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Posted By: masato sakurai
31-Oct-02 - 09:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: The Buck's Elegy (corrupt text?)
Subject: RE: BUCK'S ELEGY -- A corrupt text?
From The Fiddler's Companion:

Result of search for "unfortunate rake":
APPLES IN WINTER [1] (Uballa I Geimread). AKA and see "General White's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig," "Joe Kennedy's Jig,""The Misfortunate Rake," "Next Sunday is My Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Reice an Mhi-adha," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-Eyed Piper," "Sunday is My Wedding Day," "The Unfortunate Rake." Irish, Double Jig. E Minor (O'Neill, Taylor, Williamson): E Dorian (Moylan, Mulvihill). Standard. AA'B (Taylor): AABB (O'Neill): AABB' (Taylor, Williamson): AA'BCDD' (Moylan). David Taylor (1992) remarks that this tune follows a basic structure found in many minor key Irish tunes: two bars of melody built around the tonic, followed by two in the dominant chord, two more tonic, and finally a bar each of the dominant and tonic. He advances that this is why many tunes that follow this structure can sometimes be confused or mixed up, pointing out similarly sounding, though different tunes, such as "Over the Hills" are frequent. The melody is at least as old as the latter 19th century, for O'Neill (1913) records it was the first jig learned as a boy by Callinafercy, Kilcoleman, County Kerry fiddler and Uilleann piper William F. Hanafin, born in 1875 (who later, as an adolescent, emigrated to Massachusetts). Williamson (1976) states annecdotally that the apple was anciently known as 'the salvation of the poet', and relates the tale of a Welsh bard named Sion Kent who was about to be taken by the Devil. Just in time he managed to catch hold of an apple tree, thwarting the evil one, though at the same time insuring fate, for though untouchable to hell he is unsuitable for heaven and is thus doomed to wander the winds of the world evermore. See also the different, though similar in some respects tune "Old Apples in Winter." Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 233, pgs. 134-135. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 81, pg. 82. O'Farrell, c. 1800, Collection of National Irish Music for the Union Pipes. O'Farrell, "Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 75. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 1111, pg. 209. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 300, pg. 64. Taylor (Where's the Crack?), Vol. 1, 1989; pg. 21. Taylor (Where's the Crack?), 1992; No. 58, pg. 41. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 77. Green Linnett SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981). Kicking Mule KM216, Arm and Hammer String Band - "New England Contra Dance Music" (1977). Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin- "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). Shaskeen Records OS-360, Joe Burke, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan - "A Tribute to Michael Coleman" c. 1965. Shaskeen - "Atlantic Breeze."
T:Apples in Winter
S:Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin, Traditional Music from Clare and Beyond 11b
Z:Jerome Colburn
M:6/8
K:DDor
c | ADD cDD | AGF EFD | C3 ECE | GAB cdc |\
ADD ~AGA | cde fed | ecA GFE | FDD D2 :: A |\
~d3 dcA | f2 d ecA | ~cdc cGE | CEG cde |1\
~ded dcA | cde f2 g | afa geg | fdc d2 A :|2\
dcA cde | fag fed | ecA GFE | FDD D2 |]**

BARD OF ARMAGH. AKA and see "Phelim Brady." Irish, Air (3/8 time, "plaintive"). D Major. Standard. One part. The air is the same as that of "The unfortuate rake," an 18th century lament which tells of a dying young man. Other songs set to the tune are, in Ireland, "The convict of Clonmel," and in America, "The Streets of Laredo, "The Cowboy's Lament" and "St. James Hospital." English derivations of the song can be be found printed in broadsides from the mid-19th century, including "The unfortunate lad" and "The bad girl's lament."
***
Oh, list to the lay of a poor Irish harper,
And scorn not the strains of his withered old hand,
Remember his fingers, they once could move sharper,
To raise up the mem'ry of his dear native land.
***
O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 363, pg. 63.

BASKET OF TURF (An Cliaban/Cliabh Móna). "Bundle and Go" [1], "The Creel of Turf," "The Disconsolate Buck," "The Lass from Collegeland," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Wandering Harper," "The Wee Wee Man." Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard. AABB. Some versions are set in the dorian mode, and it is sometimes played with the parts reversed in the order given in Breathnach's CRE II (1976). The song "The Wandering Harper" is set to this air. Holden (Collection of the most esteemed old Irish Melodies, Dublin, 1807) gives it as "The Unfortunate Rake." The melody compares with "Winter Garden Quadrille" in O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (No. 97). Sources for notated versions: accordion player Bill Harte, 1968 (Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Frank McCollam (Ballycastle, County Antrim) [Mulvihill]; fiddler Con Cassidy (County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty]. Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 52, pg. 28. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; pg. 152 (appears as 1st "Untitled Jig"). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 12, pg. 67. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 735, pg. 137. O'Neill (1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 32, pg. 22.
T:Basket of Turf, The
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:O'Neill - 1001 Gems (32)
K:E Minor
E|EBB BAG|FDF AGF|EBB Bcd|AGF E2E|EGB BAG|FDF AGF|GAB Bcd|AGF E2:|
|:B|Bee efg|dcB AGF|Eee efg|f^df e2e|Eee efg|dcB AGF|GAB Bcd|AGF E2:|

BUNDLE AND GO [1]. AKA and see "The Basket of Turf," "An Cliabh Mona," "The Wee Wee Man," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Wandering Harper," "The Lass from Collegeland," "The Disconsolate Buck." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard. AABB. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; pg. 142 (#246).

DISCONSOLATE BUCK, THE. AKA and see "An Cliabh Mona," "The Basket of Turf," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Wandering Harper," "Bundle and Go," "The Wee Wee Man," "The Lass from Collegeland."

GENERAL WHITE'S JIG. AKA and see "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Misfortunate Rake," "Sunday is my Wedding Day," "Next Sunday is my Wedding Day," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Kennedy's Jig," "Apples in Winter."

KENNEDY'S JIG. AKA and see "Apples in Winter," "General White's Jig," "Joe Kennedy's Jig," "The Misfortunate Rake," "(Next) Sunday is My Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "The Unfortunate Rake." Irish, Double Jig. E Dorian. Standard. AABB. See also Bayard's note on "Hillside" for further information on its origin. Source for notated version: notated in 1847 from the whistling of William Sheedy, Fanningstown, county Limerick [Joyce]. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1890; No. 19, pgs.

LASS FROM COLLEGELAND, THE. AKA and see "An Cliabh Mona," "The Basket of Turf," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Wandering Harper," "The Disconsolate Buck," "The Wee Wee Man," "Bundle and Go."

MISFORTUNATE RAKE, THE. AKA and see "The Unfortunate Rake," "(Next) Sunday is My Wedding Day," "The Shamrock," "An Piobaire Caoch," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Kennedy's Jig," "Apples in Winter."

MNA DEASA BHAILE-LOCHA-RIABHACH, NA. AKA and see "Pretty Lasses of Loughrea," "Execution Song."

NEXT SUNDAY IS MY WEDDING DAY. AKA and see "Sunday is My Wedding Day," "The Unfortunate Rake," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "The Misfortunate Rake," "The Shamrock," "An Piobaire Caoch," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "General White's Jig," "Apples in Winter," "Kennedy's Jig."

NI-BEID ME AG SNIOM NO FIGEAD. AKA and see "I'll Neither Spin Nor Weave."

PIOBAIRE CAOCH, AN. AKA and see "Apples in Winter," "General White's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig," "The Misfortunate Rake," "Next Sunday is my Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "Sunday is my Wedding Day," "The Unfortunate Rake."

RATTLE THE QUILT (TO PIECES). AKA and see "General White's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig," "The Misfortunate Rake," "(Next) Sunday is My Wedding Day," "An Piobaire Caoch," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "The Unfortunate Rake," "Apples in Winter."

REICE AN MHI-ADHA. AKA and see "The Unfortunate Rake."

SHAMROCK (REEL), THE [1]. AKA and see "(Next) Sunday is My Wedding Day," "The Misfortunate Rake," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "General White's Jig," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Kennedy's Jig," "Apples in Winter." Irish, Air and Double Jig. E Minor. Standard. AABB. Source for notated version: "Copied from two very old well-written manuscripts lent to me in 1873 by Mr. J. O'Sullivan, of Bruff, Co. Limerick" (Joyce). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 239, pg. 116.
T:Shamrock, The [1]
L:1/8
M:C
R:Reel
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music
K:D Dorian
dcAB cBcA|GEGA c4|dcAB cBcA|GEcE D2D2:|
Dddd dfed|cde^f gefd|Addd defd|edcB A2A2|Ad ~d2 Ad ~d2|cde^f g2 fg|
a^fge =fdec|Addc d4||

SQUINT-EYED PIPER, THE. AKA and see "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Misfortunate Rake," "General White's Jig," "The Shamrock," "(Next) Sunday is My Wedding Day," "An Piobaire Caoch," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "Apples in Winter," "Kennedy's Jig."

SUNDAY IS/WAS MY WEDDING DAY. AKA and see "Apples in Winter," "General White's Jig," "Kennedy's Jig," "The Misfortunate Rake," "Next Sunday is My Wedding Day," "Rattle the Quilt (to Pieces)," "The Shamrock," "The Squint-eyed Piper," "The Unfortunate Rake." Irish, Jig. E Minor (Coles, Williamson): E Dorian (Kerr). Standard. AABB. A member of the "Hillside" family of tunes--see Bayard's (1944) extensive notes under "Red Brick House in Georgia Town." Also a variant of "Hills of Glenorchy." Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 62. Kerr (Dance to the Fiddle), Vol. 2; No. 265, pg. 29. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1882. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; pg. 77. Recorded by the Incredible String Band. Revonah RS-924, "The West Orrtanna String Band" (1976. Learned from an Incredible String Band recording).

UNFORTUNATE RAKE, THE [1] ("An Rioboid Mio-Admarac" or "Reice an Mhi-adha"). Irish, Jig. E Minor/Dorian. Standard. AABB (Cole, Kerr): AABB' (O'Neill). Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 59. Kerr (Merry Melodies), Vol. 1; No. 27, pg. 38. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 48. O'Neill (1850), 1903/1979; No. 970, pg. 180.

UNFORTUNATE RAKE, THE [2]. AKA and see "Apples in Winter," "Basket of Turf." Irish, Jig. The tune usually known under the alternate titles appears as "The Unfortunate Rake" in Holden's Collection of the most esteemed old Irish Melodies (Dublin, 1807)

UP SLIGO. AKA and see "The Creel of Turf," "The Green Meadow," "The Lark's March," "The Unfortunate Rake." Irish, Jig. E Dorian. Standard. AB (Miller & Perron): AABB' (DeMarco & Krassen). Source for notated version: composite from John Vesey and John McGreevy [DeMarco & Krassen]. DeMarco & Krassen (Trip to Sligo), 1978; pgs. 26, 40, 54. Miller & Perron (Traditional Irish Fiddle Music), 1977; Vol. 3, No. 21. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; pg. 48 (appears as "The Unfortunate Rake"). Intrepid Records, Michael Coleman. John & James Kelly - "Irish Traditional Music."
T:Up Sligo
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:E Dorian
D|:EBB BAG|Fdd AFD|EBB EBB|AGF EFD|EBB BAG|Fdd ABc|
dcd| B/A/GB|1 AGF E2 D:|2 AGF E2A||
|:Bee ede|~f3 dBA|Bee Bee|fec d2A|1 Bee ede|f/f/ef dBA|~B3 GBd|
AGF E3:|2 Bcd efg|f/g/af dBA|BdB GBd|AGF E2||

WANDERING HARPER, THE. AKA and see "The Lass from Collegeland," "The Unfortunate Rake," "The Wee Wee Man," "Bundle and Go," "The Basket of Turf," "The Disconsolate Buck."

WINTER GARDEN QUADRILLE. Irish. Compare with "The Basket of Turf," "Bundle and Go" [1], and "Unfortunate Rake" family of tunes. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), No. 97.