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|f_annotation='''MORGAN RATTLER''' (Murcada Rocalloir). AKA and see "[[Cordal Jig]]," "[[Five Hundred a Year]]," "[[Idle Road (The)]]," "[[If I Had in the Clear]]," "[[Jackson's Bouner Bougher]]," "[[Land of Potatoes]]," "[[Marsden Rattler]]." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Double Jig. England, North-West. D Major (most versions): C Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): G Major (Clinton, Haverty, Kerr): F Major (Galwey, Harding, O'Flannagan). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Galwey): AABB (Clinton, Cole, Haverty, Kerr): AABBCC (Hardings, Kennedy, Knowles, O'Farrell, Doyle): ABC (O'Flannagan): ABCD (Manson): AABBCCDD (Gow): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Partridge's '''Dictionary of the Underworld''' defines a 'morgan-rattler' as a loaded club, stick or cane. The phallic association was made clear in a bawdy once-popular 18th century song called "Morgan Rattler" about a virile weaver. Although only fragments of the song survive, the refrain goes:

|f_annotation='''MORGAN RATTLER''' (Murcada Rocalloir). AKA and see "[[Cordal Jig]]," "[[Five Hundred a Year]]," "[[Idle Road (The)]]," "[[If I Had in the Clear]]," "[[Jackson's Bouner Bougher]]," "[[Land of Potatoes]]," "[[Marsden Rattler]]." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Double Jig (6/8 time). England, North-West. D Major (most versions): C Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): G Major (Clinton, Haverty, Kerr): F Major (Galwey, Harding, O'Flannagan). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Galwey): AABB (Clinton, Cole, Haverty, Kerr): AABBCC (Hardings, Kennedy, Knowles, O'Farrell, Doyle): ABC (O'Flannagan): ABCD (Manson): AABBCCDD (Gow): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). "Morgan Rattler" was one of the most popular dance tunes of the 19th century, judging from the number of appearances in both published and musicians' manuscript collections throughout Britain, Ireland and North America.

Partridge's '''Dictionary of the Underworld''' defines a 'morgan-rattler' as a loaded club, stick or cane. The phallic association was made clear in a bawdy once-popular 18th century song called "Morgan Rattler" about a virile weaver. Although only fragments of the song survive, the refrain goes:

''I lathered her up with my Morgan Rattler,''

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''At the wonderful size of his D. O'Gallagher.''

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Perhaps not surprisingly, Morgan Rattler was the name attached to several racehorses.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Morgan Rattler was the name attached to several racehorses. Seán Donnelly notes that "The services of a bull named (very appropriately) Morgan Rattler were advertised in the '''Dublin Evening Post''', 12 July 1788"<ref>Seán Donnelly, "A German Dulcimer Player in Eighteenth-Century Dublin", '''Dublin Historical Record'''

Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring, 2000), p. 83.</ref>.

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In volume five of his '''Selection''' (Glasgow, 1797) Aird printed the same tune, in four parts, as "The Morgan Rattler" (Paul de Grae points out that the version in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883, is the first and fourth parts of Aird's later version <ref>Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections," 2017. </ref>). This same latter Aird version was reprinted in John Preston's '''Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife''' (London, 1796), Petrie's '''Third Collection''' (1790), McGoun's '''Repository of Scots and Irish Airs''', and in McFadyen's '''Selection''' (1797). A three-strain version appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816), and Barry Callaghan ('''Hardcome English''', 2007) notes that three strain versions are the norm for modern playing in England, "with the 'B' part showing the most variation.". English versions of "Morgan Rattler" are several, many from 19th century fiddlers' manuscripts including those of William Aylmore (West Wittering, Sussex, 1796), Joshua Gibbons (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 1820), Ellis Knowles, John Clare (Helpston, Northants, c. 1820), William Mittel (New Romney, Kent, 1799), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798), Yarker and John ~~Fife~~ (~~Perthshire and at sea~~, ~~begun~~ in ~~1780~~ and ~~continuing until 1804)~~. "Morgan Rattler" appears in many North American musicians' copybooks as well, including: William Patten (Philadelphia, 1800), Daniel Henry Huntington (Onondaga, N.Y., 1817), fluter Thomas Molyneaux (Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in a volume that indicates he was an Ensign with the 6th Regiment), and P. Van Schaack (Kinderhook, N.Y., 1820). Dance instructions for "Morgan Rattler" were published in the Phinney's '''Select Collection of the Newest and Most Favorite Country Dances''' (Ostego, N.Y., 1808) and in Henry Moore Ridgely's commonplace book of 1799.

In volume five of his '''Selection''' (Glasgow, 1797) Aird printed the same tune, in four parts, as "The Morgan Rattler" (Paul de Grae points out that the version in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883, is the first and fourth parts of Aird's later version <ref>Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections," 2017. </ref>). This same latter Aird version was reprinted in John Preston's '''Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife''' (London, 1796), Petrie's '''Third Collection''' (1790), McGoun's '''Repository of Scots and Irish Airs''', and in McFadyen's '''Selection''' (1797). A three-strain version appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816), and Barry Callaghan ('''Hardcome English''', 2007) notes that three strain versions are the norm for modern playing in England, "with the 'B' part showing the most variation.". English versions of "Morgan Rattler" are several, many from 19th century fiddlers' manuscripts including those of William Aylmore (West Wittering, Sussex, 1796), Joshua Gibbons (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 1820), Ellis Knowles, John Clare (Helpston, Northants, c. 1820), William Mittel (New Romney, Kent, 1799), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798), Yarker and British army fifer [[biography:John Buttery]] (Lincolnshire, early 19th century). It was also entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset.

"Morgan Rattler" appears in many North American musicians' copybooks as well, including: William Patten (Philadelphia, 1800), Daniel Henry Huntington (Onondaga, N.Y., 1817), fluter Thomas Molyneaux (Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in a volume that indicates he was an Ensign with the 6th Regiment), and P. Van Schaack (Kinderhook, N.Y., 1820). Dance instructions for "Morgan Rattler" were published in the Phinney's '''Select Collection of the Newest and Most Favorite Country Dances''' (Ostego, N.Y., 1808) and in Henry Moore Ridgely's commonplace book of 1799.

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O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1046, p. 196.

O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 257, p. 57.

Petrie ('''~~Third~~ Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances'''), 1790; p. 5.

Petrie ('''First Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances'''), 1790; p. 5.

Riley ('''Flute Melodies, vol. 3'''), 1820; p. 84.

'''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 81.

Loughran & Gammon ('''Sussex Tune Book'''), 1982; no. 72, p. 27.

Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 88.

Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; No. 263, p. 88.

Geoff Woolfe ('''William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book'''), 2007; No. 67, p. 33 (ms. originally dated 1850).

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|f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m11.htm#Morra1]

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-|f_annotation='''MORGAN RATTLER''' (Murcada Rocalloir). AKA and see "[[Cordal Jig]]," "[[Five Hundred a Year]]," "[[Idle Road (The)]]," "[[If I Had in the Clear]]," "[[Jackson's Bouner Bougher]]," "[[Land of Potatoes]]," "[[Marsden Rattler]]." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Double Jig. England, North-West. D Major (most versions): C Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): G Major (Clinton, Haverty, Kerr): F Major (Galwey, Harding, O'Flannagan). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Galwey): AABB (Clinton, Cole, Haverty, Kerr): AABBCC (Hardings, Kennedy, Knowles, O'Farrell, Doyle): ABC (O'Flannagan): ABCD (Manson): AABBCCDD (Gow): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Partridge's '''Dictionary of the Underworld''' defines a 'morgan-rattler' as a loaded club, stick or cane. The phallic association was made clear in a bawdy once-popular 18th century song called "Morgan Rattler" about a virile weaver. Although only fragments of the song survive, the refrain goes:
+|f_annotation='''MORGAN RATTLER''' (Murcada Rocalloir). AKA and see "[[Cordal Jig]]," "[[Five Hundred a Year]]," "[[Idle Road (The)]]," "[[If I Had in the Clear]]," "[[Jackson's Bouner Bougher]]," "[[Land of Potatoes]]," "[[Marsden Rattler]]." Scottish, English, Irish, American; Double Jig (6/8 time). England, North-West. D Major (most versions): C Major (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): G Major (Clinton, Haverty, Kerr): F Major (Galwey, Harding, O'Flannagan). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Galwey): AABB (Clinton, Cole, Haverty, Kerr): AABBCC (Hardings, Kennedy, Knowles, O'Farrell, Doyle): ABC (O'Flannagan): ABCD (Manson): AABBCCDD (Gow): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDEEFFGGHHIIJJ (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). "Morgan Rattler" was one of the most popular dance tunes of the 19th century, judging from the number of appearances in both published and musicians' manuscript collections throughout Britain, Ireland and North America.
+<br>
+<br>
+Partridge's '''Dictionary of the Underworld''' defines a 'morgan-rattler' as a loaded club, stick or cane. The phallic association was made clear in a bawdy once-popular 18th century song called "Morgan Rattler" about a virile weaver. Although only fragments of the song survive, the refrain goes:
 <blockquote>
 ''I lathered her up with my Morgan Rattler,''<br>
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 ''At the wonderful size of his D. O'Gallagher.''<br>
 </blockquote>
-Perhaps not surprisingly, Morgan Rattler was the name attached to several racehorses.
+Perhaps not surprisingly, Morgan Rattler was the name attached to several racehorses. Seán Donnelly notes that "The services of a bull named (very appropriately) Morgan Rattler were advertised in the '''Dublin Evening Post''', 12 July 1788"<ref>Seán Donnelly, "A German Dulcimer Player in Eighteenth-Century Dublin", '''Dublin Historical Record'''
+Vol. 53, No. 1 (Spring, 2000), p. 83.</ref>.
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-In volume five of his '''Selection''' (Glasgow, 1797) Aird printed the same tune, in four parts, as "The Morgan Rattler" (Paul de Grae points out that the version in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883, is the first and fourth parts of Aird's later version <ref>Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections," 2017. </ref>).  This same latter Aird version was reprinted in John Preston's '''Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife''' (London, 1796), Petrie's '''Third Collection''' (1790), McGoun's '''Repository of Scots and Irish Airs''', and in McFadyen's '''Selection''' (1797). A three-strain version appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816), and  Barry Callaghan ('''Hardcome English''', 2007) notes that three strain versions are the norm for modern playing in England, "with the 'B' part showing the most variation.". English versions of "Morgan Rattler" are several, many from 19th century fiddlers' manuscripts including those of William Aylmore (West Wittering, Sussex, 1796), Joshua Gibbons (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 1820), Ellis Knowles, John Clare (Helpston, Northants, c. 1820), William Mittel (New Romney, Kent, 1799), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798), Yarker and John Fife (Perthshire and at sea, begun in 1780 and continuing until 1804). "Morgan Rattler" appears in many North American musicians' copybooks as well, including: William Patten (Philadelphia, 1800), Daniel Henry Huntington (Onondaga, N.Y., 1817), fluter Thomas Molyneaux (Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in a volume that indicates he was an Ensign with the 6th Regiment), and P. Van Schaack (Kinderhook, N.Y., 1820). Dance instructions for "Morgan Rattler" were published in the Phinney's '''Select Collection of the Newest and Most Favorite Country Dances''' (Ostego, N.Y., 1808) and in Henry Moore Ridgely's commonplace book of 1799.
+In volume five of his '''Selection''' (Glasgow, 1797) Aird printed the same tune, in four parts, as "The Morgan Rattler" (Paul de Grae points out that the version in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883, is the first and fourth parts of Aird's later version <ref>Paul de Grae, "Notes to Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections," 2017. </ref>).  This same latter Aird version was reprinted in John Preston's '''Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife''' (London, 1796), Petrie's '''Third Collection''' (1790), McGoun's '''Repository of Scots and Irish Airs''', and in McFadyen's '''Selection''' (1797). A three-strain version appears in dancing master Thomas Wilson's '''Companion to the Ball Room''' (London, 1816), and  Barry Callaghan ('''Hardcome English''', 2007) notes that three strain versions are the norm for modern playing in England, "with the 'B' part showing the most variation.". English versions of "Morgan Rattler" are several, many from 19th century fiddlers' manuscripts including those of William Aylmore (West Wittering, Sussex, 1796), Joshua Gibbons (Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, 1820), Ellis Knowles, John Clare (Helpston, Northants, c. 1820), William Mittel (New Romney, Kent, 1799), Joshua Jackson (Harrogate, north Yorkshire, 1798), Yarker and British army fifer [[biography:John Buttery]] (Lincolnshire, early 19th century). It was also entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript of William Winter (1774-1861), a shoemaker and violin player who lived in West Bagborough in Somerset.
+<br>
+<br>
+"Morgan Rattler" appears in many North American musicians' copybooks as well, including: William Patten (Philadelphia, 1800), Daniel Henry Huntington (Onondaga, N.Y., 1817), fluter Thomas Molyneaux (Shelburne, Nova Scotia, in a volume that indicates he was an Ensign with the 6th Regiment), and P. Van Schaack (Kinderhook, N.Y., 1820). Dance instructions for "Morgan Rattler" were published in the Phinney's '''Select Collection of the Newest and Most Favorite Country Dances''' (Ostego, N.Y., 1808) and in Henry Moore Ridgely's commonplace book of 1799.
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 O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1046, p. 196.
 O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 257, p. 57.
-Petrie ('''Third Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances'''), 1790; p. 5.
+Petrie ('''First Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances'''), 1790; p. 5.
 Riley ('''Flute Melodies, vol. 3'''), 1820; p. 84.
 '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1883; p. 81.
 Loughran & Gammon ('''Sussex Tune Book'''), 1982; no. 72, p. 27.
-Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; p. 88.
+Wilson ('''A Companion to the Ballroom'''), 1816; No. 263, p. 88.
+Geoff Woolfe ('''William Winter’s Quantocks Tune Book'''), 2007; No. 67, p. 33 (ms. originally dated 1850).
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 |f_see_also_listing=Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [http://www.ibiblio.org/keefer/m11.htm#Morra1]<br>