Bpys of New York (The)

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 Theme code Index    225L2 5L5L37
 Also known as    Merry Old Woman (1) (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Patrick Reidy
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Patrick Reidy music manuscript collection
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 2
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1890
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X:1 % T:Boys of New York, The T:Merry Old Woman, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:”By Daniel Kelleher, Clonough Castle Island, Kerry” S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 2) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d|ABG AGF|DGG AGF|DGG DGG|Bdg fdc| ABG AGF|DGG AGA|BdB cAF|AGG G2:| A|BAB cBc|dgg fdc|def g3|gag fdc| dgg aga|bag fdc|BdB cAF|AGG G2:|]