M:6/8
		THE TUNES  

Jigs: 

     Christmas Day in the Morning: I first learned this jig from Paddy
Haverty, of Killimor, Co. Galway, who called it The Munster
Buttermilk. Since I already played another jig of the name, I just
called it "Paddy Haverty's". But some sleuthing in Breathnach's Ceol
Rince na hEireann uncovered the fact that someone else called it
Siamsa Mhuilte Farannain--and also--which is the reason for including it
here--Christmas Day in the Morning. It has a lot of lift--great tune for
dancing. It also sounds good when transposed down to D. 

Oiche Nollag: a single jig version of the reel Boys of Ballinahinch/Strawberry
Blossom.  It is  in vol. 1 of Ceol Rince na hEireann. 

A Merry Christmas:  I haven't seen this except in O'Neill's. It's a nice open jig.

Reels:

     Christmas Eve: This fine reel is often called Tommy Coen's, because
(why else?) it was written by Tommy Coen of Co. Galway. It has been
recorded several times--e.g. Chieftains 10, Delores Keane and John
Falkner--and is often heard in sessions--a tune for all seasons, not
just Christmas. 

How We Spent the Christmas: this reel is in O'Neill's collection "Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melodies".

New Year's Night:  This reel is also in Waifs and Strays.  O'Neill got
it from the piper Barney Delaney, and apologized for not having included
it in his earlier collections.  It's worth checking out--it is the kind
of simple-but-interesting tune which goes so well on whistle, flute or pipes.

Hornpipe:

The Christmas Hornpipe:  This is in Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes.  More of an
English than Irish tune, by the sound of it.  

Airs:

A New Years' Song, Christmas Eve, both from O'Neill's 1850.
Dom Oiche Ud I mBeithil: a Christmas Carol, from the Chieftains.

	John Walsh
	(walsh@math.ubc.ca)
X:1
T:Christmas Day in the Morning
T:Paddy Haverty's
M:6/8
S:Paddy Haverty
Z:Paddy Haverty is a fiddler from Killimor, Co. Galway.  
Z:He called it Munster Buttermilk, but I have a different tune by that name, so
Z:I call it after him.
E:10
K:G
|g2g age|d2 B BAB|d2 B BAB|dBA GBd|g2g age|d2 B BAB|dBA GAB|ABA G3:|
|d2 e g2 a|b2 b bag|a2a age|g2 g age|d2 e g2a|b2 b bag|age deg|aba g3:|

X:2 
T:Oiche Nollag
R:single jig
Z: in Ceol Rince na hEireann
E:12
K:D
g|f2 A d2 f|e2 d B2 g|f2 A d2 f|{a}g3 a2 g|f2 A d2f|e2 d B2 c|d2 A B2 G|E2 F D2:|
g|a2 b a2 f| d3 d2 f|g2fe2d|B3 A2 g|a2ba2f|d2fg2f|e2dc2e|a3 a2:|

X:3
T:Merry Christmas, A
R:Jig
S: O'Neill's
M:6/8
K:G
D|GAB AGE|ceg dBG|GAB AGE|FDD DEF|GAB AGE|ceg dBG|EFG Adc|BGG G2:|
B|d^ce def|gfe dBG|Bcd efg|gbg afd|(4gaba gfe|dBg dBG|EFG Adc|BGG G2:|


X:4
T:Christmas Eve
T:Tommy Coen's
M:C|
E:7
C:Tommy Coen
Z:By T. Coen, of Co. Galway.
R:reel
K:G
GE|D3 E G3 A|B2 dB ABGB|ABGE ~D3 E|G2 BG ABGE|D3 E ~G3 A|B2 dB ABGA|BA ~A2 GEBG| ABGE G3:|
A|BA (3Bcd edeg|agge g2 eg|a2 ge gage|dedB ABGA|BA (3Bcd edeg|agge g2 eg|a2 ge d2 BG| ABGE G2:|
dc|BG ~G2 dGBd|eg ~g2 egdc|BG ~G2 dGBG|EA ~A2 EA ~A2|BG ~G2 dGBd|eggf ~g3 a|bgag edBG|ABGE G2:|

X:5
T:How We Spent the Christmas
R:Reel
S: O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody; from Francis O'Neill.
M:C|
K:D
df|eA ~A2 BG ~G2|(3AGA fe dB ~B2|eA ~A2 BG ~G2|Agfe d2:|de|fdfa fdfa|edef dB B2| fdfa fdfa|edeg d3 e|fdfa fdfa|edef dB B2|ABAF ABdf|afef d2||

X:6
T:New Year's Night
S:O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody.  From piping of Barney Delaney.
M:C|
E:7
K:G
gf|eA ~A2 edBd|(3efg dB GABd|eA ~A2 edBc|d2 ef g2 z f|eA ~A2 edBd|(3dfg dB GABd|edef gfga|gedB A2||
BA|G2 Bd g2 ge|dedBd2 BA|G2 Bd g2 af|gedB AcBA|G2 Bd g2 ge|dedB dega|bgag (3efg fa|gedB A2||


X:7
T:Christmas Hornpipe, The
R:Hornpipe
S:Coles 1000 Fiddle Tunes
M:2/4
E:7
K:Bb
FE|DF B4 FE|DF B,4 FD|CE c2 cdcB|Ac F4 cd|edef gebg|dcde fdbf|egce AcFA| B2 d2 B2:|
FE|DFBF GFED|ECcB AGFE|DFBd edcB|AcBG F2FG|AGAB c=Bcd|edef g2 (3fed|fbdf BdFA|B2 d2 B2:|

X:8
T:New Year's Song
Z:Air
S:O'Neill's 
M:6/8
K:G
D|D2G G2 A|B2 dd2 B|c2 AA2 A|A3 A2 A|B2 AG2 B|d2 GG2 A|G2 F D2d|D3 D2||
Bc|d2 d e2 d|B2 cd2 B|c2 c d2 c|A3 A2Bc|d2 c B2 g|A2 G F2 D |C2D G2 G|G3 G2||

X:9
T: Christmas Eve
Z:Air
S:O'Neill's
M:C
K:G
BA|G3 ED2 FG|A2 A2 Bdge|d3 c BAGA|B2 E2 E2 BA|GEDE G2 GA|B2 d2 efge|d2 B2 A2 GA|B2 G2 G2||
Bc|d3 c BAGA|B2 d2 egfa|g3 ed3 B|A2 E2 EcBA|G3 ED2 EG|A2 A2 Bdge|d3 c BAGA|B2 G2 G2 ||


X:10
T:Dom Oiche Ud I mBeithil
Z:Air
M:3/4
K:D
F2|B4d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 Bc|d3e f2|c4 B2|A6-|A2 z2 F2|B4d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 c2|d3 ef2|c4 B2|B6-|B2z2 f|
a4 f2|e4 fa|b6-|b2 z2 b2|a4 fe|d4 e2|f6-|f2 z2 F2|B4d2|c4 BA|B6-|B2 z2 Bc|d3 ef2|c4 B2|B6-|B2 z2 ||