Three Little Drummers (1)

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Theme code Index	5527L 5547
Also known as	Billy's Awake, Cock in the Heath (1), Geese in the Bog (2), Ha'penny Bit (1), Humors of Duagh, Jolly Old Wife (The), New Custom House (3) (The), Shimmey (The), Spirits of Whisky (2), Tenpenny Bit (1) (The), Up Sligo
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 92
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
Artist	Tom Ennis
Title of recording	Irish Jigs
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Victor 18286b (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1917
Media
Score (1)

Three Little Drummers (1): Annotations

X:1 T:Three Little Drummers, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 60. Carolan ms. 1, No. 173. K:Em A|:BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|Bcd dAF| BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|1 Bcd dAF:|2 Bcd dA|| |:c|Bee Bee|Bdd Bdd|Bee Bee|fed e2f| gfe d2B|AFA ABd|gfe fdB|AFF E2:|]

X: 1 T: THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS' [1] -- JIG B: Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 Z: Contributed 20010527161414 by John Chambers jc:trillian.mit.edu F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/ryan-cole/Tunes/ThreeLittleDrummersJig.abc K: Amix uA \ | eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eAA eAA | def g2f| eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eaf g2f | eAA A2 :| |: ue \ | eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg {a}gfg | eaa eaa | def gdB | eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg g2e | def gdc | BAA A2 :|

X:3 T:Three Little Drummers [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:”From P. Carew’s MSS” B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 954 (1905) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A Minor eAA eAA|BGG BGG|eAA ABd|ede/^f/ gdB| eAA eAA|BGG BGG|de^f gdB|BAA A2|| d|eaa aga|bge edB|eaa aga|bge g2d| eaa aga|bge edB|de^f gdB|BAA A3||

X:2 T:Three Little Drummers [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:”A county of Leitrim Jig” B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 953 (1905) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin g/f/|eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|eAA eAA|eaf ged| eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2| c/d/|eaa efg|fdf ged|eaa efg|fdf ged| eaa efg|fdf gfe|agf gfe|dcB A2||

X:1 T:Quadrille M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig or Quadrille B:Bayard - Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 46) S:Played by John Kubina, near Davistown, Green County, S:Pa., Sept. 1943. Learned from Ann Peterson, fiddler in S:East Pittsburgh. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador {d}e2AA eAA|BAG Bcd|eAA eAA|BAB g2f| eAA eAA|BAG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2z|| eaa a^ga|bag fed|eaa a^ga|baf g2z| eaa a^ga|bag fed|efg fed|eAA A2z||

X: 1 T: The Shimmy N:Distanced version of "Three Little Drummers [1]." O:Newfoundland R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Dmaj |:BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|FDD DFA| BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2A:|2 FDD D2d|| |:dcd Bcd|edc BAA|dcd Bcd|edB A2d| dcd Bcd|edc BAA|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2d:|2 FDD D2A||

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Three Little Drummers (1): Annotations