Sixty tunes like Captain Kidd in ABC and MIDI format

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% This is the webpage http://www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_abc.html of songs that resemble "Captain Kidd"
% It was assembled by David Kidd in 2004 for his Captain Kidd website. Updated and edited in 2008.
% It is linked primarily to www.davidkidd.net/Songs_like_Captain_Kidd.html where the lyrics to all of these songs are printed.
% and to www.davidkidd.net/Captain_Kidd_Music.html, a page of scores, midi files and pictures
% where the genealogy of these melodies is discussed and demonstrated.

% The page below is in ABC format, a computer language used by scholars of folk music.
% From the internet you can get shareware to read and play ABC on your computer.
% On the Macintosh I use BarFly that you can download free from http://www.barfly.dial.pipex.com
% Just copy this entire page and paste it into a new BarFly document then let it play to your heart's content.
% For PCs I have heard ABCMus recommended, and that download is free from http://www.norbeck.nu/abcmus/

% The tunes below are in not in a logical order, just in the order in which I found them.
% So please search for the title you want using your computer's Search and Find utility.

X:02KMem
T:Capt Kidd
N:tune taught to David Kidd by his father Fred Kidd.
Z:David Kidd <davidkidd.net>
Q:1/4=190
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
z4 A2 A2 |f2 f2 g2 a2 |A4 B2 c2 |d8- |d4 d2 d2 |g2 g2 g2 g2 |g4 a2 f2 |e8-
|e4 a2 g2 |f2 f2 e2 f2 |d4 d4 |B2 B2 B2 B2 |g4 g4 |f2 f2 f2 f2 |e4 e2 e2 |d8 |

X:04KSgr
T:Captain Kidd (as played by Pete Seeger)
C:Arranged by Steve Benbow
D:Pete Seeger "Golden Ring", FSI-16, 1964
Z:Digital Tradition <//sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
Q:1/4=100
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:E
B,B,| EE (F/2E/2) D E2 GA| B2 AG (FA) GF|
EE (F/2E/2)D (E/2B,3/2) CC|B,6- B,A|
GF GA B3 B|AF DC B,2 CD|
EE EC A,2 G,A,| B,2 CD E2 |]

X:06KCho
T:Capt Kidd, Choir
B:Bonner, Williard Hallam. Pirate Laureate. New Brunswick, Rutgers 1947.
N:"Among the variations to be found in print [in America in the 1800s]
N:"this one received official sanction in community and "concert" singing
N:"and was in all probability heard by more thousands of people than any other".
Q:1/4=90
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:Gm
z4 e3B |c2A2 B2A2 |^G4 E2E2 |A4 ^G3A |B4 e3B |c2A2 B2A2 |^G4 B2c2 |A8-
|A6 B2 |c2B2 c2d2 |e4 e2e2 |d3c B2c2 |d4 e3B |c2A2 B2A2 |^G4 c2d2 |A8 |]

X:07AbDB
T:Admiral Benbow (2)
Z:Digital Tradition <sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:A
E2| Ac BG A2 EA| G2 B,F E2 B3/2c/2| dB c/2c/2d e2 de|
B2 AF E2 cB|A3/2A/2 GF (FE) CD|(Ed) cB A2||

X:07AbMu
T:Adm Benbow
Z:Lesley Nelson Burns <contemplator.com>
B:also in Book: Folk Songs Chants and Singing Games
B:by Farnsworth C.H & Sharp. New York, Gray 1943(?)

X:08AbTf
T:Admiral Benbow (in 3/4 time)
Z:Digital Tradition edited by David Kidd
%old file names 07AbDT 08AbVa 08adbendbowZ
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:Am
E,2| (A,2 _D2) E2| ED _D2 A,B,| _D2 =D2 B,2| A,4E,E,|
(A,2_D2) E2|ED _D2 A,B,| _D2 =D2 B,2| A,4 _A,=A,| B,2 E,2 B,2|
A,_A, ^F,E, E,E,|A,2(A,B,) _DA,| D4_DB,|
A,2 (_D2 E2)| ED _D2 A,B,| _D2 =D2 B,2| A,4||

X:09ABFi
T:Admiral Benbow (Cecil Sharp)
B:One Hundred English Folksongs, Ed C Sharp, ISBN 0-486-23192-5
Z:Cecil Sharp
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
D2 |G2 G2 A2 F2 |G4 B2 c2 |d4 c2 B2 |(A2c2)B2 A2 |
G2 G2 A2 F2 |(G2D2) E2 E2 | D6 c2 |
B2 A2 B2 c2 |d4 c2 B2 |A2 G2 F2 E2 |D4 D2 D2 |
G2 G2 G2 E2 |C4 B,2 C2 |D4 E2 F2 |G3 |]

X:09AbVb
T:Admiral Benbow, version B
C:found online
F:BOLDBEN.mid or 09adbenbowB.mid
Q:1/4=100
V:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
z6 E2 |A2 A2 ^GA BG |E4 C2 E2 |G4 D2 B2 |d6 cB |
c2 BA ^GA BG |A4 C2 E2 |A6 AB |c2 c2 e2 e2 |d4 c2 B2 |
c2 BA dc BA |^G4 z2 DD |E2 A2 B2 d2 |c2 BA cB A^G |A4 E2 ^G2|
A6 DD | E2 A2 B2 d2 |c2 BA cB AG |A4 E2 ^G2 |A4 |]

X:11Carl
T:A Christmas Caroll "Remember O thou Man"
C:Thomas Ravenscroft 1590-1633
B:"MELISMATA. Mvsical Phansies, Fitting the Covrt, Citie and Covntrey Hvmovrs, To 3, 4, and 5 Voyces" London 1611
Z:DavidKidd.net
Q:1/4=150
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:C
G2 G2 G2 |_B3 A G2 |F3 F G2 |A3 ^F D2 |G2 G2 G2 |_B3 A G2 |F2 F2 G2 |A6
|_B2 d2 d2 |d3 c _B2 |A2 c2 c2 |c3 _B A2 |_B2 A2 G2 |^F3 G A2 |c2 B2 A2 |G4 z2 |]

X:16KCyn
T:Captain Kidd
C:Arnold Shaw 1940s
N:A jazzy parody
B:A Book of Americans by Benét, R &SV. NY. Musette 1941
W:you'll read in all the newer history books that he was mild
W:They say he never pirated - I think perhaps he did
W:These words and "I think perhaps they're wrong" are marked to be sung "with cynicism".

X:18AbBo
T:Come all you sailors bold (Admiral Benbow)
S:'The Vocal Enchantress' 1783
z:Bruce Olson 'Scarce Music in ABC'
S:for same tune in key of A see Bronson, California Folklore Quarterly, 1942 p. 55
Q:1/4=120
L:1/4
M:C|
K:D dorian
A/|dd(^c/d/) (e/c/)|A2FA|c2Ae|g3(f/e/)|
f(e/d/) (^c/d/) e/c/| A2FA|d3(d/e/)|
ffaa|g2(fe)|f(e/d/) (g/f/) (e/d/)|{d/}^c2zG|
Adeg|f2(f/e/) (d/^c/)|d2A^c|d3G|
"Chorus"Adfg|f2(f/e/) (d/^c/)|d2A^c|d3|]

X:19JbBo
T:Ye Jacobites by Name, An Excellent new Song on the Jacobites,
T:and the Opression of the Rebels. To the Tune of, Captain Kid.
B:The Battle of Falkirk Garland printed in the year 1746
S:SMM #371
Z:Bruce Olson 86
Q:1/4=60
L:1/4
M:C
K:Am
E|A3/4 B/4 A/ G/ EE/ E/|cB/ A/ {A/}B3/2 G/|\
A3/4 B/4 A/ G/ EE3/4 ^G/4|A3||
(A/B/)|\
c3/4 d/4 e/ f/ g3/2(f/4e/4)|d/ c/ B/ A/G(c/e/)|\
e/ A/ B/ A/ (E3/4D/4) E/ ^G/|A3|]

X:21KOx
T:Captain Kid's Farewell to the Seas
F:www.folkinfo.org
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs, ISBN 0-19-282155-5
Z:d'Urfey VI 251
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gm
D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 A2 B2 |c4 B2 A2 | B6 D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 A2 G2 |D6 A2
|B2 c2 d2 e2 |f4 d2 d2 |c2 B2 A2 G2 |^F6 D2 |D2 G2 G2 A2 |B4 d2 ^F2 |G4 G2 ^F2 |G6 |]

X:24PtPi
T:Put in All (1719-20)
C:Lyrics by Thomas D'Urfey
B:Wit and Mirth, or Pills to Purge Melancholy 1719-20
S:New York Folklore Library Edn. Facsimile 1959
N:compare with 31SaCh
H:1876
Q:1/4=120
L:1/4
M:C|
K:Gm
D|DGGA|B2AB|c2BA|B3D|DGGA|
B2AG| D3A|Bcde|f2d2|cBAG|^F3D|
DGGA|B2d^F|G2G^F|G3|]
W:A Young Man and a Maid, put in all, put in all...

X:29JhFi
T:Jack Hall (in F)
B:Peter Kennedy. Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland
S:Jack Endacott, Chagford, Devon
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Q:1/4=90
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:F
c3B|A2G2 A2F2|D4C2C2|F4E2F2|G4
c3B|A2G2 A2F2|D4C2C2|F6
A2|B2A2 B2c2|d4d2d2|c2A2 B2G2|F4
c3B|A2G2 A2F2|D4C2C2|F4E2F2|G4
c3B|A2G2 A2F2|D4C2C2|F4|]

X:29JhUp
T:Jack Hall (transposed to G)
B:Peter Kennedy. Folk Songs of Britain and Ireland
S:Jack Endacott, Chagford, Devon
Z:Peter Kennedy
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
Q:1/4=90
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
d3c|B2A2 B2G2|E4D2D2|G4F2G2|A4
d3c|B2A2 B2G2|E4D2D2|G6
B2|c2B2 c2d2|e4e2e2|d2B2 c2A2|G4
d3c|B2A2 B2G2|E4D2D2|G4F2G2|A4
d3c|B2A2 B2G2|E4D2D2|G4|]

X:30InMb
T:In Mobile
N: Student Bar of Newcastle University Mens Union
z: David Kidd of davidkidd.net
Q:1/4=90
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
B,2D2 G2G2|G2G2 E2D2|B,2D2 G4 |G2G2 G4|
G2A2 B2B2 |B2B2 d2d2 |d2B2 A4 |A2A2 A4|
d2c2 B2B2 |B2B2 A2G2| G2G2 E4 |E4 A2G2|
F2E2 D4 |D4 B2G2 | A2F2 G4- | G8|
d2d2 d4- |d8 |B2 G2 |A8-|A8
d2d2 d2d2 |d2d2 B2G2 | A4d4 |e4d4|
B8|G8|E8|d4c4|B8|A8|G8|

X:31SaCh
T:Sound a Charge
T:24 Country Dances for the Year 1708
N:Same as later 'Put in All' (24PtPi) except for
N:the vast stay in bars 7 and 8
Z:Bruce Olson
F:http://users.erols.com/olsonw/BM4.ABC# B438
Q:1/4=120
L:1/4
M:C|
K:Gm
D|DGGA|B2AB|c2BA|B3D|DGGA|
B2AG|(D4|D3)A|Bcde|f2d2|cBAG|^F3D|
DGGA|B2d^F|G2G^F|G3|]

X:32ShVG
T:The Shan Van Vocht. Arr. Garvin
B:Joyce, P. W.; "Old Irish Folk Music and Songs"
R:song air
N:"Many settings of this air have been published.
N:I give one here which I
N:think has not yet seen the light."
L:1/8
O:Irish
M:C
Z:Allan Garvin
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/AllanGarvin/ShanVanVocht.abc
K:G
B>c|dg gf d2 cA|G2 G2 G2 A>G|FG AB c>B AG|F2 D2 D2 G>F|
DG GF G2 A>F|GA {B}cd {e}=f2 d>f|g^f dc d2 cA|G2 G2 G2||

X:33PraM
T:The Famine Song (Praties They Grow Small)
S:Patrick Galvin Songs of the Resistance
M:4/4
L:1/8
F:Digital Tradition <//sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
K:G
EF| GF EG (FE) DF| E6 EF| GF EG (FE) DF| E6|
GA| BB BB B2 AG| AA AA A2(EF)|\
GF EG (FE) DF| E2 DF E2| EF| GF EG (FE) DF| E6||

X:33PraH
T:Praties They Grow Small, Hornpipe
S:Patrick Galvin Songs of the Resistance
S:trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:Em
E2F2|G2F2 E2^D2|E4 E2F2|E4 E2F2|
E4 E2F2|G2F2 G2A2|B4 A2B2|c2B2 A2G2|
F4 E2F2|G2F2 E2^D2|E4 E2F2|E4 E2F2|E4|

X:35TaBg
T:Benjamin Bowlabags
C:Traditional
Z:Sabine Baring Gould 1896
H:Possibly a sailors song of about 1650 concerning the Napoleonic wars.
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
z z DD |:G3 G G2 |F3 E D2 |G3 G G2 |
w:Would you know how the wars began? Benjamin Bowlabags.
Bc d2 DD |G3 G G2 |F3 E D2 |c2 c B2 A- |
w:Would you know how the wars began? Cast threads away
A4 Bc |d3 d d2 |c3 c c2 |B3 B B2 |
w:Would you know how the wars began? Nine tailors make a man.
A F2 D2 G- |G3 G G2 |E c2 G2 A- |A3 G F2 |[1G4 DD :|[2G6 |]
w:And so the proud tailor went prancing away.

X:36BoBe
T:Bold Benjamin
C:The Penguin Book of English Folk Song, London 1959. page 2.
C:collected ca. 1907 by Ralph Vaughn Williams and A.L. Lloyd
C:from Mr. Taunton Corscombe in Dorset England
N:Mudcat DT file names: BOLDBENJ and BENBOWMR
Q:1/4=100
M:3/4
L:1/8
K:G
z4 D2 |G2 G3/2A/ B3/2c/ |d3/2c/ B3/2A/ G2 |
M:2/4
L:1/16
B3A G3F |
M:3/4
L:1/8
G2 D2 D2 |G2 G3/2A/ B3/2c/ |d2 B2 e2 |d4 z d |d3/2c/ B3/2c/ df |
M:2/4
L:1/16
e2d2 c2B2 |
M:3/4
L:1/8
A4 d3/2c/ |B2 A2 G2 |F2 G3/2F/ E2 |D4 B2 |c2 d2 e2 |d2 cB A2 |G4 :|

X:37DgDt
T:Levelers and Diggers, to Sound a Charge
C:Gerard Whinstanley 1649
B:A Ballad History of England, Palmer
Z:Digital Tradition
Z:sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:F
A,| A, D D E| F2 E F| G2 F E| F3 A,| A, D D E| F2 E D| A,3 E| F G A B|\
c2 A A| G F E D| ^C3 A,| A, D D E| F3 A,| A, D D E| F2 A ^C| D2 D ^C|D3||

X:37DgFi
T:The Digger's Song
B:Palmer, R, A Ballad History of England
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Am
A,2 |A,2 D2 D2 E2 |F4 E2 F2 |G4 F2 E2 |
F6 A,2 |A,2 D2 D2 E2 |F4 E2 D2 |A,6 E2 |
F2 G2 A2 B2 |c4 A2 A2 |G2 F2 E2 D2 |
^C6 A,2 |A,2 D2 D2 E2 |F4 A2 ^C2 |D4 D2 ^C2 |D6 |]

X:38HLDt
T:Hurrah, Lie!
B:Ethel Park Richardson's 'American Mountain Songs' 1927
N: "this is one of the few American versions of
N:"Martin Said to His Man" I've ever encountered". RG
Z:Digital Tradition KSC
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
L:1/4
K:F
F3/4F/4 A F3/4F/4 A| C D _E2| F3/4F/4 A F3/4F/4 A| B B c2|
d3/4d/4 B c3/4c/4 G|A3/4A/4 F G3/4G/4 C/2C/4C/4|
F A F/2A/- A/F/2| G3/4F/4 G/4A3/4 F2|]
W:Seed a flea heave a tree, Hurrah, Lie!
W:Seed a flea heave a tree, Well done, fool!
W:Seed a flea heave a tree, Forty miles in the sea;
W:Yo're an' ole blind drunkard, an' I'm a jolly fool!

X:38HLMm
T:Martin Said To His Man
T:Who's the Fool Now?
Z:Digital Tradition KSC
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:G
G G A| B3/2 B/2 A| G2 D| G3| A A B| c3/2 d/2 B| A3/2 B/2 G| A3|
B c d|c3/2 B/2 A| G G/2A/2 B/2c/2| A3/2 F/2 C| G G E| C3/2 D/2 E| B3/2 c/2 A|\
G3|

X:39JaJA
T:John Anderson, my Jo (Jackson & Aird)
S:HSJ Jackson,Wyresdale,Lancs.1823
B:Aird's Airs and Melodies vol 2, Scotland
A:Lancashire & Scotland
H:1823
Z:vmp.Chris Partington.
F:www.smmp.salford.ac.ukHsjjack.abc
Z:Richard Robinson
F:www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:150
K:C
G|EAAB|c2cd|BGGA|G3B/A/|EAAB|cBcd|edcd|e3||!
|f|edcd|efge|dcBc|d2cd|ecdB|cABe|EAA^G|A3||!
|g|eaab|c'2c'd'|bgga|g2ag|eaab|c'2ba|bgef|e3g/f/|!
ecgc|c'cgc|GABc|d2cd|ecdB|cABe|EAA^G|A3|]

X:39JaSk
T:John Anderson, my Jo (Skene MS)
S:see I am the Duke of Norfolk, to Sound a Charge
B:Skene MS
Q:1/4=120
L:1/4
M:C
F:http://users.erols.com/olsonw/BM2.ABC
K:Am
B|AGAB|c3d|BGGG|G3B|\
AGAB|c3c|cBcd|e4|\
eged|cde2|d3/2e/2dc|B2cd|\
edcB|AB^cd|eAAA|A3|]

X:41SpLa
T:Spanish Ladies (1)
B:Oxford Book of Sea Songs
Z:Digital Tradition
F://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
Q:140
M:3/4
L:1/4
K:Gm
D| G G ^F| G2(G/2A/2)| B A G| ^F D3/2 D/2|
G G ^F| G2 G/2A/2| B A G|A2 A/2A/2|
B A G| c B A| d G(G/2A/2)|(^F/2=E/2) D d/2c/2|
B A G| ^F D D|D G ^F| G2|]
%the version most-like Captain Kidd

X:42GerB
T:Germanie Thomas
A:Scotland
H:Scots fought 1630-48 with Swedish, German and Austrian Protestants
H:against Catholic Hapsburg nations in The Thirty Years War
S:Colonel David Balfour
B:Ancient Orkney Melodies 1885 Ballantyne & Hanson, Edinburgh
S:Wolfgang Schlick
Z:transcribed by David Kidd 2004
N:score shows three treble parts and two bass. This is top part only.
F:http://www.electricscotland.com/history/germany/germany_thomas.htm
N:This score is the same tune as "Ye Jacobites by Name", see 19JbBo above
N:But see 56GerM below for a different older version (printed 1794)
Q:1/4=140
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
EG | A>c AG E2 DC | c2BA B2 c>B | A>c AG E>D EG |
A3 z2 AB | c>B cd e2 dc | B>G Bc d2 cd | e>A A>G E2 DC |
c2 Bc d c2B | A>B AG E>D E^G | A6 |]

X:43GwPw
T:Mentra Gwen, nea Cwynfan y Wraig Weddw
T:43 "Venture Gwen, or The Plaint of the Widow" as sung in North Wales
O:North Wales "Fel y cenir yn y Gogledd"
B:J. Parry (Bardd Alaw)'s Welsh Harper Vol.II No.115
B:The Journal of Welsh Folksong Vol.II, 1919, part II, page 122. NO.74
F:cronfa.com/index.php?action=item&lang=en&itemid=CAG00211
F:mudcat.org/thred.cfm?threadid=70693
Z:transcribed by davidkidd.net June 2004
N:see two more versions at 48GwFt and 50GwBh below
M:2/4
L:1/8
Q:130
K:Gm
D|G>A BG|c2 BA|B2 AG|^F3 D/^F/|
G>A BG|c2 Bc|d2 zB/c/|dc de|fdz B|
cB AB|cA zA|GB AG|G^Fz d|
gd dB|ce dc|B2 A>G|G3|]
W:Y fwyn garedig ferch, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen,
W:Lie rhoddias i fy serch, mentra Gwen;
W:Gwaith dyn wyf fi mewn galar,
W:Yn ffacia cerdded daear,
W:O'th gariad di'r fun hawddgar;
W:Rwy'n deisyf cael dy ffafar, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen.
W:
W:The gentle beloved maid, Venture Gwen, Venture Gwen,
W:Where I have placed my love, Venture Gwen,
W:'Cause I'm a man in sorrow,
W:Failing to walk the earth,
W:For the love of thee, sweet maiden, Venture Gwen, Venture Gwen.

X:44ShBB
T:She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain (dulcimer)
C:Traditional
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=220
F:http://everythingdulcimer.com/tab/shellbe.abc
K:D
A B|"D"d d d d|"A7"B A F A|"D"d4-|d2 d e|
f f f f|a f e d|"A7"e4-|e2 a g|
"D"f f f f|"D7"e d d d|"G"B B B B|"Ddim"e d c B|
"D"A A A A|"A7"f e B c|"D"d4-|d2||

X:44ShBC
T:She'll be Coming Round the Mountain (Nots)
% Nottingham Music Database
S:Trad, via EF
M:4/4
L:1/4
F:http://abc.sourceforge.net/NMD/nmd/reelsa-c.txt
F:http://perun.hscs.wmin.ac.uk/~jra/NMD/reelsA-C.txt
F:http://www.guitarnut.com/nmd/reelsA-C.txt
F:http://www2.redhawk.org/irish/nmd/reelsA-C.abc
K:D
AB |"D"dd dd|"D"BA FA|"D"d4-|"D"d2 de|
"D"ff ff|"D"aa af|"E7"e4-|"A7"e2 ag|
"D"f2 f2|"D7"ed3|"G"d2 d2|"Gm""Bb"gg2g|
"D"f2 f2|"E7"ee "A7"ee|"D"d4-|"D"d2 ||

X:46DLFi
T:Davy Lowston (1)
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
H:1813
M:2/2
L:1/8
K:G
D2D2|G3G G2G2|G3G F2A2|G4F2E2|D6D2|
B3B B2B2|B3B A2c2| B8-|B4G2B2|
d3d d2d2|d4A2B2|c B3A2A2|F4F2F2|
E8-|E4F2F2|E8-|E4E2E2|D8-|D6|]

X:46DLJb
T:Davy Lowston (3)
Z:John in Brisbane 99
M:2/2
Q:1/4=120
K:D
A,8|D3DD2D2|D3DC2E2|D4C2A,2|A,6A,2|F3FF2F2|
F3FE2G2|F8-|F4D2F2|AA2A3A2|A4E2F2|GF2E3D2|
C4C2C2|B,8-|B,4CDC2|B,8-|B,4B,2B,2|A,8||

X:47AkCK
T:Aikendrum
A:Scotland
H:describes the situation preceding the battle of Sheriffmuir 1715
B:Hogg 'Jacobite Relics II' 1821, p.22 ff.
B:Bertrand H. Bronson, Samuel Hall's Family Tree, California Folklore Quarterly 1943, p.61.
N: to the tune of Germanie Thomas (42GerB)
Q:1/4=140
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
EG | A>c AG E2 DC | c2BA B2 c>B | A>c AG E>D EG |
A3 z2 AB | c>B cd e2 dc | B>G Bc d2 cd | e>A A>G E2 DC |
c2 Bc d c2B | A>B AG E>D E^G | A6 |]
W:Ken ye How a Whig Can fight, Aikendrum, Aikendrum?
W:Ken ye How a Whig Can fight, Aikendrum?
W:He can fight the hero bright,
W:With his heels and armour light,
W:And his wind of heav'nly might, Aikendrum, Aikendrum,
W:Is not Rowley in the right, Aikendrum?

X:48GwFt
T:Mentra Gwen (Fiddler's Tunebook 1752)
T:48 "Autodiad 1 Mentra Gwen" upper staff
O:Wales
B:John Thomas' Fiddler's Tunebook 1752. No. 68
S:Cass Meurig's article "Singing to Fiddle playing in the 18th Century" in
S:Canu Gwerin (Folk Song) No.24 2001 pp 20-41,
S:Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, ISSN 0967-0559.
F:mudcat.org/thred.cfm?threadid=70693
Z:transcribed by davidkidd.net July 2004
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:130
K:C
E|AABB|{B}c2d(c/B/)|c>e d/c/ B/A/|G3E|
AABB|{B}c2dd/f/|e3||{e}f|ede{e}f|
eg2f/e/|dcB{B}c|Bd2c/B/|Ae d/c/ B/A/|GE2e|
aee d/c/|dfed|c>e d/c/ B/A/|A3||
W:Y fwyn garedig ferch, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen,
W:Lle rhoddais i fy serch, mentra Gwen;
W:Gwaith dyn wyf fi mewn galar,
W:yn ffaelu cerdded daear,
W:o'th garied di'r fun hawddgar;
W:Rwy'n deisyf cael dy ffafar, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen.

X:50GwBh
T:Mentra Gwen (British Harmony No.32)
T:50 "Autodiad 1 Mentra Gwen" lower staff
O:Wales
B:British Harmony, No.32.
S:Cass Meurig's article "Singing to Fiddle
S:playing in the 18th Century" in
S:Canu Gwerin (Folk Song) No.24 2001 pp 20-41,
S:Cymdeithas Alawon Gwerin Cymru, ISSN 0967-0559.
F:mudcat.org/thred.cfm?threadid=70693
Z:transcribed by davidkidd.net July 2004
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:130
K:C
E|ABcA|d2cB|c2 BA|^G3E|
ABcA|d2cd|e3||c/d/|edef|gezc|
dcBc|dBzB|AcBA|A^Gze|
aeec|dfed|c2cB|A3|]
W:Y fwyn garedig ferch, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen,
W:Lie rhoddias i fy serch, mentra Gwen;
W:Gwaith dyn wyf fi mewn galar,
W:Yn ffacia cerdded daear,
W:O'th gariad di'r fun hawddgar;
W:Rwy'n deisyf cael dy ffafar, mentra Gwen, mentra Gwen.
% see also 43GwPw.

X:54JoHL
T:Johnny Hall
O:Ireland, C19th
A:County Tyrone
B:Petrie Collection No. 747.
S:Bronson, Bertrand H. California Folklore Quarterly, 1942 p. 51
N:An Irish version of Sam Hall
Z:davidkidd.net
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
z4 z2 GA |{G}BA GE D2 EG |A2 AG A/d3/2 z2 |{G}BA GE D2 EF |G6 z c
|{c}BA Bc d2 dd |(AB) GE c2 (Bc) |(AB) GE D2 (EG) |A2 AG A/d3/2 z2 |
{G}BA GE D2 EF |G6 z2 :|

X:56GerM
T:Germany Thomas
O:Scotland
H:Scots fought 1630-48 with Swedish, German and Austrian Protestants
H:against Catholic Hapsburg nations in The Thirty Years War
B:Moffat, Minstrelsy of Scotland 2nd ed., 1896, p.115
S:Bronson, Bertrand H., California Folklore Quarterly 1942. p. 61.
N:Compare with 42GerB above. This is better but seems to be missing some repeats
Z:davidkidd.net
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
D3/2D/ |G3/2G/ G3/2G/ G2 F3/2A/ |G2 D3/2D/ D2 G3/2A/
|B3/2B/ B3/2B/ B2 A3/2B/ |c3/2B/ A3/2G/ F2 A3/2B/
|c3/2B/ A3/2G/ F2 D3/2A/ |G6 z2 :|

X:56WbSo
T:"Through All The World Below" to Captain Kidd
B:William Walker's Southern Harmony of 1835
B:reprinted for W.P.A. by Hastings House, New York 1939
S:Bronson, Bertrand H. California Folklore Quarterly, 1942 p. 58
N:same melody as 12WbSo but with slurs and grace notes added
Q:1/4=120
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:C
z4 A4 |c2 A2 B2 A2 |G4 E2 E2 |A4 G2 A2 |B4 (c3 d) |e2 B2 c2 A2 |G4 {A}B2 c2 |
A8 |z4 A4 |c2 A2 c2 d2 |e6 (dc) |d2 d2 e2 c2 |B4 (c3 d) |e2 B2 c2 A2 |
G4 B2 c2 |A4 G2 A2 |B4 (c3 d) |e2 B2 c2 A2 |G4 {A}B2 c2 |A8 :|

X:58SySf
T:Sinful Youth
B:Ingalls, Jeremiah. The Christian Harmony. Exeter NH. 1805
S:Jackson, George Pullen. "The 400 Year Odyssey of the Captain Kidd Family - Notably the Religious Branch." Southern Folklore Quarterly volume 15. Gainesville: University of Florida. 1951: 247
Q:1/4=120
V:3 bass
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
[V:1] B4 |f2 d2 d2 d2 |(d2 c2) f2 F2 |F4 F2 F2 |F2 F2 f2 d2 |d2 d2 f4 |
[V:2] B4 |d2 B2 B2 B2 |(B2 ^A2) A2 F2 |A4 A2 F2 |A2 A2 d2 B2 |B2 B2 (B2 ^A2) |
[V:3] B,,4 |B,,2 B,,2 B,,2 B,,2 |F,4 D,2 D,2 |D,4 D,2 D,2 |D,2 D,2 B,,2 B,,2 |B,,2 B,,2 F,4 |
%
[V:1] F2 F2 F4- |F4 z4 |F4 F2 F2 |A2 A2 d4 |c4 e2 e2 |fe d2 c4 |
[V:2] F2 ^A2 B4- |B4 z4 |A4 B2 z2 |d2 e2 f4 |^A4 B2 B2 |d2 f2 e4 |
[V:3] F,2 F,2 B,,4- |B,,4 z4 |D,4 D,2 D,2 |D,2 D,2 D,4 |F,4 E,2 E,2 |D,2 D,2 A,4 |
%
[V:1] c4 f2 d2 |e2 g2 f4 |F2 F2 F4 |F2 F2 F2 F2 |f2 d2 e2 g2 |f4 [F2d2] [F2d2] |[F8 B8] :|
[V:2] f4 d2 B2 |B2 B2 (B2 ^A2) |A2 F2 A4 |A2 F2 A2 A2 |d2 B2 B2 B2 |(B2 ^A2) F2 A2 |B8: |
[V:3] F,4 B,2 B,2 |E,2 E,2 F,4 |D,2 D,2 D,4 |D,2 D,2 D,2 F,2 |B,2 B,2 E,2 E,2 |F,4 F,2 F,2 |B,,8 :|
W:Remember Sinful youth, you must die, you must die,
W:Remember Sinful youth, you must die,
W:Remember Sinful youth, who hate the way of truth,
W:And in your pleasure boast, you must die, you must die,
W:And in your pleasure boast, you must die.

X:61Dig
T:The Diggers' Song
A:St.Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England
C:Lyrics by Gerrard Winstanley 1649
D:Leon Rosselson 1979
D:album "If I knew Who the Enemy Was"
H:see www.diggers.org/english_diggers.htm
N:tune derived from Captain Kidd
Z:www.davidkidd.net/11music.htm
Q:1/4=150
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Em
z4 z2 (DE) |E2 E2 E2 D2 |B,4 B,2 D2 |E4 E2 B2 |A6 E2 |E2 E2 E2 D2 |B,4 B,2 D2 |E8- |
E4 z2 (FG) |G2 G2 G2 B2 |d6 B2 |(GA) A2 A3 B |A6 G2 |G2 G2 G2 A2 |G6 (E^F) |^F2 F2 F2 G2 |
^F4 B,2 D2 |E4 E D3 |E6 z2 |]

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