Do What You Please but Take Care of My Cap

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 Theme code Index    7bL7bL5L1 3b147bL
 Also known as    Don't Spoil My Cap, Planxty O'Daly, Take Care of My Cap
 Composer/Core Source    Biography:Turlough O'Carolan (?)
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    2 flats
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
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 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles Villiers Stanford
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 872, p. 218
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1905
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Do what you please but take care of my cup M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 80, p. 35) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Gdor (3DEF|GDC TB,A,B,|G,GG G2A|BAB GAB|cA/B/c/A/ FAc| f2F AGF|cA/B/c/A/ FAc|dDd (d/e/)fd|1 cAF G:|2 cAF G2|| |:d|(gf)g G2g|(dB)g G2f|(fe)f F2f|cAf FGA|(BA)B B,2B|(cB)c C2c| dDd (d/e/)fd|cAF G2::(B/c/)|d(B/c/d/B/) (G/A/B/c/d/B/)|(G/A/B/c/d/B/) (G/A/B/c/d/B/)| c(A/B/c/A/) (F/G/A/B/c/A/)|(F/G/A/B/c/A/) (F/G/A/B/c/A/)|(BA)B B,2B|(cB)c C2c| dDd (d/e/)fd|cAF G2::d|gbd gbd|gdB G2 e|(fa/g/f/e/) (fa/g/f/e/)| fcA FAc|(BA)B B,2B|(cB)c C2c|dDd (d/e/)fd|cAF G2:|


X:1 T:Untitled M:6/8 L:1/8 N:"This tune appears again under the title: N:'Do what you please but take care of my cap." B:Stanford/Petrie - Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Airs (1905, No. 872) N:See also No. 173 in the same volume Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Gmin A/G/|FDD FDC|DGG G2A|TB3 GBd|cAG F2 (3c/d/e/| fFTF AFTF|cAG F>GA/B/|Td3 d>^cA/d/|=cA^F G2|| (3d/=e/^f/|g^fg G2d|gfg G>Bd/=e/|fef F2.c| fcA FGA|{c}BAB B,2=B|c=Bc ABc|Td2 d>^cA/d/|(cA)^F G2||