Irish Merry Making

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Theme code Index	1H1H7 1H1H4H
Also known as	Air in the Travellers, Astrope Wells the New Way, Merry Making (2), Why did You Promise to Marry?, Billy O’Rourke
Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Thomas Westrop
Book/Manuscript title	Book:T. Westrop's 120 Country Dances Jigs Reels Hornpipes &c.
Tune and/or Page number	p. 130
Year of publication/Date of MS	1984
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Irish Merry Making: Annotations

X:1 T:Air in the Travellers T:Irish Merry Making M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 42) 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. 447) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2d ded cBA|d2d def gfe|d2d ded cBA|BcB Bcd ecA:| fag fed cBA|fag fed efg|fag fed cBA|BcB Bcd ecA:|]

Irish Merry Making: Annotations