St. Patrick's Day

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 Theme code Index    111H5 236L6L
 Also known as    Barbary Bell, Kerry Dance (The), Knight of Saint Patrick Lancers (The), Oh! Erin My Country, Old England For Ever, Old Woman Tossed Up (2), Patrick's Day, Perry's Victory (4), Reel de St-Patrice, St. Patrick's Day in the Morning, Sheelah's Wedding, Though Dark Be Our Sorrows, Though dark be our sorrows
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
 Genre/Style    English
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Country Dance, Jig/Quadrille, Set Dance
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AB, AAB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:James Oswald
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Caledonian Pocket Companion Book 11
 Tune and/or Page number    pp. 132-133
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1760
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St. Patrick's Day

Played by: Leo Rowsome
Source: Spotify
Image: The Irish Brigade attached to the French forces which helped turn the tide of battle against the English troops at the battle of Fontenoy.
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St.Patricks Day




X:0 T:St. Patrick's Day M:C L:1/8 R:Air B:Oswald - Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 11 (1760, pp. 132-133) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="0." [V:1] DE G2 G2 (AB)|d3e (dB)(AG)|B2 (AB) (cB)(AG)|E2E2TE3D| (DE) G2 (GA)(Bc)|d3e (dB)(AG)|B2 (AB) (cB)(AG)|E2G2 G4:| |:d2 (ef) g3f|(gf)(ed) Te2 (dB)|d2 (ef) g3f|(gf)(ed) e3g| (dB)(AG) G2 (AB)|d3e (dB)(AG)|g3e (dB)(AG)|E2 E2 TE3G| (DE) G2 (GA)(Bd)|(ed)(Bg) (dB)(AG)|B2 AB (cB)(AG)|E2G2 G4:|] M:6/8 L:1/8 “Brisk”GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BAG|EFE TE2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGD|E3 G3:| |:def g2e|f2d Te2B|def g2e|Tf2d e3| def g2e|Tf2d edB|def g2e|Tf2d e2g| dBG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|EFE TE2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGD|TE3 G3:|]


X:1 T:St. Patrick's Day in the Morn M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:William Vickers' music manuscript collection (Northumberland, 1770) K:G V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] B|G2G GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|EFE E2D|GAG GAB|ded dBG| BAB BGE|E3 G3::def g2e|f2d e2c|def g2e|f2d e3| def g2e|f2d efg|GAG GAB|dbd dBG|AGA BGE|E3 G3:|]


X:2 T:St. Patrick's Day in ye Morning M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S: William Clark of Lincoln music manuscript collection (1770, No. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="2." [V:1] GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|EFE E2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|!fermata!E3G3:| def g2e|f2d ecA|def g2e|f2d e3| def g2e|f2d efg|def g2e|f2d e3| dBG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|EFE E2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB BGE|E3G3||


X:3 T:St. Patrick's Day – In Love in a Village M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Samuel, Anne & Peter Thompson - The Hibernian Muse B:(London, 1787, No. 52, p. 32) N:"A Collection of the most Favorite Compositions N:of Carolan the Celebrated Irish Bard" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="3." [V:1] D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB GED|EFE E2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB GED|E3G3:| |:def g2e|f2d e2B|def g2e|f2d e2e| def g>fe |f>ed efg|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB GED| EFE E2D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB GED|E3 G3:|]


X:4 T:St.Patrick's Day in the morning M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Aird - Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1 (1782, No. 50, p. 18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="4." [V:1] D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD|EFE E2D| GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD|E3 G2:| |:e|def g2e|fed edB|def g2e|afd e2f| def g2e|f2d efg|dBG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD| EFE E2D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD|E3 G2:|]


X:5 T:Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Set Dance B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 64) 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 Ni' UIallacha'in – "A Hidden Ulster" (2003, p. 453) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C V:1 clef=treble name="5." [V:1] G|cdc cde|gag gec|efe edc|ABA A2G| cdc cde|gag gec|efe edc|A2B c2:| g|gab c'2a|b2g agf|gab c'ba|bag a2g| gab c'ba|bag abc'|gec cde|gag gec|efe edc| ABA A2g|cdc cde|gc'a gec|efe edc|A2B c2||


X:6 T:St. Patrick's Day in the Morning M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 79) B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="6." [V:1] A|ded def|aba gfd|fgf fdA|BcB B2A| ded def|aba afd|fgf fdA|B3 d2:| |:a|abc' d'2b|c'2b bag|abc' d'2b|c'2b b3| abc' d'c'b|c'ba bc'd'|ded def|aba afd|fgf fdA| BcB B2A|ded def|aba afd|fgf fdA|B3 d2:|


X:7 T:St Patrick's Day In The Morning. Roose.0273 B:Roose MS, Manchester, 1850 Z:Village Music Project.2019.Greg Bradfield-Smith. N:This tune can be documented in printed sources back to 1740s and it must be older than that. N:Said to have been played by the pipers of the Connaught Rangers N:at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 K:G clef=treble V:1 clef=treble name="7." [V:1] D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD|EFE E2D| GAG GAB |ded dBG|BAB AFD|E3G2:| |:e|def g2e|fed edB|def g2e|afd e2f| def g2e|f2d efg|dBG GAB|ded dBG|BGB AFD| EFE E2D|GAG GAB|ded dBG|BAB AFD|E3G2:|


X:8 T:(St.) Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:R.M. Levey - First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 104, p. 41) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 clef=treble name="8." [V:1] Od>ed dfg|aba afd|ede fdA|B>cB B2A| d>ed dfg|aba afd|e>de fdA|B2c d2z:| |:abc' d'2b|c'2a b2g|abc' d'e'c'|c'ba b3| abc' d'e'd'|'cba bc'd'O!D.C.!||


X:9 T:Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Quick" B:P.M. Haverty - One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1 (1858, No. 85, p. 56) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A V:1 clef=treble name="9." [V:1] (ABA) (Acd)|(efe) (ecA)|(cBc) (AFE)|(FGF) .F2.E| (ABA) (Acd)|(efe) (ecA)|(cBc) (AFE)|(.F2.G .A2)z|| (efg) (.a2f)|(.g2.e) (.f2.d)|(efg) (.a2.f)|(.g2.e) f3| (efg) (agf)|(gfe) (fga)|(ecA) (Acd)|(eaf) (ecA)|(cBc) (AFE)| (FGF) (.F2.E)|(ABA) (Acd)|(eaf) (ecA)|(cBc) (AFE)|(.F2.G .A2)z||


X:10 T:Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Set Dance B:Hughes - Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 30, p. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="10." [V:1] G>AG GAB|d>ed dBG|A>BA BGD|E>FE E2D| G>AG GAB|d>ed dBG|A>GA BGD|E2F G3:| d>ef g2e|f2d e2B|def g2e|f2d e3|d>ef g2e| f2d efg|G>A GAB|d>ed dBG|A>GA BGD|E>FE E2D| G>AG GAB|d>ed dBG|A>GA BGD|E2F G2z||


X:11 T:Patrick's Day in the Morning with Variations M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 118. Carolan ms. 2, No. 34. K:G V:1 clef=treble name="11." [V:1] D|GAG GAB|ded dcB|AcB AGF|EFE E2D| GAG GBd|gfe dcB|AcB AGF|1 E2F G2:|2 E2F G3|| |:def gag|fed edB|def gag|fed e3| def gag |fed efg|gdB ecA|1 dBG AGF:|2 dBG AGD|| |:(G/F/)G/A/G (G/F/)G/A/(B/c/)|(d/c/)d/e/d (e/d/)c/B/(A/G/)|(B/A/)B/c/(B/A/) GED| E/F/(GF) .E.Dz| |:(G/F/)G/A/G (G/F/)G/A/(B/c/)|(d/c/)d/e/d (e/d/)c/B/(A/G/)|(B/A/)B/c/(B/A/) GED|E2-F G2z:| |:def (g/a/)g/f/e|(f/g/)f/e/d e2B|def (g/a/)g/f/e|(f/g/)f/e/d e2-f| def (g/a/)g/f/e|(d/e/)f/e/d e2B|def (g/a/)g/f/e|(f/g/)f/e/d efg| (G/F/)G/A/G (G/F/)G/A/(B/c/)|(d/c/)d/e/d (e/d/)c/B/(A/G/)|(B/A/)B/c/(B/A/) GED|E/F/(GF) EDz| (G/F/)G/A/G (G/F/)G/A/(B/c/)|(d/c/)d/e/d (e/d/)c/B/(A/G/)|(B/A/)B/c/(B/A/) GED|(E2F) G2z:| |:.G/.A/.B/.c/.d/.e/ .B/.c/.d/.e/.f/.g/|ded dBG|.B/.A/.B/.c/.d/.c/ .B/.A/.G/.F/.E/.D/|.E/.F/GF EDz| .G/.A/.B/.c/.d/.e/ .B/.c/.d/.e/.f/.g/|ded dBG|.B/.A/.B/.c/.d/.c/ .B/.A/.G/.F/.E/.D/|E2F G2:|]


X:12 T:St. Patrick's Day in the Morning M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:"By Thomas Gallivan, Tralee, Kerry, Ireland. The correct S:traditional version. P.D. Reidy." S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 6) N:"Professor" Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced "Siege of Ennis" and "Walls N:of Limerick" ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="12." [V:1] D2|GAG GBd|ded dBG|AGA BGE|EFE (E2D)| GAG GBd|gfe dcB|AGA BAG|E2F G3:| |:B|def gag|fed edB|def gag|fed e2B| def gag|fed efg|GAG GBd|ded dBG|AGA BGD| EFE (E2D)|GAG GBd|gfe dcB|AGA BAG|E2F G3:|


X:13 T:St. Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 Q:"Lively" B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 52, no. 298 Z:François - Emmanuel de Wasseige K:G V:1 clef=treble name="13." [V:1] D|GAG GBd|gfe dBG|AGA BGD|EFE E2D| GAG GBd|gfe dBG|AGA BGD|E2F G2:| B|def gag|fed edB|def gag|fed e2B| def gag|fed gfe|dBG GBd|gfe dBG|AGA BGD|EFE E2D| GAG GBd|gfe dBG|AGA BGD|E2F G2|]


X:14 T:St. Patrick's Day M:6/8 L:1/8 R:"Special Dance of Quickstep" B:Batt Scanlon - "The Violin Made Easy and Attractive" (San Francisco, 1923, p. 66) N:Scanlon was a student of George Whelan, a North Kerry fiddle player and teacher Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="14." [V:1] D|G"4"AG GAB|dge dBG|(BAB) GED|EFE E2-D| G"4"AG GAB|dge dBG|(B{cB}AB) GED|(E2F) G2: |:B|def g2 g_|fed edB|def gag|fed e2-d| def g2g-|fed efg|G"4"AG GAB|dge dBG|(BAB) GED| EFE E2-D|G"4"AG GAB|dge dBG|(B{cB}AB) GED|E2-F G2:|


X:15 T:St. Patrick's Day in the Morning M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Robbins Collection of 200 Jigs, Reels and Country Dances (NY, 1933, No. 43, p. 14) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G V:1 clef=treble name="15." [V:1] D|:G>AG GAB|ded dBG|AGA BGD|1 E>FE E2D:|2 E2F G2!fermata!|| |:e|def g2e|fed edB|def g2e|fed e2d| def g2e|f2d efg|GAG GAB|ded dBG|AGA BGD|E2F G2!D.C.!:|