Three Little Drummers (1)
X:1
T:Three Little Drummers, The
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. 60. Carolan ms. 1, No. 173.
K:Em
A|:BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|Bcd dAF|
BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|1 Bcd dAF:|2 Bcd dA||
|:c|Bee Bee|Bdd Bdd|Bee Bee|fed e2f|
gfe d2B|AFA ABd|gfe fdB|AFF E2:|]
X: 1
T: THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS' [1] -- JIG
B: Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Z: Contributed 20010527161414 by John Chambers jc:trillian.mit.edu
F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/ryan-cole/Tunes/ThreeLittleDrummersJig.abc
K: Amix
uA \
| eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eAA eAA | def g2f|
eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eaf g2f | eAA A2 :|
|: ue \
| eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg {a}gfg | eaa eaa | def gdB |
eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg g2e | def gdc | BAA A2 :|
X:3
T:Three Little Drummers [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”From P. Carew’s MSS”
B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 954 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A Minor
eAA eAA|BGG BGG|eAA ABd|ede/^f/ gdB|
eAA eAA|BGG BGG|de^f gdB|BAA A2||
d|eaa aga|bge edB|eaa aga|bge g2d|
eaa aga|bge edB|de^f gdB|BAA A3||
X:2
T:Three Little Drummers [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
N:”A county of Leitrim Jig”
B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 953 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
g/f/|eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|eAA eAA|eaf ged|
eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2|
c/d/|eaa efg|fdf ged|eaa efg|fdf ged|
eaa efg|fdf gfe|agf gfe|dcB A2||
X:1
T:Three Little Drummers [1], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 180, no. 969
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:Am
(g/f/)|eAA eAA|BAB GBd|eAA eAA|de^f gfg|
eAA eAA|BAB GBd|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|
|:d|eaa eaa|egg egg|eaa eaa|de^f gdB|
eaa eaa|egg egg|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|
|:d|eaa a^ga|bab ged|eaa a^ga|bab g2d|
eaa a^ga|bab ged|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|]
X:1
T:Quadrille
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig or Quadrille
B:Bayard - Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 46)
S:Played by John Kubina, near Davistown, Green County,
S:Pa., Sept. 1943. Learned from Ann Peterson, fiddler in
S:East Pittsburgh.
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Ador
{d}e2AA eAA|BAG Bcd|eAA eAA|BAB g2f|
eAA eAA|BAG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2z||
eaa a^ga|bag fed|eaa a^ga|baf g2z|
eaa a^ga|bag fed|efg fed|eAA A2z||
X: 1
T: The Shimmy
N:Distanced version of "Three Little Drummers [1]."
O:Newfoundland
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|FDD DFA|
BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2A:|2 FDD D2d||
|:dcd Bcd|edc BAA|dcd Bcd|edB A2d|
dcd Bcd|edc BAA|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2d:|2 FDD D2A||
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