Bliven's Favorite

 BLIVEN'S FAVORITE. AKA and see "Butchers of Bristol (1) (The)," "By Your Leave Larry Grogan," "Coppers and Brass (2)," "County Limerick Buckhunt," "Finerty's Frolic," "Greensleeves (3)," "Hartigan's Fancy," "Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The)," "Humors of Milltown (2)," "Larry Grogan (1)," "Lasses of Melrose (The)," "Lasses of Melross," "Little Fanny's Fancy," "Lynny's Favourite," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras," "Queen of the Rushes," "Waves of Tramore (The)," "Willie Clancy's." Irish, Double Jig. G Major/Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune wanders from major into mixolydian before ending in the dorian mode in the second strain. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 68. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883.

X:1 T:Bliven's Favorite M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G/F/|DGG GAB|cAG FGA|{c}BAB cAF|AGG G2F| DGG GAB|{d}cAG FGA|{c}BAB cAF|AGG G2:| {g}=fef fed|cd_B ABc|d_ed d2c|_BGG G2:||
 * d|def g2g|=fed cAF|Ggf gag|fdd d2e|