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'''MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonnie | '''MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE.''' AKA and see "[[Bonnie Strathyre]]," "[[Jordie Jig (The)]]," "[[O Lassie Art Thou Sleeping Yet]]." Scottish (originally), English, Canadian, American; Air, Jig, Country and Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. USA, New England. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Martin): AABB (most versions): AA'BB (Cranford). A very enduring and versatile melody that has been played as a song air, country dance, jig, and quadrille part in a number of traiditions on both sides of the Atlantic. According to Donald Ferguson ('''Beyond the Furtherest Hebrides''') there is some evidence that the original of this tune is from the Hebrides Islands, originally used for the song "[[Eilean Mo Chridhe]]." This famous tune appears to be a variation of "(O) [[Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet]]?" or the similarly old titles "[[Lea Rig (The)]]" and "[[My Ain Kind Dearie O]]"--all of which are taken (as is the 'Muckin' title) from various songs set to the tune. At some point "[[My Tocher's the Jewel]]," attributed to Nathaniel Gow, may have been derived from this tune (so, at least, charged Robert Burns, who termed the practice 'notorious'). The tune appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera '''The Gentle Shepherd''' (1725), while the song "Muckin' of Geordie's Byre" appears in David Herd's '''Scottish Songs and Heroic Ballads''' (1776). William McGibbon (1762) noted it in 3/4 time, although with the direction it is to be played "briskly". The air under this title has been used for a single step dance in the North-West (England) morris tradition. Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm (1908-1979) recorded the tune in the 1950's as "[[Jordie Jig (The)]]." See also the note for "[[Annotation:Keppoch Desolate]]." In modern times the melody can be found used for the song "[[Westering Home]]." | ||
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MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE. AKA and see "Bonnie Strathyre," "Jordie Jig (The)," "O Lassie Art Thou Sleeping Yet." Scottish (originally), English, Canadian, American; Air, Jig, Country and Morris Dance Tune (6/8 time). Canada; Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island. USA, New England. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Martin): AABB (most versions): AA'BB (Cranford). A very enduring and versatile melody that has been played as a song air, country dance, jig, and quadrille part in a number of traiditions on both sides of the Atlantic. According to Donald Ferguson (Beyond the Furtherest Hebrides) there is some evidence that the original of this tune is from the Hebrides Islands, originally used for the song "Eilean Mo Chridhe." This famous tune appears to be a variation of "(O) Lassie, Art Thou Sleeping Yet?" or the similarly old titles "Lea Rig (The)" and "My Ain Kind Dearie O"--all of which are taken (as is the 'Muckin' title) from various songs set to the tune. At some point "My Tocher's the Jewel," attributed to Nathaniel Gow, may have been derived from this tune (so, at least, charged Robert Burns, who termed the practice 'notorious'). The tune appears in Allan Ramsay's ballad opera The Gentle Shepherd (1725), while the song "Muckin' of Geordie's Byre" appears in David Herd's Scottish Songs and Heroic Ballads (1776). William McGibbon (1762) noted it in 3/4 time, although with the direction it is to be played "briskly". The air under this title has been used for a single step dance in the North-West (England) morris tradition. Cape Breton fiddler Angus Chisholm (1908-1979) recorded the tune in the 1950's as "Jordie Jig (The)." See also the note for "Annotation:Keppoch Desolate." In modern times the melody can be found used for the song "Westering Home."
One verse sung by Willie Kemp (from one of the many songs written to the tune) goes:
The whisky ga'ed roun' Tammy Fleeing' the doo' ... ('flee the blue'; to go out
And aye as they drank, the mair they go fou' ... for more whiskey)
The only anes sober, the calf an' the coo'
At the mucking of Geordie's byre.
Source for notated version: Rounder CD7018, Frank Ferrel - "Boston Fiddle: The Dudley Street Tradition." "The Caledonian Companion" (1975). Rounder CD 1161-7033-2, Natalie MacMaster - "My Roots are Showing" (2000. Learned from the recordings of Angus Chisholm).
Source for notated version: Eddy Arsenault (b. 1921, St. Chrysostom, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Allan's Ballroom Companion. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 1), 1973; No. 169 (entitled "Marching Quardille"). Cranford (Jerry Holland's), 1995; No. 223, p. 64. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 91, p. 45. Martin (Ceol na Fidhle), vol. 1, 1991; p. 37. McGibbon (Scots Tunes, Book 1), c. 1746; p. 2 (appears as "Mucking of Geordy's byer"). Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 22. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 128. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 109. Reid (The Piper's Delight), p. 10. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 134 (untitled). Wade (Mally's North West Morris), 1988; p. 8.
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