FEAR DEARMADAC, AN. AKA and see "The Absent-Minded Man."
F(H)IACH AN MHADA RUA. AKA and see "The Hare in the Corn," "The Absent-minded Man," "The House in the Corner," "The Little House around the Corner," "The Royal Irish Jig," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Hare in the Corner," "The Hunt of the Hound and the Hare."
HARE IN/AMONG THE CORN [1] ("An Gearrgiad Annsa Arbar" or "Gearrfhiadh 'San Arbhar"). AKA and see "The Absent-Minded Man." English, Scottish, Irish, American; Jig. England, Northumberland; USA, Massachusetts. G Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill, O'Sullivan/Bunting, Vickers): A Major (Johnson, Kerr). Standard or AEAE. AB (O'Sullivan/Bunting): AA'B (Kerr): AABB (O'Neill, Vickers): AABBCCDDEEFGGHHIIJJ. Another double-entendre title. Johnson (1983) believes "Hare in the Corn," which was often played in scordatura tuning, to be very old, and says there is a short set of it in the Scottish Skene Manuscript of c.1630-1640. It also appears in Riddell's Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes (1794). In America, the somewhat simplified version of the melody was copied into Whittier Perkin's violin MS (Masschusetts, 1790). The variations in Johnson are from the Trotter Manuscript and were probably composed later than 1760, based on his stylistic analysis. Flood (1906) indicates it was a dance tune popular in Ireland at least as far back as 1779, as its playing is mentioned by Beringer in an account of a "cake" dance (where the prize was a cake) he participated in while on a visit to Connacht. Bunting (1840) identified the piece as "an ancient tune for the pipes, in which there is an imitation of a hunt, including the sound of the huntsmen's horns, the crying of dogs, and finally the distress and death of the hare." The pipes, he thought, were the only instrument which could musically render all these elements, particularly the dying cry of the hare. Sources for notated versions: Trotter Manuscript (1780, pg. 44) [Johnson]; an unknown piper in the year 1800 [Bunting]. Holden (Most Esteemed Irish Melodies), volume II, No. 35. Johnson (Scottish Fiddle Music in the 18th Century), 1984; No. 42, pgs. 100-101. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 3; No. 230, pg. 26. Kinloch (100 Airs), No. 48. McFadden (Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), volume V, pg. 25. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion for the Union Pipers), volume I, pg. 77. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 766, pg. 143. O'Neill's (Dance Music of Ireland), 1986; Nos. 49 & 254 (appears as "The Absent-Minded Man"). O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 146, pgs. 203-204. Riddell (Scotch, Galwegian and Border Tunes), 1794. Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 2; No. 390. Wright (Compleat Collection of Celebrated Country Dances), volume I, pg. 4.
HARE IN THE CORN, THE [3] (An Giorria San Arbhar). AKA and see "The Absent-minded Man," "The House in the Corner," "The Little House around the Corner," "The Royal Irish Jig", "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Hare in the Corner," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua." Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard. AA'BB'. O'Neill's names for the tune are "The Absent-Minded Man," "The House in the Corner," "The Little House around the Corner," "The Royal Irish Jig" and "O, as I was kissed Yestreen." Levey also gives it as "The House in the Corner." Breathnach identifies the tune as the jig in the set piece "The Hunt of the Hound and Hare" in Feldman & O'Doherty's Northern Fiddler. He also remarks that Seamus Ennis employed a version of "Hare in the Corn" as an overture to programmatic piece "The Foxhunt." Source for notated version: fiddler Paddy Glackin (Donegal, Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 19, pg. 10. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 186 {reprinted from Aird}. Gael-Linn Records CEF 060, Paddy Glackin - "Ceol ar an bhFidil" (1977). Gael-Linn CEF060, "Paddy Glackin."
HOUSE IN/ON THE CORNER, THE. AKA and see "The Absent-Minded Man," "The Hare in the Corn," "The Little House around the Corner," "The Royal Irish Jig," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Hare in the Corner," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua."
HOUSE IN THE GLEN [1] (An Teac Annsa Feoran/Gleann). AKA and see "The Absent-minded Man," "The Hare in the Corn(er)," "The House in the Corner," "The Hunt of the Hound and the Hare," "Little House in the Glen," "Little House (A-)Round the Corner," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Royal Irish Jig." Irish, Double Jig. D Major/Mixolydian (O'Neill): A Major (Moylan). Standard. AABB. The tune is called "Lark in the Morning" in Dance Music of Willie Clancy. Source for notated version: Dan O'Leary via jis nephew, accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 253, pg. 145. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 39. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 897, pg. 167. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 144, pg. 39.
T:House in the Glen, The [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (144)
K:D
AFA DED|AGF A2=c|BGG dGG|BAG Bcd|AFA DED|AGF A2c|def gfe|fdB B2A:|
|:Add fdd|ede fdB|Add fdd|edB B2A|Add fdd|ede efg|f<af gfe|fdB B2A:|
HOUSE ON THE CORNER. AKA and see "The Absent-Minded Man."
LITTLE HOUSE (A)ROUND THE CORNER. AKA and see "The Absent-minded Man," "The Hare in the Corn(er)," "The House in the Corner," "House in the Glen," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Royal Irish Jig." Irish, Scottish; Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. The tune is attributed in Cole's 1001 to one J. Hand. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 59. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 263, pg. 29. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 19. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIssac - "Close to the Floor" (1992). Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition."
LITTLE HOUSE IN THE GLEN. AKA and see "The Absent-minded Man," "The Hare in the Corn(er)," "The House in the Glen" "Little House (A-)Round the Corner," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "The Royal Irish Jig."
O AS I WAS KISS'D YESTREEN. AKA and see "The Hare in the Corn(er)," "The House in the Corner," "The Little House around the Corner," "The Royal Irish Jig," "The Absent-minded Man," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua." Scottish, Medley (Jig). A Minor. Standard. AABB. Bayard (1981) identifies this as the signature melody of a group of tunes that belongs to a very large extended family of tunes, which he likens to a language and its dialects. Other signature tunes in this family are "Lan(n)igan's Ball," "Muirland Willie," "Bung Your Eye," "Kitty Alone," and "Lumps of Pudding." "O As I Was Kiss'd Yestreen" variants are close to the "Bung Your Eye" group and include "Sae Braley As I Was," "House o' Duncan," "My Love is Lost to Me," and others. See also the Irish family of tunes of the "Old Man Dillon" family. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert Bremner's 1757 collection (pg. 75). Aird's (Selection...), 1778, Vol. 1, No. 200. Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 476. Gow (Complete Repository), Part 2, 1802; pg. 22. Johnson (Scots Musical Museum, 1787-1803, Vol. 4, No. 319). Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; pg. 31). Oswald's Caledonian Pocket Companion (1780?, Vol. 1, pg. 137). Scottish Country Dance Book (1930-57, Book 13, No. 6 {pt. 2 of 1st air}).
T:O as I was kiss'd yestreen
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Gow - 2nd Repository
K:A minor
E|A>BA ABd|(e/^f/g)B A2c|(BAB) GAG|(BAB) GAB|~cBc dcd|
ede a2g|edB ABd|e2A A2:|
|:^g|a2A ABA|a2A A2^f|g2G GAG|BAB GAB|~cBc dcd|
ede a2g|edB ABd|e2A A2:|
ROYAL IRISH JIG, THE. AKA and see "The Hare in the Corn," "The Absent-minded Man," "The House in the Corner," "The Little House around the Corner," "O, as I was kissed Yestreen," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua."