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Annotation:Come in from the Rain
X:1 T:Come in from the Rain M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Single Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 397 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin A|B2E EFE|d3 A2G|F2D DED|F2G A2c| B2E EFE|d3 e2f|g2e f2d|e3 e2:| |:f|gfe b2e|gfe b2e|f2d A2g|f2g a2f| gfe b2e|gfe b2e|f2d Bcd|e3 e2:||
COME IN FROM THE RAIN ("Tar astac on baisdead" or "Taristeac on baisteac"). AKA and see "Jig (84)," "Jig (93)," "Trip to Galway (A)." Irish, Single Jig (6/8 time). E Aeolian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill printed another version, identical save for the transposed key, in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907) under the title "Trip to Galway (A)." Cognate versions are to be found as untitled jigs in Charles Villiers Stanford's Complete Collection of Petrie's Irish Music (1905, No. 972, p. 248), and in the music ms. collection of John "Boss" Murphy.
Compare also with "Katy is Waiting."
