The Fiddler’s
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SPOIGAN. Scottish.
John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in Robert
Ross's 1780 collection (pg. 8).
SPOIL THE DANCE. AKA and see “Ginnie Pin Your Bonnet On.” Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard. AA’B. The tune
appears in Kerr’s Merry Melodies (Vol. 4) as “Ginnie
Pin Your Bonnet On.” Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy – “Heathery Breeze” (1999).
X:1
T:Spoil The Dance
R:reel
D:Matt Molloy: Heathery Breeze
Z:id:hn-reel-185
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:C|
L:1/8
K:Ador
~A3G B2BA|GBdB AGEG|A2AG ~B3A|1 GBdB A2GE:|2 GBdB A3f||
ge~e2 gede|ge~e2 a2ba|ge~e2 gedB|GABG A3f|
ge~e2 gede|ge~e2 a2ga|(3bag af gedg|egdB
AGEG||
SPOON O WHISKY, DA. Shetland, Shetland Reel. From the
SPOON RIVER JIG. Old-Time.
SPOONFUL OF TREACLE, THE. AKA and
see “Mug of Brown Ale [1].”
SPOOTISKERRY. Shetland, Reel. G Major. Standard. AABB’. A modern and very popular composition
by the late Shetland musician (Samuel) Ian (Rothmar)
Burns. Susan Songer (Portland Collection) contacted his daughter June Mann of Cunnighsburgh, Shetlands, and was told the tune was named
after the Burns family farm, named Spootiskerry. A ‘skerry’ in the Shetland dialect is a group of rocks
generally sea-covered but which can be visible on occasion depending on the
tide, while ‘spoots’ are said to be a kind of
shellfish (leading the tune to be called “Spoot o’ Skerry” at times). Ian Burns also published a collection of
tunes called Spootiskerry.
Source for notated version:
SPORRAN MULLACH, THE (The Black Kilt Purse). Scottish, Strathspey.
A Minor. Standard. AAB. Composed by Alexander Walker.
SPORT [1], THE. Scottish. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest
appearance of the tune in print in Angus
Cumming's 1780 collection (pg. 10).
SPORT [2]. AKA and see “Coolea
Jig.” Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. Composed by whistle player Peadar O’Riada (son of Sean Ó Riada) of Cuil Aodha (Coolea), County Cork, who
was inspired to compose the melody while watching children at play (sport =
fun). Some see similarities with “The Hag with the Money.” Micheal O’Raghallaigh –
“The Nervous Man.” Peadar O’Riada
– “Amidst These Hills” (1994).
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T:Sport
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:115
C:Peadar O'Riada
R:jig
D:Amidst These Hills (Bar/None Records)
Z:Philippe Varlet
K:D
AdF ~A3|GBE GFG|AdF
~A3|GEB cde|
AdF ~A3|GBE ~G3|cdc A2A|GEA D3:||
cBc dcd|cec
~A2g|fed ged|c/d/ec A2g|
~f3 ~g3|f/g/af d2e|fdF AFA|GEA D3:||
AGG AEE|AGE EDD|AGG c2e|dcA AGE|
AGG AEE|AGE EDD|1 cdc A2A|
GEA DE/F/G:|2 cdc A2G|EAA D3||
SPORT OF THE CHASE (Ceol Na Seilge). Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB (Phillips): AAB (Kennedy,
Roche). Source for notated version: Jimmy Powers [Phillips]. Bulmer
& Sharpley (Music
from
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T:Sport of the Chase, The
R:slip jig
Z:Also in A, #42
Z:id:hn-slipjig-41
Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se
M:9/8
L:1/8
K:G
G2G B2G BdB|G2G B2G BdB|C2C E2C
EGE|D2D F2D FAF:|
G2g g2d BdB|G2g g2d BdB|c2c e2c
ege|d2d f2d faf|
gdB gdB gdB|gdB gdB gdB|ecA
ecA ecA|fdA fdA fdA||
SPORTING BACHELOR, A/THE (Diolaineac Mireogac). Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 33. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 850, pg. 158. O'Neill (Dance Music of
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T:Sporting Bachelor, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|GBd g2d|ed^c d2B|cBA BAG|AB^c d2D|GBd g2d|ed^c d2B|cBA Abc|def
g2:|
|:B|dcA
B2G|dcA B2G|def gfe|dcB A2B|c2e efg|B2d dBG|Aag fef|gba g2:|
SPORTING BOYS [1], THE (Na Buacaillide Greannmar). AKA and see "The Boys of Portaferry,"
"The Pullet [1]." Irish, Reel. G
Major. Standard. AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1915): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Source for notated version: O’Reilly
[O’Neill]. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 277, pg. 141. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 123. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850
Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1350, pg. 252.
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T:Sporting Boys, The [1]
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L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
BA | G2 BG AcBA
| G2 BG GEDE | G2 BG ABce | dBgB
c2 BA |
G2 BG AcBA
| G2 BG GEDE | DEGB cBAe | dBgB
c2 || BA |
Bdgd edgd | Bdgd e2 dc | Bdgd edef | gedB c2 BA | Bdgd edgd |
Bdgd e2 dc | Bdgd
egfa | gedB c2 ||
SPORTING BOYS [2], THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 59. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 88.
SPORTING DAYS OF
EASTER [1], THE (Laethanta Spraoi na Cásca). AKA and see "The New Married Couple," "Bonnie Sally," "O'Connell's Trip to
Parliament [1]." Irish, Double Jig. A version of “O’Connell’s Trip to
Parliament.”
SPORTING DAYS OF
EASTER [2], THE (Leathanta Spraoi na Cásca). Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian.
Standard. AB. Not much similarity to O'Neill's "The Merry Days of
Easter." Source Russell had no name for it, and Breathnach
gave it the name of a tune he found in a manuscript collection (only the ‘A’
part was the same, however). Sources for notated versions: flute and whistle
player Micko Russell (
SPORTING DAYS OF
EASTER [3], THE. AKA and see “The Wedding [1].” Irish, Reel.
SPORTING IRISHMAN, THE. Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: copied from Clinton’s Irish Melodies (1840) [O’Neill]. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 112.
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T:Sporting Irishman, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:
Z:Paul Kinder
K:D
F/2E/2|D>ED D2 d|BAG FGE|AdB AFA|EFE E2 A|
DED D2 d|BAG FGE|AdB AFA|DED D2:|
|:d/4e/4f/4g/4|a3 b3|a>ba afd|gag faf|ede fdB|
a3
f3|{f}
SPORTING JAMIE. Scottish, Strathspey. D Major. Standard.
AABB. Kerr (Merry
Melodies), vol. 4; No. 66, pg. 10.
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T:Sporting Jamie
M:C
L:1/8
R:Strathspey
S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No.
66 (c. 1880’s)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
f<f e>d (f<a) a2|g>ef>d e>d c<A|f<f
e>d (f<a) a2|B>d c/d/e/f/ d3g:|
|:f<a
a>g f<a a>f|g>fe>d
e>dc>A|f<a a>g f<a a>A|B>d
c/d/e/f/ d2 d>g:|
SPORTING KATE. AKA and see “Bonnie Kate [1].”
Irish, Reel. A version of “Bonnie Kate” found in the County Leitrim Kiernan
manuscript (1844-46) under the title “Sporting Kate.” Drumlin
Records, Brain McNamara – “A Piper’s Dream.”
SPORTING MOLLY. AKA and see "Sean Frank,"
"The Duke of Clarence Reel,"
"Brian Boru's March [1]," "Dan Sullivan's Reel," "General McBean,"
“Johnny’s Wedding,” "Colonel McBain's,"
"The Devonshire Reel."
Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard. AAB. Levey (Dance Music of
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T:Sporting Molly
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Levey –
Dance Music of
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:E Minor
(E/F/) | (3E/F/G/ (E/B/) G/E/B/G/ | (3F/G/A/ (D/A/) F/D/A/F/ |
(3G/A/B/ E/B/ G/E/B/G/ | (3F/G/A/ D/F/ E :| E/F/ | G{A/}(G/F/) G/B/d/B/
|
A/B/A/G/ F/G/A/F/ | Ee e/d/e/f/ | g/f/e/^d/ e(e/f/) | g(d/B/) G/B/d/B/ |
A/B/A/G/ F/G/A/F/ | Ee e(A/c/) | B/A/G/F/ E ||
SPORTING MOLLY [2]. AKA and see “Maude Miller [1].”
SPORTING NELL [1] (Neil Spórtúil). AKA and see “Gorman’s Reel [3],” “O’Gorman’s Reel,” “The Long Strand [2].” Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: piper
Mick Crehan, flute player Michael Gavin &
fiddlers John & James Kelly (
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T:Sporting Nell
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
AD (3FEF A2 dc|AcGc
EFGE|AD (3FEF Addc|AcGc EF (3EFG|
AD (3FEF Addc|A2 G=F EDEG|AD (3FEF Addc|AcGc EGAB||
c2 ec gcec|(3cBc ec AddB|c2 ec gcec|AcGc EGAB|c2 ec gcec|(3cBc ec
Adde|=
f2 fd efed cG|(3EFG Ad d2||
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T:Sporting Nell
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:DMix
AD (3FED A2 dB|ABAG EFGB|AD (3FED A2 dB|ABGE EDDB|!
AD (3FED A2 dB|ABAG EFGB|AD (3FED A2 dB|A2 GE
{G}EDDB||!
c2ec
gcec | c2ec AddB | c2ec gcec | AcGE EDDB |
c2ec gcec | c2ec Adde | =f3
d e3 d | cAAG Addc ||
SPORTING NELL [2]. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AB. This is a version of Breathnach's "Sporting Neil," though different
enough to warrent entry as a sperate
version. Source for notated version: flute player Sonny McDonagh
(b. 1926, Rinnarogue, Bunninadden,
Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]. Flaherty (Trip to
Sligo), 1990; pg. 120.
SPORTING PADDY [1] (Pádraic Spóirtiúil). AKA and see “The Harvest Moon [1],” "Irish Pat," "Sporting Pat" [2]. Irish, Reel or Highland. A
Dorian ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard. AB (Breathnach,
Moylan): AABB (McNulty). Johnny O’Leary played this tune paired with “The Hare’s Paw.” In County Donegal the melody is very popular
played as a Highland, modified from the reel form which is found in other parts
of Ireland. The title in O’Neill’s Waifs
and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922) is “Irish Pat.” Sources for notated
versions: accordion player Sonny Brogan (County Sligo/Dublin,
Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny
O’Leary (Sliabh Luachra
region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Breathnach
(CRE I ), 1963; No. 133, pg. 54.
McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland),
1965; pg. 14. Moylan (Johnny O’Leary),
1994; No. 201, pg. 116. Green Linnet SIF‑104,
Joe Burke & Michael Cooney ‑ "The Celts Rise Again" (1990).
Green Linnet SIF‑1069, Joe Burke & Michael Cooney ‑ "Happy
to Meet & Sorry to Part" (1986). Shanachie
SH78041, Solas – “The Hour Before Dawn” (2000).
X:1
T:Sporting Paddy
S:Played by Burke, Cooney & Corcoran on Radio
Scotland, 1995
Z:Nigel Gatherer <gatherer@argonet.co.uk>
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:A dorian
EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd | edge dBAG |
EA (3AAA GABG | EAAB GEDF | EAAB GABd | edge d3 || e |
ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ba | ge (3eee gedg | efge d3 e |
ge (3eee gede | ge (3eee a2 ga | (3bag af gedg | efge
dBAG |]
SPORTING PADDY [2] (Peaidí Spórtúil). Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Tyrone. G Major/A Dorian. Standard. AB. Distantly related to “Sporting Paddy” [1]. Source for notated version: the mid-20th century collection of schoolteacher and fiddler Michael “Master” McDermott (Carrickmore, southern County Tyrone), who got his tunes from local musicians [Breathnach]. Breathnach (CRÉ IV), 1996; No. 155, pg. 74.
SPORTING PADDY [3]. AKA and see "Boston Rattlers'," "Brian Boru’s
March [1]," “Colonel McBain’s,” "Dan Sullivan's Reel," "The Devonshire Reel [1],"
"The Duke of Clarence Reel,"
"General McBean,"
"Hobb's Favorite," “Johnny’s Wedding,” "Miss
Abercrombie's Reel," “Mother’s
Delight,” "Seán
Frank," "Sporting Molly."
Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard. AABBCCDD. Kennedy (Traditional
Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 183, pg.
43.
SPORTING PAT [1]. Irish, Reel. A Dorian ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard.
AB. No relation to “Sporting Paddy” [1] or [2]. The reel is similar to “The Copperplate,” though Breathnach (1963) disagrees with O’Neill that it is also a
variant of “Rakish Paddy.” O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 297, pg.
149.
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T:Sporting Pat [1]
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – O’Neill’s Irish Music (1915)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(3efg | a2 ag
a2 (3efg | aged cA A2 | g2 gf
g2 ef | gedc BG G2 | eaag a2 (3efg | aged cA A2 |
ABcd efgb |
aged cA A2 || (3GGG dG BGdG | G2 dc BAGB | (3AAA eA cAeA |
cdef gedB |
(3GGG dG BGdG | G2 dc BAGB
| ABcd efgb | aged cA A2 ||
SPORTING PAT [2]. AKA and see "Sporting Paddy [1]."
SPORTING PEGGY. Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard. AAB.
Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 4; No.
65, pg. 10.
SPORTING PITCHFORK, THE. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. ).
The tune was famously paired with “The
Rambling Pitchfork” on the 1978 Paddy Glackin/Paddy
Keenan album (Doublin’), the medley being known as ‘The
Pitchforks’. ‘Pitchfork’ in the title refers to an itinerant farm laborer, called after his tool of trade in the same way
that a gunman on a payroll in the American west was referred to as a ‘hired
gun’. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from
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T:Sporting Pitchfork
R:Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
~F3 EDE|F2D ~D3|~G3 ~A3|cAG FGA|
~B3 BAG|~A3 AB^c|d^cB AGF| GAG ~G3:||
~d3 ~f3|gfe ~d3|~g3 bag|fed ~d3|
~B3 BAG|~A3 AB^c|d^cB AGF|GAG ~G3:||
SPORTS OF LISTOWEL, THE. AKA and see “Breen’s Hornpipe,” “Mahoney’s Hornpipe,” “West the Hill.” Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian (Roche): A Major (Mulvihill).
Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: “From my mother” [Mulvihill]. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No.
41, pg. 101. Roche Collection, 1982,
Vol. 2; No. 236, pg. 19. Ossian OSS CD 130, Sliabh Notes – “Along Blackwater’s
Banks” (2002. Appears as “Sports at Listowel”).
SPORTS OF MULTYFARNHAM, THE (Siamsa Mhuilte Farannáin). AKA and see “Munster Buttermilk [2].” Irish,
Double Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard. AABB (Breathnach): AA’BB’ (Feldman & O’Doherty).
The Sliabh Luachra,
SPORTSMAN'S HAUNT, THE (Am Monadh Liath). Scottish, Strathspey. B Minor. Standard. AB
(Fraser): AABB' (Athole). "The verses to this
melody, sung by the editor's father, were composed by a resident grass‑keeper,
kept up at the expense of all those who sent summer stock to grase in the beautiful vale of Killin,
of Stratherrick, which lies in the heart of the 'Monadh liadh.' This man, living in so remote a place, would
occasionally shoot deer if they came in his way, and was visited by all the
sportsman, to know in which direction they were last seen. The subject of his
song embrasces various characters in the districts
around, who frequented 'the sportsman's haunt,' and their various success and
skill. Culduthel and the editor's grandfather were
conspicuously mentioned among others" (Fraser).Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the Highlands
of Scotland and the Isles), 1874; No. 168, pg. 68‑69.
Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 131.
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T:Sportsman’s Haunt, The
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L:1/8
R:Strathspey
B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole
Collection (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:B Minor
F|:D<B, B,>d B<F F>B|A<E E>D C<A,A,<F|D<B, B,>d B<F F>B|
A>FE>C B,/B,/B, Fz:|
|:e/d/c/B/ f>B d>f b<f|a>f e<a c<A a>c|1 e/d/c/B/ f>B d>fb>f|a>fe>c B/B/B f2:|2
e/d/c/B/
f<d e<cd<B|A<F E>C B,/B,/B, F2||
SPORTSMAN'S HORNPIPE. AKA and see “The Oldham
Sportsman.” English, Hornpipe. England, North‑West. A Dorian
(Knowles): G Dorian (Kershaw). Standard. AABB. The tune is contained in the 19th
century Joseph Kershaw Manuscript. Kershaw was a fiddle player who lived in the
remote area of Slackcote, Saddleworth,
North West England, who compiled his manuscript from 1820 onwards, according to
Jamie Knowles. The tune is nowadays called “The Oldham Sportsman.” The Jospeh Kershaw Manuscript, 1993; No. 33. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 30. Topic Records, Waterson/Carthy – “Broken Ground” (1999).
SPOT THE WALLOP. See “Wallop the Spot.”
SPOT WHERE MY
FOREFATHERS DWELT, THE. AKA ‑ "Mo Dhuthchas." Scottish, Slow Strathspey.
D Major. Standard. AB. Fraser (The Airs and Melodies Peculiar to the
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T:Spot where my Forefathers dwelt, The
T:Mo Dhuthchas
M:C
L:1/8
R:Slow Strathspey
S:Fraser Collection (1874)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d|A<F F>E D>E F<d|A<F F>E DB,B,>d|A<F F>E D>EF>D|
E>F A/G/F/E/ DB,B,d|A<F F>E D>E F<d|A<F F>E DB,B,d|
F<D F>E D>EF>D|E>F A/G/F/E/ DB,B,||f|d>afb a>d f<b|
d<a f>a bee>f|d>a f<a f<d d>B|A<F F>E DB,B,>f|d>afb a>d f<b|
d<a f>a bee>f|d<af<d e<c d e/4d/4c/4B/4|A<F F>E DB,B,||