BANKS OF THE ILEN, THE. AKA and see "Banks of the Ilen," "The Barrack St. Boys," "Birnie-boozle," "Braes of Tullymet," "Brides Away," "The Bride to Bed," "Brides to Bed," "The British Naggon," "Caledonean Hunt," "Cheese It," "Corney is Coming," "Crawford's Reel," "Crockett's Honeymoon," "D. Dick's Favourite," "Fahy's Reel" [4], "The Honeymoon," "I saw her," "Kelly's Reel," "The Lumberjack," "Miss Grant of Grant," "Miss Wilson," "Merry Bits of Timber," "My Love is in America," "My Love is in the House," "Shannon Breeze," "Six Mile Bridge." Irish, Reel or Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill prints the tune as a hornpipe, though it is most often heard now-a-days as a reel. It is known in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork/Kerry border as "Seanbhean na gCartaí" or "Tom Billy's." Rendered as a double jig, the tune appears under the title "Humours of Drinagh." O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 334, pg. 165. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 90 (reel). O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1592, pg. 295 (hornpipe). O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 837, pg. 144. Paddy Taylor - "The Boy in the Gap" (reel version). Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter." Shanachie 79044, Tommy Peoples - "The Iron Man."
T:Banks of the Ilen
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Hornpipe
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (837)
K:D
AG|FDFA d2 fe|d2 fd ecAG|FDFA d2 fd|ecAF GBAG|
FDFA d2 fe|d2 fd ecAG|FDFA d2 fd|ecAF G2:|
|:de|f2 fd g2 ge|abag fdde|f2 fd g2 ge|abaf g2 fg|abaf gage|
fgfd ecAG|FDFA defd|ecAF G2:|
The High Level Bridge, Tyneside, c. 1890 (Gateshead Library)
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There is a pub at one end of the structure is called The Bridge, and has long been home to The Bridge Folk Club, where the band The High Level Ranters started. It remains a desirable venue for traditional and folk performers.
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Williamson (1976) says: "The tune is a very popular one in the North of England, and many players have evolved their own elaborations of it." It also became popular in the American mid-west (especially in Missouri), largely through the playing of fiddlers who could sight-read and had a copy of Ryan's Mammoth Collection, in which it appeared (see note for "Thunder Hornpipe" for more information). R.P. Christeson (1973) believes the melody was derived from the "Highland Hornpipe," which is commonly published (e.g. in Cole's 1001). "High Level Hornpipe" was a signature tune of American fiddler Howdy Forrester. Phillips swing version adds a fourth part in the key of G Minor. In county Donegal it is a popular hornpipe (the title contrasts with another popular Donegal hornpipe, "The Low Level Hornpipe"). Sources for notated versions: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson]; Howard Forrester and Jeff Guernsey [Phillips]; Ervan Sonnier (1920-1994) & Toussaint Arsenault (b. 1916) {Summerside, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island} [Perlman]. Bain (50 Fiddle Solos), 1989; pg. 8. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, Vol. 1), 1973; pg. 32-33. Hardie (Caledonian Companion), 1986; pg. 39. Honeyman (Strathspey, Reel and Hornpipe Tutor), 1898; pg. 53 (appears as "High Level Bridge Hornpipe"). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 338. Jarman (Old Time Fiddlin' Tunes); No or pg. 21. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; pg. 44. Koehler's Violin Repository. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 111, pg. 70. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertorire), 1983; No. 75. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 4, pg. 88. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 114. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 198. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 44. White's Excelsior Collection. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 37. Condor 977-1489, "Graham & Eleanor Townsend Live at Barre, Vermont." Fiddler FRLP001, Tom Doucet (Nova Scotia/eastern Mass.) - "The Down East Star." Gael-Linn CEF 045, "Paddy Keenan" (1975). Green Linnet SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned from a 78 RPM recording of fiddler Lad O'Beirne with Louis Quinn). Leader Records LEA 4006, "Billy Pigg, The Border Minstrel." Rounder 1123, Lad O'Beirne & Louis Quinn - "Milestone at the Garden." Rounder CD7014, Alton Silliker - "Fiddlers of Western Prince Edward Island" (1997).
X:1
T:High Level Hornpipe
L:1/8
M:C|
K:B_
|:dc|Bd FB DF Bd|fb df Bd cB|ce Ac FA cf|ag f=e gf _ec|
Bd FB DF Bd|fb df Bd cB|GA Bc de =ef|gf ec B2:|
|:cB|Af cf Af cf|AF Ac fc Ac|df Bf df Bf|dB df bf df|=eg cg eg cg|
=ec eg bg eg|f=e fa gb eg|1 f=e fg f2:|2 f=e ag fe _ec|]
X:2
T:High Level Hornpipe
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:transcribed by Cari Fuchs
K:Bb
(3FGA|Bd FB DF Bd|fb df Bd cB|ce Ac FA cf|ag f=e gf _ec|
Bd FB DF Bd|~f2 df Bd cB|GA Bc de =ef|gf (3edc B2:|
|:cB|Af cf Af cf|AF Ac fc Ac|df Bf df Bf|dB df bf df|
=eg cg =eg cg|=ec =eg bg =eg|f=e fa gb ag|f=e fg f2:|
|: (3^fga|bf df ge cA|Bf dB F2 BA|Ge Ge Fd Fd|Ec ~c2 dc AF|
G^F GA Be cA|Bf dB F2 BA|~G2 eG ~F2 dF|~E2 cA B2:|
LONDONBRIDGE HONRPIPE, THE. Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard. AA'BB. A different tune than "London Bridge" [1] or [2] or the "London Bridge Polka." Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 106, pg. 62. Gael-Linn CEF132, Johnny O'Leary - "An Calmfhear/The Trooper" (1989. Appears as second of "O'Keeffe's Hornpipes," named for fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe, from whom O'Leary learned the tune).
MISS THORNTON'S {REEL} ("Seisd Ingean Ui Tornton," "Cor Ingean Ni Turntuin," "Iníon Uí Dhroighneáin"). AKA and see "Coming Thru/Through the Fields," "Winding Stream," "The Maid of the Forest," "The Boat Street Lasses," "Lady Ann(a) Hope," "The Creeping Mouse," "Down the Street," "Spike Island Lasses," "Salamanca," "The Tiger Hornpipe," "O'Loughlin's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major (Breathnach, Brody, O'Neill): D Major (Moylan). Standard. AB (Moylan, O'Neill {All versions}): ABB' (Breathnach): AABB (Brody). Breathnach thought this tune related to the Scottish strathspey "Lady Ann Hope" and also said that other names for it were "The Boat Street Lasses," "The Maid of the Forest," "Thro' the fields," "The Creeping Mouse," "Down the Street," "Spike Island Lasses," "Salamanca" and "O'Loughlin's Reel." In Ceol Rince na hEirreann V Breathnach prints a hornpipe version from Sliabh Luachra fiddler Denis Murphy called the "Tiger Hornpipe," Sources for notated versions: fiddler Aggie White (Mrs. Sean Ryan), 1966 (Ballinakill, Co. Galway, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in Dan O'Connell's pub in Knocknagree, December, 1986 [Moylan]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 172, pg. 90. Breathnach (CRE V); Nos. 120 (i) & 120 (ii). Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 193. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 200, pg. 116. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 232, pg. 123. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 108. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1266, pg. 238. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 534, pg. 100. Green Linnet 1020, Brenden Mulvihill- "The Flax in Bloom." Shanachie 78015, James Keane - "With Friends Like These" (1998. "My father Patrick, who was from Lavalla, Ballynacally, County Clare {and a fine fiddle player}, loved to play 'Miss Thornton's Reel.' There's a lovely bridge between the second and first parts, and I attribute this great version to him.").
T:Miss Thornton's Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (534)
K:G
D2|G2 Bd gdBd|cBAB cedc|BGAF GBdg|ecAF GFED|G2 Bd gdBd|
cBAB cedc|BGAF GBdg|ecAF G2||b2 ag b2 ag|egdg egdg|b2 ag b2 ag|
egfa gfga|bgag bgag|egdg egdg|bgaf gfed|egfa bedB||
MUSICAL PRIEST, THE ("An T-Sagart Ceolmar" or "Sagart an Cheoil"). AKA and see "The Buckeen," "Cameron House," "George Gubbin's Delight," "Humors of Schull," "Lord Kelly--Strathspey," "Lord Kelly's Reel" "Mo Ceoil Sibh a Laochra" "The New Bridge of Erin," "The Old Grey Gander." Irish, Reel. B Minor/Dorian. Standard. AABC (O'Neill/1850): AA'BC (Breathnach): AABBCC (Brody, Mallinson, Miller & Perron): AA'BBCC (Moylan): AABB'CC' (O'Neill/Krassen). Sources for notated versions: fiddler James Morrison (Co. Sligo/New York) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Armagh Piper's Club Tune Book. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 172, pg. 78. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 200. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 10, pg. 4. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 1, No. 7. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 92, pg. 53. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 111. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1284, pg. 241. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 549, pg. 102. Front Hall 08, Alister Anderson- "Traditional Tunes" (1976. From O'Neill's). Green Linnet SIF-104, John & Phil Cunningham - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet SIF-3036, John & Phil Cunningham - "Silly Wizard: Live in America" (1986). GTD Heritage Trad. HCD 008, Tommy Peoples - "Traditional Irish Music Played on the Fiddle." Rounder 0113, Trapezoid- "Three Forks of Cheat" (1979). Shanachie 29004, "Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds." Shanachie 33004, James Morrison- "The Pure Genius of James Morrison." Topic 12T357, Johnny O'Leary - "Music for the Set" (1977).
T:Musical Priest
R:Reel
D:Andy McGann/Paddy Reynolds
Z:Adrian Scahill
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
FBBA BcdB|cBAc ecBA|FBBA BcdB|cBAc B2BA|\ FBBA BcdB|
cBAc ecBA|FBcB Adfd|ceac BABc||\
d2dc dfed|(3cBA eA fAec|d2dc def^g|afec dBB2|\ d2dc dfed|
(3cBA eA fAec|d2ce def^g|afec dBB2||\ bBB2 bBB2|
cBAc ecBA|bBB2 bBB2|cBAc Bcde|\ (3fga ba bafg|
(3agf ec ABce|d3e fgaf|ecAc B2BA||
NÓRA CRÍONA (Wise Nora). AKA - "Nora Chreena," Nóra Críonna," "Nora(h) Creina." AKA and see "Hushed be sorrow's sigh," "Lesbia hath a beaming eye," "The Metal Bridge," "Norah Jig." Irish; Single Jig, Double Jig or Slide (12/8 time). G Major. Standard. AB (Mitchell): ABB (Moylan): AABB (Mitchell, Tubridy): AABBCD (Mitchell): AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Neill). The melody was first published in O'Farrell's Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes (1804-1816). The tune, when played as a "piece," or listening tune, is known as a showcase tune for uilleann pipers; it is also rendered as a jig. The late Donegal fiddlers, brothers Mickey and Johnny Doherty, played this as the middle tune in a set with "Enniskillen Dragoons" and "Miss McLeod's" (though sometimes "The Piper of Keadue" was substituted for the latter), in a rare AAAE tuning, which required playing the set in position. Bulmer & Sharpley's "Metal Bridge" Clancy's setting of "Nóra Chríonna" that he obtained from Patsy Tuohey. Clancy prints three settings: No. 151 is a close variant of the O'Neill's version; No. 152 a bit more distanced, and No. 150 could be a separate variant category altogether. The title "Lesbia hath a beaming eye" comes from a song by Thomas Moore adapted to tune. Philippe Varlet finds early versions recorded in the 78 RPM era under the titles "Nora Greena" (a 1929 recording by piper Tom Ennis) and "Sullivan's Jig" (a 1924 recording by piper Jimmie McLaughlin). Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 76. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 228, pg. 26. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 150, pg. 118; No. 151, pgs. 118-119 & No. 152, pg. 119 (the latter Clancy identified as "Patsy Tuohey's version"). Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 347, pgs. 195-196. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 36. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 126, pg. 36. Roche Collection, Vol. 2; No. 312. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 29. Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - "The Smoky Chimney" (1996. Slide setting). Mickey Doherty - "The Gravel Walks." Bob Smith's Ideal Band - "Better than an Orchestra" (1977).
X:1
T:Nóra Chríonna
M:12/8
L:1/8
R:slide
D:The Smoky Chimney, track 1(c)
K:D
DED D2 E F2 D A2 F|DED D2 F E2 F G2 E|
DED D2 E F2 D A2 F|1E2 c cBc E2 F G2 E:|2E2 c cBc E2 F G2 F||
E2 A A2 G F2 D D2 F|ABA A2 G E2 F G2 F|
E2 A A2 G F2 D DEF|1E2 c cBc E2 F G2 F:|2E2 c cBc E2 F GFE|D3-D3 z6||
X:2
T:Wise Nora
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (126)
K:G
D|GAG G2A|B2G d2B|GAG G2B|A2B dcA|GAG G2A|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
|:ded d2c|B2G d2B|ded d2B|A2B cBA|ded d2c|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
|:BGG dGG|BAG dBG|AFF cFF|AFA cBA|BGG dGG|BAG ABc|d2e fef|A2B cBA:|
|:GBd GBd|GBd dcB|GBd GBd|A2B cBA|GBd GBd|GBd dcB|GBd fef|A2B cBA:|
|:GBd gfg|agf g2|GBd g2B|A2B cBA|GBd gfg|agf g2 g/a/|bag agf|A2B cBA:|
|:dBG GDG|BGB d2B|dBG GDG|A2B cBA|dBG GDG|BGB dcB|GBdd fef|A2B cBA:|
X:3
T:Nora Creina [1]
T:Nora Críona [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Kerr/Cole
K:G Mix
g2G G2A|B2G d2B|g2G G2B|A2B cBA|g2G G2A|B2G d2B|A2=f fef|A2B cBA:|
|:ddd d2c|B2G d2B|ddd d2B|A2B cBA|ddd d2c|B2G d2B|A2=f fef|A2B cBA:|
ST. MARY'S. AKA and see "Church Street Polka" [1], "Flanagan's," "Gurteen Cross," "Oyster River Reel." Irish, Polka. G Major. Standard. AABB (Mallinson): AABB' (Moylan). A polka from the north of Ireland, from the Sligo/Roscommon/Leitrim region. Originally recorded on their first album by the Chieftains, who paired it with "Church Street Polka" [2]. The recording was very influential, but the titles of the paired tunes became garbled, so that this melody is sometimes called "Church Street Polka" in some collections. See note for "Church Street Polka" [2] for more information regarding the title, which comes from the St. Mary's Music Club of the 1950's in Dublin, an influential traditional music gathering. Source O'Leary associates the tune with west Kerry fiddler Julia Clifford. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 2, No. 72. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 59, pg. 22. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 322, pg. 184. Front Hall FHR-010, Bill Spence and Fennig's All Stars - "The Hammered Dulcimer Strikes Again" (1977). Old Hat Music OH!02, "The Old Hat Dance Band" (1992).
T:St. Mary's Polka
T:Church Street [1]
T:Gurteen Cross
R:polka
D:Ben Lennon, The Natural Bridge
Z:Jeff Myers
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:G
D/|GB AB/A/|Gg e/f/g/e/|dB AG/A/|B-B/A/ G/F/E/D/|
GB AB/A/|Gg e/f/g/e/|dBAG/A/|BG G-G/:|
A/|Bd g-g/A/|Bd g-g/A/|Bd ge|f-f/g/ fg|ag e/f/g/e/|dB AG/A/|
Be d/B/A/B/|G2{B}G-G/:||
TARBOLTON REEL. AKA and see "Hatton Burn," "Calum Bridge," "Coleen/Cooleen Bridge," "Paddy in the Cornfield." AKA - "Tarbolton Lodge." Scottish (originally), Irish, Canadian; Reel. Canada; Quebec, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton, Ontario. E Dorian (Em). Standard. AB (Athole, Mitchell, Skye): ABB (Moylan): AABB (Allan, Brody, Mallinson, Perlman, Taylor): AA'BB' (Carlin, Tubridy). Several writers have commented on the 'Scottishness' of the tune, suggesting its origins in that country, and, in fact, the town of Tarbolton lies in Ayrshire in western Scotland, not far from the banks of the River Ayr. The Scots national poet, Robert Burns, lived with his family of origin near the town for some years when he was a young man. It was at the Bachelors' Club in Tarbolton, in an upstairs room, that Burns was initiated into Freemasonry, where he attended dancing classes, and where he helped found the Bachelors' Club debating society. The great Sligo/New York City fiddler Michael Coleman recorded this as the first tune in a medley with "Longford Collector" and "The Sailors Bonnet." The tunes are still commonly played together as a set at sessions. It has been suggested that Coleman might have learned "Tarbolton" from Cape Breton musicians in Boston. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Jean Carignan (Montreal) [Brody]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, West Clare) [Mitchell]; fiddler Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa Valley, Ontario) [Begin]; George MacPhee (b. 1941, Monticello, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 56, pg. 14. Begin (Fiddle Music from the Ottawa Valley), 1985; No. 76, pg. 85 (appears as "Michael Coleman's Reel"). Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 273. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 228, pg. 133. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; Set 19, No. 2, pg. 12 (appears as "Tarbolton Lodge"). MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887: pg. 75 (appears as "Hatton Burn"). Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 59,pg. 26. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 14, pgs. 36-37. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary's), 1994; No. 277, pg. 158. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 110. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 246 (appears as "Tarbolton Lodge"). Sullivan (Session Tunes), Vol. 2; No. 3, pg. 2. Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 43, pg. 30. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 22. Columbia 35612, "The Chieftains" (1978). Gael-Linn CEF 045, "Paddy Keenan" (1975). Green Linnet SIF-1110, Johnny Cronin, Paddy Cronin, James Kelly & Johnny McGreevy - "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991). Island ILPS 9501, "The Chieftains Live" (1977). Kicking Mule 216, Arm and Hammer String Band- "New England Contra Dance Music." Leader LEACD 2004, "Martin Byrnes" (1969). Mulligan 004, "Matt Molloy." Philo 2001, "Jean Carignan" (learned from a 1934 Michael Coleman recording for Decca). Rounder 7002, Graham Townsend- "Le Violin/ The Fiddle." Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." Shanachie 33001, Michael Coleman- "The Wheels of the World." Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live."
T:Tarbolton Lodge
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
B:The Athole Collection
K:E Minor
F|Eee^d e2 BA|GBAF GEEF|Ddd^c d2 AF|GBAG FDDF|E(ee)^d efga|
Fedf eBBA|GABG FGAF|BGAF GE E||
f|gfef gebe|gebe geef|defg adfd|ABAG FDDF|G2BG F2AF|Eeef gefd|
B^cdB AGFA|BGAF GEE||