Annotation:Piper's Dance (The)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Back to Piper's Dance (The)
PIPERS DANCE, THE (Raince Piobaire). AKA and see "Bonny Lass of Livingston (The)," "Cockleshells," "Gabhairin Bui (An)," "Hielan Laddie (1)," "High Caul Cap/High Caul'd Cap (The)," "Kiss Me Lady," “Yellow Goat (The).” Irish, Air or March (2/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This hexatonic melody is a variant of the folk-song "Ta dha gabhairin bui agam."
Source for notated version: the notes to the collector Edward Bunting's 1840 collection indicate the tune was noted from "Macdonnell the piper in 1797."
Printed sources: P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1), 1858; No. 82, p. 34. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 47, pp. 76-77.
Recorded sources:
