Off She Goes (1)

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X: 1 T:Off Shew Goyes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Thomas Calvert - Marches & Quick Steps, Strathspeys & Reels (1799, p. 15) Z: AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble F2A G2B|ABA [F3d3]|F2A G2B|AGF ~E3| F2A G2B|ABA [F2d2]e|Tf2d g2f|Tedc [F3d3]|| (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2e|(f/g/a)f d2f|Tedc [F3d3]| (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2e|d2g {f/g/}a2f|gec [F3d3]|| V:2 clef = bass [D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[A,,3E,3][A,,3E,3]| [D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|[D,,3D,3][D,,3D,3]|D,2F, G,3|A,2A,, D,3|| D,3D,3|A,3A,3|D,3D,3|A,2A,, D,3| D,3D,3|A,3A,3|D,3F,3|A,2A,, D,3||

X:2 T:Off She Goes M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig and Country Dance Tune B:Thompson's Twenty Four Country Dances for the Year B:1805 (London, p. 2) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|ecA A2g| faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:|]

X:3 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Button & Whitaker's Selection of Dances, Reels, Waltzes No. 1 (undated, early 19th century) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|gaf g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|gbg e2g|faf d2f|gec d3| faf d2f|ege c2A|B2c d2B|gec d3:|]

X: 4 T:Off She Goes [1]. WCa.13 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:Wm. Calvert MS, 1812, Leyburn, Yorks. R:.Jig O:England A:North Yorkshire Z:vmp.Chris Partington, May 2003 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1] F2AG2B|ABAd3|F2AG2B|AFDE3|! F2AG2B|ABAd3|f2dg2f|edcd3:|! |:fafd2f|egec2e|fafd2f|edcd3|! fafd2f|egec2e|f2dg2f|edcd3:|

X: 5 T:Off She Goes [1]. RH.458 R:jig S:Rev.R.Harrison's MS,c1815,Cumbria O:England A:Temple Sowerby,Cumbria Z:vmp.Simon Wilson. Review PJH, 2008. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2f|edc d3:|! |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3| faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|

X:90 C:Page 44 T:Off she goes [1]. MBe.90 A:England;Cumbria;Towcett B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815 Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=100 R: N:The last 3 bars of the B music are on the next page - ie page 45 N:Someone has added, in another (modern) hand, something like "to Merrimashee" N:-which is an entirely different tune. K:D F2 A G2 B|ABc d3|F2 A G2 B|AFD E3| F2 A G2 B|ABc d3|def agf|edc d3:| |:faf d2 f|eae c2 e|faf d2 f|ecA A3| faf d2 f|eae c2 e|faf gec|d3 d3:|

X:1 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 29) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2AG2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:g|faf d2f |gbg e2g|faf d2f|ecA A2g| faf d2f|gbg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2:|

X: 6 T:Off She Goes [1]. HSJJ.124 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:HSJ Jackson,Wyresdale,Lancs.1823 R:.Jig O:England A:Lancashire H:1823 Z:vmp.Chris Partington. K:D V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1] {c}d2B AFA|B2dA3|B2Gg2f|efd cBA|! {c}d2B AFA|Bcd AB=c|BGB cde|fged2z:|! f2da2f|e2ca2c|dcd fed|cde AB=c|! BGB Bcd|cAB cde|fga bgf|efd" DC" cBA|]

X: 7 T:Off She Goes [1]. JaW.120 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:James Winder Ms, Lancashire, 1835-41 R:.Jig O:England A:Wyresdale,Lancashire Z:vmp.Chris Partington, Aug 2004 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="7." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3|! F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2e|edc d3:|! |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3|! faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|

X:8 T:Off She Goes [1],aka. JBs.024 S:Jas.Blackshaw MS, 1837, N.Shropshire Z:T.Weatherall 2006 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 A:North Shropshire R:Jig F:http://www.village-music-project.org.uk/abc/blkshw.abc K:C V:1 clef=treble name="8." [V:1] E2GF2A|GABc3|E2GF2A|GFE D3|! E2GF2A|GABc3|ege f2e|dcB "cr. in MS."c3:|! |:ege c2e|dfd B2d|e2cf2d|dBG G2c|! egec2e|dfd B2d|e2cf2d|dcB"cr. in MS."c3:|

X:9 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs (1841, No. 178, p. 91) H:Irish - born Clinton was a flute teacher for the Royal Academy, London Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="9." [V:1] "Allegro"(B2d) (c2e)|(de).f g3|(B2d) (c2e)|(eB).G A3| (B2d) (c2e)|(de).f g3|(bd').b (c'2b)|(ag).f g3:| |:(bd').b (.g2.b)|(c'e').c' .a2.c'|(bd').b (ef).g|(af).d .d3| (b/c'/d').b g2b|(c'/d'/e').c' a2c'|(bd').b (c'2b)|(ag).f .g3:|]

X: 10 T:Off She Goes [1]. WHG.014 R:jig S:W.H.Giles MS,Bampton,Oxfordshire,1839p15 O:England H:donated by Mrs W.R.Kettlewell to VWML,Apr 1927. A:Bampton, Oxfordshire Z:PJHeadford - VMP 2009 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 K:D V:1 clef=treble name="10." [V:1] |:F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|"^as writ"ABc d3|\ f2d {a}g2f|edc d3:| |:faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA A3| faf def|eae cde|faf gec|ddd d3:|

X: 11 T:Off She Goes [1]. JC.262 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:120 S:John Clare,Poet,Helpstone (1793-1864) R:Jig O:England4 A:Northamptonshire N:No Key sig in MS...Although this exists as a Broadside, Deacon says he N:cannot trace it as such from any oral sources.Since it exists very N:commonly in tune books, the inference must be that it was generally N:known as only a dance N:tune.CGP. Z:P Headford K:D V:1 clef=treble name="11." [V:1] F2AG2B|ABcd3|F2AG2B|AFD"crot"E3|!F2AG2B|ABc"crot"d3|def agf| edc"crot"d3:|:!faf def|eae cde|faf def|ecA"crot"A3|! faf def|eae cde|faf gec|"crots"d3d3:|] W:Song text exists. See Deacon.

X:12 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 1 S:County Cork, mid-19th century, p. 186 F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=189&z=1131.4252%2C836.8959%2C7374.2874%2C4466.6667 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="12." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AGF E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf d2f|ege c2e|faf d2f|ecA A3| faf d2f|ege c2e|f2d g2f|edc d3:|

X:13 T:Off she Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Very Quick" B:P.M. Haverty - One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 140, p. 64) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="13." [V:1] F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d3|f2d g2f|edc d3:| |:faf (f2f)|gbg (e2g)|faf (d2f)|ecA A2z| faf d2f|gbg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2z:|]

X: 14 T:Off She Goes [1]. GHW.069 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:3/8=120 S:George H.Watson,MS,Swanton Abbott,Norfolk,c1890 R:.Jig O:England A:Norfolk Z:vmp.Taz Tarry K:D V:1 clef=treble name="14." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2AG2B|AFD E3|! F2AG2B|ABc d2e|f2d({ef}g2)f|edc d2:|! |:g|(f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2 e|(f/g/a)fd2f|edc d2 g|! (f/g/a)f d2f|(e/f/g)e c2 e|d2f a2 f|gec d2:|

X:15 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stewart - Robertson - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D Major V:1 clef=treble name="15." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d2:| |:g|f/g/af d2f|g/a/bg e2g|f/g/af d2f|ecA A2g| f/g/af d2f|g/a/bg e2g|f2d g2f|edc d2:|]

X:16 T:Off She Goes [1] B:American Veteran Fifer #66 M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/8=300 K:D t=8 V:1 clef=treble name="16." [V:1] F2A G2B | ABc d3 | F2A G2B | AFD E3 | F2A G2B | ABc d3 | f2d g2f | edc d2 z :| |: faf d2f | gbg e2g | faf d2f | ecA A3 | faf d2f | gbg e2g | f2dg2f | edc d3 :|

X:17 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:D V:1 clef=treble name="17." [V:1] A|F2A G2B|ABc d3|F2A G2B|AFD E3| F2A G2B|ABc d2e|f2d g2f|edc d2:| M:9/8 V:1 clef=treble name="17." [V:1] f2a f2d e2f |\ M:6/8 gbg efg | f2a f2d | ecA A3 | [M:9/8]f2a f2d e2f |[M:6/8]gbg efg | fed g2f | edc d3 :|

X:18 T:Off She Goes [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Walter Bulwer (1959), of Shipdham, Norfolk N:The odd - measured second part seems idiosyncratic with Bulwer Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="18." [V:1] B2d c2e|def g2d|B2d c2e|dcB A3| B2d c2e|def g3|B2G c2B|AGF G3:| [M:9/8]|:(B2d) B2G A2B|[M:6/8]c2e c2A|B2d B2G|A2F D3| [M:9/8](B2d) B2G A2B|[M:6/8]c2e c2A|B2d B2g|A3 G3:|

X:1 T:Off She Goes M:6/8 L:1/8 N:From an August 24, 1966, field recording of the playing of Fidel N:Martin (1891-1976) of Berlin N.H., originally from Rogersville, NB, recorded N:by folklorist Art Rosenbaum. Martin, a WWI veteran, had a repertory that N:consisted of Acadian, Irish, American and French-Canadian tunes. D:https://bmac.libs.uga.edu/index.php/Detail/objects/331506 F:UGA Brown Media Archives: identifier artrosen_0056 (Track 16 -07:38 on the tape) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:D SD-FA G2B|AFA d2d|D-FA GGB|AFA ((3EFED)| F2A GGB|AFA d2e|faa g(f/g/f)|ece ddd| F2A GGB-|AFA dcd|F2A GGB|AFA EED| FFA G2B|AFA d2e|faa gf(g/f/|e)ce d2|| (f|{g}fe)f def|gfg e2(f|{g}fe)f dfd|cAB A2(f| {g}fe)f def|gfg efg|fdf (g/f/e)c|Add d2(f| {g}fe)f def|gfg e2(f|{g}fe)f dfd|cAB A2(f {g}fe)f def|gf(g/f/ e)fg|fdf {g}fec|edd d2 dS||