Annotation:Bring out Your Wife and Air Her
X:1 T:Bring out your Wife and Air Her M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 271, p. 56) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=55&z=193.5938%2C1504.9461%2C3106.4674%2C1258.8443 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador gf|eAAG ABcA|BAGA G2 BG|EAAG ABcd|eaag e2 dg| eAAG ABcA|BAGA G2 Bd|eaag edef|gedB A2|| eaag e2 dc|BAGA Bc d2|eaab a2 ga|baga bag| eaag e2 dc|BAGA BcdB|cdef g2 af|gedB A2||
BRING OUT YOUR WIFE AND AIR HER. Irish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Bring out Your Wife and Air Her" is contained in the c. 1883 music manuscript (Book 2, No. 271) collection ofNewpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh,County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c.1824-1894),The first strain is cognate with the "Gossan that Beat His Father (The)" family of tunes, related to "Lochiel's Rant/Locheil's Awa' to France."
