Bride's Favourite (The)

 BRIDE'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Barness Gap," "The King of the Pipers," "O'Brien's." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC. This three-part jig is sometimes credited to the great Co. Mayo/New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), although this cannot be verified. The titles of this tune and "Tansey's Favourite [2]" were reversed on the Steeleye Span album "Below the Salt." Sources for notated versions: sessions from the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 60. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 198, p. 61. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 37, p. 16. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 10. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 36. Recorded source: See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources, Alan Ng's Irishtune.info.

X:1 T:Bride's Favourite, The R:jig L:1/8 M:6/8 K:G D|~G3 BAB|GBd gdB|AFD cBA|GBd gdB|~G3 ~B3| GBd gdB|AFD cBA|1 BGF G2:|2 BGF GBd|| ~g3 gaf|gdB GBd|AFD cBA|1 BGF GBd:|2 BGF G2D||
 * g2a f2a|gdB GBd|~g3 fed|egf e2f|
 * GBd ~g3|edc BcA|GBd g2g|faf g2a|bgb afa|~g3 fdf|ed^c def|gaf gdB:||

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