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C N D - Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Demonstration actuality to tune of "Ten Green Bottles"-- rec by Sam Richards & Tish Stubbs: FOLKWAYS FE-38553 1981/ CASS- 1292

CA' HAWKIE THROUGH THE WA'ER - "Ca Hawkie, ca hawkie" - ROUD#3159 - CHAMBERS Popular Rhymes of Scotland 1870 p24 - BRUCE-STOKOE NM 1882 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp132-3 - WHITTAKER NCB 1921 - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 428 1v w/o - ORD BB 1930 p244 "The Milking Song" - Cf RYMOUR CLUB MISCELLANEA 1906 #3 p180 -- Sylvia MOORE (voc+ gtr/tabla): FTX-137 & FTX-425

CA IRA - WILSON p108 (G) 2/4 20 bars in 2nd strain (with dance descr)

CA RAIBH TU AR FEADH AN LAE? - "Where have you been?" - Irish Gaelic version of LORD RANDAL qv --Colm McDONAGH (Irish gaelic) rec by Alan Lomax, Co Galway 1951: CAEDMON TC-1145/ TOPIC 12-T-160 - Charles BOYLE (Irish Gaelic version) rec by PK, Belfast 7/7/52: 7"RTR-0542/ RPL 18404 talk bef

CA THE EWES (YOWES) TO THE KNOWES - "Molly and me" (ch) - "Good morning to you fair maid you're tending your flock" - ROUD#857 - BSs - sung by David KENNEDY (1825-1887) - POCKET SONGSTER (1823) pp17-18 - AITKIN SS 1874 pp1-2 - FORD VS 1899 1 p225-6 "Lovely Molly" - CAMERON Lyric Gems of Scotland/ Air coll by Robert Burns 1787 sent to JOHNSON SMM 1787 - CHRISTIE TBA I 1876 p148 "Ca' the Ewes to the Fauld, Jamie, wi me" - GREIG- DUNCAN #5 1995 #1014 pp281-6 7var 8v/4m - GREIG FSNE 1906-14 #50 "Lovely Mallie" 2var - JFSS 7 1923 p82 from FORD VSB "LM" - HENRY SOP #175 "The Yowe Lamb" - tune cf GREEN BUSHES - ANON 1972 SONG OF SCOTLAND p58 piano accomp - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #124 p300 Togo Crawford 1954 7v/m - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p46 Kasson Swan, Middleton, NS "Ca the Ewes unto the Knowes" - CROININ 2000 #85 pp140-1 Eliz Cronin, Co Cork "Lovely Molly" -- Togo CRAWFORD rec by Seamus Ennis, Castle Douglas, Kircudbrightsh 1953: 7"RTR-0657/ RPL 22879/ rec by PK 1954: RPL 21486 talk bef & aft/ FTX-013 - Lizzie HIGGINS: TOPIC 12-T-185 1969 "Lovely Molly" - London Madrigal Singers: EMI HQS-1215 1970 Robert Burns version

CA THE EWES (YOWES) - Instrum - WILSON (with dance descr) p70

CA THE STIRKS - Strathspey - KERR MM 2 p10 (Am) -- Alex GRANT (fid) rec by PK, Carrbridge 1955: FTX-069

CAB CAB CAB - "I goes out a cab driving" - BSs - ASHTON MSB pp88-90

CABBAGES AND ONIONS - tune used for "Double Lead Out" Country Dance -- Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by Russell Wortley, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 1954: LEADER LED-2068 1976

CABER FEIDH - RAKISH PADDY (Highland/ Reel)

CABIN BOY - comp by McColl for radio ballad "Singing the fishing" -- Ewan McCOLL: ARGO: SPA-A-216 1972

CABIN BOY - FEMALE CABIN BOY - MAID IN SORROW - MERMAID

CABIN BOY, THE - "O Willie dear Willie says she" - stay on shore - asks Captain - ROUD#1975 - FOWKE SSBNC 1981 p83 Fenwick Hatt Ms NS c1883 (w/o)

CABIN DOWN THE LANE - LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN

CABINHUNTER, THE - Reel - BREATHNACH 1 #190 p74 (D) - was locally regarded as a musicians "test piece" -- Paddy TAYLOR (flute) of Limerick rec by PK, London 1956: FTX-171

CABISTER HEAD - Shetland Reel comp Peterson -- Bobby PETERSON (fid): TANGENT TNGM-117 1973 aft "Da Fairy Reel" "Wullafjord" "Kail knockit corn" & "Mc Donald's"

CACHOUCHA, THE - Waltz - WESTROP #118 p40 (G) 4pts

CACKLIN HEN - CLUCK OLD HEN

CADAL CHA DEAN MI - (Sleep I cannot find) - Scots Gaelic -- Flora McNEIL rec by Alan Lomax 14/1/51: 7"RTR-0715/

CADDAM WOOD(S) - Polka - David Taylor says perhaps comp by Adam Rennie & John Cameron -- Jimmy HUNTER (harmonica) rec by PK, Haydon Bridge, Northumb 6/7/54: RPL 20628 aft "Roxburgh Castle" - Orkney STRATHSPEY & REEL Society (fids with acc & gtrs) rec by PK, Kirkwall, Orkney 16/7/55: RPL 22724 aft "Lady McKenzie" - Robert STEWART (tinker acc) rec by PK, Scrabster, Sutherland 1955: FTX-363 - HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: LEADER LER-2007 1969 with "Trumpet Hornpipe" - THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-222 1973 for "Square 8"

CADER IDRIS - Welsh Air -- DAMBUSTER DAM 003/ CASS 0348

CADGERS ON THE CANNONGATE - Scots Reel- WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p66 from Bobby McLeod: BELTONA BL260

CADGWITH - near Helston, Cornwall - fishermen in hotel - ROBBER'S RETREAT - SPANISH LADIES -- Recordings see AREA Listing

CADI HA -- Mrs Ness THOMAS rec by Seamus Ennis, Denbigh 28/8/53: RPL 21897 In Welsh with speech in English

CADIZ - BATTLE OF BAROSSA

CAER WAEN -- Nancy RICHARDS (triple harp) rec by PK 3/11/59: RPL LP 25589

CAERNARFON - LLONGAU CAERNARFON

CAERPHILLY FAIR - FFAIR CAERFFILI

CAESAR DRUMMER - "want paper drum - go boom boom boom" etc - boat-hauling shanty -- Walter ROBERTS (chanteyman) with crew of 4 rec by AL, Newcastle, Nevis, July 1962: ROUNDER CD 1731 2002

CAFFERY - Mc CAFFERTY

CAFFLER'S COURTSHIP, THE - Jig - ROCHE 3 #90 p27 (#D)

CAFUZELUM - KAFOOZALUM

CAGE HORNPIPE, THE - comp by James Hill - DIXON 1987 p25 - KOHLER 1 p87 (A)

CAHILL'S COURTSHIP - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1303/ DMI #567 (D)

CAHILL'S WORKSHOP - Single Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #408 (Am)

CAHIRAMEE - Triple Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #445 (G)

CAILLEACH, DO MHARAIS ME - Jig (G) - MOYLAN 1 #52 from Willie Clancy (U-pipes)

CAILLEACH AN AIRGID - ("The Rich Old Man") - MOYLAN 2 #175 p101 as Jig (D) from John O Leary (melodeon) -- JOHNSTONS TRANSATLANTIC TRA-169 1968 & TRANSATLANTIC TRA-SAM-11 1969

CAILIN AERACH - ("The Airy Girl") -- Maire O Sullivan rec by Brian George, Ballylicky, Co Cork 8/8/47: RPL 11775 (78)/ (Aged 25)/ rec by Alan Lomax 1951: 7"RTR 0588/ COLUMBIA SL-204 1952/ featured in AS I ROVED OUT "Collector's Corner" prog 1954 with Spike Hughes Sextet arrangement: FTX-257

CAILIN BHAN - (The Fair-haired Girl/ Child) "O Limerick is beautiful" In praise of town and girl at Garryowen, but she goes by him like the River Shannon "If I was the Emperor of Russia, Julius Caesar or Lord Lieutenant" he'd give up all the Army - become a beggar/ "Twas on a pleasant evening all in the bloom of Spring" - ROUD#3269 - O'LOCHLAIN ISB 1939 #72 p144 --- RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 p418 Fred Barbee, Mo 1933 - cf tunes of CRUISE OF THE CALABAR - MARY ANN McHUGH - PATSY FAGAN etc -- Tom LENIHAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Milltown Malbay, Co Clare 1960: RPL LP 29886 - Seamus ENNIS from his mother (Limerick) rec by PK, London - Eddie HICKEY: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-159 1967

CAILIN BHAN, AN - (The Fair haired Lass) - Slow Air - PETRIE 1855 1 p45 - O'NEILL 62/- (G) - Cf ROCHE I #44 p23 (G) - LIMERICK IS BEAUTIFUL -- Paddy TAYLOR (flute) rec by PK, London 1956: 171 - Micho RUSSELL (flute), Doolin, Co Clare: FREE REED FR-004 1976/ rec RTE "Long Note" prog June 1988 CASS-0894 with talk-- Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) : RTE-CD-199 1997 "The Fair haired Girl" bef "Bucks of Oranmore"

CAILIN BIS OIG NA POS AN SEAN DUINE LIAT, A - ROCHE 1 #70 p33 (G) 6/8

CAILIN DEAS, AN - ("The Pretty Girl") -- Michael CRONIN of Co Cork, rec by Seamus Ennis, London 1954: (RPL 20216)

CAILIN DEAS, AN -- ROCHE 2 (2 Settings) p22 #246 6/8 (D) & #247 2/4 (D)

CAILIN DEAS CRUIDHTE NA mBO, AN - (The Pretty Girl/Maid milking her cow) - "Twas on a fine summers morning when birds sweetly tuning" - ROUD#3074 - MUNNELLY Mount Callan Garland pp39-42 from Tom Lenihan, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare - see PRETTY MAID MILKING HER COW --

CAILIN DEAS CRUIDHTE NA mBO - Instrum - GIBLIN 1933 #3 p9 (Am) 9/8 m/o - KERR MM 4 #243 p26 (G) "The Pretty Girl milking her cow" - Tunebook Ms 6/8 (Am) #93 p205 - MITCHELL & SMALL #34 pp74-5 (Am) from Patsy Touhey (U-pipes) - ROCHE 1 #40 p20 (Am) 9/8/ 3 #43 p12 (Em) 9/8 -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 13/8/53: RPL 19586/ FTX-273 - NEIL BOYLE (fid) rec by PK, Dunloe, Co Donegal 23/8/53: RPL 20014/ FTX-170 - Finbar FUREY (U-pipes): TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1077 1969

CAILIN DEAS DONN - Jig - AIRD 1 #104 "The Big Bow Wow" - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #14 p10 - COLE #5 p53 "My Pretty Fair Maid" - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 p6 (G) - Tunebook Ms (G) #125 p48 - LEVEY 2 #53 p23 (G) "Colleen Dhas Dun" - O'NEILL DMI #151 (not in MOI) "The Pretty Brown Girl" - PETRIE - ROCHE 3 #30 p9 (D) 3/4 Song Air - Cf DID YOU SEE MY MA LOOKING FOR ME?

CAILIN (COLLEEN) FROM COOLBAWN, THE - "One evening (or morning) fair I sought the air" - Courting Song - ROUD#9233 - (Coolbawn in both Kilkenny & Tipperary) -- Bobby (gtr) & Peggy CLANCY rec by Seamus Ennis, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary 1960: RPL LP 29886 (with tune of "The Mountain Dew") - Tommy McGRATH: TOPIC TSCD-651 1998 (with tune of "Star of the County Down")

CAILIN GAELACH (or GAEDHEALACH), AN - (The Irish Girl) - Irish Gaelic - Not related to song with same title in JOYCE OIFMS, this comes from the singing of John Tom of Tory Island. It is a love song in which the only words spoken by the girl are in English: "Pray, Sir, (and) let me be" - O BAOIGHILL 1944 p8 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #28 from O Donnell - O BOYLE 1976 p54 with notes (3v) -- Hudie Davaney rec by PK, Co Donegal 24/5/53: RPL 19970 - Conal O DONNELL of Co Donegal rec by PK, London 1962: FTX-003

CAILIN NA GRUAIGE DONNE - Slow Air -- CHIEFTAINS 1: TARA (CLADDAGH) TA-3 [nd]

CAILIN OG DEAS - (A nice young girl) -- MAIRE AINE NI DHONNCHADHA, Connemara: CLADDAGH CC-6 1970

CAILIN RUA(DH), THE (COLLEEN RUE) - "As I roved out on a summers morning" - ROUD#2365 - PETRIE 1855 1 p1 1v 2m - JOYCE OIFM&S 1909 p202 "Colleen Rue"- O BOYLE 1976 p56 - TUNNEY SF 1979 p118 -- Seamus ENNIS rec Dublin 20/9/49: RPL 13775 - Mary MURPHY, rec by PK, Brackalislea, Co Derry 4/5/53: RPL 19975/ FTX-434 "My Gentle Cailin Rua" - Paddy TUNNEY, Beleek, Co Fermanagh: TOPIC 12-T-139 1965

CAILIN RUA(DH), THE (COLLEEN RUE) -- John WRIGHT (jaws harp): CHANT DU MONDE CDX-74434

CAILIN SCOTH NA LUACHRA - (Flower of the Rushes) -- Pat KEANE, Galway: TOPIC 12-T-177 1968

CAILLEACH AN AIRGID - Jig -- Marcus HERNON (flute) with gtr bodhran & piano CLADDAGH CEFC-141/ 1989 CASS-0886 - Mary STAUNTON (melodeon) with gtr: F-ROOT-CD-013 1999 bef "An Roghaire Dubh"

CAILLIN VEG DHONE - MY CAILLIN VEG DHONE (Manx Gaelic)

CAIN AND ABEL - TWO BRETHREN

CAIN KILLED ABEL - "I was a cane-cutter but now I'm at sea" Ch: "Once Cane killed Abel but it won't kill me" (descr of conditions of cane-cutters) "stool it and top it and load it, me boys" - see THE CUTTER'S SONG & SIGN-ON DAY -- WARREN family (with ch & harmonica etc), Australia: LARRIKIN LRD-9012 1981

CAINC DAFYDD BRUFFWYD -- Nancy RICHARDS (triple harp) rec by PK 3/11/59: RPL LP 25589

CAINC YR ARADWR - (The Ploughman's Tune) - "Fe gwyd yr haul er machlud heno...(the sun will rise though it sets tonight)" - 3v - coll by Iolo Morgan 1802 - Siwsann GEORGE (voc) with Robin Huw Bowen (triple harp): SAYDISC CD-SDL-406 1993 Caneuon Traddodiadol Cymru (Traditional Songs of Wales)

CAIRISTIONA - (Lady Clanranald's Lament) - Scots Gaelic - KENNEDY FRASER 2 p182 - CRAIG 1949 p87 - GAIRM 1 p45 - CAMPBELL- COLLINSON 1969 p54 & p251-4 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #5 -- Flora McNEIL, rec by Alan Lomax, Castlebay, Barra 1951: COLUMBIA SL-207 1952/ ROUNDER CD-1743 1998/ FTX-001 (all 14 vs)/ GAEL FONN GLA-2002/ FOLKWAYS FE-4430/ COLUMBIA KL-4946 - Alasdair FRASER rec 25/7/58: RPL LP 27307

CAIRISTIONA CHAIMBEUL - (Christy Campbell) - Strathspey - Gaelic version of MILLER OF DRONE -- John Willie CAMPBELL (fid) Kevin Mc CORMICK (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 aft March: "Donald McLean" & bef 2 reels

CAIRN O' MOUNT - "As I rode in by brig o Dee - amang the heather bloom" - shepherd Donald meets lassie and she becomes the wife of the Laird o Dee - ROUD#3794 - FORD VS&B 1 p108-12 - GREIG-DUNCAN 5 1995 #1042 pp440-7 (10var) 17v/8m - ORD BS&B pp436-7 -- Bob BLAIR (with E-conc): LIVING TRADITION LTCD-1001 2000

CAIRNGORM (or GRAMPIAN) BARN DANCE, THE -- John McDonald (mel): TOPIC 12-T-263 1975

CAISIDEACH BAN - (Fair Cassidy) -- Patrick KEANE, GALWAY: TOPIC 12- T-177 1968

CAISLEAN DHUN GUAIRE - Highland Fling -- Willie CLANCY (U-pipes) of Co Clare rec 1958-73: CLADDAGH 4-CC-39 1980 CASS-0816

CAISLEAN RI NEILL - (King O Neill's Castle) -- Joe HEANEY rec Connemara Co Galway 29/10/59: RPL LP 25570

CAISTOR FAIR - "O John Brown he had an old mare - took her to CF" Ch: "Sing rumble dum-dairy - flair away Mary - Old Joe Wallace came riding by" "Old Joe Brown went to plough - didn't know how - ate the treacle and swallowed the spoon - killed the old mare - lay dead against a tree - see TOM PEARCE (of which this is obviously a variant) & Chorus of THE MACHINER'S SONG -- THE Grimsby BROADSIDE Group: TOPIC 12-TS-228 1973 Noted by Ethel Rudkin from Robert Brader, Thimbleby, Lincs 1957

CAISTOR LIFEBOAT DISASTER (1901), THE - "Come listen all you people" comp by Ken Saul to the tune of THE WEARING OF THE GREEN -- Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk) rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 25/3/79: FTX-134

CAIT NI DUIBHIR - Irish Song & Air - ROCHE 1 #62 p30 (G) 4/4 Air -- O BOYLE Family: CEOLTA GAEL OSS-2 1971 on d/cass 0938-C60

CAITLIN OG - (Young Kathleen) - Song in Irish Gaelic - O Connor, Liam 1994 "Songs of the North of Ireland" 1994 Ms p192

CAITLIN TRIAIL - Irish Gaelic -- Sean O SE with Sean O RIADA with CEOLTOIRI CHUALANN: GAEL-LINN 015 1967

CAITLIN UA UBHALL GORT - Song Air as Jig - FUREY p13 (D) collected in Co Cork about Kathleen and an orchard - see KATE OF ARGLYN

CAJUN (from "Arcadian" , Nova Scotia, Canada from which they were driven out by the English to Louisiana) - LES AMOURS SONT COURTS - AU PONT DE L'ANSE - BELLE - LA BELLE ET LE CAPITAINE - BLUES DE LA PRISON - BYE-BYE, BONSIR, MES PARENTS (ORPHAN'S WALTZ) - CAJUN TWO STEP - CAJUN WALTZ - CATIN, PRIE DONC POUR TON NEGRE - LA CHANSON DES SAVOY - LA CHANSON DE THEOGENE DUBOIS - LES CLEFS DE LA PRISON - CREOLE BLUES - DANS MON CHEMIN RENCONTRE - DANSE LA COUNJALLE - DEGO-ZYDECO - FEEL LIKE DYING IN HIS ARMY - UNE FILLE DE QUARTORZE ANS - J'AI MARIE UN OUVRIER - J'AI FAIT TOUT LE TOUR DU PAYS - J'AI VU LUCILLE - JE M'AI FAIT UNE MAITRESSE (2) - JE M'ENDORS - JE ME SUIS MARIE - JE VEUX ME MARIER - JOE FERAILLE (2) - LA-BAS CHEZ MOREAUX - MADAME GALLIEN - MADEMOISELLE EMELIE - UN MATIN, J'ETEIS SUR LA GALERIE - MES AMIS, JE SUIS GRIS - O CHERE 'TITE FILLE - LE PAYS DES ETRANGERS - ROCKAWAY - LE ROI DETRONE - SATURDAY NITE SPECIAL - S'EN ALLER CHEZ MOREAU - SEPT ANS SUR MER - UN TE PAS GAIN DE L'AIR - TOUS LES SAMEDIS - TOUT UN BEAU SOIR EN ME PROMENANT - TRINQUONS - VALSE DE SOLEIL COUCHER - VIENS DONC T'ASSIR SUR LA CROIX DE MA TOMBE -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CAKE WALK, THE -- Percy LAVARELLO (mel) of Tristan de Cunha rec by PK: FTX-609 "The Cape Walk"

CALABAR, THE - CRUISE OF THE CALABAR

CALABASH - Inverted shell played with 2 sticks (Africa) - see also MARACCAS -- Recordings see INSTRUMENTS Listing

CALABRIAN WALTZ - McFADYEN (18thC) p40 (D) 3/8 - Tunebook Ms #193 p79 3pts (G/G/C) - WILSON p153 3pts (D/D/D)

CALAIS PACKET, THE - "Who's for Calais? - the packet is sailing now" - BSs - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER 1 pp137-8 - BRITISH MINSTREL 1824 pp1115-8

CALAUGH SWARA MEA, THE - Jig - Tunebook Ms #193 p79 (G)

CALD - COLD

CALDER FAIR - Song - Bs by Catnach

CALDER FAIR - Used as Highland Scottische - BALMORAL p16 (D) "Cawdor Fair" - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p23/ 1994 #95 p25 (D) "Song of Sixpence" - HONEYMAN p16 (C) "Cawdor Fair" - KERR MM 1 §16 p20 - Tunebook Ms #6 p268 (D) "Shove it in the right hole" - WILSON p64 "Calder Fair Reel" - tune used for Children's Nursery Rhyme: "Sing a song of Sixpence" - OPIE ODNR 1951 pp394-5 (notes to nursery rhyme) - see COCKABENDY

CALDER'S CLEAR STREAM - "Down by yon green bushes near CCS" says, unknown to his Annie, he will be a soldier but return and wed her - ROUD#3778 -- Jimmy McBEATH rec by Seamus Ennis, 6/7/52: RPL 18777 (frag)

CALDER'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms #48 p108 (G) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #25 p9 (G)

CALEDONIA - "There were two lovers" - soldiers come by - they go on board ship - sailors threaten to sell her as a slave, take money and throw her overboard but in the end she marries the captain - ROUD#5543 - GRIEG-DUNCAN 2 p149 "Pretty Caledonia" (11var) - Cf CANADA-I-O

CALEDONIA - FAREWELL TO CALEDONIA - JIMMY RAEBURN

CALEDONIAN HUNT, THE - Reel (D) - Cf BAYARD DTF #344 p331 - COLE #4 p125 Strathspey - GOW STR 1 p9 - KENNEDY FTB 2 publ Mallinson 1997 #15 p6 (D) - KERR MM 1 #3 p13 - Tunebook Ms #60 p288 - WILSON p52 "Scotch" -- Mike McDOUGALL (fid) with Mary Jessie McDONALD (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-353 1978 titled "Mrs General Campbell" with other strathspeys & reels

CALEDONIAN LADDIE, THE - "Blithe Sandy is a bonny boy" - BS

CALEDONIAN LADDIE, THE - March/ Hornpipe - COLE #3 p116 (D) - KERR MM 2 #298 p32 (D) - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (G) #61 p193 - WILSON p38 (F) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #26 p9 (D)

CALEDONIAN MARCH - BAYARD HCT #90 "Ranahan's March" or "The Freemason's March" & DTF 156/302 (9var) - KERR CMM 1 #27 p49 "Caledonian M" (D) -- John FRASER (fid), Jim LESLIE (acc) - ANDERSON Band rec by PK, Cara Point, Orkney 1954: FTX-064 "Bruce's March"/ FTX-389 "Napoleon crossing the Rhine"

CALEDONIAN QUADRILLE - KOHLER 1 pp70-71 (5 figures)

CALEDONIAN RANT, THE - CAMERONIAN RANT

CALENDAR, THE - Jig - BREATHNACH 2 1976 #32 p19

CALENDAR SONG - CHILD'S CALENDAR

CALF SONG - ALILIU NA GAMHNA

CALICO - LULIE

CALICO PRINTER'S CLERK, THE - "In Manchester, that city of cotton, twist & twills" - ROUD#13210 - BSs Boardman & Palmer: Manchester Ballads #30 - Jolly Dogs Songster in VWML p77 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1900 p331 (1v/m) "She was very fond of dancing allow me to remark - and one fine day she danced away with CPC" -- Dave GOULDER: ARGO ZFB-10 1970 - Barry SKINNER: ARGO ZFB-34 1971 - SPINNERS: EMI EMC-3044 1972

CALIFORNIA - CALLERFORNEY - OFF TO CALIFORNIA - SACRAMENTO

CALIFORNIA - "We've formed our band and we are well manned" - ROUD#2052 - SANDBURG AS pp 110-111 - EDDY Ohio p285 - HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp174-6 ships log 1849 (w/o)

CALIFORNIA HERE I COME -- BOLDON Banjoes: LEADER LER-2088 1973 (S)

CALIFORNIA HORNPIPE, THE - DIXON 1987 p28 - KOHLER 2 p143 (in A comp by James Hill) - KOHLER 2 p180 (D) - not the same as OFF TO CALIFORNIA

CALIFORNIAN GIRL - Reel - TAYLOR 1 p8 (C) 3pts

CALIOPE - Whistle-organ on steamships -- Recordings see INSTRUMENTS Listing

CALIOPE HOUSE - Jig - TAYLOR 1 p19 (D) ALL AGAIN TO-MORROW - "I'll court among the nobility" - BSs incl BG Coll 3 #86

CALL OF THE PIPES, THE - Scots March -- Jimmy Hiddlestone (harmonica) & John McFARLANE (auto-harp) rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T- 320 1977

CALLAGHAN - LAST OF CALLAHAN (fiddle tune)

CALLAGHAN, GREALLY & MULLEN - SORROWFUL LAMENT OF

CALLAGHAN'S JIG - MICKY CALLAGHAN'S

CALLAGHAN'S HORNPIPE - CRONIN'S HORNPIPE - O CALLAGHAN'S

CALLAGHAN'S SLIDE - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #52 p24 (G)

CALLAGHAN'S REEL - MOYLAN 2 #295 p171 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon) -- Denis MURPHY & his sister, Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles) rec by Seamus Ennis, Charlie Horan's Bar, Coalisland, Co Kerry 9/9/52 RPL 18754/ TOPIC TSCD-309 (1977) 1994 aft "Humours of Galteemore" & bef "New mown meadows"/ CLADDAGH CC-5 1973 aft "Lady on the Island"/ Seamus Ennis on RTE radio prog 1985 CASS-0865 (rec SE) - CHIEFTAINS 2: TARA (CLADDAGH) TA-4 [nd] cass bef "Byrne's" - Con CURTIN & Denis McMAHON (fids) accomp Reg HALL (piano) rec Camden Town 12/3/67: TOPIC TSCD-603 1997

CALLAN LASSES, THE - Co Kilkenny - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1493/ DMI #717 (D)

CALLANAUGH LASSES, THE - Jig - MAGUIRE 1 #20 p5 (G) frpm Leo Ginley

CALLEEN - CAILIN

CALLER HERRING - "Who'll buy my CH?" - BSs - SMITH Scotish Minstrel 5 pp18-19

CALLER OU - BS by Sanderson -- Jean REDPATH (guitar & reverb): ELEKTRA BY-6004 1966

CALLERFORNEY - "Oh hinny Geordie, canny man" - ROUD#3471 - Post Gold Rush song in dialect in Allan's "Tyneside Songs" 1891 -- Sam RICHARDS & Tish STUBBS: SAYDISC SDL-280 1977

CALLING - i.e. giving instructions to dancers - SQUARE DANCING -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CALLING-ON SONGS - to introduce Mummers, Morris and/or Sword Dancers - SHARP -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CALLING THE TUNE - Radio programme presented by PK in 1963 -- "Calling the tune #6 25/2/63 Prog #6 on RTR#0298 - Progs #6 & #8 on large studio reel

CALLS - BIRD-SCARING - CONCH HORN - CRYING THE NECK - IMITATIONS - SERENADING - SHOUTING - STREET CRIES --- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CALM AVONREE -- Seamus ENNIS rec by PK, London 1958: 079

CALTON WEAVER, THE - NANCY WHISKY

CALUM BROGACH - (Sturdy Calum) -- Neil GILLIES rec by Seamus Ennis, Isle of Barra, Hebrides, June 1955: RPL LP 23995

CALUM BROGACH - Instrum - 4 pt Strathspey -- Alex Francis Mc KAY (fid) with Fr John Angus RANKIN (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with other strathpeys & reels

CALUM CRUBACH - MISS DRUMMOND OF PERTH

CALUM FHIONNIAIDH - (Malcolm Finlay) -- Mike Mc DOUGALL (fid) with Marie Mc LELLAN (piano) rec John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with other strathspeys & reels

CALUSARI -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CALVARY -- May BRADLEY rec by Fred Hamer, Ludlow, Shropshire 1965: TOPIC TSCD-658 "Events & Issues" -USA - "The Pioneer Strain" broadcast introduced by Alan LOMAX, 1960 rec off air by PK: rec at a SACRED HARP CONVENTION by Alan Lomax, Fyffe, Alabama USA 1959: RPL LP 26148/ FTX-902

CALVERT LODGE - Country Dance/ Reel - KERR MM 1 #20 p29 (D) - LMs #103 p304 (G)

CALYPSO WOMAN -- Cy GRANT: "Ballads & Blues - Sea Music" Radio prog prod Denis Mitchell 1956: CASS-0376

CALYPSOS - ANTIGUA - JAMAICA - TRINIDAD -- BIRDS AND THE BEES - CHRISTMAS CALYPSO (Fitzroy Coleman) - HEROES OF OLD - MAN CANNOT BE BAD, MAN - WAR -- Recordings see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

CAMPBELL, Mrs Olive Dame - collector of ballads and folksongs in the Southern Appalachians, USA, before Sharp, and co-operated with him Cecil Sharp in the publication of their collections -- Douglas Kennedy talks about her: FTX-481-493 (on 488)

CAM' - CAME

CAMBO MARCH -- Ned Pearson (fid) rec by PK, Cambo, Northumberlandv 1954: RPL 20620 talk bef/ FTX-121/ TOPIC 12-T-283 1976/ TOPIC TSCD-669 1998 Northern Dances aft "Highland Laddie" & "Pin Reel"

CAMBODIA -- Recordings see AREA Listing

CAMBORNE HILL - "Going up CH coming down"- ROUD#3102 - Supposed to relate to the first hill trial of Richard Trevithick's (1771-1833) first railway engine trial, Christmas Eve 1801- GUNDRY CK 1966 p53 Kennedy: Skinners Btm 1956 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #85 John Thomas of Camborne 2v With transl into Cornish BRYN CAMBRON by Talek & Ylewyth - ABRAHAMS & RIDDLE "Singer & her Songs" p180 - see also IN CAMBORNE I WAS BORN comp by John Thomas -- John THOMAS (82) rec by PK, Camborne, Cornwall 18/11/56: FTX-218 - Skinners Bottom GLEE SINGERS rec by PK, Redruth 22/11/56: RPL LP 23654/ CAEDMON TC-1225/ TOPIC 12-T-198/ FTX-010 - Bill "Pop" HINGSTON, rec by Sam Richards, Dittisham, Devon 1970: (PEOPLE'S STAGE: PS-03) - Richard GENDALL (v/gtr): FTX-009 "Bryn Cambron" sung in Cornish - STAVERTON BRIDGE (student folk group led by Sam Richards), filmed at Dartington Hall, Devon 1971: FF-1101 - Brenda WOOTON with Richard GENDALL: SENTINEL SENS-1016 1973 "Bren Cambron" sung in Cornish

CAMBRIAN MINSTREL BOY, THE - "Through Cambria's sweet valleys I stray" - BSs incl BG Coll 4 #346

CAMBRIC SHIRT - ELFIN KNIGHT

CAMBRIDGE (SHIRE) - BARBARA ALLEN (Charlie Scamp) - FRUMMETTY - GYPSIES - GOOD FRIDAY SKIPPING - JACK-IN-THE-GREEN - MAY CAROL - PLOUGH MONDAY - WHIP CRACKING - WHITSUNTIDE CAROL - Recordings see AREA LISTING

CAMBRIDGE GIRL, THE - "In C Town there lived a lass" Molly courted by a farmers son,William, and with child, because she no longer attracts him, she drowns herself - ROUD#1414 - KARPELES CSC 1974 #67 p300-1 3var Somerset 1905-9 "Floating down the tide" (6v) - PURSLOW WS 1968 Hammond: Mrs Russell, Upwey Dorset 1907 "Molly and William" - FMJ 1:5 1969 pp309-10 Williams Ms (Bk4) Jonas Wheeler, Buscot, Berks "False-hearted William" ("In Brighton") & pp326-8 John R Baldwin: Mrs F D, Wooton, Oxfordsh 1968 "Camden Town" --- CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #53 pp119-20 C E Inkpen, NB Canada "In Camden Town" - LIVYERE 2:1 Aug-Oct 1982 pp18-19 Goldstein: St Johns, Nfl "The Girl in Charlottetown" - Cf CRUEOL MILLER (OXFORD GIRL - floating down river) -- Annie MARKWELL (of Lowestoft) rec by PK, Beccles, Suffolk 1956: FTX-099

CAMBRIDGE, THE - Hornpipe or Reel - TAYLOR 1 p25 (A) -- Willie HUNTER (fid) & Wiilie JOHNSON (gtr) of Lerwick, Shetland, rec London 14/10/58: RPL LP 24378

CAMBRIDGE MURDER, THE - "In the quiet town of C the deed has been done" Robert Brown murdered Emma Rolfe, cutting her throat with a razor on Thursday 28/8/1876 (?) and confessed to PC Wheel - ROBERTS: Breeze for a Bargeman 1981 p133 "The Unfortunate Girl"

CAMDEN TOWN - ABROAD AS I WAS WALKING - CAMBRIDGE GIRL - JOHN O HALLORAN (Song about the Irish in CT)

CAME FROM SPAIN - - "There come three brothers from the land of Spain - to call upon my sister Jane - My sister Jane is far too young - I cannot bear her clattering tongue - Go away, Corkscrew (stamps) - come back - choose the one you love the best (- dirty rat you'll not come out to help me with my washing)" - Children's Choosing game in lines - ROUD#8251 - GOMME 2 p257 (37variants) "Three Knights of Spain" (having only 2 versions with "Jews") - RITCHIE GC 1965 pp154-5 with descr - OPIE SG 1985 pp92- 108 "Three Brethren Out of Spain" incl separate Scots version and "Six Virgins" "just come from Spain" - POLWARTH 1969 p31 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1569 p118 (2variants 5v each) "We are three lovers come from Spain"/"The Lady from Spain" -- rec by Jean Ritchie Norton Park School, Edinburgh 20/3/49: RPL 13868/ rec by Alan Lomax 1952: FTX-181/ rec by James Ritchie 16/12/53: RPL 19925 "There came three Jews" - Hugh QUINN rec by PK, Belfast 1955: FTX-072 - Dominic BEHAN of Dublin: TOPIC 12-T-41 1959 - Children in street rec by Damian Webb, Northside, Workington Cumb 1962: DW-20/1/ FTX-195 #16 "Sister Jane and Brother Jim" - Portuguese version rec by Damian Webb, Leocadia, Minho 1980 "Condessa, linda Condessa" (transl in OPIE 1985) - TOPIC 12-TS-237 1974 OLDHAM TINKERS "Two Jews" --- Group of children age 9-11 rec by Alan Lomax, Barataria AS.C School, Trinidad 1962: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997 "One Spaniard Came from Port of Spain"

CAME YE BY ATHOLL? - "Cam' ye by Athol?" - ROUD#7287 - James HOGG's "Bonny Prince Charlie" to music by Neil Gow Jr - PORTER-GOWER 1995 p164 2v from Jeannie Robertson - KERR MM 3 #408 p45 (D) 6/8 jig m/o - (PRESTIGE 13075 Jeannie Robertson) --- Mrs Charlotte McInnes, Oakland, Calif USA rec by Sidney Robertson 1939: Lin of Congress AAFS 3857 B2

CAME YE BY THE SALMON FISHING? - "came ye by the roperie?" - ROUD#12978 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1607 p168 (3var/m)

CAME YE O'ER FRAE FRANCE? - "Came ye down by London ? - how they skip and dance o'er the bum o'Geordie" - ROUD#5814 - Jacobite - HOGG: JR 1818-21 - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p49 m/o - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p324 -- Ewan MacCOLL: TOPIC 12-T-79 1962 - Archie FISHER: LEADER LER-3002 1969 - STEELEYE SPAN: CHRYSALIS CHR-1046 1973 & STEELEYE SPAN: Orig Masters: CHRYSALIS CJT-3 (D) 1977

CAMELS -- Recordings see SUBJECTS Listing

CAMELOUN - "It's Tarves parish that I come frae" Bothy Ballad - ROUD#5592 - GREIG-DUNCAN 3 #389 (6var) -- Willie MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax

CAMERA BOY, THE - "Now Johnny Biggs was the pet of dogs - he was the pet of Pall Mall" - bought camera for him which he placed it on his dog to take picture of a lot of "ramping girls a- playing at leap frog" - lady cyclist with a blow-out - ladies football team scrimmage - Ch (spoken): "Then up comes Johnny with his camera and he took the blooming lot" -- Bill SMITH (71), Bridgnorth, Shropsh rec by his son Andrew (copy of cass with 25 songs): 5"RTR-0906

CAMERON'S GOT HIS WIFE AGAIN - "before he risk his life again" - ROUD#13130 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1730 p258 (1v/m)

CAMERON'S GOT HIS WIFE AGAIN - Strathspey (D) - BALMORAL p10 - BOWEN p44 - HONEYMAN p10 - WILSON p36 -- Angus GRANT (H-fid) with William LAURIE (P-acc) & John Mc INTYRE (bass): TOPIC 12- TS-347 1978 after March: "Clan Mc Coll" & bef Reel: "Jock Wilson's Ball"

CAMERON HIGHLANDERS, THE - March comp J Scott Skinner - BRODY p61 (A) discog -- Hector Mc ANDREW (fid) rec Aberdeen 13/7/67: RPL LP 30953/ FTX-272 bef Strath: "Laird o Thrums" - Lindsay PORTEOUS (jews harp) rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 1988

CAMERON'S FAVOURITE - Clog Hornpipe - COLE p122 (G) Scotch

CAMERONIAN RANT, THE - Reel (G) - FELDMAN p67 (G) "The Cameronian Reel" from Johnny Doherty - KENNEDY FTB 2 publ Mallinson 1997 #16 p6 (G) - KERR 1 #6 p4 (G) - KOHLER 1 p91 (F) - Tunebook Ms (G) #38 p280 - WILSON p66 (F) & p101 "The Caledonian Rant" (with dance descr)- tune used for "XYZ" Northumbrian song -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec Irish Folklore Commission Donegal 1949: COMHAIRLE BHEALOIDEAS EIREANN CBE-002 d/cass 1990 (M) - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) Donegal: TOPIC 12-TS-398 1984 - Bill SULLIVAN (mel) with Mitzi COLLINS (piano) age 79 New York RTE "Long Note" radio prog 9/7/88 CASS-60-0906

CAMERONIAN REEL, THE - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #128 p52 (D) "Carey's Dream" - COLE #5 p4 (D) "Cameronian" - KERR MM 4 #134 p16 (G) "The Cameronian" - MITCHELL #140 p103 (D) from Willie Clancy "The Cameronian" - O'NEILL MOI #1512/ DMI #731 (D) - SHASKEEN 1 #35 p25 (D) "The Cameronian" - WILSON p75 (D)

CAMEROON -- Recordings see AREA Listing

CAMP HORNPIPE - KERR MM 2 #326 p36 (D)

CAMP LIFE - TENT-POLES ARE ROTTEN

CAMP ON McNEAL, THE - "Come all you jolly fellows that through the woods" - by Arthur & Stanley McDonald - ROUD#1945 - ROUD#1945 - IVES FSNB 1989 pp58-60 Arthur McDonald, NB 1961

CAMPANERO, THE - "The last time I was in Baltimore, twas just before the war" decribes the captain and crew and voyages of "one hell of a ship" including the "snifters of Terra del Fuego" - ROUD#3094 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p471 - McCOLL-SEEGER Ben Bright p16 "The Handy Barque" --- DOERFLINGER SS&L 1972 pp84-6 -- Bill CAMERON (Junior) rec by PK, St Marys, Scilly Isles, Cornwall 1956: RPL LP 23654/ CAEDMON TC-1162/ TOPIC 12-T-194/ FTX-217 & FTX-512 - Stan HUGILL with "York & Albany" Crew & Geof ROSE (acc) rec by PK, London: EMI CLP-1524 1962/ FTX-035 - Bernard WRIGLEY (v/bass conc): TOPIC 12-TS-241 1974 (Bill Cameron's version) - Helge Arildso: Danish Folk Council: MXP-CD-0199 1999 (Hugill version)

CAMPBELL THE ROVER - "Twas on the first of April" describes a tavern wager between Paddy and two English blades - ROUD#881 - BRUNE RS p40 "Paddy the Rover" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #269 Joe Heaney 10v/m -- CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p126 Dennis Williams NS 1951 "Three English Rovers" another singer calls it simply "Paddy" - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #68 pp149-50 Angelo Dornan 1954-60 "C the Drover" - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 p601 Joe Heaney 1959 -- Pat KELLY rec by PK, Newry, Co Down 1953: RPL 20019/ FTX-435 "The Three Blades" ("in Carlisle") - Joe HEANEY rec Galway 1959: RPL LP 26311/ FTX-025 "Campbell the Rover" - Sean CORCORAN rec by Vincent Duffy, Rossgor, Co Fermanagh: Arts Council of Northern Ireland "Here is a health"

CAMPBELLS ARE COMING, THE - ROUD#5784 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p320 - Tune used for BAILIFFS ARE COMING - SEAN DUINE DOITE (The Cuckold Old Man) in Co Donegal

CAMPBELLS ARE COMING, THE - Jig (G ends B) - BAYARD DTF #539 - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #19 p9 alts: "Butchers of Bristol" "Fishing for Eels" "Old Man's Jig" - HAYWOOD #2 p23 - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #15 p6 (G ending D) alt: "Bobbing for Eels" "The Groom" "Jackson's Bottle of Brandy" "Pay the Reckoning" - KERR MM 1 #16 p32 - Tunebook Ms #8 p4 (G) "The Cammels are coming" - WESTROP #74 p26 - WILSON p43 - see CHARTISTS ARE COMING (mentions "Bailiff's are coming" as the tune used) - Cf FIELD OF FLOWERS -- Bob SMITH'S IDEAL BAND 1930: TOPIC 12-T-320 1977 - CASS-0165: "Songs with a story" Ian Bradley 13/10/89

CAMPBELLS ARE COMING, THE - Triple Jig - BREATHNACH 2 1976 #95 p51 G 3pts

CAMPBELL'S FAREWELL TO IRELAND - "Farewell to old Ireland the place of my nativity" - BSs incl BG Coll 4 #288- MOULDEN TAS 1994 p8-9 from ballad-sheet in Nat Lib of Ireland

CAMPBELL'S FAREWELL TO RED GAP - American or Canadian version of Scots Reel - BRODY p61

CAMPBELL'S HORNPIPE - ALBERT'S

CAMPBELL'S SERVANT - Song with words comp by Graham Pratt to adapted trad tune -- Eileen PRATT rec by PK 1975: FTX-048

CAMPBERDOWN, THE - LOSS OF THE CAMPBERDOWN

CAMPTOWN RACES - "De Camptown ladies sing dis song - doodah" - ROUD#11768 - HAYWOOD #25 p40 (A) m/o - SPAETH REAW 1926 p44 - WESTROP #46 p16 (G) Country Dance - see SACRAMENTO -- Peter Kennedy calling square dance with HAYMAKERS Band (DECCA 78 rpm): CASS-30-0570 - Dominic BEHAN Children's parody "Her eyes are red" TOPIC 12-T- 41 1959/ CASS-60-0202

CAMPTOWN RACES - Polka - MOYLAN 2 #346 p195 (##A) from John O Leary (melodeon)

CAMSTRODEN'S RANT - Triple Jig - WILSON p26 "Old Irish"

 
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