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 Theme code Index    5527L 5547
 Also known as    Billy's Awake, Cock in the Heath (1), Geese in the Bog (2), Ha'penny Bit (1), Humors of Duagh, Jolly Old Wife (The), New Custom House (3) (The), Spirits of Whisky (2), Tenpenny Bit (1) (The), Up Sligo
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    NONE
 Mode    Aeolian (minor)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCC
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 92
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
 Artist    Tom Ennis
 Title of recording    Irish Jigs
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Victor 18286b (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1917
 Media    
 Score   (1)   





X:1 T:Three Little Drummers, 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, p. 60. Carolan ms. 1, No. 173. K:Em A|:BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|Bcd dAF| BEE BEE|AFF AFF|BEE BEE|1 Bcd dAF:|2 Bcd dA|| |:c|Bee Bee|Bdd Bdd|Bee Bee|fed e2f| gfe d2B|AFA ABd|gfe fdB|AFF E2:|]


X: 1 T: THREE LITTLE DRUMMERS' [1] -- JIG B: Ryan's Mammoth Collection of Fiddle Tunes R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 Z: Contributed 20010527161414 by John Chambers jc:trillian.mit.edu F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/book/ryan-cole/Tunes/ThreeLittleDrummersJig.abc K: Amix uA \ | eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eAA eAA | def g2f| eAA eAA | BAG Bcd | eaf g2f | eAA A2 :| |: ue \ | eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg {a}gfg | eaa eaa | def gdB | eaa {b}a^ga | e=gg g2e | def gdc | BAA A2 :|


X:3 T:Three Little Drummers [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:”From P. Carew’s MSS” B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 954 (1905) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A Minor eAA eAA|BGG BGG|eAA ABd|ede/^f/ gdB| eAA eAA|BGG BGG|de^f gdB|BAA A2|| d|eaa aga|bge edB|eaa aga|bge g2d| eaa aga|bge edB|de^f gdB|BAA A3||


X:2 T:Three Little Drummers [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig N:”A county of Leitrim Jig” B:Stanford/Petrie, No. 953 (1905) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin g/f/|eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|eAA eAA|eaf ged| eAA eAA|BGG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2| c/d/|eaa efg|fdf ged|eaa efg|fdf ged| eaa efg|fdf gfe|agf gfe|dcB A2||


X:1 T:Three Little Drummers [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 180, no. 969 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:Am (g/f/)|eAA eAA|BAB GBd|eAA eAA|de^f gfg| eAA eAA|BAB GBd|de^f gdB|BAA A2:| |:d|eaa eaa|egg egg|eaa eaa|de^f gdB| eaa eaa|egg egg|de^f gdB|BAA A2:| |:d|eaa a^ga|bab ged|eaa a^ga|bab g2d| eaa a^ga|bab ged|de^f gdB|BAA A2:|]


X:1 T:Quadrille M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig or Quadrille B:Bayard - Hill Country Tunes (1944, No. 46) S:Played by John Kubina, near Davistown, Green County, S:Pa., Sept. 1943. Learned from Ann Peterson, fiddler in S:East Pittsburgh. Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Ador {d}e2AA eAA|BAG Bcd|eAA eAA|BAB g2f| eAA eAA|BAG Bcd|efg fed|eAA A2z|| eaa a^ga|bag fed|eaa a^ga|baf g2z| eaa a^ga|bag fed|efg fed|eAA A2z||