Annotation:Skylark (3) (The)
X:1 T:Skylark [3], The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:Pat. Dunne manuscript Z:Paul Kinder K:G A/2B/2|cAA eAA|dBG GAB|cAA eAA|dBG A2 B| cAA ece|dcd GBd|f/2g/2af gfe|dBG A2:| |:B|def g2 f|edc Bcd|efg aga|bgg e2 f| gfa gfe|dcd Bcd|cBc age|dBG A2:||
SKYLARK [3], THE. AKA and see "Hearty Boys of Ballymote," “Jackson's Maid at the Fair (2)," "Jig (110)," "Julia's Favorite.” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Fr. John Quinn finds Elias Howe's "Julia's Favorite" to be a cognate melody, as well as "Hearty Boys of Ballymote." A version, cognate in the first strain and similar in the second, can be found in Rev. Patrick MacDonald's Collection of Highland Vocal Airs (1784, No. 6, p. 33--See "Jig (110)") as an untitled North Highland jig.
