The Fiddler’s Companion

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Notation Note: The tunes below are recorded in what is called ?abc notation.? They can easily be converted to standard musical notation via highlighting with your cursor starting at “X:1? through to the end of the abc’s, then “cutting-and-pasting? the highlighted notation into one of the many abc conversion programs available, or at concertina.net’s incredibly handy “ABC Convert-A-Matic? at

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**Please note that the abc’s in the Fiddler’s Companion work fine in most abc conversion programs. For example, I use abc2win and abcNavigator 2 with no problems whatsoever with direct cut-and-pasting. However, due to an anomaly of the html, pasting the abc’s into the concertina.net converter results in double-spacing. For concertina.net’s conversion program to work you must remove the spaces between all the lines of abc notation after pasting, so that they are single-spaced, with no intervening blank lines. This being done, the F/C abc’s will convert to standard notation nicely. Or, get a copy of abcNavigator 2 ? its well worth it.?? [AK]

LITTEN HORNPIPE . English, Hornpipe. F Major (Huntington/Litten): D Major (Miller). Standard tuning. AAB (Huntington/Litten): AABB (Miller). Presumably composed by ship's fiddler William Litten at the very beginning of the 19th century. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 18. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 296, pg. 176.

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LITTLE AND BIG SHIP , THE. English, Jig. A Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by editor Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 193.

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LITTLE ARK . AKA and see ?Highland a? choille,? ?Loudon’s/Louden’s Bonnie Woods (and Braes).? Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune is popular as a schottische in Scotland, notes Nigel Gatherer, under the title “Louden’s Bonnie Woods.? In County Donegal the tune is played set as a Highland called “Highland a? choille.?

X: 1
T: Little Ark
S: "Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra" (#4 as gan ainm)
Z: B.Black
L: 1/8
M: 4/4
R: reel
K: G
G2 GA/B/ dedB|cABG AGEB|G2 GB d4|e/f/gfa gedB|
G2 GB dedB|cABG AGEF|G2 GB d2 d2|e/f/gfa g4 ||
gabg aged|egge dB B2|gabg aged|e/f/gfa g4|
gabg aged|efge dBBA|G2 GB d2 d2|e/f/gfa gedB ||

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LITTLE BAG OF MEAL , THE. AKA and see "Ruaig an M?‑ádh" (Banish Misfortune [1]), "The Bag of Meal," "Humors of Mullina(a)fauna [1]," "Judy Hynes,? "Máire N? Eidhinn,? "Nancy Hines," ?Nancy Hynes,? ?Parish Girl [2],? "Round the Cart House." Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB'. Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 1; No. 85, pg. 38.

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LITTLE BAG OF POTATOES [1] , THE (An Mála beag Fata?). AKA and see "The Bag of Potatoes." Irish, Reel. G Major (Breathnach): D Major (Tubridy). Standard tuning. AB (Tubridy): AABB (Breathnach). Breathnach’s source, flute player Michael Tubridy, called the tune “The Bag of Potatoes,? but since Breathnach had a reel by that title he changed it a bit. The tune consists of one phrase, repeated, which Tubridy told him was very widespread in County Clare. Source for notated version: Michael Tubridy/Michael ƒ‚ Tiobraide (Ireland) [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRƒm I), 1963; No. 94, pg. 41. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; pg. 17 (appears as “The Little Bag of Peaties?).

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T:Little Bag of Potatoes [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8
R:Reel

K:D

FAAF E2 DE|FAAA FBBA|defd e2d2||defd Be e2|defd B2A2|

defd Be e2|dBAF E2D2|defd Be e2|defd B2A2|defd Be e2|dBAF E2D2||

LITTLE BAG OF POTATOES [2] , THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB?. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 162, pg. 19.

X:1

T:Little Bag of Potatoes, The [2]

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Kerr ? Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 162 (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

d2 (df) edBA|Bdef e2 (de)|faaf g2 (fe)|fedB A2(AB):||

fdad fddd|faaf g2 (fe)|faae fddd|fedB A2 (AB)|

fdad fddd|faaf g2 (fe)|faaa b2 (ba)|g2 fe g2fe||

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LITTLE BARLY-CORNE , THE. See "Stingo."

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LITTLE BEAUTY WALTZ . Scottish, Waltz. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 4, pg. 50.

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T:Little Beauty Waltz

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Waltz

B:Kerr ? Merry Melodies, vol. 1, pg. 50, No. 4? (c. 1880’s)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

D2|(G4 B2)|d2B2g2|(f4 e2)|(c4 A2)|G2F2G2|D2G2B2|d6|A4D2|

(G4B2)|d2B2g2|(f4e2)|(c4A2)|G2A2G2|F2e2d2|1 (G6|G4):||2 (G6|G2)||

|:(A2G2)|(F4 A2)|c2e2d2|(B6|B2)d2g2|(f4 a2)|e2f2d2|(g6|g4)d2|

b2z2 a2|g2f2e2|d2g2g2|A2e2e2|d2e2d2|c2A2d2|1 (G6|G4):|2 (G6|G4)||

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LITTLE BEGGAR BOY . AKA and see "Little Beggarman," "Red Haired Boy," "Gilderoy [2]" etc.

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LITTLE BEGGARMAN . AKA and see "The Duck Chews Tobacco," ?The First of May [3],? "Gilderoy [2]" (Ire.), "Giolla Rua" (Ire.), "Johnny Dhu," "The Little Beggar Boy," "An Maidrin Rua(dh)" (The Little Red Fox),? "The Old Soldier (with a Wooden Leg) [2]" (W.Va.), "Old Soldier," ?Red Haired Boy,? "The Red Haired Lad," "The Red Headed/Haired Irishman" (Ky.), "Wooden Leg" (W.Va.). Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian (Kennedy, Mallinson): G Major/Mixolydian (Tubridy). Standard. AABB. Words to the tune begin:

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I am a little beggarman, a begging I have been,

For three score years in this little isle of green;

I'm known along the Liffey from the Basin to the Zoo,

And everybody calls me by the name of Johnny Dhu.

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Of all the trades a going, sure the begging is the best,

For when a man is tired he can sit him down and rest;

He can beg for his dinner, he has nothing else to do,

But to slip around the corner with his old rigadoo.
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Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 102, pg. 26. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 85, pg. 36. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 13.

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T:Little Beggarman

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

DGGF GABc|dedB c2 Bc|dggf gedc|B2G2G2:|

DGGF GABc|dedB c2 Bc|dggf gedc|B2G2G2:|

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LITTLE BENCH OF RUSHES [1] (An Beinsin Luacra). AKA and see "The Black Rogue [1]," "O! Pleasant Was the Moon," "Bunch of Green Rushes [2]," "Bonny Bunch of Roses," "Life is All Chequered with Plasures and Woes," "The Bark Is On the Swelling Wave." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "gracefully"). D Minor (O'Neill): D Dorian (Darley & McCall). Standard. AB. Darley & McCall note the air became popular in Ireland and was adapted in England to a Napoleonic ballad called "The Bonny Bunch of Roses, O!" Both titles are allegorical, with "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" being England and "The Little Bench of Rushes" standing for Ireland. Source for notated version: a MS by Mr. A. Lowe (Fairview, Ireland), containing a number of airs played by piper Hugh O'Beirne (Co, Leitrim) in 1846 [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 55, pg. 24. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 136, pg. 24.

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T:Little Bench of Rushes, The [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 136

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D Minor

~f3g (agfe) | d4 (edcA) | c4 (dcAG) | “tr”E3D D2 || (DE) | (~F3G) (.A2.A2) |

(AGFE) F2 (FA) | ~c3f (d>cAG) | A2A2A2 (A/=B/^c/d/4e/4) | ~f3g (agfe) |

d4 (edcA) | c4 (dcAG) | “tr”E3D D2 ||

LITTLE BENCH OF RUSHES [2] (An Beinsin Luacra). Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Mixolydian/D Major. Standard. One part. Source Dowd was a fiddler who played the tune in the Feis Ceoil held in Belfast in the year 1900. Some of the tunes in the “Unpublished Airs? competition were recorded on Edison cylinders, and were later transcribed for publication, including Dowd’s “Little Bench of Rushes.? Source for notated version: fiddler James Dowd (Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 16, pg. 7.

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T:Little Bench of Rushes [2]

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:transcription of cylinder recording of James Dowd, Ceol (1986)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:C

E2 ED C2 CA, | C2C2G2 A<c | d2 cA G2E2 | D2 DC A,2 C>D | E2 ED C2 CA, | C6 ||

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LITTLE BERTHA .? Old-Time, Air (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Gil Kiesecker [Silberberg]. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 27.

LITTLE BETSY BROWN . Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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LITTLE BETTY . Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed October 15th, 1953, by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976) and dedicated to Betty Lou MacMaster of Judique, Cape Breton. Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 54.

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LITTLE BETTY ANN . American. A Texas fiddle favorite.

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LITTLE BETTY BROWN . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB'. See also the related melody "Angeline the Baker." An old pop song recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia, fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975). Sources for notated versions: Clark Kessinger (W.Va.) [Phillips]; Jime Evans [Silberberg]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1), 1994; pg. 142. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 27.

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LITTLE BILLY WILSON . AKA and see "Billy Wilson [1]."

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LITTLE BIRD IN THE ASHBROOK/ASHBANK . Old-Time. A Major. AEac# tuning. From Jesse James (J.J.) Abbott, Toledo, Illionis. The tune features pizzicato or plucked notes.

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LITTLE BIRDIE . Old‑Time, Song and Breakdown. Despite the similarity in names, the song “Little Birdie? has nothing to do with the West Virginia fiddler tune called “Birdie,? a ‘ragtime? influenced piece.

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Little birdie, little birdie,

Come sing to me your song.

Have a short time to be with you,

And a long time to be gone.

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Flying Fish 102, New Lost City Ramblers ‑ "20 Years/Concert Performances" (1978. Learned from Wade Mainer and Zeke Morris).

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LITTLE BIRDS OF THE MOUNTAIN JIG . English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Michael Raven. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 192.

LITTLE BITTY ACORN IN A GREAT BIG TREE .? Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Floyd Engstrom [Silberberg]. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 28.

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LITTLE BLACK BULL . Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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LITTLE BLACK DOG (COME A-TROTTIN? DOWN THE ROAD) . Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major.

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LITTLE BLACK EYES . AKA and see "'Tits Yeux Noirs."

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LITTLE BLACK FOOT . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, North Ga. The tune may have plantation origins. It was recorded by the Skillet Lickers as a fragment in their skit "A Day at a Country Fair." Old Homestead OHSC‑145, Skillet Lickers‑‑"A Day at the Country Fair."

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LITTLE BLACK MOUSTACHE [1] . French‑Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The first part is shared with the tunes "Elk's Festival" and "Texas Quickstep [2]," and an untitled Lancer's tune in Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; Appendix No. 5, pg. 574. Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 22. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 42, pg. 31.

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T:Little Black Moustache [1]

M:4/4

L:1/8

Z:Transcribed by Bruce Osborne

K:D

FDFG A2dc|BGBd g2ag|fedf edce|d2f2 d2:|

|:A2|f4 a4-|a2ba ^g2a2|f4 f4-|f2e/fa/ g2f2|

e4 B4-|B2ed cABc|d8-|d2A2 F2A2|

f4 a4-|a2ba ^g2a2|f4 f4-|f2e/fa/ g2f2|

e4 B4-|B2ed cABc|d2cB AGFE|D6:|

LITTLE BLACK MUSTACHE [2] . Old-Time, Breakdown. C Major. Standard tuning. County 3514, Gene Clardy ? “Mississippi Fiddle Bands, vol. 2.? Document 8028, Gene Clardy ? “Mississippe String Bands, vol. 2.? Musical Traditions MT 104, the Nations Brothers (Mississippi) - "Where the Southern Crosses the Dog: Mississippi Fiddle Music 1928-35."

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LITTLE BLACK PIG . AKA and see ?Bobby Casey’s Jig [2],? ?Diamond [2],? ?Hag’s Purse,? ?Roscommon Jig.? Irish, Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AABB. Similar to ?Walls of Liscarroll [1].?

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LITTLE BLACK ROSE [1] , THE (An R?is?n Dub). AKA and see "The Black Rose," "Little Black Rose Bud." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). C Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 70, pg. 12.

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T:Little Black Rose [1]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 70

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Cmin

G=A | (B2G2) e>c | (d>c) (BG) (FD) | D2C2C2 | C4 (cd) | e2e2 dc |

e2 (dc) (BG) | c3B GF | G4 (cd) || e2 (ef) (dc) | e2 (dc) (BG) |

c3 B GF | D4 (G=A) | B2 c>d ec | d>c BG FD | C4 C2 | C4 ||?

LITTLE BLACK ROSE [2] , THE (An R?is?n Dub). AKA and see "Margaret Roche [1]." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). C Minor. Standard tuning. AB. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 71, pg. 13.

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T:Little Black Rose [3]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 71

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Cmin

c>B | G2G2 {A}G^F | G2G2 (5G/A/=B/c/d/ | e2d2 {d}c=B | c4 cd | e2g2 f>d |

c>B GA =Bc | “tr”e2c2 c>d | c4 || cd | e2d2 g>f | f2d2 c>B | G2F2 GA |

B4 (GB) | c2e2 dc | B3c B>G | F2E2 C>=B, | C4 ||

LITTLE BLACK ROSE [3] (An R?is?n Dub). AKA and see "Rois Bheag Dhubh," "R?is?n Dubh [1]." Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. See notes for "Rois Bheag Dhubh." O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 181, pg. 32.

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T:Little Black Rose [3]

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 181

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gdor

{A}(G>F) | D2D2 {A}(G>F) | D2D2 (G>A) | B4A2 | G4 (G>A) | (B2 B)(dcB) |

(A2 A)(cBA) | G4 G2 | G4 || (D>=E) | (F2 F)(.G.A.B) | (c2 c>)d (c/B/A/G/ ) |

F2 D=E “tr”E2 | (F2 F)(D.A.c) | {B/c/}(B2 B)(.A.G.^F) | (.G.A.B.c) A>G | G4 G2 |

{B/c/}(B2 B)(AG^F) | (.G.A.B.c.) (A>G) | G4 G2 | G4 ||?

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LITTLE BLACK ROSE BUD . See "Rois Bheag Dhubh," " Roisin Dubh [1]."

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LITTLE BLACK-HAIRED ROSE . See "Rois Bheag Dhubh," "Roisin Dubh [1]."

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LITTLE BLUE EYES . AKA and see "'Tits Yeux Bleus."

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LITTLE BOGTROTTER . AKA and see ?Basket of Oysters [2],? ?Bunch of Currents [1],? ?The Bunch of Roses [3],? "Greensleeves," "I'm a Silly Old Man,? ?Shady Lane,? ?Spring in the Air.? Irish, Jig.

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LITTLE BOSS . AKA and se ?Richmond Cotillion.?

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LITTLE BOBBY . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. John Harrod has identified the tune as part of the “Boatman? family of tunes. Source for notated version: John M. Salyer (Salyersville, Magoffin County, Ky., 1941) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 91, pg. 120. Berea College Appalachian Center ACC03, John M. Salyer ? “Home Recordings, 1941-42, Vol.1? (1993).

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LITTLE BOY, LITTLE BOY . See ?Little Boy, Where’d You Get Your Britches??

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LITTLE BOY WENT A-COURTIN' . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. Recorded for the Library of Congress in 1939 by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, fiddler Frank Kittrell.

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LITTLE BOY, WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR BRITCHES ?? AKA and see "Little Boy, Little Boy." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB (Titon): AABB (Phillips). The ‘B? part is a variant of the ‘A? part of the Kentucky tune ?Huldy in the Sinkhole.? Source Davenport learned the tune from his father, Will Davenport, and is the only source for the melody. He sang this ditty to the tune:

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Little boy, little boy, where’d you get your britches?

Daddy cut ‘em out and Mammy sewed the stitches.

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Source for notated versions: Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.) [Phillips, Titon, Kuntz]. Kuntz, Private Collection (via Liz Slade). Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, Vol. 1), 1994; pg. 142. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 92, pg . 121. Berea College Appalachian Center AC002, Clyde Davenport ? “Puncheon Camps ? (1992).? Rounder 0197, Bob Carlin ‑ "Banging & Sawing" (1985. Learned from fiddler Clyde Davenport via New York revival fiddler Liz Slade).

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LITTLE BOY WORKING ON THE ROAD [1] . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, East Kentucky. A Mixolydian. Standard or AEae tuning. AAB. Source J.W. Day recorded the tune in New York in 1928. Source for notated versions: James W. Day {real name ‑ Jilson Setters, b. 1860, Rowan County, Tenn} [Krassen, Titon]. Krassen (Masters of Old Time Fiddling), 1983; pg. 23. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 93A, pg. 122. Victor 40025 (78 RPM), Blind Bill Day (1928).

LITTLE BOY WORKING ON THE ROAD [2] . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, East Kentucky. A Mixolydian. AEae tuning. AA’B. Words sung to the melody, according to Razor Wolfenbarger (see Rounder 0394) went:

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Little boy, little boy, working on the road,

Working for a dollar to pay his board.

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Source for notated version: Effie Pierson (Green Hall, Owsley County, Ky., 1979) [Titon]. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 93B, pg. 122.

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LITTLE BRANCH OF NUTS . See "Little Cluster of Nuts."

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LITTLE BROTHER OF MY HEART ("Dearbratairin O Mo Croide" or "Drahaareen-O Mochree"). Irish, Air (3/4 time). D Major (Joyce/1909, Roche): F Major (Joyce/1890). Standard tuning. One part. In his 1890 edition of Ancient Irish Music P.W. Joyce notes that this air was well-known all over the south of Ireland, and that he had known both air and words since his childhood (in the 1840's in Limerick). "This song, sung to the same air as 'Jemmy, My Thousand Treasures' (which is an older song), was perhaps more familiar in Munster than that song. I have many copies of it on ballad‑sheets, printed by 'Haly, Printer, Cork'" (Joyce).

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I am a young follow that always loved rural sport;

The fairs and the patrons of Erin I used to resort;

The true sons of Bacchus were always my companie,

Until I was deprived of my Draharee-O-Machree!??????

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Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 24. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 38, pg. 40. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 402, pgs. 212‑213. Roche Collection, 1982, vol. 1; No. 18, pg. 12.

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T:Drahareen-O-Machree

T:Little Brother of My Heart

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce ? Ancient Irish Music (1890)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companon

K:F

DE | F2G2A2 | A f3 ed | c2d2A2 | G4F2 | F4 c2 | f2A2A2 | c3d e2 |

d4 (3cAG | A4 DE | F2G2A2 | A f3 ed | c2d2A2 | G4F2 | F4 ||

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LITTLE BROWN DOG WALTZ . ("Oh where, oh where, has my little dog gone?") AKA and see "Lauderbach."

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LITTLE BROWN HAND . AKA and see ?Brown Leaf Rag.? Old-Time. In the repertoire of Virginia fiddler Albert Hash.

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LITTLE BROWN JUG . American; Jig, Schottische (2/4 time) and Song Tune. D Major ('A' part) & D Mixolydian ('B' part) [Cole]: D Major [Bayard, Ruth, Silberberg, Sweet]: C Major [Ford]: G Major [Phillips]. Standard tuning. AB (Ruth, Silberberg): AA'B (Bayard): AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Sweet). The tune goes to a once‑popular college song, but it appears to have originally been composed for the minstrel stage by one 'Eastburn', believed to be a pseudonym for Joseph E(astburn) Winner (1837-1918). He copyrighted the melody in 1869. J.E. Winner, as the name on the copyright goes, of Philadelphia, was the younger brother of the composer and publisher Septimus Winner. “Little Brown Jug? is credited to one Jas. Hand in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), although this is considered unreliable. It has been suggested that the second strain of the “Jug? tune is a variant of the first strain of Irish melody ?Tatter Jack Walsh.?

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Me and my wife, little black dog,

Crossed the creek on a hickory log;

She fell in, got stuck in the mud,

But I still hung to my little brown jug.

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Despite its stage origins, the tune quickly entered traditional repertoire and appears to have been widely disseminated. “Little Brown Jug? was cited as having commonly been played at Orange County, New York, country dances in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly), and it was known at the same time at the other end of the country by Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner, who said, "many an amateur plays this simple old song" (Shumway). The tune was recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph from Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940's. Mt. Airy, North Carolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell learned the tune from his father, because the lyric "tickled" him. African-American fiddler Cuje Bertram (Ky.) recorded the tune in 1970 on a home recording made for his family. Another African-American fiddler, North Carolinian Joe Thompson, played the tune in FCGD tuning. It was recorded on a 78 RPM by Kanawha County, West Virginia fiddler Clark Kessinger (1896-1975).

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“Little Brown Jug? was the second tune that Missouri fiddler Art Galbraith learned as a boy, who received instruction from his Uncle Mark (a three-fingered fiddler, the result of an accident chopping corncobs), his cousin and others. Art’s father, no musician, was proud of his son’s budding talent and was constantly prodding him to play for anyone who would listen, and this was well-known in the family. One day the young Galbraith attended a Fourth of July picnic on the James River that featured a square dance:

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So most of the time while they were dancing, all I was doing was

listening to the music. Dancing didn’t interest me much. Then (his

cousin) said, “Come here a minute. Take this fiddle and play. I want

to dance one.? And, oh, it just scared me to death to get up before

all those hundreds of people. I knew nearly every one of them and

they knew me, but that was the worst thing that could happen.

But he kept on. He said, “Why, you can do it. I showed you how

to play it. Play Little Brown Jug.? So I got up there and the

guitar player says, “Well, I’ll play with you!? So I played for

a square dance set. It scared me. I was just miserable. But I got

through it and they danced, so I guess it was all right. And later

on I played with him and others for dancing after I got to

learning more tunes. ??????(Bittersweet Magazine, 1981)

***

Phillip's version is only loosely based on the familiar song tune. Sources for notated versions: Wilbur Neal (elderly fiddler from Jefferson County, Pa., 1948) [Bayard]; Brian Hubbard [Phillips]; caller George Van Kleeck (Woodland Valley, Catskill Mtns., New York) [Cazden]; Mark Gaponoff [Silberberg].

***

Adam, No. 7. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 428, pg. 406. Cazden (Dances from Woodland), 1945; pg. 6. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 54. Ford (Traditional Music in America), 1940; pg. 33. Jarman (Square Dance Tunes), No. or pg. 20. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 142. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 12, pg. 6. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 82. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 91. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; pg. 10. County 778, Tommy Jarrell ‑ "Pickin' on Tommy's Porch" (1984).

X:1

T:Little Brown Jug

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Ruth ? Pioneer Western Folk Tunes (1948)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

F[F/A/][F/A/] [F/A/][F/A/][F/A/][F/A/]|G[GB][G2B2]|

A[E/c/][E/c/] [E/c/][E/c/][E/c/][E/c/]|A[Fd] [d2f2]|

F[F/A/][F/A/] [F/A/][F/A/][F/A/][F/A/]|G[GB][G2B2]|

A[Ec] c/B/c/d/|e[Fd]? [F2d2]||f/g/a/f/ d2|fe g2|gc c/d/e/f/|

ed f2|f/g/a/f/ d2|fe g2|{a/}bc c/d/e/f/|ed d2||

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LITTLE BUNCH OF RUSHES , THE. AKA and see ?(An) Beins?n Luachra.? Irish. The melody appears in Bunting’s second volume of Irish tunes (1809).?

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LITTLE BURNT POTATO . AKA ‑ "Burnt Potato." American, Canadian, Irish; Single Jig. USA; New England, New York, Missouri. Canada; Maritimes, Ontario. D Major. Standard tuning. AB (Begin): AABB (Brody): AA'BB' (Barnes, Bayard, Carlin, Messer, Miller & Perron, Perlman, Phillips). “Little Burnt Potato? was popularized by Canadian Maritime radio and TV fiddler Don Messer. The tune has been characterized as Irish in origin, although in fact it is the composition of fiddler Colin Boyd. Boyd was born in West Lakeville, Nova Scotia, in 1891, and learned to play the fiddle as a child. He later studied violin in Boston, and had the distinction of being the first Nova Scotian fiddler to record in 1932. He died in 1975. “Little Burnt Potato? was in the repertoire of Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986), a fiddler who epitomized the "North Missouri Hornpipe Style," and who knew many Canadian tunes from listening to late-night radio when northern stations came in loud and clear. Omer Marcoux's version is a combination of "Blackberry Quadrille" and "Little Burnt Potato." Sources for notated versions: Bradley Grimshaw (northern N.Y.; 1958) [Bayard]; Dawson Girdwood (Perth, Ottawa) [Begin]; transplanted French-Canadian fiddler Omer Marcoux {1898-1982} (Concord, N.H.), who identified the tune as “Irish? [Miskoe & Paul]; Francis MacDonald (b. 1940, Morell Rear, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]. Barnes (English Country Dance Tunes, vol. 2), 2005; pg. 5 (appears as “Arnold’s Circle,? the name of a dance set to the jig). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 573, pg. 510. Begin (Fiddle Music in the Ottawa Valley: Dawson Girdwood), 1985; No. 1, pg. 15. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 170. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 235, pg. 137. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 157, pg. 106. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 24. Miskoe & Paul (Omer Marcoux), 1994; pg. 45. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 131. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 371. F&W Records 6, The Fireside String Band‑‑ "Square Dance Tunes for a Yankee Caller." Fretless 119, Rodney and Randy Miller‑ "Castles in the Air." Fretless 122, William Santos‑ "Ole Time Fiddling 1976."

X:1

T:Little Burnt Potato

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

K:D

a^ga bag|afd A2d|f2a g2f|e3 Bcd|e2f e2d|cAc a2a|1 a^ga ba=g|f3 fg^g:||2

a^ga b2c| d3 a2g||:f2A f2A|f3 f2e|dcd agf|g3 gef|gba gfe|dcB A3|1

a^ga ba=g|f3 a2g:||2 a^ga b2c|d3 d3||

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LITTLE CASCADE , THE. Scottish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning. AA’BBCC’DDEEFF. A pipe tune composed by Pipe Major George S. MacLennan (1883-1927), a revered piper in Highland circles. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 4, 1991; pg. 7. McLennan (Highland Bagpipe Music). Rounder 3067, Alan Stivell ‑ "Renaissance of the Celtic Harp" (1982).

X:1

T:Little Cascade, The

C: G.S, McLennan

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:Em

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LITTLE CAT . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. Elderberry Records, Lee Triplett ? “The Music Never Dies, A Vandalia Sampler, 1977-1987? (1988).

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LITTLE CELIA CONNELLAN [1] (Sile Bheag Ni Chonnalain). AKA - "Sheala Ni Chonallain," "Sheela Beg Ni Chonallain," "Little Mary Cullinan." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 or 2/4 time). D Dorian (Joyce): F Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Joyce). There are several versions of this once-popular Irish song, composed by the great Sligo harper Thomas Connallon, in either 1650 or 1660. "(The Irish collector) Forde took a setting from Hugh O'Beirne and another from Paddy Conneely (p. 254). I give these two settings here, as they differ considerably from Bunting's two: notably they are plainer and less interrupted by instrumental ornaments and variations...I think it likely that these two versions from two skilled native players of (the composer Thomas) O'Connallon's neighbourhood better represent his original composition than Bunting's do. There is a simple and very pretty Irish song to tis air (sighile Bheag ni Choindealbhain: Edw. Walsh, Irish Popular Songs, p. 94: Hardiman's Ir. Minstr. I. 220), which sings smoothly to the two versions of the air given here. But Bunting's two settings are so complicated ‑‑especially the first‑‑that it is impossible to sing the words to them" (Joyce). Bunting's 1st version is probably a harp rather than vocal version. Sources for notated version: the version in Joyce was noted in 1846 from Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler (Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim); Bunting noted his from harper Arthur O'Neill in 1792, according the the index of his 1840 collection. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 586, pg. 306. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 49, pgs. 78-79.

LITTLE CELIA O'CONNELLAN [2] . Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). D Dorian. Standard. AB. Source of notated version: Paddy Conneely, the Galway piper. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 587, pgs. 306‑307.

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LITTLE CLUSTER/BRANCH OF NUTS (Craoibin Cno). Irish, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AB. Darley & McCall identify this as a lullaby air. Source for notated version: the lilting of Mrs. Elizabeth McCall (Ireland) [Darley & McCall]. Darley & McCall (The Darley & McCall Collection of Traditional Irish Music), 1914; No. 62, pg. 28.

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LITTLE CREEK RAG . Old‑Time, Country Rag. USA, Missouri. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A fast breakdown piece composed by Missouri fiddler Lonnie Robertson. Source for notated version: Lonnie Robertson (1908-1981, Springfield, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 119. Caney Mountain Records CEP 207 (privately issued extended play LP), Lonnie Robertson ? “Missouri Fiddling? (c. 1965‑66).

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LITTLE CUCKOO OF ARD PATRICK , THE. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. ABB. Source for notated version: “From Father Walsh? [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 583, pg. 147.

X:1

T:Little cuckoo of Ard Patrick, The

M:3/4
L:1/8

N:”Allegro?

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 583

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

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LITTLE DAISY . Old‑Time. USA, Southern Kentucky. Source: Pat Kingerey (southern Ky.).

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LITTLE DIAMOND [1] . American, Dance Tune (2/4 or 4/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Listed as a 'jig' in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, meaning a type of syncopated 19^th century old-time banjo tune rather than the more familiar Irish jig. Tunes such as this were often called “straight? or “sand? jigs (the latter from the practice of spreading sand on a stage floor to reduce friction). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 82. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 430, pg. 49. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 115.

X:1

T:Little Diamond [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:”Sand? Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

e/c/z/e/ z/c/e | e/c/z/A/ B/c/A | f/d/zf/ z/d/f | e/c/z/A/ B/c/A :|

LITTLE DIAMOND [2] . AKA and see ?The Girl from Lettermore.? Irish, Polka. D Major. Standard tuning. AA'BB (Callaghan, Taylor): AA’BB? (Mallinson). The tune was recorded in New York in 1936 on a 78 RPM disc by the master Irish fiddler from County Sligo, James Morrison, with his band. He paired “Little Diamond? with ?The Magic Slipper [2].? Philippe Varlet finds that the Martin Flaherty Band recorded it for Copley as "The Girl from Lettermore." No relation to version #1. The tune has been picked up by English traditional musicians and can be heard in sessions in that country. Callaghan (Hardcore English), 2007; pg. 41. Mallinson (100 Polkas), 1997; No. 35, pg. 14. Taylor (Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 59, pg. 46. Treoir. Columbia (78 RPM), James Morrison & Band (Co. Sligo/New York) {1936}. Mulligan LUNCD 059, Gerry Harrington, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Sceal Eile. Shaskeen ‑ "The Mouse Behind the Door." Seamus Begley & Steve Cooney ? “Meitheal.?

X:1

T:Little Diamond [2]

T:Girl from Lettermore, The
M:2/4

L:1/8

Z:Tacey Deyrup

K:D

A>B AF|DF Ad|A>B AF|GF EF/E/|DEFG|ABcd|e>d ce|1 dA GE:|2 d2 de||

fd g>e|fd cB|Ad cd|fe e>g|fd g>e|fe cB|Ag ec|1 d2 de:|2 dA GE||

X: 2

T: Little Diamond [2]

S: Treoir

M: 2/4

L: 1/8

Q: 275

R: polka

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

K: D

A>B AF | DF AF | A>B AF | GF EF/E/ |

DE FG | AB cd | e>d ce | dA GE ||

A>B AF | DF Ad | A>B AF | GF EF/E/ |

DE FG | AB cd | e/f/e/d/ ce | d2 d>e ||

fd ge | fd cB | Ad cd | fe e>g |

fd ge | fd cB | Ag ec | d2 d2 :|

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LITTLE DOG, TROTTIN' DOWN THE RIVER . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. G Major. Standard tuning. Known as a Missouri tune. Missouri State Old Time Fiddlers' Association, Cyril Stinnett (1912-1986) - "Plain Old Time Fiddling."

X:1

T:Little Dog Trottin Down The River

M:4/4

L:1/8

K:G

B d3|B d3 dedB|A G3 B d3|D2 D2 D/E3/2{D }EG|A G3 B d3|B d3 dedB |

A G3 {B}d2 B2|AGEG DEGA |B G3 A B3|A B3 GBAG |BA G2 B d2 B |

AG E2 DDEG |A G3 A B3 |A B2 A GBAG|B G3 {B}d2 B2 |AGEG DEGA |B G3 ||

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LITTLE DONALD IN THE PIGPEN . Canadian, Reel. Canada, Prince Edward Island. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB (Dunlay): AAB (Perlman): AABB (Songer). Ken Perlman, in The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island (1996), writes that fiddler Hector MacDonald (Bangor, Kings County, PEI) came up with the name in the 1930's while performing it on the radio. Dunlay & Greenberg note that the second turn of the tune sounds like some settings of ?Pigeon on the Gate.? Sources for notated versions: Stanley Myers (of Holbrook, Mass., originally from Marinvale, Prince Edward Island) [Dunlay & Greenberg, Dunlay and Reich]; Leonard MacDonald (b. 1933, Emyvale, Queens County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Oregon fiddler David Reich via Rick Macquoid (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. Dunlay & Greenberg (Traditional Celtic Violin Music of Cape Breton), 1996; pg. 54. Dunlay and Reich (Traditional Celtic Fiddle Music of Cape Breton), 1986; pg. 37. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 98. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 126. CEI 8001, Winnie Chafe - “Echoes? (1988). RF-9001, John Morris Rankin - “Fare Thee Well Love.? Nimbus NI 5383, John Morris Rankin et al. - “Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island? (1993).

X:1

T:Little Donald in the Pigpen

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

K:D

cABc defd| eaaf gfed|eaaf g2 fg|afge faed|BGGd BGBd:||

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LITTLE DONALD'S WIFE . AKA and see "(An) Gabh Thu Bean, A Dho'ill Bhig."

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LITTLE DRIVER .? English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody also appears in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1758). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 154.

X:1

T:Little Driver

M:6/8

L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

“tr”G3 ABc|def gdB|”tr”G3 ABc|BGE AFD|”tr”G3 ABc|def gdB|ede AB^c|”tr”d3 D3:|
|:”tr”d3 ede|ABc BAG|”tr”e3 fef|gfe dcB|D3 EFG|ABc def|gdB cAF|G3 G,3:||

LITTLE DRUMMERS , THE. Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Roche Collection, 1983, vol. 1; No. 102, pg. 44.

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LITTLE DUKE'S . American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 39. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 67.

X:1

T:Little Duke’s

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

G2 ge dBAG | .F(DA)(D B)(DA).D | G2 ge dBAG | .F(GA)(c B).G G2 :|

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LITTLE DUTCH GIRL [1] . AKA and See "Goin' Down the River." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Oklahoma. A Major (Thede). AEae or Standard tunings. AABBCC. Thede speculates that the tune originated in Dutchtown, Missouri. There appears to be two tunes called “Little Dutch Girl? in the Ozark region, both connected with the Collins family. The first, printed by Thede is from Willie Collins, the father of Earl, who is the source for the second (see “Little Dutch Girl [2]?). Thede gives the following lyric, sung to the tune.

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Boat begin to rock, her heart began to quiver,

I up with a rock and knocked her in the river.

***

Little Dutch Girl, if you don't do me better,

I'll build me a boat, float you down the river.

***

Source for notated version: W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 85.

LITTLE DUTCH GIRL [2] .? AKA and see ?Liza Jane [3].? Old-time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major (Beisswenger & McCann): G Major (Phillips). Standard tuning. AB (Silberberg): AABB (Beissenger & McCann, Phillips).? According to Drew Beisswenger (2008), both source Earl Collins and Missouri fiddler Bob Holt heard the tune played in Douglas County, Mo., when they were young. This is the second “Little Dutch Girl? tune associated with the Collins family; however, Marion Thede did include this melody in The Fiddle Book (1967, collected from Oklahoma fiddler Joe Wilsie) albeit under the title “Liza Jane No. 3,? perhaps because these lyrics are associated with it:

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I’ll go down the new cut road,

And Liza down the lane;

I’ll throw my hat in the corner fence,

And scare poor Liza Jane.

***

Sources for notated versions: Earl Collins (1911-1975, originally from Douglas County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]; Pete Sutherland with Tom MacKenzie [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 142. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 91. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 176. Rounder CD0364, The Boiled Buzzards - “The Marimac Anthology: Deep in Old-Time Music.? Sierra/Briar Records SBR-4204, Earl Collins ? “That’s Earl? (1975).??

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

X:1

T:Little Dutch Girl

M:C|

L:1/8

S:Bruce Molsky

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:A

efed cAAB | cA2c BA G2 | (A3B A4) :: e2 ef e2d2 | c3c c2 {B}(c2 |

c)A cA dc3 | B3c B2 (A2 | A2) A>f f3f | efed c2 AB | cA2c B2G2 | (A3BA4) :||

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LITTLE EDDY . Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. E Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 32.

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LITTLE FAIR CANNAVANS , THE (Na Ceannabháin Bhána). See ?(Na) Ceannabháin Bhána.??

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LITTLE FAIR CHILD [1] (An Paisdin Fionn). AKA and see ?The Fair-Haired Child [1],? ?Paisdin/Paistin Fionn [1].? Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Dorian (Roche): D Major (O’Neill). Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 7, pg. 2. Roche Collection, 1983, vol. 1; No. 21, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Little Fair Child, The [1]

T:An Paisdin Fionn

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Tenderly?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 7

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

G|Add dcd|eg f2e|dcA AGA|{A}B2G A2z/G/|Add dcd|efg f2e|dcA GEA|D3D2||

D|FGA BGG|cAG AFD|FGA cAG|Ade d2D|FGA cAG|AGA fde|dcA GEA|D3D2||

X:2

T:Little Fair Child, The [2]

T:An Paisdin Fionn

M:6/8

L:1/8

N:”Moderato?

S:Roche (vol. 1, 21)

K:D

A|Add {e}dcd|{e}f2d {f}e2d|dcA {E}FGA|Bc>A B2A|Add {e}dcd|

{e}f2d {f}e2d|dcA GEA|EDD D2||E|F>GA cAG|cAG cAG|

F>GA cAG|Add d2E|F>GA cAG|Ade {e}f2e|dcA GEA|EDD D2||

LITTLE FAIR CHILD [2] (An Paisdin Fionn). Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major (‘A? part) & D Minor (‘B? part) {O’Neill}: E Dorian {Roche}. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Sergeant James O’Neill [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 8, pg. 2.

X:1

T:Little Fair Child [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 8

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

dcA G2 A/G/|FDD D2||

K:Dmin

Ade fge/d/|cAF G>BA/G/|FDD D2||

X:2

T:Little Fair Child [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

S:Roche

K:Edor

B|e>fe def|g2e f2 {a}g/f/|ed B/A/ G>AB/c/|d/>f/ e/d/B/A/ B2 B/d/|

e>gf/e/ dB (7E/G/A/B/d/e/f/|g2e f2 g/f/|edB AGF|E3 E2||E/F/|

G>AB/c/ dBB|cAA dB>A|G>AB/c/ d/>f/ e/d/B/A/|Be/>g/ (f/2e/2d/2e/2f/2e/2) e2 E/F/|

G>AB/c/ dBA|Bef ga g/f/|edB A>=cB/A/|GEE E2||

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LITTLE FANNY'S FANCY . AKA and see ?Bliven’s Favorite,? "The Butchers of Bristol [1]", "By your leave, Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass [2]", ?The County Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's Frolic," “Green Sleeves [3]," "Groom," "Hartigan's Fancy," ?The Humors of Ennistymon [1]," "The Humours of Milltown [2]," "Larry Grogan(‘s) [1]", "The Lasses of Melrose," ?Lasses of Melross,? "Lynn's Favourite," "Lynny's Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," ?Queen of the Rushes,? "The Waves of Tramore," ?Willie Clancy’s.? Irish, Jig. O’Neill gives this title as an alternate for “Hartigan’s Fancy? in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907), obviously part of a rather large tune family. See note for “Groom.?

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LITTLE FANNY'S LOVE [1]. English, Dance Tune (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Huntington (William Litten's), 1977; pg. 21.

X:1

T:Little Fanny’s Love [1]

M:2/4

L:1/8

S:Huntington ? William Litten’s Fiddle Tunes 1800-1802?

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

LITTLE FANNY’S LOVE [2] . English, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 104, pg. 26.

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LITTLE FIELD OF BARLEY , THE. AKA and see "An Goirtin Earnan."

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LITTLE FISHIE . English, Old Hornpipe (3/2 time). England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Leitrim piper Brian McNamara finds the second part of this tune very similar to that of the hop jig “Do it Fair.? Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pg. 180.

X:1

T:Little Fishie

M:3/2

L:1/8

S:Bruce & Stokoe ? Northumbrian Minstrelsy? (1882)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(D2G2)G2 G2(F2A2)|(G2B2)B2 B2(c2e2)|(d2B2)B2 G2(F2G2)|/

A2B2c2E2F4|(D2G2)G2G2(F2A2)|(B2G2)G2G2(F2A2)|/

(G2B2)B2 B2(c2e2)|(d2B2)B2G2 (Ac)(Bd)|c2E2E2F2G4:|/

d2(g2f2)(g2d2)B2|(A2B2)c2d2B4|d2(g2f2)(g2f2)g2|(e2b2) a2^c2(d4|/

d2)=f2e2d2c2B2|(c2e2)A2G2F4|(d2B2)B2G2 (Ac)(Bd)|c2E2E2F2G4:|

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LITTLE FLORRIE . AKA and see ?Little Hennie.? English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCC. Composed by Robert Whinham (1814-1893), a musician, teacher, composer, dancing master and fiddler, originally from Morpeth. Graham Dixon (1995) believes the "Little Hennie" title in the Charlton Memorial publication was a misinterpretation of Whinham's "Little Florrie" owing to the florid sytle of writing in the orginal manuscript the tune was copied from. Other that the title, both versions are musically identical. Source for notated version: T. Armstrong manuscript c. 1850 in John Armstrong of Carrick’s collection [Dixon]. Dixon (Remember Me), 1995; pg. 29.

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LITTLE FOOT UP AND BIG FOOT DOWN . Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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LITTLE FOX , THE. AKA and see "An Maidrin Rua."

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LITTLE FOOT PRINTS .See ?Footprints in the Snow.?

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LITTLE GAL’LL FOOL YA . Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. From fiddler Joe Birchfield. ?

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LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE . Old‑Time. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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LITTLE GIRL IN HAMPERTOWN . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Oklahoma. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Earl Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 88.

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LITTLE GIRL OF MY HEART (Cail?n beag mo Chroidhe). AKA and see "Colleen Bheag Machree," "How Can I Marry You." Irish, Air (4/4 time). D Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AB. O’Neill states he frequently heard his parents sing this song when a boy near Bantry in west Cork. The song tells of a girl who tries to conclude an engagement, only to have her reluctant beau put her off by telling her he has a shortage in his wardrobe; when she supplies the article, he demures and says he needs one more, and so on. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 19, pg. 19. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 4, pg. 1.

X:1

T:Little Girl of My Heart

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Slow?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 4

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

FG|Add>c d2 cd|efgg f2 d>e|fd c/A/G A2 cd|e2 {=f/e/}d2 d2 ^FG|Add>c d2 cd|

eage d2 de|fdc{d/c/}A GB{c/B/}A>G|F2D2D2||d>c|

B2 BG A2 de|fdc{d/c/}A G2 FG|AB{d}cB Adce|d2d2d2 dc|

B2 BG A2 de|fdc{d/c/}A G2 FG|AB{d}cB A{B/c/}BG>A|F2D2D2||

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LITTLE GIRL WITH HER HAIR ALL DOWN BEHIND . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Oklahoma. A Major. AEae tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede].

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Sixteen miles away form home

Chickens a‑crowin' for day,

Sitting and a‑talkin' to my pretty little girl,

I'd better be gettin away.

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Can you change a nickel?

Can you change a dime?

Can you change a pretty little girl

With her hair all down behind.

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I can change a nickel,

I can change a dime,

I can change a pretty little girl

With her hair all down behind.

***

Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 24‑25.

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LITTLE GOOD WIFE . Scottish, Slow Jig. One Part. A "goodwife" was once a term for the mistress of a household. The tune appears in the Panmure MS #9454, "Seventy Seven Dances, Songs and Scots Airs for Violin," c. 1675. Flying Fish, Robin Williamson ‑ "Legacy of the Scottish Harpers, vol. 2."

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LITTLE GRAVE ON GEORGIA . Old-Time, Waltz. From North Georgia fiddler Earl Johnson. The melody was also used by Uncle Dave Macon for his “Over the Mountains.?

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LITTLE GREEN COTTAGE , THE. AKA and see ?Din Tarrant’s [5],? ?The Humours of Ballydesmond,? ?Knocknaboul Polka [1],? ?Knocknabower Polka [1],? ?The Scartaglen Polka [1].?

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LITTLE GREY CHURCH , THE (An Cillin-Liat). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850): AABB (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 64. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1069, pg. 201.

X:1

T:Little Grey Church, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1069

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

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LITTLE GREY MARE OF THE BRANCHES , THE (Glaisin Og Na G-craobh). Irish, Air (2/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. One part. "i.e. that won races" (Joyce). Source for notated version: Hugh O'Beirne, professional fiddler from Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim, 1846. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 635, pg. 323.

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LITTLE HARVEST ROSE , THE (Ros Beag An Fogmair). Irish, Air or Planxty (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. The composition is included in a section of tunes credited to blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1678-1736) by O’Neill. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 232. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 646, pg. 116.

X:1

T:Little Harvest Rose, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 646

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

FG | A2 BA G2 AG | F2 ff f2 (c/d/f) | (g/a/b) ag {f/g/}(fe) {d/e/}(dc) |

c2 “tr”d2 {c/d/}c2 FG | (A>cBA) (G>BAG) | F2 ff f2 (c/d/f) | (gbag) (fedc) |

c2=B2c2 || fe | (ed)(dc) (cAGF) | (FA/c/) ff f2 (g/f/d) | (c>BAG) (BAGF) |

(DF)FG F2 fe | (ed)(dc) (cA)(GF) | Ac f2f2 (g/f/e/d/) | c2 AG (BAGF) | (DF)FG F2 ||

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LITTLE HEATHY HILL [1] , THE (An Cnoicin Fraoic). AKA and see "What Joyful Times." Irish, Air (4/4 time) or Set Dance. B Minor (Roche): G Minor (Howe, O'Neill). Standard tuning. AABB (Roche): AB (Howe, O'Neill). The Irish title is pronounced “Knockeen-Free.? O’Neill’s version is note-for-note that printed earlier in Howe’s 1000 under the title “Cnuicin Fraoigh.? Paul de Grae points out the cleric James Goodman’s mid-19^th century-collected melody ?An Garbh Chnoic?n Fraoich? (The rough heathery little hill) may be a version of the tune in major mode (D major), suggesting it may be an instance of a “creative mistake? in transcription of the version later printed by O’Neill (or vice versa). Source for notated version: John Doonan [Bulmer & Sharpley]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 78. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 18 (appears as “Cnuicin Fraoigh?). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 18, pg. 19. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 3, pg. 1. Roche Collection, 1983, vol.1; No. 23, pg. 13.

X:1

T:Little Heathy Hill, The [1]

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Moderate?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 3

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

d>edc B2 A>G|GBAG F2 DF|G>AGF D>CDF|G2 G>A G2||D|

GBAG F2 DF|G>AGF D>CDF|G2 G>A G3||

LITTLE HEATHY HILL [2] , THE (An Chnoicin Fraoich). AKA - “Knuckeen Free.? Irish, Air and Hornpipe. A Minor (O’Neill): G Minor (Joyce). Standard tuning. AB (Joyce): AABB? (O’Neill). O’Niell (1922) remarks: ?In the days of our fathers, ‘An Chnoicin Fraoich?, or ‘Little Heathy Hill?, both as song and air enjoyed no little popularity in the province of Munster, particularly in the counties of Cork and Kerry. As an air several settings of the melody have been printed, but never as a hornpipe until now, and under its colloquial name among the peasantry. It will be remembered that many notable dance tunes, especially hornpipes and long dances, have been derived from song airs, such as ‘The Blackbird?, ‘The Job of Journeywork?, ‘The Garden of Daisies?, ‘Rodney's Glory?, and many others.? Joyce (1873) says “A setting of this air has been given in Mr. John O’Daly’s Poets and Poetry of Munster (2^nd ed., p. 70) with one strain of an Irish song.? The title has been Englished as “Knocken Free? or “Knucken Free.? Source for notated version: piper James Buckely (Limerick) [Joyce]. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 71, pg. 72. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 312.

X:1

T:An Chnoicin Fraoich

T:Little Heathy Hill, The [2]

T:Knuckeen Free, The

M:4/4

L:1/8

S:Capt. F. O'Neill

Z:Paul Kinder

R:Hornpipe

K:Amin

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1(3efg ed c2 Bc|AcBA G2 (3EFG|ABAG "tr"EDEG|A2 AA A2:|

2(3efg ed cedB|AcBA G2 (3EFG|ABAG "tr"EDEG|A2 AA A2||

X:2

T:An Cnuic?n Fraoigh

T:Heathy Little Hill, The

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:Joyce ? Ancient Irish Music (1873)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

d>edc B2 AB|G>BAG F2DF|G>AGF DCDF|G2 G>A G3||D|

GABc d2 d=e|f2 =ed c>AF>c|d>edc B2 AB|GFD=E F2 B/c/|

d>edc B2A2|G>BAG F2 DF|GAGF DCDF|G2 G>A G3||

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LITTLE HENNIE . AKA and see ?Little Florrie.? English, Hornpipe. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AAB. Composed by Northumbrian musician Robert Whinham (1814-1893). See note for “Little Florrie.? Hall & Stafford (The Charlton Memorial Tune Book), 1974; pg. 41. Topic 12TS413, Cut & Dry Band ? “No. 2.?

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LITTLE HOME TO GO TO [1] . AKA ? “Got a Little Home to Go to,? “I’m on My Way to Texas to Eat Cornbread and ‘Lasses.? AKA and see ?John Hoban’s Polka,? ?Get Out of the Way of the Federals,? ?Seneca Square Dance,? ?Waiting for the Federals.? Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma. G Major (Thede): D Major (Beisswenger & McCann). GDad (W.S. Collins) or Standard (Bob Holt) tuning. AABB. The tune has been recorded under this title by Missouri fiddlers Fred Stoneking of Springfield, and Bill Graves, of Phillipsburg. Marion Thede maintains that related tunes are “Saddle Old Mike,? ?Saddle Old Spike? and “Saddle Old Bob,? although this seems to be because of the lyrics and not the music.

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O saddle ole Mike I tell you,

For I'm goin' away to leave you;

I'm goin' away to Texas,

To eat cornbread and 'lasses.

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Got a little home to go to,

Got a little home to go to;

Oh I've got a little home to go to,

Oh I've got a little home to go to. ?[W.S. Collins]

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Another version of the words (from Arkansas) is "Goin Back to Arkansas to Eat Corn Bread and 'Possum Jaw" according to Thede, perhaps the inspiration for Arkansas fiddler Skeeter Walden’s name for the tune as “I’m on My Way to Texas to Eat Cornbread and ‘Lasses.? Mark Wilson identifies “Got a Little Home to Go to? as a member of a family of tunes that includes ?Old Coon Dog,? ?Seneca Square Dance,? ?Waiting for the Federals,? and ?Shoot that Turkey Buzzard,? and gives the alternate title “Get Out of the Way of the Federals.? “Jones County? is also a related tune. Wilson also sees melodic relationships with “Pretty Little Girl with the Blue Dress On.? Drew Beisswenger adds that it is similar to north Georgia fiddler Fiddlin? John Carson’s ?Hell Bound for Alabama.? Ira Ford and R.P. Christeson both thought versions of “Hell Among the Yearlings? to be similar to “Got a Little Home to Go to.? Beisswenger & McCann (2008) find some evidence that the lyrics were linked to play-party fragments. Source for notated version: W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Bob Holt (1930-2004, Ava, Missouri) [Beissenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pgs. 62-63. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 18‑19. Kicking Mule, Art Rosenbaum. Rounder Records CD ?532, Bob? Holt ? “Got a Little Home to Go to? (1998).

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

LITTLE HOME TO GO TO [2].? Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Minor. AEae tuning. AA’BB?. A second tune of the same name in Bob Holt’s repertory, perhaps related to “Little Home to Go to [1].? According to Holt’s source, Doc Gentry, the tune arrived in Missouri before the turn of the 20^th century from an Arkansas fiddler named Bob Wood. Wood was murdered on a saloon porch in Missouri by a man in a jealous rage over a woman. Source for notated version: Bob Holt (1930-2004, Ava, Missouri), learned from rural M.D. and fiddler Doc Gentry (Douglas County, Mo.) [Beisswenger & McCann]. Beisswenger & McCann (Ozark Fiddle Music), 2008; pg. 63. Rounder Records CD ?532, Bob? Holt ? “Got a Little Home to Go to? (1998).

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

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LITTLE HORNPIPE . American, Hornpipe or Reel. USA, Pa. D Major. Standard tuning. AAB. "In this tune we again have a piece with an unstable and changeable second strain. A Greene County tune in the Bayard Coll. (No. 243) has this first part and an entirely different second. But it is not improbable that the two halves of (this tune) really belong with each other, since when taken together they make up a tune which gives strong indications of being derived from the well‑known 'Durang's Hornpipe,' a fiddle tune popular among country musicians everywhere. Almost any popular collection of country dances contains a version of 'Durangs;' a good set is in Ford, pg. 53; another is in Adam, No. 19" (Bayard, 1944). Source for notated version: Mrs. Sarah Armstrong, (near) Derry, Pennsylvania, November 18, 1943 [Bayard]. Bayard (Hill Country Tunes), 1944; No. 34.

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LITTLE HORSE TIED AT A PUBLIC HOUSE , THE. Irish, Jig. F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: taken down in 1853 from Limerick piper James Buckley [Joyce]. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 21. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873/1890; No. 87, pg. 89.

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T:Little Horse Tied at a Public House, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Joyce ? Ancient Irish Music (1890)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

B>cB Bcd | dcA cBG | G3 (FF/) || G/A/B/ | c>dc cde | f3 e2d | c>dc cBA |

A3 G>BA/G/ | F>GF FGA | B>cB Bcd | dcA cBG | G3 (FF/) ||

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LITTLE HOUR BEFORE THE DAY , A. AKA and see "Uair Beg/Bheag Roimh A' LA."

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LITTLE HOUSE , THE.? English, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 120.

X:1

T:Little House, The

M:6/8

L:1/8

K:A

LITTLE HOUSE (A)ROUND THE CORNER [1] . AKA and see "The Hare in the Corn [3]," "The House in/on the Corner," ?House in the Glen [2],? "O as I was kiss’d Yestreen [2]," "The Royal Irish Jig." Irish, Scottish, Canadian; Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Cole, Kerr, McNulty, Ryan): AA’BB? (O’Malley). The tune is one of several attributed to one “J. Hand? in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection. New York musician, researcher and writer Don Meade believes that Johnny and James Hand were fiddling brothers in the Boston, Massachusetts, area in the mid-19^th century. The jig has currency among Cape Breton fiddlers. Source for notated version: the Gavins of Ballina [O’Malley]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 59. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 263, pg. 29. McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; pg. 19. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No.96, pg. 48. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 88. A & M Records 79602 2000-2, Ashley MacIssac - “Close to the Floor? (1992). Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - “Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition.?Rounder Records , John L. MacDonald ? “Formerly of Foot Cape Road: Scottish Fiddle Music in the Classic Inverness County Style? (2005).

X: 1

T: Little House Around the Corner [1]

M: 6/8

L: 1/8

Q: 325

S: Luke O'Malley vol 1

Z: Transcribed by Bill Black

R: jig

K: D

fed AFD | EDB, DFA | dcd eag | edc d2 :|

afa geg | fdf ecA | dcd eag | edc d2 :|

LITTLE HOUSE (A)ROUND THE CORNER [2] . ?AKA and see "The Absent‑minded Man," Irish, Jig.

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LITTLE HOUSE IN THE GLEN . AKA and see ?The Absent-minded Man,? ?The Hare in the Corn [3],? "The House in the Glen [2]" ?Little House (A)Round the Corner [1],? ?O, as I was kissed Yestreen [2],? ?The Royal Irish Jig.?

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LITTLE HOUSE UNDER THE HILL , THE (An Teac Beag Faoi/Taob an Cnoc/Cnuic).AKA and see ?How Happy the Soldier Who Lives on his Pay,? ?Link About.? Irish, English; Jig. England, Northumberland. G Major (Cole, Cranford/Holland): D Major (O’Farrell, O'Neill). Standard tuning. AABB (Cole, Cranford/Holland): AABBCC (O'Neill): AABBCCDDEE (O’Farrell, vol. II): AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKK (Kennedy, O’Farrell, vol. IV). O’Neill (1910, 1913) finds the tune in O’Farrell’s Pocket Companion for the Union Pipes (3rd edition, c. 1810) set in eleven parts, and finds an “unmistakably? simple version of “Little House? under the title “Irish Air? in “The Poor Soldier,? published in The Hibernian Muse (1787).? It is sometimes ascribed to the mid-18th century Irish composer Walter “Piper? Jackson (O’Neill, 1913, pg. 183 and 1910, pg. 103). The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. English composer William Shield employed the melody for his song “How happy the Soldier.? Flaherty's version almost qualifies as a separate variation. A fanciful story is related by O’Neill (1913) concerning the early 19th century Tipperary piper John Rotchford, nicknamed “Seaghan a Beannuighthe? (John the Blessed). It seems that a gentleman, one “Old Butler,? of Williamstown, was entertaining one night and boasted he had a better piper than one of his guests. As per the arrangement, Rotchford and the other piper met “and played alternately all night and until the break of day, because the judge was unable to decide as to their respective merits.? The tie was finally broken when a skylark, “proverbial for melody and early rising,? lit upon a windowsill near where John was playing and tapped his approval of the performance as the piper played “The Little House Under the Hill,? and attempted to sing along with the tune in birdsong. O’Neill identifies “Link About? in Aird’s Selection of? Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs (1782-1797) as a version of “Little House??, and says that, curiously, the tune Aird did print with the “Little House?? title is a reel of unknown origin. “The Little House Under the Hill? 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). New York researcher, musician and writer Don Meade notes that accordion player James Keane recorded the tune as ?The Last Bus to Drimnagh.? Similarities to ?Mysteries of Knock.? Source for notated version: flute player and piper Tommy Hunt (b. 1908, Lissananny, Ballymote, County Sligo) [Flaherty]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 58. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 293, pg. 104. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; pg. 131. Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 105, pg. 26. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; pgs. 148-149. O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. IV), c. 1810; pgs. 113-115. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 988, pg. 184. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 204, pg. 48. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 87. Jerry Holland ? “Crystal Clear? (2000).

T:Little Judy

T:Maid Behind the Bar

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:Jerry O’Brien’s Accordion Instructor (1949)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

E2||FAAG FD D2|FAAF A2 de|fB (3cBA Bcde|fB (3cBA (3BcB AG|

FAAG FD D2|FAAF A2 de|fB (3cBA Bcde|1 fdec dcBA:|2 fdec d2||

fB (3cBA Bcde|1 fdec d2 e:|2 fdec dcBA||

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LITTLE JUG , THE. AKA and see "An Cruisgin Beag."

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LITTLE KATIE KEARNEY ("Caitilin Beag Ni Cearnaig" or "Caitilin Beag M Catarnaig"). AKA and see ?Alasdair MacAlister,? ?The Canamine Highland,? ?Con Cassidy’s Highland.? Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning. AAB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). See also the related ?Tinker’s Apron.? Source for notated version: Francis O'Neill learned the tune from an accomplished West Clare flute player (and Chicago police patrolman) named Patrick "Big Pat" O'Mahony, a man of prodigious physique of whom he said: "ƒVthe 'swing' of his execution was perfect, but instead of 'beating time' with his foot on the floor like most musicians he was never so much at ease as when seated in a chair tilted back against a wall, while both feet swung rhythmically like a double pendulum" [O'Neill, Irish Folk Music]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 158. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1537, pg. 284. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 753, pg. 131.

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T:Little Katie Kearney

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:O’Neill ? Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 753

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Amix

cBcd efge|dBGB d2 ed|cBcd efed|cBcd eaab|c’abg afge|dBGB d2||

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LITTLE KATIE TAYLOR . AKA and see ?Katie Taylor.?

LITTLE LADY GOIN' TO THE COUNTRY . AKA and see "Sal(s) Got a Meatskin." The favorite tune of black fiddler Uncle Whit Walker, who influenced W.C. Handy (W.C. Handy ‑ Father of the Blues, 1941; pg. 6).

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Sally got a meat skin laid away (x3)

To grease her wooden leg every day.

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LITTLE LAMENTATION , THE. AKA and see "An Caoine."

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LITTLE LISDOONVARNA POLKA , THE. AKA and see ?The Grand Old Dame,? ?I-tiddly-I-ti,? ?Leather away with the wattle,? ?Leather the Bottle-o,? ?Lisdoonvarna Polka [2]," ?(An) tSeanbhean uasal.?

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LITTLE LIZA JANE [1] . AKA and see "Liza Jane [3]," "Poor Liza Jane." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variant of the “Liza Jane? tunes. Titon (2001) finds the tune similar to ?Jenny Get Around.? The title appears in a list of traditonal Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954 (may refer to any of the "Liza Jane" variants). Source for notated version: J.P. Fraley (Rush, Kentucky) [Brody, Phillips]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 171. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 143. Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; pg. 36 (appears as “Poor Liza Jane?). Rounder 0037, J.P. and Annadeene Fraley‑ "Wild Rose of the Mountain." Biograph 6007, Ebenezer‑ "Tell It To Me."

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T:Little Liza Jane

L:1/8

M:4/4

K:A

a2 f2 e2 c2 | fecB A2E2 | EFAc BAFE | A6 :|

|: A2 | c4 c4 | B2 A4 AB | c4 B2A2 | F6 A2 |

B4 B4 | c2 .B4 AB | cBA2 E2F2 | A6 :|

LITTLE LIZA JANE [2] . Texas Style, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Bob Wills (Texas) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 143.

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LITTLE LUMBERJACK , THE. AKA and see "Le Petit Bucheux."

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LITTLE MAGGIE . Old‑Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown and Song. USA; western North Carolina, southwestern Virginia. A Mixolydian. Recorded by the Stanley Brothers in 1946, when their music was more old‑time than bluegrass in style. Mt. Airy, North Carolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell remembered the tune "going around" the Round Peak area (where he grew up) around 1915 or 1916, and became quite popular with the younger folk. A tragedy occured about the same time when his 14 year old cousin, Jullie Jarrell, was tending a fire in the kitchen stove and, thinking it was out, poured kerosine over the wood to renew it which suddenly caused flames to flare and severely burn her. Tommy related:

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I was coming from the mill on horseback carrying a sack of

cornmeal and all at once I saw the smoke and heard the younguns

come running towards me crying, 'Jullie's burnt up and the

house is a‑fire.' I jumped off the horse and ran as fast as I could

to the house‑‑later I though about how much faster I could have

gotten there by throwing the meal off and riding the horse, but

you don't think clear at times like that. When I reached the door

I saw Aunt Susan kneeling on the floor above Julie, weeping,

her hands all blistered from beating out the fire with a quilt.

Jullie was laying there crying, but there wasn't much we could

do for her so we ran to the spring for water to put out the fire

in the house. They put Jullie to bed right away‑‑her whole body

was burned up to her chin, and at first she cried in pain but

after a while she didn't feel anything at all. That evening as

she was laying there she asked me to get my banjo and sing

"Little Maggie" for her. That was the only thing she wanted

to hear‑‑it had just recently come around and everyone

seemed to take to it. I expect I played it the best I ever had

in my life, with the most feeling, anyway. It seemed to comfort

her and pick up her spirits a little, but by the following morning

she was dead.?? (Richard Nevins)

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The song appears to have been played in neighbouring Grayson County, Virginia, a generation earlier, according to Richard Nevins, which points out how isolated the mountainous regions were around the turn of the century.

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Yonder stands little Maggie, a dram‑glass in her hand,

She's left me for another, left me for another man.

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Flying Fish 102, New Lost City Ramblers ‑ "20 Years/Concert Performances" (1978). Heritage XXXIII, Ernest East, Lawrence Lowe, Fred Cockerham ‑ "Visits" (1981. Recorded at Tommy Jarrell's New Year's Eve party, 1972). Melodeon 7322, The Stanley Brothers. Rich‑R‑Tone 423, The Stanley Brothers.

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LITTLE MAJOR . Scottish? American?, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 62, pg. 11.?

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T:Bonney Jennie Reel

M:2/4

L:1/8

R:Reel

S:White’s Unique Collection (1896), No. 62

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(3D/D/D/ (E/D/) G/B/G/B/ | A/A/G/A/ B/G/c/G/ | E/c/G/c/ B/G/d/B/ |

A/d/B/G/ A/G/E/G/ | (3D/D/D/ (E/D/) G/B/G/B/ | A/A/G/A/ B/G/c/G/ |

E/c/G/c/ B/G/d/B/ |1 A/G/F/A/ .G(F/E/) :|2 (A/G/)(F/A/ G)z ||

|: G/G/g/G/ G/g/G/g/ | G/A/B/G/ A/G/E/D/ | (3c/c/c/(A/c/) B/G/d/B/ |

A/c/B/G/ A/G/E/G/ | G/G/g/G/ G/g/G/g/ | G/A/B/G/ A/G/E/D/ |

(3c/c/c/(A/c/) B/G/d/B/ | (A/G/)(F/A/) Gz :|

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LITTLE MAN AND MAID , THE.? English, Country Dance Tune (cut time). G Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The melody appears to be a song air. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2), 1765; No. 64.

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T:Little Man & Maid, The

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L:1/8

B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 2 (London, 1765)

Z:Transcribed and edited by Flynn Titford-Mock, 2007

Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Gmin

G2|G2^F2 G2A2|B4 B2B2|A2F2 F2F2|F4 ^F2D2|G4 G2A2|B4 A2G2|.D4 .D4|.D4:|

|:d2e2|f2d2B2d2|f4 e2d2|c2A2F2A2|c4 B2c2|d2d2c2B2|B2A2G2^F2|.G4 .G4|.G4:||

LITTLE MAN’S HOMECOMING . Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. E Minor. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by fiddler Jerry Holland (Inverness, Cape Breton). Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 140, pg. 40. Miller (Fiddler’s Throne), 2004; No. 194, pg. 122. Fiddlesticks cass., Jerry Holland - “Lively Steps? (1987).

See also listing at:

Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index

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LITTLE MARY CASSIDY . AKA and see "Little Sack of Barley [1]," "Evening Was Waning," "Patrick Condon's Vision,? ?Stack(s) of Barley."

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LITTLE MARY CULLINAN (Máirin Ni Cuileannan). AKA - "Little Celia/Sheila Connellan," AKA and see “Bh?osa l? I bport láirge,? "The Dainty Besom Maker," ?Forgive the muse that slumbered,? "The Gimlet," ?I’d? mourn the hopes that leave me,? ?Johnny’s Grey Breeks [2],? "The Old Lea Rigg," "Little Sheila Connellan,? ?Maureen from Giberland,? ?Phelim O’Neill [2],? ?Port Láirge,? ?The Rose Tree [1]," ?The Rose Tree in Full Bearing." Irish, Air (4/4 time, "with spirit"). D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Well known as the melody for a variety of folk songs from England, Scotland and Ireland. See note for “The Rose Tree.? O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 277, pg. 48.

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T:Little Mary Cullinan

M:C

L:1/8

R:Air

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 277

N:”With spirit?

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:D

f/e|d>BAF A2 A>B|d2 ed/e/ feef|dBAF A2 AB|d2 {f}ed/e/ fd d||

g|fefg a2 gf|ebba be e/f/e/|dBAF A2 AB|df ed/e/ fd d||

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LITTLE MARY’S REEL .? AKA ? “Mary MacDonald’s Reel.? Canadian, Reel. Canada, Cape Breton. A Minor. Standard tuning. AAB. Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 40, pg. 17. Rankin Sisters ? “Lantern Burn? (appears as “Mary MacDonald’s Reel?).

LITTLE MATH HAMILTON TUNE . American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. G Major ('A‑D' parts) & C Major ("E‑F' parts). Standard tuning. ABCDEFG. According to Samuel Bayard (1981), the tune was named after its alleged composer, however, it uses strains which appear in "The Shepton Hornpipe," while another strain appears in both the shape note hymn "Never Part" and another southwestern Pennsylvania collected reel (No. 61 {untitled}). Source for notated version: Pardee (Pa., 1952) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 191, pg. 148.

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LITTLE MAURICE . AKA and see "'Tit Maurice."

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LITTLE MEN OF THE MEARNS . Scottish, Strathspey. G Major. Standard. AA’BB?. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Alexander McGlashan's 1780 collection (pg. 20). McGlashan (Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1780/81; pg. 20.

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T:Little Men of the Mearns, The

M:C|

L:1/8

R:Strathspey

S:McGlashan ? Strathspey Reels? (1780)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

(d2 d)>f B/B/B e2|(d2 d)>a f/f/f f2|g>fe>d B>de>g|1 a>gf>e d2 AB:|2 a>gf>e d3f||

B>dA>F E/E/E eg|1 a>gf>e d3:|2 a>gf>e d2 A>B||

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LITTLE MIRE BRANCH . Old‑Time. The tune has been identified as having been distinct to the Rocky Ridge, Alabama, region.

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LITTLE MOLLY O! (Mairin Beag O!). Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The Irish collector Edward Bunting maintains that this triple-time air was the original from which developed the famous (duple-time) "Molly Asthore" (Molly My Treasure) though O'Sullivan (1983) thinks there is little evidence either way. He finds a 4/4 version of Bunting's tune in MacBean's Songs and Hymns of the Gael (1900) under the title "Mo Mhali Bheag Og" (My Dear Little May) {along with five verses with the note "Composed by a Highland officer, who accidentally killed a lady"). The melody was played by harper James Duncan (1747-c. 1800) at the famous Belfast Harp Festival in 1792. According to contemporary harper Arthur O’Neill, Duncan was born into a wealthy family and received his training on the harp as part of his education. He had a reputation as an excellent performer. Source for notated version: Bunting noted the tune (along with "Molly Astore") from the harper Charles Fannin in 1792. Bunting (Ancient Irish Music), 1840. Heymann (Legacy of the 1792 Belfast Harp Festival), 1992; pg. 32. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 162, pg. 28. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 90, pgs. 134-135.

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T:Little Molly O!

M:3/4

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”With expression?

S:O’Neill ? Music of Ireland (1903), No. 162

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:G

d3 (e/d/) (B/A/B/d/) | e2 (g<e) (d<B) | “tr?(A3 G) (B/4A/2<G) | G4 || d(3d/e/f/ | g2 (gb) (ag) |

(g>f) (e3d) | e2 (g<e) (d<B) | “tr?(A3G) (B/4A/2<G) | G4 ||

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LITTLE MOSES . AKA and see ?Coon on a Log.? Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, North Carolina. G Major. The title is a regional one, from the Carolina flatlands. Marimac 9064D, Lauchlin Stamper & A.C. Overton - “Sally with the Run Down Shoes? (1996).

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LITTLE MUNSTER MANTLE , THE (An Fallainnin Mhuimhneach). Irish, Air (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning. AA. Source for notated version: "...copied from a MS. collection lent to Mr. Pigot by James Hardiman, the historian of Galway and editor of Hardiman's Irish Minstrelsy" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 766, pg. 376.

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LITTLE NANCY ROWLAND . AKA and see "Nancy Rowland [1]."

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LITTLE NELL .? Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Tony Mates. Source for notated version: Gordy Euler [Silberberg]. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; pg. 28.

LITTLE NIPPER’S HORNPIPE . Canadian, Hornpipe. Rounder CD 11661-7033-2Natalie MacMaster ? “My Roots are Showing? (2000. Learned from a home recording of Winston Fitzgerald).

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LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN (DOWN/IN THE LANE) . Old-Time, Song Tune. The song was written and published in 1871 by a Kentucky riverman turned vaudeville songwriter, Will Hayes. It was recorded in October, 1925 for Edison by Fiddlin' Cowan Powers and Family, who had waxed an earlier version for Victor, in August, 1924 (though for that particular side the Victor company brought in Carson Robison to perform the vocal). The piece was first released in 1923, however, when Fiddlin' John Carson's (north Georgia) version became the second best-selling country music record for that year. Yet another performance, Ernest Stoneman's, made the charts that decade, in 1926 when his version became the fifth best-selling country music record.

See also listing at:

Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources

(((♫))) Charlie Acuff (b. 1919)

“Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane?

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LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE . Canadian, Waltz. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB?. A waltz setting of a song air. Source for notated version: Sidney Baglole (b. 1912, Southwest Lot 16, West Prince County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Freetown) [Perlman]. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 170.

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LITTLE OLD MAN . AKA and see ?Old French,? ?Rambler’s Hornpipe.?

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LITTLE OLD SCHOTTISCHE . Old‑Time, Schottische. The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954.

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LITTLE ONE . AKA and see "'Tit Monde."

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LITTLE PACK OF TAILORS , THE. Irish, Air. The song is in the Elizabeth Cronin collection and is a dandling song (i.e. jiggling the baby) set to the melody ?Wind that Shakes/Shook the Barley [1].? CC57, Skylark ? “Light and Shade.? Cathal McConnell & Len Graham ? “For the Sake of Old Decency.?

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LITTLE PEGGY [1] . AKA and see "Little Peggy's Love," "Lord MacDonald('s Reel) [4]," "Miss Jackson's," "Lady McDonald’s Reel," "Slanty Gart," "Leather Breeches/Britches."

LITTLE PEGGY'S [2] . AKA and see ?Paddy Whack [1].? American?, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. The tune is a member of the “Villikins and His Dinah? tune family. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 68. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 98.

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T:Little Peggy’s [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Jig

S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883)

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K: G

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LITTLE PEGGY'S LOVE . AKA and see "Little Peggy [1],? "Lord MacDonald('s Reel) [4]," "Lady McDonald's Reel," "Miss Jackson's."

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LITTLE PET POLKA . Irish. AKA and see "The Curlew Hills," "Bluebell Polka" (England), ?Flop-Eared Mule [1].?

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LITTLE PICKLE . Scottish, Jig. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Joseph Lowe, who published a collection of dance music in the 1840's. Cranford (Jerry Holland’s), 1995; No. 205, pg. 59.

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T:Little Pickle

B:Jerry Holland's Collection

Z:Nigel Gatherer

M:6/8

R:Jig

L:1/8

K:A

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LITTLE PIG LAMENTING THE EMPTY TROUGH , THE. AKA and see "An Claiomh i Laimh," ?Conolon’s Dream,? "The Cork Lasses," "Sally on the Shore,? ?The Sword in (the) Hand." See also the similarly entitled "Pig's/Sow's Lament for Tatties." Shanachie 78031, James Keane ? “Sweeter as the Years Roll By.?

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LITTLE POLLY POLKA . English, Polka. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; pg. 153.

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LITTLE POT , THE. AKA and see "An Cruisgin Beag."

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LITTLE PRINCESS FOOTSTEPS , THE. AKA ? “The Little Prince’s Footsteps.? Old-Time. USA, Mississippi. C Major. Standard tuning. The original title may have been “Little Prince’s Footsteps.? A tune called ?Royal Princess Two-Step? is a close relative (in the repertoire of Lancaster, Pa., fiddler Roy Zimmerman), probably obtained from the playing of Canadian fiddler Don Messer. Okeh 45549 (78 RPM), Newton County Hillbillies (Mississippi, with Alvis Massengale on fiddle). County CO3514 CD, Newton County Hillbillies ? "Mississippi String Bands, vol. 2" (Reissue). Volo Bogtrotters ? “Tough Luck.? Red Mountain White Trash (2^nd album).

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LITTLE RABBIT . AKA and see "Rabbit, Where's Your Mammy? [1],? ?Pretty Little Gal [1],? "Pretty Little Miss [1]," "Brown's Dream [1]," "Herve Brown's Dream," "John Brown's Dream," "Walk Along John to Kansas." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Oklahoma, Arizona. D Major (Johnson, Kuntz): A Major (Brody, Kaufman, Phillips, Welling). Standard or ADae, AEae, or C#Aea tunings. AB (Silberberg): AABB'CC' (Kaufman): AABBCCDD (Kuntz, Welling): AABBCCDDEE (Brody, Johnson): AABBCCDDEE' (Phillips). The melody is related to "Boatman." Most modern versions are based on the Crockett Mountaineers recording of “Little Rabbit,? which is actually a pastiche of two or more tunes, including “Little Rabbit? (similar to versions of the “John Brown’s Dream? tune family) {‘A?, ‘B? and ‘C? parts}and “Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy? {‘D? and ‘E? parts}. This combination is oft-repeated in modern times—so much so that the 5-part piece is sometimes thought of as only one tune (“Little Rabbit?). Several parts belong to a family of tunes that includes ,? ?Brownstream,? “Herv Brown’s Dream,? ?Jimmy Johnson Pass That Jug Around the Hill,? ?John Brown's Dream,? “Pretty Little Girl,? ?Stillhouse Branch? ?Table Mountain Road? and others. The tune family is a common a popular one in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where it probably originated but has since been disseminated. This ditty is frequently sung to the last part of the piece:

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Little Rabbit where's your mammy?

I want to see your mammy,

Tell me rabbit where's your mammy????????????????

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California mandolin and fiddler player Kenny Hall recalled that Crockett’s Kentucky Mountaineers removed to Hollywood from Kentucky in the 1920’s to further their careers. Hall, who has lived in Fresno since the 1950’s, met the elderly Crocket who was then in retirement and was told that the Crockett family had played “Little Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy? for a Bugs Bunny cartoon sometime in the 1930’s (from an interview with Kenny Hall by Gus Garelick).

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In the repertory of Arizona fiddler Kenner C. Kartchner in the key of 'A'. Sources for notated versions: Tom McCreesh [Kuntz]; W.S. Collins (Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma) [Thede]; Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers [Kaufman]. Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 171. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 2: Occasional Collection of Old‑Timey Fiddle Tunes for Hammer Dulcimer, Fiddle, etc.), 1982 (revised 1988, 2003); pg. 7. Kaufman (Beginning Old Time Fiddle), 1977; pg. 62. Kuntz (Ragged but Right), 1987; pg. 353‑354. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 144. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 91. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 139 (appears as "Rabbit Where's Your Mammy?"). Welling (Welling’s Hartford Tune Book), 1976; pg. 3. County 501, Crockett Mountaineers‑ "Mountain Fiddle Music." Elektra 217, Tom Paley‑ "Folk Banjo Styles." Folkways FTS 31038, Roger Sprung and Hal Wylie‑ "Bluegrass Blast." Front Hall 017, Walt Michael and Tom McCreesh‑ "Dance Like a Wave of the Sea" (1978). Rounder 0040, "Pickin' Around the Cookstove" (appears as "Rabbit Where's Your Mammy"). Rounder 0075, Richard Greene‑ "Duets." Vetco LP104, "The Wonderful World of Old Time Fiddlers." Voyager 340, Jim Herd - "Old Time Ozark Fiddling." Yazoo 2045, Crockett Mountaineers ? “The Cornshucker’s Frolic: Downhome Music and Entertainment from the American Countryside? (reissue).

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T:Little Rabbit

L:1/8

M:2/4

B:Kuntz ? Ragged but Right

K:D

|:[A/A/][A/A/][F/A/][E/A/] [FA][F/A/]B/|[A/A/][A/A/][F/A/][E/A/] [FA][F/A/]B/|

[A/A/][A/A/][F/A/][E/A/] [DA][D/A/][E/A/]|1 [F/A/][E/A/][DA] [DA]A/B/:|2 [F/A/][E/A/][DA] [DA]A,/B,/|
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B,D DF/G/|AA B>B|A(F F)F/G/|AA d>B|A(F F)E/F/|AA B>B|A(F F)F/E/|DB, A,>A,|B,D D||

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LITTLE RED BARN , THE. AKA and see ?Little Red Wagon,? ?Old Red Barn.? Old‑Time, Quadrille (Jig). USA, Missouri. A Major ('A', 'B', 'C' parts), E Major ('D' part). Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. The tune was popular with fiddlers from Ohio and New York state, who knew it as “The Old Red Barn? or “Red Barn Quadrille.? It was recorded in 1923 on a 78 RPM record by Ohio fiddler John Baltzell (as “Old Red Barn Medley Quadrille?). See note for “Old Red Barn.? Source for notated version: Charlie Walden (Columbia, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; pg. 98.

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LITTLE RED FOX , THE. AKA and see "An Maidrin Ruadh."

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LITTLE RED LARK (OF THE MOUNTAIN) [1] , THE. AKA ‑ "An Fuiseogin Dearg." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "gracefully"). Ireland, County Armagh. G Major (O’Neill): F Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning. AB. The tune is a version of the Irish air "Ballylee," and is also similar to ?Caitlin Tirial? (Kitty Tyrell [2]). The Irish collector Petrie obtained his version in County Armagh. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 72, pg. 13. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 384, pg. 97. Folkways FW 6819, Willie Clancy - "Irish Jigs, Reels and Hornpipes" (1959).

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T:Little red lark of the mountain, The [1]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante?

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 384

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:F

CAF A>GF | F3 F2 || c | fef dcA | fef (d<f)d | (cA)F (A>G)F | D3 C2D |

F2G FDE | F2G (A<f)d | (cA)F (A>G)F | F3 F2 ||

LITTLE RED LARK OF THE MOUNTAIN [2] . AKA and see "Trailibane Bridge." Irish, Air (6/8 time). F Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: “An Erris tune from (piper) P. Coneely (Galway) [Stanford/Petrie]. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 383, pg. 97.?

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T:Little red lark of the mountain, The [2]

M:6/8

L:1/8

R:Air

N:”Andante?

S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 383

Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion

K:Fdor

(c2d e2) d/e/ | (cB) z/(F/ G2) F | (F3 F2) || e | fec efg | a2g f2g |

cB zG2F | F3 F2 ||

LITTLE RED LARK [3] , THE. AKA and see "Ushag Veg Ruy."

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LITTLE RED MILL , THE. Canadian, Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by Cape Breton fiddler and composer Dan R. MacDonald (1911-1976). Cameron (Trip to Windsor), 1994; pg. 52.

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LITTLE RED WAGON . AKA and see ?Little Red Barn.? Old‑Time, Quadrille (Jig). USA, Oregon. G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. Source for notated version: Charles Larson (Grand Island, Nebraska, 1951—Larson was a cousin of Bob Walters, one of Christeson’s prime sources) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 119.

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LITTLE REED ISLAND CREEK . Old-Time, Breakdown. From the playing of John Coffey. Carl Baron ? “Banjo Stuff.?

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LITTLE RIVER STOMP . Old-Time, Two-Step. F Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Tony Thomas [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), Vol. 2, 1995; pg. 78.

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LITTLE ROCK.? See note for ?Rachel [1].?

LITTLE ROCK OF MY AFFECTION , THE (Carraigin An Annsa). AKA and see "Nelly, My Pretty Girl."

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LITTLE ROSE (IS GONE) . AKA and see "That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It." Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. A Dorian. Standard tuning. AB. The tune, at least the first part, is a version of "That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It," recorded by the Walter Family of Woodford County, Ky. Wilson Douglas, a West Virginia fiddler who also recorded the tune, said of its origins:

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That's a slow one. That's one of French's (Carpenter, Douglas's

mentor) specials. He liked to play that, especially when he

felt a little bad. It's about as old a tune as you'll hear. There

were two pioneers, we'll call them frontier man and his wife.

They settled somewhere in the southern part of West Virginia,

way back. Her name was Rose and her husband came in one

day and she was gone. They never did find her. They didn't

know if Indians had killed her or taken her captive. This old

fellow had some kind of an old fiddle with gut strings. He

was grieving so, he composed this tune and called it the 'Little

Rose.' French said his grandfather Saul told him that tale and

he played it just like he was grieving. That old slow time, see?

(from an interview with Nancy McClellan).

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Gerry Milnes also collected the tune and story from Douglas, although at that time the story told was different in some details. According to Milnes, Douglas told him his version of “Little Rose? was composed by Harmon Carpenter, a Civil War soldier, who left his fianc?, Rose, to go and fight in the war. Upon his return he found that Rose had been murdered by nightriders, whereupon he took up his fiddle and composed the tune. The nightriders were Jayhawkers, Union sympathizers in a guerrilla war fought in the West Virginia mountains where there was much sympathy for the northern cause. Harmon had evidently joined the Confederate army, and thus his loved ones were targeted.

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Source for notated version: Wilson Douglas (W.Va.) [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 79. Reed Island Rounders - “Wolves in the Wood? (1997). PearlMae Muisc 004-2, Jim Taylor ? “The Civil War Collection? (1996). Rounder 0047, Wilson Douglas - "The Right Hand Fork of Rush's Creek" (1975).

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LITTLE ROY'S BREAKFAST. Canadian, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Composed by the late Ontario fiddler Graham Townsend. Hinds/Hebert (Grumbling Old Woman), 1981; pg. 14. Arc AS817, "Graham Townsend, North American Fiddling Champion."

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LITTLE SACK OF POTATOES , THE.Micho Russell (1915-1944), tin-whistle player and a storehouse of folk tales and traditions, traced the advent of the concertina in County Clare to the Maloney family, whose members introduced and popularized the instrument until “in the old days there was a concertina mostly in every house in north Clare.? Russell maintained “the first tune you’d learn on the concertina would be ‘The Little Sack of Potatoes’” (Piggott, Blooming Meadows, 1998).

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LITTLE SALLY WATERS . American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. D Major (Bayard‑Bryner): G Major (Bayard‑Miller/Gelnette). Standard tuning. AA'B or ABB. Bayard (1981) takes this to be a dance tune that was based on a song tune. In this he was correct, as Seattle fiddler, producer and folklorist Vivian Williams has discovered that a song called "The Babies on Our Block" by the songwriting team of Edward Harrigan and Dave Braham, from the Broadway hit show The Mulligan Guard Hall (1879) provides the melody for “Little Sally Waters.? The title appears in a list of traditional Ozark Mountain fiddle tunes compiled by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, published in 1954. Vivian writes: ?The chorus of the song uses the words from the old play party, but the melody is completely different?In Michigan fiddler Les Raber's tunebook "Come Dance With Me" there is a version of the same tune, along with mention of a special dance that was done to it. I found the dance in the 1890 "Round Dancing" instruction book by M.B. Gilbert, which is on the Library of Congress website's collection of dance instruction manuals.? Vivian also has found a version of the tune in a hand-written music manuscript from western Oregon, dating from the 1860's and 1870's, which, like many manuscripts was retained in a musical family and added to by various members or generations. Source for notated version: James Bryner (Fayette County, Pa., 1960) and Fred Miller/Glenn Gelnette (Jefferson County, Pa., 1949) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 259A‑B, pg. 221.

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LITTLE SEAMUS ARE YOU HUNGRY ? AKA and see ?(A) Sheamuis Bhig a? bhFuil Ocras ort??

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LITTLE SHEILA CONNELLAN . AKA and see "Little Mary Cullinan."

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LITTLE SHOES . American, Reel. USA, southwestern Pa. C Major/G Major. Standard tuning. AB. The second strain to this tune is fairly common in international folk music, being part of two Midwestern tunes in Christeson (Nos. 49 & 61), "The Muses" (USA), "Zweitritt" (German, c. 1820‑1850), "Three Meet [2]" (Eng.), "The Pleasures of the Town [2]" (Eng.). Source for notated version: Issac Morris (Greene County,? Pa., 1930's) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 49, pgs. 36‑37.

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LITTLE SKIRMISH . English (?), Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs), vol. II, 1785; No. 142, pg. 52.

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LITTLE SPARROW . Old-Time. D Major. DDad tuning. In the repertoire of West Virginia fiddler Edden Hammons; it was his favorite tuning to play older airs in. Edden Hammons Collection, Disc 2.?

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LITTLE STACK OF BARLEY [1] , THE ("An Staicin Beag Orna" or "An Staicin Eorna"). AKA and see "Evening Was Waning," "Little Mary Cassidy," "Patrick Condon's Vision," ?Stack(s) of Barley.? Irish (originally), American; Hornpipe. E Minor. Standard tuning. AABB. The ‘B? part may be in G Major. The title supposedly refers to that part of the barley harvest that was kept aside for the making of potheen. The famous County Sligo-born New York fiddler Michael Coleman recorded this tune in a medley with ?The Stack of Wheat.? The title appears in a list of Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham's (1856-1931) repertoire. The elderly Dunham was Henry Ford's champion fiddler in the mid‑1920's. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 76. O'Neill (1915 ed.), 1987; No. 328, pg. 162. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1627, pg. 302. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 858, pg. 148. Roche Collection, 1983, Vol. 2; No. 201, pg. 7. Spring Records SCD1037, Néillidh Mulligan ? “The Leitrim Thrush?

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efgf efdB|AGEG AcBA|GFGA BdAB|G2 GG G2:|

(3efg af g2 fe|d>BAG AcBA|G>FGA BdAB|G2 GG G2:|

LITTLE STACK OF BARLEY [2] , THE (An Staicin Eorna). Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning. AB. Other settins of this tune have been published. Forde gives three, from Paddy Conneely (the Galway piper), High O'Beirne (the Leitrim fiddler), and Mr. MacDowell, respectively. Conneely's version (which I give here) is different from the others, and I think it very fine‑‑the finest of all‑‑ published or unpublished. It is, more than the others, a vocal setting, and has not been hitherto printed" (Joyce).

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Breathnach (1997) records a story originally related by a man named Wayland (a founder and secretary of the Cork Piper’s Club at the turn of the 20^th century), who mentions the air in connection with the blind piper Michael O’Sullivan. O’Sullivan has been called the last of the old Kerry Pipers, and lived for a time in Worcester, Massachusetts, before returning to Ireland where he died in the poorhouse in Cahirciveen in 1916.? The piper was a man of many exceedingly eccentric fancies and superstitions. He left Cork because he was convinced that his landlady was feeding him fairy butter, although it appears he had also been called away to see after his mother’s funeral.? Dismayed to find that there was no longer a tradition of keening women at funerals, O’Sullivan was convinced to play his pipes. His mother’s coffin was loaded onto an ass-drawn cart for the trip to the graveyard, and O’Sullivan followed behind playing and singing every verse of “Seo leo, a thoil, is n? goil go f?ill.? When he returned home very late after the funeral her heard a voice singing “An Staicin Eornan,? and was so moved by the eloquance of the music that he strapped on his pipes and played the air.

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Upon arising the next day the piper was disconcerted to find that his finger-nail hurt badly, and he sent for the doctor, who removed a grain of barley from the finger.? O’Sullivan took this as a sign that the singing he had heard the previous night was the voice of one of the fairy folk, and this was confirmed for him when the finger healed but remained lifeless, despite the doctor’s ministrations.? He sought the advice of a travelling woman whom he knew who told him to stop playing the pipes for a month, and this he did. When the month was up O’Sullivan went to Bord Eoin?n with his instrument, and again met the traveller. He said that he held no hope that he would play well, despairing that there were better pipers now than he, but she told him that he would make money that night.? It was a while before he was asked to play, waiting while pipers from all over the country played, but when he did at last “they thought the cups were dancing on the dresser and he was kept playing until daylight. He was acclaimed the finest piper in all Ireland? (Breathnach, The Man and His Music, pg. 51).?

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Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 462, pg. 258.

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LITTLE STACK OF WHEAT , THE. AKA and see ?The Stack of Wheat.?

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LITTLE STAR . AKA and see ?Twinkle Little Star.? Old‑Time. Recorded by Willie Narmour, Mississippi, and Fiddlin? Arthur Smith (Tennessee).

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LITTLE STREAM OF WHISKEY . AKA and see "The Dying Hobo." Old‑Time, Song Tune. USA; western N.C., Ky. C Major. Standard tuning. AABB (Phillips): AA'BB' (Kuntz). Charles Wolfe believes the song was a parody of Caroline Norton's poem "Bingen on the Rhine." It was a famous selection of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, fiddler Tommy Jarrell. Stacy Phillips (1995) notes the second section of his version is attributed to Tommy Hunter. North Georgia band The Swamp Rooters with Lowe Stokes and Bert Layne on fiddles recorded a rewording of the tune called “Prohibition is a Failure? in 1930. Source for notated version: Doug Phillips [Phillips]. Kuntz, Private Collection. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 2, 1995; pg. 79. Columbia 15133‑D (78 RPM), Burnett and Rutherford (1926. Learned "from somebody in Somerset County," Ky.). Mountain 310, Tommy Jarrell ‑ "Joke on the Puppy" (1976. Learned from Pate Martin). Rounder 0036, Fields Ward. Rounder 1004, "The Songs of Dick Burnett and Leonard Rutherford."

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(DE)D||(ED)ED E(F G)A|c>d e2 d2|cd/c/ d/c/A (E/ c) (E/ c)d A2|1

c>(d c>)A G E? |D>E DE (G,/ D) (G/ D) DE/D/:|2 c>d cA/D/ G/D/G/D/ E/D/E/E/|

D/E/F/D/ E/E/D (C/ E) (C/ E2||

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LITTLE SWALLOW , THE (An Ailleog Beag). AKA and see "I Wish I Was a Little Swallow." Irish, Air (3/4 time, "tenderly"). G Major (O'Neill): B Flat Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: the index to the Irish collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection states the tune was collected at Ballynascreen, Co. Derry, in 1803. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 139, pg. 25. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 95, pgs. 139-140.

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(3d/e/f/ gG | (GF) (ED) .G.G | .B(B/c/) .d(d/4e/4f/ g)d | ec .A(F/A/) .G.G |

(G2 G/)(G/B/d/) gG | (GF) (ED) .G.G | .B(B/c/) .d(3d/e/f/ .g(g/d/) |

(ed/c/) (B/A/G/F/) GG | G3 (G/A/) Bd | g3 .f(a/g/) (f/e/)(g/e/) | d>B .G(G/A/) Bd |

g2 (f/a/g/f/) ee| e2 (e/d/)(e/f/) gG | (GF) (ED) .G.G | B>c .d(d/4e/4f/ g>)d |

(f/e/d/c/) (B/A/G/F/) (.G.G) | (G2 G)(G/A/) (Bd) | g2 ~f(a/g/) (f/e/)(g/e/) | {^c/}d>B .G(G/A/) (Bd) |

g2 (f/a/g/f/) ee | e2 (e/d/e/f/) gG | (GF) (ED) .G.G | B>c .d(d/4e/4f/ g)d | ec .A(F/A/) | (G2 G) z z2 ||

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LITTLE SWISS .? English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. “Little Swiss? first appears in R. Baldwin’s periodical The London Magazine, or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer, 1754. It subsequently appeared in John Johnson’s 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756). Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 51.

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|:(BG)B (dB)d|gfe dBG|(BG)B dBd|fga ABc|(d/e/f)d (e/f/g)e|dec dBG|(e/f/g)e dBG|A3 G3:||

LITTLE THATCHED CABIN [1] . AKA and see ?The House in the Glen [2].? Irish, Double Jig. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB'. Paddy Reynolds recorded the tune for Rego Irish Records. Source for notated version: the late Staten Island, New York, fiddler Paddy Reynolds (1920-2005, originally from the townland of Garvary, near Ballinamuck, County Longford) [Paddy Ryan/Treoir; Miller & Perron]. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 2, No. 4. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2^nd Edition, 2006; pg. 27. Treoir, vol. 32, No. 1, 2000; pg. 22. Treoir, vol. 33, No. 1, 2001; pg. 29. Rego Irish Records 1000, "Sweet and Traditional."

See also listing at:

Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info

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LITTLE THATCHED CABIN [2] . Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB’CC?. Source for notated version: F. Dwyer, arranged by Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1^st Collection), 1986; No. 44, pg. 12.

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LITTLE WHISKEY . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Missouri. A Major ('A' part) & A Mixolydian ('B' part). AEae tuning. AABB. The tune is known as a “tie-hacker? tune, one that was carried to the Mid-West by railroad workers. In the case of “Little Whiskey? the source was Nile Wilson of Bucklin, Missouri, whose people were ‘tie-hackers? from Illinois. Source for notated version: Geoff Seitz with the Ill-Mo Boys [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. I, 1994; pg. 144. Marimac 9054, The Ill-Mo Boys - "Fine As Frog Hair" (1995). MSOTFA 202-CD, Nile Wilson - “The Tie-Hacker Hoedown.? MSOTFA, "Now That's a Good Tune: Masters of Traditional Missouri Fiddling.?

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LITTLE WHITE BLANKET , THE (An S?is?n Bán). See ?The White Blanket.??

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LITTLE WHITE COAT , THE (An C?ta Beag Bán). Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning. AA’BB?. Breathnach (CRƒm V), 1999; No. 51, pg. 25.

LITTLE WHITE LIES . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA; Missouri, Iowa. A Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Source for notated version: Casey Jones (Livingston County, Missouri) [Christeson]. R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; pg. 9.

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LITTLE WILLIE . Old‑Time, Breakdown. USA, Mississippi. A Major. The melody was recorded in 1939 for the Library of Congress by Herbert Halpert from the playing of Choctaw County, Mississippi, fiddler Charles Long.

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LITTLE WOT YE WHA'S COMING . AKA and see "The Highland Muster Roll, 1715," ?Tail Tod(d)le.? English, Reel. England, Northumberland. G Major. Standard tuning. AABBCCDD. A Northumbrian version of the Scottish tune ?Tail Tod(d)le.? Title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800. "This is really a pipe tune, but whether English or Scottish is we believe, an open question. It has appeared in Scottish collections as 'The Highland Muster Roll, 1715,' though it only appeared in print in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum, vol. VI., 1803. The Antiquarian Society possesses a MS copy or the date 1770. The song in Johnson is a catalogue of the Jacobite chieftains, who were expected to rise in 1715, and amongst others named are?

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Derwentwater and Forster's coming,

Witherington and Nairn's coming,

Little wot ye wha's coming, &c.

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It is known from tradition that a similar Northumbrian ballad was also sung to this tune, a scrap of which only is preserved?

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Little wot ye whe's coming,

Bonny Boweree's coming?

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the Boweree named being the celebrated William Charlton, of the Bower, near Reedsmouth, called from the name of his estate 'Bowery Charlton', whose rough, rude disposition and violent temper led him into many troubles, and frequently brought him within the power of the law" (Bruce & Stokoe). Bruce & Stokoe (Northumbrian Minstrelsy), 1882; pgs. 186‑187.

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d/d/d fd g2 dB|d/d/d fd e2 cA|d/d/d fd gefd|e/f/g f/g/a e2 cA:|

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LITTLE YELLOW BOY , THE (An Buachaill?n Bu?). AKA and see "Galway Tom [1]," "Galway Town," "Galloway Tom [2]," "Come in the Evening," "The Kelso Races," "The Welcome," "A Western Lilt," "The Goats? Horn(s)," "The Spotted Cow," "The Lark in the Morning [1]," "An Buachaillin Bui," "The Thrush's Nest."

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LITTLE YELLOW GOAT . See ?(An) Gabhair?n Bu?.?

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LITTLE YELLOW ROAD , THE (An Botarin Buide). Irish, Air (6/8 time, "animated"). G Major. Standard tuning. ABC. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1984; No. 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 121, pg. 22.

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D|GGG GAF|GGG ABc|dcB {d}cAG|F3 DEF|GGG GA>F|

GGG ABc|{e}dcB {d}cAF G3 G2||d|ddd edB|ccc dcA|BBB BAG|

F3 DEF|GGG GA>F|GGG ABc|{e}dcB {d}cAF|G3 G2||B|

ddd d/f/e/d/c/B/|ccc c/e/d/c/B/A/|BBB B/d/c/B/A/G/|FAF DEF|

G/F/E/F/G/A/ B/A/G/F/G/A/|G/F/E/F/G/A/ B2d|{e}dcB {d}cAF|G3 G2||

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LITTLE YOU KNOW THE GRIEF AND WOE . AKA and see "I Wish That I Could Go With You [1]."

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LITTLEJOHN'S HAME . Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard tuning. AB. Composed by J. Scott Skinner (1843-1927). Source for notated version: Jean-Ann Callender (Aberdeen) [Martin]. Martin (Traditional Scottish Fiddling), 2002; pg. 132. Skinner (The Scottish Violinist), pg. 17. Tommy Peoples ? ?50 Irish Fiddle Tunes.?

The easiest work that I ever did

Was a‑courtin' Liza Jane??? (Thomas & Leeder)

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Sources for notated versions: Joe Wilsie (Cherokee County; Oklahoma) [Thede]: Carter Brothers and Son (Brody, Phillips). Brody (Fiddler’s Fakebook), 1983; pg. 172. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 144. Thede (The Fiddle Book), 1967; pg. 44‑45. Thomas & Leeder (The Singin? Gathering), 1939; pg. 22. County 520, Carter Brothers and Son (Monroe County, Mississippi) ‑ "Echoes of the Ozarks, Vol. 3". Folkways FA 2491, New Lost City Ramblers‑ "Gone to the Country." Flying Fish FF260, Alan Jabbour‑ "Sandy's Fancy." Okeh 45202 (78 RPM), Carter Brothers and Son.

LIZA JANE [4] . American, March (2/4 time). USA, southwestern Pa. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. A fifer's tune seemingly derived from a spiritual song known in northern West Virginia and southwestern Pa., perhaps "My Father's Gone to View That Land," "My Daddy," or one beginning "There is a happy land...". This melody is the one fomerly learned in elementary school to which a chorus is sung:

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Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane,

Oh, Eliza, little 'Liza Jane.

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Sources for notated versions: Marion Yoders (Greene County, Pa., 1961), Lloyd Grimm (Westmoreland and Greene Counties, Pa., 1960), Hoge MS and Mount Pleasant Tablatures {two of these sources cite Charlie Cook as their source} [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 394A‑D, pgs. 376‑377. Ruth (Pioneer Western Folk Tunes), 1948; No. 97, pg. 34.

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({A/^A/}B>)G A2|({A/^A/}B>)G AG/A/|d d3 (B/c/|d3) (G/A/)|

({^A}B>)G AG/A/|({^A/}B>)G A (E/F/)|G G3 (E/F/)|G4:|

|:g3 d/d/|e2d2|d/d/ d2 (B/c/|d3) (e/f/|g) g3 d/|e2d2|[G/B/][G/B/] [B,3G3]A|

[B,3G3] (3d/e/f/|g g3 d/|e2d2|d/d/ d2 (B/c/|d3) (e/f/|g) g2 d|e2d2|

[G/B/][G/B/] [B,2G2] A|[B,4G4]:|

LIZA JANE [5] . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Tennessee, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A variant of “Liza Jane [4].? Titon (2001) writes that Davenport’s “Liza Jane? demonstrates considerable African influences with its strong syncopation. He notes the title was a popular one in the lists of tunes played at the Berea, Kentucky, fiddle contests during the second decade of the 20^th century. Source for notated versions: Clyde Davenport (Monticello, Wayne County, Ky.), who learned the tune from his father Will Davenport, a Tennessee fiddler [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; pg. 145. Titon (Old-Time Kentucky Fiddle Tunes), 2001; No. 94, pg. 123.Berea College Appalachian Center AC002, Clyde Davenport ? “Puncheon Camps ? (1992).?

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LIZA JANE [6] . Old-Time, Breakdown. G Major. Standard tuning. AB. Source for notated version: Phil and Vivian Williams (Seattle) [Silberberg]. Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; pg. 92.

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LIZA LYNN . Canadian, Waltz. A Major. Standard tuning. AB. The tune, according to Jackie Small (1983) "has become the theme tune of Flatley's, (a) bar in Kinvara," the town in County Galway, Ireland, where accordion player Jackie Daly lives. Source for notated version: Andy De Jarlis (western Canada) via Seamus McGuire (Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Matthiesen]. Matthiesen (Waltz Book II), 1995; pg. 32. Green Linnett SIF-1051, Jackie Daly, Seamus & Manus McGure - "Buttons and Bows" (1984).

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LIZA ROSE . American, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning. AABB. A modern composition by David Cahn. Source for notated version: Rodney Miller (Antrim, New Hampshire) and Mel Marshall [Phillips]. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 1), 1994; pg. 145.

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LIZZIE GALL REEL . Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, Kentucky. G Major. A version of ?Speed the Plow? (?) from Kentucky fiddler George Lee Hawkins. Rounder.

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LIZZIE LINDSAY . Scottish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning. One part. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 120.

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DE | G3A B2 | B2g2dB | A2G2DE | G3AB2 | d2g2B>c | d4ed |

B4 B>B | e2d2BG | A2B2d2 | e2g3e | d2B2A>G | G4 ||

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LIZZIE'S BONNET . AKA and see "Tie Your Bonnet," "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet," "Lassie(s) Tie your Bonnet(s)," "The Faraway Wedding [1]," "The Gravelled Walks to Granny," "The Highland Man that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "In and Out (of) the Harbour," "Jenny Lace your Tight," "Upstairs in a Tent [1]," "The Rambler's Rest," "Down with the Mail."

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LLANOVER REEL . Welsh, Reel. B Flat Major. Standard tuning. AABB. Mellor finds the tune a derivative of "Jones' Hornpipe." Source for notated version: Mrs. Gyfydd Richards, 1926 [Mellor]. Mellor (Welsh Dance Tunes), 1935; pgs. 2-3.

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LLEWELLYN .AKA and see ?The Ash Grove.? Welsh, Air (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning. AABB. O’Farrell says: “A favorite Welch Air.? O’Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. III), c. 1808; pg. 33.

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S:O’Farrell ? Pocket Companion, vol. III (c. 1808)

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Bg/d/g/d/ BGG | A/B/c/A/B/G/ AFD | G/A/B/G/A/F/ GEC | DEF G2 :|

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LLYDAW (Brittany). Welsh, Air. Robin Huw Bowen thinks this hymn air originated in Brittany, but was transported to Wales. Flying Fish FF70610, Robin Huw Bowen ? “Telyn Berseiniol fy Ngwlad/Welsh Music on the Welsh Triple Harp? (1996. From the playing of Dafydd and Gwyndaf Roberts {Ar Log}, who had it from Nansi Richards).

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