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Annotation:Upstairs in a Tent (2)
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UPSTAIRS IN A TENT [2]. AKA - "Up Stairs in a Tent." AKA and see “Jenny Tie Your Bonnet,” "Jenny Pin Your Bonnet Tighter," “Tie the Bonnet,” “Down with the Mail,” “Rambler's Rest,” “In and Out the Harbor (1),” “Jenny Lace Your Tight,” “Lassie Tie Your Bonnet,” “Lizzie's Bonnet,” “Gravel Walks (The)," “Highland Man that Kissed His Grannie (1).” Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. A Dorian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A different tune than “Upstairs in a Tent (1).”
Source for notated version: flute player James Murray (b. 1947, Ougham outside Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty].
Printed sources:
Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 172.
Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; No. 30.
Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 1st Collection), 1858; No. 22, p. 9.
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