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J' - JE (French)

J B MILNE - Hornpipe comp Angus Fitchet, Dundee fiddler -- Will ATKINSON (harmonica): TOPIC 12-TS-239 1974/ TOPIC TSCD-669 1998 bef "New High Level Hornpipe"

J D BURGESS -- Willy TAYLOR (fid): TOPIC TSCD-669 1998 aft "Braemar Gathering"

J F Mc KENZIE - Strathspey -- Angus GRANT (H-fid) with William LAURIE (P-acc): TOPIC 12-TS-347 1978 with March & Reel

J R PIGG - comp BillyPigg -- Billy PIGG (N-pipes): LEADER LEA-4006 1971

J SCOTT SKINNER - Strathspey comp by J Murdoch Henderson 1934 -- John Neil McLENNAN (fid) with Phyllis Mc Leod (piano) rec by John Shaw, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada: TOPIC 12-TS-354 1978 with "Gillian's Reel"

JA JA JA - Shanty - "Mein vader vos ein Dutchman - Und I spoke ein hotch-potch lingo" - DOERFLINGER 1951 p56 (one v only) - HUGILL 1961 p504-5 & 1969 p139-141 "Yaw Yaw Yaw" -- Dick SNELL (& Ch) CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA-138 1971

JABBERWOCKY, THE -- Ian THOMAS (voc/ gtr) with "Bez" Brian ROBERTS (harmonica/ jews harp) of Rhondda, S.Wales rec by PK, Gloucester 1986: FTX-039

JACK - FARMER'S CURST WIFE - GREEN BROOM

JACK A NEEDLE - "I'll sew with needle - and when I get married how happy I'll be - I'll go to my garden and sit there all morning - and whistle to () to come and see me" (W Hartlepool Durham 1926) - Kids jumping game with arms akimbo - OPIE SG 1985 #94 pp355-6

JACK A ROE - JACK MUNROE

JACK ALL ALONE - or "Shirt and Apron" - Sea Shanty - HUGILL 1961 p316 - SPIN mag 7/2 p14 from Hugill - related to CAN'T YOU DANCE THE POLKA? -- see GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p222 - LAWS K42 & ABBB 1957 p162 "The Shirt and the Apron"

JACK AND HIS BROOMS - GREEN BROOM

JACK AND JILL - "went up the hill -- Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173

JACK AND JILL - Reel - BREATHNACH CRE 2 1976 #297 p150 from John Henry, Co Sligo Em 3 pts

JACK AND JOE - "One year ago both J & J" - ROUD#782 - HENRY FSSH 1938 pp173-5 Mac Hardin, Tenn 1929 (w/o)/ Ray Bohanan Tenn 1929 1v (w/o)/ Mary E King, Tenn 1929

JACK AND NANCY - "J went down to her parents home" - WILLIAMS #71 Wm Moss, Coln St Aldwyns, Gloucestersh (w/o) - OXFORD GIRL (?)

JACK AND THE BULL - Story -- Maud LONG: AMERICAN LIB OF CONGRESS AAFS L-47/ CASS-0253

JACK AND THE DEVIL - Story - TOCHER 33 (1979) from Duncan Williamson "Jack & the Devil's Purse" -- rec by James M.Carpenter 1928-9; #1-3

JACK AND THE DRILL - Story -- Maud LONG: AMERICAN LIB OF CONGRESS AAFS L-47/ CASS-0253

JACK AND THE FIERY DRAGON - Story -- Hugh LUPTON: FTX-304-C90

JACK AND THE HEIFER HIDE - Story -- Ray HICKS rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Beech Mountain, N C 1951; FTX-928

JACK AND THE KING -Story -- Ray HICKS rec by Frank & Anne Warner, N C 1951: 928

JACK AND THE KING'S CHEST -- Hattie PRESNELL rec by Mike Yates, Beech Creek, Watauga Co NC 24/8/80 VWML-007 d/CASS 1026 1992 "Crazy about Song"

JACK AND THE LANDLORD - TINKER AND THE LANDLORD

JACK AND THE LORD HIGH MAYOR - Story -- Frank McPEAKE of Belfast, N I, rec by PK, London 15/1/61: FTX-303 (Duration 14'10") - Robin WILLIAMSON (harp): PIG'S WHISKER PWM- 004 1984 cass

JACK AND THE ROBBERS - or THE THREE STEERS - Story -- Ray HICKS, rec by Frank & Anne Warner, N C, 1951: FTX-928

JACK AND THE SEVEN ENCHANTED ISLANDS - Folk Tale told by John Stewart (tinker) - DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

JACK AND THE SHEEP - comp by FR -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

JACK AND THE SOP DOLL -- Maud LONG: AMERICAN LIB OF CONGRESS AAFS L-47/ CASS-0253

JACK AND THE THREE GIANTS - Story -- Frank McPEAKE of Belfast N I, rec by PK, London 15/1/61: FTX-303

JACK AND THE UNICORN - Story -- Ray HICKS rec by Frank & Anne Warner, NC 1951: FTX-928

JACK AND TOM - "I'm a North Countrie Man in Redesdale born" - ROUD#3157 - BELL EB 1856 from oral source 1847 note says Jack & Tom were believed to be Charles 1st & George Villiers in the names assumed during a masquerading visit to Spain in 1823 - STOKOE-REAY SBNE 1899 pp126-7 - POLWARTH NCS 1969 p14

JACK ASHORE - or TAKE PITY ON JACK or JACK'S FIRST LEAVE - comp by GM - Navy at Chatham and loses all his money to a "floosy" -- Graeme MILES: FTX-231

JACK BACH YN SAL - POOR JACKIE IS ILL (K)

JACK BEFORE YOU GO - Broken ring token song -- Ruth BURDON (frag) rec Sandwich, Kent 27/2/82: CASS-90-0626

JACK BROKE DA PRISON DOOR - Shetland Reel - BRODY 1983 p141 (G & Em) -- ALY BAIN (fid) & Mike WHELLANS (gtr & Bodhran): LEADER LER-2022 1971 - DA FORTY FIDDLERS with Marjorie SMITH (piano): LEADER LED-2052 1973 with "Donald Blue" - Tom ANDERSON, Aly BAIN, Trevor HUNTER, Davie TULLOCH (Fiddles) & Violet TULLOCH (piano): TOPIC 12-TS-281 1976 bef "Donald Blue/ Sleep soond ida mornin/ Lasses trust in Providence/ Bonny Isle O Whalsay"

JACK CHARLTON'S POLKA -- Billy BALLANTINE (piccolo) rec by PK, Simnoburn, Northumberland 1954: FTX-119

JACK CHEWED TOBACCO - Mountain dance tune -- (?) (fid) rec at concert in Virginia [nd] RTR-0322

JACK CONNELL'S POLKA - MOYLAN 2 #267 p152 (G) from John O Leary (melodeon)

JACK DOLAN - Reel - O'NEILL MOI #1358/ DMI #612 (G)

JACK DONOHUE - "In Dublin town I was brought up" - banished from Ireland for life he continues his career as a highwayman in Australia - is arrested but escapes and terrorises the countryside - he and his 4 companions are surprised by the horse police, his comrades surrender but he kills 5 of them before he dies with a ball in his heart - LAWS #L-22 ABBB 1957 p178 - ROUD#611 - HEALY OISB 1 1969 pp122-3 Bs text (w/o) "Adventures of J o D" - MORTON CDGD 1973 pp47-49 & p111 John Maguire, Tonaydrumallard, Co Fermanagh 1970 "Bold JD" - ED&S (37 or) 38:3 1976 p100 Roy Palmer: Ned Costello, Birmingham 1971 - PALMER EBBB 1980 #59 pp134-5 as ED&S - CROININ 2000 #33 pp81-2 "Bold Jack Donohue" --- McKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp306-8 & p405 Richard Hines, Ns - HUDSON FSM 1936 pp241-2 G P Strider Mi (w/o) "J Donahoo" - MANIFOLD PAUSB 1964 (?): Queensland, Australia Bs (w/o) - FOWKE SSBNC 1931 pp104-106 Fenwick-Hatt Ms NS c1883 (w/o) "Bold JD" -- Cf WILD COLONIAL BOY - see also BOLD O DONOHUE -- Elizabeth CRONIN, rec by Alan Lomax & Robin Roberts, Macroom, Cork 1951/ FTX-162/ rec by Jean Ritchie & George Pickow, 24/11/51: FOLKWAYS FIELD TRIP IRELAND FW-8872 1960/ OSSIAN OSS-15 1989/ CASS-0797/ FOUR COURTS CD-2 #10 "Bold JD" - A L LLOYD: TOPIC 12-T-51 1960 - Louis KILLEN ESP-1085 1968 "Sea Shanties" rec NY USA (followed by story of song)

JACK DONOGHUE - Instr - ROCHE 1 #17 p112 6/8 (G) "Jack o' Donohue"

JACK DOYLE'S FAVOURITE - Reel - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #226 p118 (Am) "Untitled" from Felix Doran (U-pipes) - SHASKEEN 2 #29 p22 (Am) with note about Doyle from Co Kerry who went to the USA and his uncle Prof James McKenna who taught Irish dancing

JACK GOES TO BED - comp by FR -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

JACK GOES UP TO LONDON - PULL THE STRING

JACK HAGGERTY - "My name is JH from Glenville I came" - LAWS #C25 - ROUD#642 - Canadian Lumberjack Song -- Tom BRANDON, rec by Edith Fowke, Ontario, Canada: FOLK LEGACY FSC-10 1962

JACK HALCROW -- members of The Orkney Strathspey & Reel Society rec by PK 15/7/55 / FTX-310 A-ROVING 1968 #4 aft "Stronsay Waltz"

JACK HALL - "O me name it is JH" - Chimney sweep executed for burglary in 1701 - he had been sold to a sweep as a child for one guinea and was still quite young when Tyburn claimed him. Song was revived as "Sam Hall" about 1845-50 by comic singer G W Ross (Kidson quoted by Sharp) - LAWS #L-5 ABBB 1957 p167 "Sam Hall" - ROUD#369 (Cox:#16058) - SHARP-MARSON EFSS 4 1904 pp20-21 Wm Stokes, Chew Stoke, Somerset - SHARP EFS Sel Ed 2 1921 pp75-6 - SHARP Cf Ms 1 181 - SHARP-KARPELES 1974 #239 p149-151 Wm Nott, Meshaw, Devon 12904/ Louie Hooper & Lucy White, Hambridge, Somerset 1903/ Wm Stokes, Chew Stoke, Som 1907 1v/m - WILLIAMS Ms #18 Wm Jeffries, Longcot, Berksh (w/o) - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp38-9 - JEFDSS 1940 p25 - REEVES IOP 1958 #49 pp132-3 Sharp: Louie Hooper, Lucy White & Wm Nott, Hambridge, Somerset 1903-4 (composite) (w/o) - PURSLOW CL 1972 pp42-3 Gardiner: George Blake, Southampton, Hampsh 1907 - KENNEDY FSBI 1975 pp706-7 Jack Endacott 1954 --- BRONSON 1969 "The Ballad as Song" discusses stanza pattern of this song & ADMIRAL BENBOW - DAVIS FSVA 1960 p278 - FLANDERS-BROWN Vermont 1932 p96 - LOMAX Cowboy 1910 #422 & ABFS 1934 #133 -- Cf ADMIRAL BENBOW - CAPTAIN KIDD - DIGGER SONG - PAUL JONES - PRATIES THEY ARE SMALL - SAM HALL -- Jack ENDACOTT rec by PK, Chagford, Devon 11/10/54: 5"RTR-0969/ RPL 22323 "Tedburn Hill"/ CAEDMON TC-1163/ TOPIC 12-T-195/ FTX-029 (4vs only & 086 - Harry COX rec by Mervyn Plunkett, Bourn, Cambridgeshire 10/10/59: TOPIC TSCD-512 (D) 2000 "They told me in the Gaol" - Steve BENBOW (voc/gtr) with Perry FRIEDMAN (banjo) rec by PK: FTX-292/ EMI CLP-1327 1960 - Douglas KENNEDY (with clappers) rec by PK, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1961: FTX-041 - TROTTO (with elec bass, ham dulc etc): FOREST TRACKS FT-6003 1973 "Tallow Candles" from Endacott - Walter PARDON, rec by Mike Yates, Norfolk: TOPIC 12-TS-392 1982 (notes in booklet)/ TOPIC TSCD-667 1998

JACK HE WENT A-SAILING - JACK MONROE

JACK IN LONDON CITY - PULL THE STRING

JACK IN THE BOX - "had whooping cough - Atishoo" - Children's Jumping for two -- rec by Damian Webb, 21/2 Crummock Road, Moorclose, Workington Cumb 1962: FTX-197 #82

JACK IN THE GARRET - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #74 p19 - Tunebook Ms (D) #116 p45

JACK IN THE GREEN - Triple Jig - LEVEY 1 #34 p14 (G)

JACK IN THE GREEN - May Day Custom - see Maypole at Shipston in CJS notes II 34 - ED&S mag 43/1 1981 p3 Bucks Herald 1846 -- Arthur ABBS (85) rec by PK, Whaddon, Cambs: FTX-452 Talk about Cambridge - Lucky LUCKHURST rec by PK 1978: FTX-332 talk about custom - Geof & Pennie HARRIS: LEADER LER- 2092 1975 Martin Graebe's song

JACK IN THE GREEN - "Now winter is over, I'm happy to say - we're all met again with our ribbons so gay - dancing with J-i-t-G" - May Song comp by MG -- Martin GRAEBE: FTX-049 - Used in the 1975 film by John Bartlett "Children of the Moor" (Westward TV): FF-1115 - Rochester, Kent, Chimney Sweeps Procession (with talk by Gordon Newton: on Radio 2 Xmas Prog 30/12/87 CASS-0423-4

JACK IN THE SACK - comp by FR -- Fred ROOKE rec 1974: FTX-046

JACK IRONSIDE - comp 1961 -- Graeme MILES: FTX-228

JACK'S ALIVE - Jig or Country Dance - HARDY Ms - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #75 p19 (G) - WESTROP #10 p4 Country Dance - WILSON p95

JACK'S ALIVE - Hornpipe (version of Jig) - COLE p111 (G) (8 bar instead of usual 16)

JACK'S THE LAD - COLLEGE HORNPIPE

JACK IS YET ALIVE - Shetland Reel or "Spring" -- Tom ANDERSON (fid) & Willie JOHNSON (gtr) rec by Pat Shaw, Lerwick, Shetland July 1952: RPL 18648/ FTX-068 bef "Auld Cletting Roe"/ FTX-308 A-ROVING 1968 #2 - Tom ANDERSON (fid) & Willie JOHNSON (gtr) rec 14/9/55: RPL 22178 - Tom ANDERSON & Aly BAIN (Fiddles) & Violet TULLOCH (piano): TOPIC 12-TS-281 1976 with "Old Clettenroe" - Talk about tune by Tom Anderson RTR-1080/ CASS-0965

JACK JACK CROSS THE WATER - CROSS THE WATER

JACK JINTLE - THIS OLD MAN

JACK LATTEN - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #74 p19 (A) alt: "Jenny rock the cradle" - KERR MM 3 p13 (A) "Jack Lattin" & MM 4 p10 (G) "Jenny Latten" - Tunebook Ms (G) #64 p289 - O'NEILL MOI #1269/ DMI #537 (##G) 3pts "Jacky Latin" -- Carole ROBB (N-pipes): TOPIC 12-TS-278 1978 "Jackie Layton"

JACK LEFROY - condemned to gallows but sings before execution -- Glen TOMASETTI (voc/ gtr), Australian, rec by PK, London 1962: 4"RTR-1078

JACK MAGUIRE'S - Reel - BREATHNACH CRE 3 #105 p53 (D) - MAGUIRE 1 #65 p17 (D) - SHASKEEN 2 #10 p10 (D)

JACK MONROE - "There was a wealthy merchant" - to get rid of his daughter's suitor, Jackie, he has him sent to the wars of Germany - she dresses in men's clothes, enlists and goes into battle - she finds him wounded and has him cared for by doctor - reveals her identity and marries him - LAWS #N-7 ABBB 1957 p205 ("Jackie Frazer" or "The Wars of Germany") - ROUD#268 - RYMOUR Club 1906 1 pp10-15 Mrs Gibb 1863/ Edinburgh - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p452 - GREIG FSNE I #45 - JFSS 2:9 1906 pp227-8 Gilchrist: Fife (1v/m) "Jacky Robinson" - WILLIAMS Ms #631 "The Merchant's Cloak" --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #65 (vol 1 pp385-395) 20var: Mrs Gentry, Hot Springs, NC 1916/ Mrs Combs Knott Co, Ky 1908 (18v)/ Miss MacKinney, Habersham Co., Ga 1910/ N B Chisholm, Woodridge, Va 1916 (publ)/ Miss Alice Parsons, Lincoln Univ, Harrogate, Claiborne Co.,Tenn 1917/ Miss May Ray, Lincoln Univ., Tenn 1917/ Mrs Mollie Broghton, Barbourville, Knox Co.,Ky 1917/ Students, Berea Coll, Madison Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Mary Anne Short, Pine Mt, Harlan Co., Ky 1917/ Mrs Ada Maddox, Buena Vista, Va 1918/ Philander Fitzgerald, Nash, Va 1918/ Alex F Coffey, White Rock, Va 1918/ Joseph Agee, Blue Ridge Springs, Va 1918/ Mrs Laura Donald, Dewey, Va 1918/ Mrs Molly Bowyer, Villamont, Va 1918/ Mrs Rhoda Grey, Montvale, Va 1918/ Mrs Ef Chrisom, Cane Branch, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Mrs Frances Richards, St Peters School, Callaway, Va 1918/ Mrs Ellen Webb, Cane River, Burnsville, NC 1918/ Mrs Ida Banks, Bolden's Creek, Burnsville, NC 1918 "Jack Went A-Sailing" - WYMAN 1916 p38 - COX FSOS 1925 pp330-3 John B Adkins & J Harrison Miller, WVa 1916 (w/o) "Jackie Fraisure"/ J C Shock, WVa 1923 (w/o) "Jack was a sailor" - HUDSON FSM 1936 pp147-8 G P Strider, Mi (w/o) "The Wars of Germany" - HENRY FSSH 1938 p208 Mrs Ewart Wilson, NC 1930 "The British Lady" ("She went to a barber shop") - EDDY Ohio 1939 p106 - GARDNER-CHICKERING 1939 pp165-6 E W Harns, Mich 1934 "The Wealthy Merchant" - BELDEN BSSM 1940 pp171-77 James Ashby, Ms Ballad book, Mo 1873 (w/o) "The Wealthy Merchant"/ Finis Dean, Mo 1905 (w/o) "Young Jack the Farmer"/ Mrs Scott, Mo 1907 (w/o)/ L Jones MS Ballad book Mo (w/o)/ Earl Cruikshank, Mo 1920 (w/o) "Jack the Sailor" - BREWSTER BSI 1940 pp206-9 Willis Swallow (w/m) & 'Uncle Reuben' Hurt, Ind 1935 (w/o) "Merchant of London" - KORSON PS 1949 p53 - LOMAX OSC 1941 p170 - RANDOLPH OFS 1946 1 pp217-21 Mrs Linnie Boraker Stevens, Mo 1934 (w/o) "Lily lily oh"/ Mrs Cinderella Kinnaird, MJo 1934 "There was a rich merchant" - MORRIS FSF 1950 pp353-6 Mrs G A Griffin, Fla (w/o) "The Old Rich Merchant" - BROWN CNCF 1952 p314 - BELDEN BSSM 1955 pp175-6 Missouri 1907 - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p139 Wm Ireland, NB 1954 "Jack Munro"/ p143 Barton Young, NS "Johnny's gone a-sailing" -- Frank STEELE rec by Seamus Ennis, Whitehills, Aberdeensh 8/7/52: RPL 18129/ FTX-216 & FTX-518 "There was a wealthy merchant" ("Jackie Fraser") - Thomas MORAN, rec by Seamus Ennis, Mohill, Co Leitrim Dec 1954: RPL 22015/ FTX-076 "Jack Mulroe" (or "The Chester Merchant") - Steve BENBOW (voc/gtr) with Perry FRIEDMAN (banjo), Vic PITT (bass) & Chorus rec by PK, London 1960: FTX-292/ EMI CLP-1362 1960 "Jack went a-sailing" (Sharp: FSSA) --- GRATEFUL DEAD CASS-90-0810 "Jack-a-roe" - Mrs Victoria MORRIS rec by Maud Karpeles, Va 1950: RPL 17142/ FTX-908 "Jackaroo" - Jean RITCHIE (with a/dulcimer) at concert 1987: FTX-920 "Jackaro"

JACK OF ALL TRADES - "At -- I was a --" - Universal Songster 3 p332 "A Londre I was a tailor nice"- O LOCHLAINN p80 - REEVES EC 1960 #68 p156 (3v only: coachman, blacksmith, fisherman) - SING publ: titled "Since we're in good company" 1960 Hasted's "Streets of London" - HOLLOWAY-BLACK 1975 pp88-9 "The English Rover ("At Brentford, Windsor, Aylesbury") etc - PALMER TOTT 1974 p210 text: by Wright of Birmingham (Madden 21/743)/ tune from O Lochlainn/ PALMER PV 1974 2p10 "Birmingham Jack-of-all- trades" - see BOW WOW WOW - DUBLIN JACK OF ALL TRADES -- Dave ROGERS (with gtr, conc & ch): TOPIC 12-TS-210 1971 ("Birmingham" version) - THE LIVERPOOL SPINNERS "London" on Radio prog 9/11/82: CASS-0407

JACK OF ALL TRADES - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #936/ DMI #166 (A)

JACK O' DIAMONDS - "is a hard card to play" "It's beefsteak when I'm hungry - Jack o Diamonds" - ROUD#941- also known as DRUNKEN HICCUPS or RYE WHISKY sometimes containing CUCKOO floating verses --- Frank PROFFITT (voc/banjo) rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Beech Mt., Watauga Co., NC 1959: FTX-933/ FOLK LEGACY FSA-1 1962/ TOPIC 12-T-162 1966 - Tex RITTER: EMI DUO-112 1973 - Pete HARRIS (voc & gtr) rec by John & Alan Lomax, Richmond, Texas - WHEN I DIE May 1934 (see also "Buffalo Skinners" "He Rambled" (Ram Song) & "Little Liza Jane" with square dance calls): ROUNDER CD 1821 1999 - Hobart SMITH (voc/ fiddle) rec by AL, Salem Va 1959: TRADITION TLP-1007 1956/ ROUNDER 1799 2001/ "The Pioneer Strain" broadcast introduced by Alan LOMAX, 1960 rec off air by PK: FTX-902 "Drunken Hiccups" - ODETTA rec by Jack Hawkins, San Franscisco, USA 1956: TRADITION TLP-1010 1957 - Robert & Mary GILLIHAN (bow) rec by Mike Fenton Aug 1988: CASS-60-0803--- TELHAM TINKERS rec Folk Club, Telham, Sussex on Radio 2: 16/11/82 CASS-15-0783 (from New Lost City Ramblers)

JACK O HAZELDEAN - JOCK O HAZELDEAN

JACK OF TAR - JACKIE TAR - SAUCY SAILOR

JACK OF THE GREEN - Mrs Leather (?): Wm Preece, Dilwyn, Herefordsh -- "Rattlebone and Ploughjack": ISLAND HELP-24 1976

JACK ON THE GREEN - Triple Jig - COLE p77 (G)

JACK ORION - was a fiddler played slow air/ brisk and gay -- Bert JANSCH & John RENBOURN: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-143 1966 - Martin CARTHY with Dave SWARBRICK (fid): - Martin CARTHY: FONTANA STL- 5434 1967/ PHILIPS International 6382-022 1967 from A L Lloyd - HEDGEHOG PIE: RUBBER RUB-009 1975

JACK PUDDING - or "Merry Andrew" - note on the air in DEAN-SMITH Appendix p120

JACK PULLED THE STRING - - "As I walked through the streets of London" - Sailor overhears the squire and farmer's (or parson's) daughter arranging his visit to her room using a signalling system employing a piece of string tied to her finger hanging out of her window - Jack gets there first and the lady doesn't know the difference - he gets back to his ship and boasts his accomplishment - LAWS #K-40 ABBB 1957 p161 "Jack the jolly tar" (JTJT") -ROUD#511 - SHARP Cf 1 p94 - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 1 #183 pp694-5 Wm Nott, Meshaw, Devon 1904/ Capt Lewis, Minehead, Som 1904 1v/m/ John Bradley, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwicksh 1911 1v/m/ Louie Hooper, Hambridge, Som 1904 1v/m "JTJT" - JFSS 2:6 1905 pp38-40 Sharp: Wm Nott/ Capt Lewis/ Louis Hooper 8v/m "JTJT" - PENGUIN BEFS 1959 pp54-5 Sharp: Louis Hooper "JTJT" - SHAY 1925 p35 "Doo me ama" (w/o) - HOLLOWAY/BLACK LEBB1 1975 pp177-8 BS (w/o) "The Merchant's Courtship to the Brazier's Daughter" - FOLK SONG TODAY vol I 1966 - COPPER S&SB 1973 pp260-1 Ben Butcher, Popham, Hampsh "The Squire's Lost Lady" - FMJ 3:2 1976 pp111-2 Butterworth & Jekyll: Mr Heygate, Rusper, Sussex 1910/ Mr Greenfield, Lurgashall, Sussex 1910 "Jack goes up to London" - DAWNEY PG 1977 pp24-5 Butterworth & Jekyll: Mr Heygate "Jack went up to London City" - PALMER EBBB 1980 Sharp: Wm Nott "JTJT" --- FINGER 1927 p16 5v/m "Doo me Ama" - FLANDERS 1961 p82 - GREENLEAF NFL 1933 #50 p106 - KARPELES FSNFL 1971 p149 Wm Holloway, Kings Cove, Nfl 1929 "Jack in London City" - PEACOCK NFL 1965 p288 (3var) -- George MAYNARD rec by PK, "The Cherry Tree", Copthorne, Sussex 23/3/56: RPL LP 23092/ FTX-280/ FTX-515/ TOPIC 12-T-286 1976 - A L LLOYD: TOPIC TOP-98 - Steve BENBOW (v/gtr) with Stella (voc) & Pete TURNER (bass) rec by PK, "The Skiffle Cellar" Soho, London 1/7/58 CASS-60-0828/ FTX-091 (from Stanley Slade) - Ewan Mc COLL with Peggy SEEGER (E-conc) rec by PK, Cider Press, Dartington, Devon Dec 1971: 5"RTR-0802/DAT/ & ch CRITICS GROUP: ARGO ZDA-138 1971 "JTJT" - Bob COPPER: TOPIC 12-TS-328 1977/ CASS- 0198 "Squire's Lost Lady" (from Ben Butcher, Popham, Hants 1955)/ Bob (unacc): FTX-239 - Martin CARTHY: FONTANA STL-5434 1967 "Doo me Ama" (from Lloyd) - GARRET SINGERS: ARGO ZFB-7 1970 "Yarmouth Town"

JACK REGAN'S SLIDE - MOYLAN 2 #238 p138 (Bm) 12/8 from John O Leary (melodeon)

JACK RENDALL - BONNY HIND

JACK ROBERTS - comp by Fred ROOKE

JACK ROBSON - "My voyage is over and home at last" - ROUD#1794 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp79-80 Ben Henneberry 1929+

JACK ROE - Reel - MAGUIRE 1 #72 p19 (G) from his father Jack Maguire

JACK SHEPPARD - "Some years ago, perhaps a hundred" - JS courted a carpenters daughter, was jilted and married twio other women - attempting to rob Mr Woods he is caught by Mrs Woods but freed by Mr Blueskin his accomplice - eventually being tired of escaping from prison "they hung him up on a summers day" - LAWS #L-6 ABBB 1957 p168 - ROUD#1903 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp315- 6 Richard Hines (w/o)

JACK SPRAT - "could eat no fat" -- Nursery Rhymes arr Nigel Pegrum & Vince Cross 1989 CASS-1173 new arrangement

JACK STORIES - SILLY JACK/ JOHN - STORIES

JACK SWEENEY'S JIG - MOYLAN 2 #183 pp105-6 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon)

JACK SWEENEY'S POLKA #1 - MOYLAN 2 #199 p115 (D) from John O Leary (melodeon)

JACK SWEENEY'S POLKA #2 - LEWIS BRIDAL SONG

JACK TALES - SILLY JACK/ JOHN - STORIES

JACK TAR - GREEN BED - JACKIE TAR - JOLLY ROVING TARS - PULL THE STRING - SAUCY SAILOR - TAR'S FROLIC

JACK TAR ON SHORE - "So come all you ladies gay who delight in sailor's pay" - fiddle - drink - well treated by the landlady until his money runs out - refused more drink Jack starts throwing things at her - thrown out he returns to sea - LAWS #K-39 & ABBB 1957 p161 "Jack Tar" ("JT") - ROUD#919 - ASHTON RSS 1891 p48 (w/o) "Jack's Disaster" - SHARP Ms #1996 "Jack the sailor" - SEEGER-McCOLL SI 1960 p67 Sam Larner, Winterton, Norfolk 1958 "JT" - SPIN 6:3 1968 p23 "Flash gals of the town" - PALMER RVW 1983 #81 pp125-7 nn, Hadleigh, Suffolk 1907 "JT" --- BARRY 1929 p61 - CREIGHTON-SENIOR 1940p168 (2var) - ECKSTORM p96-7 - GRAY p38-9 - LOMAX FSNA 1960 p172 - WARNER TAFS 1984 pp344-6 Tink Tillett, Wanchese, NC 1940 "The Prince Boys" -- Harry COX rec by PK, London 1/12/53 & rec Catfield Norfolk 19/7/56: RPL LP 22915/ FTX-033 & FTX-515/ SAYDISC SDL-405 1994/ rec by Ewan McColl 1955: TOPIC TSCD-512 (D) 2000 - Steve BENBOW (v/gtr) with Pete TURNER (bass) "Skiffle Cellar" rec by PK, Soho, London 1/7/58 CASS-60-0828/ FTX-091 - Steve BENBOW (v/gtr) with Jimmie Mc GREGOR (mandolin) & Vic PITT (d/bass) rec by PK, London 1960: FTX-292/ EMI CLP-1327 1960 (Cox version adapted) - Colin WILKIE: SAGA FID-2090 1967 (from Cox) "Jack's Ashore" - Walter PARDON, rec by Bill Leader: Knapton, Norfolk: LEADER LED-2063 1975/ TOPIC TSCD-652 1998 (Sea) "JT Ashore" --- Jim DOHERTY, rec by Edith Fowke, Ontario, Canada: LEADER LEE-4057 1974

JACK TATTERSALL - comp by R W -- Roger WATSON with MUCKRAM WAKES & GARDEN GNOME CEILIDH BAND: TRADITIONAL SOUND TSR-017 1974 (S)

JACK THE GUINEA PIG - SAILOR'S LIFE

JACK THE JOLLY TAR-O - JACK PULLED THE STRING

JACK THE SAILOR - JACK MUNROE - SAILOR AND THE TAILOR - SOLDIER AND THE SAILOR

JACK THE SAILOR - "As I walked out one May morning fair - never to wed a tarry sailor" - Old man is amazed when Jack throws gold in Nancy's lap - ROUD#1454 - JFSS 1:5 1904 p239 Kidson: Worcestersh 4v/m - JFSS 4:15 1910 p88 RVW: Mrs Brown, Ranworth, Norfolk 1908 1v/m - KIDSON GEF 1926 pp32-33 - PURSLOW CL 1972 p44 Hammond: John Panley, Sherborne, Dorset 1906 with ch: "Drink, boys, drink, and push the grog about" - PALMER RVW 1983 pp102-3 Mrs Brown with text completed from Kendrew Bs "The Tarry Sailor" - Cf SAUCY SAILOR -- Derek & Dorothy ELLIOTT: LEADER LER-2023 1972 (from Kidson)

JACK THOMPSON'S FANCY - Hornpipe or Schottische - Jack is fiddler in Cheviot Ranters -- THE CHEVIOT RANTERS: TOPIC 12-TS-222[1973 alternative title "Ideal Schottische"

JACK WAS EVERY INCH A SAILOR - SPIN mag 3/4 p15 from Shirley Peden --- GREENLEAF NFL 1933 p252 (3v ch & tune) - comp by John Read (?) 1880

JACK WENT A-SAILING - JACKIE MONROE

JACK WENT UP TO LONDON CITY - PULL THE STRING

JACK WILLIAMS - "I am a bosun by my trade" - LAWS #L-17 ABBB 1957 p176 - ROUD#1906 - BSs incl SBG 5:#15/ 8:#10 "JW the Boatswain" - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 2 #240 pp152-3 Elizabeth Smitherd, Tewkesbury, Gloucestersh 1908/ Alfred 'Butcher' Hoar, Hillingdon, Middlesex 1913 1v/m/ Harry Richards, Curry Rivel, Somerset 1907 1v/m - JFSS 8:31 1927 p13 Sharp: Alfred 'Butcher' Hoar1v/m "I am a Boatsman to my trade" - WILLIAMS #538 (w/o) "The Boatman" - PALMER EBBB 1980 pp142-3 Sharp: Alfred 'Butcher' Hoar 1v/m (rest from Pitts Bs) --- MACKENZIE BSNS 1928 #114 pp291-2 Richard Hines, NS (w/o) - EDDY Ohio 1939 p171 - GARDNER-CHICKERING Mich 1939 - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp323-6 Fla - POUND AB&S 1922 p152

JACK WON'T SELL HIS FIDDLE - Triple Jig (Em) - KERR MM 2 #315 p34 "I ha'e a wife o' my ain" - Tunebook Ms (Em) #30 p11 "The Humours of Carrigaholt" - O'NEILL DMI #450 (not in MOI) "I have a wife of my own"

JACK'S DELIGHT - Polka - WILSON p114 4/4 (G)

JACK'S DELIGHT - Hornpipe - KERR MM 1 #22 p45 (D) - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #84 p24 (D)

JACK'S MAGGOT - Country Dance -- Giles FARNABY'S DREAM Band: ARGO ZDA-158 1973

JACK'S THE (BOY) LAD - Hornpipe - BRIDGE OF LODI - COLLEGE HORNPIPE -- Unnamed (mel) rec Eels Foot, Thebberton, Leiston, Suffolk 13/5/39: RPL 2166 (78 rpm)

JACK'S WIFE - FARMER'S CURST WIFE

JACKARO - JACK MONROE

JACKASS -- SPINNERS "The Spinners are in town": FONTANA 6309-014 1970

JACKET AND THE PETTICOAT, THE - "As I went by my little pig stye" - ROUD#6480 - MASON NR&CS 1877

JACKET AND TROUSERS SO BLUE - CAROLINE AND HER YOUNG SAILOR BOLD

JACKET BLUE - DARK-EYED SAILOR

JACKET SO BLUE, THE - "A regiment of soldiers you quickly shall hear" - False Love by a (Scots) sailor - ROUD#819 - BELDEN Mo 1940 (frags) "The Wagoners" - CAZDEN AFSB 1958 p114 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #42-3 p97-100 Angelo Dornan 1954-60 "His Jacket Was Blue" - GRAY Maine 1924 p111

JACKETS GREEN, THE - "When I was a maiden fair and young" - mentions Sarsfield's men & Limerick - comp by Michael Scanlan - ROUD#9520 - GIBLIN 1933 #8 p6 (Am) m/o - SONGS OF THE GAEL Series 1 - O KEEFE FBIB 1955 p95 8v w/o -- Sarah MAKEM (talk bef about her family) rec by PK, Keady, Co Armagh 11/7/52: 7"RTR-0552/ RPL 18474 (3v only) talk aft - Arthur KEARNEY: TOPIC 12-T-153 1966 - Mary O'HARA (with harp): DECCA MLO-22 1967 - Patrick EGAN rec by Seamus Ennis: RPL LP 29884 (frag)

JACKEY - JACKIE

JACKEY BULL - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #73 p19 (D) - WILSON p96

JACKFISH, THE - "That old JF swimming up the stream"- "turned that JF wrongside out" --- SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #251 (vol 2 p361) Mr Ebe Richards, St Peters School, Callaway, Va 1918

JACKIE COLEMAN'S - Reel - CRANITCH p85 (D) -- GLENSIDE CEILI BAND: TRANSATLANTIC TRA-159 1967 with "The Snake" - Seamus TANSEY (flute accomp): LEADER LEA-2005 1970 - Matt MOLLY (fid) & Paddy MALONEY (U-pipes) on Gerry Anderson's "Ireland on Radio 2 30/6/93 CASS-1235 bef "Pigtown Fling"

JACKIE FITZPATRICK'S REEL - BREATHNACH CRE 2 #225 p117 (Em ending A)

JACKIE FRASER or FRAISURE - JACK MONROE

JACKIE LATTEN - JACK LATTEN (Reel)

JACKIE, MY SON - LORD RENDAL

JACKIE ROBINSON - FOLKWRITE #8 Tune for 3-hand reel in Herefordshire noted by Gwilym Davies 1978 - COLLEGE HORNPIPE - JACK MONROE

JACKIE STOKER - Durham Miners Song composed by Kenneth Luke

JACKIE TAR - Hornpipe (Em) - HONEYMAN #2 p48 "Jack o' Tar Hornpipe" - KENNEDY FTB 1 1951 p15/ 1994 #58 p17 "Jacky Tar" - KERR MM 1 #24 p45 - KOHLER 1 p67 - WILSON p132 - Cf CUCKOO'S NEST -- Jimmy SHAND (mel & gtr): FTX-361 - THE YETTIES (conc): ARGO ZFB-86 1973 with "The Matelot Hornpipe"

JACKIE TAR WITH HIS TROUSERS ON - "Jack pulled the oar and the boat was gone - sailor kissed his bride with his trousers on" - FIRTH NS&B 1907 - ORD 1930 p324 (10v words only to tune of JT Hornpipe) - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p135 4var w/o - PALMER OBSS 1986 #65 p148 from Firth

JACKIE WENT A-SAILING - JACK MONROE

JACKISON AND DICKISON - THREE BUTCHERS

JACKSON AND JANE -- "Ye Monaghan sportsmen I pray you draw near" - Horse Race - ROUD#2913 - MORTON FSU 1970 pp75-7 Eddie Smith, Belturbet, Co Cavan -- Robin MORTON: LEADER LER-2086 1973 (S)

JACKSON, Walker - of Co Limerick (d.1798) Uillean piper & fiddler who composed now well-known "Jackson" tunes - over 70 tunes credited to him - "Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes" publ 1774 and reprinted in 1790 arr for piano (not pipes) with both treble and bass clef six of these still popular with present-day musicians. Slip jig called "Cummilum" now known as "Drops of Brandy" - name mentioned in "The Boys of Mullaghbawn"

JACKSON'S - COACH ROAD TO SLIGO (Jig) - HUMOURS OF KESH (Jig)

JACKSON'S - Reel - DUBLIN - JOHNSON'S

JACKSON'S "BEAN A' TI AR LAR" - BEAN A' TI AR LAR

JACKSON'S BOTTLE OF BRANDY - Jig (G ending E) - Cf BREATHNACH CRE 1 #19 p9 (#G ends D) "Pay the reckoning" - COLE #1 p79 (G ends Em) - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #76 p19 (Dm) alt: "The Old Man's Jig" - MITCHELL & SMALL #37 pp80-81 (Bm) 4pts from Patsy Touhey (U-pipes) "Jackson's Jig" - O'NEILL MOI #898/ DMI #145 (G ends Em) alt: "Bobbing or Fishing for Eels" - SULLIVAN 2 #25 p12 (G ends Am) from De Danaan - see also BOTTLE OF BRANDY - CAMPBELLS ARE COMING

JACKSON'S BOTTLE OF (or RUM) PUNCH - Jig (D) - GIBLIN #70 p34 - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #77 p19 (D) 4pts - KERR MM 1 #23 p38 - Tunebook Ms #3 p2 (G) & #151 p 60 (D) 3pts -- Johnny Pickering (fid) rec by PK, Markethill, Co Armagh 12/7/52: 7"RTR-0546/ RPL 18386/ FTX-431 "J's Rum Punch"/ SAYDISC SDL-CD-420 1997

JACKSON'S CHICKENS - Reel - KENNEDY FTB 2 1997 #75 p20 (D) - Tunebook Ms #126 p312 (D) 3pts - Cf JENNY'S CHICKENS

JACKSON'S CRAVAT - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #900/ DMI #147 (G)

JACKSON'S DAIRY MAID - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #78 p20 (G) - Tunebook Ms #58 p22 (G) - Cf O'NEILL MOI #1070/ DMI #272 "Jackson's Maid" (G) - Cf KERR MM 1 #7 p36 "Jackson's Jig" (D)

JACKSON'S DELIGHT - IRISH WASHERWOMAN

JACKSON'S DREAM - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #79 p20 - Tunebook Ms #146 p 58 (D) - MAGUIRE 1 #33 p9 (D) "Jackson's Favourite"

JACKSON'S FANCY - Jig (D) - ALLAN #9 p3 (D) "Jackson's Favourite" - COLE #4 p64 (D) - GIBLIN #79 p37 (D) "Jackson's Jig" - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #80 p20 (D) - KERR MM 1 #7 (D) p36 "Jackson's Jig" - O'NEILL MOI #905/ DMI #152 (D) -- Patrick TOUHEY U-pipes) rec New Jersey, NY USA nd "The Wheels of the World" LP MORNING STAR 45001 [nd] (M) aft "Maid on the Green" & bef "Drink of Water" - Tommy Mc MAHON (concertinas) Co Clare: TOPIC 12-TFRS-502 1975 aft "Barron's" & bef "Miltown Jig"

JACKSON'S FAVOURITE POLKA #1 & #2 - Adam Jackson's contrib by Adam Gray, policeman, Bardon Mill, Hexham, Northumberland 1949

JACKSON'S FRIEZE COAT - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #728/ DMI #27 (D) 3pts

JACKSON'S HORNPIPE - Tunebook Ms (A with G nats) #17 p92 - KENNEDY FTB 1998 #85 p25 (AW)

JACKSON'S JIG - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #81 p20 (##A) 3pts - Tunebook Ms 152 p60 3pts

JACKSON'S JIG - HUMOURS OF KESH - JACKSON'S FANCY

JACKSON'S LODGE - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #82 p20 (#C) - Tunebook Ms #178 p73 (G)

JACKSON'S LODGE IN THE MORNING - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #83 p21 (Gm) - Tunebook Ms #127 p50 (Am)

JACKSON'S MAID - Jig - O'NEILL MOI #1066/ DMI #272 (G)

JACKSON'S MAID AT THE FAIR - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #84 p21 (##A) 3pts - Tunebook Ms #141 p56 (##A) 3pts

JACKSON'S MORNING BRUSH - Jig (D) - COLE #2 p58 3pts - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #85 p21 (D) 3pts - KERR MM 4 p22 3pts - Tunebook Ms #64 p24 3pts "J's Morning Brew" - MITCHELL & SMALL #39 pp82 3pts from Patsy Touhey (U-pipes) - MOYLAN 2 #37 pp22-3 4pts from John O Leary (melodeon) - O'NEILL MOI #899/ DMI #146 (D) 4pts alt: "My Mountain Home" - ROCHE 1 #104 p45 - see also FAREWELL J's MB" -- Michael COLEMAN (fid with piano) rec USA 1921-36: VIVA VOCE d/cass 004 1991 bef "Rambling Pitchfork" - Seamus ENNIS (U-pipes) rec by PK, London 1952: FTX-374/ TOPIC 12-TS-250 1974

JACKSON'S NUMBER NINE - Reel - SUMMER IN IRELAND

JACKSON'S PIPER - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #86 p21 (D) 3pts - LEVEY 2 #96 p43 (D) 3pts

JACKSON'S PUNCH BOWL - Jig - Tunebook Ms #153 p61 (#D) 4pts

JACKSON'S RAMBLES - Jig (D) - GIBLIN #75 p35 - O'NEILL MOI #921 & DMI #155

JACKSON'S REEL - DUBLIN LASSES

JACKSON'S RETURN FROM DOVER - Jig -- John REA (ham dulc) Antrim: TOPIC 12-TS-373 1979

JACKSON'S ROLLING JIG - (G) - COLE #6 p62 - O'NEILL MOI #943/ DMI #170

JACKSON'S ROWLEY-POLY - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #87 p22 (Em) - Tunebook Ms #156 p62 (Em)

JACKSON'S RUM PUNCH - JACKSON'S BOTTLE OF PUNCH

JACKSON'S SLIPPERS - Jig -- John REA (ham dulc) Antrim: TOPIC 12- TS-373 1979

JACKSON'S TRIP TO AUGHRIM - Jig -- John REA (ham dulc) Antrim: TOPIC 12-TS-373 1979

JACKSON'S WELCOME HOME - Jig - KENNEDY FTB#3 Jigs pub Mallinson 1997 #88 p22 (G) - Tunebook Ms #138 p55 (G)

JACKY - JACKIE

JACOB or ENRICO - Hardy Ms - BROCKLEBANK 1977 #2 -- Paul Wilson & Ben van Weede (fiddles): SAYDISC CP-115 1980 with "Haul away the hawser"

JACOB'S LADDER - "I'm going to tell God how you treat me" - "I'm a- gonna climb up JL some of these days" - Hymn - ROUD#2286 - SHARP FSSA 1917/32 #212 (vol 2 p295) Mrs Jane Gentry, Hot Springs, NC 1916 (3v only) - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 p173 Charles Owens NS 1953 "The Welcome Table" -- Whitstone Male Voice Choir: "Sounds like North Cornwall": SENTINEL SENS-1011 1972 - Norman WOODLIEF (voc/gtr) N C : LEADER LEE-4045 1975 "Streets of Glory" - Jean JENKINS (voc/banjo) rec by PK, London 1957: FTX-914

JACOB'S WELL - Carol - "At Jacob's Well a stranger sought" (Christ visits Britain) - GOOD CHRISTMAS BOX 1847 -- rec in S Yorksh public house: LEADER LEE-4065 1974

JACOBITE - THE (ROYAL) BLACKBIRD - BONNY HIGHLAND LADDIE - CAME YE O'ER FROM FRANCE? - DONALD McGILVARY - FATE O' CHARLIE - FLOWER OF FRANCE - FLOWERS OF THE FOREST - HAUGHS OF CROMDALE - HIGHLAND HARRY - HIGHLAND WIDOW'S LAMENT - HIGHLANDER'S LAMENT - JOHNNY COPE - KILLIECRANKY - LADY KEITH'S LAMENT - LORD ALLENWATER - LOVELY MOLLY - O'ER THE WATER TO CHARLIE - PIPER O' DUNDEE - PRESTONPANS - PRINCE CHARLIE - RISE AND FOLLOW CHARLIE - ROGUES IN A NATION - THERE'S THREE BRAVE LOYAL FELLOWS - THIS IS NO MY AIN HOOSE - THREE HEALTHS - WHA WADNA FECHT FOR CHARLIE - WHIGS OF FIFE - WHITE COCKADE - WILL YE GO TO SHERIFFMUIR ? - WILL YE NO COME BACK AGAIN? - YOU JACOBITES BY NAME -- Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

JACOBITE TRAMPING SONG - ("Is Mithich dhinn eiridh") - KENNEDY-FRASER More Songs of the Hebrides p18 "Charlie and his men" - Air & Gaelic froom Mrs Campbell, Notrth Bay, Barra - English words by K-F -- incl in radio prog on Marjorie K-F from Aberdeen 1985: CASS 0977

JACQUELINE WALTZ, THE - comp by Will Starr -- Robert STEWART (tinker) (acc) rec by PK, Scrabster 1954: FTX-363/ FTX-309 A- ROVING 1968 #3 - Paul DAVEY (harmonica) rec by PK. Dartington, Devon 4/12/71 CASS-60-0909 - Mick FOSTER (voc/ acc/ gtr) & Tony ALLEN (gtr/voc): RITZ London LC-0008 nd/ CASS-0952

JAIL - GAOL - PRISON

JAIL AT MORGANTOWN - BOSTON BURGLAR

JAIL OF CLUAIN MEALA (CLONMEL) - CLONMEL GAOL

JAIL YN CAERDYDD - (Cardiff Gaol) -- Hassell MORGAN rec by Seamus Ennis, Fishguard 13/12/54: RPL 22831

JAILER - MY LORD SIZE

JAILHOUSE BOUND - "It was early one morning" -- LEADBELLY: TRANSATLANTIC XTRA-1126 1972

JAL ALONG - "O a-beggin I will go, my love" - Romany Song - MacCOLL-SEEGER TSEW 1977 #128 p358 from Carolyne Hughes (tinker)

JAM - (Preserve) - JAM-MAKER - KEILLER'S JAM - RASPBERRY STRAWBERRY GOOSEBERRY JAM

JAM AT GERRY'S ROCKS, THE - "Come all you true born lumbering/ shanty men" - LAWS #C-1 NAB 1950/64 p147 - ROUD#256 (#16) - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p163 (3var) --- SHOEMAKER North Pennsylvania Minstrelsy (1st edn., 1919) pp.72-74 - ECKSTORM-SMYTHE Maine 1927 p87 - Family Herald & Weekly Star (Montreal) Old Favourites section 12 Apr 1922 - BUSH Folk Songs of Central West Virginia 3 pp32-5 - FOWKE LSNW 1970 p95-9 - GRAY Songs & Ballads of the Maine Lumberjacks pp.3-9 - MACKENZIE BSSNS 1928 pp367-370 NS (w/o) - COX FSMWV 1939 p23 W Va - THOMPSON BB&B 1939 p259 - MOORE Ballads & Folk Songs of the Southwest pp.341-343 - MORRIS FSOF 1950 pp107-9 Fla "Shanty Boys" - DOERFLINGER 1951 p238 - BARRY Maine Woods Songster pp52-3 - BROWN NCF 1952 2 p501-6 - CAZDEN AFSB 1958 2 p46 - GARDNER & CHICKERING Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan pp.270-273 - LEACH Folk Ballads & Songs of the Lower Labrador Coast pp256-7 - LINSCOTT Folk Songs of Old New England pp.217-220 - LOMAX Folk Song USA 1947 pp170-1 - PARLER ABB 1963 pp30-1 Ark - PEACOCK SNO 1965 3 pp752-3 "J at Garby's R" - COMBS Folk-Songs of the Southern United States (1967) p.209 - PETERS FSOW 1977 pp92-3 Wisconsin - IVES JS 1978 pp168-171 NB 1962 "The Little Brown Bulls" - WARNER TAFS 1984 #16 p76 Galusha "J on Gerrion's R" - IVES FSNB 1989 pp26-9 NB 1957 - CREIGHTON & SENIOR TSNS pp267-8 -- Willie MATHIESON rec by Alan Lomax, Turriff, Aberdeensh, 17/7/51: 7"RTR 0682 complete version "Young Munro" --- John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Minerva, New York, 1941: FTX-921 - Jean JENKINS (voc/banjo): FTX-915 - Pete SEEGER (voc/banjo): TOPIC TOP-33 1958 45 EP - Marie HARE, New Brunswick, Canada: FOLK LEGACY FSC-9 1962

JAM-MAKER, THE - Folk Tale told by John Stewart (tinker) - DOUGLAS Aberdeen UP 1987

JAMAICA - - GUNGU WALK - ISLAND WOMAN - LINSTEAD MARKET - SLY MONGOOSE - SPONGER MONEY - TWO LITTLE DICKY BIRDS - UNCLE NED -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

JAMBOREE - Sea Shanty - ROUD#488 - WHALL 1910 - JFSS 20 p297 (2var) coll Sharp - SHARP 1914 #9 p10 "Whip Jamboree" - "Jenny, get your oatcakes brown" from Irish Gaelic "Godethu, mavourneen Slan" (meaning "Go safely, my darling") - TERRY - HUGILL SSS 1961 p382 - PALMER OBSS 1986 #111 p228 from Sharp -- Jimmy CRONIN rec by James M Carpenter, London c1928: FTX-141 (Carpenter also rec 6 other shantymen) - Stan HUGILL rec by PK, London 1954: RPL 20226 "Jimmy (Jinny) keep your ringtail warm"/ FTX-035 - Steve BENBOW (v/gtr) with Stella (v) & Pete TURNER (bass) "Skiffle Cellar" rec by PK, Soho, London 1/7/58 CASS-60-0828: FTX-091 "Whup J" - SPINNERS: TOPIC 12-TPS-145 1966/ SPINNERS "The Spinners are in town": FONTANA 6309-014 1970 "Whip J" - Colin WILKIE with The 12 Buccaneers ch: SAGA FID-2090 1967/ FTX-308 A-ROVING 1968 #2 - YETTIES: ARGO ZFB-16 1970 "Whip J"

JAMES - JAMIE - JIM - JIMMY

JAMES AND FLORA - "Come all you true lovers attend for a while" - ROUD#1701 - Bs alt title: "The United Lovers" - ASHTON RSS 1891 #67 (w/o)

JAMES BIRD - "Sons of freedom (pleasure), listen to me" - He goes to Lake Erie & fights Perry, wounded, executed for deserting the Brig "Niagara" - Bird was shot as a deserter after battle in 1814 - LAWS #A-5 & NAB p121 (gives list of sources) - ROUD#2204 - Journal of American Folklore 35 (1922) pp.379-383 - Family Herald & Weekly Star (Montreal) Old Favourites section 25 Apr 1945 - THOMPSON PS 1939 pp124-7 Stevens-Douglas Md NY 1841- 56 - BELDEN Ballads & Songs...Missouri pp.296-297 - BROWN North Carolina Folklore 2 pp.525-528 - CAZDEN AFSB 1958 II (7v) from Catskills - COX Folk-Songs of the South p.261 - EDDY Ballads & Songs from Ohio pp.265-267 - Forget-Me-Not Songster (Locke, Boston, c1850?) pp.97-99 - GARDNER & CHICKERING Ballads & Songs of Southern Michigan p.479 - HUBBARD BSFU 1961 pp287-9 Utah - JOHANNSEN The House of Beadle and Adams 3 (1962) p.73 - PARLER ABB 1963 pp32-4 Ark (w/o) - PETERS Folksongs Out of Wisconsin pp.228-229 - POUND American Ballads & Songs pp.93-97 - SHOEMAKER North Pennsylvania Minstrelsy (1st edn., 1919) pp.141-143 - THOMPSON Body Boots and Britches pp.345-347 - WARNER TAFS 1984 #17 pp78-80 Galusha -- George Vinton GRAHAM rec by Sydney Robertson Cowell, Harrison, Mich 1930 - Capt Pearl R. NYE rec by John A.Lomax, Akron, Ohio 1937: AAFS-2298 - Jenny DEVLIN rec by Alan Lomax, Gloucester, NJ 1938 - Warde FORD rec by Sydney Robertson Cowell, Boomtown, Calif 1938 - John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Minerva, NY, 1941: FTX-921 - O.J.ABBOTT rec by Edith Fowke, Hull, Quebec, Canada 1964: FOLKWAYS FE-4018 (`Songs of the Great Lakes')

JAMES BRENNAN - JAMES MACDONALD

JAMES BROWN - (D) Hornpipe comp by James Hill - DIXON 1987 p23

JAMES BYRNE'S MAZURKA -- James BYRNE (fid), Co Donegal: CLADDAGH 4- CC-44 1987 cass

JAMES CAMPBELL - BONNY JAMES CAMPBELL

JAMES CAREY - JOE BRADY - PAT O' DONNELL

JAMES CONNOLLY - "Where O where is JC?" - one of the leaders of the 1916 Rebellion- wounded he was captured and executed in Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin -- Al O'DONNELL: LEADER LER-2073 1972 - Frank HARTE (unacc): TOPIC 12-T-218 1973

JAMES COOK, THE SOUTH SEA SAILOR - "Hear me, lads" - comp by GM as sea shanty 1959 - see also CAPTAIN COOK -- Graeme MILES: FTX-223

JAMES ERVIN - "I am a bold Republican, J E is my name" - LAWS #J-15 ABBB 1957 p135 - RFOUD#982 - GARDNER & CHICKERING BSSM 1939 pp233 Mich

JAMES F DICKIE'S DELIGHT & REEL - 2 tunes comp by J Murdoch Henderson who died at Aberdeen in 1972, publ in "Flowers of Scottish Melody" 1935 -- Bill HARDIE (fid) & his son, Alasdair (piano): TOPIC 12-TS-268 1975

JAMES GANNON - GANNON

JAMES HARDIE - Reel - comp by Skinner and dedicated to the violinmaker (1836-1916) -- J Scott SKINNER (fid/piano) rec 1922: TOPIC 12-TS-265 1975

JAMES HARRIS - HOUSE CARPENTER

JAMES HILL'S REEL - SEATTLE 1990 p19 from "Kielder" Jock Davidson Ms - others comp by James Hill - BEE'S WING - EXHIBITION - HIGH LEVEL - LOW LEVEL etc

JAMES IRVINE - "My name it is JI, I belong to Coleraine" - tells of enlisting and then deserting - Jane Wilson, his sweetheart, helps him escape - he defeats his five pursuers, works at shoemaking for a yewar and a half, is captured and escapes again - ends with boast that he can defeat any Kings man or Orange-man - LAWS #J-15 ABBB 1957 p135 "James Ervin" - ROUD#982 - CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp179-180 Ben Henneberry, NS 1929 "Rambling Shoemaker" - GARDNER-CHICKERING 1939 p233 E W Harns, Mich (w/o) - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 Angelo Dornan, NB 1954-60

JAMES JUDGE - "Come all ye undaunted heroes" - Canadian lumberjack drowned - LAWS C4 & NAB p149 (notes) "Jimmy Judd" (The Beau Shay River) - ROUD#636 - BARRY Bulletin #10 1935 (notes) - BECK Mich 1941 p145 Bon Cher River, Renfrew Co, Ontario - GARDNER-CHICKERING Mich 1939 p277 - WARNER TAFS 1984 #18 pp80-2 Galusha "Jamie Judge or Bonshee River" -- John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, Minerva, NY 1941: FTX-921

JAMES MACDONALD - "You young and old, you now make bold" - "Twain" Murderer - police and doctor - Wicklow Gaol - heavy-loaded whip - sentenced in Longford for murder of Anne O Brien (or O Bryant) - Anne is to bear his child so he meets her and fatally wounds her and she is found next morning - before dying she tells what happened - LAWS #P-38 ABBB 1957 pp270-1 (erroneously gives JFSS ref) - ROUD#1412 - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p51 (4var) - SHARP- MARSON FSS 4 pp65-9 Betsy Holland (edited text) - SHARP-KARPELES CSC 1974 #64 pp292-3 Betsy Holland (gypsy) Simonsbath, Somerset 1907 (tune in Lydian mode - see C J Sharp Life & Work 1967 p41-3) - ORD BB 1930 p477 - FMJ 3:1 1975 p8-10 John Stokes (tinker) rec Tom Munnelly Baltinglass, Co Wicklow 1973 (8v) "The Longford Murder" --- CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp42-44 Allan Henneberry, Devils Island, Nova Scotia - FLANDERS-BARRY NGMS 1939 p71 - WARNER TAFS 1984 p54 John Galusha "The St Alban's Murder" -- Cecilia COSTELLO rec by PK, Birmingham 1950/ rec again 30/11/51: RPL 17035/ FTX-098/ LEADER LEE-4054 1975 "The Wexford Murder"(James Brennan murders Jane O'Reilly) --- Grandpa DRAGON, rec by Philip Cohen, Ripton, Vermont, USA 1941: Lib of Congress AFS-5218B - John GALUSHA rec by Frank & Anne Warner, NY 1947: FTX-921

JAMES McMAHON'S FAVOURITE - Jig -- Tommy MAGUIRE (melodeon) & Father O KEEFE (mandolin) accomp by Reg HALL (piano) rec Camden Town 21/4/68: TOPIC TSCD-603 1997 aft "Condon's Frolics"

JAMES Mc MURROUGH - SEAMUS MAC MURCHAIDH

JAMES MAGEE - "they do call me" - His aunt tries to murder him for inheritance - ROUD#2492 - HENRY SOP #136/ HUNTINGTON 1990 p125 Maud Huston: Charles Dempsey, Coleraine, Co Derry 1926 - MORTON FSSU 1970 #40 pp70-1 John Maguire, Tonaydrumallard, Co Derry (Aunt marries an Orangeman) - MORTON CDGD 1973 pp146-7 As FSSU - FMJ 1976 p217-8 Sam Henry version - SHEILDS SRT 1981 pp104-5 Co Derry "James McKee" - see also IN PRAISE OF JOHN MAGEE -- John MAGUIRE rec by Robin Morton, Co Fermanagh: MERCIER IRL-12 1970

JAMES MORRELL IS DEAD - THERE WAS A MAN

JAMES O BRIEN - JIMMY O BRIEN'S (Jig)

JAMES RAEBURN - JIMMY RAEBURN

JAMES REILLY - JOHN REILLY

JAMES WALLER, THE POACHER - "Come all ye poachers both far and near" - ROUD#1580 JFSS 2:4 1906 p291 Kidson: Mr Anderson, Leeds, Yorksh

JAMES WATT'S - Strathspey & Reel - HONEYMAN p32 & p33 (Am) both written out

JAMES WHALEN - "Come all you jolly lumbermen" - asked by his foreman to work on a jam in rough weather the youth is hurled into the water and drowned - LAWS #C-7 NAB 1950/64 p150 - ROUD#638 - FOWKE TSSO 1965 pp124-5 Emerson Woodcock, Ont 1957 - CREIGHTON MFS 1961 pp114-115 Bernard Young, NS 1953/ Freeman Young, NS 1v/m "Lost Jimmy Whalan" - PEACOCK SNO 1965 2 pp385-9 Mrs Mary Ann Galpin 1960/ John Mahoney 1961/ Mrs Freeman Bennett 1958 1v/m/ Mrs Wallace Kinslow 1959 1v/m Nfl - IVES FSNB 1989 pp39-41 1957 - Canadian Foll Music Bulletin 39/2 Summer 2005 p19 from O J Abbott "Lost Jimmy Whalen"

JAMESTOWN, HOMEWARD BOUND - American Shanty -- Jeff DAVIS (v/ piano) with Jeff WARNER (v/conc) FF 90431 CASS-0815 (from Colcord)

JAMIE AND JEANNIE - JEANNIE O' PLANTEENIE

JAMIE AND MARY - BALLYMOUNT FOREST SO GREEN

JAMIE AND NANCY - "Lovers I crave, lend an ear to my story?" - LAWS #M-38 ABBB 1957 p199 "Nancy of Yarmouth" - ROUD#187 - Rich father objects to Nancy marrying sailor so arranges for the bosun to get rid of him on the return trip. Jamie goes to Barbadoes where another rich lady falls in love with him - she commits suicide - the bosun throws Jamie overboard and his ghost appears to Nancy asking her to follow him into the deep - she does, the bosun is hanged and Nancy's father dies of grief - ASHTON RSS 1891 after p64 "Constant Lover's Garland" - CHRISTIE TBA 2 1881 p282 tune only - GREIG-DUNCAN 2 p132 (3 tunes/ 1 text) - JFSS 7 1905 p113 Mrs Grahame, St Leonards-on-Sea, Kent who learnt it "from a Kentish squire's daughters the last of whom dieed at a great age in 1865" (notes by Lucy Broadwood & Frank Kidson) "The Yarmouth Tragedy" (46 verses in broadside versions) - Cf PRETTY NANCY OF YARMOUTH --- CREIGHTON SBNS 1932 pp81-2 Ben Henneberry, Nova Scotia - BROWN CNCF 1952 p223

JAMIE AND PEGGY - YOUNG PEGGY

JAMIE BIRDIE - KATIE BIRDIE

JAMIE DOUGLAS - WALY WALY

JAMIE FOYERS - "Far distant, far distant, lives Foyers the brave" - ROUD#1941 - FORD VSB 1899 1 p18-19 Perthsh (w/o) "Young JF" - GREIG FSNE 1909-14 #134 - GREIG-DUNCAN 1 p290 (4var) - ORD BB 1930 p294-5 w/m "Young JF" - McCOLL SS 1953 p98 from mother, Betsy Miller, Perthsh - BUCHAN 101SS 1962 p111 from MacColl - McCOLL-SEEGER SI 1977 p267-9 from John Macdonald - CREIGHTON 193O{?) p208-9 - CREIGHTON FSSNB 1971 #103 p208 Angelo Dornan 1954-60 "Jimmy Folier" - IVES FSNB 1978 pp32-4 Spurgeon Allaby 1963 "Young Jimmy Foulger"-- Mary Stewart ROBERTSON #150, Bell DUNCAN #264 & Mrs MATHIESON #345-6 rec on Dictaphone cylinder by James M Carpenter 1929-35 - Sheila STEWART (daughter of Belle), Blairgowrie, Perthshire: TOPIC 12-T-138 1965 (learned from Belle)/TSCD-658 "Young Jimmy Foyers"

JAMIE'S ON THE STORMY SEA - "Ere the twilight bat was flitting" - ROUD#2067 HUNTINGTON SWS 1964 pp252-5 Ship's log 1849 (w/o) - THA MO GHAEL AIR AIRD A' CHUAIN

JAMIE JUDGE - JAMES JUDGE

JAMIE ON THE MOOR - JENNY

JAMIE RAEBURN - JIMMY RAEBURN

JAMIE TELFER O' THE FAIR DODHEAD -"wain Wat o' Harden and his two sons" (2v only) - CHILD #190 Vol V Add p249 (w/o) - (rec too late for inclusion by BRONSON) -- Willie SCOTT rec by Francis Collinson 1953: TANGENT TNGM-119/D 1975 (2v only)

JAMIE'S PAPER - Highland (G) - KERR MM 3 #204 p24

JAMMY'S MARCH - Tunebook Ms #160 p64 (G)

JAN STEWER - Recitations - HARRY BURNETT'S COURTSHIP - HOW GEORGE WRAYFORD WAS BESTED - THE SELLER SOLD

JAN TO JOAN - JOHN TO JOAN

JAN'S COURTSHIP - GETTING A WIFE

JANE AND LOUISA WILL SOON COME HOME - Children's game -- rec by Alan Lomax, sung by two women, Lopinot, Trinidad 1962: ROUNDER CD-1716 1997

JANE, DON'T CALL MY NAME -- MERRYMAKERS Steel Band from Antigua rec by PK, London 1960: FTX-917 Instrumental (no vocal)

JANE DOWNING - Reel - COMELY JANE DOWNING

JAN(E) NE SY'N UN IAWN - (Our Jane is a good one) - Welsh -- John and Elizabeth THOMAS, rec by PK, Corwen, Denbighsh 9/11/54: FTX-051 - Emrys JONES: RPL LP 26555

JANE O JANE -- MERRYMAKERS Antigua Steel Band rec by PK, London 27/5/61: RPL LP 26584/ FTX-917

JANE O'REILLY - JAMES MACDONALD

JANE THORNTON - GLOUCESTER LAD

JANE WAS A NEIGHBOUR - DEATH OF QUEEN JANE

JANE'S FANCY - comp by A Gray -- HIGH LEVEL RANTERS: SMITHSONIAN-FOLKWAYS SFW-40473 1999 for "La Russe"

JANET JAMIESON - "Come all you pretty fair maids come listen to my lay" - She spies gentleman with a gun and he persuades her to leave her own swain and come with him to London but he is cruel and later turns her from his door so she wanders and dies and the gent is killed in the wastes of Hindustan

JANIE JONES - JENNY JONES

JANIE ON THE MOOR - JENNY OF THE MOOR

JANUARY BRINGS THE SNOW - (each month has 2 lines) - PURSLOW MB 1965 p15 Gardiner: Samuel Gray, Hartley Wintney, Hampsh 1907 "A Child's Calendar" 12v/m

JANUARY MAN - comp by DG -- Dave GOULDER: ARGO ZFB-10 1970

JAPAN -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

JAPANESE - KEEP THE SUNNYSIDE UP (K)

JAPANESE HORNPIPE, THE - possibly comp by James Hill -- Johnny DOHERTY (fid) rec by PK, Co Donegal 1953 RPL 19534/ FTX-075 aft "The Star" & bef "The Low Level"/ rec by David Hammond 1975: GAEL-LINN CEF-072-3 1978/ RTR dub

JAR OF PORTER, A - "If you want your child to grow - give him a J of P" - DUBLINERS SONGBOOK p29 (4v)

JAR OF STRONG CIDER, A - comp or coll by Vic Gammon (?) -- GARRET SINGERS: ARGO ZFB-7 1970

JARNOVICHES' - Strathspey - COLE p125 (G)

JARPING - Easter Custom, Durham - CARLING -- Recordings - see SUBJECTS Listing

JARROW SHIPBUILDERS, THE - talk: Ships for China & Geordies speaking Chinese -- Bob Davenport: THE MARSDEN RATTLERS: LEADER LER-3008 1971

JARVIS BAY, THE - Naval Battle in 1940 - see correspondence in TAWNEY file -- Cyril TAWNEY on Radio 2 25/1/90 CASS-30-1038

JARVIS THE COACHMAN - "I'm Jarvis the coachman, well known" - he is hung on the gibbet and his coach stolen until rescued by a passing brickmaker - "Old Nick should have driven them not me" - ROUD#1312 - WILLIAMS FSUT 1923 pp258-9 #359 'Wassail" Harvey, Cricklade, Wiltsh 5dv -- Terry YARNELL & Critics Group: ARGO ZFB-60 1967 ()collated from Williams & Covent Garden Songster)

JASON AND JOHNNY - BLUE AND THE GREY (Russco)

JAUNTING CAR, THE - Hornpipe (D) - COLE #8 p96 comp by J Hand "can be used as a clog" - KERR MM 2 #372 p41 no comp given

JAUNTING CAR FOR SIX - Triple Jig - KERR MM 3 #233 p26 (A ends F#)

JAVA - see als BALI -- Recordings - see AREA Listing

JAW'S HARP - JEW'S HARP -

JAWBONE - LULA GAL

JAY BIRD - American Old Time -- John BURKE's "Old Time Fiddle tunes for banjo" 1975 CASS-30-0807

JAZZ - Recordings - see MUSIC-TYPES Listing

JAZZ FIDDLER, THE -- THE MISSISSIPPI SHEIKS: Lonnie (fid) & Walter CHAPMAN (v/fid) Beau CARTER (gtr) Paul OLIVER "Before the Blues" on Radio 2 25/11/87 & 3/12/87: CASS-0431

 
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