>
> >Sessions Northwest by Daniel Craighead wrote:
> > >
> > > Does anyone have or know where to find a Celtic or Baroque Christmas
> > > collection in ABC format?
> >
> >Hmmm...
> >
> >Sorry, Daniel, but it seems there's no such collections on the web. I
I'd have replied earlier, but I thought I should wait till after
Thanksgiving to post Christmas tunes :-)
This isn't large enough to be called a collection, but here are a
few Irish tunes for the season, along with some words of explanation.
Actually, I thought I'd put these up somewhere a couple of years ago, but
evidently not.
Cheers,
John Walsh
--------------------------THE TUNES------------------------
Jigs:
Christmas Day in the Morning: I first learned this jig from Paddy
Haverty, of Killimor, Co. Galway, who called it Munster Buttermilk. Since I
already played another jig of the name, I just called it "Paddy Haverty's".
But some sleuthing in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hEireann uncovered the fact
that someone else called it Siamsa Mhuilte Farannain--and also--which is the
reason for including it here--Christmas Day in the Morning. It has a lot of
lift--great tune for dancing. It also sounds good when transposed down to D.
(This seems to be a popular title: Aird has a (different) jig of that name,
and there is a Shetland tune with a similar title.)
Oiche Nollag: (Christmas Eve) a single jig version of the reel Boys of
Ballinahinch/Strawberry Blossom. It's in vol. 1 of Ceol Rince na hEireann.
A Merry Christmas: I haven't seen this except in O'Neill's. It's a nice
open jig.
Reels:
Christmas Eve: This is often called Tommy Coen's, because (why else?) it was
written by Tommy Coen of Co. Galway. It's a popular session tune, and has
often been recorded--a tune for all seasons, not just Christmas.
How We Spent the Christmas: from O'Neill's collection "Waifs and Strays of
Gaelic Melodies".
New Year's Night: This is also in Waifs and Strays. O'Neill got it from
the piper Bernard Delaney, and apologized for not having included it in his
earlier collections. It's better known as the Reel of Bogie these days.
(A couple of triplets in O'Neill's setting have been changed to rolls---I'm
not sure exactly what Delaney did play there, but it wouldn't have been
those particular triplets, and rolls are a neutral substitute.)
Hornpipe:
The Christmas Hornpipe: Cute. This is in Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes/Ryan's
Mammoth. More of an English than Irish tune by the sound of it.
Airs:
A New Years' Song, Christmas Eve, both from O'Neill's 1850.
Dom Oiche Ud I mBeithil: a Christmas Carol, recorded by the Chieftains.
The Wexford Carol: approximately as played by Drumlin.
John Walsh
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X:1
T:Christmas Day in the Morning
T:Paddy Haverty's
T:Munster Buttermilk
R:jig
S:Paddy Haverty
Z:Paddy Haverty is a fiddler from Killimor, Co. Galway.
Z:He called it Munster Buttermilk, but I have a different tune by that name, so
Z:I call it after him.
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:6/8
K:G
|g2g age|d2 B BAB|d2 B BAB|dBA GBd|\
g2g age|d2 B BAB|dBA GAB|ABA G3:|
|d2 e g2 a|b2 b bag|a2a age|g2 g age|\
d2 e g2a|b2 b bag|age deg|aba g3:|
X:2
T:Oiche Nollag
R:single jig
Z:in Ceol Rince na hEireann
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:6/8
Q:3/8=195
K:D
g|f2 A d2 f|e2 d B2 g|f2 A d2 f|{a}g3 a2 g|
f2 A d2f|e2 d B2 c|d2 A B2 G|E2 F D2:|
g|a2 b a2 f| d3 d2 f|g2fe2d|B3 A2 g|
a2ba2f|d2fg2f|e2dc2e|a3 a2:|
X:3
T:Merry Christmas, A
R:jig
S:O'Neill's
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:6/8
K:G
D|GAB AGE|ceg dBG|GAB AGE|FDD DEF|
GAB AGE|ceg dBG|EFG Adc|BGG G2:|
B|d^ce def|gfe dBG|Bcd efg|gbg afd|
(4gaba gfe|dBg dBG|EFG Adc|BGG G2:|
X:4
T:Christmas Eve
T:Tommy Coen's
R:reel
C:Tommy Coen
Z:By T. Coen, of Co. Galway.
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:C|
K:G
GE|D3 E ~G3 A|B2 dB ABGB|ABGE ~D3 E|G2 BG ABGE|
~D3 E GFGA|B2 dB ABGA|BA ~A2 GEBG| ABGE G3:|
A|BA (3Bcd edeg|agge g2 eg|a2 ge gage|dedB ABGA|
BA (3Bcd edeg|agge g2 eg|a2 ge d2 BG| ABGE G2:|
dc|BG ~G2 dGBd|eg ~g2 egdc|BG ~G2 dGBG|EA ~A2 EA ~A2|
BG ~G2 dGBd|eggf ~g3 a|bgag edBG|ABGE G2:|
X:5
T:How We Spent the Christmas
R:reel
S:O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody; from Francis O'Neill.
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:C|
K:D
df|eA (3AAA BG (3GGG|(3AGA fe dB (3BBB|eA (3AAA BG (3GGG|Agfe d2:|
de|"tr"fdfa "tr"fdfa|edef dB B2|1"tr"fdfa "tr"fdfa|edeg d2 :|2 ABAF
ABdf|afef d2||
X:6
T:New Year's Night
R:reel
S:O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody. From the piping of Bernard Delaney.
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:C|
K:G
gf|eA ~A2 edBd|(3efg dB GABd|eA ~A2 edBc|d2 ef g2 z f|
eA ~A2 edBd|(3efg dB GABd|edef gfga|gedB A2||
BA|G2 Bd g2 ge|dedBd2 BA|G2 Bd g2 af|gedB AcBA|
G2 Bd g2 ge|dedB dega|bgag (3efg fa|gedB A2||
X:7
T:Christmas Hornpipe, The
R:hornpipe
S:Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:2/4
K:Bb
FE|DF B4 FE|DF B,4 FD|CE c2 cdcB|Ac F4 cd|
edef gebg|dcde fdbf|egce AcFA| B2 d2 B2:|
FE|DFBF GFED|ECcB AGFE|DFBd edcB|AcBG F2FG|
AGAB c=Bcd|edef g2 (3fed|fbdf BdFA|B2 d2 B2:|
X:8
T:New Year's Song
R:air
S:O'Neill's
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:6/8
K:G
D|D2G G2 A|B2 dd2 B|c2 AA2 A|A3 A2 A|
B2 AG2 B|d2 GG2 A|G2 F D2D|D3 D2||
B/c/|d2 d e2 d|B2 cd2 B|c2 c d2 c|A3-A2B/c/|
d2 c B2 G|A2 G F2 D |C2D G2 G|G3 G2||
X:9
T:Christmas Eve
R:air
S:O'Neill's
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:C
Q:1/4 =100
K:G
BA|G3 ED2 FG|A2 A2 Bdge|d3 c BAGA|B2 E2 E2 BA|
GEDE G2 GA|B2 d2 efge|d2 B2 A2 GA|B2 G2 G2||
Bc|d3 c BAGA|B2 d2 egfa|g3 ed3 B|A2 E2 EcBA|
G3 ED2 EG|A2 A2 Bdge|d3 c BAGA|B2 G2 G2 ||
X:10
T:Dom Oiche Ud I mBeithil
R:air
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:3/4
Q:3/4=45
K:D
F2|B4 d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 Bc|d3e f2|c4 B2|A6-|A2 z2 F2|
B4 d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 c2|d3 ef2|c4 B2|B6-|B2 z2 f2|
a4 f2|e4 fa|b6-|b2 z2 b2|a4 fe|d4 e2|f6-|f2 z2 F2|
B4 d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 Bc|d3 ef2|c4 B2|B6-|B2 z2 ||
X:11
T:Wexford Carol, The
Z:From the playing of Peter McCavena and Drumlin
Z:John Walsh Dec 99
M:6/4
L:1/8
Q:3/4=40
K:G
A|d2 d^c d4-d e fg|\
M:4/4
a4-a3 g|fd3 A3 B|\
M:6/4
c3 B c4-c2 z A|
d2 d^c d4-d efg|\
M:4/4
a4-a fga|\
M:6/4
f d3 ed3- d3^c|\
M:4/4
d6 ||
DD|\
M:6/4
=c3 A G4-G2 DE|=F3 E F4-F2 A2|G3 =F D6 A,B,|C3 B, C6 zA|
d2 d^c d4-d e fg|\
M:4/4
a4-a f ga|\
M:6/4
fd3 ed3-d3 ^c|\
M:4/4
d6||
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