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'''GIVE US A DRINK OF WATER [1]''' (Tabair | |f_annotation='''GIVE US A DRINK OF WATER [1]''' (Tabair duinn deoc uisge). AKA and see "[[Drown Drowth]]," "[[Jackson's Jig (5)]]," "[[Swaggering Jig (The)]]," "[[There is no Milk in the House]]." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The earliest sound recording of the melody is from Irish-American piper Patrick J. 'Patsy' Touhey [http://archives.irishfest.com/Home/History/Musician-Biographies/Patsy-Touhey.htm] (1865 - 1923), who recorded it on a home recording device prior to 1919, in a medley ("[[Maid on the Green (The)]]"/"[[Jackson's]]"/"A Drink Of Water"). | ||
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A variant of the second strain of "Give us a drink of water [1]" can be heard set as a reel in the second strains of "[[Dunmore Fancy (The)]]" and "[[Sunny Banks (1)]]." | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; piper and flute player Tommy Hunt (b. 1908, Lissananny, Ballymote) [Flaherty]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, late 1980's [Taylor]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Cranitch ('''Irish Fiddle Book'''), 1996; p. 59. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 132 (appears as "Unknown"). L.E. McCullough ('''The Complete Irish Tinwhistle Tutor'''), 1987; No. 46. Mitchell ('''Dance Music of Willie Clancy'''), 1993; No. 123, p. 100. O'Neill ('''O'Neill's Irish Music'''), 1915; No. 222, p. 118. O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies'''), 1903; No. 1131, p. 214. O'Neill ('''Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems'''), 1907; No. 420, p. 83. Taylor ('''Music for the Sets: Blue Book'''), 1995; p. 18. Tubridy ('''Irish Traditional Music, Book Two'''), 1999; p. 41. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=Na Píobairí Uilleann NPU CD 001, Patsy Touhey - "The Pipering of Patsy Touhey" (2005. Reissue recordings.) | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/724/]<br> | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:52, 2 April 2023
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GIVE US A DRINK OF WATER [1] (Tabair duinn deoc uisge). AKA and see "Drown Drowth," "Jackson's Jig (5)," "Swaggering Jig (The)," "There is no Milk in the House." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The earliest sound recording of the melody is from Irish-American piper Patrick J. 'Patsy' Touhey [1] (1865 - 1923), who recorded it on a home recording device prior to 1919, in a medley ("Maid on the Green (The)"/"Jackson's"/"A Drink Of Water").
A variant of the second strain of "Give us a drink of water [1]" can be heard set as a reel in the second strains of "Dunmore Fancy (The)" and "Sunny Banks (1)."
