Jesse the Flower of Dunblane
X:1 T:Jessie the Flower of Dumblane M:6/8 L:1/16 B:Davidson's Gems of Scottish Melody (n.d., p. 29) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion R:Air Q:"Moderato" K:C cd|e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|c3de2 e2d2 cd| e3fe2 dg3f2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|d2A2B2 c4|| e2|e2c2d2 ea3g2|e2c3d e2c2d2|d2B2c2 d2g2e2|dB3 AG G4G2| c2e2d2 ec3d2|e2g2e2 fd3e2|f3ga2 ge3c2|d2A2B2 c4||
X:64
C:Page 33
T:Sweet Jessie the Flower of Dunblane. MBe.64
A:England;Cumbria;Towcett
B:Matthew Betham MS, Towcett Cumbria, 1815
Z:VMP - Hugh Taylor, 2012
M:6/8
L:1/8
Q:3/8=60
R:
N:The title is not easy to interpret, and someone has written over the title in a different hand, "Jessie"
N:Yes the B part is 13 bars long! The tune was written by R A Smith before 1816, to fit words by the Scots
N:poet Robert Tannahill (1774-1810) written in 1808, and I suspect bars 9 - 13 in the B music were intended
N:as a 'fill' between verses. As normally sung, there are no repeats.
N:The song was widely sold on penny sheets, and can also be found in The Union Imperial Songbook, printed
N:in Edinburgh in 1815.
N:NB-These 'd' notes were written as crotchet's. I have made them dotted.
K:D
d/e/|f>gf e>af|d>cd e/c>dB/|A>BG F>Ad|d>ef e2 d/e/|
f>gf e>af|d>cd e/c>dB/|A>BG F>Ad|e>Bc d2:|
|:f|f>de f>ba|f>de f>de|e>cd e>af|e>cB A2 A/d/|
d>fe f>de|f>af g>ef|g>ab a>fd|e>Bc "^NB"d3|
"^NB"d3 c>dB|"Qu's in MS"ABG F2 A/d/|f>af g>ef|g>ab a>fd|e>Bc d3:|
X:1
T:Lovely Sweet Jessie the Flower of Dunblain
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 97)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 464)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
de|f>gf f<af|d>cd e<cdB|A>BG F>Ad|d>ef {f}e2 (d/e/)|f>gf e<af|
d>cd e<cB/G/|A>BG F<Ad|e>Bc d2f|(f<d)e (f<b)a|fde (f<d)e|
e>cd (e<af)|e<cB !fermata!A2 (A/>d/)|d>fe (f<d)e|(f>a)f g>ef|g>ab a<fd|
e>Bc !fermata!d2 d/B/|ABA FA (d/e/)|f>af g<ef|g>ab a>fd|eBc d2||
X:1
T:Jesse the Flower of Dumblane
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:William Mackie manuscript collection (Aberdeen, early 19th century, p. 32)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
d/e/|f>gf ea>f|d>cd (ec)d/B/|A>BG FAd|d>ef (f<e) d/e/|
f>gf e>af|d>cd e<c d/B/|ABG FAd|eBc d2||
(d/e/)|fde f<ba|fde f<df|ecd e<af|e<c (d/B/) A z d/e/|
dfe f<d d/e/|faf g<ef|g>ab a<fd|eBc d f/e/c/d/B/|
ABG F<A d/e/|faf g<ef|g>ab a<fd|eBc d2||
X:1
T:Song. Jesey.
T:AKA – “Sweet Jesse the Flower of Dunblane
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:”Largo”
B:John Burks music manuscript collection dated 1821
N:Nothing is known of Burks, although the provenance of his
N:ms. is English. His music ms. surfaced in the United States, and had
N: possibly been in the possession of his descendants until the
N:mid-20th cent.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
B/>c/|d>ed c<fd|B>ABcGE D<FB|B>cd {d}c2 (B/c/)|d>ed c<fd|
B>AB c<AB/G/|F>GE D<F B/d/|G>A B2 d/>B/f/>d/|(f/<e/d/>c/B/<A/) (g/<f)(e<d)(c/<B/)|cGA {B}B2d|
dBc d<g {f}d/d/|dBc d<B c/B/|cAB c<fd|c>AG !fermata!F2F|B>dc e<Bc|
d>ef e<cd|e>fg f>dB|cGB B2 (c/4B/4A/4G/4) |F>FED>F (B/c/)|d>ewf e<cd|
e>fg f<dB|cGA B2 d/<B/f/<d/|(f/<ed/<c/B/<A/) (g/<fe/<d/c/gf e<af|d>cd e<c^d/B/|ABG F>Ad|d>ef e2 d/e/|
fgf e>af|dcd e<cd/B/|F>AG FAd/f/|e>Bc d2||
f|f>de f>ba|fde f>de|ecd eaf|e>cB A2 A/d/|
d>fe f<de|faf gef|gab afd|e<Bc d2 d/{ce/d/c/d/}B/|
ABG F/A/ de|faf gef|g>ab afd|eBc d2||
X:1
T:Jessy the flower of Drumblane
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:John Moore music manuscript (Shropshire c. 1837-40, Book 2, p. 89)
B: https://www.vwml.org/topics/historic-dance-and-tune-books/Moore2
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
(d/e/)|f>gf e>af|d>cd e>cd/B/|A>BA FAd|def {g}e2 d/e/|
f>gf e>af|d>cd e>cd/B/|A>BA F<Ad|e>Bc d2||
f|f>de fba|fde fde|e>cd e<bf|e<cB {B}A2 A/c/|
d>fe f<de|f>af g<ef|g>ab a<fd|e>Bc d2 d/B/|
A>BA F<A (d/e/)|f>af ge>f|f>ab a<fd|e>Bc d2||
X:1
T:Jesse the Flower of Dunblane
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Wood's Songs of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1848
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Air
Q:"Andante con moto"
K:G
G/2A/2|B>cB A>dB|G>FG A<F G/2E/2|D>EC B,<DG||
GAB A2 G/2A/2|B>cB A<dB|GFG A<F G/2E/2|D>EC B,<DG|AE>F G2||
B|B>GA B<ed|BGA B<GB|A<FG A<dB|AF>E D2 D|
G>BA BG>A|BdB cA>B|c>de dB>G|A>EF G2 G/2E/2|
D>EC B,<D G/2A/2|BdB c<AB|c>de d<BG|AE>F G2||
X:1
T:Jessie the Flower of Dumblane
M:6/8
L:1/16
C:R.A. Smith
Q:"Not too fast—with feeling"
B:Manson – Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1 (1854, p. 98)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
(cd)|e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 (dB3) cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|c3de2 (e2d2) cd|
e3fe2 dg3e2|c3Bc2 dB3 cA|G3AF2 E2G2c2|d2A2B2 c4||
e2|e2c2d2 ea3g2|e2c3d e2c2d2|d2B2c2 d2g2e2|dB3 {B}A/3G/ G4G2|
c2e2d2 ec3d2|e2g2e2 fd3e2|f3ga2 ge3c2|d2A2B2 c4||
X: 34
T: Jesse
O: No 34 Pages 14-15 William Clarke of Feltwell MS 1858
N:Song tune : Jesse the Flower of Dunblane
N:Used for Elwina of Waterloo, collected by CJSharp- see recording by M Humphreys & Anahata Fenlandia WGS CD 340 - 2009
Z: transcribed by Lyn Law
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: C
c/d/ | e>fe d<ge | c>Bc d<Bc/A/ | GAF EGc | cde !fermata!(ed) c/d/ |
e>fe d<ge | c>Bc d<Bc/A/ | GAF EGc |dAB c2 :|
|:e | ecd ea>g | ecd ecd | dBc dge | dBA G2AB |
ced ecd | ege f!fermata!d e | f>ga g<ec | dAB c2 ||
X:1
T:Jessie, the Flower of Dunblane
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, p. 64. Carolan ms. 1, No. 186.
K:G
(d/e/)|(f>g)f (e>a)f|(d>^c)d (e<c)(d/B/)|A>BG (F>A)d|(d>e)f {f}e2 (d/e/)|
(f>g)f (e>a)f|(d>^c)d (e<c)(d/B/)|(A>BG) (F>A)d|{f}e>B^c d2:|
|:f|(f>d)e (f>b)a|fde f<de|[M:C]d2a2 f>g ad|[M:6/8](^c>B c>d) e2A2|d2 (a>g) f>g fe|
d2 a>b a2A2|d2a2 (bagf)|(gfed) ^c>d e>A|((B>^c d>B) edc)B |A2 d>e d3:|