Annotation:Snug little girl from Bansah (The)

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X:1 T:Snug little girl from Bansah, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lively" S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D|D>EF GAG|FGA B2c|ded dcA|G3F2D| D>EF GAG|FGA B2c|d>e=f/d/ dcA|G3G2|| A|cde =f2f|ggg g>=fd/e/|=fdd/c/ dcA|G3F2D| DEF GAG|FGA B2c|de=f dcA|G3G2||

SNUG LITTLE GIRL FROM BANSHA, THE. Irish, Air (6/8 time, "lively"). G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Bears a close resemblance to ‘Ag an mboithrin buidhe’ of Petrie (Ancient Music of Ireland). There was a song to this air, the subject of which was 'The Snug Little Girl', but I have not been able to procure a copy of it. A 'snug little girl' is one who has a snug comfortable fortune. Bansha, a well known village in Tipperary at the mouth of the Glen of Aherlow" [Joyce].

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Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 176, pp. 88-89.

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