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Annotation:My Bride is a Young Thing
X:1 T:My Bride is a Young Thing N:A version of "Haughs of Cromdale" M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 179) N:Goodman had the tune from a ms. lent to him by a pipe maker named Doogan. F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=182&z=-86.2936%2C1064.0489%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin eAA2 edBd|eAAB GABd|eAAG edBc|dBgB cA A2:| |:edef gage|dfdB dBcA|edef gage|dBdg BA A2:|
MY BRIDE IS A YOUNG THING. Irish, Reel (whole time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "My Bride is a Young Thing" is a member of the extremely large and varied "Haughs of Cromdale (The)" tune family. For more information see annotation under "Haughs of Cromdale". Goodman researchers Hugh and Lisa Shields compare another of Goodman's reels, "Pretty Girls of Gorey (The)" in Book 3 (no. 136a), with "My Bride..." See also County Mayo farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan's (c. 1839-1910) "New Bank of Ireland (The)" for another cognate member of the "Haughs of Cromdale (The)" tune family that is fairly comparable to Goodman's 'Bride' tune.
