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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.
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.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 289, p. 32.
Recorded sources: