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MRAANE KILKENNY - (The Kilkenny Women) - Manx Gaelic -- Joan OWEN (unacc) rec Isle of Man 27/2/58: RPL LP 24012

MUCAN BHALALLAN - (The Whales of Balallan) - Scots Gaelic - Ballalan is on the Isle of Lewis, Hebrides -- John "Hodden" McDONALD, rec at Festival at Blairgowrie, Perthsh: TOPIC 12-T-181 1968

MUCH WENLOCK JIG -- John KIRKPATRICK (acc) & Sue HARRIS (oboe): TOPIC 12-TS-247 1974

MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE, THE - "At the lea-rig old croft upon the hill" - Lowland Scots about the disorderly goings-on at a farm belonging to George McIntyre - ROUD#2137 - KERR Cornkisters has a different version comp by G S Morris - McCOLL SS 1953 p33 from McBeath - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 #257 pp566-7 Jimmy White, Whittingham, Northumberland 1954 -- Jimmy McBEATH rec by Alan Lomax, Edinburgh (with chorus) July 1951: ROUNDER 82161-1834-2 2002/ CAEDMON TC 1224/ TOPIC 12 T 197/ FTX-023 & FTX-058/ SAYDISC SDL-407 1994/ RPL 21532 (has verses in different order)/ TANGENT TNGM-109 1971 - Jimmy WHITE rec by PK, Northumberland 9/6/54: RPL 20606/ FTX-425 - TOPIC 12 TS-226 1973 "Geordie McIntyre" (has a day beside the sea - tune: "Soor Milk Cairt" (with 2 concertinas) rec Glasgow - Joe AITKEN (unacc singer) rec Aberdeensh: SLEEPYTOON SLPYMC001 1999 (Cass) - TRADLADS TL-CD-001 1997 "Molly Durkin"

MUCKIN' O' GEORDIE'S BYRE, THE - Jig (D) - BAYARD DTF #602 p53 "O lassie art thou sleeping yet" (6var) alt: "The Stone Barn" - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p45/ 1994 #176 p45 - KERR MM 2 #313 p34 "O lassie art thou sleeping yet?" -- GILCURDON TRIO Belfast 1962: FTX-373 - Peter KENNEDY (mel): FOLKTRAX FTX-323 -- Mrs CROTTY's BAND rec by PK, Totnes, Devon 1980: FTX-250 aft "Greengrocer" & bef "Just the Thing" Willie KELBY (harmonica) rec by PK, Blairgowrie, Perthsh: FTX-182/ SAYDISC SDL-407 1994 - MARSDEN RATTLERS: LEADER LER-3008 1971 with "Cock o the North"

MUCKLE FRIDAY FAIR - "There's joy aroond the banks of Don and up the glens o Dee" - Bothy Ballad about Hiring Fair - comp by George S Morris (?) -- Jimmy McGREGOR (ploughman) rec Kinross Folk Festival 1975: SPRINGTHYME SPRC 1003/ CASS-1313 1988 - Tam REID (unacc singer) rec Aberdeensh: SLEEPYTOON SLPYMC001 1999(?) (Cass)

MUCKLE REEL O FINNIGIRT, DA - Shetland Reel - see also THE HILL O' FINNIGIRT -- Peter FRASER (fid) of Finniegarth, nr Wall rec by Pat Shaw, Lerwick, Shetland July 1952: RPL 18621/ FTX-068 bef "Back Reel" - Peter FRASER with Tom ANDERSON (piano) 7"RTR-1085/ FTX-368 - P S PETERSON (fid), rec Tom Anderson, Papa Stour, Shetland (2 tune variants) 5"RTR- 1079/ FTX-368

MUCKRAM WAKES - Ch: ""The pit-head wheels have ceased to turn - the looms are standing idle - the ploughman's horse is trudging home - and weary shakes his bridle" The wakes has come to town O - Roll up - laughter joy & harmony abound in foolish measure" -comp by -- MUCKRAM WAKES: LEADER LER-2093 1976

MUCKROS - BIDDY OF MUCKROS

MUCKROSS ABBEY - Reel - MOYLAN 2 #66 p37 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon) "Charlie Mulvihill's"(learned from Denis Murphy) -- Denis MURPHY & his sister, Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles) rec by Seamus Ennis, Charlie Horan's Bar, Coalisland, Co Kerry 9//9/52: RPL 18755/ TOPIC TSCD-309 (1977) 1994: bef "Mulvihill's"

MUCK SPREADING - NEW MUCKSPREADER

MUCK SPREADING TIME - Tune by David Kettlewell -- TROTTO: FOREST TRACKS FT-6003 1973/ FREE REED FRR-005 1976

MUD, GLORIOUS MUD - HIPPO SONG (Flanders/ Swann)

MUDDLEY BARRACKS - "Now when first I came to Turpiton Town they callled I a silly old codger" - ROUD#1735 - WILLIAMS 249 Frank Cook, Burford, Oxfordsh (w/o) "When first I came to Sherborne Town" ("they called me Bonny Rogers") 3v - PALMER RS 1977 p93 Brightwell (by permission of FOLKTRAX) - see THE IRISH RECRUIT -- "Jumbo" BRIGHTWELL rec by PK, Leiston, Suffolk 1956: 7"RTR- 0281/ CAEDMON TC-1164/ TOPIC 12-T-196/ TSCD-670 1998 Working folk/ FTX-099 & FTX-517/ rec by Tony Engle TOPIC 12 TS- 261 1975 "Muddley Barracks" - Reg & John CANTWELL rec by Mike Yates "The Yorkshire Binder" (Norfolk singers call it "Bungay Town") - Tony HALL Ship Inn Blaxhall Suffolk: TRANSATLANTIC XTRS-1141 1974 "Bungay Roger"

MUDGEE SCHOTTISCHE, THE - Australian -- FLOWERS & FROLICS rec "Empress of Russia" Islington London: FREE REED FRR-016 1977 aft "Whistling Prince" & bef "Harry Cotter's" - THE LARRIKINS Group: LARRIKIN LRD-9012 1981 - FAIRLANDS FAMILY BAND rec by Dave Byrne, Cheddar, Somerset: cass 1980 aft "Whistling Prince" & bef "Getting Upstairs"

MUFFIN MAN, THE - "Do you know the MM - who lives in Drury Lane - Two of us know the MM" etc - Children's Dialogue Ring Game - GOMME 1894 I p402 has 5 versions - OPIE SG 1985 #104 pp379-382 -- rec by Damian Webb 20/6 Workington Moss Bay Juniors 1962 "Dooley Lane" - rec by DW 24/3 St Marys Cockermouth Cumb 1965 "2,6,8,16"/ RPL LP 30954/ FTX-195 #32 with solos & ch

MUFFIN MAN, THE - DING DONG SONG

MUG OF BROWN ALE, THE - Song - VOC LIB 1822 p530 "The Thrasher"

MUG OF BROWN ALE, THE - Jig - ALLAN #19 p5 - BAYARD DTF #602 p630 5var "Kitty in the Fog" or "Kitty and the Frog" - BOWEN p29 (Am) 2pts & 3pts - COLE #3 p66 "One Bottle More" - GIBLIN #94 p42 - JOYCE OIFM 1909 #43 "The Stonecutter's Jig" - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #126 p31 Am - KERR MM 1 #41 p39 - LEVEY 1 #45 p18 from Co Meath (with note about finishing in a major key) - MOYLAN 2 #232 p134 "Old Man Dillon" from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #804/ DMI #75 "Old Man Dillon" alt: "One bottle more" - Cf PADDY IN LONDON - Michael SHANNON (fid): MS-01 "The Musical Blacksmith" (from Derrylin, Co Fermanagh) "Old Man Dillon"

MUILE NAM FUAR-BHEANN MOR (Mull of the Cool Bens) -Rhona McLEOD (sung in Gaelic): BELTONA (Decca) LBA-58 1968

MUILTIN, AN (The Little (Hornless) Sheep) - Slow Air - "I have a little sheep on a tether" -- Michael DOHERTY (fid) rec by Alan Lomax, Dunloe, Co Donegal Jan 1951 7"RTR-0566/ DAT - Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal Aug 1953: RPL 19588 talk bef/ FTX-073

MUILLLEANN NA MAIDI - (Crushing the twigs) - Air -- Vincent CAMPBELL (fid) Co Donegal: CLADDAGH 4-CC-44 1987

MUINEAL A' BHARDAIL - (The Drake's Neck) - Reel with story about it being drowned in a puddle (D) -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953: RTR-1218/ RPL 19574 / FTX-273 talk bef

MUIR OF ORD - Ross-shire - IT RAINS IT HAILS (James Bowie)

MUIRLAND - MOORLAND

MULBERY BUSH, THE - "Here we go round the MB on a cold and frosty morning - This is the way (the ladies walk - gentlemen) we wash our hands, dry, clap, scrub the floor, clean our teeth" etc - Children's Ring Game - ROUD#7882 & 12970 - GREIG-DUNCAN 8 2002 #1580 pp131-2 (4 var) "The Merry Ma Tanzie"/ "Jingo Ring"/ Guinea Gold Ring" - GOMME I p404 - OPIE SG 1985 #27 pp150-4 "Merry-ma-tanzie" & #66 pp286-292 - see DAYS OF THE WEEK ("This is the way she washed her clothes") -- rec by Alan Lomax, Norton Park School, Edinburgh 1952: 7"RTR-0720/ FTX-181 - Liverpool schoolchildren rec by Sasha Moorsom 18/7/58: RPL LP 25827 "Here we go round the mountain" - rec by Damian Webb Catholic Juniors, Pickering, N Yorks Girls 1961: DW-19/6/ FTX-195 #13 "Here we go round the MB" - Redriff Prim Schl Bermondsey London TOPIC IMP-A-101 1969 - Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173

MULBERRY BUSH, THE - Jig - HAYWOOD #49 p22 (Eb) -- Peter BERESFORD (fid) rec by PK, Oughtershaw, W Yorksh 1954: 211 for dance: "Swinging Six" - George TREMAIN (mel) rec by PK, North Skelton N Yorksh 1954: FTX-329 - Tufty SWIFT (mel) with Alan & Sue HARRIS: FREE REED FRR-017 1977 aft "Buttered Peas"

MULBERRY TREE, THE - SQUIRE AND THE CHAMBERMAID

MULES - DONKEYS - FLOP-EARED MULE - KICKING MULE - OLD BLACK MULE OF MINE

MULESKINNER BLUES - Norm COHEN: "LONG STEEL RAIL: The Railroad in American Folksong" Urbana: Univ of Illinois Press 1981 p453 this is "Blue Yodel" by Jimmy Rodgers -- Frank PROFFITT: APPLESEEDAPR-CD-1036 2000 - ODETTA rec by Jack Hawkins, San Franscisco, USA 1956: TRADITION TLP-1010 1957 - STONEY MOUNTAIN BOYS UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3050 1959

MULGA MAXIMS - "Don't be foolish in yards full o' cattle - the woman, the cart and the horse" Bush wisdom and advice for cattle-breeders -- Deelan AILLEY (voc/gtr): LARRIKIN LRD-9012 1981

MULKEEN'S - Reel - TAYLOR 1 p12 (G)

MULL - Island in the Hebrides - CHILD OF THE MANGER - Gaelic choir "I see Mull" Radio 2: 20/9/89: CASS-0487

MULL OF KINTYRE, THE - Paul McCarthy & WINGS -- Mick FOSTER (acc/gui/voc) & Tony ALLEN (gui/voc): RITZ London LC-0015/ CASS-0954

MULLAGH JIG - is this Mullaly's ? -- Bernard O SULLIVAN & Tommy MAHON (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-505 1976 aft "Blooming Meadows" & bef "Ballinakill"

MULLALY'S - Jig - O'NEILL (not in MOI) DMI #344 (##G) 3pts "The Stolen Purse" - SHASKEEN 1 #60 p42 (Am/G) - LARK ON THE STRAND

MULLARD, THE - MALLARD

MULLIN DHU - (The Dark Mill) - Scots Gaelic air - WILLIAMSON BFT 1976 p52

MULLINABRONE - "As I walked out one evening iot being in the month of May" - William bound for America, Mary follows and happily finds him - HENRY SOP #242/ HUNTINGTON 1974 pp483-4 1928 - FMJ 3:3 1976 p222-3 Henry

MULLINAVAT - Reel - Co Waterford - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #153 p71 (Em) (from Bobby Casey (fid) Co Clare) "Paddy Breen's - O NEILL MOI #1316/ DMI #578 (G) "The Reel of Mullinavat" - TWEED p31 (Em) -- Michael COLEMAN (fid & piano) rec USA 1922-9: INTREPID 1973 "The Heyday of M C"/ FTX-154 aft "Tom Ward's Downfall" - Seamus TANSEY (flute & tamb) accomp Paul GROSS (piano): LEADER LEA-2005 1970 with "Pigeon at the gate"

MULLINGAR RACES - Reel (D) - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #107 p54 - BRODY p199 - O'NEILL MOI #1534/ DMI #750 (D) Reel & MOI 1588-9/ DMI 834 (G) Hornpipe alt: "May Day" - SHASKEEN 1 #18 p14 - Cf ASH MALEY HOUSE -- Billy ANDREWS (U-pipes) Dublin rec 1928: TOPIC 12-T-262 1975 "May Day" with "The Cuckoo's Nest" - Proisias O Maonaigh, Mairead Ni Mhaionaigh, Paula Doohan, Liz Doherty (fids) rec at "Fiddlesticks" Festival organised by Traditional Music Society of University College, Cork 1991: NIMBUS NI-5320 bef "Pigeon on the gate"

MULLINS FANCY - Reel -- Packie DOLAN (fid) rec New Jersey, NY USA nd "The Wheels of the World" LP MORNING STAR 45001 - KILFENORA CEILI BAND (West Clare): TRANSATLANTIC TRA-283 1974

MULLONEY'S JIG - MALONEY'S

MULLOURNEY'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms #19 p93 (D) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #122 p34 (D)

MULQUEENEY'S - ROYAL CHARLIE (Jig)

MULTI-TRACK RECORDING - DOUBLE TRACKING

MULVIHILL'S - Reel -- Denis MURPHY & his sister, Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles): RPL 18755 rec by Seamus Ennis, Charlie Horan's Bar, Coalisland, Co Kerry 9//9/52: TOPIC TSCD-309 (1977) 1994 aft "Muckross Abbey" - Bernard O SULLIVAN & Tommy MAHON (conc) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-505 1976 aft "Farmer Moroney's" - Con CURTIN & Edmund MURPHY (fids) accomp by Reg HALL (piano) rec Camden Town 10/3/68: TOPIC TSCD-603 1997 bef "Tie the bonnet"

MUMMERS - see CHRISTMAS - GOD BLESS THE MASTER - JOHNNY OCHRE - MARI LWYD - MORRIS - OLD JOHNNY BIGGER - OLD TUP - POOR OLD HORSE - SICK LOVER - SOULCAKERS - VALIANT WELSHMAN - see also PACE-EGGING - PLOUGH JAGS - SOULCAKING - DORCHESTER - EASTCOTE - EVERSHOT - HEADINGTON - MARSHFIELD - ROTTINGDEAN - SIDMOUTH - SOUTH CERNEY - SYMONDSBURY & EYPE - WILTSHIRE - England - REYNARDSON 1890 p2 TIPTEERERS Sussex - SHARP-KARPELES CDC 1974 #328 "James Morrell is dead" - DOUGLAS II 1929 p28 ARRANE NY MUMMERYN (Song of the Mummers) Manx Mocking Song - OPIE ODNR 1951 "There was an old man of Thessaly" - JEFDSS 1952 p1 PK: SYMONDSBURY Dorset rec by PK Jan 1951 - JEFDSS 1953 p 128 EYPE, Dorset Song from Tom Eveleigh rec by PK - p130 N A Huddleston: EBBERSTON, Scarboro, Yorks (now linked with Guy Fawkes - JEFDSS 1954 p180 M Dean Smith: Richard Johnson's "Seven Champions" - JAFL 84/333 1971 E T Kirby: The Origin of the Mummers Play - JAFL 85/335 1972 The REVESBY Sword Play (letter from Cawte a few nos later) - TOCHER 32 1979 & TOCHER 36-7 "Galoshins" - ED&S mag 42/1 1980 p7 Paul Smith: authenticity of REVESBY, Lincs - HELM The English Mummers Play 1981 - REVISTA VENEZUELA #4 p34 Text of ANTROBUS Play in Engl & Spanish - TOCHER #45 pp198-201 Review of Brian Hayward's GALOSHINS (Edinburgh Univ Press 1992) - FMJ Vol2 No 4 1998 pp496-513 Article on JMCarpenter's Collection by Steve Roud & Paul Smith - Scotland - Islands, such as Lewis, a boy, with his gang of boys disguised in white, covered in a bull-skin runs around house beating the horns and hoofs with much noise CARMEN GADELICA vol1 1900 p126 "Nuall Nollaig" ("Christmas Hail") & p149 "Cailluinn A Bhuilg" ("Hogmanay of the Sack") - HULL FOBI 1928 (Folklore of the British Isles) p235 - GRANT HF 1961 (Highland Folkways) p360 - SHAW FS&FL pp13 & 25 song different from Lewis - TOCHER 32 (1979) "The Goloshians" play with song from Morebattle, Roxburghshire & Australia contributed by Emily Lyle includes "Little I", "Doctor" & "Beelzebub" - Ireland - see Recordings - Elsewhere - DOMINICA - Recordings - see under SUBJECTS -

MUMMER'S JIG AND REEL - DARLEY/ McCALL FC 1914 #72 & #73 p33 "Duncormick Mummers' Jig"

MUMMER'S SONG - "Of music merrily play and of cannons loudly roar - you're welcome home St George home to your native shore - O the next we do call in..." - SHARP SG 2003 p89 6v of "Calling-on song" for Minehead Mummers from John Thorne 1906. The Mummers were revived in 1909 by members of "The Guild of St George" whose president was the Rev F.M.Etherington (later vicar of Withypool).

MUNCIE'S FAVOURITE - Clog Hornpipe - COLE p118 (D)

MUNLOCHIE BRIDGE - 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

MONROE'S CONFESSION - "Come all my fellow countrymen great pity you'll lend an ear" - ROUD#2258 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp186-8 Wm Ireland, Elgin, New Brunswick, Canada

MUNSTER BACON - MUNSTER LASS (Jig)

MUNSTER BANK, THE - Miss JOHNSTON'S

MUNSTER BUTTERMILK - Jig - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #29 p18 - BRODY p199 3pts - CRANITCH #16 p131 - HAYWOOD #27 p15 3pts - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #127 p31 (D) 3pts alt: "Bar na Fweirste" "An Bhlathach Mhuimhneach" "Squeeze your Thighs" "Take her or leave her" - KERR MM 1 #47 p40 3pts - LEVEY 1 #51 pp20-21 3pts - MOYLAN 2 #137 p80 3pts from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #893/ DMI #141 (G) 3pts "Behind the haystack" - SULLIVAN 1 p9 (D) 3pts & 3 #2 p1 (G) -- Billy ANDREWS (U-pipes) Dublin rec 1928: TOPIC 12-T-262 1976 - Willie CLANCY (U-pipes) with Bobby CASEY (fid) of Co Clare rec by PK, London 1956: 173 - played by Eamonn Rodgers (whistle) & Pat Meenan (spoons)rec by Noel Hamilton, Torre Island, Co Donegal 1968: FTX-276 - Micho RUSSELL (flute) Doolin Co Clare: FREE REED FRR-004 1976 - Denis MURPHY & Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles): Kerry: CLADDAGH CC-5 1973 - BOTHY BAND CASS-60-0885

MUNSTER CLOAK, THE - Waltz - CRANITCH p38

MUNSTER GIMLET, THE - PLUMKUM

MUNSTER JIG, THE - (G) - MOYLAN 2 #174 p100 from John O Leary (melodeon) -- Michael CRONIN (fid) rec by Radio Eireann, Kerry Nov 1948: RPL 21830 bef "Tell her I am" - Denis MURPHY & Julia CLIFFORD (fiddles): CLADDAGH CC-5 1973

MUNSTER LASS, THE - Jig - COLE #4 p55 (F) - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #128 p31 (D) 6pts - Tunebook Ms #184 p756pts - MAGUIRE 1 #22 p6 (F) - O NEILL MOI 1838 (F) - Cf O'NEILL DMI #340 "M Bacon" (D) - TWEED p11 "M Bacon"

MUNSTER REEL, THE - HARDEBECK p2 (G) - Cf STAR OF MUNSTER

MURCHAIDH BHIG A CHINN A 'CHONAIS - (Little Murdoch, best at baiting) - Scots Gaelic Work Song -- Miss Penny MORRISON rec by School of Scottish Studies, Iochdar, Lewis 1970: TANGENT TNGM-110 1971

MURDER -- see SUBJECTS Listing

MURDER IN THE FISH SHOP - Scots Children's Song -- Robin HALL & Jimmie McGREGOR: DECCA ECS-2161 1974

MURDER IN DE MARKET -- Men & women ch & brake drum in West Indies Broadcast recs for PK: RTR-0445/ CD 945

MURDER IN THE RED BARN - MARIA MARTEN

MURDER MICKEY MURDER - "in the house - in the school - if she don't tell you grammar she'll hit you with a hammer" - Childrens Game Song to tune of COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN -- Barmulloch Primary School, Glasgow: TOPIC 12-TS-226 1973

MURDER MURDER POLICE - "three stairs up" -- Dominic BEHAN of Dublin: TOPIC 12-T-41 1959

MURDER OF BETTY SMITH -- "Twas at a dance he met her" -- Rowland KELLETT of Leeds rec by PK, London: FTX-209 (learned from Mrs Taylor, Holbeck, sung at benches before 1914-18 war)

MURDER OF COLONEL SHARP, THE - "Come gentlemen & ladies" - Jeremy Beauchamp, young law student in love with Ann Cook, disguised as a negro, murdered Sharp, Attorney General of Frankfort Ky, in 1824. They both tried to commit suicide by drinking poison. Jeremy was executed and Anne died an hour later - LAWS dF38 - ROUD#4110 - SHARP Ms from Frankland B Shelton, Allenstand, Madison Co NC 1916 -- Doug WALLIN rec by Mike Yates, Sodom Laurel, Madison, NC 23/5/83 VWML-007-d/CASS-1026 1992 "Crazy about Song"

MURDER OF MARIA MARTEN, THE - MARIA MARTIN

MURDER OF MISS MARY BROWN, THE - CRUEL SHIP'S CARPENTER

MURDER OF WILLIAM FUNSTON, THE - "You Roman Catholics of Erin's nation" - Anti-Orange Song - MORTON CDGD 1973 pp147-8 & p175 John Maguire, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh 1970

MURDER SONG - "Young men and tender maidens, attend to what I say" - Willie courting lady - emigrate together - ROUD#2769 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 pp189-190 Wm Ireland, Elgin, New Brunswick

MURDERED SERVANT MAN, THE - BRAMBLE BRIARS - CONSTANT FARMER'S SON

MURDERER'S HOME -- Convicts rec by Alan Lomax, Parchman State Penitentiary, Mississippi, 1947: FTX-916

MURLOUGH MARY - MOORLOUGH MARY

MURPHY DELANEY - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #129 p31 (G) - KERR MM 2 #278 p30 (Bb) - Tunebook Ms #143 p57 (G) - O NEILL MOI #703/ DMI #7 3pts "Denis Delaney" Found in London coll. alt: "Sheilah O Shannon"

MURPHY'S HORNPIPE - (D) - BREATHNACH CRE 1 #213 p86 3pts - BRODY p200 - KERR 4 #280 p30 - Cf O'NEILL MOI #1624/ DMI #856 (G) - SHASKEEN 1 #66 p47 (G) -- Michael COLEMAN (fid with piano) rec USA 1921-36: VIVA VOCE-004 1991 (d/cass) - CHIEFTAINS 1: TARA (CLADDAGH) TA-3 aft "An Combra Donn" (version of "Durham Rangers") - Paddy MALONEY & Sean POTTS (whistles) with Peadar MERCIER (bodhran) Clare: CLADDAGH CC-15 1974 with "Heather Breeze" - John WRIGHT (googa): TOPIC 12-TS-348 1978 - Sean MAGUIRE (fiddle) with Eileen HUNTER (piano) & Pat CONROY & Steve Cooney (guitar) CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer Mar 2005) bef "McCormack's"

MURPHY'S GREYHOUND - Reel - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #251 p130 (Am)

MURPHY'S REEL - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #203 p105 (D) (Reel)

MURPHY'S WIFE - Reel - PADDY MURPHY'S WIFE

MURRAY RIVER JIG - comp by the late Graham Townsend, Canadian fiddler -- Willie TAYLOR (fid) of Northumberland, rec by Burt Feintuch 1990: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999

MURRAY'S CONVOY - Topical Ballad comp by McGuigan about an illegal "convoy" (party before emigration) without permit after curfew before a man called Murray who was going to Canada at which the police sergeant Reilly appeared -- Michael McGUIGAN rec by PK, Brackalislea, Draperstown, Co Derry 21/5/53: RPL 19975 (with talk on RPL 19976)/ FTX-435

MURRAY'S HORNPIPE - BRIDGE OF LODI

MURSHEEN DURKIN - Song/ Polka-tune - O'LOCHLAINN MISB 1965 p72 "Goodbye Mursheen Durkin" - for a reel-time version see BIDDY OF BALLYVOURNEY - for Jig (Am) - Cf GET UP EARLY (Jig) -- Paddy BREEN (Vert flute) from Co Clare rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-078 - BARNBRACK Irish Party Sing-Song: CASS-0926 - Barney O SHAMROCK: CASS-0929 - TRADLADS TLCD001 1997 (Denmark) "Molly Durkin"

MURTOUGH MOLLOY - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1522/ DMI #741 (Em)

MUSCLE - STRENGTH

MUSE AND THE HERO, THE - CAPTAIN DEATH

MUSES, THE - Quadrille Jig - KENNEDY FTB 2 1954 p45 (D/Bm) 3pts - Tunebook Ms #19 p341 3pts (as Kennedy)

MUSEUMS - ARCHIVES

MUSGRAVE - LITTLE MUSGRAVE

MUSGROVE - (or "Criminal's Farewell") - Shape-note Hymn -- SOUTHERN TRADITIONAL SINGERS: ROUNDER-0094 1978

MUSH A DOODY - "There was an old woman she had na bairns" - ROUD#1808 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 p205 Mrs Wm McNab, Halifax, Nova Scotia c1929

MUSHROOMS - MAID GATHERING MUSHROOMS

MUSIC IN SONG - AIKEN DRUM - BANKS OF THE ROSES - BILLY JOHNSON'S BALL - HAT MY FATHER WORE - IRISH JUBILEE - JOHNNY SMOKER - KING ORFEO - OLD KING COLE - OLD PIPER - PHIL THE PIPER'S WEDDING - RATTLING ROARING WILLIE - SEAN BRISTE MOR - STOR A STOR A GHRA - TWO SISTERS

MUSIC AND LOVE - "How great is the pleasure how seet the delight" - love music harmony - ROUD#1348 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p306 (Ms#640) 1v (w/o)

MUSIC AND WINE - "Of battles and sieges I mean not to sing" - ROUD#1229 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 p42 (Ms#38) James Midwinter, Aldsworth, Gloucestersh 3v (w/o)

MUSIC AT THE GATE - Reel - cf tune of Percy French's "Phil the Fluter's Ball" -- Seamus ENNIS (whistle) rec by PK, London 1958: FTX-079/ SAYDISC (CD) SDL-420 1997

MUSIC HALL - AINT IT A GREAT BIG SHAME? - ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD - AMATEUR WHITEWASHER - ANYWHERE DOES FOR ME - ARE WE TO PUT LIKE THIS, BILL? - BREAK THE NEWS TO MOTHER - BROWN BOOTS - BUBBLING WATER - CAPTAIN GINGER - CHARLADIES BALL - COSTER'S PONY - DAISIE BELLE - DICK WHITTINGTON - DON'T GO DOWN THE MINE - DON'T I WISH THEY'D DO IT NOW - DON'T SEND MY BOY TO PRISON - DON'T STOP MY HALF PINT - DOWN AT THE OLD BULL AND BUSH - DOWN IN THE FIELDS - DOWN THE ROAD AND AWAY WENT POLLY - FARMER GILES - FOUR HORSE CHARABANC - GOLDEN DUSTMAN - HALF A PINT OF ALE - HARRY BROWN - 'E DUNNO WHERE 'E ARE - HOB NAILED BOOTS - I'M GOING TO SETTLE DOWN - I DO LIKE TO BE BESIDE THE SEASIDE - I LIVE IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE - I'LL BE UP YOUR WAY NEXT WEEK - ICICLE JOE, THE ESKIMO - IF IT WASN'T FOR THE HOUSES IN BETWEEN - IF THOSE LIPS COULD ONLY SPEAK - JOLLY JARGE - KNEES UP MOTHER BROWN - KNOCK 'EM IN THE OLD KENT ROAD - LETTER FROM HIS MOTHER - LISPING SONG - LITTLE JOHNNY BROWN - MAN WHO PLAYED THE TROMBONE - MARIA - Mrs CARTER - MY LITTLE BACK ROOM - MY OLD DUTCH - MY SAILOR LOVE - NATURE'S MADE A BIG MISTAKE - OLD TIME'S SAKE - OUTSIDE A MUSIC HALL - PAIR OF KHAKI TROUSERS - PICKIN ALL THE BIG ONES OUT - PAVEMENT ARTIST - PLEASE, Mr CONDUCTOR - POSTPONED - PRETTY LITTLE VILLA - PRETTY POLLY PERKINS - PUBLICAN - RATCATCHER'S DAUGHTER - REST OF THE DAY'S YOUR OWN - RING DOWN THE CURTAIN - SAM HALL - SHE WAS POOR BUT SHE WAS HONEST - SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET - THEY WANTED A SONGBIRD - TRAMP - TWO ORPHANS - UP COMES I WITH MY LITTLE LOT - VILLIKINS AND HIS DINAH - WAIT TILL THE WORK COMES ROUND - WHEEL THE PERAMBULATOR - WHY HAVE I NO DADDY, MOTHER? - YOUR BABY 'AS GONE DOWN THE PLUG HOLE - WHAT A MOUTH - WHEN THE OLD DUNCOW CAUGHT FIRE - WHEN THERE ISN'T A GIRL ABOUT - WHERE THE VIOLETS ARE BLUE - YARD OF LACE -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

MUSIC IN THE GLEN - Reel - MOYLAN 1 #15 from Martin Rochford (U- pipes) - O'NEILL MOI #1183/ DMI #462 (A) -- GELNSIDE CEILI BAND: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-159 1967 with "Green Gates"

MUSICAL BOWS - MOUTH BOW

MUSICAL BOXES -- BBC Cat under "Musical Automata" -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

MUSICAL PRIEST, THE - Reel (Bm) - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #172 p78 from James Morrison (fid) - BRODY p200 - FUREY p45 "An Sagart Ceolmhar" says Father O'Cleary is given credit as being the priest (he who collected and preserved "An Coulin" - MOYLAN 2 #92 p53 from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #1284/ DMI #549 - SULLIVAN 1 p22 -- COLEMAN Society: LEADER LEA-2044 1972/ CELTIC MUSIC CM-CD-048 1990 (Gift of Dave Bulmer March 2005) (talk bef) - Ted Verge with ZIGGURAT Group rec by PK, Dartington Ciderpress, Devon 1974: FTX-090

MUSICAL SAW - or Singing Saw -- Recordings - see INSTRUMENTS Listing

MUSKOKA - "My name is Paddy Shannon I was born in Buffalo town" - Irish emigrant's parody on "The Arkansas Traveller" -- Tom BRANDON, rec Edith Fowke, Ontario, Canada: FOLK LEGACY FSC-10 1962

MUSKRAT - dance tune - in Irwin SILBER (Ed) "Folksingers Wordbook" Oak 1973 (no source given) -- Roby Monroe HICKS rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Watauga Cvo., NC USA 1941 2v

MUSSOLINI - NOW THE WAR IS OVER

MUST I BE BOUND? - DEEP IN LOVE

MUST I GO TO PORTO RICO? - "must I sail the dark blue sea?" --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #249 (vol 2 p359) Mr W.M.Maples, Sevierville, Sevier Co., Tenn 1917

MUTINY - DEATH OF PARKER (M at the Nore) - GEORGE JONES - GREAT INDIA WAR (1858) - PACKET SHIP - PRESIDENT PARKER - SEVENTEEN BRIGHT STARS

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY - PACKET SHIP

MUTTABAWN CHAPEL - Reel - Michael SHANNON (fid): MS-01 (CD) "The Musical Blacksmith" (from Derrylin, Co Fermanagh) bef "McFadden's"

MUTTON PIE - "Come all you jolly lads if you want to learn to plough" - stingy farmer - ROUD#1408 PALMER EBECS 1979 pp69-71 Maurice Ogg, Coleby, Lincolnsh 1974 - GARDHAM ERS 1982 p48 2var: Wentworth, Yorksh "farmer in Hemingfield (nr Barnley, Yorksh) did dwell"/ John Veale, Ruskington, Lincolnsh "Farmer at Temple Bruer" (w/o) - Cf MOTHER'S FOOL (USA) -- Mr HILL rec by Fred Hamer, Tetford, Linconsh 1967: VWML-003 CASS "Rattle Mutton Pie" ("Old farmer in Tetford")

MUTTONBURN STREAM, THE - "I remember my young days when younger I've been" - place is near Carrickfergus Co Antrim - ROUD#2896 - MORTON FSU 1970 pp16-17 Tom Todd, Roughan, Co Armagh

MWYNEN MERTHYR - (Fair Ladies of Merthyr) - Welsh - ALOWON FY 'NOWLAD ed Nicholas Bennett [1896]. Tune related to the Merthyr area. -- MABSANT (Susan GEORGE & Stuart BROWN) rec by Bob Partridge, Cardiff 1983: 054 Instrumental

 
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