BALL OF BALLYNAFEIDH, THE. AKA and see "The Humours of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "John Naughton's," "The Jug of Brown Ale," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "Lough Gowna," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Shores of Lough Gowna," "The Slopes of Sliabh Luachra," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis."
BANKS OF LOUGH GAMHNA. See "Banks of Lough Gowna."
BANKS OF LOUGH GOWNA, THE (Bruaca Loca Gamna). AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "John Naughton's," "The Jug of Brown Ale," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "Shores of Lough Gowna," "The Slopes of Sliabh Luachra," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Double Jig. B Minor (DeMarco & Krassen, O'Neill/Krassen): A Minor (Cranitch, Mitchell, O'Neill/1850 & 1001, Taylor). Standard. AABB (Cranitch, DeMarco & Krassen, O'Neill, Taylor): AA'BB (Mitchell). Sources for notated versions: "a composite based on the old duet recording by Paddy Killoran and Paddy Sweeny and also on the recent recording by John Vesey (DeMarco & Krassen, 1978); piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]. Cotter, No. 17. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 8, pg. 127. DeMarco & Krassen (A Trip to Sligo), 1978; pgs. 30,44, 58. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 113, pg. 96. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 63. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1060, pg. 200. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 264, pg. 58. Taylor (Behind the Half-Door), 1992; No. 55, pg. 39. Shaskeen Records OS-360, Andy McGann, Joe Burke, Felix Dolan - "A Tribute to Michael Coleman," c. 1965 (appears as "Banks of Lough Gamhna"). Shaskeen - "The Joys of Life."
T:Banks of Lough Gowna, The
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (264)
K:A Minor
ABA AGE|EDE G3|ABA AGE|c2d ecA|ABA AGE|EDE G3|cde ged|cAA A2:|
|:cde g2a|gea ged|cde g2a|geg a3|cde g2a|gea ged|cde fed|ecA A2:|
BANKS OF THE LOUGH GOWNA. See "Banks of Lough Gowna."
BRUACA LOCA GAMNA. AKA and see "The Banks of Lough Gowna."
CLARE JIG, THE [1]. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "Delaney's Drummers," "John Naughton's," "The Jug of Brown Ale," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB (Roche, Sullivan): AA'BCC'D (Mitchell). Clare takes its name from the 12th century leader of a Norman conquoring expedition, Gilbert de Clare, nicknamed Strongbow. Sources for notated versions: piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; the Dubliners, piper Leo Rowesome [Sullivan]. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 40, pg. 52. Roche Collection, 1982; Vol. 1, pg. 52, No. 128. Sullivan (Session Tunes), Vol. 3; No. 7, pgs. 3-4.
COUNTY DOWN [1]. AKA and see "Kitty in the Fog," "The Kitten and the Frog," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Young Tom Ennis," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "The Rambler From Clare," "One Bottle More," "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh." Irish (originally), American; Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard. AA'BB. Bayard (1981) identifies this as one of the tunes from an indistinct but probably Irish tune family that has incorporated a variety of usually floating titles. In southwestern Pa. it was known as a martial tune. Sources for notated versions: Hiram Horner, Hiram White, John Tustin, Hoge MS., George McCune (southwestern Pa. fifers and fiddlers) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 601A-E, pgs. 528-530.
HUMOURS OF BALLYNAFEIDH. AKA and see "The Ball of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "John Naughton's," "The Jug of Brown Ale," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis."
JUG OF BROWN ALE, THE. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "John Naughton's," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis."
JOHN NAUGHTON'S (JIG). AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Jug of Brown Ale," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. Ireland, County Clare. G Dorian. A version of "Old Man Dillon." Mary MacNamara - "Traditional Music from East Clare." Gearóid O'hAllmhuráin - "Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond." Green Linnet GLCD 1127, "Martin Hayes" (1993). Green Linnett GLCD 1181, Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill - "The Lonesome Touch" (1997).
T:John Naughton's Jig
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:120
R:jig
D:G. O'hAllmhuráin, Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond
K:GDor
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DGG GAc|def g2g|{a}gfd cAc |1 dGG G2F :|2 dGG G2f||
{g}fde f2g|fde fcB|AFF CFF|FAG F/2E/2DC
|1 fde f2g|fde fdc|=BGG {A}GA=B|ced c2f :|2 DGG GAc|def g2g|{a}gfd cAc|d
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KITTY IN THE FOG. AKA and see "The Kitten and the Frog," "County Down." American, March (6/8 time). USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard. AB. A fife band tune also known to fiddlers, collected in southwestern Pa. The tune, according to Bayard (1981), belongs to a rather etherial and unnamed but originally Irish tune family whose members include "Young Tom Ennis," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "One Bottle More," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Mug of Brown Ale," The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," and other, usually floating, titles. The sets of the family usually stray in either the first or second parts and "always seem to be diverging off into other pieces" (pg. 530). Sources for notated versions: Hiram Horner (fifer from Westmoreland and Fayette Counties, Pa., 1960), George McCune (Indiana County, Pa., 1944), Hiram White (elderly fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1930's), John Tustin (fiddler from Greene County, Pa., 1944) [Bayard]. Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 601A-E, pgs. 528-530.
LOUGH GOWNA [2]. AKA and see "The Ball of Ballinafeidh," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Shores of Lough Gowna," "The Slopes of Sliabh Luachra." Irish, Jig.
ONE BOTTLE MORE [2]. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 66.
PADDY O'BRIEN'S (JIG) [3]. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. A different tune than "Paddy O'Brien's" [2]. Ovation OVA 503, Tommy Peoples (Co. Donegal) - "Tommy Peoples: Master Irish Fiddle Player."
RAFFLE JIG, THE. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis."
RAMBLER FROM CLARE, THE [1] (An Triallaire Ua Tuat-Mumain). AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Double Jig. A Minor/Dorian. Standard. AABB. A member of a rather insubstantial Irish tune family with the most common names (usually floaters) given above, which tunes sometimes have stronger resemblance to each other in the first, second, or both parts, according to Bayard (1981). Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 58. O'Neill (1850), 1979; No. 1009, pg. 188. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1986; No. 223, pg. 51.
T:Rambler from Clare, The [1]
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (223)
K:A Minor
A/B/|cAB GAE|DEG GAB|cBA GED|EAA A2B|cAB GAE|DEG GAB|cde fed|cAA A2:|
|:B|c>de/^f/ gef|gea ged|e^f^g aba|ge^f ged|c>de/^f/ ge^g|aba ged|cde =fed|cAA A2:|
SHORES OF LOUGH GOWNA. AKA and see "The Ball of Ballinafeidh," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "Lough Gowna," "The Slopes of Sliabh Luachra." Irish, Jig. B Minor. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: Kenny Chaisson (b. c. 1947, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island; now resident of Rollo Bay) [Perlman]. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), Vol. 2, No. 36. Mallinson (Essential), 1995; No. 97, pg. 42. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 2, No. 55. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; pg. 136. Leader LER 2044, Andrew Davey. Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40126, Rodney Miller - "Choose Your Partners!: Contra Dance & Square Dance Music of New Hampshire" (1999).
SLOPES OF SLIABH LUACHRA, THE. AKA and see "The Ball of Ballinafeidh," "Banks of Lough Gowna," "Lough Gowna," "The Shores of Lough Gowna."
STONECUTTER'S JIG, THE. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AB. Source for notated version: Patrick MacDowell, "distinguished sculptor: born in Belfast 1799: died 1870," via Forde (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 533, pg. 285.
TOM BILLY'S {JIG} [1] (Port Tom Billy). AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "Paddy O'Brien's," "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Winter Apples," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard. AABB'CC' (Breathnach, Mulvihill, Songer): AA'BB'C (Moylan). Tom Billy Murphy (1879-1944), a native of Ballydesmond, west Kerry, was an influential fiddler and teacher in the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border during the early twentieth century, and was a contemporary of the great Kerry fiddler Padraig O'Keeffe. Tom Billy himself learned much of his repertoire from a blind fiddle player named Taidhgin an Asail (Tadhg O Buachalla/Tadeen the Fiddler). Source Johnny O'Leary played extensively with fiddler Denis Murphy who was known for his vast repertoire, much of it Tom Billy's. O'Leary never heard Murphy play this particular tune until he recorded it however, "He kept tunes up his sleeve all the time that I usen't get. I got the land of my life when I asked him for it and 'I thought you had it', he says, 'I always had that after Tom Billy.' But he knew well I hadn't it." Sources for notated versions: fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; fiddler Brendan Mulvihill (Baltimore, Md.) [Mulvihill]; Kevin Burke (Portland, Oregon) [Songer]. Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 13, pg. 7. Breathnach (CRE II); No. 48, pg. 27 (appears untitled). Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, Vol. 3; No. 68. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 241, pgs. 139-140. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 88, pg. 83. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; pg. 194. Claddagh Records CC5/Shanachie 34002, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star above the Garter" (1969). Co. Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples has recorded as "Paddy O'Brien's" on his Ovation album "Tommy Peoples: Master Irish Fiddle Player."
WINTER APPLES [2]. AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Young Tom Ennis." Irish, Jig. Ireland, Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. A Dorian. Standard. AA'BB. Source O'Leary liked to pair this jig with "Brendan Begley's Jig." Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region, Kerry), recorded in recital at Na Piobairi Uilleann, November, 1990 [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 39, pg. 24. Topic 12T309, Padraig O'Keeffe, Denis Murphy, Julia Clifford - "Kerry Fiddles."
YOUNG TOM ENNIS (Tomás Og Magennis/Mac Aengusa). AKA and see "The Ball (Humours) of Ballynafeidh," "The Banks of Lough Gowna," "The Clare Jig," "Delaney's Drummers," "The Kitten and the Frog," "Kitty in the Fog," "The Mug of Brown Ale," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More," "Paddy in London" [2], "The Raffle Jig," "The Rambler From Clare," "The Stonecutter's Jig," "Tom Billy's Jig," "Winter Apples." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard. AABB. Tom Ennis was indeed the youngest member of Chicago's Irish Fiddle Club in the early years of the 20th century. A budding piper and fiddler, he was the American-born son of piper and flute player John Ennis of Kildare, from whom O'Neill obtained this tune. When Tom reached maturity he moved to New York where he made a living as a professional piper and founded one of the first Irish-American recording companies, for whom he commercially recorded in the 1910's and 20's (Carolan, 1997). Source for notated version: Chicago police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County Kildare [O'Neill]. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 41. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 908, pg. 169. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 153, pg. 40. ). Gael-linn CEFCD 114, Tony MacMahon & Noel Hill - " "I gCnoc na Graí." Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon - "Whirlwind" (1995).
T:Young Tom Ennis
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (153)
K:A Minor
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cBA B>cB|AGE GAB|cde ded|cAA A2:|
|:e/^f/|g^fe age|dBG G2 e/^f/|g^fe agf|e^f^g a2 e/f/|
g^fe age|dBG G2 A/B/|cBA Bed|cAA A2:|