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Theme code Index
1H3H1H3H 5252
Also known as
Barr na Feirste , Bhláthach Mhuimhneach (An) , Behind the Haystack (1) , Box the Monkey , Christmas Day in the Morning (3) , Munster Buttermilk (2) , Squeeze Your Thighs , Take Her or Leave Her , Take Him or Leave Him
Composer/Core Source
Region
Ireland
Genre/Style
Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
D
Accidental
2 sharps
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler
Stephen Grier
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection Book 3
Tune and/or Page number
No. 168, pp. 53-54
Year of publication/Date of MS
c. 1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score 1 )
X:1
T:Take him or leave him
T:Take her or leave her
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 168, pp. 53-54)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=52&z=-372.3945%2C194.0621%2C4131.7746%2C1720.5718
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
c|d2e fdB|ded fdB|AFE EFE|AFE EFA|
d2e fdB|g2e fdB|AFD DED|AFD D2:|
|:A|Bc/d/B BAF|AFA d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA|
Bc/d/B BAF|AFA d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:|
|:f|ga/b/g fg/a/f|ef/g/e d2B|AFE EFE|AFE E2f|
ga/b/g fg/a/f|ef/g/e d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:|
|:A|BEE eEE|BEE d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA|
BEE dEE|BEE d2G|AFD DED |AFD D2:|
|:A|GGG FFF|EEE d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA|
GGG FFF|EEE d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:|]
