Cummilum

 CUMMILUM. AKA - "Cumilum." AKA and see "Riding a Mile (1)," "Drops of Brandy (1)," "Fairest Put on Awhile," "I Don't Care," "Is Cuma Liom," "Virgin Queen." Irish, Scottish, Jig (Slip Jig). A Major (Kerr): D Major (O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Kerr): AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Farrell). The title is an Englished version of the Gaelic "Is Cuma Liom." The tune appears in Samuel Lee's Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes (p. 1), first published in Dublin c. 1775, republished in 1790. It is attributed to the renowned 18th century gentleman composer Walker 'Piper' Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. Breathnach (1996) states that, along with "Mad Moll," "Drops of brandy," "Yellow stockings" and others it belongs to a cycle of tunes originating in the 17th century or earlier. R.D. Cannon, in his article "English Bagpipe Music" (Folk Music Journal, 1972) suggests the progenitor of the very large tune family is the Scots "Up with Aley." Other variants include "Drops of Whiskey," "The Faraway Wedding," "Jerry Houlihan," "Follow Her over the Border," "The Honeymoon," "The Kitten," "Hey My Nanny/Nancy," "Brose and Butter," "The Cudgel," and "The Dusty Miller." Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 3; No. 234, p. 26. O'Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; p. 42.

X:1 T:Cummilum with Variations M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:O'Farrell - National Music for the Union Pipes (1804) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FG | A2d FDF FDF | A2d FDF G2E | A2d FDF FDF | BAB E2F G2E :|
 * D2d AGF AGF | D2d AGF G2E | D2d AGF AGF | BAB E2F G2E :|
 * d2d fed ecA | d2g fdf g2e | dfe fdB AGF | BAB E2F G2E :|
 * d2f agf agf | d2f agf g2e | d2f agf agf | bgf/g/ e2 f2 g2e :|
 * a/b/ag fdf fdf | a/b/ag fdf gfe | a/b/ag fdf agf | gfg e2f gfe :|
 * df/e/c/ dAF dAF | dfe/c/ dAF GFE | dfe/c/ dAF dAF | BAB E2F GFE :|
 * DFF dFF AFF | DFF dFF GFE | DFF dFF AFF | BAB E2F GFE :||

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