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Tune Annotations:	'''MOPSY'S TUNE; THE OLD WAY.''' AKA and see "Mopsi-dôn: yr hên fford," "[[Obsidion]]," "[[Upside Down]]," "[[Welsh Jig (The)]]." Welsh, Jig. D Major (most versions): B Flat Major (Dale). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody is a version of the Irish jig "[[Priest and his Boots (1)]]/[[Priest in his Boots (1)]]/[[Parson in Boots (1)]]" (Sagart na mBuatasi). "Mopsy's Tune" appears as "Welsh Jigg" in the c. 1820 music manuscripts of Helpstone, Northants, flute player and poet John Clare. Clare gained some notoriety as a poet, but succumbed to an opium addiction and ended his days in as asylum.
Source for notated version:	Edward Jones' '''The Bardic Museum''' (1802) [Mellor].
Printed sources:	(Joseph) '''Dale's Selection of the most favorite Country Dances, Reels &c.''', London, c. 1800; p. 11 (as "The Welsh Jig"). Jones ('''The Bardic Museum'''), 1802; p. 105. Hamilton ('''Blodau'r Grug: 100 Popular Welsh Folk Dance Tunes'''), 1992. Mellor ('''Welsh Dance Tunes'''), 1935; p. 14.
Recorded sources:	Hear the tune played on Welsh bagpipes on youtube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOvCgHkrZi4]<br>
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