KERFUNTEN. AKA - "The Kerfunken Jig." AKA and see "Hamilton's Jig" [2]. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Kerfunten/Kerfunken is a town in Brittany, France. Source for notated version: Deirdre Havlin, flute player for the Northern Irish group Deanta, who had it from flute player and craftsman Hammy Hamilton [Black]. Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 228, pg. 122. Green Linnet SIF 1147, Deanta - "Ready for the Storm." Green Linnett GLCD 1181, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - "The Lonesome Touch" (1997. Appears as "The Kerfunken Jig").
T: Kerfunten
C: Hammy Hamilton
Q: 325
R: jig
Z:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
A | B3 BAG | dBd efg | dBd edB | ABA AGA |
B3 BAG | dBd efg | dBd gdB | AGA G2 :|
d | gfg gab | ege edB | gfg gab | bag a2 d |
gfg gab | ege edB | dBd gdB | AGA G2 :|
LADY HAMILTON [1]. Slight resemblance to "Eileen Curran" (says Krassen). Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee. G Mixolydian. Standard. AB (Krassen): ABB (Phillips). Believed by Blanton Owen to have been learned by North Carolina fiddler Manco Sneed from J. Dedrick Harris (eastern Tenn.). Harris was a native of Tennessee who regularly fiddled with Bob Taylor when the latter ran for Governor of that state in the late 1800's. He moved to western North Carolina in the 1920's and greatly influenced a generation of young fiddlers there, including Manco Sneed, Bill Hensley, Osey Helton and Marcus Martin (the latter two also played "Lady Hamilton" and there are recordings of Martin's version circulating). The tune was considered a 'signature piece' of Sneed's. It was also in the repertoire of fiddler Tommy Magness (1911-1972), born in north Georgia near the southeastern Tennessee border.
Source for notated versions: Manco Sneed (Graham County, N.C.) [Krassen, Phillips]. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 123. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 74. (There is also a transcription of a version by Marcus Martin of Ararat, N.C., in the article "Instrumental Music of the Southern Appalachians: Traditional Fiddle Tunes," North Carolina Folklore Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2., Dec. 1964, pp. 1-8).
LIGHTHOUSE REEL. Canadian, Reel. D Major/Mixolydian. Standard. AA'BB'. Composed by Nova Scotia fiddler Bill Guest. Source for notated version: Hamilton County New York fiddler Vic Kibler learned the tune from a Bill Guest recording [Bohrer/Kibler]. Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 15, pg. 15.
LIVERPOOL HORNPIPE, THE [1] (Crannciuil Liberpuil). AKA and see "Lousiville Hornpipe," "Brilliancy" (Christeson), "Processional Morris" (Mellor), "The Grove." English, Scottish, Irish, American; Hornpipe. USA; Maine, New York, southwestern Pa., Texas, Arkansas, Missouri. Ireland; Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. D Major. Standard. AB (Hardie): AABB (Allan's, Ashman, Athole, Bain, Bohrer/Kibler, Cole, Honeyman, Kennedy, Kerr, O'Neill/Krassen, Phillips, Raven, Skye, Taylor, Tubridy): AA'BB' (Moylan): AABBCC (O'Neill/1915, 1001 & 1850). The Irish musicologist Father Henebry criticized this piece for its "purposeless vapidity," though it has been printed endlessly in collections and evidently has been quite popular with fiddlers and fifers. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh also says it is generally considered a fiddler's tune and points to the many versions recorded by both Sligo and Donegal masters. 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). A minor-key variant collected in Wales appears as "Processional Morris" [1]. Scottish dancers performed a step-dance to the melody. In America the piece was cited as having been commonly played at Orange County, New York, country dances in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly). The title also appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954, and in a list of the repertoire of elderly Maine musician Mellie Dunham, Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the mid-1920's. For more on this tune in the Missouri tradition (in which it was popular) see note for "Thunder Hornpipe." Sources for notated versions: Wilbur Neal (elderly fiddler from Jefferson County, Pa., 1948) and Hogg (Pa., 1948) [Bayard]; Jake Hockemeyer (Mokane, Missouri) via Charlie Walden (Columbia, Missouri) [Christeson]; Hamilton County, New York fiddler Vic Kibler learned the tune from Harding's Collection [Bohrer]; Bill Hardie (Scotland) [Hardie]; a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; Texas fiddler Benny Thomasson [Phillips]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region, Kerry), recorded at a recital at Na Píobairí Uilleann, February, 1981 [Moylan]; a tape of set-dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the 1980's [Taylor]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 87, pg. 22. American Veteran Fifer, 1927; No. 54. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 20, pg. 4. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; pg. 26. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 280A-B, pg. 234. Bohrer (Vic Kibler), 1992; No. 31, pg. 31. Christeson (Old Time Fiddler's Repertory, Vol. 2), 1984; No. 76, pg. 51. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 89. DeVille, 1905; No. 12. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1992; pg. 34. Harding Collection (1915) and Harding Original Collection (1928), No. 35. Honeyman, 1898; pg. 44. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; pg. 43. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes), 1951; No. or pg. 23. Jigs and Reels, Vol. 1, 1908; pg. 31. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 1, 1951; No. 11, pg. 6. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 5, pg. 42. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 172. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 29, pg. 18. O'Malley, 1919; pg. 18. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 333, pg. 164. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 166. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1565. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 816, pg. 141. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 205. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 173. Robbins, 1933; No. 79. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 297. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 38. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 12. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 127. IRC Records, Michael Coleman - "The Musical Glory of Old Sligo" (1967). Voyager 309, Benny & Jerry Thomasson - "The Weiser Reunion" (1993). Fife Strathspey and Reel Society - "The Fiddle Sounds of Fife" (1980). Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon - "Whirlwind" (1995. Learned from piper Séamus Ennis).
T:Liverpool
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Hornpipe
B:The Athole Colletion
K:D
AG|FDFA dfaf|gfed dcBA|GBGB FAFA|EFGA GFED|FDFA dfaf|
gfed dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2 f2 d2:||:A2|dfdf cece|BcdB BAGF|GBGB FAFA|
EFGA GFED|FDFA dfaf|gfed dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2 f2 d2:|
WAYS OF THE WORLD [1]. Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown. USA; Tennessee, Kentucky, southwestern Va. D Major. Standard. AABB. The tune was first recorded in 1937 by Dalesbury, Ky., fiddler Luther Strong. Tom Carter and Blanton Owen (1976) identify it as a popular Patrick County, Va., fiddle tune belonging to an early repertoire established before the "band" style, or fiddle/clawhammer banjo combination, became popular. One of the original sources for the tune was Magoffin County, Kentucy, fiddler William Stepp, who recorded the tune for the Library of Congress in 1937. When the index cards for the recording were typed up, explains Kerry Blech, the name Wm., for William, was rendered 'W.M.' and this error was repeated for many years. The fiddler's name was actually William Hamilton Stepp. Source for notated version: Highwoods String Band (Ithaca, N.Y.) [Brody]. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 286. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 1, 1994; pg. 253. Front Hall FHR-021, John McCutcheon - "Barefoot Boy with Boots On" (1981. Learned from a recording by W.H. Stepp, Ky.). Library of Congress, 1937, Bill Stepp (Lakeville, Magoffin County, Ky.). Meadowlands MS1, "Allan Block and Ralph Lee Smith." Philo 1023, Jay Ungar and Lyn Hardy- "Songs, Ballads and Fiddle Tunes" (1975. Appears as second tune of "Twin Fiddle Medley"). Revonah RS-924, "The West Orrtanna (Pa.) String Band" (1977). Rounder 0023, Highwoods String Band- "Fire on the Mountain." Yazoo 2013, William Stepp - "The Music of Kentucky, Vol. 1."
WOODCOCK, THE [2]. AKA and see "Hamilton's Jig" [1]. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB'. Source for notated version: Deirdre Havlin, flute player for the Northern Irish group Deanta, who had it from flute player and craftsman Hammy Hamilton [Black]. Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 227, pg. 122. Green Linnet SIF 1147, Deanta - "Ready for the Storm."
X:1
T:Woodcock, The [2]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
B|dBG AGE|DED GFG|BGB dcB|dcB ABc|
dBG AGE|DED GFG|BGB dcB| AGF G2:|
B|dBd ece|fdf g2 d|ege dcB|dcB ABc|
dBd ece|fdf g2 d|ege dcB|AGF G2 B|
dBd ece|fdf g2 d|ege dcB|dcB ABc|
dBG AGE|DED GFG|BGB dcB| AGF G2||
X:2
T:Woodcock, The [2]
C: Hammy Hamilton
Q: 325
R: jig
X:Transcribed by Bill Black
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
B | dBG cGE | DED G2 A | BGB ded | dcB A2 B |
dBG cGE | DED G2 A | B2 c ded | ABA G2 :|
B | dBG ecA | fdf g2 g | fge edc | dcB A2 B |
|1 dBG ecA | fdf g2 g | fge edc | ABA G2 :|
|2 dBG cGE | DED G2 A | B2 c ded | ABA G2 ||