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X:2
T:Scots came o'er the Borders, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Colclough – Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes (c. 1830)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D3 F2A | dfe e2A | BcB B2 (g/b/) | baf fed |
DED F2A | dd/e/f/e/ d2A |{B/c/}d2B AFA | D2F FED :|
|: (3A/B/c/ | dfa afa | baf fed | dfa bc'd' | def Te2d |
dfa afa | baf fed | (B/c/d)B AFA | dAF FED :|
P:"Variations"
DFA DFA| dfe d2A | DGB DGB | def e2d |
DFA DFA | dfe d2A | BdB AGA | D2F FED :|
|: dfa dfa | baf fed | df/g/a/f/ | af/g/a/f/ | def e2d |
dfa dfa | baf fed | dBB AGA |{B/c/}d2F FED :|
SCOTSMAN OVER THE BORDER. AKA and see "Charlie over the water," "Scotch come over the Border," "[Blue Bonnets Jig]]," "Scotchman over the Border," "Over the Border (3)." Also see "Mist on the Meadow," "Mist in the Glen." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B (Feldman & O’Doherty): AABB (most versions): AABBCCDD (Kennedy). A variant of the Scottish jig “Blue Bonnets over the Border.” The tune was recorded on a 78 RPM disc by Paddy Killoran (1904-1965) in 1934 (paired with “Tenpenny Bit”). Killoran emigrated to New York from near Ballymote, County Sligo, in 1922, settled in the Bronx, recorded, played and owned a bar. The tune appears in O’Neill’s as “Blue Bonnet's Jig.”
Additional notes
Source for notated version: - fiddler Peter Turbit [Feldman & O’Doherty]; concertina player Noel Hill and fiddler Tony Linnane [Taylor/Tweed].
Printed sources : - Colclough (Tutor for the Irish Union Pipes), c. 1830; p. 19. Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1978; p. 233 (appears as first “Untitled Jig” on page). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 44. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 143, p. 35 (appears as “Over the Border”). Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 89, p. 38. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100), 1975; p. 1. Taylor (Traditional Irish Music: Karen Tweed’s Irish Choice), 1994; p. 7.
Recorded sources: - Coleman Center CD CC004, Jim Murphy, James Murray, Kevin Brehony – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”). Green Linnet SIF 3018 – “Molloy/Peoples/Brady” (1978. In a set with “Killavil Jig”). Rounder CD 1087, Paddy Killoran – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992. Reissue of 1934 original). Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40481, Brian Conway – “First Through the Gate” (2002).
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [ ]
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [ ]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [ ]
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