Annotation:Humors of Newtown (1)

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 HUMOURS OF NEWTOWN [1], THE. AKA and see "Cossey's Jig." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The 'A' part of this jig is a 6/8 time version of "Greenfields of America (1) (The)," although the second parts differ. The melody appears in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman's mid-19th century music manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections.  Source for notated version: the music manuscript collection of cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (County Cork) [Shields].  Printed sources: Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), 1998; No. 457, p. 180.  Recorded sources:

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