Calder Fair
X:1 T:Calder Fair M:C| L:1/8 R:Country Dance Tune or Reel B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 88a) 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. 462) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|gfed g2B2|dedB d2 (3def|gfed egB2|A2 Bd e3:| |:d|(dg) gg g2 (fg)|(fa) aa a2 ga|bagf gfed|(eg)(fa) g2g2:|
X:1
T:Calder Fair
M:C|
L:1/8
R:”A Dance”
B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 26)
B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
gfed g2B2|d2 (de) d2(ef)|gfed g2B2|ABcd e2:|
|:dggg g2 g2|faaa a2 (ga)|bagf gfed|egfa g2:|]
X:1
T:Oh Crowel, or Calder Fair
M:C|
L:1/8
S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverton, Cumbria, 1840, p. 211)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
f|(g>f)ed e<g B>c|d>edB d2 d/e/f|g>fed e/f/g B2|A>Bcd (e2e):|
d|dgg>f g2 gf|eaag a2 ga|bagf gfed|(eg)(fa) g2 (ge)|
dggg g2 gg|eaaa a2 ga|bagf gfed|e/f/g f/g/a g3||
X:1
T:Calder Fair
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:J. Clinton – Gems of Ireland:200 Airs (1841, No. 41, p. 21)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
(g/f/).e/.d/ .g.B|(d/e/d/).B/ .d2|(g/f/).e/.d/ gB|(a/e/){f}(e/^.d/) .e2|
(g/f/){f}e/.d/ gB|(B/d/).d/.B/ d2|(g/f/){f}e/.d/ .g.B|.A/.B/.c/.d/ .e2||
(d/g/)(g/>a/ g).g|(e/a/){b}(a/^g/) a2|(c'/b/).a/=.g/ (g/f/).e/.d/|(e/a/f/)a/ .g2|
(d/g/){a}(g/f/) .g.g|e/a/{b}(a/^g/) .a(a/b/)|(d'/c'/).b/.a/ (g/f/).e/.d/|(e/g/f/)a/ g2||
X:78
T:Calder Fair
O:No 78 Wm Clarke MS Feltwell, Norfolk (1858)
N:Pencil comment in MS "Good"
Z: transcribed by Lyn Law
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
gfed egB2|BBBG d2d2|gfed egB2|ABcd e4:|
|:dgga g2g2|eaab a2ab|c'bag gfed|egfa g4:||
X:1
T:Calder Fair
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 47)
B: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=50&z=-330.9343%2C837.7256%2C7843.7041%2C3153.9947
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d>cBA|Bd F2|EAAG|FAAc|dcBA|Bd F2|EFEF|B3z:|
|:Ad d2|Ad d2|Aee^d|e3g|gfed|dcBA|B>dc>e|d2z:|]
X:1
T:Calder Fair
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Howe - 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
g/f/e/d/ gd | dd de/f/ | g/f/e/d/ gd | A/B/c/d/ ee :|
|: d/g/g d/g/g ea ag/a/ | b/a/g/f/ g/f/e/d/ | e/g/f/a/ gg :|
K:G Minor
|:b/a/g/a/ b/a/g/b/ | a/g/f/g/ a/g/f/g/ | b/a/g/a/ b/a/g/b/ | ad d2 :|
X:2
T:By the Border Side as I did Pass
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Ashmolean manuscripts (Nos. 46 & 37, article 128)
K:A Minor
A/A/|A2A A2G|A2c E3|GGG G2E|G2E G2G|
A2A A2G|A2c E2E|EFD E2E|A3 A2||