Annotation:Paddy from Portlaw
X:1 T:Paddy from Portlaw M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 47 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d/B/ | AFD DFD | AFD D2 d/B/ | AFD DFD | GEE E2 d/B/ | AFD DFD | AFA d2e|fed BdB|AFD D2 :| |: f/g/ | afd dfd | afd d2 f/g/ | afd dfd | gee e2 f/g/ | agf bag | agf edc | fdB ABG | FDD D2 :|]
PADDY FROM PORTLAW (Paidin Ua Port-Laga). AKA and see “Drum,” “Frazer's Jig (2),” “Jackson's Drum,” "Loosen the Belts," "Miss Freer's Delight," “Miss Frazer's Delight,” “Thatched Cabin.” Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Under the name “Drum,” the tune is attributed by County Cork cleric and uilliann piper James Goodman to the famous 18th century uilleann piper Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisdaun, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. The melody appears in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883, p. 74) as “Frazer’s.”
