BB's IRISH TRADITIONAL TUNE LIBRARY	
"The NORTHERN FIDDLER" (Belfast 1979)
Miscellaneous Tunes

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General notes:

(1) Comments in the N:N:  field not in quotation marks are mine.
(2) replaced
(3) Many of the tunes in this publication are "gan ainm" (unnamed or name not known). Since archiving such material is impossible, I have taken the liberty of supplying names where needed. I have tried to keep these names as closely related as possible to the musicians who provided them. Since of course this is not a perfect system, I am always happy to make any 
corrections that may be brought to my attention. Any tunes I have named are marked with an asterisk.
(4) Tunes with an A tonality are occasionally ambiguous as to their exact nature, i.e. A major, A "modal", or A minor, or some combination of any of these (same problem is common in O'Neill's collections). Sometimes the playback suggests one preference over another. I have done my best to deal with this situation but in many cases the result is an "educated guess"!
(5) "Coda" is my suggested way of bringing to a conclusion a tune that (1) is circular in construction (2) doesn't end on the tonic note. It's not part of the tune and its use is optional.

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Key to abbreviations in the S: field:
JD = John Doherty
SD = Simon Doherty
PT = Peter Turbit
JL = John Loughran
F&MB = Francie and Mickey Byrne
JMcK = J. McKeon
DOD = Danny O'Donnell
CC = Con Cassidy

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X:44001 
T:ARDARA CIRCUS* (march), The 
B:B: NFID.110c ("untitled march")
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: SD
Q:1/4=150
L:1/8
M:C
%R:march 
K:Amix
ABcd|e2dB gedB|e2dB GABc|e2BG dGBc|d2[B2E2] ABcd|
e2dB gedB|e2dB GABd|e2ed B2A2|1 A2[A2E2]:|2 A2aa||
|:a2a2|e2ef gedB|e2ef g2g2|d2BG dGBd|g2fg a2a2|
e2ef gedB|e2dB GABd|e2ed B2A2|1 A2fg:|2 A4 A4|]

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X:44010 
T:BRASS BAND MARCH, The 
B:B: NFID.156 
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
N:N: I'm not expecting too many traditional musicians to spend much time 
N:on this, but there might be some parts of it worth adapting.
S:S: CC
Q:1/4=150
L:1/8
M:C|
%R:march
K:G
G4 G3A|B2 d4 g2|e2eg e2d2|B2.D2.E2.F2|
G4 GFGA|G2 (3FGF e2 D2|G4 GFGA|G2 F/G/F E2D2|
A4 A^GAB|A2F2 E/F/E D2|A4 A^GAB|c6 B/c/B|
A2 D/E/F/G/ A2 D/E/F/G/|A2F2 E/F/E D2|B4 BABc|d6||
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g2|e2eg e2d2|[B6G6] (3BcB|A2c2 ABcA|B2G2 E4|
e2 ef e2d2|[B6G6][B2G2]|ABc2 AB^c2|d6||
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c2|B2c2^c2d2|b2ag a^gab|a2B2^c2d2|g4 gfga|
g2B2^c2d2|b2ag a^gab|a2B2c2 de|B2D2E2F2|
G2 F/G/F E/F/E D2|B2c2^c2d2|b2ag a^gab|A2B2^c2d2|
g4 gfga|g6G2|A2B2c2d2|e2f2g2^g2|
a2ba g2f2|g2ag f2g2|a2ba g2ag|e2ge d2e2|
c2e2 B/c/B A2|G4 GFGA|G2 e2 D2E2|G6 (3BcB|
A2aa a2e2|g6 eg|a2 eg a2ef|g2 c4 g2|
e2ee e2^d2|e2=d2 c/B/c A2|G2gg g2a2|g2eg e2f2|HG4z4|]

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X:44014 
T:BY THE FORT HOW SAD WAS I (march) 
B:B: NFID.245a 
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JMcK
Q:1/4=120
L:1/8
M:C|
%R:march 
K:D
AG|FDFG A2FG|Adde dcAG|F2FF F2DE/F/|GFEE E2AG|
FDFG A2FG|Adde dcAG|F2FD GE=CE|D2DD D2||
zA|dcde f2 f/a/g/f/|edce d2cA|dcde fde2|d2dd d2de|
fdcA dcAG|F2FD GE=CE|DEFA dcAG|F2DD HD4|]

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X:44047 
T:FAIR DONEGAL* (waltz) 
B:B: NFID.094 (as "Mazurka")
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
N:N: There are an additional two measures in part C of the original. I have 
N:removed them in my edited version.
Q:1/4=160
L:1/8
M:3/4
%R:waltz
K:A
P:"A"
EA cd ce|Ac ea ce|df B2 Ba|gf fe e2|
EA cd ce|Ac ea ce|df Bc BA|GB A2 AE|
P:"B"
AB cd cE|Ac ea ec|df B2 ba|gf fe e2|
EA cd cE|Ac ea ec|df Bc BA|BG A2 AE||
P:"C"
Ac e2 ec|eg a2 ab|(3agf e2 ea|FD c2 cB|
Ac e2 ec|eg a2 ab|(3agf e2 ea|cd e2 B2||
P:"D"
|:e^d eB ge|fa fB ^df|e^d eB ge|1 fa fB ^df:|2 e4||
P:"E" 
|:B2|cd BA eA|cd BA eA|Bc B=G dG|Bd B=G dG|
cd BA eA|cd BA eA|GA Bc (3dBG|1 A2 B=G:|2 A6||

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X:44060 
T:GHOST OF BUNGLASS (air), The  
B:B: NFID.091a 
S:S: JD
Z:Z: Robinson/Black
Q:1/4=80
L:1/8
M:6/8
%R:air
K:G
DEF|: G2G G2D|G2G G2B|d2B g2B|A2G E2D|
G2G G2D|G2G G2E|D2C B,2A,|1 G,3-G,2D:|2 G,3-G,2f||
|:g2a b2g|e2d B2d|g2a b2g|e3 e2g|
fga d2g|fga d2f|ecA dAF|1 G3-GBd:|2 HG6|]

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X:44064 
T:GRANIA'S WELCOME HOME part 1 (march) 
B:B: NFID.086-1 
S:S: JD
Z:Z: Robinson/Black
Q:1/4=160
L:1/8
M:C
%R:march
K:Amix
d|e3d c2A2|e2A2 Bcd2|e3d c2A2|G2D2 GBc2|
e3d c2A2|e2A2B2A2|G2Bd gfge|d2G2 G2B :|
f|edc2 agfa|e2A2 Bcdf|ed c2 gfeg|d2G2 Bcdf|
edc2 agfa|gfeg f2ec|1d2ef gfge| d2G2 Bcd:|
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[2 d2ef gfgd|e2A2 A4|]

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X:44112 
T:MARCH OF THE MEEATOITEEN BULL, The 
B:B: NFID.087a
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
N:N: As A-B-C-B in source.
Q:1/4=140
L:1/8
M:C|
%R:march 
K:Amix
e2|A2BA e2ef|edBd e2g2|G2GB d2e2|dBGB d2e2|
A2BA e2ef|edBd e2a2|gfed efed|B2A2A2:|
P:B
e2|a3g e2a2|edef g2a2|G2GB d2de|dBGB d2e2|
a3g e2a2|edef g2a2|gfed eaed|B2A2A2:|
P:C
e2|A2AA eAA2|cAAA e2g2|G2GG dGG2|BAGB d2e2|
A2AA eAA2|cAAA e2a2|gfed eaed|B2A2A2:|
P:B2
e2|a3g e2a2|edef g2a2|G2GB d2de|dBGB d2e2|
a3g e2a2|edef g2a2|gfed eaed|B2A2A2:|

X:44141 
T:PADDY'S RAMBLES THROUGH THE PARK (air)  
B:B: NFID.096b
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
Q:1/4=80
L:1/8
M:3/4
%R:air
K:Ador
A/G/F/G/|[E2A,2][A2E2][A2E2]|G2 B2 BA|BG3 G2|G4 AG|
[E2A,2][A2E2][AE]B|c4 BA|^GE3 [E2B,2]|[E4B,4]||^cd|
e2ed ^ce|d2 d^c Bd|^c2 cB Ac|B4 EF|
G3B e^c|d3e f^d|e2 E2 ^G2|[A4E4] z2|]

X:44144 
T:PAPS OF GLENCOE (march), The 
B:B: NFID.087b 
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
M:C|
%R:march
K:Amix
ec|ABAc e2cd|eada e2cA|BdGB d2Bd|eAce dGBG|
A2BA e2cd|eada eAcA|1 B2GB e2dB|B2A2A2:|\
[2 B2GB e2dB|c2A2A2||
|:ef|gaga eAcA|e2df eABA|g2fg dGBd|eAce dGBf|
gaga eAcA|e2dg eABA|BdGB e2dB|c2A2A2:|

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X:44147 
T:PAT HARVEY'S MAZURKA* 
B:B: NFID.177b (as "Mazurka")
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: F&MB
N:N: A-B-A in source. Top note of the chords is the melody note.
Q:1/4=120
L:1/8
M:3/4
%R:waltz 
K:G
ga|bg d2 B2|GB e2 g2|fd (3cdc A2|GB e2 g2|
bg d2[c2E2]|Ac e2 g2|fe [D2d2]f2|a2 g2:|
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|:gd|Bd g2 ge|fg a2 g2|fg e3f|ge[G,2G2d2][D2B2]|
d2g2-ge|fg a2 g2|fe [D2d2]f2|a2"_DC"g2:|

X:44149 
T:PIPE MARCH, The 
B:B: NFID.178 
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: F&MB
Q:1/4=160
L:1/8
M:4/4
%R:march
K:Amix
P:"A"
A3c B2GB|A2D2 D3B|AGFE DEFG|A4-AGFG|
A3c B2GB|A2D2 A4|GFED CDEF|G4 F2G2|
A3c B2GB|A2D2 D3B|AGFE DEFG|A4-AGFG|
A2d2 c2Ac|B2G2 A4|GFED CDEF|G4 F2E2||
P:"B"
D2d2F2d2|A2D2D4|D2d2 DEFG|A3B AGFE|
D2d2F2d2|A2D2A4|GFED CDEF|G4 F2 e2|
D2d2F2d2|A2FA DEFE|D3A DEFG|A6 Bc|
dcBd cBAc|B2G2A4|GFED CDEF|G4 F2 e2||
P:"C"
D3E F2D2|A2D2F2D2|A3B AFDF|A2B2 AGFE|
D3E F2D2|A2D2F2D2|G3E GECE|G2A2 GECE|
D3E F2D2|A2D2F2D2|A3B AFDF|A4 B3c|
dcBd cBAc|B2G2A4|GFED CDEF|G4F2E2||
"^coda" [HD4z4|]

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X:44166 
T:SKIRL OF THE PIPES* (march), The 
B:B: NFID.088b (untitled)
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
Q:1/4=160
L:1/8
M:C
%R:march
K:Amix
ag|e2A2 ABcd|e2ec d2ef|g2B2 d3e|dcBA G2g2|
e2A2 ABcd|e2ec d2fa|g2B2 edBG|A4A2:|
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ag|e2d2e2 fg|a2af g2ge|d2FA G2Bc|dcBA G2g2|
[1 e2d2e2 fg|a2af g2eg|d2B2 edBG|A4 A2 :|
[2 e2A2 ABcd|e2ec d2fa|g2B2 edBG|A4HA4|]

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X:44170 
T:STEEPING THE FLAX* (polka)
B:B: NFID.247c  ("untitled polka")
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
N:N: The only polka in the book!
S:S: PT
Q:1/4=240
L:1/8
M:C
%R:polka 
K:G
%%text A-B-A
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f|g2B2 d2G2|B2d2 d3B|c2A2 F2A2|e2d2 d2ef|
g2B2 d2G2|B2d2 d3B|c2A2 F2A2|A2G2G3:|
B|A2d2 d^cdf|a2f2 f3a|g2e2 edeg|f2d2 d^cdB|
A2d2 d^cdf|a2f2 f2a2|g3f g2e2|d4 "_DC"d3:|

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X:44185 
T:UP AT DAWN* (march) 
B:B: NFID.088a  ("untitled march")
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
Q:1/4=140
L:1/8
M:C
%R:march
K:Ador
BG|A2e2 e2dB|d2ef gea2|A2e2e2 dB|g2ed B2AG|
A2e2e2 dB|d2ef gea2|gedB g2ed|B2A2A2:|
BG|A2a2a2 ge|d2ef gea2|A2a2a2 ge|dged B2A2|
A2a2a2 ge|d2ef gea2|gedB g2ed|B2A2A2:|

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X:44150 
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T:YOU'RE WELCOME HOME ROYAL CHARLIE (march) 
B:B: NFID.089
Z:Z: ABC/arr. BB
S:S: JD
Q:1/4=150
L:1/8
M:C
%R:march
K:Amix
ED|E2A2 ABcd|e2A2 B2A2|GAGF GABc|d2G2 dBAG|
E2A2 ABcd|e2f2 g2a2|g2e2 d2B2|1 A4 AG:|\
[2 A4 A2ag||
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|:e2a2a2 ga|b3a g2e2|d2ef g2a2|g2e2d2 cd|
e2a2a2 ga|b3a g2ed|c2e2 dcBc|1 A4 A2cd:|\
[2 A4 G2AB||
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|:c2cB c2c2|cdef g2dc|B2G2 d2G2|BcdB GABG|
c2cB c2G2|cdef g2fg|a2e2 dcBc|1 A4A2B2:|\
[2 A4 HA4|]

source version: 
E|ABGA FAEC|DFCE (3B,CD eg|ABGA FAEd|(3cAc (3BGB (3Afe dB|
ABGA FAEC|DFCE (3B,CD eg|AfGe FdEd|cABG A3:|
B|: AaBb aece|dfec Bd c/B/A/G/|AaBb aced|(3cAc (3BGB (3Afe dB|
AaBb aece|dfec Bd c/B/A/G/|AECE FDB,d|1(3cAc (3BGB A2 [c2E2]:|\
[2 (3cAc (3BGB A4-|HA4z4|]
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