Kinnegad Slashers (The)

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 Theme code Index    1H1H55 1H1H22H
 Also known as    Buailteoiride Ceann-na-n-Gad, Kinny Gad, Land of Sweet Erin, Leitrim Slashers (The), Molly Maloney, O! An Irishman's Heart, O! Merry am I, Old Brags (The), Paddy Digging for 'Goold', Powers of Whiskey, Slashers, Drunken Mason
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB, AABC, AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:O'Farrell
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Pocket Companion vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 31
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1808
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 Score   (1)   




X:2 T:Kinnegad Slashers, The M:6/8 L:1/8 S:O'Farrell's Pocket Companion 1804-10 Z:Paul Kinder R:Jig K:D B/2c/2|d>ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|Eee e2 f| d>ed dAF|ABA A2 g|f>ef dBA|Bdd d2:| |:A|dfa afd|cde ecA|dfa afd|faa a2 A| dfa afd|cde eag|fef dBA|Bdd d2:||


X:1 T:Kinegad [sic] Slashers M:6/8 L:1/8 N:”Waltz time” C:”By Jackson” B:John Hall – “A Selection of Strathspeys Reels, Waltzes & Irish Jigs” (c. 1818, p. 19) B: https://digital.nls.uk/special-collections-of-printed-music/archive/104981834 N:”Printed and sold by John Hall, at his Music Room.” N:Hall (1788-1862) was a music teacher in Ayr, Scotland. His dancing master’s ‘kit’ N:(a small fiddle) used in his dancing lessons, is still preserved. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|c>dc cGE|GAG GAB|c>dc cGE|Ddd d2e| c>dc cGE|GAG G2f|ede cAG|Acc c2|| G|ceg gec|Bcd dBG|ceg gec|egg g2 G| ceg gec|Bcd def|ede cAG|Acc c2|| G|cGE cGE|GAG GAB|cGE cGE|Ddd d2e| cGE cGE|GAG G2f|ede cAG|Acc c2|| e|{g}fef dgf|ede cAG|fef dgf|ed^c d2g| c'ge afd|gec def|ede cAG|Acc c2||


X:4 T:The Irishman in London M:6/8 L:1/8 S:John Burk's music manuscript copybook (1821) N:"Song" N:The melody is the Irish jig "Kinnegad Slashers" Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C G|c>dc cGE|G>AG GAB|c>dc cGE|Ddd d2 e/d/| c>dc cGE|G>AG G2f|e>de cAG|Acc c2G| ceg gec|Gcd dBG|ceg gec|ecc c2G| ceg gec|Bcd def|ede cAG|Acc c2 e/d/| cGe cGE|GGG G2e/d/|cGE cGE|Ddd d2 e/d/| cGE cGE|GGG G2f/e/|dec AGA|Acc c2||


X:3 T:Kinny Gad M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig S:John Rook music manuscript collection (Waverly, Cumbria, 1840, p. 46) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G gag gdB|ded d3|gag gdB|Aaa a3| gag gdB|ded def|gfe def|gag g3|| GBd dBG|FAc cAF|GBd dBG|Bdd d3| GBd dBG|FGA ABc|BAG AGF|GAG G3|| gdB gdB|ded d3|gdB gdB|Aaa a3| gdB gdB|ded def|gfe def|gag g3||


X:1 T:Kinnegad Slashers, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderately Quick" B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 83, pp. 32-33) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D ((3A/B/c/|d>)ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|Eee (e2f)|

d>ed dAF|A>BA Aag|f>ef d<BA|B

fa afd|c>de ecA|d>fa afd|f<aa a2A| d>fa afd|c>de eag|f>ef d<BA|B
BA ABc|dAF dAF|Eee e2f| dAF dAF|A>BA Aag|f>ef d<BA|Bdd d2:|] X:1 T:Irish Air T:Kinnegad Slashers, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:M.E. Eames music manuscript book, frontispiece dated Aug. 22nd, 1859 (p. 74) S:http://archive.org/details/MEEamesBook N:Eames was perhaps from Philadelphia Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C G|cdc cGE|GAG GAB|cdc cGE|Ddd ded| cdc cGE|GAG g2f|ede dBG|AcB c2:| |:G|ceg gec|GBd dBG|ceg gec|egg g2G| ceg gec|Bcd dgf|ede dBG|AcB c2:|] X:1 T:Kinnegad Slashers, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig Q:"Moderately Quick" B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1859, No. 141, p. 65) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A/B/c/|d>)ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|Eee (e2f)| d>ed dAF|A>BA Aag|f>ef d<BA|B
fa afd|c>de ecA|d>fa afd|(fa>)a a2A| d>fa afd|c>de eag|f>ef (d<B)A|B
BA ABc|dAF dAF|Eee (e2f)| dAF dAF|A>BA Aag|f>ef d<BA|(Bd)d d2:|] X:3 T:Kinnegad Slashers M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig B:P.H. Hughes - Gems from the Emerald Isle (c. 1860's, No. 94, p. 22) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A|d>ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|E<ee e2f| d>ed dAF|A>BA Aag|Tf>ef d<BA|B
fa afd|c>de ecA|d>fa afd|f<aa a2A| d>fa afd|c>de eag|f>ef d<BA|B
BA ABc|dAF dAF|E<ee e2f| dAF dAF|A>BA Aag|f>ef d<BA|B
ed dAF|A>BA ABc|d>ed dAF|E<ee e2f| d>ed dAF|ABA Aag|fef dBA|B
fa afd|c>de ecA|d<fa afd|f<aa a2A| d<fa afd|c>de eag|fef dBA|B
BA ABc|dAF dAF|E<ee e2f| dAF dAF|A>BA Aag|fef dBA|B<dd d2:|]