Annotation:I Buried My Wife and Danced on Her Grave
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I BURIED MY WIFE (AND DANCED ON HER GRAVE). AKA – “I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her.” AKA and see "Brístín Mire (An),” "Cunla," "Friar's Breeches," "Friar's Britches," “Frieze Breeches (1), Frieze Britches (1),” “Gallagher's Frolic (3),” “O'Gallagher's Frolics,” “On St. Patrick's Day I was Gay,” “Trumlo (The).” Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The air is the vehicle for the song of the title. Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin says the tune is associated with Inagh, West Clare, piper Garret Barry (1847-1899). O'Neill (Irish Folk Music, 1910) thinks it “closely resembles” his “Frieze Breeches (1)” and “O'Gallagher's Frolics.”
