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

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

 

 

 

TROUBLE ON THE NINE MILE.  AKA and see “Lighthouse.” Old-Time, Breakdown. “Trouble on the Nine Mile” was the name Uncle Dick Hutchison called the tune, one of the “Dubuque” family of melodies.

 

TRIP, DA. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay (?).

           

TRIP AND GO. English, Country Dance Air (6/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. This sixteenth century dance air appears in Musick's Delight on the Cithren (1666). Chappell (1859) says 'trip and go' seems to have become a proverbial expression, as in Shakespeare's Love's Lavour's Lost:

***

‘Trip and go', my sweet.

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Gosson's Schoole of Abuse (1579):

‘Trip and go', for I dare not tarry.

***

and Ben Jonson's Case is altered:

O delicate 'trip and go'.

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Perhaps all these references stem from John Milton’s lyric poem L’Allegro, published in 1645, directed to the goddess Mirth:

Come, and trip it, as you go,

On the light fantastic toe;

And in they right hand lead with thee

The mountain-nymph, sweet Liberty.

***

Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), vol. 1, 1859; pg. 309.

           

TRIP BAG, THE. Shetland, Shetland Reel. Shetland, Whalsay.

 

TRIP FROM STADE, A.  English, Jig. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. The title probably refers to the city of Stade, in lower Saxony, Germany, near Hamburg. Stade was acquired from the Swedes in 1719 by the Electors of Hanover, one of whom, George Louis (George I) was also King of England. There are several references to Germany in tune titles in the Thompson collections, indicating the connection between England and Germany through the Hanoverian rulers. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 113.

X:1

T:Trip from Stade, A

M:6/8

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:Gmin

dB|GGG GdB|AAA Aec|BcA GA^F|GGG GdB|GGG GdB|AAA Aec|

BcA GA^F|GGG G::de|fdB Bdf|ecA Ace|dBG GBd|ddd dde|fdB Bdf|

ecA Ace|dBG GBd|dDD DdB|GGG GdB|AAA Aec|BcA GA^F|GGG G:||

           

TRIP IT ALONG. Irish, Jig and Air. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Learned by Joyce as a child in Limerick, c. 1840. “Blooming Meadows [1]” may be a variant. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 99, pg. 51.

X:1

T:Trip it Along

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air/Jig

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2G G2A|B2d cAG|F2 D DED|F3 FED|DGG G2A|BAG ABc|

d2B cAF|G3G3||g2 d ded|f2g afd|g2d def|g2a bag|fed cAF|G3G3|

g2d def|g2a bag|f2d ded|f2g afd|g>fg/a/ bag|agf g2e|fed cAF|G3G3||

           

TRIP IT UP STAIRS [1] (Rit Suas na Staigrib/Staigride). AKA and Irish, Single Jig. G Major/D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 186, pg. 43. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 292, pg. 32. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 206, pg. 111. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 817, pg. 152. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 372, pg. 76.

X:1

T:Trip it Up Stairs [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Single Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1903), No. 372

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2A B2G|A2G FGA|B2E EFE|B2E EFE|G2A B2^c|d2A BAG|F3D DED|F2D DED:|

|:d2d dAF|DFA dAF|G2E EFE|G2E EFE|d^cd edc|d^cB ABG|F2D DED|F2D DED:|

|:g2g gag|f2f fgf|e2e e2g|bge e2f|gfg agf|edc BAG|F2D DED|F2D DED:|

 

TRIP IT UP STAIRS [2]. See “Tripping Upstairs [2].

                                   

TRIP O'ER TWEED, A. English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to 1713. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

                                   

TRIP O’ER THE MOUNTAIN, THE. See “Trip We Took Over the Mountain.

                       

TRIP TO ABERDEEN. AKA and see “Andy Irvine’s Polka,” “Salmon Tails Up the Water.” Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. As “Salmon Tails Up the Water” the tune is popular in Scotland and Northumberland. See also “Banks of Inverness.

X:1

T: Trip to Aberdeen

T: Andy Irvine's

T:Salmon Tails Up the Water

R: polka

M: 2/4

K: G

D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ | GE cE |

D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ |1 G2 GE :|2 G2 GA ||

Bd dB | ce ed | Bd AB/A/ | GE cE |

Bd dB | ce ef | ge f/e/d | e2 ef |

ge f/e/d | ed Bc | dB AB/A/ | GE cE |

D>E DB, | DE GA | Bd AB/A/ | G2 GE ||

           

TRIP TO ALKRINGTON. English, Reel. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 29.

           

TRIP TO ANKERWICK.  English, Jig. A major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was originally published in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). As with numerous other of the Thompson’s 1773 tunes, it was entered into the music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Ankerwick, Egham, Berkshire, was once the site of a Benedictine Convent. The manor of Ankerwick was an ancient one, but in the 18th century passed into the hands of Elizabeth Lee, from her father John. Elizabeth married Sir Philip Harcourt, she being his second wife. Their son was John Harcourt of Ankerwick, and the manor remained in the hands of the Harcourt family for many generations. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 161.

X:1

T:Trip to Ankerwick

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

c/d/|ec(A A)af|ec(A A)af|edc edc|BBB B2 c/d/|ed(A A)af|

ec(A A)af|edc dcB|AAA A2::C/D/|ECE FDF|GEG {B/c/}d2 C/D/|

ECE FDF|GEe c2C/D/|ECE FDF|GEG {B/c/}d2B|ECE FDF|GEG A2:||

 

TRIP TO ATHLONE(, A). AKA and see “Newport Lass.” Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was recorded by the Tulla Ceili Band, Tulla, County Clare, and by east Clare fiddlers Paddy Canny and P.J. Hayes. Some sources give the key as ‘D’ major, but Randy Miller says a “close hearing (to the Canny/Hayes recording) confirms the use of the C natural throughout.” Source for notated version: Rod Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Miller & Perron]. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 253, pg. 145. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 16. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 39. Columbia CAL505-1 (78 RPM), Paddy O’Brien (195?). Harp 10, Paddy Canny & P.J. Hayes (east Clare) - "All Ireland Champions ‑ Violin" (1959). Shanachie 78030, Danú – "Think Before You Think" (2000). Voyager VRCD 342, Rodney Miller – “Rodney Miller’s All-Round Collection of Jigs, Reels and Country Airs.”

See also listings at:

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1

T:Trip to Athlone, The

T:Newport Lass, The

R:jig

D:De Danann 1

D:Molloy, Peoples, Brady

Z:id:hn-jig-201

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

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:D

ABA DED|dcA AGE|ABA ABc|dAB cde|

ABA ~D3|dcA AGE|GFG Ade|1 fdc d2c:|2 fdc d2e||

|:f2d edc|Add cde|fed edc|ABc def|

~g3 age|dcA AGE|GFG Ade|1 fdc d2e:|2 fdc d2c||

“variations”

~A3 D2d|d=cA AGE|~A3 ABc|dAB cde|

~A3 D2d|d=cA AGE|~G3 Ade|1 fdc d2c:|2 fdc d2e||

fed edc|AdB cde|fed efg|ABc def|

g2a age|d=cA AGE|GFG Ade|fec d2e|

fed edc|AdB cde|~f3 gec|ABc def|

g2a age|d=cA AGE|~G3 Ade|fec d2c||

           


TRIP TO BALLYSHANNON. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser, notes Susan Songer (Portland Collection), to commemorate his honeymoon in Ireland in 1987, when the newlywed couple simply toured the island at whim in an old VW camper. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 199. Sona Gaia 155, Alasdair Fraser - “The Road North” (1989).

           

TRIP TO BARNARD. English, Jig. England, North‑West. C Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 14. Beautiful Jo BEJOCD-36, Dave Shepherd & Becky Price – “Ashburnham.”

           

TRIP TO BATH [1]. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The jig appears in the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom unfortunately very little is known. It earlier appeared in Walsh’s Caledonian Country Dances and Walsh’s Compleat Country Dancing Master (vol. 6, 1755, pg. 150). A Trip to Bath (1765) is also the name of an unfinished play by Irish-born novelist and playwright Frances Sheridan (1724-1766). Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 325.

X:1

T:Trip to Bath [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:William Vickers (c. 1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G/A/ | B>cd gdc | B2G G2B | cde Aag | f2d d2f | gdB ecA | afd bag | fga dgf | g2G G2 :|

|: B | ceg gec | Bdg gdB | cBc Aag | f2d d2c | Bdg cea | dfb bag | dcB Agf | g2G G2 :||

 

TRIP TO BATH [2]. English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source George Bush (c. 1753-1797) was an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Kate Van Winkler Keller (1992) dates the tune to the 1720’s and says the original title was “The Bath Medley.” It was the vehicle for a song that began “The Spring’s a coming, all nature is blooming,” and was popular throughout the 18th century as a country dance tune and a quick march. This melody also appears in the 1775 commonplace book of fifer William Williams (Pautuxit, R.I.). Source for notated version: the George Bush MS [Keller]. Keller (Fiddle Tunes from the American Revolution), 1992; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Trip to Bath [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Bush MS

K:G

G2g fed | efg dBG | ecA dBG | F2g AFD | G2g fed | efg dBG | ecA dBG| cAF G3 :|

|: f2g afd | e2f g2g | B2c dBG | F2G AFD | G2g fed | efg dBG | ecA dBG| cAF G3 :||

 

TRIP TO BATH [3].  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. This melody also appears in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 159.

X:1

T:Trip to Bath  [3]

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d|B G2A|B3 c|dgdB|ceAc|B G2 d|Bgbg|fd “tr”e2|d3:|

|:d|dBdB|ceAc|BdGB|AFED|dBdB|ec “tr”c2|fdef|

g3 d|B G2 A|B3 c|dgdB|ceAc|B G2 d|B g2 e|dBcA|G3:||

           

TRIP TO BEDFORD HOUSE. AKA and see "Love in a Village" [1], "New Bath whim." “The Spell.”

           

TRIP TO BIREY. AKA and see “Oldham Rant.

                       

TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM. AKA and see “Dinny O’Brien’s [2],” “Josie McDermott’s Reel [1],” “Peg McGrath's Reel [2],” "The Pile of Bricks." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Ballyfarnon, County Roscommon, flute player Josie McDermott (d. 1992), who also was a lilter, singer and saxophone player. See also the related “Corner House ,” and the note for “Kathleen Lawrie’s Wedding.” Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2; 26.

X:1

T:The Trip to Birmingham

C:Josie McDermott

R:Reel

D:Catherine McEvoy with Felix Dolan (track 13b)

D:Josie McDermott: Darby's Farewell

M:C

K:G

GAAG ABcd|e2ed edBA|~G3B dBGB|ABAG E2D2|

GAAG ABcd|efed efga|bzbg ageg|dedB ~G3z:|

|:dggf gzga|bgag edBd|~G3B dBGB|ABAG E2D2|

dg~g2 ag~g2|bzbg ageg|~G3B dBGB|AGEF G3z:|

X: 2

T: Trip to Birmingham

C: Josie McDermott

S: "Treoir"

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: reel

K: G

E | DGGF G2 Bd | e2 ed edBA | G2 GB dGBG | ABAG EG D2 |

DGGF G2 Bd | efed efga | bg g2 ageg | dBAB G3 :|

B | dggf g2 ga | bgag edBA | G2 GB dGBG | ABAG EG D2 |

dggf g2 ga | bgag edBA | G2 GB dGBG | AGFA G3 :|

           

TRIP TO BOLINGEN, THE. Scottish, March (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Ron Purvis. Neil (The Scots Fiddle), 1991; No. 24, pg. 33.

           

TRIP TO BOSTON. AKA and see “Sandy MacIntyre’s Trip to Boston.

           

TRIP TO BOW FAIR, A. English, “Old” Hornpipe (3/2 time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody appears in Walsh’s Lancashire Jigs, Hornpipes, Joaks, etc (c. 1730).

X:1

T:Trip to Bow Fair,A

B:Walsh

R:Hornpipe

M:3/2

L:1/8

K:Gm

B,4 CDEF GABc | d2 B4 FG D2 B,2| C4 DEFG ABcd | e2 c4 GB A2 F2|\

B,4 CDEF GABc | d2 B4 FG D2 B,2|Bgfe dcBd cBAG| FEDC B,CFA,B,4::\

f3 e defe dcBA|B2 F2 _AcBA GEDE|g3 f efgf edc=B| c2 G2 BdcB AF=EF|\

f3 e defe dcBA|B2 F2 _AcBA GEDC| DF B2 CE A2 B,DGF| EDCB, A,B,CA, B,4::\

Bdfb fdBd f_agf| g2 e4 cd A2 f2| BABc dcBA GFED| CB,CD EFGB, A,4|\

Bdfb fdBd f_agf| g2 e4 cd A2 f2| GBAc Bdfb fdBG| AFGD ECDA, B,4:|

           

TRIP TO BRIGHTON.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in print in David Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1760) as “Trip to Brighthelmstone” (the original name of Brighton, Sussex, given by the Anglo-Saxons). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 51.

 

TRIP TO BURY. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 4.

           

TRIP TO CANTERBURY, A. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to 1798. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

           

TRIP TO CARLISLE. English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom unfortunately little is known. The melody was previously published in London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 363. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 65.

X:1

T:Trip to Carlisle

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript copybook, pg. 100  (1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2c cfg|a>gf ecA|A2c cec|B>cB BGE|A2c cfg|a>gf b2a|

gbg afd|e3E3::E2e edc|fga ecA|E2e ecA|GAB BGE|

A2c cfg|agf edc|dfB ceA|dBG A3::ecA fdB|ecA BGE|

ecA fdB|fga ecA|ecA fdB|ecA BGE|fga ecA|dBG A2:|

X:2

T:Trip to Carlisle, A

M:6/8

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:A

A2c cfg|a>gf ecA|A2c cec|B>cB BGE|A2c cfg|a>gf b2a|gbg af^d|e3 E3:|

|:E2(e e)dc|fga ecA|E2(e e)cA|GAB BGE|A2c cfg|agf edc|dfB ceA|dBG A3:|

|:ecA fdB|ecA BGE|ecA fdB|fga ecA|ecA fdB|ecA BGE|fga ecA|dBG A3:||

           

TRIP TO CARTMEL. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody comes from the Browne family music manuscripts, donated to the Armitt Library, now in the Armitt Collection of Ambleside Museum. The manuscripts were written in several hands over time and date to the 1830’s; prior to being collected and donated, they were in the possession of the Browne family of Troutbeck, in the old county of Westmoreland (now Cumbria). The attraction in the Lake District village of Cartmel was the horsecourse (and probably not the c. 1120 priory there!), dating to 1845 or earlier. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 5. Harbourtown Records, The Boat Band – “A Trip to the Lakes.” Topic Records TSCD 482, Eliza Carthy – “Heat Light & Sound” (1996).

           

TRIP TO CASTLE HOWARD, A.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The melody appears in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1780). The melody also appears in the 1798 music manuscript collection of north Yorkshire fiddler Joshua Jackson (1763-1839). Castle Howard is a stately manor residence in North Yorkshire, built between 1699 and 1712 for the 3rd Earl of Carlisle to a design by Sir John Vanbrugh. It is familiar in modern times as the setting for the Granada television series Brideshead Revisited. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 131. Tradition TRS 027, various artists – “Trip to Harrowgate” (1977).

 

TRIP TO CHESTER, A. English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Source for notated version: Vickers’ Manuscripts [Knowles]. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 8. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 499.

X:1

T:Trip to Chester

R:slipjig

C:trad

B:William Vickers MS

M:9/8

L:1/8

K:G

|g2d B/2c/2dB dBG|g2d B/2c/2dB AFD|g2d B/2c/2dB dBG|B/2c/2dB ADF G3:|

|g/2a/2bg bge bge|f/2g/2af afd afd|gfg eba gfe|f/2g/2af eA^cd2 B|

cdc afd afd|BcB gdB gdB|gfedecBAG|B/2c/2dB ADFG3|

           

TRIP TO CLUMBER(, A). Scottish, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major (Aird, McGlashan): D Major (Aird). Standard tuning. AABBCC. Aird (Selections), vol. II, 1782; No. 33, pg. 13 (version in two keys). McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), c. 1780; pg. 38.

X:1

T:Trip to Clumber

L:1/8

M:2/4

S:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures (c. 1780)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c2 cf|f2 ef|db/g/ fe|f/e/f/g/ ff|c2 cf|f2 ef|db/g/ fe|f2 F2:|

|:c2 Ac|cBGE|FCDE|F/E/F/G/ FF|c2 Ac|cBGE|FCDE|F2 F2:|

|:a2 af|b2 b2|geec|f/e/f/g/ ff|a2 af|b2 b2|gf e/f/g/e/|f2 f2:|

X:2

T:Trip to Clumber

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Aird, vol. II (1782)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A2 Ad | d2 cd | Bg/e/ dc | d/c/d/e/ dd | A2Ad | d2 cd | Bg/e/ dc | d2D2 :|

|: A2 FA | AGEC | DA,B,C | D/C/D/E/ DD | A2 FA | AGEC | DA,B,C | D2D2 :|

|: f2 fd | g2 g2 | eccA | d/c/d/e/ dd | f2 fd | g2g2 | ed c/d/e/c/ dd :|

                                   

TRIP TO COTTINGHAM. AKA and see “Garcon Volage,” “Sally Sloane’s,” “The Village Boy Quadrille.” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). England, Yorkshire. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. “Trip to Cottingham” can be found in the music manuscripts of Lawrence Ledley (1827-1897) of Helperby, Yorkshire, and in the c. 1800-1850 Brown Family manuscripts of the Lake District (other versions appear in the Brown mss. as “Le Garcon Volange” and “The Village Boy Quadrille”). English musician Johnny Adams says the tune inexplicably surfaced in Australia in the 1960’s played by fiddler and melodeon player Sally Sloane, and was called “Sally Sloane’s Jig” by local musicians. How this North Yorkshire tune remained in tradition to survive and be collected there is a mystery. The tune first appears in print by John Simpson under the title “Le Nouvell Fantasie,” perhaps an English imitation of a French tune (given that the grammar of the title is wanting). It also appears under the similar title “La Fantase” in the c. 1831 music manuscript of George Spencer, a musician from Leeds, West Yorkshire. Lionel Winship (Wark, Northumberland) entered it into his 1833 music manuscript simply as “A Quadrille.” The aforementioned Simpson had a music shop at 260 (later 266) Regent Street, London, from 1826 to 1869, and claimed to have invented the term flageolet. A double boxwood/ivory/silver flageolet with Simpson’s name and address resides at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia. Simpson also traded in concertinas and published a tutor in 1855 called Easy Method of Learning the Concertina by John Simpson, Teacher of the Flageolet. He formed a short lived partnership called Simpson and Wieppert toward the end of his life, that manufactured concertinas. The Wheatstone records indicate that he regularly bought Wheatstone instruments to sell at his shop prior to the 1850’s. Source for notated version: an MS collection by fiddler Lawrence Leadley (Helperby, Yorkshire) [Merryweather & Seattle]. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 74. Merryweather & Seattle (The Fiddler of Helperby), 1994; No. 85, pg. 50.

           

TRIP TO COVENTRY. AKA  - “Peeping Tom.” English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 157.

X:1

T:Trip to Coventry, or Peeping Tom

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G(B/c/d)B|GBdg|G(B/c/d)B|ABcA|G(B/c/d)B|GBdg|fgaA|d2 D2:|
|:(c/B/c/d/) ca|BcdB|A>BAc|BGAD|(c/B/c/d/) ca|BcdB|Ag (f/g/a/f/)|g2 g2:||

                       

TRIP TO CULLENSTOWN. AKA and see “Raheen Reel [2].” Irish, Reel. Composed by harmonica player Phil Murphy of Ballygow, Co. Wexford. The Murphy’s recorded this tune in the “Raheen Reels” medley with Kevin Burke on the latter’s "Up Close" (1984). The Murphys – "The Trip to Cullenstown." Ossian OSSCD 11, “Séamus Creagh & Aiden Coffey.” Green Linnet SIF 1052, Kevin Burke – “Up Close” (appears as part of “Raheen Medley”).

X:1

T:Trip to Cullenstown, The

C:Phil Murphy

D:Séamus Creagh & Aidan Coffey, Ossian OSSCD 11

R:reel

Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:A

e3 f ecAB | c3 A BAFA | e3 f ecAB | cBBA B2 AB |

ce ~e2 f2 ec | efec BAFA | c3 A BAFA|1 EAAG ABcd :|2 EAAG A2 AB |:

ce ~e2 df ~f2 | e3 f ecAB | ce ~e2 fe ~e2|afec B2 AB |

ce ~e2 f2 ec | efec BAFA | c3 A BcAF|1 EAAG A2 AB :|2 EAAG A4 ||

                       

TRIP TO DENMARK.   Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by the late Cape Breton fiddler and composer Jerry Holland (1955-2009). Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 142, pg. 53.

 

TRIP TO DORMONT, THE. AKA and see "Mr. Maule's Frolick."

           


TRIP TO DUBLIN. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 15, pg. 5. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - “Fathers and Sons” (1992). Green Linnett, Jerry Holland - “The Fiddlesticks Collection” (1995).

           

TRIP TO DUNSBURN, A.  English, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). There is (or was)  a Dunsburn in Gloucestershire. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 129.

X:1

T:Trip to Dunsburn, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

Bdf edc|ABc F3|BAG FED|E[Dd][Cc] [B,3B3]|DFB dcB|FAc edc|fed cBA|BAG F3:|
|:fff f2_A|G_AF G2E|ggg g2G|ABG A2F|ddd def|ccc cde|fdB ecA|FGA B3:||

 

TRIP TO DURHAM. Irish, Slip Jig. North Star NS0031, "Dance Across the Sea: Dances and Airs from the Celtic Highlands" (1990).

           

TRIP TO DURROW, THE (An Turas go Darmhagh). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'B (Carlin): AABB (Mallinson, Songer, Taylor); ABC (Breathnach). “Trip to Durrow” has been attributed to Irish fiddler Dan Cleary (1918-2004), of Ballinamere, County Offaly. Cleary played a number of instruments, including the uilleann pipes, piano and tin whistle, and was a member of a number of céili bands in the mid-20th century, notably the Ballinamere Céili Band, which won All-Ireland titles in the mid-1950’s. “Trip to Durrow” may stem from Cleary’s days as a young man with the Colmcille Céili Band, of Durrow, Co. Offaly, who played regularly in the Forresters Hall in Tullamore (see Treoir, vol. 38, No. 2, 2006, pgs. 37-38). The arrangement in Carlin's collection, by Leo Rowsome, differs from that in Taylor's by being more regular (the length of the 'A' and 'B' parts is the same with the 'A' repeated). Taylor (1992) makes the point that his version of "The Trip to Durrow" is unusual in the length of the second part (16 bars, repeated); perhaps unique in Irish music along with the possible inclusion of "Ballinasloe Fair" which also boasts a long second part, though it is altogether half the length of "The Trip to Durrow.” He thinks the tune may have originally been a three-part melody. Breathnach (1996) says the three part version, either AABBCC or AABCBC depending on the locale, has its source in his Ceol Rince na h-Éireann collection. He remarks that the last part was to illustrate a variant of the ‘A’ part, or how another musician had played the strain, but that a footnote explaining the structure was omitted from the volume. Source for notated version: Randal Bays & Joel Bernstein (Seattle, Washington) [Songer]; piper Seán Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 127, pg. 52. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 27 Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 194, pg. 116. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 15, pg. 6. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 200. Taylor (Through the Half-Door), 1992; No. 36, pg. 26. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 13. GTD Heritage Trad. HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle." Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live." New England Tradition - “New England Tradition.”

X:1

T:Trip to Durrow, The

R:reel

B:Jim Coogan's Session Tunes

Z:Music: Jean Lewis

Z:abc's: Michael Hogan

M:C|

L:1/8

K:D

FE|:D3 F ADFA | defd B3 c | dBBA dBBA | FADE FE E2 |

D3 F ADFA | defd B3 c | dBBA FAdB | AFEG FD D2 :|

|:d3 e f3 g | afdf gfed | cdef gebe | (3gfe be gf e2 |

dcde f3 g | afdf gfed | (3Bcd ef gbag | fdec d3 e :|

|:fdec d3 e | fded  B2 Bc | dBBA dBBA | FADE FE E2 |

D3 F ADFA | defd B3 c | dBBA FAdB | AFEG FD D2 :||

           

TRIP TO FLANDERS, A.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s third country dance collection (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 69.

X:1

T:Trip to Flanders, A

M:2/4

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

gg|gf/e/|dd d2|{c}BA/G/ FG|A/G/F/E/ D2|gg gf/e/|dd d2|BA/G/ DF|GG G2:|
|:BBB>A|ccc>B|dd dc/B/|(A/G/F/E/) D2|BBB>A|ccc>B|(e/f/g/e/) (d/B/A/G/)|DF G2:||

 

TRIP TO FRANCE. English, Slip Jig. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 24.

           

TRIP TO GALLOWAY [1]. English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 10.

 


TRIP TO GALLOWAY [2]. AKA and see “Money in Both Pockets [1].” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 10.

           

TRIP TO GALWAY (Turas go Gaillim/Gaillimh). Irish, Double Jig. D Minor (Cole/Ryan): E Dorian (Breathnach). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is a variant of “Hills of Glenorchy [1].” See also “Katy is Waiting.” Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 40, pg. 21. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 53. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 345, pg. 71. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 83. Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin‑ "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977).

X:1

T:Trip to Galway, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems  (1907), No. 345

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Dmin

B | AFD DFA | cdc AGF | E/F/GE CDC | EFG Ac=B | AFD DFG |

A=B^c d2e | fed edc | Add d2 :: e | fed afd | d/e/fg afd | edc gec |

c/d/ef gfe | fed edc | d/g/fd cAG | FGA c=Bc | Add d2 :|

           

TRIP TO GERMANY, A. English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was first published in London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection, and later was included by Northumbrian musician William Vickers in his 1770 music manuscript collection. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 562. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 78.

X:1

T:Trip to Germany, A

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, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

g|fddA AFFD|Eg f/g/a/f/ e3g|fddA AFFD|Eg f/g/a/f/ d3:|

|:g|f/g/a/f/ dg f/g/a/f/ df|g/a/b/g/ eg g/a/b/g/ eg|f/g/a/f/ dg f/g/a/f/ df|eg a/g/f/e/ d3:||

           

TRIP TO GLENORA. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 43.

           

TRIP TO GRINDTHORPE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (1987) presumes 'Grindthorpe' is 'Grimethorpe'. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 335.

           

TRIP TO GUADALOUP, A.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. It should perhaps be considered a companion tune to another in Thompson’s volume, “A Trip to Martinico” (Martinique). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 131.

X:1

T:Trip to Guadaloup, A

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, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

B e2 g bg e2|(g/a/b) ag {a}g2f2|B e2 g bg e2|(c/d/e) BA A2G2|EGBe ge c2|

Aceg af d2|bfgd ecd=A|Bedc B4::bggf =e3 _d|cBAG A3f|affe d3c|

BAGF E3B,|G,B,EG eBAG|Acfg afed|gbge BfdB|ceBG E4:||

 

TRIP TO HACKNEY.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was penned into the music manuscript commonplace book of Cheapside, London, musician Walter Rainstorp, begun in 1747. Hackney, now part of Greater London, had many fashionable houses in the 18th century, although a trip to Hackney was not without peril, for the area was also plagued by highwaymen who found refuge in the low public houses around the Hackney Marshes. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 55.

X:1

T:Trip to Hackney

M:C|

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

fg|a2 gf g2 fe|f2c2c2 fg|a2 gf g2 fe|f4 F2:|

|:AB|c2 BA G2 AB|cBAB c2f2|c2 BA BdcB|A4 F2:||

 

TRIP TO HARRIGATE [1]. AKA - “Trip to Harro(w)gate.” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. One of the "missing tunes" from William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript, it also appears in Thomas Hammersley’s c. 1790 London manuscript. Ashton & Dyson, 1985 (A First Collection of Yorkshire Dance Music); pgs. 1 and 4. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 24 (appears as “Trip to Harrogate”). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 15.

X:1

T:Trip to Harrowgate, A [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:Measure 4, ‘A’ part, can also be played |AED CB,A,|

N:Measure 8, ‘B’ part, can also be played |AEC A,2:||

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:A

E|Aec Aec|Bcd d3|cBA GAB|Aed cBA|Aec Ace|agf gfe|dBe fe^d|eBG E2:|

|:e|e=gf edc|dBd f^ab|dfe dcB|cAc ega|fed cBA|GFE dBd|cBA BAG|Aec A2:||

 

TRIP TO HARROGATE [2]. English. Unrelated to “Trip to Harrigate” [1]. Appears in the Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798) manuscript.

           

TRIP TO HERVE’S, THE. Irish,Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB’. Composed by flute player Michael McGoldrick. Michael McGoldrick - “Morning Rory.”

X:1

T:Trip to Herve's, The

M:2/2

L:1/8

C:Michael McGoldrick

R:Reel

D:Michael McGoldrick,Morning Rory

Z:Rob Greenway, 6/98

K:D

FAAF ABde | f2af dAFA | B2dB AFDE | FEED E3G |

FAAF ABde | f2af dAFA | B2dB AFDG | ~F3E D4 ::

AB~B2 d2AG | ~F3E FGFE | DEFG ~A2DE | FG~A2 FG~A2 |

1 AB~B2 d2AG | ~F3E FGFE | DEFG ABAG | ~F2EG FDD2 :|

2 ~B2 F ~A2 E ~F2 | DEED EFGA | ~B2 F ~A2 E ~F2 | DEED EFGA ||

           

TRIP TO HIGHGATE, A. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is from Charles and Samuel Thompson’s . Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 4 (London, 1780). Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 65. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 32. EFDSS CD13, Florida – “Hardcore English” (2007. Various artists). FLP005, Florida – “Florida.”

X:1

T:Trip to Highgate

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:G

G|G2B B2d|d2g g2d|edc BAG|FGA A2G|G2B B2d|

d2g g2d|edc B2A|(G3 G2)::d|d2D D2c|c2C C2c|

B2A GFG|ADD D2d|d2D D2c|c2C C2c|BAG AGF|(G3 G2):|

           

TRIP TO HULL. English, Jig. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 91.

           

TRIP TO KELSO. Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. Published in 1799 by Thomas Kelso, a musician who lived in Kelso, Scotland. A note with the collection states that Calvert supplied “a variety of music and instruments, instruments lent out, tun’d and repaired.”

X:1

T:Trip to Kelso

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thomas Calvert Collection - Page 4

Z:Philip Whittaker 2001

K:A

E|ABA c2A|e2A c2A|BcB d2B|f2B dcB|\

ABA c2A|e2A c2A|fga e2d|cdB A2:|

e|aga g2e|fdf ecA|ABA aga|Acd efg|\

aga g2e|fdf ecA|fga e2d|cdB A2e|

aga g2e|fdf ecA|ABA aga|Acd efg|\

aga geg|fdf ecA|fga e2d|cdB A2|]

           

TRIP TO KEW, A.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). The title probably refers to the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew Park, originally an exotic garden formed by Lord Capel of Tewkesbury in the mid-18th century. The gardens were enlarged by Augusta, Doweger Princess of Wales.  Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 71.

X:1

T:Trip to Kew, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

ABA AFD|Bcd d3|ABA AFD|EFE E3|ABA AFD|def e2d|cBA EF^G|A3 [A,3A3]:|
|:ABA ecA|GFG F3|fed dcB|cB^A B3|dcB AGF|BAG FED|GAB Agf|edc d3:||

           

TRIP TO KILLARNEY. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. See also the related “Tumble the Tinker.” Jerry O’Sullivan suggests the piece may be a composition of O’Farrell’s, and that he has no doubts it was composed by an uilleann piper. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-10) [O’Neill]. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 187, pg. 44. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; pg. 9. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 116. Talcon Records KG240, Paddy Cronin – “The House in the Glen” (197?). Jerry O’Sullivan – “O’Sullivan meets O’Farrell” (2005).

X: 1

T: Trip to Killarney

S: Treoir

N: from "O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish Union Pipes"

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 325

R: jig

K: D

A | d2 f age | agf a2 f | d2 f agf | e2 f g2 e |

d2 f age | agf a2 f | gbg faf | e2 f g2 e :|

fed dAF | DFA dAd | fed dAd | e2 f g2 e |

fed dAF | DED dAF | G2 d AGF | E2 F G2 E :|

D2 d AGF | AGF AGF | G2 d AGF | E2 F G2 E |

D2 d AGF | AGF A2 F | G2 d AGF | E2 F G2 E :|

d3 cBc | dAF FED | d3 cBc | e2 f g2 e |

dfd cec | dAF FED | G2 d AGF | E2 F G2 E :|

                       

TRIP TO KILLAVIL, THE. AKA and see “The Killavil Jig [1],” “Port Shligigh.” Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. See also Frank McCollom’s related “The Chapel Bell.” Breathnach (Folk Music and Dance of Ireland), 1971; 8. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 44. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 109, pg. 74. Vallely (Learn to Play Fiddle with the Armagh Pipes Club), 38. Green Linnet SIF 3018, “Molloy, Brady, and Peoples” (1985).

                       

TRIP TO KILBURN. AKA and see "Black and Grey [1]." English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to 1728 under the above title, but was known as early as 1686 as "Black and Grey." Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; pg. 49. Dorian 90238, The Baltimore Consort – “A Trip to Killburn.” Varrick VR‑013, Bare Necessities ‑ "English Country Dances" (1987).

X:1

T:Trip to Kilburn, A

T:Black and Grey

M:2/2

L:1/8

S:Sharp – Country Dance Tunes  (1909)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amin

A2A2d2B2|c4 A2d2|B4 G2g2|B4 G4|A2A2d2B2|c3B A2d2|B2G2 BcdB|A4e4:|

|:a2e2 fedc|a2e2 fedc|g3d2 BcdB|g2d2 BcdB|a2e2 fgag|agfe fedc|B2G2 BcdB|A4 e4:|

                       

TRIP TO KILKENNY. Scottish, Jig. A modern composition by Scottish musician John McCuskor. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB.

X:1

T:Trip to Kilkenny

C:John McCusker

S:Travelling Folk, Radio Scotland

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:A

cB|ABA Aca|f2f fef|a2f ecA|fec Bcd|cBA cee|f2f fef|a2f ecA|BcB A:|

cd|efe Ace|f>ff dfa|g>gg egb|agf ecd|efe Ace|f>ff dfa|g>gg egb|aec Acd|

efe Ace|f2f dfa|g2g egb|agf ecB|ABA Aca|f>ff fef|age age|age dcB||

                                      

TRIP TO KILLARNEY, A. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: copied from O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion (1804-10) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 116.

X:1

T:Trip to Killarney (#116), A

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10

Z:Paul Kinder

K:D

A|:d2 f agf|agf a2 f|d2 f agf|e2 f gfe|

d2 f agf|agf a2 f|gbg faf|e2 f g2 e:|

|:fed dAF|DFA dAd|fed dAd|e2 f g2 e|

fed dAF|DED dAF|G2 d AGF|E2 F G2 E:|

|:D2 d AGF|ABA AGF|D2 d AGF|E2 F G2 E|

D2 d AGF|AGF A2 F|G2 d AGF|E2 F G2 E:|

|:d3 cBc|dAF FED|d3 cBc|e2 f g2 e|

dfd cec|dAF FED|G2 d AGF|E2 F G2 E:||

                       


TRIP TO KINVARA. AKA and see “Lads of Doocastle,” “(A) Long Way From Home,” “Paddy Arthur’s Pint.  Irish, Reel. Kinvara is in County Galway, on the Clare border. Alternate title “Lads of Doocastle” is from flute player Roger Sherlock, while “Paddy Arthur’s Pint” and “Trip to Kinvara” are from the Green Linnet Céilí Band and Buttons and Bows, respectively. However, the tune was originally composed in the early 1950’s by accordion player Martin Mulhaire as “A Long Way from Home.” Green Linnet SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984).

                       

TRIP TO KNARESBRO.  English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Ashton & Dyson, 1985 (A First Collection of Yorkshire Dance Music). Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 65. Kidson (Yorkshire Dance Tunes), c. 1900.

 

TRIP TO KNUTSFORD. English, Country Dance Tune or Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. A modern composition by English hammered dulcimer player Jenny Coxon. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 41.

                       

TRIP TO LEEDS. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in William Vickers' 1770 Northumbrian dance tune manuscript. Unfortunately, nothing is known of Vickers.

X:1

T:Trip to Leads [sic]

M:C|
L:1/8

R:Reel

N:The ‘A’ part is as it appears in the ms., although it sounds garbled.

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)

K:D

D2 AB d/c/B/A/ cF|D2 FA cEEB|D2 Ac d/c/B/A/ BF|dfec d/d/d d2:|

|:f/g/a fd f/g/a b2|f/g/a fd cecA|f/g/a fd f/g/a b2|fdAc d2D2:|

 

TRIP TO LINCOLN.  English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody, first printed by London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson in their 1765 country dance collection, also appears in the 1786 music manuscript book of American flute player Henry Beck. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 153.

X:1

T:Trip to Lincoln

M:6/8

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:G

G2B dBG|dBG dBG|F2A cAF|cAF cAF|G2B dBG|gfe dBG|AcB AGF|G3 [G,3G3]:|

|:d2d d2e|=fed cBA|c2c c2d|edc BAG|gdB gdB|gdB gdB|AcB AGF|G3 [G,3G3]:||

                       

TRIP TO LONDON [1], A. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the tune earliest in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (pg. 18).

 

TRIP TO LONDON [2], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player John Whelan [Black]. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 27, pg. 14.

X:1

T: Trip to London

S: J.Whelan

C: John Bass?

Z: transcribed by B.Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

E | DEFD GEDC | B,A,B,C DEFD | GFGB dG (3GFG | G=FDE FDCE |

DEFD GEDC | B,A,B,C DEFD | GFGB AGFE | DEFD G3 :|

d | gBdB GBdg | bgag edef | gBBA BcBA | GBdB A2 Bd |

gBdB GBdg | bgag edef | gd (3d^cd cd=cA | FDBA G3 :|

           

TRIP TO MABOU RIDGE. Canadian, Pipe March (2/4 time). Canada, Nova Scotia. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. Composed in 1938 by Dan Hughie MacEachern after coming home from a dance in the old schoolhouse at Mabou Ridge, notes Barry Shears. Shears (Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 27. Buddy MacMaster – “Judique Flyer.” Round CD 7006, Theresa and Marie MacLellan – “A Trip to Mabou Ridge” (1979). Rounder CD 7037, (various artists) – “Traditional Fiddle Music of Cape Breton, Vol. 1: Mabou Coal Mines.”

           

TRIP TO MAIDENHEAD.  English, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s first country dance collection (1757). Maidenhead, Berkshire, is situated on the Thames River, on the road between London and Bath. A bridge spanning the river was built there in 1255, with a wharf alongside it for river traffic. This New Wharf, or ‘Maiden Hythe’, gives the town its name (which was changed to the present spelling in 1724). In the Thompson’s time, Maidenhead was a day’s journey from London. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 33.

X:1

T:Trip to Maidenhead

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

c|A/B/cA FAc|f/g/a/g/f g2c|A/B/cA FAc|a/g/f/g/a g2c|A/B/cA FAc|

f/g/a/g/ g2 f/4g/4a/|ge/f/g fed|cG/F/E/D/ C2::c|A/B/cA c/d/_ec|d/f/_e/d/c B2d|

=B/c/dB d/e/fd|eg/f/e/d/ c2g|a/g/fb g/f/ea|f/e/dg edc|dg/a/b abg|(f3 f2):||

           

TRIP TO MANCHESTER. AKA and see “Trip to the Camp.

 

TRIP TO MARGATE. English, Jig. England, Dorset. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 100.

 

TRIP TO MARTINICO, A.  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Martinico = Martinique. The melody is unique to London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. It should perhaps be considered a companion tune to another in Thompson’s volume, “A Trip to Guadaloup.” Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 133.

X:1

T:Trip to Martinico

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, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

A2A2|A2 GA BABc|B4 cAec|1 A2A2A2 GF|E4:|2 A2 BA GEFG|A4||

|:e2e2|e2 dc fefg|e4 agae|1 agfe dcBA|E4:|2 agfe dcBc|A4||

|:{B}A2 GF|E2E2 FEFG|E4 ABcd|1 cdef e2e2|e4:|2 cdef edcB|A4||

 

TRIP TO MATLOCK. English, Jig. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 36.

 

TRIP TO MIRIAMS. Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning.

X:1

T:Trip to Miriam's

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

C:Colin Farrell

S:Liz Doherty - Last Orders

K:A

Bc | AE-~E2 Edcd | BF-~F2 BcdB | ceeg acec | AB-~BA BdcB |

AE-~E2 Edcd | BF-~F2 BcdB | ceeg acec | BAGB AEAB |

ceec fcec | AB-~BA BAFA | EAAF AAGA | AFAA GABA |

Bcec efec | AB-~BA BAFA | DE-~EF ABcf | ecBd cAA2 ||

 

TRIP TO MOSCOW. English, Polka. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by Ian Ball. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 2.

 

TRIP TO MY COTTAGE, A. See "Trip to the Cottage [1]."

 

TRIP TO NAHANT [1]. AKA and see “Dominion Reel.”

 

TRIP TO NELSON.  American, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. Composed by Vermont fiddler Pete Sutherland, probably referring to the community dances in Nelson, New Hampshire. Sutherland (Bareface), 1984; pg. 7.

 

TRIP TO NENAGH. AKA and see ”An Móinfhéir,” “The Meadow.” Irish, Reel.  A composition of Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler Seán Ryan (1985), who recorded it under the “Trip to Nenagh” title after it had been recorded twice (by Finbar Dwyer and John Regan) under the title “The Meadow/An Moinfheir,” according to Philippe Varlet. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), vol. 3; 40. Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), 31. Outlet LP, Sean Ryan – “Back Home to the Cliffs of Moher” (1972).

 

TRIP TO NETHERBY. English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1995; pg. 27.

 

TRIP TO NETTLE BED, A.  English, Jig. E Flat Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. Country dance directions appear in Peter Thompson’s Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1755. The music (along with dance directions) first appears in John Hinton’s periodical Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure (London, 1756). Subsequently the music appeared in Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection, and John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). Nettlebed is a village in Oxforshire, once known for its clay deposits, useful for pottery and kilns. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 101.

X:1

T:Trip to Nettle Bed, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Eb

(EG)B (eB)G|(cA)F {E}D2C|(B,D)F (DF)A|(GB)D E2 (3B/c/d/|e/B/ “tr”B2 f/B/ “tr”B2|(ge)c {B}=A2G|

F=Ac (Ac)e|1 df=A B2 (3_A/G/F/:||2 df=A B3||:f2g (fd)B|(ge)c (fd)B|{a}(gf)g agf|

edc {c}=B3|(ge)c a3|(fd)B g3|(ag)f (ed)c|G2 (3F/E/D/ C2 (3B/c/d/|{d}e3 BGE|cAF {E}D3|

f2g aga|cfe {e}d3|bgd eBc|afc d=AB|eBG cAF|BGD {D}E3:||

 

TRIP TO OATLANDS. Scottish, English; Jig. England, North‑West. F Major (Knowles): D Major (McGlashan). Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 39. McGlashan (Collection of Scots Measures), 177?; pg. 1.

X:1

T:Trip to Oatland

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures 

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F/G/|A>BA AFD|A?GA AFD|edB AGF|GEE E2 F/G/|A>BA AFD| A>GA ABc|

dcB ABG|FDD D2:|

|:A|d3e3|fed cBA|dcB AGF|GEE E2 (3A/B/c/|dcd ede|fed cBA|dcB ABG|FDD D2:|

 

TRIP TO PAKISTAN. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. A modern composition by Lanarkshire, Scotland, flute player Niall Kenny. The tune has entered bagpipe repertoire and can be heard sometimes in competitions; it is a popular session tune in Scotland. Green Linnet SIF 1146, Tannahill Weavers – “Capernum.” Old Blind Dogs – “Five.” Rick Gagne – “Dun Creagan.”  

X:1

T:The Trip to Pakistan

C:Niall Kenny

D:The Tannahill Weavers

Z:Gordon Turnbull, gturnbull@oblique‑design.demon.co.uk

R:Reel

L:1/8

Q:350

M:C

K:Em

EGBE ~G3 B | A2 AG FGAF | EGBE ~G3 B | AGFG ~E3 B :||

EGBE c3 A | B2 BA BAGB | EGBE c3 A | BAGB ~A3 B |

EGBE c2 cA | B2 BA BAGB | EGBE cBAc | BAGB ~A3 B |]

FGBF GBFB | EFGE FGEG | DFAD FADA | AGFG ~E3 B :|

X:2

T:Trip to Pakistan

R:Reel

C:Nial Kenny

S:Sarah Jane Summers - Falkirk Fiddle Workshop

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:Bm

(B>d) (f>B) d2 (d>f)|e2 (e>d) c>d e>c|(B>d) (f>B) d2 (d>f)|e>d c>d B2B2:|!

(B>d) (f>B) g3 e|f3 a (f>e) (f>d)|(B>d) (f>B) g3 e|f>e d>f e2 e2:|!

vc>d f>u(c d>f) c>d|B>c d>(B c>d) b>c|A>c e>(A c>e) A>c|e>d c>d B2 B2:|

 

TRIP TO PARIS [1], A. English, Country Dance Tune (2/2 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. The melody dates to 1728. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Fleming‑Williams & Shaw (English Dance Airs; Popular Selection, Book 1), 1965; pg. 11. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 23.

X:1

T:Trip to Paris, A [1]

M:2/2

L:1/8

K:Amin

A2|c3d e2e2|c3d e2e2|c2e2c2e2|c2 Bc A4|c3d e2e2|c3d e2e2|c2A2B2^G2|A6||

e2|a4 a2^g2|a2 =gf e2e2|a4 a2^g2|a2 =gf e2e2|f3e d2g2|e6f2|d6 e2|c6d2|d2c2d2B2|

c6 c2|B2c2d2e2|c2 Bc A2c2|B2c2d2e2|c2 Bc A2c2|E2F2G2A2|B4 a4|e2 dc d2 cB|A6||

 

TRIP TO PARIS [2].  English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Like numerous tunes from the Thompson’s 3rd collection, it was entered into the 1788 music manuscript copybook of fiddlers John and William Pitt Turner (Norwich, Conn.). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 90.

X:1

T:Trip to Paris [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 Bd cAFD|GBdg d2 cB|ceAc BdGB|AcAF G2 G,2:|
|:gbeg fadf|egfe d2d2|ceAc BdGB|AcAF G2 G,2:||

           

TRIP TO PARLIAMENT, THE.  AKA and see “O’Connell’s Trip to Parliament [1].”

 

TRIP TO PLYMOUTH, A. English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune first appears in London publisher Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 count4ry dance collection. It was also included in the 1797-99 music manuscript collection of Lancaster, Pa., flute player John Hoff (1776-1818). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765; No. 93.

X:1

T:Trip to Plymouth, A

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, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

[D2A2f2] ag fgeg|fdec d(AA)F|[D2A2f2] ag fgeg|fdec d2D2:|

|:DFAd fdec|d(AA)F G(EE)G|FadA fdec|dFGE [D4A4f4]:||

 

TRIP TO PORTLAND.  American, Jig. B Minor (‘A’ and ‘B’ parts) & G Major (‘C’ part). AABBCC’. Composed by Vermont fiddler Pete Sutherland. Sutherland (Bareface), 1984; pg. 21.

 

TRIP TO QUEBEC, A.  English, Jig. D Major. Québec fell to the British in 1759. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 195.

X:1

T:Trip to Quebec, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dAG FED|B2B “tr”B3|ABc def|ged cBA|dAG FED|B2B B2g|fed ABc|d3 D3:|

|:f2f fed|ce^g aec|dcB fed|cBA ^GFE|A2E cBA|B2f e2d|cBA B3|A3 A2A|

dAF DFA|=cBA B2B|eB^G E^GB|dcB c2d|aec Ace|gfe “tr”f2 {ga}b|agf edc|d3 d3:||

 

TRIP TO RANELAGH.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1757 country dance collection. The title undoubtedly refers to the pleasure garden of Ranelagh, by the Thames River in Chelsea, which was in the 18th century, outside of the boundary of London city. Ranelagh (pronounced “ran-lee”), which opened in 1742,  was considered a more fashionable resort than the older Vauxhill Gardens, and was the location of concerts, plays, and other entertainments. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 1.

X:1

T:Trip to Ranelagh

M:12/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

a2g fed ced cBA|dcB AGF GAG FED|fag fed ced cBA|fed cea cdB A3:|

|:e2d cBA GFE D3|f2e dcB A^GF E3|a2g fed gab a2g|fed Adc d3 D3:|

|:aAa gAg fdf e3|AFA GEG FDF E2 g/a/4b/4|agf edc d3 B3|Acd FGE D3 D3:||

 

TRIP TO RICHMOND, A.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to London publishers Charles and Samuel Thompson’s 1765 country dance collection. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 160.

X:1

T:Trip to Richmond, A

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:A

Acec|a2e2|fgaf|ecBA|Acec|a2e2|fedc|”tr”c2B2|Acec|aedc|fgaf|

ecBA|Acec|aedc|BABc|A4::ecec|ecec|fdfd|fdfd|ecec|

ecec|aedc|”tr”c2B2|ecec|ecec|fdfd|fdfd|ecec|aedc|fdcB|A4:||

 

TRIP TO RUNCORN. English, Jig. England, North‑West. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 42.

           

TRIP TO SAINSBURYS, A. English, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB.

X: 1
T:Trip to Sainsbury's, A
M:4/4
L:1/8
C:Jean Pierre Rasle
S:Cock & Bull Band - Below the Belt (1993)
K:Gm
G2 AB AB c2 | B2 d2 c2 ({dc}B)c | d2 g2 ^fdBc | d2 d2 A4 | G2 AB AB c2 |
  B2 d2 c2 ({dc}B)c | d2 g2 ^fdBc | d2 d2 G4 :|||: ^fg a2 d3 c | cdcB A3G |

FGAc BABc | d2 g2 ^f3 e | ^fg a2 d3 c | cdcB A3 G | FGAc BABc | d2 d2 g4 :||

                       

TRIP TO SCOTCH BRIDGE. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 347.

           

TRIP TO SKYE. Irish, Waltz. B Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by button accordion player Johnny Whelan. Green Linnet SIF‑104, Eileen Ivers & Johnny Whelan ‑ "The Celts Rise Again" (1990).

X:1

T:Trip to Skye

M:3/4

L:1/8

Q:130

C:John Whelan

S:Fresh Takes (Green Linnet, 1987)

R:waltz

Z:Philippe Varlet

K:Bdor

f2 ed cB | ce AB ce | d/e/d ce dc | d2 B2 B2 |

f2 ed cB | ce AB ce |  d/e/d ce dc | BA FE FA :||

F/=G/F Bc d2 | F/=G/F Bc d2 | ce AB ce | dc BA FE |

F/=G/F Bc d2 | F/=G/F Bc d2 | ce AB ce |  d/e/d B2 B2 :||

 

TRIP TO SLIGO [1]. AKA and see “Daugherty’s Jig,” “Lark in the Morning [3]” (O’Neill), "Road to Sligo" [1], "Stealing Apples," “When I Parted.” Irish, Single Jig. E Aeolian/ Dorian. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was recorded in New York in 1927 (under the title “Daugherty’s”) by famed Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) as the first tune in a medley with “Tell Her I Am.” See the related “Winter Garden Quadrille.” See also a version called “When I Parted” from Radcliffe, Lancashire, England, musician Ellis Knowles, recorded in his c. 1847 music manuscript. Source for notated version: Chieftains (Ireland) [Brody]: Michael Coleman (Co. Sligo/New York) [Miller & Perron, Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 279. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 40. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 54. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook: British Isles), 1989; pg. 51. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 201. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2; 3. Island 9379, Chieftains‑ "Chieftains 3." Kicking Mule 209, Ken Perlman‑ "Melodic Clawhammer Banjo." Flying Fish FF‑246, Red Clay Ramblers‑ "Hard Times" (1981). Shanachie 33002, Michael Coleman. Shanachie 79023, "Chieftains 3" (1971/1982).

See also listings at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X:1
T:Trip to Sligo, The
R:jig
Z:id:hn-jig-43
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:6/8
K:Em
E2e BGE|D2d AFD|E2e BAF|GFE e2f|gfe dcB|ABG FED|
EFG ABc|1 BGF E2D:|2 BGF E2e||
|:eBe gfe|dAd fed|eBe gfe|faf gfe|faf gfe|dAG FED|
EFG ABc|1 BGF E2e:|2 BGF E2D||

 

TRIP TO SLIGO [2], A. Scottish (?), Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 174, pg. 64.

X:1

T:Trip to Sligo, A [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Aird, vol. II (1785)            

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

DGG EGG | DGG “tr”A2G | gdd ecc | dAc BAG |

DGG EGG | DGG A2G | gdd ecc | BGG G3 :|

|: Bdd dbb | dcB “tr”c2B | Acc caa | cBA “tr”B2A |

BGG EGG | DGG A2G | gdd ecc | BGG G3 :|

 

TRIP TO STRASBOURG.  English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 172.

X:1

T:Trip to Strasbourg

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

(FG).A.d|(FG).A.d|(FG).A.d|”tr”B2A2|FGAB|cdef|gedc|d2d2:|
|:fdge|fdge|fdcd eA A2|fdge|fdge|fdec|d2d2:||

 

TRIP TO THE BALTIC, A.  English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Goulding (Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808), 1808; No. 21.

X:1

T:Trip to the Baltic, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Goulding & Co. – Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year 1808 (London)

N:”With proper Tune & Directions to each Dance (as they may be

N:performed at Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys.”

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock

Z:abcs’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

B/c/|d2d dgd|B2B BdB|G2G AGA|B2B B2 B/c/|d2d (d/e/g).d|B2B (B/c/d).B|G2G AGA|B2G G2:|

|:B/c/|dBg ecg|dBg ecg|ded dcB|cAA A2 B/c/|dBg ecg |dbg ecg|ded cBA|BGG G2:|

 

TRIP TO THE BOAR. English. Flying Fish FF‑407, Robin Williamson ‑ "Winter's Turning" (1986).

 

TRIP TO THE CAMP. AKA and see “Trip to Manchester.” English, Country Dance Tune (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 27.

 


TRIP TO THE COTTAGE [1] (Turas Go Di'n Iosdan). AKA and see "The Self [1]," “Turas ‘un Tí.” Irish, English; Double Jig. England; Dorset, Shropshire. G Major (most versions): A Major (Carlin). Standard tuning. AABB (most versions): AABB' (Phillips): AABA (Trim). The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). One of the earliest recordings of the melody was in 1909 when Cecil Sharp waxed it on a cylinder from the playing of John Locke (in the key of ‘A’), described as a “gipsy fiddler.” Trip to the Cottage is the name of a ceili dance, popular in South Armagh (Keegan). Sources for notated versions: a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; Don Woodcock and Dave Howard [Phillips]; accordion player Johnny O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 12, pg. 4. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 27a, pg. 7. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 465, pg. 443. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 242, pg. 140. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 78. Harding’s All Round Collection, 1905; No. 75, pg. 23. Keegan (The Keegan Tunes), 2002; pg. 116. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 84, pg. 41. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 25, pg. 10. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary), 1994; No. 136, pg. 79. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 25. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 74, pg. 28. O’Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 191; No. 171, pg. 94. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 384. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 108 (appears as "The Self"). Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 82, pg. 37. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 110. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 44 (appears as "A Trip to My Cottage"). Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 27. Edison 52499 (78 RPM), John H. “Dutch” Kimmel (accordionist from New York City), 1929.

X:1

T:Trip to the Cottage [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:G

B|ded BGB|cBc AFA|DGG FAA|GBB ABc|ded BGB|cBc AFA|DGG FGA|BGF G2:|

|:d|gfe d^cd|edc Bcd|ecA BAG|FAG FED|gfe d^cd|edc Bcd|efg eag|fd^c d2:|

X:1

T:Trip to the Cottage [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:John Locke (1909)

K:A

a3e3 | d3 cde | fdB ecA | B2A GFE | a3e3 | d3 cde | fff ggg | a3a3 || c2e dBc |

d3B BAB | A2c G2B | A2c Bcd | e2c cBc | d2B BAB | AGA Bcd | cAA A3 ||

 

TRIP TO THE COTTAGE [2]. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 22, pg. 25.

 

TRIP TO THE DARGLE. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding [1]." The Dargle is a river in Ireland.

 

TRIP TO THE FERRY. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 188, pg. 44.

 

TRIP TO THE FOREST, A. English, Jig. England, Northumberland. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom very little is known. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 471.

X:1

T:Trip to the Forest, A

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

ccc cGc|cBA cBA|ddd dfd|dcB AGF|ccc cfc|ddd dgd|cAf cBA|BGG G3:|

|:GGG GEG|BdB BAF|AAA AFA|cBA G2 A/B/|ccc cfc|ddd dbg|agf ece|fFF F3:||

 

TRIP TO THE FURZE. Irish, Slip Jig. The tune is attributed to the famous 18th century uilleann piper Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick.  Goodman collection, vol. IV, pg. 4.

 

TRIP TO THE GARGLE, A. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding [1]," “Trip to the Dargle.”

 

TRIP TO THE GARRETT. AKA and see “Jackson’s Kiss in the Garrett.” Irish, Slip Jig. The alternate title, “Jackson’s Kiss in the Garrett,” Breathnach finds in County Leitrim. Goodman, vol. IV, pg. 1.

 

TRIP TO THE HEART.  AKA and see “Portland Fair.”

 

TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDS. English, Reel. England, Northumberland. C Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 467.

 

TRIP TO THE ISLAND. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 100, pg. 52.

X:1

T: Trip to the Island

C: © B. Black

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

D | G2 BG ED D2 | cedB cBAB | G2 BG EDB,A, | B,DGF EDEF |

GABG ED D2 | cdef gdBA | Bd (3dcd edgd | BGAF G3 :|

A | Bdef gede | aecB AcBA | GB (3BAB AcBA | ^cdec d2 ef |

g2 bg faaf | gfge dBBA | Bd (3dcd edgd | BGAF G3 :|

 

TRIP TO THE JACKS. AKA and see “The Brosna Slide [1],” “The Lonesome Road to Dingle [2]." Irish. Globestyle Irish CDORBD 085, Jackie Daly - “The Rushy Mountain” (1994. Reissue of Topic recordings).

 

TRIP TO THE JUBILEE, A. AKA and see "Edinburgh Castle," "As 'Tis Danc'd at the Playhouse." English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning. One part (Raven): AAB (Barnes). The tune dates to 1698 and Henry Playford’s Dancing Master, in which it was the vehicle for a longways dance. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 33. Flying Fish FF90564, Bare Necessities ‑ "Take a Dance" (1991).

 

TRIP TO THE JUBILEE [2].  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody first appeared in print in John Johnson’s Choice Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 6 (London, 1751). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 12.

X:1

T:Trip to the Jubilee [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

F|B>dc>B|f>dB>e|d>cB>A|Bfg_a|g>eE>g|f>dD>f|d>BA>B|(B c2):|

|:c|f>ed>c|=B>_AG>F|E>_ag>f|e>dc>d|e>dc>B|A>GF>E|D>ed>g|

f>AB>a|b>fd>B|g>ec>A|f>CA>c|B2 F2|G>BA>c|B>ed>c|d>BF>A|B3:||

 

TRIP TO THE LAKES. English, Scottish; Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. From the title, it may be a tune from Cumbria, England, the Lake District. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 280, pg. 31.

X:69
T:Trip to the Lakes
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
N:From an annonymous MS from Yorkshire?, c1795.
N:Thought to be ex. part of Frank Kidson's MS collection.
N:Now in the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library.
D:Boat Band CD "A Trip To The Lakes"
Z:Transcribed from the MS, transposed into A from F,
Z:and edited for fiddle by Chris Partington.
K:A
aga ecA|Bcd cBA|aga Bcd|cfe cBA|\
aga ecA|Bcd cBA|aga Bcd|cAA A2:|!
|:z|aga ece|aga fdf|aga ecA|Bcd cBA|\
aga ece|aga fdf|Bcd cfe|cAA A2:|!
|:B|cAA dAA|fAA e2e|efe dcB|ced cBA|\
cAA dAA|fAA e2e|efe dcB|cAA A2:|

X:2

T:Trip to the Lakes

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

B:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 3, No. 280  (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

gfg dBG|ABc BAG|gfg ABc|BGG G3|gfg dBG|ABc BAG|gfg ABc|BGG G3||

gfg dBd|gfg ece|gfg dBG|ABc BAG|gfg dBd|gfg ece|gfg ABc|BGG G3||

B,GG CGG|EGG DGG|Ged dcB|cdc BAG|B,GG CGG|EGG DGG|Gec BcA|BGG G3||

 

TRIP TO THE LAND OF YOUTH. AKA and see "Turus Go Tir Na N‑og."

 

TRIP TO THE LAUNDRY, A. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). England, Northumberland. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was included in the 1770 music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers (about whom, unfortunately, nothing is known). Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 303.

X:1

T:Trip to the Laundry, A

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Country Dance Tune

S:William Vickers’ music manuscript (1770, Northumberland)

K:A

Ac Bd|ce Bd|(d/c/B/A/) GB|d “tr”B3|Ac Bd|ce Bd|(d/c/B/A/) GB|c “tr”A3:|

|:ea a/g/f/e/|(f/e/d/c/) (d/c/B/A/)|ea “tr”gf|g/a/b e2|

ea a/g/f/e/|(f/e/)(d/c/) (d/c/)(B/A/)|c/e/c/A/ B/d/B/G/|c “tr”A3:|

 

TRIP TO THE TENDER(, A). English, Jig. England; Northumberland, Dorset. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Trim (Thomas Hardy), 1990; No. 37. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 214.

                       


TRIP TO TOMINTOUL, A. Scottish, Jig. Tradition 2118, Jim MacLeod & His Band ‑ "Scottish Dances: Jigs, Waltzes and Reels" (1979).

                       

TRIP TO TORONTO. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A popular Cape Breton jig composed by fiddler Donald Angus Beaton. Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987) always played this tune in a medley with Dan Hughie MacEachern’s “Juanita.”

                       

TRIP TO TUNBRIDGE, THE. AKA and see "Green Grow the Rushes‑O." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to c. 1793. Tunbridge was a fashionable resort or spa in the late 18th century. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986. Johnson (Twenty‑Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair), vol. 8, 1988; No. 9.

                       

TRIP TO VERMONT, THE. AKA and see “Sean Ryan’s (Hornpipe) [2],” “McMahon’s (Hornpipe).” Irish, Hornpipe. The tune was originally composed by fiddler Sean Ryan as “McMahon’s.” The “Trip to Vermont” title comes from a 1974 album by Seamus Cooley and Johnny McGreevey.

                       

TRIP TO VIRGINIA, A. English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune dates to 1750. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes), 1986.

                       

TRIP TO WATERFORD, A. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBC (Kennedy): AABBCCDD (O’Farrell). Uillleann piper O’Farrell had several tunes with Waterford locals in his collection, and is associated with the area. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 192, pg. 45. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 137.

X:1

T:Trip to Waterford

M:C

L:1/8

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. 2 (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

A/B/c/ | dAFD B2B2 | dAFD E2E2 | dA FD BABg | fedc d3 :|

|: f/g/ | afaf bgbg | afaf ed B>f/2g/4 | afaf bgbg | fedc d2 :|

|: A/B/c/ | dFAF B2B2 | dFAF E2E2 | dFAF BABg | fedc d3 f/g/ |
adfd gdfd | edef dB B>fg/2 | adfd bdfd | edef d2d :: A/B/c/ |

dFdF BABd | AdFd E2E2 | dFdF BABc | fedc d2 :: f/g/ |

adfd g2bg | adfd edB>f | adfd gbag | fedc d2 :||

                       

TRIP TO WEYMOUTH.  English, Jig. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody is unique to Charles and Samuel Thompson’s Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 116.

X:1

T:Trip to Weymouth

M:6/8

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Bb

g|fdB ecA|FAc EAc|CAB cde|dcB AGF|fdB ecA|FAc EAc|def gab|fed c2:|

|:c|FAc “tr”c3|dBd fbf|FAc “tr”c3|BFE DCB,|Fgf edc|Dfe dcB|FAc Egf|edc B2:||

 

TRIP TO WHITE CONDUIT.  English, Country Dance Tune (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). White Conduit House was an 18th century pleasure garden. It began as a small alehouse built in the 17th century, completed on the day of the execution of King Charles I, according to tradition, the workmen who built it carousing in celebration (of both events, presumably). It took its name from a conduit faced with white stone in the field opposite. By 1745 the original structure had been replaced or added on with a Long Room, and the grounds had been planned and shaped to include a fishpond and numerous arbours. A fence enclosed the acreage to keep out the curious at work in the nearby fields, and a cricket field laid out in a meadow adjoining the house. It was a popular gathering place for London society, who enjoyed its favourable views to the north of Hampstead and Highgate, and tea in the house and the “genteel boxes” let into the hedges. Although the neighbourhood gradually became less bucolic, White Conduit House survived as an entertainment park until the mid-19th century, when it was replaced by a public house. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 130.

X:1

T:Trip to White Conduit

M:2/4

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

E|ABcA|B2 EB|c2 Ac|B2 EB|c2 Ac|defd|cAEG|A2 A,:|

|:A|cdef|e2 ae|”tr”f2 df|e2 ae|”tr”f2 af|e2 ca|fedc|”tr”B2 E2|

ABcA|B2 EB|cBcA|B2 EB|c2 Ac|defa|edcB|A2 A,:||

 

TRIP TO WIGAN. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was originally published in Thomas Cahusac’s 24 Country Dances for the Year 1785. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 1.

 

TRIP TO WINCHOMB, A. English, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody was originally published by Charles and Samuel Thompson in their Compleat Collection, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It was entered into the music manuscript collection of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, begun in 1770. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 236. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3), 1773; No. 189.

X:1

T:Trip to Winchcomb, A

M:2/4

L:1/8

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

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 DG|BGDG|A2 DA|cAFA|G2 DG|BGEG|AcAF|G2 [G,2G2]:|
|:gage|dBAG|gfga|bgfe|gage|dBAG|AcAF|G2 [G,2G2]:||

 

TRIP TO WINDSOR. Canadian, Reel. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cameron, Hinds, Messer): AABB’ (Perlman): AA’BB’ (Martin & Hughes). Named for Windsor, Ontario, the tune is one of the most famous compositions of fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia), who penned it in 1947. There is a large Cape Breton community in Windsor, which at one time included one of MacDonald’s brothers. Source for notated version: Francis MacDonald (b. 1940, Morrel Rear, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 1. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 10. Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; pg. 49. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 63, pg. 37. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 90. Glencoe GMI‑001, "Cape Breton Symphony." Arhoolie C‑334, Joe Cormier ‑ "Masters of the Folk Violin" (1989). Breton Books and Records BOC 1HO, Winston “Scotty” Fitzgerald - “Classic Cuts” (reissue of Celtic Records CX 17). Green Linnet GLCD 3127, Sharon Shannon – “The Best of Sharon Shannon: Spellbound” (1999. Appears as third tune of “Bag of Cats” medley). Shanachie SHA78017, Jerry O’Sullivan – “The Gift” (appears under the erroneous title “Spootiskerry”).  

X:1

T:Trip to Windsor

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:A

A/2A/2A (AB) Ace=g| f/2f/2f (fg) fef^g| agfe fgaf|1 ecBc AFEF|2 ecBd cAA2||!

c| efec efae| ((3fga) (ec) BAcB| AFEC EFAE| ((3FGA) (EC) B,A,CB,| A,2 (CE) FECE|!

AEcB Aceg| agfe fgaf|1 ecBd (cA) A |2 ecBc ~ A4||

           

TRIP TO YORKSHIRE. AKA and see “Yorkshire Trip.” English, Country Dance Tune (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 36.

           

TRIP UP STAIRS. Irish, Jig. G Major (O’Farrell): D Major (Thompson). Standard tuning. AABB. “(A) Trip Up Stairs” was first published by John Walsh in his Compleat Country Dancing Master, volume the Sixth (London, 1754). It also appears in Rutherford’s Compleat Collection of 200 of the Most Celebrated Country Dances (1756) and Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances (1757). London musician Thomas Hammersley penned it into his 1790 music manuscript collection. A different tune by this name appears in Stewart’s 1788 Select Collection of Scots, English, Irish and Foreign Airs. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pg. 97. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 199.

X:1

T:Trip Up Stairs

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Farrell – Pocket Companion, vol. II (c. 1806)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D | G2A B2G | A2F G2E | BGE EGE | BGE E2F | G2A B2G | A2F G2E |

AFD DED | AFD D2 :: d2B c2A | BAG c2A | BGE EGE | BGE E3 |

d2Bc2A | BAG Bcd | AFD DED | AFD D2 :|

X:2

T:Trip up Stairs

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

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

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2e f2d|e2c d2B|B2f fdB|BcB fdB|d2e f2d|e2c d2B|A2e ecA|ABA ecA:|
|:d2g (f/g/a)f|(e/f/g)e (d/e/f)d|B2f fdB|BcB fdB|d2g (f/g/a)f|(e/f/g)e (d/e/f)d|A2e ecA|ABA ecA:||

                       


TRIP WE TOOK OVER THE MOUNTAIN(S) [1], THE. Irish, Waltz or Air (3/4 or 6/8 time, "with life and spirit"). G Major (Joyce, Mitchell, Sullivan): G Major/Mixolydian (Ó Canainn). Standard. AB (Joyce, Mitchell, Sullivan): AA’BBC (Ó Canainn). "I have a whole song to this air on a ballad‑sheet, beginning:‑‑

***

One night as the moon luminated the sky,

When I first took a notion to marry. (Joyce).

***

Sources for notated versions: "Sent to me (in 1884) by Mr. Francis Hogan of South Lodge, Brenormore, near Carrick‑on‑Suir, a good musician and a great enthusiast for Irish music and songs" (Joyce); piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; Seamus Ennis [Sullivan]. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 269, pg. 128. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 128, pgs. 102-103. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 41, pg. 38. Sullivan (Session Tunes), vol. 3; No. 33, pg. 13. Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie Clancy Vol. 2” (1983).

X:1

T:Trip We Took Over the Mountain, The [1]

M:3/8

L:1/16

S:Dave Swarbick

R:Air

K:G

G3E|D2G2G2|B2G2G2|A2ABA2|f2f2ga|gfd2d2|d2edcA|G2GABG|F2FGFE|

D2G2G2|B2G2G2|A2AcA2|f2f2ga|gfd2d2|cd/2c/2A2F2|FG2GG2|1 G2G2:|2 G2G2gg|:gfd2gg|gab2g2|f2d2e2|f2f2ga|gfd2d^c|d2edcA|G2GABG|

F2FGFE|D2G2G2|B2G2G2|A2ABA2|f2f2ga|gfd2d2|(3cdc A2F2|

FG2GG2|1 G3gg:|2G2g2 f/2g/2f/2e/2|:

de ce Bg|de ce Bg|(3cBc cd ec|d2 df ga|gd Bg Bd|DA df ga|gd BG Bd|DA dgfe|

de ce Bg|de ce Bg|(3cBc cd ec|d2 df ga|gd BG Bd|cG E2 d2|G,D GA (3def|1

gzfze2:|2 g2gfge|: gd ad bg|gd ad bA|ag fd fg|ag fd fa|E2 Be gb|DF Ad fa|

DB DG Bd|DF Ag fe|de ce Bg|de ce Bg|c/2B/2c cd ec|d2 df ga|gd BG Bd|cG E2 d2|

G.D GB de/2f/2|1 g2gggg:|2 g2 gG ED||

X:2

T:Trip we took over the mountain [1]

L:1/8

M:6/8

N:”With life and spirit”

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

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2|G>FG EFG|ABG A2 B/c/|d>BG FED|DG2 z2D|G>FG EFG|ABG A2 B/c/|

d>BG FEF|AG3 z2||B/c/|dBG GBd|e>cA A2c|B>GF EAG|FDE D2D|

G>FG EFG|ABG A2 B/c/|d>BG FEF|A G3||

 

TRIP WE TOOK OVER THE MOUNTAIN [2], THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A reel setting of the 3/4 time air. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 84, pg. 43.

X:1

T: Trip We Took Over the Mountain [2]

S: J. O'Sullivan

Q: 350

R: reel

M: 4/4

L: 1/8

K: G

D | DG G2 BG G2 | A^G (3^GGG f2 =ga | gd d2 cA A2 | GBAG (3FED FD |

DG G2 BG G2 | A^G (3^GGG f2 =ga | gd d2 cA A2 | GBAF G3 :|

g | gd d2 g2 ag | =fdde f2 ga | gd d2 cA A2 | GBAG (3FED FD |

gd d2 g2 ag | =fdde f2 ga | gd d2 cA A2 | GBAF G3 :|

 

TRIP WITH DAVID. Canadian, Strapthspey. Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. F Major. Standard tuning. AA’B. Composed by Inverness, Cape Breton, fiddler Jerry Holland. Source for notated version: Gus Longaphie (b. 1914, Little Harbor, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Souris) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 200.

           

TRIP WITH JOEY ON RECORD DAY. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 92, pg. 27.

           

TRIP WITH THE ROVING SHOOLER. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Minor. Standard tuning. AB. In Ireland a 'shooler' is a wanderer. Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, c. 1846 (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 626, pg. 320.

           

TRIPLET HORNPIPE [1]. Scottish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 348, pg. 38.

X:1

T:Triplet Hornpipe [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 2, No. 348

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G>AB>c d>BA>G | g>fg>e e2d2 | (3Bdc (3BAG (3ced (3cBA | (3Bdc (3BAG  (3FGA (3DEF |

G>AB>c d>BA>G | g>fg>e e2d2 | (3Bdc (3BAG (3ced (3cBA | (3fed (3cBA G2g2 :|

|: d>ef>g (3fag (3fed | (3gba (3gfe (3fag (3fed | d>ef>g (3fag (3fed | (3bd’^c’ (3bag (3fag (3fed |

(3Bdc (3BAG (3ced (3cBA | (3fag (3fed (3gba (3gfe | (3dba (3gfe (3ded (3cBA | G2g2G,2 z2 :|

 

TRIPLET (HORNPIPE) [2], THE.  Scottish, Hornpipe. A Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by the great Scots fiddler-composer J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Skinner (Harp and Claymore), 1904; pg. 133.

See also listing at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

X:1

T:Triplet (Hornpipe) [2]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Hornpipe

C:J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927)

S:Skinner – Harp and Claymore (1904)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

(E>D) | (3C/D/E/ (3D/C/B, A,/>C/E/>A/ | (3G/A/B/ (3A/G/F/ E/>G/B/>d/ | c/>e/A/>e/ (3a/e/d/ (3c/B/A/ |

(3B/c/d/ (3c/B/A/ (3G/F/E/ (3D/C/B,/ | (3C/D/E/ (3D/C/B, A,/>C/E/>A/ | (3G/A/B/ (3A/G/F/ E/>G/B/>d/ |

(3c/e/d/ (3c/B/A/ (3G/F/E/ (3D/C/B, | AdA :| G/>A/ | (3B/c/B/ (3A/G/F/ E/>G/B/>d/ | A/>c/e/>g/ a/>e/c/>A/ |

(3f/e/d/ (3e/d/c/ (3d/c/B/ (3c/B/A/ | (3B/c/d/ (3c/B/A/ (3G/F/E/ (3D/C/B,/ | (3C/D/E/ (3D/C/B,/ A,/>C/E/>A/ |

(3G/A/B/ (3A/G/F/ E/>G/B/>d/ | (3c/e/d/ (3c/B/A/ (3G/F/E/ (3D/C/B,/ | AdA ||

           

TRIPPERS, THE. AKA and see “My Lame Leg.” Scottish, Pipe Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB (Kerr): AABBCC (Shears). Also called “My Lame Foot” in some 19th century collections. Jane Morison prints it as a march called “Se mo chas chrůbach” (My lame leg has kept me behind). Another tune by the same name, in three-parts, is in circulation in Cape Breton that retains only the second part of the jig printed in Kerr’s. Source for notated version: Mike MacDougall (Cape Breton) [Cranford/Holland]. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 226, pg. 84. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 245, pg. 27. Shears (The Gathering of the Clans Collection, vol. 1), 1986; pg. 67. Jerry Holland – “Master Cape Breton Fiddler” (1982).

See also listing at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

X:1

T:Trippers, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 245

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amix

ABd e2A | f2A e2A | ABd e2A | gfe dBG | ABd e2A | f2A e2A | gag gfe | dBg dBG :|

|: gag f2e | efg a3 | gag gfe | dBg dBG | gag gfe | efg a3 | gag gfe | dBg dBG :|

           

TRIPPING AT THE TRUCKSTOP. Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black in memory of the time the bus full of musicians and dancers broke down on the way to the Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann North American Convention in Syracuse, N.Y., 1993. While waiting for another vehicle they decided not to waste time and began dancing in the parking lot. Black (Music’s the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 177, pg. 93.

X:1

T: Tripping at the Truck Stop

C: © B. Black

Q: 300

R: polka

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

K: D

A | dA FA | BA FA | dA FD | GF E2 |

dA FA | B>c de | (3fga gf | ed d :|

e | fa fa | b>a ge | fa af | gf e2 |

fa fa | b>a ge | (3fga gf | ed d :|

           


TRIPPING DOWNSTAIRS/DOWN THE STAIRS. AKA and see “Arcady’s,” “The Green Fields of Antrim [2],” ““The Green Hills of Tyrol [2]," “Tripping Up the Stairs [1].” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune’s title comes from the rise and fall of the melody (descending 6ths), points out Caoimhin Mac Aoidh. Played as a reel in Ireland, the melody was originally a Scottish strathspey. Shanachie 79077, Arcady - “After the Ball.” Green Linnet SIF1166, Eileen Ivers - “Wild Blue.”

X:1
T:Tripping Down the Stairs

T:Green Hills of Tyrol [2]
M: 4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
Q:330
C:Natalie MacMaster
Z:Transcribed by Linda Relph 8.01.03
K:G
|: GA | BG(3GFG BGcG | BGDC B,G,B,C | DB,DG ECEG |
FDEF GFGA | BG(3G^FG BGcG | BGDC B,G,B,C | DB,DG ECEG | FDEF G2 :|
|: ga | bg(3gfg egde | caBg ABGA | FdEF DECD | B,CA,B, G,DE F |
G^FGB dBGB | ABcA BGDC | B,G,B,D ECEG | FDE F G2:|

“variation”

ga | bg~g2 egdg | caBg AfGe | FdEc DBCA | B,GA,F G, etc.

                       

TRIPPING ON THE MOUNTAIN. AKA and see “Buffalo Nickel [1],” “My Love is/She's But a Lassie Yet [1],” “Richmond Blues,” “Sweet Sixteen,” “Too Young to Marry [1].” Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune under this title was famously recorded in 1928 by the duet of flute player John McKenna and fiddler James Morrison in New York for Columbia Records. Versions or variants of the melody are popular tune in many genres. Treoir. Coleman Center CD CC004, Seamus Quinn & James McDonagh – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”).

See also listing at: 

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

X: 1

T: Tripping on the Mountain

S: Treoir

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

Q: 250

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: polka

K: D

f/e/ | dA FA | d>c d/e/f/e/ | dA FA | BE Ef/e/ |

dA FA | dg f>e | d/B/A/F/ A/B/d/e/ | fd d :|

f/g/ | af eg | fd d/e/f/g/ | af g/f/g/a/ | be ef/>g/ |

af ge | fd ff/e/ | d/B/A/F/ A/B/d/e/ | fd d :|

                       

TRIPPING THRO' THE MEADOWS. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AB. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 3; No. 77, pg. 23.

           

TRIPPING TO THE WELL. AKA and see “Danny Green’s,” “Darby’s Cross,” “Fleadh cheol polka [2],” “John Clifford’s (Polka) [1],” “John Egan’s (Polka) [2]," “Scartaglen Polka [2].” Irish, Polka. Ireland, West Kerry. D Major (Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham): G Major (Tubridy). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune was recorded in 1937 by County Leitrim flute player John McKenna (1880-1947). Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham (An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry), No. 15, pg. 17. O’Brien (Irish Folk Dance Music), 1952. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 11. Great Meadow Music GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane – “Fiddledance” (2004). Inchecronin Records, Roger Sherlock – “Memories of Sligo” (1978. Appears in the set “Killoran’s”). Sean Smyth – “The Blue Fiddle.”

X:1

T:Tripping to the Well

L:1/8

M:2/4

R:Polka

Z:Jean Lewis

K:G

G>ABG|EGED|G>ABd|BAA2|G>ABG|EGED|dBD/E/F/G/|AGG2||

dBG>A/|Bge2|dBG>A|BAA2| d/e/d/B/G>A|Bge2|dBD/E/F/G/|AGG2||

X:2

T: Tripping to the Well

S: "Treoir" (from J. McKenna)

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

R: polka

K: G

G>A B>G | E>G E>D | D/E/G/A/ B>d | B>A AB/A/ |

G>A B>G | E>G E>D | BA/F/ D/E/F/G/ | AB/A/ G2 :|

d>B G>A | B>G E>D | d>B G>A | B>A A2 |

d/e/d/B/ G>A | B>G E>D | BA/F/ D/E/F/G/ | AB/A/ G2 :|

           

TRIPPING UP THE STAIRS [1]. AKA and see “The Green Hills of Tyrol [2],” “Tripping Downstairs/Down the Stairs.” Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’. This reel is popular mostly in County Donegal. The tune’s title comes from the rise and fall of the melody, points out Caoimhin Mac Aoidh, although there is some considerable confusion among musicians whether the title is “Up Stairs,” “Upstairs” or “Downstairs.”  Peoples (The Donegal Fiddle Tutor), Vol. 2. Nimbus NI 5320, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin - “Fiddlesticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal” (1991).

X:1

T:Green Hills of Tyrol, The

T:Tripping Up the Stairs

R:Reel

M:C|

L:1/8

K:G

"G"BG~G2 "G"BGAc|"G"BGDC "G"B,CDC|"G"B,G,B,D "C"ECEG|

"D"FDEF "B/D#"GFGA|"Em"BGGF "Bm"~G3A|"C"BGDC "G"B,CDC|

"G"~B,3D "C"~E3G|1 "D"FDEF "G"G2GA:|2"D"FDEF "G"G2ga||

|:"G"bg~g2 "G"egde|"C"cdBc "C"ABGA|"D"FGEF "D"DECD|

"D"B,CA,B, "B/D#"G,A,B,D|"Em"GABc "Em"dBGB|"Cm6"ABcA"G/B"BGDC|

"G"B,G,B,D "C"ECEG|1 "D"FDEF "G"G2ga:|2 "D"FDEF "G"G2GA||

X:2

T:Green Hills of Tyrol

R:Reel

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

BG ~G2 BGAd|BGDC B,A,DC|B,G,B,D ECEG|FDEF GAdc|!

BG ~G2 BGAd|BGDC B,G,DC|B,G,B,D ECEG|1 FDEF G2dc:|2 FDEF G2ga||!

bg g2 egdb|caBg AfGe|FdEc DBCA|B,G,A,F G,B,DF|!

GABd dBGB|ABcA BGDC|B,G,B,D ECEG|1 FDEF G2 ga:|2 FDEF G2 dc||

 

TRIPPING UPSTAIRS [2]. AKA - “Trip it Up Stairs [2],” "Tripping Up the Stairs." AKA and see “The Jew Jig,” “Sacho’s Jig,” “Sackows,” “Syriacus.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Carlin): AABB (Cranitch, Mallinson): AABB’ (Songer): AA'AA'BB (Phillips). A different tune than the similarly entitled “Trip it Up the Stairs.” According to David Taylor (1992, pg. 22), it is his information that this tune is the composition of the great Co. Mayo and New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), who originally entitled it "The Jew Jig" (although Paul de Grae thinks this title may have been used for “Banish Misfortune”). Taylor wrote about McGrath after being inspired by several conversations with McGrath’s nephew, Vincent McGrath, of Drogheda, who presumably passed along McGrath’s title. Sources close to McGrath, however, maintain he only wrote one tune, a reel called “John McGrath’s Composition” that appears in Paddy O’Brien’s tune book. Philippe Varlet points out that the tune was recorded in 1921 by Frank Quinn, and while it is possible that a young McGrath wrote the tune, it is not probable. Source for notated version: mandolinist Mark Bautista via Sue Songer & Lanny Martin (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 259, pg. 148. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 125. Cranitch (Irish Session Tunes: Red Book), 2000; 1. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 37. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 94, pg. 41. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 383. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 202 (appears as “Tripping Up the Stairs”). Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 32. Polydor 2904 005, De Danann - “De Danann” (1975).

X:1

T:Tripping Upstairs

T:Tripping Up the Stairs [2]

L:1/8

M:6/8

K:D

FAA GBB|FAd fed|cBc ABc|dfe dAG|FAA GBB|FAA fed|cBc ABc|dfe d2:|

|:c|dBB fBB|faf fed|cAA eAA|efe edc|dBB fBB|faf fed|cBc ABc|dfe d2:|

           

TRIPS TO GLENCOE. Canadian, Reel. Canada, Nova Scotia. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Antigonish, Nova Scotia, fiddler Jackie Dunn. Cook (Night in the Kitchen Collection), 1996; pg. 37.

           

TRIPS WITH DAVID. Canadian, Strathspey. Canada, Cape Breton. F Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 148, pg. 43.

 

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