Perfect Cure (The)

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X:1 T:Perfect Cure, The M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Country Dance B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 2, p. 61 (mid-19th century) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=64&z=-601.8781%2C1168.707%2C10797.8369%2C4135.8025 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|FAD z/d/|ceA G|FADF|E3A|FAD z/d/|ceA z/G/|FAEA|D3:| |:A|f>ed>c|BAGF|GAFA|E3A|f>edc|BAGF|FAEA|D3:|]

X:1 T:Perfect Cure, The 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, pp. 88-89. Carolan ms. 1, No. 273. K:D A|F2A D2d|c2e A2G|F2A D2F|E3-E zG|F2A D2d| c2e A2G|F2A E2A|D3-D2z::A|f2e d2c|B2A2G2F| G2A E2A|C3- C2zA|e2d c2B|A2G G2G|F2A E2A| D3-D zA|f2e d2c|B2A G2F|G2A E2A|D3 zGG| eed ccB|A2^G GA=G|F2A E2A|D3- Dz||

X:1 T:Perfect Cure, The M:2/4 L:1/8 T:Polka (?) N:Usually in 6/8 time. B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 2, No. 237) 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. K:D AG|FA Dd|cd/e/ AG|GA DF|E2 AG|FA Dd|cd/e/ AG|Fd Ed|1 D2:|2 D4|| fe dc|BA Ff|gf fe/d/|e2 ag|fe dc|Bc/d/ AG|Fd Ed|D2d2| fe dc|BA Ff|gf fe/d/|e2 ag|fg/a/ dc|Bc/d/ AG|Fd Ed|D2||

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X:1 T:The Perfect Cure B:Community Dances Manual 2, pub. by the English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1949 N:Collected from Mr. Herbert Mallet, of Norfolk M:6/8 L:1/8 K:D G|FGA Dcd|c2BA2G|FGA DGF|E3E2G|FGA Dcd| c2BA2G|FGAB2c|d3-d2:||:e|fede2d|c2BA3| fedc2d|e3e3|fede2d|c2BA2B|ABAB2c|d3-d2:|