Annotation:In Paddy's Love
X:1 T:In Paddy's Love M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, p. 54) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 450) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2g fed |efg dBG|ecA dBG|F2G AFD| G2g fed|efg dBG|ecA dBG|DEF G2:| |:g|f2g afd|e2f g3|B2c dBG|F2G AFD| G2g fed|efg dBG|ecA dBG|DEF G2:|
IN PADDY'S LOVE. AKA and see "Bath Medley," "Humors of the Bath," "Spring's a-Coming (The)," "Trip to Bath (2)," "Wedding Shoes." Irish, English; Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune long had a history in England under the titles "Bath Medley" and others. It was included as "In Paddy's Love" in the 1817 music manuscript collection of biography:Patrick McGahon of Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. The title may possibly reference the tune's use in St. Pierre's ballet "Paddy's Love", staged in Dublin in 1805. It was still being performed by St. Pierre and company (as "Erin's Isle; or, Paddy's Love) in 1819 where the bill touted:
In the course of the ballet will be introduced a pas de deux by Master St. Pierre and Miss Crawford; a pas de quatre by Miss Cassidy, Miss St. Pierre, Miss St. Clair and Miss Crawford. A comic dance by Paddy’s father (St. Pierre) and Dolly (Simon). A reel by eight children who will dance a set of quadrilles composed by St. Pierre expressly for this night.
