Connaught Lasses

 CONNAUGHT LASSES. AKA and see "Connacht Lasses," "Miss Monaghan," "Belles of Tipperary [2]," "Kerry Star," "The Green Fields to America," "The White-haired Piper," "The Four Courts of Dublin," "Jackson's Welcome to Cork," "Johnny Shooting in the Glen," "O'Connell in Clare," "The Barrow Castle," "Lamont's Reel," "The Blea-berry Blossom," "The Dandy Girl/Lass/Lasses," "Stormy Weather [1]." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. "Miss Monaghan" is the title O'Neill prints the tune by. It is related to the "Belles of Tipperary," says New York writer, researcher and musician Don Meade, and ultimately back to the Scottish "Braes of Auchtertyre." Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 5. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 28.

X:1 T:Connaught Lasses M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D(3F/E/D/ F/A/A/F/ | GB/G/ F/A/B/c/ | d/c/d/B/ A/d/e/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/G/ | D(3F/E/D/ F/A/A/F/ | GB/G/ F/A/B/c/ | e/c/d/f/ e/d/c/B/ |1 A/G/F/E/ D/A,/B,/C/ :|2 A/G/F/E/ D || f/g/ | a{b}a/g/ a/f/d/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/F/ | GB/G/ Fe/f/ | g/f/e/d/ ce/A/ |1 a{b}a/g/ a/f/d/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/F/ | GB/G/ FA/F/ | A,C D2 :|2 d/f/a/^g/ a/f/d/f/ | g/f/e/d/ c/B/A/f/ | g/f/g/e/ f/c/d/B/ | A/G/F/E/ D/A,/B,/C/ ||

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