Annotation:Humors of Last Night (The)

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 HUMOURS OF LAST NIGHT, THE. Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD (Stanford/Petrie): AABBCCDD (Kennedy, O'Farrell). A four-part set, a version of "Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife/Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife" or "Merrily Danced the Quaker."  Source for notated version: "From O'Neill's collection, 1787" [Stanford/Petrie].  Printed sources: Kennedy (Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 66, pg. 17. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 117. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905: No. 477, p. 477.  Recorded sources:

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