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Wee Wee Man (The)
X:1 T:Wee wee man, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Allegretto" S:John Rook music manuscript collection (1840, p. 38) N:Rook was a multi-instrumentalist from Waverton, near Wigton, Cumbria Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G f|g>fe (ed)B|gfg G2B|(gf)e edc|dBA A2f| (gf)e (ed)B|gfg a2b|g>fe efg|dBA A2:| |:B/c/|d2B d2B|gfg G2 B/c/|d2B d2g|ecA A2 B/c/| d2B d2B|gfg !fermata!a2f|g>fe efg|dBA A2:|]
X:1
T:Wee Wee Man, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
Q:"Allegretto"
B:Keith’s Flute Instruction Book (Boston, 1847, p. 27)
N:Published by Keith’s Music Publishing House.
F:https://www.google.com/books/edition/Keith_s_Flute_Instruction_Book/owtKAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22ledder+breeches%22+%22dan+emmit%22&pg=PA30&printsec=frontcove
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
c|(d>c)B (BA)F|(dc)d D2F|(dc)B (BA)F|AFE E2c|
(dc)B (BA)F|(dc)d e2f|(d>c)B (Bc)d|(AF)E E2:|
|:F/G/|A2F A2F|(dc)d D2 F/G/|A2F A2d|(BG)E E2 F/G/|
A2F A2F|(dc)d !fermata!e2c|(d>c)B (Bc)d|(AF)E E2:|
X:1
T:Wee Wee Man, 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. 64. Carolan ms. 1, No. 187.
K:G
d|(g>fe ed)B|gfg G2B|(g>fe) (ed)B|dBA A2f|
g>fee dB|gfg a2b|g>fe efg|dBA A2:|
|:(B/c/)|(d2B) (d2B)|g>fg G2 (B/c/)|d2B d2g|ecA A2 (B/c/)|
d2B d2B|g>fg a2b/a/|g>fe e>fg|dBA A2:|
X:1
T:Wee, Wee Man, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Kerr - Merry Melodies vol. 1 (c. 1880, No. 14, p. 32)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
d|g>fe edB|g>fg GBd|g>fe edB|ecA A2f|
g>fe edB|g>fg a2b|g>fe ege|dBA A2||
B/c/|d2B d2B|g>fg G2 B/c/|d2B d2B2|ecA ABc|
d2B d2B|gfg a2b|g>fe efg|dBA A2||
X:1
T:Wee, Wee Man, The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Harding’s All-Round Collection, No. 17 (1905)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
f|gfe edB|gfg G2B|gfe edB|dBA A2f|
gfe edB|gfg a2b|gfe efg|dBA A2:|
|:B/c/|d2B d2B|gfg G2 (B/c/)|d2B d2g|ecA A2 (B/c/)|
d2B d2B|gfg a2f|gfe efg|dBA A2:|]