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T:Munster Buttermilk [2]
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M:6/8
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gfg age|d2B BAB|d2B BAB|dBG G2d|
gfg age|d2B BAB|dBG GAB|A3 G3:|
|:d2e g2a|b2b bag|a2a age|gfg age|
d2e g2a|b2b bag|age dgb|a3 g3:|]
MUNSTER BUTTERMILK [2] (An Bhláthach Mhuimhneach). AKA and see "Barr na Feirste," "Carty's Jig," "Squeeze Your Thighs," "Take Her or Leave Her." Irish, New England; Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major (Harker/Rafferty, Miller & Perron, Mulvihill, Sullivan, Tubridy): D Major (Flaherty, Mulvihill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Tubridy): AABBCC (Miller & Perron/1977). Bronx fiddler Martin Mulvihill (1923-1987) gave his G Major version as an alternate accompaniment for the set dance The Seige of Ennis. Breathnach finds that "Squeeze Your Thighs" is the name for the tune in a ms. from County Fermanagh, c. 1865 (when copied into a 1920 manuscript the title read "Squeeze Your Thights"). "Take Her or Leave Her" is a County Leitrim title for the jig.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler John Cathcart (Doire Loinn, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, 1966) [Breathnach].
Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. I), 1963; No. 43, p. 18. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 16, p. 131. Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1978; p. 186 (appears as second "Untitled Double Jig"). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 174. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 242, p. 75. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music vol. 2), 1977; No. 3. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 29. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddlers Repertoire), 1983; No. 47. Mulivhill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 4, pg. 65. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 25, p. 124. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 86, p. 43. Prior (Fionn Seisiún 3), 2007; p. 20. Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3), n.d.; No. 2, p. 1. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 33.
Recorded sources : - Claddagh CC5, Denis Murphy and Julia Clifford - "The Star Above the Garter." Green Linnet, Patrick Street - "Corner House." Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin & Robbie Hannan - "The Whirlwind" (1995. Learned from the playing of Dennis Murphy).
See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
Hear Sliabh Luachra accordion player Johnny O'Leary's version at the Comhaltas Archive [3]
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