Cease Your Funning (1)

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X:1 T:Cease your Funning [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Burke Thumoth - 12 English and 12 Irish Airs with Variations (1746, No. 8) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D V:1 d2 (e/3f/3a){g}f{e}d2|(e/4f/4g/)(f/e/) {d}c{B}A2|fd2 BGB|cAc !fermata!d3:|a2 d' d'2a2| d2b b2g2|c2a adc|Ba^g a3!D.C.!::(d/e/f/g/a/g/) f d'2|(e/f/g/a/b/)d/ ca2|(d/e/f/g/a/f/) Bb2| (c/d/e//g)c/ d3::(a/g/f/g/a/f/) (d/e/f/g/a/b/)|(d/c/B/c/d/e/) (B/d/e/f/)g|(c/d/c/B/A/^G/) Ad'c'|bT^g2 a3:| |:d'D2 (f/g/a/f/e/d/)|c'E2 (c/d/e/c/B/A/)|d'D2 (b/a/g/f/e/d/)|c(A/B/c/A/) dD2:| |:[M:C|]da2g fd'3|eb2d ca2z|d'2c'b g2f|eg2c d2D2::ad2d2a2b|dd2cb g2eca2b ca2b|edcb a2A2:| |:dd'2z (f/g/a/f/) d2|eb/a/ (g/f/e/d/) Tc2{B}A2|dd2 z b/a/g/f/g2|eg/f/ e/d/e/c/ d2D2:| P:Giga |:[M:12/8]afd bgd|fga afdecA gec cde ecA|afd dfa bgd egb|c'ae eac' d'3D3:| |:afd d'af d'af afd|dgb bge bge gec|cea a3 bc'd' c'3|d'c'b c'ba ea^g a3:| |:d'af b3 afd d'3 |egb bge efg cBA|Fga afd|Gab bge|Abc' c'ba Fd'c' d3:| P:Minuet |:[M:3/8]f/>g/ag|{g}Tf>ef/d/|e/f/g/f/e/d/|{d}TcB/c/A|f(g/a/)d|g/a/b2|eAc|d3:| |:(a/g/)fg|(f/g/a/f/)d|(d/e/f/g/a)|bge a^g/f/e/d|cB/c/A|d/c/TB2|A3:| |:a3|{e}Td3|b/a/g/f/e/d/|{d}Tc3|a3|B3|(c/d/e/f/g/)c/|d2!D.C.!:|

X:1 T:Cease Your Funning [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Oswald – Caledonian Pocket Companion, Book 6 (1760, p. 13) F:http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/f/ff/IMSLP103073-PMLP201592-caledonianpocket_c_6.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2 {fg}a {g}f {e}d2|{ef}g2 {f}e {d} {B}c A2|f {e}d2 (B<G)B|eA{d}c d3:| |:d2d' d'g2|d2b bg2|c2a adc|Ba^g a>bc'/d'/| d2 {fg}a {f}f{e}d2|(efg){f}e {d}c{B}A2|.f d2 BGB|eA{d}c d3:| |:d/e/f/g/a/g/ f d'2|e/f/g/a/b/d/ ca2|d/e/f/g/a/f/ B b2|c/d/e/f/g/c/ {c}d3:| |:D/F/A/d/ f/a/ b/a/g/f/e/d/|c/e/g/f/b/g/ (f/e/)(d/c/)(B/A/)|D/F/A/d/ f/a/ ed'c'|d'/b/a/f/b/^g/ a>=gf/e/| dd'd f/g/a/f/e/d/|bGb c/d/e/c/B/A/|d'dd' b/a/g/f/e/d/|e/g/f/b/a/c/ {c}d3:| |:(d/4e/4f/4g/4) a/d/a f/d/a/d/f/d/|(e/4f/4g/4a/4) b/a/g/f/ (e/4f/4e/4d/4) (c/4d/4c/4B/4)A|\ (d/4e/4f/4g/4) (a/4g/4f/4e/4) (d/4c/4B/4A/4) BGB|eA(d/c/) {c}d3:| |:(d/4e/4f/4g/4) a/f/a/f/ d'a z|(D/4E/4F/4G/4) (A/4B/4c/4d/4) (e/4f/4g/4a/4) bgz|\ (c/d/)(e/f/)(g/b/) (a/4b/4a/4/g/4) (f/4g/4f/4e/4) (d/4e/4d/4c/4)|\ Ba^g a/(g/4f/4) (e/4d/4c/4B/4A)| (d/4e/4f/4g/4) a/f/a/f/ daz|(e/4f/4g/4a/4) b/4a/4g/4f/4 (e/4f/4e/4d/4) (c/4d/4c/4B/4)A|\ (d/4e/4f/4g/4) (a/4g/4f/4e/4) (d/4c/4B/4A/4) BGb|(a/f/)(g/e/)(f/c/) d3:|]

X:1 T:Cease Your Funning [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Edward Riley – “Riley Flute Melodies vol. 2” (New York, 1817, No. 353, p. 96) F: https://archive.org/details/flutemelodies0000rile/page/96/mode/2up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2a fd2|g2e cA2|f2d BG2|eAc d3| d2a fd2|g2e cA2|f2d BGB|eAc d2|| d2d' d'a2|d2b bg2|c2a adc|B(a^g) a3| d2a f2d|g2e cA2|f2d BGB|eAc d2||

X:1 T:Cease your funning [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:”Melodist: A Collection of music in two volumes" (1826-1859, No. 106, p. 58) N:The melodist is a musician's ms., probably by a fiddler, that contains both N:tunes and songs from a variety of sources, American and European. The N:inscription on the inside cover reads, "This is from the Bridge family of N:Augusta, Maine (Horatio Bridge, friend of Hawthorne's)". However, entries in N:the ms. were in different hands indicating several contributors. N:The ms. is neat and the notation studied and precise. F: https://archive.org/details/Melodist/page/n59/mode/2up?view=theater Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C c2g (e<c)z|f2d (B<G)z|e2c (A<F)z|dGB c2z:| c2c' (c'<g)z|c2a (a<f)z|B2g gcB|Ag^f !fermata!g3| {=fed}c2g (e<c)z|f2d B<Gz|e2c AFA|dGB c2z||

X:1 T:Cease Your Funning [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Howe - Musician's Omnibus No. 3 (1866, p. 220) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A A2e c A2|d2B G E2|c2A F2D2|BEG A3"Fine":| A2a ae2|A2f fd2|G2e eAG|Fe^d e3!D.C.!||

X:1 T:Cease Your Funning [1] L:1/8 M:6/8 S:Sharp - English Folk-Song (1907) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb B2f dB2|e2c AF2|d2B GE2|cFA B3| B2f dB2|e2c AF2|d2B GEG|cFA B3:|| B2b b2f|B2g g2e|A2f fBA|Gf =e f3| B2f dB2|e2c AF2|d2B GEG|cFA B3||