X: 1
T:Cailleach an Tu/irne
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Breathnach, CRE I 1
N:translation of Breathnach's note:
N:First printed by Rutherford about 1756 in the third volume
N:of the "Compleat Collection of 200 of the most celebrated
N:Country Dances" (106). He called it "The Wild Irishman".
N:"Norickystie" was Aird's title ("A Selection of Scottish,
N:English, Irish and Foreign Airs", 1,143) (c.1782), and a
N:translation of this name, "Nora with the Purse", was
N:Bunting's title for it in his third collection (1840). Thomas
N:Moore wrote "Wreathe the Bowl" to this air. O'Neill's
N:"The Road to Lurgan" is a poor version (O'N i [Dance
N:Music of Ireland], 94). "Kiss me, darling" is another
N:O'Neill version in the "Music of Ireland" (920). O'Neill
N:re-printed "The Wild Irishman", the version of
F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/mirror/melnets_big_abc_file.abc 2024-06-08 194248 UT
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GAG B2 G | BcA B2 c | ded cAF | G3 G2 :||: c |
BAG AFD | ~D3 AFD | ~D3 AFD | EFG ABc
BAG AFD | ~D3 AFD | ded cAF | G G2 :||: D |
GBd gba | gdB ecA | dBG cAG | ~F3 AFD |
GBd gba | gdB ecA | fed cAF | G3 G2 :||: A |
(4cBAC Afd | Bfd Afd | Bfd AFD | EFG ABc |
BAG AFD | ~D3 AFD | ded cAF | G3 G :||