Annotation:Irish Ragg
X:1 T:Irish Ragg M:6/8 L:1/8 B:Daniel Wright – Aria di Camera (London, 1727, No. 25) N:”being A Choice Collection of Scotch, Irish & Welsh Airs N:for the Violin and German Flute by the following masters N:Mr. Alex. Urquahart of Edinburgh, Mr. Dermot O'Connar of Limrick N:Mr. Hugh Edwards of Carmarthen” F: https://ia600808.us.archive.org/20/items/AriaDiCamera1727/Wright-AriaDiCamera-1727.pdf Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D a|f2e A2=c|(B/c/)dB G2g|f2e (AB)A|d3 g3| f2e A2=c|B>cB/A/ G2g|(fg)a (gf)e|d3 f3:| |:ae/f/g (af)d|e2f (ge)c|f2g (af)d|e3g3| f2g (ag)f|(gf)e (gf)e|(fg)a (ef)g|d3f3:| |:g|(af)d (c/d/e)c|(B/c/dB) G2g|f2d (ec)A|d2 (f2g)| (f/g/af) (d/e/fd)|(c/d/ec) (e/f/ge)|(f/g/af) (e/f/ge)|d3 f2:| |:g|af/g/a/f/ dfa|ec/d/e/c/ Ac/d/e/c/|af/g/a/f/ (d>e)d|f3 gTg>(f/4g/4)| af/g/a/f/ (ba)g|Ta>gf efg|f/g/(Tg/>f/4g/4/a) efg|d3 f3:| |:g|(ag)f (ag)f|(gf)e (gf)e|(ag)f (ag)f|(ba)g (fg)a| (g/a/b)g (f/g/)af|(ec)A (ge)c|(af)d (ge)c|d3 f3:| |:g|a2A A2c|(B/c/d/c/B/A/ G2)g|(f/g/a)A ABA|d3 (f2g)| a2A ABc|BAG gfe|a>gf ecA|d3f3:|]
IRISH RAGG. AKA and see "Around the House and Mind the Dresser," "Jig (112)," "Merrily Kiss the Quaker--New Set." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody, which is still part of the living tradition, appears in David Wright's Aria di Camera (1727), and flute player Burk Thumoth's (d. 1747) collections Twelve English and Twelve Irish Airs with Variations (1745, pp. 40-51) and Forty Eight English, Scotch and Irish Airs (1785, two combined works published in London by the Thompsons that were issued earlier in the century by Thumoth). It later was published in Brysson's A Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes with Variations to which is appended "Fifty Favourite Irish Airs" (Edinburgh, 1790). See also the " Ragg," by which it appears in several other 18th century publications (dropping "Irish" from the title).
