If Ever I Marry I'm the Son of a Whore
X:1 T:If Ever I Marry I'm the Son of a Whore M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:O'Farrell - Pocket Companion (c. 1805) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin E | A>BA AGA | cde f2g | fed cAG | G>AG GEG | A>BA AGA | cde fag | fed cAG | A3 A2 :| |: e | a>ba g>ag | f>gf e2d | c>de ged | cAG G3 | EAA AGA | cde fag | fed cAG | A3 A2 :| |: B | cEE GEE | cEE G2G | AEE cEE | dcd e3 | EAA AGA | cde fag | fed cAG | A3 A2 :|| e | a2a g2g | fgf e2d | cde ged | cAG G3 | EAA AGA | cde fag | fed cAG | A3A2 ||
X:1
T:If ever I Marry, I am a son of a whore
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817, No. 70)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 455)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E|A>BA AGA|cde f2g|fed cAG|G>AG GEG|
A>BA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3 A2:|
|:e|a>ba g>ag| f>gf e2d|c>de ged|cAG G2|
EAA AGA cde fag|fed cAG|A3 A2:|
|:B|cEE GEE|cEE G2G|GEE cEE|dcd e3|
EAA AGA|cde agf|fed cAG|A3 A2:|
e|a2a g2g|fgf e2d|cde ged|cAG G3|
EAA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3 A2|]
X:1
T:If Ever I Marry I am a Son of a Whore
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection
N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate
N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873.
S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of
S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology,
S:2007, p. 47. Carolan ms. 1, No. 134.
K:Amin
E|A>BA AGA|cde f2g|fed cAG|G>AG GEG|
A>BA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3-A2:|
|:e|a>ba g>ag|f>gf e2d|cde ged|cAG G3|
EAA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3-A2:|
|:B|cEE GEE|cEE G2G|ADE cEE|dcd e3|
EAA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3-A2:|
|:e|a2a g2g|fgf e2d|cde ged|cAG G3|
EAA AGA|cde fag|fed cAG|A3- A2:|]