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Croppies Lie Down
X:1 T:Croppies Lie Down M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:T. Skillern - Twenty-Four New Country Dances for the Year 1799 (p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G g|dBG GFG|ABA ABd|ef/g/e/ dBd|gGG Gge| dBG GFG|ABA ABd|ef/g/e/ dBd|gGG G2|| |:e|def gfg|efg a2f|gab efg|dBG AGF| G>AG BGG|cGG dGG|ecd efg|dBG G2:|]
X:1
T:Croppies lie down
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:William Campbell – “Campbell’s 14th Book of New and Favorite Country Dances &
B:Strathspey Reels for the Harp, Piano-Forte & Violin, with their Proper Figures, as
B:Danced at Court, Bath, Williss’s, & Hanover Square Rooms” (Soho, London, c. 1799, p. 14)
F: https://vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/0a/IMSLP655933-PMLP1052069-campbells14thboo00camp.pdf
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
V:1
(e/f/4g/4)|dBG GFG|ABA ABd|(ef/g/)e dBd|cAA A2 (f/g/)|
dBG GFG|ABA ABd|(ef/g/e) dBd|{f}gGG G2:|
|:e|def gfg|efg a2f|gab e(f/g/)e|dBG ABc|
def gfg|efg a2f|gab ef/g/e|dBg G2e|
def gfg|efg a2f|gab e(f/g/)e|dBG ABc|
def gfg|efg a2f|gfe dBb|gGG G2||
V:2 clef = bass
z|G,3G,,3|D,3D,2G,,|C,3G,3|A,3D,3|
G,3G,,3|D,3D,2G,,|C,3 G,2D|G,3 G,,2:|
z|C,3B,,3|C,2E, D,2A,|B,2G,C2C,|G,,3D,3|
C,3B,,3|C,2E,D,2A,|B,2G, C3|B,3G,2z|
C,3B,,3|C,2E, D,2A,|B,2G,C2C,|G,,3D,3|
C,3B,,3|C,2E,D,2A,|B,2C B,2G,|G,,3 G,2||
X:78
T:Croppies Lie Down. WI.078
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=120
C:"Irish"
B:Wm Irwin, Folio MS, c1850. AGG's Transcription
R:.Jig
O:England
Q:"With Spirit"
A:Lake District
Z:vmp.Chris Partington.2005
K:G
g|dBG GFG|ABA ABd|(e/f/g)e dBd|gGG Gge|
dBG GFG|ABA ABd|(e/f/g)e dBd|gGG G2:|
|:e|def gfg|efg a2f|gab efg|
dBG AGF|G3 efg|dBd G2:|
X:1
T:Croppies lie down
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 134)
N:This is the 2nd appearance of the tune in Rook's manuscript, and appears
N:to be a pipe setting with variations.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|dBG GFG|ABA ABd|e/f/ge dBd|fGG Gg|
dBG GFG|ABA ABd|e/f/ge dBd|gdB G2:|
|:e|def gfg|efg a2f|gab efg|dBG AGF|
GAG BAB|def g2e|fga dcd|gGG G2:|]
X:1
T:Cropies lie Down
M:3/8
L:1/8
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 193)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g/e/|dBG| GFG|AA/B/A/B/|ABd|ee/f/g/e/|dBd |gGG|G2:|
|:d/e/|def|gfg|efg|agf|gab|ef g/e/|dBG|AGF|
G3|e3|dBd|G2::g/f/|e/d/c/B/A/G/|GFG|AA/B/A/B/|ABd|
e/g/f/a/g/e/|dB (3d/e/f|GGG|G2::G/B/|d/c/d/e/f/d/|
g/f/g/a/b/g/|e/d/e/f/g/e/|a/b/c'/a/g/f/|g/a/b/g/f/g/|
e/f/g/e/d/c/|B/g/e/c/B/A/|G/F/E/D/E/F/|G3|e2 g/e/|
dBd G2::(3D/E/F/|GBB|Bdd|dBG|A2 (3D/E/F/|GBB|Bcd|
ecA|A2 (3c'/b/a/|gee|gdd|gcc|gBB|AG/F/E/D/|AG/F/E/D/|
GGG|G2::z|dBB e2B|cAd|d2G|GGF|G2 A/B/|c2B
B/A/ z2|dBB|eee|cAd|d2 f/g/|afd|af d/f/|ggg|g2:|]
X:1
T:Croppies lie down
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 3 (1859, No. 265, p. 131)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(c'/a/)|gec {d}cBc|ded deg|{ab}c'2a geg|(c'c)c c2 (c'/a/)|
gec {d}cBc|ded deg|{ab}c'2a geg|(c'c)c c3||
gab {d'}c'Bc'|abc' d'c'b|c'd'e'abc'|gec e2d|
[E2c2]z [c2a2]z|geg ceg|c'2z a2z|gec' c3||
X:2
T:Croppies, Lie Down
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g/e/ | dBG GFG | ABA ABd | (g2.e) dBd | gGG Gge |
dBG GFG | ABA ABd | (g2.e) dBd |1 gGG G :|2 gGG G3 ||
- def gfg | efg agf | gab efg | dBG (B2A) |
G2z e2z | dBd GBd | g2z e2z |1 dBg G3 :|2 dBg G ||
X:1
T:Croppy, Get Up
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 207, p. 63)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=62&z=116.5801%2C109.8861%2C3098.831%2C1290.4289
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
g|dBG GFG|ABA ABd|eee efg|dBG G2:|
|:B|def gfg|efg a2f|gab efg|dBG AGE|G3 g3|dBd G2:|
