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'''OLD MOTHER GOOSE.''' AKA and see "[[Irish Jig (5)]], "[[Lep Up]]." Irish (?), Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See also the related "[[Don't Leave Me Alone]]." The melody appears as an untitled jig in the mid-19th century collections of John Clinton, P.M. Haverty, and R.M. Levey. | '''OLD MOTHER GOOSE.''' AKA and see "[[Irish Jig (5)]], "[[Lep Up]]." Irish (?), Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See also the related "[[Don't Leave Me Alone]]." The melody appears as an untitled jig in the mid-19th century collections of John Clinton, P.M. Haverty, and R.M. Levey. Researcher Conor Ward found a version of the melody in Fleischmann's '''Sources of Irish Traditional Music, c. 1600-1855, vol. 2''' (New York, 1998, No. 5294), sourced to T.S. Cooke's opera '''Mother Goose''', which explains the title in '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection.''' | ||
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OLD MOTHER GOOSE. AKA and see "Irish Jig (5), "Lep Up." Irish (?), Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. See also the related "Don't Leave Me Alone." The melody appears as an untitled jig in the mid-19th century collections of John Clinton, P.M. Haverty, and R.M. Levey. Researcher Conor Ward found a version of the melody in Fleischmann's Sources of Irish Traditional Music, c. 1600-1855, vol. 2 (New York, 1998, No. 5294), sourced to T.S. Cooke's opera Mother Goose, which explains the title in Ryan's Mammoth Collection.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 56. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 55, p. 13. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 86. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 24, p. 5.
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