ARTHUR McBRIDE [1]. AKA and see "The Castle Street Jig," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Maid at the Well," "The Black Stripper," "Kilkenny Jig," "The Milkmaid," "The Maids of Glenroe."
BATA DROIGEAN, AN. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick."
BILLY PATTERSON('S FAVORITE). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "Boys of Rockhill/Bockhill," "The Catholic Boys," "The Coachroad to Sligo," The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on/in the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "Humors of Bantry," "The Hare on the Mountain," "The Maid on the Green," "The Rose on the Mountain." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 54.
BLACK STRIPPER, THE. AKA and see "The Kilkenny Jig." See also "Arthur McBride," "The Castle Street Jig," "The Maids of Glenroe," "The Milkmaid," "The Maid at the Well," "The Blackthorn Stick," "An Maide Draighin."
BLACKTHORN (REEL), THE [1]. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick" [4] et al. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: set dance music recorded live at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 1, pg. 1. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; pg. 18.
BLACKTHORN STICK [1]. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Catholic Boys," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire in the Valley," "Fire on the Mountain," "The Hare on the Mountain," "Humours of Bantry," "The Maid on the Green," "O'Connell's Welcome," "The Rose on the Mountain," and "Joys of Wedlock." Irish (originally), New England; Jig. G Major (Allan, Miller & Perron, Spandaro, Sweet): A Major (Kerr, Raven). Standard. AAB (Kerr): AABB (Allan, Miller & Perron, Raven, Spandaro, Sweet, Tubridy). Bayard (1981) thinks the tune "a thoroughly characteristic Irish jig, probably of no great age." Source for notated version: David Street [Spandaro]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 3, pg. 2. Jarman (Old Tyme Fiddlin' Tunes); pg. or No. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 13, pg. 37. Miller & Perron (New England Fidders Repertoire), 1983; No. 2. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 115. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 44. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1964; pg. 38. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; pg. 30. Pibroch MacKenzie - "The Mull Fiddler" (1969). Bob Smith's Ideal Band - "Better than an Orchestra" (1977).
T:Blackthorn Stick [1]
T:Coach Road to Sligo
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BdB ABd|gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:d|edd gdd|edd gdd|Bdd gfe|dBG A2d|gfg age|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGG G2:|
BLACKTHORN STICK [2] (An Bata Droigean). Irish, Set Dance (6/8 time). D Mixolydian (Roche): G Mixolydian (O'Neill). Standard. One part. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 984, pg. 169. Roche Collection, 1982; Vol. 2, No. 274, pg. 30.
T:Blackthorn Stick [2]
L:1/8
M:6/8
R:Set Dance
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (984)
K:G
d|BAG E2G|D2D EGG|G2D GAB|c2c BAG|BdB A2D|GAB c2c|BAG Bdd|
edc BAG|EGE DB,D|EGG G2D|GAB c2c|BAG Bdd|edc BAG|E2G D2D|EGG G2||
BLACKTHORN STICK, THE [3]. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "playfully"). D Minor. Standard. ABC. O'Neill (1850 Melodies), 1907/1979; No. 458, pg. 80.
BLACKTHORN STICK, THE [4]. AKA and see "The Blackthorn," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth" "Jack McGuire," "The Jolly Clamdiggers," "The Old Blackthorn," "The Rising (of the) Sun" (Eiri na Greine). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AA'B. Source for notated version: Gus Collins (Bronx, NY) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 210, pg. 57. Gael-Linn CEF 044, Joe Cooley - "Cooley." Gael-Linn CEF 161, "Michael Coleman 1891-1945." Green Linnet SIF 1010, "Mick Moloney & Eugene O'Donnell." Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman - "The Heyday of Michael Coleman" (1973). Shanachie 79083, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannan - "Whirlwind" (1995. A version handed down from the piping of Wexford/Liberties piper John Potts {1871-1956} through piper Tommy Reck).
BLACKTHORN STICK, THE [5]. AKA and see "The Christmas Jig," "The Maid at the Well," "An Maide Draighin," "Maids of Glenroe," "The Milkmaid," "The Silver Tip." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. "An Maide Draighin" (The Blackthorn Stick) is the title under which this version appears in Breathnach's Coel Rinnce na hEireann, Vol. 1. It is unrelated to the "Blackthorn Stick" tunes printed by O'Neill though it does appear in his volumes as "The Milkmaid" and "The Maid at the Well."
T:Blackthorn Stick, The [5]
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
GDD EDD|GAB c2d|edc BcA|BGE EDE|GDD EDD|GAB c2d|edc BcA|AGF G3 :|
|:gdd edd|gdB c2d|edc BcA|BGE EED|gdd edd|gdB c2d|edc BcA|AGF G3 :|
BLACKTHORN STICK, THE [6] (An Bata Druin). Irish, Air. The air, which appears in the "Freeman Collection" (Journal of the (Irish) Folk Song Society, volume VI, No. 10), is a variant of "An Cailin Deas Rua" (The Pretty Red Girl).
BOYS OF BOCKHILL/ROCKHILL. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "Catholic Boys" [2], "The Blackthorn Stick," "Fire On the Mountain" (floating title), "Humors of Bantry," "Maid on the Green." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 51. Ryan's Mammoth Collection.
BOYS OF ROCKHILL. AKA and see "The Coachroad to Sligo," "Billy Patterson," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Rose on the Mountain," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "The Maid on the Green," "The Eagle's Nest," "The Catholic Boys," "Fire in the Valley."
CATHOLIC BOYS, THE [3]. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "Blackthorn Stick," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire on/in the Mountains" (floating title), "Fire in the Valley," "Geese on the Bog" (floating title), "The Hare on the Mountain," "Humours of Bantry," "The Maid on the Green," "The Rose on the Mountain." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard. AABB. Bayard (1981) calls it a typical Irish jig, of no great age. Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (elderly fifer from Fayette County, Pa., 1961) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 444, pg. 413.
CHRISTMAS JIG. AKA and see "Blackthorn Stick" [5], "Maid at the Well," "Maids of Glenroe," "The Milkmaid," "The Silver Tip."
COACH ROAD TO SLIGO, THE [1] (Bóthar an Chóiste go Sligeach). AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Catholic Boys," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire in/on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "The Hare on the Mountain," "Humors of Bantry," "The Maid on the Green," "The Rose on the Mountain." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard. AA'B (Breathnach): AABB (Mulvihill): AABB' (DeMarco & Krassen, O'Neill). Breathnach identifies that Goodman and Joyce print the tune under the title "Boys of Rockhill," which is one of O'Neill's titles, although it also appears in O'Neill as "Humours of Bantry" and "Billy Patterson." Bayard (1981) gives it as "The Catholic Boys." The 'A' part shows up as the second part of "Welcome Home, Royal Charlie" in County Donegal versions. Breathnach also finds it in manuscripts from Castleisland, County Kerry, and County Limerick as "Fire on the Mountain" and "Fire in the Valley," respectively. Source for notated versions: Sligo style fiddler Paddy Killoran (County Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach, DeMarco & Krassen]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 5, pg. 4. DeMarco & Krassen (A Trip to Sligo), 1978; pg. 28,42,56. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 42, pg. 73. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 71. Shanachie 33003, "Paddy Killoran's Back in Town" (1977).
T:Coach Road to Sligo, The
R:Jig
M:6/8
K:G
~g3 ege|dBG AGE|DGG FGA|BGB A2e|gfg age|dBG AGE|DGG FGA|BGG G2d:|
|:edd gdd|edd gdd|ede ~g3|edB A2e|gfg age|dBG AGE|DGG FGA|BGG G2d:|
EAGLE'S NEST, THE. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "The Blackthorn Stick," "Boys of Rockhill/Bockhill," "The Catholic Boys," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "Fire in/on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "The Hare on the Mountain," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Rose on the Mountain."
ERIN GO BRAGH (Ireland for Ever). Irish, English; Air and Reel. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard. AB.
**
My name's Duncan Campbell from the shire of Argyle,
I've travelled this country for many's the mile
I've travelled through Ireland, Scotland and a'
and the name I go under's bold Erin go Bragh
**
One night in old Reekie as I walked down the street old Reekie=Edinburgh
a saucy big police I chanced for to meet
he glowered in me face, and he gi' me some jaw
sayin' when came you over, bold Erin go Bragh
**
Well I am not a Pat, though in Ireland I've been
nor am I a Paddy, though Ireland I've seen
and were I a Paddy, that's nothin' at a'
for there's many the bold hero from Erin go Bragh
**
Well I know you're a Pat by the cut o' your hair
but you all turn to Scotsmen as soon as you're here
you left your own country for breakin' the law
so we're seizing all stragglers from Erin go Bragh
**
Well if I were a Pat and you knew it were true
or if I were the devil, then what's that to you?
If not for the stick that you hold in your paw
then I'd show you a game played in Erin go Bragh
**
Then a lump o' blackthorn that I held in my fist
around his big body I made it to twist
and the blood from his napper I quickly did draw
I paid him stock and interest for Erin go Bragh
**
Then the people came 'round like a flock o' wild geese
sayin' "Catch that damned rascal, he's killed the police."
and for every friend I had, I'd swear he had twa,
it was terrible hard times for Erin go Bragh
**
til I found me a wee boat that sailed in the forth
so I packed up me gear and I steered for the north
farewell to old Reekie, your police and a'
and the devil gang wi' ye says Erin go Bragh
**
So come all you young people, wherever you're from
I don't give a damn to what place you belong
I come from Argyle, in the highlands so bra,
but I ne'er took it ill bein' called Erin go Bragh
**
Hall & Stafford (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1974; pg. 16. Green Linnet SIF 3062, Dick Gaughan - "Handful of Earth." Exiles - "The Hale and the Hanged."
FIRE IN THE VALLEY. AKA and see "Coach Road to Sligo," "The Blackthorn Stick," "Boys of Rockhill," "Fire on the Mountain" [2]. This title appears in a manuscript from County Limerick.
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN(S), THE [2]. AKA and see "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "Humors of Bantry," "Billy Patterson," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Catholic Boys," "The Rose on the Mountain," "The Eagle's Nest," "The Maind on the Green," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "The Hare on the Mountain." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. This title is a "floater." Source for notated version: "Mr. Victor Power of Leap Co. Cork, a good amateur violinist, with much knowledge of Irish music, about 1875" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 200, pg. 99. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 3; No. 101, pg. 31.
T:Fire on the Mountains
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Roche Collection
K:G
d|g>fg efg|dBG AFD|DGG AGA|BGB ABd|
gfg efg|dBG AFD|AGG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:d|edd gdd|edd gdB|def gdB|eAA ABd|
edd gdd|edd gdB|DGG AGA|BGG G2:|
HARE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE. AKA and see "Fire on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Maid on the Green," "The Eagle's Nest," "The Rose on the Mountain," "The Catholic Boys," "The Humours of Bantry," "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill."
INCH OF GARTH. AKA and see "The Rising (of the) Sun," "The Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "The Jolly Clamdiggers," "An Sean-draighnean."
HUMORS OF BANTRY (Sugra Brantraige/Beantraige). AKA and see "The Fire on the Mountains," "Fire in the Valley," "The Rose on the Mountain," "The Hare on the Mountain," "The Maid on the Green," "The Eagle's Nest," "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Catholic Boys." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AAB (O'Neill/1915): AABB' (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (Moylan). Bayard (1981) calls it a "thoroughly characteristic Irish jig, probably of no great age." Although "Fire on the Mountain" is a floating title in Appalachian music, the tune was known as "Fire on the Mountain" to Chicago Irish piper and fiddler James Early and John McFadden and was printed under that title in Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Song. Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 327, pgs. 186-187. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 129, pg. 75. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 711, pg. 133. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 13, pg. 19.
T:Humors of Bantry
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (13)
K:G
d|gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGB AGE|gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DEG AGA|BGG G2:|
|:d|edd gdd|edd gdB|def gfg|edB AGE|1 gfg e/f/ge|dBG AGE|DGG A/B/cA|BGG G2:|2
gfg aga|bge edB|GFG A/B/cA|BGG G2:|
IRISHMAN'S BLACKTHORN STICK, THE. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth," "The Rising of the Sun."
JACK McGUIRE. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick" [6]. "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth" "The Jolly Clamdiggers," "The Old Blackthorn," "The Rising (of the) Sun" (Eiri na Greine).
JOLLY CLAM-DIGGER'S, THE. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "Brightest Eyes," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "The Rising Sun," "An Sean-draighnean." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AABB. A version of "The Rising Sun" family of tunes, although with a different 'B' part. Michael Coleman famouly recorded the tune as "The Blackthorn Stick." Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 15. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 299, pg. 33. De Dannan (first album).
T:Jolly Clamdiggers, The
R:reel
E:7.5
M:C|
K:D
d2 FB AFEF|D2dc BABc|dF~F2 dFAF|GBAG FDFA|\
d2 FB AFEF|D2dc BABc|dF~F2 dFAF|GBAF D2 z2||*
d2 fd egfd|A2 (3cBA eAcA|defg ~a3 f|afeg fddc|\
d2 fd egfd|A2 (3cBA eAcA|defg ~a3 f|afeg fd ~d2||**
KILKENNY JIG, THE ("An Port Cill-Cainnig" or "Port Chill Chainnigh"). AKA and see "The Black Stripper," "Arthur McBride," "The Castle Street Jig," "The Milkmaid," "The Maids of Glenroe," "The Maid at the Well," "An Maide Draighin," "The Blackthorn Stick." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Kilkenny takes its name from Saint Kenneth, a companion of St. Columba. Sources for notated versions: Paddy Cronin [Breathnach]; flute player Sonny McDonagh (b. 1926, Rinnarogue, Bunninadden, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 18, pg. 10. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 740, pg. 138. Outlet Records PAS 3002, Paddy Cronin - "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977).
MAID AT THE WELL (An Og-Bean Air An Tobair). AKA and see "Castle Street Jig," "The Blackthorn Stick" [5], "The Milkmaid," "The Maids of Glenroe," "The Silver Tip" [2], "The Black Stripper," "The Kilkenny Jig," "Arthur McBride," "The Castle Street Jig," "An Maide Draighin." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/1915). O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 159, pg. 89. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 24, pg. 20. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1976; No. 724, pg. 135. Kells Music KM 9505, Tommy Keane & Jaqueline McCarthy - "Wind Among the Reeds."
T:Maid at the Well
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (24)
K:G
A|GED DED|GEG c2e|dcB AGA|BAG E2A|GED DED|BDB c2e|dcB AGA|BGG G2:|
|:d|gdd edd|gdB c2e|dcB AGA|BAG E2d|gdd edd|gdB c2e|dcB AGA|BGG G2:|
MAID(EN) ON THE GREEN, THE (An Aindear Air/Ar an Bainseac/b-Faitce). AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "The Blackthorn Stick," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Catholic Boys," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire in the Mountain," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "Night of the Fun," "O'Connell's Welcome," "The Rose on the Mountain." Irish (originally), English; Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AAB (Raven): AABB (Allan, Brody, Cole, O'Neill {all versions}, Perlman, Roche, Sweet): AABBCC (Moylan). Bayard (1981) believes this tune to be a derivative of some original tune that also spawned "(Daniel) O'Connell's Welcome (to Parliament)," "Farewell to the Troubles of the World" (Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail), and "The Night of the Sun." Source O'Leary's three part tune consists of a different 'B' part in between the two parts found in O'Neill. Sources for notated versions: John Campbell [Brody]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded in recital at Na Piobairi Uilleann, November, 1990 [Moylan]; Peter Chaisson, Sr. (b. 1929, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 10, pg. 4. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 182. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 79. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 179, pg. 103. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 127, pg. 73. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 33. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 853, pg. 158. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1986; No. 114, pg. 34. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 127. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 118. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 1; No. 108, pg. 46. Sweet (Fifer's Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 24. Rounder 7003, John Campbell- "Cape Breton Violin Music." Shanachie 33001, Michael Coleman- "The Wheels of the World." Green Linnet 1023, Joe Shannon and Johnny McGreevy- "The Noonday Feast."
T:Maid on the Green
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dGG|BAG ABd|
gfg e2d|Bee dBA|BGG dBA|BGF GBd:||
|:gfg afd|gfg abc'|bag agf|gef g2a|
MAIDE DRAIGHIN, AN (The Blackthorn Stick). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Milkmaid," "The Maid at the Well," "The Castle Street Jig," "Arthur McBride," "The Kilkenny Jig," "The Black Stripper," "The Maids of Glenroe," "The Silver Tip" [2].
MAIDS OF GLENROE, THE. AKA and see "Arthur McBride," "The Black Stripper," "Blackthorn Stick" [5], "The Castle Street Jig," "Christmas Jig," "The Kilkenny Jig," "The Maid at the Well," "An Maide Draighin," "The Milkmaid," "The Silver Tip" [2]. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB (Roche): AABB' (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded by the Ballinakill Ceili Band under this title in 1931. Source for notated version: "learned from my mother" [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 3, pg. 65. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 1; No. 83, pg. 38.
MILKMAID, THE [2]. AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "An Maide Draighin," "The Maid at the Well," "The Black Stripper," "The Kilkenny Jig," "The Castle Stret Jig," "Arthur McBride," "The Maids of Glenroe."
O'CONNELL'S WELCOME {TO PARLIAMENT}. AKA and see "Billy Patterson," "The Blackthorn Stick," "Boys of Bockhill/Rockhill," "The Humours of Bantry," "The Catholic Boys," "The Coachroad to Sligo," "Daniel O'Connell's Welcome to Parliament," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire in the Mountain," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," "Fire in the Valley," "Maid on the Green," "Night of the Fun," "O'Connell's Welcome," "The Rose on the Mountain," "Welcome home, royal Charlie." Irish, Jig; American, March. G Major (Coles): D Major (Bayard). Standard. AABB. Bayard (1981) regards this piece as a major form of the Irish tune "Slan agus Beannacht le Buaidhreamh an tSaoghail" (Farewell to the Troubles of the World), usually played in the Dorian or Mixolydian mode. Also derived from the original tune, he thinks, is the jig "The Maid(en) on the Green." Source for notated version: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1944, 1960; who plays it "as always heard from fifers and bagpipers") [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 623, pg. 548. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 68. Howe (Diamond School for the Violin), 1861; pg. 66. Jonathan Edwards Memorial Foundation JEMF-105, L.O. Weeks - "New England Traditional Fiddling" (1978).
OLD BLACKTHORN, THE (An Sean-draighneán). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "The Rising of the Sun," "The Rising Sun," "Jolly Clamdiggers." Irish, Reel. Ireland; County Sligo, west Kerry. D Major. Standard. AB (Breathnach): AA'BB' (Moylan). A version of "The Rising Sun" family of tunes, although with a different 'B' part. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border), recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, October, 1984 [Moylan]. Breathnach (CRE I), 1963; No. 136, pg. 55. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 81. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 155, pg. 90.
T:The Old Blackthorn
T:The Jolly Clam-Diggers
S:Donal Murphy, accordion
B:CRE I, no.136 (slightly different)
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:transcribed by Paul de Grae
K:D
d2 FB AFEF|D2 dc BABc|dF ~F2 AFEF|GBAF Dgfe|
d2 FB AFEF|Dddc BABc|dF ~F2 AFEF|GBAF DABc||
~d2 fd egfd|A2 (3cBA eA (3cBA|defd efge|abag fdec|
~d2 fd egfd|A2 (3cBA eA (3cBA|defg a3 g|fdec dgfe||
PRETTY RED {HAIRED} GIRL, THE [1] (An Cailín Deas Ruadh). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick." Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Mixolydian. Standard. One part. A variant under the title "An Bata Druin" (The Blackthorn Stick) can be found in the "Freeman Collection" (Journal of the Folk Song Society, volune VI, No. 10), though it is not the jig "The Blackthorn Stick" as found in O'Neill's. A similarly metered and structured melody is "The Red Haired Man's Wife," which though reminiscent of "The Pretty Red Haired Girl" in phrases, seems to be a different tune. Source for notated version: the index to the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection gives that the piece was obtained from "Thomas Broadwood Esq...Munster 1815." O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 89, pgs. 133-134.
RISING OF THE SUN, THE. AKA and see "The Rising Sun," "Inch of Garth," "Clear the Road," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "The Jolly Clamdiggers," "An Sean-draighnean."
RISING SUN, THE [2] ("Éirí na Gréine" or "An Grianract"). AKA and see "The Blackthorn Stick," "Brightest Eyes," "Clear the Road," "Inch of Garth," "The Irishman's Blackthorn Stick," "Master's Return," "The Rising of the Sun," "An Sean-draighnean." Irish, Reel. Ireland; Counties Kerry, Sligo. D Major. Standard. AB (Breathnach, Flaherty): ABC (O'Neill). See also variants "Sweeney's Dream" and "Girl with the Laughing Eyes." The tunes "The Old Blackthorn" and "The Jolly Clamdiggers" are also versions, although with different 'B' parts. Sources for notated versions: fiddler Denis Murphy, (Gneeveguilla, Co. Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham, outside Tubbercurry, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 54, pg. 13. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 214 [1], pg. 111. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 167. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 608, pg. 110.
T:Rising Sun [2]
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ROCKY ROAD TO DUBLIN [1] ("An Botar Sgreagmar Go Baile-Ata-Cliat" or "An Bothar Carrach go Baile Atha Cliath"). AKA and see "Black Burke," "Black Rock," "The Rocky Road." Irish, Slip Jig or Air (9/8). A Dorian (Breathnach, Kerr, Stanford/Petrie, Tubridy): A Mixolydian (O'Neill/1915 & 1001). Standard. One part (Stanford/Petrie): AAB (Allan, O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Cole, Hardings, Kerr, Tubridy): AABB' (Brody, Roche): ABC (Breathnach): AABC (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & 1915). Breathnach (1985) identifies the rocky road of the title as a road in the neighborhood of Clonmel, and says that nurses in south Munster had a saying used "as a qualification for hiring: 'They can sing and dance the baby to the Rocky Road.' O'Neill (1913) states a special dance was performed to this melody. 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). "Rocky Road to Dublin" was also made into a song and distributed in an anonymous broadside of the 19th century. It goes:
**
In the merry month of May from my home I started
Left the girls of Tuam nearly broken-hearted
Saluted Father dear, kissed my darlin' Mother
Drank a pint of beer my grief and tears to smother
Then off to reap the corn, and leave where I was born
I cut a stout blackthorn to banish ghost and goblin,
In a bran'new pair of brogues I rattled o'er the bogs
And frightened all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin,
**
Chorus:
One, two, three, four five, hunt the hare and turn her
Down the rocky roaad, and all the ways to Dublin
Whack fol-lol-de-ra.
**
In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary,
Started by daylight next morning light and airy,
Took a drop of the pure, to keep my heart from sinking,
That's an frishman's cure, whene'er he's on for drinking,
To see the lasses smile, laughing all the while,
At my curious style, 'twould set your heart a-bubbling,
They ax'd if I was hired, the wages I required,
Till I was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin.
**
In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity,
To be so soon deprived a view of that fine city,
Then I took a stroll out among the quality,
My bundle it was stole in a neat locality;
Something crossed my mind, then I looked behind,
No bundle could I find upon me stick a-wobblin',
Enquiring for the rogue, they said my Connaught brogue
Wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin.
**
From there I got away my spirits never failing,
Landed on the quay as the ship was sailing,
Captain at me roared, said that no room had he,
When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy
Down among the pigs, I played some funny jigs
Danced among the rigs, the water round me bubblin'
When off to Holyhead I wished myself was dead,
Or better far, instead, on the rocky road to Dublin.
**
The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed,
Called myself a fool, I could no longer stand it;
Blood began to boil, temper I was losin'
Poor old Erin's isle they began abusin'
"Hurrah my soul!" says I, my shillelagh I let fly,
Some Galway boys were by, saw I was a hobble in,
Then with a loud Hurrah, they joined in the affray,
We quickly cleared the way, for the rocky road to Dublin.
**
Source for notated version: piper Seamus Ennis (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 36, pg. 9. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 58, pg. 29. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; pg. 233. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 64. Hardings All Round Collection, 1905; No. 180, pg. 57. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 2; No. 221, pg. 25. Levey. (Dance Music of Ireland). O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 219, pg. 117. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 79. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1116, pg. 211. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 411, pg. 82. Roche Collection, 1982, Vol. 2; No. 257, pg. 25. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 26. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 548, pg. 139 (appears as "The Rocky Road"). Tara Records TA 1002, Seamus Ennis - "The Pure Drop" (1973). Transatlantic 341, Dave Swarbrick- "Swarbrick 2."
T:Rocky Road to Dublin [1]
L:1/8
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ROSE ON THE MOUNTAIN, THE [1]. AKA and see "The Coachroad to Sligo," "The Humours of Bantry," "Billy Patterson," "Boys of Rockhill/Bockhill," "The Catholic Boys," "The Blackthorn Stick," "The Fire/Hare on the Mountain," The Maid on the Green," "The Eagle's Nest," "Fire in the Valley."
SILVER TIP, THE [2]. AKA and see "Arthur McBride," "The Blackthorn Stick" [5], "The Christmas Jig," "The Maid at the Well," "The Maids of Glenroe," "The Milkmaid." Irish, Double Jig. Ireland, County Sligo. G Major. Standard. AA'B. "The Silver Tip" was the title for the melody on a 1929 Columbia 78 RPM by Francis Cashin and Tom Cawley, although the Ballinakill Ceili Band called it "The Maids of Glenroe" on their 1931 recording. Source for notated version: fiddler Johnny Henry (b. 1922, Cloonlairn, Doocastle, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 142.
T:The Silver Tip
M:6/8
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