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|f_annotation='''OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE''' (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "[[Maguire's Kick]]," "Old Woman's Cash," "[[Stolen Purse (2) (The)]]." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. The jig, as "Old Woman Lost Her Purse", can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Sliabh Luachra musician D. Curtin, and County Leitrim fiddler and piper [[biography:Stephen Grier]] (c. 1824-1894) entered the tune as "Old Woman's Cash" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection. Peter Kennedy's "[[Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)]]" is a version of "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse," probably simply a confusion of titles rather than a true alternate. See also "[[Rocking the Cradle]]" and "[[Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own]]" for similar song laments. | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=James Fogarty [Petrie]. | |||
'''OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE''' (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "[[Stolen Purse (The)]]." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. See also "[[Rocking the Cradle]]" and "[[Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own]]" for similar song laments. | |f_printed_sources=O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 560, p. 98. O'Neill ('''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'''), 1913; p. 118. Roche ('''Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1'''), 1912; No. 78, p. 36. Stanford/Petrie ('''Complete Collection'''), 1905; No. 620, p. 156. | ||
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OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "Maguire's Kick," "Old Woman's Cash," "Stolen Purse (2) (The)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. The jig, as "Old Woman Lost Her Purse", can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Sliabh Luachra musician D. Curtin, and County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) entered the tune as "Old Woman's Cash" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection. Peter Kennedy's "Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)" is a version of "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse," probably simply a confusion of titles rather than a true alternate. See also "Rocking the Cradle" and "Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own" for similar song laments.
