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GHILLIE CALLUM - GILLIE CALLUM

GHOST ARMY OF KOREA - "Just below the Manchurian border" - ROUD#2567 - popular with Gloucester Regiment in Korea from Edgar Turner, Chadwell Heath, Essex 1956 -- Ewan MacCOLL (with gtr): TOPIC 12- T-130 1965

GHOST AT THE KILN, THE - Folk Tale told by John Stewart (tinker): DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

GHOST IN SKYE, A - Folk Tale told by John Stewart (tinker): DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

GHOST OF BUNGLASS, THE - 6/8 Air (G) - FELDMAN p91 from Johnny Doherty

GHOST OF MARGARET, THE - FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM

GHOST OF THE PEANUT STAND, THE - "Connie O Ryan was a nice young man" - Jersey City - ROUD#2762 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp153-4 Angelo Dornan 1954-60

GHOST OF WILLIE-O, THE - GREY COCK - LIGHT OF THE MOON

GHOST SHIP, THE - CRUEL SHIP'S CARPENTER - WILL O THE WISP

GHOST SO GRIM - "I am a sailor and home I ride" - after he goes back to sea his girl has child by him and hangs herself from a tree and the ghost haunts him on board the ship - LAWS#P36A - ROUD#568 - UNIVERSAL SONGSTER c1830 2 p273 "Sailor and Ghost of his deserted dearie" - GREIG FSNE art#130 - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 #341 1983 (3var)

GHOST SONG - "Na hao ri u" - from Skye, Hebrides -- Mary O' HARA (+ harp): DECCA GES-1116 1974

GHOST THAT HAUNTED BUNTY, THE - comp Thomas Armstrong, Newcastle - describes a drunken collier's encounter - tune is the Mormon's unofficial anthem - see HANDCART SONG -- Louis KILLEN (+ whistle) TOPIC 12-T-122 1965

GHOSTLY SAILORS, THE - "Smile if you have a mind to but but perhaps you'll lend an ear" Sailor tells of night at sea when ghostly sailors of wrecked ship came on board - LAWS #D-16 NAB 1950/64 pp168-9 "The Ghostly Crew" - ROUD#1822 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp254-6 Gordon Young, NS 1929+ - PEACOCK SNO 1965 3 pp873-4 Alan McArthur 1959 & Everett Bennett 1958 Nfl - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #114 PP223-5 Scott Stuart NB - FOWKE SSBNC 1981 pp96-9 Fenwick Hatt Ms c1883 NS (w/o) -- Scott Stuart, rec by Helen Creighton, St Andrews, Nova Scotia, Canada: NMM (7"-33 LP) 1971

GHOSTS - SUPERNATURAL - BOGGART O BIRCHENBOWER - CAPTAIN GLEN - CRUEL SHIP'S CARPENTER - FLAME OF FIRE - GILES SCROGGINS - GREY COCK - HIGHWAYMAN CAME RIDING - LOST JIMMY WHELAN - LIGHT OF THE MOON - MARY'S DREAM - MOLLY MALONE - NIGHTINGALE (Ship) - OUR WEDDING DAY - POLLY VAUGHAN - ROBERT BROWN - SAILOR AND THE GHOST - SKIN AND BONES - STANDING STONES - SILVERY TIDE - STORMY WEATHER, BOYS - SUFFOLK MIRACLE - TOMMY STROO'S GHOST - TREGEAGLE'S GHOST - WILLIE'S FATE - UNA BHAN - UNFORTUNATE MISS BAILEY - UNQUIET GRAVE - WISH HOUNDS - YANKEE FARMER - YOUNG BENJIE - Children - BOGEYMEN - JELLY ON THE PLATE - JOHNNY GET YOUR GUN - Mrs WHITE HAD A FRIGHT

GHRUAGACH OG AN FHUILT BHAN - (Song to a pet sheep) -- Finlay Mc LENNAN rec by Fred Macaulay, South Uist, Hebrides 1957: RPL LP 24442

GIA IL SOLE DAL GANGE - by Alessandro Scarlatti publ by Schirmer -- Mary ROWLAND (voc/ harp) rec 13/7/60: RPL LP 25995

GIANTS - ED&S mag 46/1 Spring 1984 p32 Antwerp, Belgium

GIBBIE BROWN - "One Tuesday evening we rambled" - ROUD#12556 - BUCHAN Secret Songs of Silence (1820s?) pp81-3

GIBSON, WILSON AND JOHNSON - THREE BUTCHERS

GIBRALTAR - FAREWELL TO GIBRALTAR - ROCKS OF GIBRALTAR - ROYAL OAK

GICHT CASTLE - Desolate Pastoral Instrumental Air -- Hector Mc ANDREW (fid) rec Aberdeen 13/7/67: RPL LP 30952/ FTX-272 bef Slow Air: "Mrs J H Alexander"

GIE - GIVE

GIG-LAMPS - Kids Jeer at Spectacle-wearers - FOUR EYES

GIGOTON DE LA JAMBE, LA - Couple Dance -- sung by Garret Perchard with Eileen LE SUEUR (accordion), rec by PK, St Saviours, Jersey(talk bef) : FTX-244 - Wilfred THERIN (mel) rec by PK, Bonne Nuit, Jersey 24/4/57: RPL LP 23838 talk aft - Clari NOEL (voc & fid): FOLKTRAX 244

GIGUE -- John KIRKPATRICK (A-conc): LEADER LER-2033 1972

GIL MORICE - CHILD MAURICE

GILBERT, Davies - Collector of Carols publ 1822-3 - DEAN-SMITH p25 -- Peter BELLAMY: TOPIC 12-T-200 1970 "St Stephen"

GILBERT CLANCY'S FAVOURITE - Reel -- John KELLY (fid): TOPIC 12- TFRS-504 1975 aft "Carney's" & bef "Ravelled Hank of Yarn"

GILBHINN - LURE OF THE FAIRY HILL

GILCHRIST, Miss Anne Geddes - (1863-1954) Obituary: JEFDSS 1954 p202

GILDEROY, THE - WRECK OF THE GILDEROY

GILDEROY - "was a bonny boy and he would not the ribbon wear" - Girl's song of thwarted love for a famous Perthshire freebooter who was finally caught and hung - possibly a parody on GEORDIE - ROUD#1486 - BSs incl BG 5:#49/ 8:#189/ 9:#143 - see note on the air in DEAN-SMITH GUIDE Appendix p120 - D'URFEY 1698-1720 5 p39 "Gilderoy's Last Farewell - to a new tune" 10v - HERD AMSS 1776 1 pp73-76 (w/o) - MOFFAT MOS 1894 p142 also has note: Gilderoy, or Gulruadh (red-haired man), a member of the Clan Gregor was hanged with ten of his followers at the Cross of Edinburgh in 1636. An early version was published as a broadside in 1636 and later on in Westminster Drollery, London 1671. The modern version is attributed to Lady Wardlaw who died in 1727. The air is probably as old as the ballad. It appears in Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius 1733 vol ii p106" - FORD VS 1899 pp25-30 13v (w/o) - Baring Gould & other bs - JFSS 2 1905 pp120-2 Musick for Allan Ramsays Coll of Scots Songs (m/o)/ Songs of Scotland (m/o) - JFSS 2:9 1906 p239-42 Gilchrist: Wm Bolton, Southport, Lancash/ Henry Burstow, Sussex 1903/ Kidson remembers as a boy seeing "Gilderoy, the bonny boy of Scotland" performed as a puppet show in a caravan at Woodhouse Feast, Leeds - Alfred WILLIAMS #482 Wm King, Burton, Wiltsh (w/o) - SIMPSON BBB 1966 #69 & #159 - PALMER EBECS 1979 #43 pp85-87 Broadwood Ms: Henry Burstow, Horsham, Sussex 1893-4 -- Shirley COLLINS with sister, Dolly (piano) & other instruments: TOPIC 12-TS-380 1978 from Broadwood in JFSS

GILDEROY - Reel (Am) - BAYARD HCT 1944 #85-6 & DTF 1982 #169 5var - HAYWOOD #18 p54 (Am) "Guilderoy" - KENNEDY FTB 1 14 - Cf KERR MM 1 #27 p30 "The Merry-go-round" - Tunebook Ms 4/4 (Am) #126 p220 - O'NEILL MOI 1903 #1748, #1676 & #1785 - Cf THE RED-HAIRED BOY ("The Little Beggarman") -- Peter KENNEDY'S HAYMAKERS BAND rec London 25/3/56: RPL LP 23649/ FTX-324 - Robin WILLIAMSON (harp): CLADDAGH CCF-12 1984 bef "Cow the Gowans"

GILES COLLINS - GEORGE COLLINS

GILES FARNABY'S SUITE - orig Virginals -- TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT 6004 cass

GILES SCROGGINS' GHOST - "G S courted Molly Brown" but his ghost tries to take her away - Words by William Reeves, Totnes, Devon, 1820 - ROUD#1620 - BSs incl SBG 3:#37/ 4:#269 - Songster's Museum 1824 p41 - ASHTON MSB 1888 pp103-4 (w/o) - BARING GOULD English Minstrelsie 1895 I p26 - PURSLOW FD 1974 p33 Gardiner: Charles Gamblin, Winchester, Hampsh - ED&S 39:3 1977 pp103-4 Gardiner: Gamblin - -- RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 p140 E B Ayers, Ark 1930 -- Tune: see JOHNNY HAS GONE FOR A SOLDIER - SHULE AGRA - UNFORTUNATE TAILOR etc

GILGARRAH MOUNTAINS - WHISKEY IN THE JAR

GILL MORICE - CHILD MAURICE

GILLAN THE DROVER - Slow Air -- Colin ROSS (N-pipes): LEADER LER- 2037 1973 with "Niel Gow's Wife"

GILLAN'S APPLES - APPLES IN WINTER

GILLESPIE'S HORNPIPE - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #306 p156 (G) - O'NEILL MOI #1741/ DMI #917 (A)

GILLIAN'S REEL - (Muir O Gellan) - comp Peter Milne of Aberdeen (1824-1908) -- John Neil Mc LEAN (fid) with Phyllis Mc Leod (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with strathspey "J Scott Skinner"

GILLICRANKIE - KILLIECRANKIE

GILLIE CALLUM - used for Scottish Sword Dance (in Highland Schottische or Strathspey tempo) - BALMORAL p15 (##A) Sword Dance - HONEYMAN p20 (##A) - KERR MM 1 p5 (E without D#) - KOHLER 1 p88 (A ending E)-- Jimmy "Hangman" STEWART (fid) rec by PK, Aberdeen 1955: FTX-069

GILLIGAN - "I've just come from a funeral" of his mate at Fermoy who never warned him he was going to die - ROUD#9096 - to tune of "The Wearing Of The Green" - EDWARDS Overlanders SB p166 - Edwards: Australian FS p139 - MEREDITH FSOA 1967 -- "Swagman" Jack Pobar: LARRIKIN L-007 1976

GILLIVAN - LURE OF THE FAIRY HILL (Hebridean)

GILLIVER - Story of miner's first pit pony - Words: Roger Watson/ Tune: Colin Cater -- MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER LER-2085 1973

GILSLAND HORNPIPE, THE - (Gilsland is on Cumberland-Northumb border) -- Tom Hunter (fid) & Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Bewcastle, Cumb 30/6/54: RPL 20626 talk bef/ FTX-121/ TOPIC 12-T-283 1976/ TSCD-669 1998 - Willy TAYLOR (mel) rec by PK, Warenford, Northumb 7/6/54: RPL 20630 - Pete & Chris COE (+ various instrums): LEADER LER-2098 1976 (learned from Willy Taylor)

GILSLAND'S HORNPIPE - KERR 3 #322 p35 (D) Similar title but not the same tune as above

GIMME CRACK CORN - SO EARLY IN THE MORNING

GIN I WERE - O GIN I WERE

GINGER BEER - CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN

GINGER BREAD - THERE IS A SCHOOL IN LIVERPOOL ("Alan Hill aint no good")

GINGER DAN'S - RYAN'S HORNPIPE

GINGER ROGERS - I'M CALLED SAMSON - ME GOSS ME GOSS ME GOLLY

GINI MELYN BACH - (The Little Yellow Guinea) - Welsh -- Andrew THOMAS rec by Seamus Ennis, Pen Cnwc, Fishguard, Pembrokesh Aug 1954: RPL 21844/ FTX-052

GINLEY'S FANCY - Reel - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #130 p62 (Em) - Cf MAID OF THE HOUSE, THE

GINNIE PUG - alt:"Strawberries and cream" - Playford 1657 - BOWEN p30 (Gm)

GIPSIES - GYPSIES

GIRL AT THE BRITISH COUNCIL, THE - WHY YOU COME NO MORE?

GIRL FOR ME, THE - Jig - ROCHE 3 #98 p30 (G)

GIRL FREED FROM THE GALLOWS - MAID FREED FROM THE GALLOWS

GIRL FROM PENDERYN, THE - FERCH O BLWYF PENDERYN - MERCH PENDERRIN

GIRL FROM THE COUNTRY, THE - HONEYMOON REEL

GIRL GUIDES - I'M A GIRL GUIDE DRESSED IN BLUE

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND - MY PARENTS REARED ME TENDERLY

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME, THE - Song - "O come all you comely handsome girls" - ROUD#262/ 689 - BUNTING 1840 #57 - CHAPPELL PMOT 1858 2 p308 - O'LOCHLAINN ISB 1939 #18 pp36-7 text mainly from BS (also notes that MOORE, DAVIS & JOYCE have written songs to this air) - SILVERMAN SOI 1991 p73 "The hour was sad I left the maid" Crimean War version - tune used for AS I GAED O'ER THE BRIG O BANFF - LAMMAS FAIR IN CARGEN - MANCHESTER CANAL - MY FATHER DIED A MONTH AGO - WAXIES DARGLE -- Peter DONNELLY rec by PK, Castlecaulfield, Co Tyrone 23/7/52: RPL 18530/ FTX-432 (8v) - Mary SWAIN of Tristan de Cunha rec by PK, Gosport 1962: FTX-609 - Martin WYNDHAM-READ: ARGO ZDA-147 1971

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME, THE - Instrumental - Morris & Country Dance tune - ROUD#931/101 - Words in SHARP Dance Notes 2 45 - BAYARD DTF #338 p322 10var - HAYWOOD #7 p35 (G) - KENNEDY FTB 1951 1 p27/ 1994 #112 p29 alt: "Brighton Camp" - KERR MM 3 #366 p41 - Tunebook Ms 2/4 (G) #78 p199 - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #972 (G) "Spalpeen Fanach" (Rambling Labourer) - ROCHE 2 #346 p61 variant of different air - WESTROP #42 p15 (G) Country Dance - see SPAILPIN FANACH (Song)

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME, THE - Instrumental England & Scotland: -- Bob SMITH'S IDEAL Band rec 1930: TOPIC 12-T-320 1977 - Willie KEMP & Curly MACKAY (harmonica & ocarina ?) rec 1930's: FTX-360 - Mr JONES (harmonica) rec Burford, Oxfordsh 21/3/46: RPL 9826 (78) for Morris "Brighton Camp" - Stephen BALDWIN (fid) rec by PK, Upton Bishop, Herefordsh 13/10/52: RPL 18680/ FTX-115/ LEADER LED-068 1976/ TOPIC TSCD-666 1998 Seasonal Events - "Fanny" FRYER (mel) with Abingdon Morris, rec by PK, London 12/5/56: RPL LP 23926/ FTX-116 - Bertie CLARK (fid), rec by PK, Bampton, Oxford 1955: FTX-384 "Brighton Camp" - tune used for children's games & songs incl "My father died" & "Waxies Dargle": TOPIC 12-T-41 1959/ CASS 60-0202 - BULWER Band, Norfolk 1962: TOPIC 12-T-296 1976 - John KIRKPATRICK with Sue HARRIS, Martin CARTHY, Martin BRINSFORD & Fi FRASER: "Plain Capers" Morris Dances from the Cotswolds: FREE REED FRR-010 1976 "Brighton Camp" (Eynsham, Oxford) - Jasper & Levi SMITH (harmonica/drum): TOPIC 12-TS-304 1977 - Bob KEIGHLEY, Steve PENNELLS, Reg HALL (fids), Scan TESTER (conc), Paul GROSS (piano) & Bob DAVENPORT (triangle) rec by Reg Hall, The Fox, Islington Gn London 21/1/65 - FAIRLANDS FAMILY BAND rec Dave Byrne, Cheddar, Somerset: cass 1980 aft "March Past" - John KIRKPATRICK (acc) playing slow version "Brighton Camp"

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME - Instrumental - Ireland -- Ceildhe Band in Sarah Makem's kitchen, Keady, Co Armagh rec Jean Ritchie & George Pickow 1951: FOLKWAYS 1960 "Field Trip: Ireland"/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989 CASS-0797 bef "Rakes of Malo" - GILCURDON TRIO rec Belfast 30/10/63: RPL LP 28256/ FTX-308 A-ROVING #2 bef "Rakes of Malo" & "Mason's Apron"/ FTX-373 bef "Rakes of Malo" - Bernard O Sullivan (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-502 1975 with "Maggie in the Wood" - Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gui/voc): RITZ London LC-0008 nd/ CASS-0952

GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME - USA -- Andy J EDWARDS (fid) rec by Maud Karpeles, Coffey Bridge, Ermin, Tenn USA Sept 1950: RPL 17147/ FTX-907 - Richard CHASE (harmonica): TRADITION TLP-1007 1956-7 - Ian BRADLEY: "Songs with a story" Radio 13/10/89 CASS-0165 - Spencer MOORE (voc & gtr) with Everett BLEVINS (mand) rec by Alan Lomax, Chilhowie, Va 1959: ROUNDER CD-1702 1997

GIRL I LEFT IN DANVILLE, THE - Song from California, USA -- Hedy WEST (+ banjo): TOPIC 12-T-163 1967

GIRL IN A BIG HOTEL - comp by DS - Donald SWANN (voc & piano) rec by PK, London 6/6/61: RTR-0418/ FTX-146

GIRL IN CHARLOTTETOWN, THE - FLOATING DOWN THE TIDE

GIRL IN DANGER, THE - Highland/ Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #52 p14 (D) - Tunebook Ms (G) #130 p313

GIRL IN GREEN, THE - Jig - KERR MM 3 #275 p30 (G)

GIRL IN PORTLAND STREET, THE - "Fol-de-lol-day" - Sea Shantey - HUGILL SSS 1961 p54

GIRL IN THE BIG HOTEL, THE - "Watch 'em, Nell - you never can tell" - comp by SC -- Sydney CARTER (voc) with Donald SWANN (voc & piano) rec by PK, London 6/6/61: RTR-0418/ FTX-146

GIRL'S ASLEEP WITH A BLUE DRESS ON, A - "Wake her and so shake her"/ "Johnny come to Hilo" - Shanty - ROUD#650 - SHARP EFC 1911 - HUGILL SSS 1961 p267 -- James WRIGHT, rec by James M Carpenter, Leith c1928: FTX-141 - Stanley SLADE with male ch rec Bristol 8/6/42: RPL 4614 (78 rpm)/ rec by PK, Bristol 1950: RPL 17604/ FTX-207 - Roy HARRIS & ch: TOPIC 12-TS-234 1974

GIRL OF CONSTANT SORROW - comp by Sarah Ogan (Gunning) 1830's about hard times in a mining community in America -- Peggy SEEGER (+ auto-harp): ARGO ZFB-64 1968

GIRL OF THE HOUSE, THE - Jig - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #40 "The Housekeeper" from Denis Murphy (fid) - LEVEY 2 #68 p30 (D)- O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #998 (D) "The Girl of the Big House" alt:"The Housekeeper" - ROCHE 1 #98 p43 - Petrie says "a very characteristic specimen of the true old Irish jig...a very popular dance-tune in the counties of Cork, Kerry and Limerick, in all of which it is considered to be ancient, and to have been originally used as a march"

GIRL OF THE GOLDEN TRESSES - MADAM IF YOU PLEASE (Hornpipe)

GIRL RAKING HAY, THE - HAYMAKING COURTSHIP

GIRL THAT MAKES THE THING, THE - Second World War Song -- COSMOTHEKA (v/gtr) rec Bewdley Festival: Radio 2 26/10/88: CASS-30-0738

GIRL THAT WORE A WATERFALL, THE - GIRL WITH THE WATERFALL

GIRL VOLUNTEER, THE - "The cruel war is raging and Johnny he must go" - she pleads for him to take her with him to the war but at first he refuses because her rosy cheeks would fade on guard duty in the winter - she offers the captain money to release him - LAWS #O-33 ABBB 1957 p241 - ROUD#401 - GRAINGER #371 George R Orton, Brigg, Lincolnsh 1908 --- SHARP EFSSA 2 pp111-112 Jeff Stockton, Flag Pond, Tenn 1916/ Rosie Hensley, Alleghany, NC 1916 1v/m "The Warfare is Raging" - FUSON BKH 1930 p104 Ky (w/o) - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp224-5 2var Cinderella Kinnaird & Charles Ingenthron, Missouri "Johnny must fight" - BELDEN BSM 1955 p180 Nora Strickland, Mo 1909 (w/o) "Johnnie" - Buna HICKS rec by Frank & Anne WARNER, Watauga Co, N.C. 1951: APPLESEED APR-CD-036 2000 "Johnny, O Johnny, would you think it unkind?"

GIRL WHO BROKE MY HEART, THE - Reel - BRODY p120 - O'NEILL MOI #1176 & DMI #456 (First reel in Dance Music Book) - TWEED p18 (G) -- James MORRISON (fid) with John MULLEN (piano) rec New York 1921-1935: TOPIC 12-T-390 1980 with "Galway Reel" - see "Winter Apples" -- Joe HOLMES & Len GRAHAM (mouth music) rec by Robin Morton, Co Antrim: TOPIC 12-TS-401 1979/ ELLIPSIS CD-4070 1997 - TRADLADS TLCD001 1997 (Denmark) bef "The Jolly Tinker"

GIRL WHO WANTED TO MARRY A SHOEMAKER, THE - Irish Song in Gaelic -- Maggie McDONAGH - rec by Alan Lomax Feenish Island, Galway, Connemara 1951: 7"RTR-0587 (talk before with Robin Roberts)

GIRL WHO WAS DROWNED AT ONSLOW, THE - "What mournful news that we did hear" - ROUD#3287 - McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp371-2 Alexander Harrison (w/o)

GIRL WHO WAS TOO SMART FOR THE FIDDLER, THE -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) - rec Donegal 24/4/51: RPL 16657/ rec by Alan Lomax, Dunloe, Co Donegal Jan 1951 7"RTR-0566/ FTX-073 Tune used with story: "Twisting the Hayrope"

GIRL WITH THE BLUE DRESS (ON), THE - Polka or Schottische - BREATHNACH 3 1985 #80 p38 (G) - KENNEDY FTB 2 #106 p27 --- BAYARD DTF 1982 #246 p205 Cf #382 p366 (diff tune with same title) - see also DARK GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE, THE -- William KIMBER (A-conc) rec by PK 1951: FTX-383 - Paddy BREEN of Clare (vert flute), rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Wark, Northumb 29/6/54: RPL 20617/ FTX-119 - Adam GRAY (fid) rec by PK, Haydon Bridge, Northumb 1954 7"RTR-0046 "Tom Hepple's Polka" - George HEPPLE (fid & acc), Haltwhistle, Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974 "I love the girl with the blue frock on" - Jimmy PALISTER (fid) Northumb: TOPIC 12-TS-267 1975 - J Scott SKINNER (fid + piano) rec 1910: TOPIC 12-TS-268 1975 titled "German Schottische" (Bohemian Melody)

GIRL WITH THE HANDSOME FACE, THE - PRIDE OF THE BALL (Reel)

GIRL WITH THE LAUGHING EYES, THE - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1528/ DMI #745 (D)

GIRL WITH THE RED COLOURED HAIR - comp Graeme MILES

GIRL WITH THE WATERFALL, THE - "The first time that I seen her" "Come all of you that's been in love" - first sees the girl in a dry-goods store then at a picnic - walks her home but is surprised by her husband - he's beaten & robbed of his watch, chain and money "The Girl that wore a Waterfall" i e an artificial curl of hair worn at the back of the neck - ROUD#2189 - LAWS #H-26 NAB 1950/64 p242 ---- BROWNE AFL 1979 pp164-5 from Foster's Favorite Clown Songster 1872 (w/o)/ Mrs Ercelle Hand, Sargossa, Alabama 1953 - HENRY FSSH 1938 p307 12v Ky (mention of Lumberjacks song about girl who wore a waterfall coll Quebec 1957) - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 3 pp110-2 Mrs Judy Jane Whittaker, Mi 1928 RANDOLPH OFS 1974 3 p111 Mo 5v/m - PETERS FSOW 1977 p304 Hamilton Lobdell, Wis 1941

GIRLEEN, DON'T BE IDLE - "A Chailin bhig ghleoite mheidhrigh" - "gather your ducks and mind 'em" - CROININ 2000 #62 p117 Irish added locally to an English jingle -- Elizabeth CRONIN rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow, Ballyvourney, Co Cork 24/10/52: FOUR COURTS CD-2 #19

GIRLS BEFORE YOU MARRY - LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

GIRL'S CROON, THE -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1952: FTX-074 Story & Song tune

GIRLS FROM THE SOUTH - "Master brought some yellow girls" - Minstrel Song - MUNCH Tristan da Cunha 1970 p108

GIRLS OF BANBRIDGE, THE - PLYMOUTH LASSES

GIRLS O' CHILE, THE - CHILE'S COAST

GIRLS O' DUBLIN TOWN, THE - HARP WITHOUT THE CROWN

GIRLS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE, THE - "Attend you lads and lasses a story you shall hear" - ROUD#12727 - WILLIAMS #261 Charles Hope, Filkins, Oxfordsh (w/o) - VICINUS: Ballads of the Industrial North 1975 p61(Preston Library) Bs by Harkness "Girls of Lancashire"

GIRLS OF KEADY, THE -- Neil BOYLE (fid) rec by Alan Lomax, Dunloe, Co Donegal 1951: 7"RTR-0593/ tune on its own and with "Burke's Street" & "Drimin Duinn"

GIRL'S SONGS - FEMALE POINT OF VIEW

GIRLS, WILL YOU TAKE HIM? - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1464/ DMI #695 (G)

GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES - GET ALONG LITTLE DOGIES

GIVE EAR TO - CRAFTY FARMER - SILLY DOE

GIVE ME A COT - COT IN THE VALLEY

GIE ME A LASS WI A LUMP O LAND - in Alan Ramsay's "Tea Table Miscellany" vol 1 1724 -- OSSIAN IONA IR-001 1978

GIVE ME A TICKET TO HEAVEN - "that's where Dad's gone they say" A little girl goes to the railway station to find that her father is reported killed on the line, but it has a happy ending -- Tom BROWN (of Caister Norfolk) rec by PK, Harberton, Devon 25/3/79: FTX-133

GIVE ME MONEY -- DEIGHTON FAMILY: Concert Hall Radio 2 16/3/89: CASS-90-0715

GIVE ME THAT HOME COOKING - MY GRANNY'S IN THE CELLAR

GIVE ME YOUR HAND - TABHAIR DOM DO LAMH

GIVE THE FIDDLER A DRAM --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #246 (vol 2 p358) Miss Susan Moberl,ey, Oneida School, Clay Co., Ky 1917 -- Murphy GRIBBLE (banjo) with John LUSK (fiddle) & Albert YORK (gtr) rec by Robert Stuart Jamieson, Margot Mayo & Freyda Simon, Campaign, Tenn Sept 1946: ROUNDER CD-11661-1823-2 1999

GIVE THE GIRL HER FOURPENCE - Reel -- Packie RUSSELL (A-conc) Clare: TOPIC 12-TS-251 1975

GIVE THE LASS HER FAIRING - O GIVE THE LASS

GIVE US A DRINK OF WATER - FRESH JUG

GIVE US ANOTHER - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1530/ DMI #746 (D)

 
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