X:1
T:The Tenpenny Bit (1)
T:1st Setting
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 173, no. 929
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:Am
|:e|eAA ^GAA|Bdd Bdd|eAA ^GAA|BAA A2e|
eAA ^GAA|Bdd Bdd|g^fe edB|BAA A2:|
|:d|e2^f gfg|eag fed|e2^f gfg|e^f^g a2a|
baa a^ff|g^fe def|g^fe edB|BAA A2:|]
TENPENNY BIT [1], THE ("Cuin/Bonn deic-pingine," or "An píosa deich bpingine"). AKA and see "Are You Shot?" "Bridal Jig (The)," "Ducks and the Oats (The)," “Joe Conway's,” "Made in Ireland," "New Tenpenny (The)," "Three Little Drummers (The)," "Wasn't She Fond of Me?." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA’BB (Harker/Rafferty). Collector wikipedia:George_Petrie_(artist) (1790-1866) printed the tune under the title “New Tenpenny (The).” The second strain part is nearly the same as version. “The Ducks and the Oats (The)” is the title by which the tune (with minor variations) is sometimes known in the Sliabh Luachra region of Cork/Kerry. A version was recorded by New York/County Sligo fiddler wikipedia:Paddy_Killoran (1904-1965) in 1934. Killoran emigrated from Emlagation, near Ballymote, Sligo, to the United States in 1922, settled in the Bronx and ran a bar, played and recorded both on his own, in duets, and with groups.
"Tenpenny Bit (2) (The)" and "Tenpenny Bit (3) (The)" are close variants.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - flutist Peter Horan & fiddler Freddy Finn (Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Abram S. Beamish (County Cork) [O’Neill]; flute player Colm O’Donnell (b. 1962, Aclare, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]; Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford (County Kerry) [Beisswenger].
Printed sources : - Beisswenger (Irish Fiddle Music from Counties Cork and Kerry), 2012; p. 82. Breathnach (Cool Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 32, p. 15. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 19 (appears as “Unknown”). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 200, p. 62. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 929, p. 173. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 162, p. 41. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Vol. 1), 1999; p. 32.
Recorded sources : - Coleman Center CD CC004, Jim Murphy, James Murray, Kevin Brehony – “The Mountain Road” (1999. Various artists. “A Compilation of tunes popular in South Sligo”). Decca Records 12005B (78 RPM), Paddy Killoran (1934. Paired with "Scotsman over the Border"). Green Linnet SIF1035, Brian Conway & Tony De Marco - "The Apple in Winter" (1981. Learned from the 1934 Paddy Killoran 78 RPM recording). Mulligan Records LUN, Freddy Finn & Peter Horan. Real World CAROL2324-2, Matt Molloy – “Music at Matt Molloy’s” (1992). JAR Productions JAR0217, John Whelan - "From the Heart" (2002). New Folk Records NFR 0502, Fingal - "Fingal" (2008). Rounder CD 1087, Paddy Killoran – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992. Reissue of 1934 original). RTE CD183, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "Music from Sliabh Luachra" (1995. Recorded 1969).
See also listing at :
ane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]
Hear Paddy Killoran's 1934 recording at ITMA [3] and youtube.com [4]
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