Annotation:Julia's Favorite
X:1 T:Julia’s Favorite M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Elias Howe – Musician’s Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (Boston, 1880-1882, p. 643) B: http://ks4.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/c/c7/IMSLP601433-PMLP562790-ONeill_Rare_Medium_M40_M8_v6.7_text.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gmin G/A/|BAG (dG)G|BAG FGA|BAG (BG)G|BAF G2 G/A/| BAG (dG)G|BAG FGA|Geg ded|cBA G2:| |:(d/e/)|fgf fed|cdc cBA|Ggg g^fg|agg gde| fgf fed|cdc cBA|Ggg ded|cAF G2:|
JULIA'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Hearty Boys of Ballymote," "Skylark (3) (The)." American, Jig (6/8 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds O'Neill's "Skylark (3) (The)"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/5/0/50msueoef9i5n84vodkem130jxv7app/50msueoe.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/5/0/50msueoef9i5n84vodkem130jxv7app/50msueoe.png" width="542" height="78" alt=" X:1 T:Skylark [3], The M:6/8 L:1/8 K:G A/2B/2|cAA eAA|dBG GAB|cAA eAA|dBG A2 B| "></div> and "Hearty Boys of Ballymote"<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/h/m/hmjd50egjh77hbxr2j853q57asrb82z/hmjd50eg.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/h/m/hmjd50egjh77hbxr2j853q57asrb82z/hmjd50eg.png" width="497" height="78" alt=" X:1 T:Hearty Boys of Ballymote M:6/8 L:1/8 K:Edor GEE EDE|~F3 DFA|GEE EDE|FED E2A| "></div> to be a cognate melodies, albeit distanced. The jig (a copy of Howe's tune) was entered into the large 19th century music manuscript collection[1] of prosperous dairy farmer, miller, sometime printer and bookbinder, and fiddler James Barry (1819-1906) of Six Mile Brook, Pictou County, northern Nova Scotia.
