Annotation:Drunk at Night and Dry i' the Morning (1)
X:1 T:Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning [1] M:3/4 L:1/8 R:Slow Air S:Gow - 3rd Repository (1806) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A {AB}c4 ~B2| c>BA>B c2 | (E2A2) (B/c/d) | (d2c2)B2 | {d}c>BA>B c2|E>DC>D E2| (F2A2)G2 | A6 :| A2 (ef/e/) c2 |A2 (ef/e/) c2 | (A2e2)e2|e3d c2 | A2 (ef/e/) c2|A2 (ef/e/)c2 | A2c2c2 | c3BA2 | ~c>BA>B c2 | E>DC>D E2| (F2A2) (Bc/d/)|(d2c2)B2| c>BA>B c2 | E>DC>D E2 | (F2A2)G2 | A6 || (A,B,/C/) | D2 (FD) (FD)| C2 (EC)(EC) | A,2 A2 (Bc/d/) | (d2c2)B2|D2(FD)(FD) | C2 (EC)(EC) |A,2 A2G2 | A4 (A,B,/C/)|D2 (FD)(FD) | C2(EC)(EC) | A,2 A2 (Bc/d/) | (d2c2)B2 |~c>BA>B c2 | ~E>DC>D E2 | (F2A2)G2 |A6 || A2 (fA)(fA) | A2(eA)eA | A2e2e2 | e3d c2 | A2 (fA)(fA) | A2(eA)(eA) | A2c2c2 | c3BA2 | c>BA>B {AB}c2 | E>DC>D E2 | F2A2 (Bc/d/) | d2c2B2 | {d}c>B A>B {AB}c2 | E>D C>D E2 | (F2A2)G2 | A4 ||
DRUNK AT NIGHT AND DRY I' THE MORNING [1]. AKA and see "Lude's Lament." Scottish, Irish, English; Slow Air. England; North West, Northumberland. A Major (Gow): G Major (Kershaw). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCDC. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes, which he published c. 1800. It is a British Isles version (printed variously in 3/4 or 6/8 time, and with parts often juxtaposed) of what eventually became the American old-time tune "Drunken Hiccups (1)." The melody appears in the music manuscript copybook of British army fifer John Buttery of Lincolnshire, who began his military career at the beginning of the 19th century through his discharge a quarter of a century later. It also appears in the c. 1800 music commonplace book of musician Penuel Clarke, of Windsor, Conn., under the title "Old Condly's Tune, or Drunk Every Night & Dry the Next Morning."
See also the County Leitrim/Longford derivative descriptive piece "Drunken Kelly."
