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X:1 T:Bundle and Go (6) M:6/8 L:1/8 S:John Doherty K:G a|:gee edB|gfg B2a|gee edB|dBG A2a|...
BUNDLE AND GO [6]. AKA and see "Beer and Ale and Brandy," "Carle's Cows (The)," "Fifer's Delight (The)," "Wee Wee Man (The)," "When I was a Younker." Irish, March or Jig. Ireland, County Donegal. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Fiddler Doherty's plays the tune with a sharped 'c' note, sliding the tonality between E dorian and G and D Major. See also the cognate "Carle's Cows (The)" in the 1848 bagpipe music collection of Glasgow piper, pipe teacher and pipe-maker William Gunn. Compare this version of "Bundle and Go" with the "My Tocher's the Jewel" family of jigs.
