X:1
T:Humors of Cavan, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Q:"Moderately"
B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 28, p. 12)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A,|A,[A,D][A,D] [A,2D2]B|AFD {A}GFG|ABc {e}dcd|dEE (E2D)|
A,[A,D][A,D] [A,2D2]B|AFD {A}GFG|ABc dAF|DED D2:|
|:g|{g}fed {f}edB|Bee e2g|{g}fed {f}edB|(Bd)d d2g|
{g}fed {f}edB|Bgg gab|a>fd edB|Bdd d2:|]
HUMOURS OF CAVAN (Sugra Cabain). Irish, Double Jig. D Major (Levey): A Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - "O'Reilly" [O'Neill]. O'Neill perhaps refers to uilleann piper Martin O'Reilly, whom he profiled in Irish Minstrels and Musicians (1913, pp. 239-240). O'Reilly, who was blind, was a native of Galway and an accomplished player but destitute man when he won the first prize at the pipers' competition at the annual Feis in Dublin in 1901. O'Neill's friend, Father Fielding, took his picture, which O'Neill used as a frontispiece in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907).
Printed sources : - Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 28, p. 12. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 62. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1056, p. 199. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 4. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 263, p. 58.
