Annotation:Thomas Leixlip the Proud
X:1 T:Thomas Leixlip the Proud M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Spirited" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 638 N:Atrributed to Carolan but not listed in Donal O'Sullivan's definitive volume. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A | d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAA | Afe fAA | d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAF | GAc d2A | d(f/e/)(d/c/) dAA | Afe fAA | B(c/B/)(A/G/) A(B/A/)(G/F/) | GAc d2 :| A | Add d2 (f/e/) | (d/c/) (d/e/) (f/g/) afd | gfe {e}fdB | AFA B2 (c/d/) | AFF BGG | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) | EFA B2 (c/d/) | AFF BGG | AFd (B/A/) (G/F/) (E/D/) | g>fe fdB | ABc d2 ||
THOMAS LEIXLIP THE PROUD (Tomas Laoigis, Cumasac). AKA – “Thomas Lexlip is Proud.” AKA and see “Cullen Jig (The),” “Humors of Glynn (1),” Humors of Glen (1) (The),” “Jackson's Hornpipe (1),” “Pádraig O’Keeffe’s Jig (1).” Irish, Air or Planxty (6/8 time, "spirited"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The composition of "Thomas Leixlip the Proud" is attributed to blind Irish harper wikipedia:Turlough_O'Carolan (1670-1738), primarily by Francis O’Neill. Carolan researcher Donal O’Sullivan, however, does not believe that O'Carolan had anything to do with composing it. The title is a corruption of “Though Leixlip is Proud,” by which name the melody was heard in William Shield’s ballad opera Poor Soldier (Air 12), which premiered in 1783. The melody first appears in print in McLean’s Scots Tunes (c. 1773).
