X:1
T:Field of Hay
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Joyce - Ancient Irish Music (1873)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Eb
G/F/ | E>FG/A/ BGc | BGG G2F | E>FG/A/ BGc | BGF F2G |
E>FG/A/ BGF | GBc e2f | gfd edc | BGG G2 ||
A | BGG edc | BGG G2A | BGG edc | BGF F2G |
E>FG/A/ BGF | GBc e2f | gfd edc | BGG G2 ||
FIELD OF HAY, THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody resembles both "Campbells are Coming (1) (The)" and "White Cockade (The)"--Samuel Bayard (1981) wonders if they all are indeed related and from some common ancestor.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - noted from the whistling of Philip Gleeson, Coofree, county Limerick [Joyce].
Printed sources : - Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 21. Elias Howe (Howe’s 500 Irish Melodies Ancient and Modern), Boston, c. 1880; p. 503 (a collection of “Irish” tunes from previous Howe publications, plus 200 tunes from P.M. Joyce’s 1873 Ancient Irish Music). Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873/1890; No. 89, p. 82.
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