Annotation:Day after the Fair (2) (The)

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 DAY AFTER THE FAIR [2], THE (An La i ndiaidh an Aonaigh). AKA and see "All Alive [2]," "Billy Barlow," "The Wheels of the World [2]," "His Home and (His) Country," "I know not whether to laugh or cry," "I would not give my Irish wife," "You're welcome to Waterford," "An Seanghe Liath." Irish, Double Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Very similar to version #1. This tune has been called a simplified variant of "Lumps of Pudding." Breathnach (1963) thinks the tune "The Old Grey Goose" was based on "Day after..."  Source for notated version: fiddler John Kelly/Seán O'Kelly (Ireland) [Breathnach]; James O'Neill [O'Neill].  Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 53, p. 21. O'Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 868.  Recorded sources:

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