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James Ward - Part 1
Part 1 of the manuscripts were handed down from Jimmy Ward to Dick McConville, to Dick's son Eugene, to myself and Jackie Donnan in 1994.
1
Jig - The Maid that can do it (HD ref JW296)
Jig - The Royal Arch Mason (HD ref JW298)
[Note: Jimmy Ward's signature on the right hand side.]
2
Reel - The Harvest Home Reel (HD ref JW324)
Reel - Rachael Rea's Reel (HD ref JD160)
3
Reels - The Copperfire Reel generally known in Ireland as Rakish Paddy (HD ref JW322)
Reel - The Regatta Reel (HD ref JW293)
Jig - Joan down upon Jennet (HD ref JW293)
[Note - Rakish Paddy is Scottish in origin where it is known as Caber Feidh (The Deer’s Antlers). It is interesting that the original Scottish title Caber Feidh is phonetically similar to Jimmy Ward's title Copperfire.
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4
Reel - Old McDonald's Reel (HD ref JW320)
Reel - Scotch Reel (HD ref JW316)
5
Reels - The New Road to Elgin (HD ref JW326)
Reel - The Forth Bridge of Edinburgh (HD ref JW324)
[The Forth Bridge of Edinburgh is a version of the reel well-known in Ireland as The Musical Priest.]
6
Reel - The Lily of the West generally known as Miss Monaghan (HD ref JW324)
Reel - Sleeping Maggie a version of Drowsy Maggie (HD ref JW321)
[Note - Jimmy Ward was known for adding additional parts to a tune, often in a different key to those preceding them.]
7
Hornpipe - Gibraltar Hornpipe (HD ref JW288)
Reel - Roll her down the Mountain (HD ref JW320)
8
Jig - Untitled (HD ref JW300)
Jig - All the Blue Bonnets are over the Border (HD ref JW290)
9
Jig - Jackson's dear Whiskey (HD ref JW292)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - The New May Moon (HD ref JW308)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Untitled generally known as Duncan Davidson (HD ref JW306)
10
Reel - Lady Hillsborough's Reel (HD ref JW317)
Reel - Lord Egilton's auld Man: Scotch Reel generally known as a strathspey titled Lord Eglintoun's auld man (HD ref JW317)
Reel - New Irish Reel (HD ref JW325)
11
Jig - The Widow's Rant (HD ref JW299)
Jig - The Self Jig (HD ref JW299) known in East Down as The Lilies of France (HD ref JS83), and best known as collected by James O'Neill as The Girls of Banbridge as published in Music of Ireland, Francis O'Neill, 1903.
Jig - The Lug of the Spade (HD ref JW296)
12
Reel - The Bowl of Coffee (HD ref JW321)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled Quadrille for the Lancers Jimmy Ward No 8 (HD ref JW314)
13
Reel - Untitled Reel locally known as Jimmy Ward's Reel (HD ref JW329)
Hornpipe - Untitled Hornpipe (HD ref JW290)
14
Jig - The Miners of Wicklow (HD ref JW296)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - The Tyrone Quickstep (HD ref JW311) known in East Down as Brian O'Neill (HD ref WMcC96) a version of the well-known jig Paddy's Return
Jig - The Rakes of Newcastle (HD ref JW297)
15
Jig - The Kinegar Slashers (HD ref JW295) generally known as The Kinnegad Slashers
16
Reel - Touch it if you dare (HD ref JW328)
17
Hornpipe - Untitled Hornpipe
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