Keel Row (The)

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X:1 T:Keel Rewe Reel, The T:Keel Row, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:The Buttery Manuscript (c. 1784-1820, No. 724) N:John Buttery (1784-1854) joined the 34th Regiment in Lincoln, N:Lincolnshire, England, in 1797 and served as a fifer until discharged in N:1814. His large ms. contains marches, duty calls, dance tunes and airs. N:EASMES identifies this as the Fife MS. and suggests a date of 1780, see Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|B2 GB c2 Ac|B2 GB A2 Dc|B2 GB c2 Ac|BG A/G/F G2:| |:c|Bddg e2 dc|B2 GB A2 Dc|Bddg e2 dc|BG A/G/F G2G:| |:c|BGGB cAAc|BGGB ADDc|BGGB cAAc|BG A/G/F G2G:|]

X:1 T:Keel Row, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Air S:John Bell (1783-1864) music manuscript collection (Northumberland, c. 1812) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G c|B2 GB c2 Ac|B2 GB AFDc|B2 GB c2 Ac|BGAF (G2G):|| |:c|Bddg e2 dc|B2 GB AFDc|Bddg e2 dc|BGAF (G2G):|]

X:1 T:Keel Row, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 6 (1844-45, p. 4) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A d|c2 A/A/A d2 Bd|c2 Ac (BG)Ed|c2 A/A/A d2 Bd|cABG A2A:| d|ceea f2 ed|c2 Ac BGEd|ceea f2 ed|(cA)BG A2 Ad| ceea f2 ed|c2 Ac BGEd|ceeg aefd|cABG A2A||

X:2 T:A Bhalgan, a Bhalgan T:Bagpipe [2], The T:Merry may the Keel row M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 25) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix d|c2 Ac d2 Bd|c2 Ac BGGd|c2 Ac e2 Bd|cABG AAA:| d|ceeg f2 ed|c2 Ac BGGd|ceeg f2 ed|cABG AAAd| ceeg f2 ed|c2 Ac BGGd|ceeg faea|cABG AAA||

X:1 T:Weel May the Keel Row M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 1, p. 52 (mid-19th century) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=55&z=-118.4099%2C1229.5676%2C9718.0531%2C3722.2222 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|B2 GB c2 Ac|B2 GB AF D2|B2 GB c2 Ac|BGAF G2:| dc|Bddg e2 dc|B2 GB AF D2|Bddg e2 dc|BGAF G2 Gc| Bddg e2 dc|B2 GB AFD2|Bddg gfed|BGAF G2||

X:3 T:Keel Row, The L:1/8 M:2/4 S:Bruce & Stokoe – Northumbrian Minstrelsy (1882) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G c|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B2 G>B|(AF) Dc|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B>G A>F|G3|| z|(B>d) d>g|e2 d>c|B2 G>B|(AF) D2|(B>d) d>g|e2 d>c|(B>G) A>F|G3|| c|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B2 G>B|(AF) D2|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|(B>G) A>F|G3||

X:1 T:Keelro T:Keel Row, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 188, p. 40) B: r.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=38&z=-243.04%2C1876.1449%2C3411.0452%2C1476.2303 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A ceea f2 ed|c2 Ac BE E2|ceea f2 ed|cABG A2A2| ceea f2 ed|c2 Ac BE E2|cefg aefd|cABG Afed|| c2 Ac dB B2|cAAc BE E2|cAAc dB B2|cABG A2A2| c2 Ac dB B2|cAAc BE E2|cAec dBfd|cABG A2A2||

X:4 T:Keel Row M:C| L:1/8 S:Reel B:Stewart-Robertson – The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A e/d/|cA A/A/A d2 Bd|c2 A>c BGEe|cA A/A/A d2 B>d|cABG A2A:| |:d|ceea Tf2 ed|cAAc BGEe|1 ceea Tf2 e>d| cABG A2A:|2 ce ef/g/ aefd|cABG A2A||

X:5 T:The Keel Row with Variations M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:Köhlers’ Violin Repository Part 3 (1885, p. 281) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|B2 GB|c2 Ac|B2 GB|AFDc|B2 GB|c2 Ac|BGAF|G2:| |:dc|Bddg|e2 dc |B2 GB|AFDc|Bddg|e2 dc|BGAF|G2:| |:dc|BdGB|ceAc|BdGB|AFDc|BdGB|ceAc|BGAF|G2:| |:dc|Bdgf|edcB|cBAG|FAAc|BDgf|edcB|BGAF|G2:| |:dc|(3Bcd (3GAB|(3cde (3ABc|(3Bcd (3GAB|(3FAd (3DFA| (3Bcd (3GAB|(3cde (3ABc|(3Bed (3cBA|G2:| |:d'c'|b2 gb|c'2 ac'|b2 gb|afdc'|b2 gb|c'2 ac'|bgaf|g2:| |:d'c'|bd' d'g'|e'2 d'c'|b2 gb|afdc'|bd' d'g'|e'2 d'c'|bgaf|g2:| |:dc|B2 GB|c2 Ac|B2 GB|AFDc|B2 GB|c2 Ac|BGAF|G2:|]

X:6 T:Keel Row, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Cocks - Tutor for the Northumbrian Half-Long Bagpipes (1925, No. 35, p. 16) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A e/d/|cA/c/ d/f/e/d/|cA/c/ BB|cA/c/ d/f/e/d/|c/A/B/G/ A:| |:e/d/|c/e/{f}e/a/ fe/d/|cA/c/ BB|c/e/e/a/ fe/d/|c/A/B/G/ A:|]

X:7 T:Keel Row M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Fling O:Irish K:G c|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B2 G>B|AF Dc|B2 G>B|c2 A>c|B>G A>F|G3|| B>d d>g|e2 d>c|B2 G>B|AF D2|B>d d>g|e2 d>c|B>G A>F|G3||