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'''IRISHMAN'S SHANTY, THE'''. AKA and see "[[Gallant Sixty-Ninth (The)]]," "[[Gals of Sixty-Nine (The)]]," "[[Old Tenth (The)]]." American, Jig. USA, southwestern Pa. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune is employed as a vehicle for a song called "The Irishman's Shanty," printed in '''Canteen Songster''' (Philadelphia: Simpson & Co., 1866), p. 91) as "sung by Lew Simmons, of Carncross & Dixey's Minstrels."
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''Did ye ever go int'ill an Irishman's shanty?''<br>
''Och! b'ys, that's the place where the whiskey it plenty;''<br>
''With his pipe in his mouth, there sits Paddy so free,''<br>
''No king in his palace is prouder than he!''<br>
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''Arrah; me honey! w-a-c-k! Paddy's the boy.''<br>
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There are numerous variants of what was once a "comic" song, in the same vein as comic minstrel songs about African-Americans; they sound simply denigrating to modern ears, and are seldom sung. Bayard (1981) identifies this melody as one of the "[[Welcome Home]]" family of tunes.   
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''Source for notated version'': Wilbur Neal (fiddler from Centre County, Pa., 1948) [Bayard].
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''Printed sources'': Bayard ('''Dance to the Fiddle'''), 1981; No. 606C, p. 535-536.
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