAINN DO dh’UIBHIST. Scottish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G
Major. Standard tuning. One part. Martin (Ceol
na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 22.
TIVIOT JIG. AKA and see "Teviot
Bridge/Brig."
X:1
T:
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(c/d/) | eee eee | efe cBA | ddd fed
| cAc e2 (c/d/) | eee eee | efd cBA | ddd fga | gec d2 :|
|: (f/g/) | aga fef | fed cBA | ddd fed
| cAc e2(f/g/) | aaf gge | ffd cBA | ddd fga | gec d2 :|
X:1
T:
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:Thomas Craig – The Empire Collection of Hornpipes (c.
1890’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E | AA A(G/A/) | B/A/G/A/ F/A/E/c/ |
d/e/f/g/ a(g/f/) | e/c/d/B/ c/A/B/G/ | AA A(G/A/) |
B/A/G/A/ F/A/E/c/ | d/e/f/g/ a(g/f/)
| e/c/d/B/ A :: z | A,ACA | A,A/B/ c/B/c/A/ | EeGe |
E(e/f/) g/e/d/B/ | A,ACA | A,A/B/
c/B/c/A/ | EeGe | (3g/f/e/ (3d/c/B/ A :|
TJØNNEBLOMEN (The Water Lily).
Norwegian, E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BCC’DE. A hardanger fiddle piece
composed by Gjermund Haugen (1914-1976, Notodden, Telemark). Fiddler
Magazine, vol. 11, No. 3, Fall 2004; pg. 25.
Annbjorg Lien – “Felefeber.” Loretta Kelley – “AmerickaSpel” (1996).
TNÚTHÁN I NDIADH AN
BHAILE, AN.
AKA and see “The Dream of Home.”
TO ALL YOU LADIES NOW
AT LAND. English, Song Air (4/4 time). B
Flat Major. Standard tuning. AB. According to Chappell (1859), this ballad was
written by Lord Buckhurst, later Earl of Dorset, when he was at sea during the
first Dutch War of 1664‑65. Samuel Pepys mentions the ballad in his diary
entry of Jan. 2nd, 1664‑5, and says "To my Lord Brouncker's by
appointment, in the Piazza,
***
To all you ladies now at land,
We men at sea indite;
But first yould have you understand
How hard it is to write.
The muses now, and Neptune too,
We must implore to write to you;
With a fa, la la la, la la, la la la la.
***
Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 2, 1859; pgs. 154‑155.
X:1
T:To All You Ladies Now at Land
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Time
(1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
F2|F2B2A2B2|cB AG F4|G4 F3E|DE
F2B2F2|F2B2A2B2|cB AG F4|G4 F3E|
DE F2B2||c2|d2B2c2A2|B2 AG F4|G4 F2
ED|E2C2e2c2|A2 GF G2 FE|DE F2 B2||
TO AN OLD ROSE. American, Waltz. Composed by
TO CASHEL(L) I'M GOING
[1]. AKA and see "Father Jack Walsh," “Harry Barrett’s Favourite,” "Tatter Jack Walsh," "Kitty of Ballinamore." Irish,
Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBC. A three-part version of the
tune usually known as “Tatter Jack Walsh.” Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 72. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 103.
X:1
T:To Cashell I’m Going [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmix
(a/g/) | fef ded | (cA)B “tr”c2d |
cAG FGA | Add dag | fef ded | (cA)B “tr”c2d |
cAG FGA | A(.d.d) d2 :: d | dfg afd
| (df)g a2a | fgf ged | cde eag | fef ded |
(cA)B “tr”c2d | cAG FGA | A(.d.d)
d2d :: dfg afd | dfg a2a | bgg aff |
(gf)g “tr”g2 (ag) | fef ded | (cA)B
“tr”c2d | cAG FGA | A(.d.d) d2 ||
TO CASHEL I'M GOING
[2]. Irish.
TO DANTON ME. AKA and see “Blood Red
Rose (The).” Scottish, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time) or Highland Schottische. F
Major (McGibbon): G Major (Aird): D Mixolydian (Howe, Kerr, O’Farrell).
Standard tuning. AAB (Kerr): AABB (Howe, McGibbon, O’Farrell): AABBCCDD (Aird).
John Glen (Early Scots Melodies,
1900) finds the tune in the Atkinson manuscript of 1694, albeit under the title
“This Wife of Mine.” Bruce Olson cites
***
The word ‘daunton’ (and its variant,
‘danton’) is an archaic formulation meaning ‘dismay’ or ‘discourage’, which
appears occasionally in older British folk manuscripts. One instance of it in
folksong is in the ballad “Thomas Rhymer” (Child 37, version C), in the verse
(here Thomas has encountered the Fairie Queen):
***
‘Betide me weal, betide me woe,
That weird shall never daunton me;’
Syne he has kissed her rosy lips,
All underneath the Eildon Tree.
***
In 1788 Robert Burns (1759-1796)
composed a song by the title “To Daunton Me,” printed in Thompson’s
***
The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw,
The simmer lilies bloom in snaw,
The frost may freeze the deepest sea;
But an auld man shall never daunton me.
***
To daunton me, to
daunton me,
And auld man shall never daunton me.
***
James Hogg
also printed a song called “To daunton me” (to the tune of “To daunton me”) in
his Jacobite Relics (II, pg. 89).
Legman maintains that Stephen Foster’s song “I Dream of Jeanie with the Light
Brown Hair” (written in honor of his wife, Jane McDowell Foster) is a reworking
of “To Daunton Me,” although Fuld sees no similarity between the two. Aird
(Selection), vol. II, 1782; No. 60,
pg. 22. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels),
c. 1867; pg. 134. Kerr (Merry Melodies),
c. 1880’s; vol. 2, No. 219 (Highland Schottische). McGibbon (Scots Tunes, book II), c. 1746; pg. 51. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 45 (appears as “To
Daunton Me”).
T:To Daunton me
L:1/8
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Dmix
fedB A3d | B2 (ef) e3f | gfed B2 de | f2 (gf) e2 fe | dedB ABde | fedB dBAF | B2E2E2 :|
X:2
T:To Danton Me
M:C
L:1/8
S:Aird, vol. II (1782)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
B>d | e2 A>B A2 dc | B>dA>B G2 g>a | (ba)(ge) (ge)(dB) | e2 A>B A2 :|
|: B>A | G2 g>a g3a | (ba)(ge) d3g | e2 a>b a3b | (c’b)(ag) e2 g>a |
b2 d’b a2 ba | g>age (cd)g>a | (aa)(ge) (ge)(dB) | e2 AB A2 :|
|: B>c e2 AB A(gfe) | (d/e/d/c/) (B/c/B/A/) G2 (g>a) | bgab GABd |
e2 A>B A2 :: G2 (Bd) g3a | (b/a/)(g/f/) (a/g/)(f/e/) d3g | e>d(eg) a>g(ab) |
c>b (c’/b/)(a/g/) d2 g>a | b>d’ab a>c’ba | g>agB dega |
(b/a/g) (a/g/e) (g/e/d) e/d/B/d/ | e2 A>B A2 :|
X:3
T:To Danton me
M:C
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:McGibbon – Scots Tunes, book II, pg. 51 (c. 1746)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:F
A>c | d2 G>A G2 (cB) | (A>c)(G>A) F2 (f>g) | (ag)(fd) (fd)”tr”(cA) | d2 G>A G2 :|
|: A>G | F2 (f>g) f3g | (ag)(fd) c3f | d2 (g>a) “tr”g3a | (ba)(gf) d2 f>g |
a2 (ba) g2 (ag) | f>gfd (cd)(f>g) | (ag)(fd) (fd)”tr”(cA) | d2 (G>A) G2 :|
X:4
T:To Daun’t On Me
S:Natalie MacMaster
D:A Compilation
M:C
L:1/8
Z:Jürgen Gier
K:Edor
G<A|B2E2 E2A<G|F>GE<F D2d<e|f>ed<B d>BA<F|B2E2 E2::F<E|\
D2d2 d2B<c|d>ed<B A3d|B2e2 e2e<f|g>fe<d B2d<e|1\
f>gf>e d>ed<B|A>BA>F A2d<e|f>ed<B d>BA<F|B2E2 E2:|2\
f>ag>f e>gf>e|d>ed<B A2 (3Ade|f>ed<B d>BA<F|B2E2 E2|]
TO DRINK WITH THE
DEVIL. AKA and see "Top of Cork Road [1]," "Father O'Flynn," "Rollicking Irishman," "Trample Our Enemies," "Yorkshire Lasses [1]."
TO LADIES' EYES. Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3;
No. 375, pg. 41.
X:1
T:To Ladies’ Eyes
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 375
(c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
E|EFAB|c2
(BA)|c>BBB|c>BBc|EFAB|c2 (BA)|B>AAB|cAA:|
|:e|fefa|e2 (dc)|d>BBc|d>BBe|fefa|e2
(dc)|B>AAB|cAA:|
TO
X:1
T:To
B:O'Neill's "Music of
S:Mrs. Fitzgerald
N:”Gaily”
R:Air
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
G/A/|BdB AGA BGG|BdB AGB A2 G/A/|BdB
AGA BGG|
cBA BGE E2||D|
DEG A2 A A2 B|GED G2 G G2 E|DEG A2 A
A2 B|B2 A AGE E2||
X:2
T:To
B:Bulmer & Sharpley, Music from
S:Ali Anderson
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
A|BdB AGA BGG|BdB GAB c2 A|BdB AGA
BGG|
cBA BGE E2:|:D|
DEG A2 A A2 B|AGE G2 G G2 D|DEG A2 A
A2 B|B2 A AGE E2:|
TO LOOK FOR MY CHILD. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. One part.
O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music),
1915; No. 93, pg. 52.
X:1
T:To Look for My Child
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Plaintively”
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
E/>F/ | GG/A/ Bc/B/ | AF/E/ DE/F/
| GA/B/ cF/G/ | (E2 E)E/F/ | G/F/G/A/ Bc/B/ | AF/E/ DE/F/ |
G/F/G/A/ B/A/F/G/ | (E2 E)E/F/ | GA
BB/c/ | _eB/G/ AG/A/ | BB/c/ d/c/d/f/ | eB E>F |
G/F/G/A/ Bc/B/ | AF/E/ DE/F/ | GA
BF/G/ | (E2 E)E/F/ | GG/A/ BB/c/ | dB/G/ AG/A/ |
B/=A/B/c/ df/d/ | e2 Bd/e/ |
f/e/d/f/ eB | A/G/F/E/ =DE/F/ | G/F/G/A/ B/A/F/G/ | (E2E) ||
TO MY BED I WINNA GANG. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor),
1898; pg. 12.
X:1
T:To My Bed I Winna Gang
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Honeyman – Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor (1898)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
g|(f/g/a) AB (AB)dF|(ED)EF B2
Bg|(f/g/a) AB (AB)de|(faef d2d:||
e|f2 fd g2 ge|f2 fd B2 de|f2 fd g2
ge|(f/g/a) ef d2 de|
(fe)fd (gf)ge|(fe)fd (Bc)de|(fa)fd
(gb)ge|(fa)ef d2d||
TO MYROSS WOOD I
CHANCED TO STRAY. Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). D
Major. Standard tuning. One part. "Myross is near Leap" (Joyce).
Source for notated version: "Mr. Victor Power of Leap, Co.
X:1
T:To Myross Wood I Chanced to Stray
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
N:”Slow”
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|B>cdD|F>GAB|FD E>D|
D3A|deff|ed df|eA GA|d3A|de fa|f~e dd|FGAB|
A {B/c/d/e/}f/e/|dA {G/F/E/}DE|FG
AB|FD ED|D3||
TO OLD (SIR) SIMON THE
KING. AKA and see "Old Sir Simon/Symon the King,"
"Sir Simon the King." English,
Air. Published by John Gay in his Beggar's
Opera (1729). It was one of the airs beloved of Squire Western in Tom
Jones. The original 17th century song is a bawdy one, though popular.
The English composer Henry Purcell used a ground based on the chord progression
of this tune. See note for “Old Sir Simon the King” for more. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg.
69.
TO RODNEY WE WILL GO. See "Jack the
Jolly Ploughboy," "The Jolly Plowman/Ploughman [1]."
TO
SEEK FOR THE LAMBS I HAVE SENT MY CHILD. Irish, Air (4/4 time). A Major
(Cowdery). Standard tuning. AB. A version of "Boyne Water," printed by Petrie in
1855. Cowdery (The Melodic Tradition of
TO THE
TO THE
TO THE HUNDREDS OF
DRURY I WRITE. English, Air. The song first
appears in the ballad opera The Devil of
a Duke, 1732, and in single-sheet reprints a few years later. The melody
was used subsequently for other songs, including “The Bowman Prigg's Farewell" (perhaps the same song as it
commences “To the hundreds of Drury I write"), dated c. 1740, and the
Irish song “The Night before
Larry Was Stretched.”
TO THE LADIES. AKA and see “Buttermilk Mary [3],” “Coleman’s Favourite,” “Fond of the Ladies,” “The Frolicksome Dame,” “Health to the Ladies,” "The Irish Miller," “Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies,”
“Irishman’s Love [1],” “The Móinín Jig,” “The Mountain Road [2],” “The Mountainy Boy,” “The Night of the Wedding,” “O’Mahony’s Jig,” “Over the Callows,” “Paddy Clancy’s,” “Pat Beirne’s Favourite,” “The Queenstown Jig,” "Saddle the Pony [2]" (Roche),
“Sweet Biddy Daly.” English, Jig. A
Major. Standard. AABB. Raven (English Country
Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 120.
TO THE POST AND AWAY. English (?), Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part. The title refers to the start of a horse race. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 50.
X:1
T:To the Post and Away
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
a/g/ | f2e e2d | d2d
f2f faf | faf faf | e2e ege | ege ege | f2f faf | e2e efg | fed agf | f3e3 | e2f e2A | e2g e2A |
dfa
agf | f3 e2g | fdd gee | fdd gee | fga efg | fga efg | f2e e2d | d2d
TO THE QUICK. AKA and see “Small Coals and Ready Money.”
TO THE WATERS AND THE WILD. Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning.
AABB. Composed by fiddler and piano player Josephine Keegan (b. 1935), of
Mullaghbawn, south
TO THE WEAVER GIN YE GO.
Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The
melody also appears in the large music manuscript collection of John Rook
(Warerton, 1840-1841). Aird (Selections),
vol. 2, c. 1786; Pg. 6, No. 16.
X:1
T:To the
Weaver Gin Ye Go
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:Aird,
vol. II
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(g/e/) |
(dB B)(A/G/) | B(A A)(g/e/) | dB B>A | B3 (g/e/) |
d(B
B)(A/G/) | B(A A>)B | d<B B>A | B3 :|
|: A | d>e(fg) | a>baA | defg
| a3 (b/a/) | ge f(e/d/) | e>fga | bB B/c/B/A/ | B3 :|
X:2
T:To the Weaver gin ye go
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:John Rook music manuscript
(Warerton, 1840)
K:G
g/e/|dB BA/G/|BA Ag/e/|dBB>A|B3
g/e/|dB BA/G/|BAA>B|d<BB>A|B3:|
|:A|d>efg|abaA|defg|a3 b/a/|ge
fe/d/|e>fga|bB B/c/B/A/|B3:|
TO WYLAM AWAY. AKA and see "Wylam Away,"
"Ginleing Geord(i)e,"
"Wile Him Away."
Northumbrian. Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song
and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he
published c. 1800.
TOBACA DAOR. Irish, Reel.
TOBACCO'S BUT AN
INDIAN WEED. AKA - "Tobacco." English,
Air (4/4 time). E Flat Major (Chappell): C Major (Scott). Standard tuning. One
part. The air appears in Pills to Purge Melancholy (1699), but appears to
Chappell (1859) to have been founded on a poem by George Wither called
"Meditations on Tobacco" which appears in The Marrow of Complements of 1654. The song long retained its
popularity however, eventually being published with the addition of an inferior
second part by the Reverend Ralph Erskine, a Scot, in his "Gospel
Sonnets" as "Smoking Spiritualized." In this form it survived
well into the 19th century. Authorship was claimed by John Blockley (who set a
great many of Tennyson's lyrics), nevertheless, the antiquity of the song is
proven.
***
|
Tobacco is an Indian weed,Green, green in the morn, cutDown at Eve,-- It shares our decay, Man's life is but clay, Think of this when you're Smoking Tobacco! |
***
It was Sir Walter Raleigh who is
credited with championing the habit of tobacco smoking in the Elizabethan
court. Considered by the general population for some time afterward as
disrespectable, even alien and sinister, by the late 16th and 17th
centuries it had become ensconced in the fashionable classes, who immersed themselves
deeply in the habit—the height of fashion for many Dutch, English and French
people. In fact, association of tobacco with desirable male qualities, such as
health, power, freedom, intelligence, etc. began not with advertising campaigns
but with the almost immediate public perception that tobacco was the
affectation of the mercenary soldier, a man with excess money, a wandering
carefree lifestyle, who was at one and the same time rugged and dandyish. By
the 18th century the upper classes of
X:1
T:Tobacco’s but an Indian Weed
L:1/8
M:C
S:Chappell – Popular Music of the Olden Times (1859)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Eb
D|E3D C2G|AGFE B3B|e3d c2B2|BAGA
G3G|
G2 AB cBAG|AGFE F2 ED|C2c2c2=B2|c2c2
z2z||
TOBACCO’S DEAR. See “Dear Tobacco.”
TOBAR MO BHEATHA. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Composed by
James Stewart-Robertson, the editor of The
Athole Collection. Stewart-Robertson (The
Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 96.
X:1
T:
M:C
L:1/8
C:James Stewart-Robertson
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The
Athole Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f/e/|d>BA>F D>FA>f|d>BA>F B<E E>e|d>BA>F d>ef>e|d>BA>F A<DD:|
|:f|d>fe>f d/e/f/g/ a<f|d>fe>f e<E E>e|1 d>fe>f d/e/f/g/ a<f|d>BA>F A<DD:|2
d>ef>e
d>fe>f|d>BA>F A<DD||
TOBERMORY. Scottish, Strathspey. A Major.
Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; p. 90.
X:1
T:Tobermory
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
e<e a>f ({f}e2) c>A |
d>Bc>A B>A (G<B) | e<ea>f ({f}e2 cA | BGAF GEE2 |
e<ea>f ({f}e2) c>A |
d>Bc>A BA (G<B) | (3efg
a>f {f}(e2 c).A | dBed “tr”cA A || ({g}a) | A<Ac>A e>Ac>A |
({g}a>)Ac>A B>A (G<B) |
A<Ac>A e>Ac>A | B>GA>F G<EE>G | A<Ac>A
e>Ac>A |
a>Ac>A B>A (G<B) | (3efg
(3agf (3edc f>d | (3cde (3Bcd “tr”(c>A) A2 ||
TOBIAS PEYTON. AKA and see "Planxty
Toby Peyton [1]."
TOBIN'S FANCY. See "Tobin's Jig."
TOBIN'S FAVORITE. See "Tobin's Jig." É
TOBIN'S JIG (Roga Sant-Aubin). AKA ‑ "Tobin's Favorite,"
"Tobin's Fancy." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title probably refers to
one Adam Tobin, a native of Kilkenny, by way of
See also listings at: Jane Keefer’s Folk
Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info |
X:1
T:Tobin’s Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:D Major
DFA dcd | ecA cde | ~f3 ~g3 | ecA
GFE| DFA dcd | ecA cde | faf gec | edc d2A:|
dfa agf | efg eag | ~f3 ~g3 | ecA
GFE| DFA dcd | ecA cde | faf gec | edc d3:|
TOBIN'S RESOURCE (Tionsgnad San T-Aubin). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard
tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title may refer to one Adam Tobin, a native of
Kilkenny, by way of
X:1
T:Tobin’s Resource
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Hornpipe
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(AG) | (3FGA d>f ecAG |(3FGA
d>f gecA | (3FGA d>B cdec | dcdf ecAG |
(3FGA d>f ecAG | (3FGA d>f
gecA | (3FGA d>B cdec | d>f (3edc d2 :: (d>e) |
f2fff2ec | dfec d2 (Ac) | BABc dcdf
| edcB ABde | f2ff fgfe | dfec d2 (Ac) |
(3Bcd gf edce | d>f (3edc d2 :|
TOBY PEYTON. AKA and see "Planxty
Toby Peyton."
TOCALAIDE UA
CILL-MANTAIN, NA. AKA and see "The Miners of Wicklow."
TOCHERLESS LASS, THE. Scottish, Waltz. Tradition
2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes
and Reels" (1979).
TODD GRAHAM’S. Canadian, Reel.
TOD(D)LIN' HAME. AKA and see "Armstrong's Farewell," "Bacach," "An Cana Draigeann
Eille," "Clinch Mountain,"
"The Cuckoo [5]," “Days of ‘Lang Syne',” "Gage Fane,"
"Jack of Diamonds [1],"
"Johnny Armstrong,"
"The Meeting of the Waters
[1]”, "My Ain Fireside,"
"My Name is Dick Kelly,"
"Na Geadna Fiadaine," “O Whistle and I’ll
Come to You/Ye My Love/Lad,” "Old Ireland, Rejoice,"
"The Old Head of Denis,"
"The Origin of the Harp,"
"Robie Donua Gorach,"
"Rye Whiskey [1]," "The Wagoner's Lad," "The Wild Geese [1]." Irish, English,
Scottish, Jig.
***
My lassie and I we lay down to sleep
With two full pints by our bed's feet
And right when we wakened we drank them dry
Now what do you think of my lassie and I
***
CHORUS:
Couldna my love come todlin hame
Todlin hame, oh todlin hame
Round as a neep come todlin hame
***
Gatherer (Gatherer’s Musical Museum), 1987; pg. 17. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 4, 1817; pg. 19. Johnson,
X:1
T:Todlen Hame
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Gow – 4th Repository
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
N:”Slow”
K:A
A/>B/|c>BA F>GA|E>FA
{c}B2 A/B/|c>BA F>GA|E>FA A2:|
|:A|d>ed c2c|B>c (d/c/) {c}B2
(A/B/)|c>BA F>GA|E>FA A2:|
A/B/|c>BA F>GA|E>FA B2
A/B/|c>BA F>GA|E>FA A2 A/B/|
c>BA F>GA|E>FA B2
A/B/|c>BA F>GA|E>FA A2||
TODLIN HAME [2]. Scottish, Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 183, pg. 43.
X:1
T:Todlin Hame [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:E Minor
D|:Eee e2g|deg dBG|Eee efg|dBG A2E|
Eee e2g|deg dBG|Eee e2g|dBG A2G||
ABd A2G|ABd G2G|ABd e2g|dBG A2G|
ABd
A2G|ABd G2G|ABd e2g|dBG A2G||
TOD'S ASSEMBLY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time).
TOE REID. Scottish, Hornpipe.
TOG DO COMPANAC. AKA and see "Pick Your
Partner."
TOG DO ROGA. AKA and see "Take Your Choice."
TOG GO REID E. AKA and see "Take it Easy."
TOG
***
Give me my pipe and I’ll go home,
It is sad for me as to how it happened;
Give me my pipe, I’m so broken hearted
About Big Roderick, about Big Roderick.
***
Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 61. Brownrigg BRG 009, Alasdair Fraser – “Portrait of a Scottish
Fiddler” (197?. Re-released on Culburnie Records, 1996).
TOICHIM NA
SEAN-GHAODHAL. Irish, March. A Minor. Standard
tuning. AB. Roche Collection, 1982,
vol. 3; No. 213, pg. 81.
TOIRDEALBAC UCON AN
MEILTEOIR. AKA and see "Terry Heigh Ho the Grinder [1]."
TOIREAMH SUGACH, AN. AKA and see "Jack
the Jolly Ploughboy," "The Jolly Plowman/Ploughman [1]."
TOISEACHD, AN. AKA and see "Ferintosh
Whiskey."
TOLAN WALTZ. AKA and see "Valse a Tolan,"
"Pocheville."
TOLKA POLKA. Irish, Polka. A Dorian. A modern composition by Donal Lunny, which, while
in standard polka rhythm sounds as if it has Balkan rhythmic influences because
of shifting accents. Gael-Linn CEF 133, “Donal Lunny.”
Green Linnett SIF 1169, Kevin Burke with Open House - “Hoof and Mouth.”
X:1
T:Tolka Polka
C:Donal Lunny
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:Ador
A3B c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|A2B2
G2E2|\
A3B c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|1 B2A2
edc2:|2 B2A2 A2z2|:\
d3e f2a2|g2a2 f2d2|gedc B2dc|BAG2
BAGB|:\
A3B c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|B2A2
A2z2:|\
e3f g2f2|d2e2 efg2|f2d2 fgfe|d2c2
B2d2‑|\
dcB2 c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|1 B2A2
A2z2:|2 B2A2 edc2||
"And on the recording, the last
time through they take the rhythmic hiccup that starts on beat two of the
fourth bar of the third section and drop in into the appropriate places in the
first two sections, so what you get is"
|:A3B c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|A2B2
G2d2‑|\
dcB2 c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|B2A2
A2z2::\
d3e f2a2|g2a2 f2d2|gedc B2dc|BAG2
Bcd2‑|\
dcB2 c2g2|d2e2 c2A2|BcBA G2d2|B2A2
A2z2:|
TOLLADH AN LEATHAIR. AKA and see "Boring
the Leather [2]."
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