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|f_annotation='''MUNSTER GIMLET.''' AKA and see "[[Kitty Come Down to Limerick]]," "[[Plumkum]]," "[[Whack at the Whigs (A)]]," "[[Will You Come Down to Limerick? (1)]]." Irish, Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The famed early 20th century Irish-American piper Patsy Touhey (1865-1923), called the tune by this title and recorded it on a cylinder in the first decade of the 20th century.
'''MUNSTER GIMLET.''' AKA and see "[[Kitty Come Down to Limerick]]," "[[Plumkum]]," "[[Will You Come Down to Limerick (1)]]". Irish, Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The famed early 20th century Irish-American piper Patsy Twohey/Tuohey called the tune by this title.
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''Kitty come down, come down,''<br>
''Kitty come down, come down,''<br>
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Francis O'Neill, in '''Irish Folk Music, a Fascinating Hobby''' (1910), records:
Francis O'Neill, in '''Irish Folk Music, a Fascinating Hobby''' (1910), records:
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''An uncommonly fine tune of this class [i.e. slip or hop jigs], in three strains, obtained from John Ennis,''  
''An uncommonly fine tune of this class'' [i.e. slip or hop jigs]'', in three strains, obtained from John Ennis,''  
''is "Will You Come Down to Limerick?"  Simpler versions are known to old-time musicians''  
''is "Will You Come Down to Limerick?"  Simpler versions are known to old-time musicians''  
''of Munster and Connacht, and in Chicago. Ennis had no monopoly of it, for it was well''  
''of Munster and Connacht, and in Chicago. Ennis had no monopoly of it, for it was well''  
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''a song name, we are unable to say.''
''a song name, we are unable to say.''
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|f_printed_sources=Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880's; No. 289, p. 32. Levey ('''First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland'''), 1858; No. 27, p. 11.  
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|f_recorded_sources=Homestead Records, Patsy Touhey - "The Piping of Patsy Touhey."
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|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/1053/]<br>
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Hear Patsy Touhey's cylinder recording at the Comhaltas Archive [http://comhaltasarchive.ie/search?tab=tracks&q=munster+gimlet#/tracks/7950]<br>
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''Printed sources'': Kerr ('''Merry Melodies'''), vol. 2; No. 289, p. 32.
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MUNSTER GIMLET. AKA and see "Kitty Come Down to Limerick," "Plumkum," "Whack at the Whigs (A)," "Will You Come Down to Limerick? (1)." Irish, Slip Jig. G Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The famed early 20th century Irish-American piper Patsy Touhey (1865-1923), called the tune by this title and recorded it on a cylinder in the first decade of the 20th century.

Kitty come down, come down,
Kitty come down to Limerick.
I knew by the glint in her eye
That she wanted a touch of the gimlet!

A gimlet is a tool for boring holes in wood; thus a bawdy connotation.

Francis O'Neill, in Irish Folk Music, a Fascinating Hobby (1910), records:

An uncommonly fine tune of this class [i.e. slip or hop jigs], in three strains, obtained from John Ennis, is "Will You Come Down to Limerick?" Simpler versions are known to old-time musicians of Munster and Connacht, and in Chicago. Ennis had no monopoly of it, for it was well known to Delaney, Early, and McFadden. As an old-time Slip Jig it seems to have been called "The Munster Gimlet," a singularly inapt title; but when it came into vogue as a song name, we are unable to say.

See also the related "Leitrim Jig (1) (The)."


Additional notes



Printed sources : - Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 289, p. 32. Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 27, p. 11.

Recorded sources : - Homestead Records, Patsy Touhey - "The Piping of Patsy Touhey."

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Patsy Touhey's cylinder recording at the Comhaltas Archive [2]



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