ABBEY REEL, THE. AKA and see "The Moher Reel." Irish, Reel. A Major. Galway flute and concertina players Jack and (Fr.) Charlie Coen call this tune "Drag Her Around the Road." Green Linnet SIF 1011, "Playing with Fire: the Celtic Fiddle Collection" (1989). Green Linnet SIF 1092, "Liz Carroll" (1988. Liz plays the tune in the key of G Minor). Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998. Learned from Bronx flute player Jack Coen). Green Linnet GLCD 1200, Lunasa - "Otherworld" (1999).
ART McBRIDE [2]. AKA - "Arthur McBride." Irish, Air or Jig. Ireland; Counties Limerick, Donegal. G Major. Standard. AB. P.W. Joyce's air "Arthur McBride," printed in his Old Irish Folk Music and Songs, is almost identical to Petrie's. Joyce collected his version in Limerick in the 1840's, while Petrie's air comes from County Donegal. John Loesberg (1980) states that several versions of the song have been found variously in Scotland, Suffolk and Devon, though the tunes in most cases differ slightly.
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I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride, he and I took a stroll down by the seaside,
A-seeking good fortune and what might betide, 'twas just as the day was a dawning.
Then after resting we both took a tramp, we met Sergeant Harper and corporal Cramp,
Besides the wee drummer who beat up for camp, with his rowdy-dow-dow in the morning.
***
Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 846, pg. 211.
ASHMOLEAN HOUSE (Teach Ashmolean). AKA - "Ash Maley House." Irish, Reel. Ireland, Belfast. D Major. Standard. AABB. Breathnach (1996) attributes the composition to Belfast/Derrylin, County Fermanagh, fiddler Tommy Gunn. The Ashmolean is the university museum of Oxford, University, England. A cousin to the tune "Mullingar Races." Sources for notated version: Martin Mulvihill (Bronx, NY), Joe & Willie Kelly, Jerry O'Sullivan (Yonkers, NY) [Black]; County Fermanagh & Belfast fiddler Tommy Gunn via the mid-20th century Liam Donnolly (County Tyrone & Belfast) collection [Breathnach]. Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 87, pg. 45. Breathnach (CRE IV), 1996; No. 200, pg. 92. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 25, pg. 19. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet SIF-1074, Jerry O'Sullivan - "The Invasion" (1987). Green Linnet SIF-104, Jerry O'Sullivan - "The Celts Rise Again" (1990). Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998. Appears as "Ashmaleen House"). Shaskeen - "My Love is in America."
X:1
T: Ashmolean House
C: Tommy Gunn
S: J. O'Sullivan / Kelly Bros.
Z: transcribed by B.Black
Q: 350
R: reel
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
AF F2 EDB,A, | D2 FD FA A2 | defd efdB | AFDE FE E2 |
AF F2 EDB,A, | D2 FD FAAB | ABde dBAF | A,CEG FD D2 :|
defg a3 b | afdf eB (3BAB | defg a3 b | afdf e3 f |
fd (3ddd ad (3ddd | edBd egfe | dBAF A3 F | A,CEG FD D2 :|
X:2
T:Ashmolean, the
C:Tommy Sands
R:reel
S:Mike Rafferty
H:The Ashmolean is a museum in York (UK),
H:named after its founder, a fellow named Ashmole.
N:Ashmolean House title courtesy of Andrew Kuntz.
D:Jerry O'Sullivan
Z:Lesl Harker [lmh@rcons.com]
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L:1/8
K:Dmix
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AF~F2 EDBA|D2EDFA A2|ABde dBA2|BDEG FDD2:|
|:defg a~a2b|afdf edBA|defg a2ab|afdf e2eg|
fdd2 Addf|edAd e2fe|dBAF A~A3|BDEG FDD2:|
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T:Ashmolean House
R:reel
C:Tommy Gunn (fiddle), Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh
B:Ceol Rince na hÉireann 4, no. 200
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defg a2 ab|afdf eB{c}BA|defg a2 ab|afdf {g}feef|
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T:Ashmolean House
R:reel
Z:Transcribed by Bill Reeder
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L:1/8
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"D"AF~F2 EDBA|"D"D2 (3FED FAAB|"D"ABde dBAF|"A"AFEG "D"FDD2:||!
"D"defg a2ab|"D"afdf "Em"eBB2|"D"defg a2ab|"D"afdf "A"e4|!
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BOYS OF PORTAFERRY, THE (Buacailli Puirt An Calad). AKA and see "The Sporting Boys," "The Pullet." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard. AB. David Taylor (1992) traces the tune and its relatives to the appearant root melody, a Scottish tune called "Pigeon on the Gale" (not to be confused with the similarly titled modern tune "Pigeon on the Gate"). The word 'gale' not only means a strong wind but is the name for a bog-plant, also called 'sweet-gale', and either meaning may have been the one intended. Related tunes include "The Red-Haired Lass" and "Shearing the Sheep," while the 'B' part is interchangable with the same part in both "The Primrose Lass" and "The Brown-Eyed Girl" (although the 'A' parts are quite different). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), pg. 105 (appears as "Unknown"). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 105. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1249, pg. 235. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 521, pg. 98. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 8, pg. 8. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998).
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S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (521)
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G2 BG GEDE|G2 BG ABce|dBAB G2||GA|Bdgd edgd|Bdgd e2 dc|Bdgd edef|
GedB c2 BA|Bdgd edgd|Bdgd e2 dc|Bdgd egfa|gedB c2||
BREACH OF AUGHRIM, THE. Irish. The tune was formed when an Irish harper, the "Great Harper," Thomas Connellan {born at Cloonmahon, also anciently known as Clonymeaghan, either around 1625 or 1640} added introductory and concluding phrases to Myles O'Reilly's "The Irish Tune" (he is not to be confused with his brother Laurence, also a harper and, like Thomas, famous in both Ireland and Scotland). The introductory portion also goes by the name "Farewell to Lochaber." The added parts were played by pipers as a funeral dirge when he died in 1698 at Bourchier's Castle, near Lough Gur, County Limerick, according to Flood (1906). O'Neill (1913) relates the story that a banshee wailed from the top of Carrig na g-Colur while the funeral procession passed to the burying ground, though "the mournful cooing of the wild pigeons from which the rock takes its name may account for the quaint fancy." See also "Planxty Davis," "The Dawning of the Day," "Love in Secret," "Bonny Jean" "The Jointure," "Molly St. George" and "If to a Foreign Clime I Go" for other compositions of this prolific harper (he is said to have composed seven or eight hundred tunes).
CROWLEY'S [1] (Ríl Uí Chruaidhlaoich). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AB (Breathnach, Moylan): AAB (Miller & Perron): AABB (Mulvihill, Taylor). The reel is commonly played along with the second Crowley reel and together are known as "Crowley's Reels." The Irish fiddling master Michael Coleman (b. 1891, Co. Sligo - d. 1945, New York) is the source for most versions of this tune, although accordion player Joe Cooley (Peterswell, County Galway) also helped popularize it. David Taylor (1992) thinks the tune was probably originally called "Crowley's" by Coleman, who, like other Irish musicians, frequently named tunes after his associates. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Michael Coleman (Co. Sligo/New York) [Williamson]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; John Clancy (Bronx, NY) [Mulvihill]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]. Breathnach (CRE I), 1963; No. 137, pg. 55. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 3, No. 41. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 309, pg. 178. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 226, pg. 61. Taylor (Through the Half-Door), 1992' No. 34, pg. 25. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 18. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 18. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 84. Ace of Hearts AH56, Michael Coleman (reproduction of an old 78 RPM recording). Columbia, Michael Coleman, mid-1930's. Compass 7 4287 2, Cathal McConnell - "Long Expectant Comes at Last" (2000. Learned from the Coleman 78's). Decca Records, Michael Coleman. Gael-linn CEFCD 114, Tony MacMahon & Noel Hill - " "I gCnoc na Graí" ('In Knocknagree'). Green Linnet SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus and Manus McGuire - "Buttons and Bows" (1984). Green Linnet SIF1122, Kevin Burke - "Open House" (1992). Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998). Philo 2001, "Jean Carrignan" (learned from Coleman's recordings). RCA 5798-2-RC, "James Galway and the Chieftains" (1986).
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L:1/8
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B|A3dB2dB|ADFD ADFD|A3A BABc|dfeg fddB|ADFA B2 dB|ADFD ADFD|
A3A BABc|d2 eg fdde||f3a g2fg|eA c/B/A eA c/B/A|f3a g2 fg|afge fdde|f3a g2fg|
eA c/B/A eA c/B/A|f3a g2 fg|afge fd d||
CROWLEY'S [2]. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AB (Moylan): ABB (Miller & Perron). Sources for notated versions: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]; New York/Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, Vol. 3, No. 19. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 3, No. 42. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 310, pg. 178. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; No. 18. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 84. Decca Records, Michael Coleman. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998).
DAWNING OF THE DAY [1] (Fáine Geal an Lae). AKA - "Dawn of Day." AKA and see "Enchanted Glen," "The Golden Star." Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major (Heymann, O'Neill/Krassen & 1850): F Major (O'Neill/1915). Standard. AB. The air, one of a supposed seven or eight hundred, was reputed to have been composed by Thomas O'Connellan (see note for "The Breach of Aughrim"), a 17th century harper from County Sligo who spent considerable time in Scotland. Others, notably O'Neill, credit the composition of the tune to Turlough O'Carolan, though it is not known by what authority and thus O'Neill's accreditation is very much in doubt. It was one of the tunes played in competition by 95 year old Irish harper known variously as Denis O'Hansey, O'Hampsey, Henson or Hampson (Donnchadh a Haimpsuigh) at the last great meeting of the ancient Irish harpers in July, 1792, at the Belfast Harp Festival. O'Hampsey lived to the age of 110. Heymann (Secrets of the Gaelic Harp), 1988; pgs. 80-81 & 82-83. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 54, pg. 35. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 231. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 643, pg. 115.
T: The Dawning of the Day
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc@ecf-guest.mit.edu > http://eddie.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/
N: "Moderate"
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G
D \
| (G>AGF) (~E2D2) | ({B}d>edc) B2(AB/A/) | GDGA B2(ge/c/) | B2A2 G2zD |
| (GAGF) (~E2D2) | ({B}d>edc) B2(A(B/A/)) | GDGA B2(ge/c/) | B2~A2 G2z ||
(g/f/) \
| (edef) (g2fg) | (a>bgf) ed2(g/f/) | (edef) (g2fg) | (a2gf) e2ze |
| (fdef) (g2-g/f/e/d/) | (BgBg) cBAz | GDGA B2(ge/c/) | B2~A2 G2z |]
DAWNING OF THE DAY [2] (Fáinne Geal an Lae). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard. One part. Writing in 1873 Joyce remarked that the song was "still well known in the southern counties." Phillips Barry suggests this melody was the origin for the standard melody of the famous Irish song "The Wild Colonial Boy," though Cazden (et al, 1982) sees little actual resemblance and opines the connection is "needlessly conjectural." The air was published by Walsh in Irish Popular Songs (1847).
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Maidin mhoch do ghabhas amach
Air bhruach Locha Lein;
An samhradh ag teachd, 'san chraobh re n'ais,
'Gus lonnradh teith o'n ngrein;
Air taisdiol dham tre bhailte-puirt
'Gus banta mine reidh,
Cia gheabhainn le'm ais acht cuilfhionn deas
Le fainne geal an lae.
(One morning early I walked forth
By the margin of Lough Lene;
The sunshine dressed the trees in green,
And summer bloomed again;
I left the town and wandered on
Through fields all green and gay,
And whom should I meet but Coolenn-Dhas,
By the dawning of the day.)
***
Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 8, pg. 8. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 774, pg. 379.
DAWNING OF THE DAY [3] (Fáinne Geal an Lae). Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AAB. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 108, pg. 20.
DAWNING OF THE DAY, THE [4] (Fáinne Geal an Lae). Irish, Air or March (2/4 or 4/4 time). E Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie): D Major (Cranitch, Tubridy): G Major (Ó Canainn). Standard. One part (Cranitch, Ó Canainn, Tubridy): AB (Stanford/Petrie). The melody is within the span of an octave. A variant is "Oh Johnny dearest Johnny, what dyed your hands and cloaths?" Source for notated version: "From Kate Keane, Dec., 1854" [Stanford/Petrie]. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 35. Ó Canainn (Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland), 1995; No. 30, pg. 31. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 694, pg. 174. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 3.
T:Dawning of the Day, The
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:D
DE|F2F2F2EF|A2A2B2 AF|D2FE D2D2|D6A2|B3AB2d2|F3ED2F2|A2F2d2F2|
E6A2|B3AB2d2|F3ED2F2|A2F2d2F2|E6DE|F2F2F2EF|A2A2B2AF|D2FED2D2|D6||
ENCHANTED GLEN. AKA and see "Dawning of the Day."
FÁINNE GEAL AN LAE. AKA and see "The Dawning of the Day."
GOLDEN STAR, THE. AKA and see "The Dawning of the Day." An air, one of a supposed seven or eight hundred, by the ancient harper Thomas O'Connellan (see note for "The Breach of Aughrim"). The harper Heffernan was one of the last of the ancient Irish harpers, and flourished in the early 18th century. O'Neill (1913) relates the story that the Duke of Argyle with a large company came to a tavern where the harper was staying, having heard of his reputation. He requested that Heffernan play, and, "unheeding his lordship's call for a Scotch tune" instead played the plaintive "Golden Star." When the nobleman complained that it was too melancholy for a Scotch tune, the harper tweaked him by saying: "You must know my Lord it was composed since the Union." This touched a sore spot with the Duke who was an advocate of the Union of Scotland and England (passed in 1707), and he "hastily left the tavern with his company in no pleasant frame of mind."
GREEN COTTAGE, THE. AKA and see "Denis Doody's," "From Billy to Jack," "Glen cottage no. 2," "Green cottage polka, no. 2," "The Glin cottage polka no. 1," "St. Patrick was a gentleman," "St. Patrick was your patron saint." Irish, Polka. E Minor. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 236, pg. 137. Gael-Linn CEF092, Julia and Billy Clifford - "Ceol as Sliabh Luachra." Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998. Learned by Mary Coogan from her father Jim). Topic 12T358, "Jackie Daly" (appears as the first tune of "Glin Cottage Polkas").
T:Green Cottage, The
R:polka
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:Edor
"Em"BA |:"Em"GE ED|"Em"B,E EF|"Em"GF ED|"G"GA BA|"Em"GE ED| "Em"B,E E2|"Em"BA GF|1 "Em"E2 BA:|2 "Em"E2 "Em"E2|| |:"Em"Be ef|"Em"eB BA|"Em"B/d/e df|"Em"e2 ef|"Em"ga/g/ "D"fg/f/| "Em"ed BA|"Em"BE E/F/G/A/|1"Em"B2 "Em"BA:|2"Em"B2|
GREEN GROW THE RUSHES O. AKA - "Green Grow the Rashes." AKA and see "The East Neuk of Fife," "Grant's Rant," "Irish Whiskey," "Over the Hills and Far Away," "Paddy Caught/Got a Rat," "Paddy Killed the/a Rat," "Paddy Run the/a Rat." Scottish (originally), Irish, English, American; Strathspey, Hornpipe, Barndance, Highland, Highland Schottische, Fling, Slide (12/8 time), March or Reel. G Major. Standard. AB (Cole, Moylan, Tubridy): AAB (Athole, Ford, Gow): AABB (Ashman, Bayard, Hardings, Johnson, Kerr, Miller & Perron, Raven, Sullivan, Taylor): AABB' (Skye): AA'BB' (Flaherty). The air first appears in early lute manuscripts of the 17th century; a note in Graham (1908) claims the first strain of the tune occurs twice in the Straloch Manuscript of 1627. It appears in the Panmure Collection of c. 1705, a fiddler's MS repertory book. Johnson (1984) states the whole tune was recorded in fiddle manuscripts from the 1680's and was already ancient when printed in Stewart's Reels (1761-5, pg. 13) and the Gillespie Manuscript of Perth (1768). The present title is from Robert Burns's reworking of the poem sung to a tune called "Grant's Rant"--in the transition the rant form was dropped and a strathspey rhythm was substituted, a not uncommon fate of rants. Burns' version is somewhat more polite, states Robin Williamson, for the tune seems originally to have been linked to lyrics satirizing the proflicacy of priests. Johnson (1984) confirms the Scottish song (first mentioned in The Complaint of Scotland in 1549) originally was a rude or risque text.
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The American collector Ford (1940) relates the following tale, a superficially plausible and thus repeated yarn, though unfortunately completely untrue: "'Green Grow the Rushes O' was a popular melody of American soldiers at the time of the Mexican war, to which they set many verses. The following verse is descriptive of their associations in the land of the senorita:
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Green grow the rushes, O!
Red are the roses, O!
Kiss her quick and let her go,
Before you get the mitten, O!
***
The deviltry of the American soldier boys was very much resented by the Mexicans. Any American who attempted to kiss a senorita was certain to have his face slapped by her. They called this to 'get the mitten.' Whereever Americans were would also be heard verses of 'Green Grow the Rushes, O.' The Mexicans, in mockery, gave the name 'green grow' to their tormenters, their pronunciation being 'gingo.' After the war 'Gringo' became the sobriquet for all Americans." Another source gives the similar assertion that the song which gives rise to the word "gringo" is "Green Grow the Lilacs." Ford, at any rate, has a poor reputation for veracity.
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Accordion player Johnny O'Leary, of the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border, plays the tune as a 12/8 time slide. In other parts of Ireland the tune is played as a barndace, highland and/or hornpipe.
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Bayard's thirteen Pennsylvania collected versions of the tune are divided into two groups, corresponding with two main British Isles variants. One is called in America the "Over the Hills and Far Away" (a floating title) group, corresponding to "The East Neuk of Fife" in the British Isles; the other retains the British "Green Grow the Rushes" title. One of Bayard's sources (1981, Appendix No. 11, pg. 576) was a Massachusetts Irish-American born near Cork, a Mrs. Anastasia Corkery, who knew in the 1930's the following quatrain to the first strain:
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Green grow the rushes O,
Blackbirds and thrushes O,
The piper kissed the fiddler's wife
Behind the bunch of rushes O.
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Sources for notated versions: Chieftains (Ireland) [Miller & Perron]; Johnny O'Leary (Slibah Luachra, Co. Kerry), recorded at Ballydesmond in February, 1973 [Moylan]; 13 southwestern Pa. fiddlers, fifers and manuscripts [Bayard]; Gillespie MS. [Johnson]; a c. 1837-1840 MS by Shropshire musician John Moore [Ashman]; flute player Noel Tansey (b. 1940, Cuilmore, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; Castle Ceili Band [Sullivan]. Aird (Selections), Vol. 6, 1903?; No. 37. Ashman (The Ironbridge Hornpipe), 1991; No. 74b, pg. 31. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 206A-M, pgs. 158-162. Breathnach, 1971; No. 4. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 21 (Reel). Emmerson (Rantin' Pipe and Tremblin String), 1971; Nos. 30 & 31, pgs. 130-131. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 72. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 95. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 1, 1799; pg. 12. Graham, 1908; pg. 37. Hardings All-Round Collection, 1905; No. 86, pg. 27. Jarman, 1951; pg. 76. JEFDSS, Vol. 9; pg. 147 (Shetland variant). Johnson, Vol. 1, 1787-1803; No. 77. D. Johnson, 1984; No. 70, pg. 223. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), Vol. 2, 1954; pg. 17. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 5, pg. 19. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 117, pg. 14. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 80. McGibbon (A Collection of Scots Tunes), c. 1795; Vol. 1; pg. 12. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 1, No. 15 (hornpipe version). Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 25, pg. 16. Oswald (The Caledonian Pocket Companion), Vol. 1, 1780?; pg. 18. Petrie-Stanford (Complete Collection), 1903-06; No. 1427. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 173. Saar, 1932; No. 18. Scottish Country Dance Book, Book 12, 1930; No. 2. Sharp (Sword Dance Tunes), Book 2, 1911-13; pg. 3. Smith (The Scottish Minstrel), Vol 4, 1820-24; pg. 91. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 157. Sullivan (Session Tunes), Vol. 3; No. 30, pg. 12. Taylor (Where's the Crack), 1989; pg. 4. Thompson (A Select Collection...Scottish Airs), 1, Vol. 4, 1805; No. 155. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 12. Walsh (Caledonian Country Dances), Vol. 2, 1737; pg. 25. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 72. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson - "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, Vol. 2". Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music From Ireland and Shetland" (learned from Kathleen Collins). Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998). Island ILPS9432, The Chieftains - "Bonaparte's Retreat" (1976).
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L:1/8
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B:The Athole Collection
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D|G2 BA BGGB|A/A/A ed eAAB|c2 ce dBGB|A/B/c BA GEE:|
A|G/G/G gf gddg|eaa^g aeef|gage dcBG|A/B/c BA GEEA|
Gggf gddg|eaa^g aeef|gbeg dgBG|A/B/c BA GEE||
HIGHWAY TO KILKENNY. Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard. AA'BB'. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 451, pg. 88. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998. Learned from Brooklyn fiddler Sheila McGuire).
T:Highway to Kilkenny
L:1/8
M:9/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (451)
K:G
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|:e2f g2e fdB|e2f g2a bge|1 g/a/bg f/g/af e/f/ge|B/c/dB A/B/cA BGE:|2
faf gbe dBG|A/B/cA BGE E2||
JER O'CONNELL'S. AKA and see "O'Sullivan's Fancy," "Lucy Farr's" [2]. Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard. AABB. A version of this tune appears under the title "O'Sullivan's Fancy." Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 215, pg. 124. Green Linnet SIF 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998).
T:Jer O'Connell's
M:4/4
L:1/4
S:from Mary Rafferty
Z:David Marcus
R:polka
K:D
ADED | FAdc/d/ | cAAG | EFGF/G/ | ADED | FAdc/d/ | cAGE | {F} EDD2 :||:
Adde | fg/f/ed | cAAB | B/c/def | Adde | fd e/f/e/d/ | cAGE | {F}ED D2 :||
JOE RYAN'S BARN DANCE. Irish, Barn Dance. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998. Learned from a tape of Inagh, County Clare, fiddler Joe Ryan, a cousin of Joanie Madden's mother).
NORTH OF AMERIKAY, THE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). G Major. Standard. One part. "Learned when I was a child and now written from memory. There was a song to it which was composed during the American war, as this first verse indicates:--
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The seventeenth of June last by the dawning of day,
Our ship she cast an anchor and landed in the bay;
Then our brave heroes bold they quickly marched away
To fight the Boston rebels in the north of Amerikay.
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'The Battle of King's Bridge,' the English version of the words of this song, may be seen in the Journal of the Fold Song Society, Vol. II, p. 20. The air bears some slight resemblance to mine" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 15, pgs. 10-11.
T:North of Amerikay, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music
K:G
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ef ge/d/ BABG|BA/B/ GG G3||
OH JOHNNY DEAREST JOHNNY, WHAT DYED YOUR HANDS AND CLOATHS? HE ANSWERED HIM AS HE THOUGHT FIT 'BY A BLEEDING AT THE NOSE'. Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard. AB. From the title it appears to be a version of "Edward" (Child., Vol. 1, No. 13). A variant is "Dawning of the Day" [4]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905 No. 693, pg. 174.
TOM WARD'S DOWNFALL (Bascadh Thomáis Mhic an Bháird). AKA and see "The Long Hills of Mourne," "The Mourne Mountains," "Peggy, is your head sick?" "The Purty Girl." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo, west Kerry. G Major. Standard. AB (Perlman): AABB (Breathnach, Miller & Perron, Moylan): AABB' (Flaherty). A rare version of "Tom Ward" is called "The American Reel," according to Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994). This alternate version was imported home to County Donegal by fiddler Charlie Doherty (of the famous fiddling Doherty family) when he returned after his years in America. The melody (under the "Tom Ward" title) was recorded by Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran in 1939 (paired with "McGovern's Favorite"). Sources for notated versions: piper Pat Brophy/Patrick Ó Broithe (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Kathleen Morris (Corlisheen, Ballyrush, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; Peter Chaisson Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East King's County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Breathnach (CRE I), 1963; No. 90, pg. 39. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 3, No. 29. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 59. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 2, No. 33. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 239, pg. 138. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 55. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998). Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman - "The Heyday of Michael Coleman" (1973). Outlet SOLP 1001, "Sean McGuire & Roger Sherlock."
TOM'S TAVERN. Irish, Polka. Composed by Ron Kavana. Green Linnet GLCD 1175, Cherish the Ladies - "New Day Dawning." Green Linnet GLCD 1187, Cherish the Ladies - "One and All: the Best of Cherish the Ladies" (1998).
WINDSOR TERRACE [1]. AKA - "Windsor Tarass." English, Country Dance Tune (4/4 time). D Minor. Standard. AABB. Kidson (1890) identifies this melody as the original of "Dawning of the Day" (Torried y dydd) from Welsh tradition. The title comes from a song to the tune by Thomas D'Urfey, printed in Vol. 1 of his Pills to Purge Melancholy. It also appears in Walsh's Dances for 1714, Playford's Dancing Master of 1716 (16th edition), the Fashionable Lady (1730) and Vol. III of Thompson's Country Dances.
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Musing, I late, on Windsor Tarass sate,
And hot and weary, heard a merry
Amorous couple chat. (D'Urfey)
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Kidson (Old English Country Dances), 1890; pg. 5. Knowles (A Northern Lass), 1995; pg. 4.