Annotation:Yeoman (The)
X:1 T:Yeoman, The N:c.f. “Scots Hall” M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 4, No. 10, p. 3) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/ Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin d|BGE EGE|BGE E2d|BGE EGE|AFD D2d| BGE EGE|BGE E2d|B2A d2B|AFD D2|| f|geg ege|bge e2f|gfg ege|afd d2f| gfg ege|bge e2d|B2A d2B|AFD D2f| geg ege|bge e2f|geg ege|afd d2f| g2e f2d|e2c d2A|B2A d2B|AFD D2||
YEOMAN, THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The first strain of County Leitrim musician [[biography:Stephen Grier|]]'s "The Yeoman" is cognate with the English jig "Scots Hall." As is typical, the second strains show less correspondence.
