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Annotation:Katy Jones
X:1 T:Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 72. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=75&z=1416.107%2C1046.1198%2C7374.2874%2C4466.6667 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dc|BG G2 DG G2|(BG)(dB) G2G2|cA A2 FA A2|cAdB A2 dc| BG G2 DG G2|BGdB G2 dc|~B2-BG ~A2-AG|FDEF G2|| dc|Bddc Bddc|Bddc G2G2|ceed ceed|ceed A2A2| (Bdef) g(fe)d|BGdB G2 (dc)|~B2-BG ~A2-AG|FDEF G2||
KATY JONES REEL. AKA - "Kitty Jones." AKA and see "Blue Ribbon (The)," "Blue Bonnets Hornpipe," "Green Ribbon (The)," "Jack Smith's Favorite," "Orange and Blue (1)." Irish, Reel or Fling (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. The tune appears as an untitled reel in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Canon James Goodman (County Cork). It was recorded by singer, fiddler and button accordion player biography:Frank Quinn in New York on March 1st, 1925 (backed by Ed Geoghegan on piano). Quinn diddled a few interpolated verses with the tune:
Oh she kicked me and she battered me.
She nearly broke my bones.
So that's the way she tattered me
My darling Katie Jones
Oh there was a little girl
And she lived in Mullingar,
And she lifted up her petticoat
A-la-la-la-la-la
See also the American variants under the titles "Colonel Crocket (1)," "Jenny on the Railroad," "Route (The)."
