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Annotation:Trip to Athlone (A)
X:1 T:Trip to Athlone, The T:Newport Lass, The R:jig D:De Danann 1 D:Molloy, Peoples, Brady Z:id:hn-jig-201 Z:transcribed by henrik.norbeck@mailbox.swipnet.se M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D ABA DED|dcA AGE|ABA ABc|dAB cde| ABA ~D3|dcA AGE|GFG Ade|1 fdc d2c:|2 fdc d2e|| |:f2d edc|Add cde|fed edc|ABc def| ~g3 age|dcA AGE|GFG Ade|1 fdc d2e:|2 fdc d2c|| P:"variations" ~A3 D2d|d=cA AGE|~A3 ABc|dAB cde| ~A3 D2d|d=cA AGE|~G3 Ade|1 fdc d2c:|2 fdc d2e|| fed edc|AdB cde|fed efg|ABc def| g2a age|d=cA AGE|GFG Ade|fec d2e| fed edc|AdB cde|~f3 gec|ABc def| g2a age|d=cA AGE|~G3 Ade|fec d2c||
TRIP TO ATHLONE(, A). AKA - "Maid of Athlone (The)." AKA and see “Newport Lass (The).” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The popular jig "Trip to Athlone" was first recorded by The Rosaleen Quartet (flute player Eddie Meehan and Leitrim flute player John McKenna, with fiddler Larry Recdican and an unknown piano player) in New York in 1937 (paired with "Hag with the Money (The)]" and released on a Decca 78 RPM (under the alternate title "Newport Lass"). The jig was also recorded by the Tulla Ceili Band, Tulla, County Clare, and by east Clare fiddlers Paddy Canny and P.J. Hayes in 1959. Some sources give the key as ‘D’ major, but Randy Miller says a “close hearing (to the Canny/Hayes recording) confirms the use of the C natural throughout.”