Three Little Drummers (1)

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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||

X: 1 T: The Shimmy N:Distanced version of "Three Little Drummers [1]." O:Newfoundland R: jig M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Dmaj |:BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|FDD DFA| BEE BEE|BEE E2A|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2A:|2 FDD D2d|| |:dcd Bcd|edc BAA|dcd Bcd|edB A2d| dcd Bcd|edc BAA|Bcd BAG|1 FDD D2d:|2 FDD D2A||

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