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Annotation:My Daddy O
X:1 T:My Daddy O M:C L:1/8 N:"Scotch" B:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion for the Irish or Union Pipes, vol. 2 (c. 1806, p. 119). Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FE|DEDF A>BAF|A2 de d3B|A>Bd>e {de}f2 ed|e2E2E2 A/G/F/E/| DEDF A>BAF|A2 de d3B|ABde {de}f2 ed/e/|e2 DE D2:| |:de|fgfe dBdB|A2 d>e d3F|GFGA BAGF|E2 e2e2 ag| fed>f edce|dcBA BAGF|EFEB AGFE|D2 de d2:|]
MY DADDY O. AKA and see "Caledonian Lass (The)," "Ketty's Scots Measure," "Madam McKeeny's Scotch-Measure," "Major Montgomerie's Quick Step," "O'er the Muir to Ketty." Scottish, Reel or Scotch Measure (whole time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is quite a bit older than O'Farrell's early 19th century printing, although not the title. The music appears in London publisher Henry Playford's Curious Scots Tunes (1700) as "Madam McKeeny's Scotch-Measure." See note for Playford's "Madam McKeeny's Scotch-Measure" for more on this tune family.
