Birthday (The)

X:1 T:Birthday, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air N:"Moderate" S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), No. 803 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C e/f/ | gfe dcB | dcc cBc | edd def | agg g2 e/f/ | gfe dcB | dcc cBc | def/g/ fdB | dcc c2 || e/g/ | gfd d2 b/d'/ | d'c'c' c'2 e/g/ | gfd d2 b/d'/ | b'c'c' c'2g | d'c'a gfe | afd dfa | age gfd | dcc c2 ||

 BIRTHDAY, THE. Irish, "Song Air, not so fast as a Jig." C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Source for notated version: Joyce obtained the tune from the Pigot Collection, where it had been copied (along with 11 other airs) from a ms. lent to Pigot by Miss O'Connell of Grena, Killarney [Joyce]. Printed source: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 803, pp. 390-391. __NORICHEDITOR__