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'''I'D RATHER BE MARRIED THAN LEFT''' (B'Fhearr liom a bheith Pósta ná Tréigthe). AKA and see "[[Macks (The)]]." Irish, Slide. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The melody was recorded by Seamus Ennis in January, 1949, from the fiddle playing of Kerry musicians Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy (O'Keeffe's pupil). Alice C. B Bunten, in an article entitled "Irish Songs in the Beggar's Opera" ('''Journal of the Irish Folk Society''', vol. 5, p. 19), identifies the tune as a derivative of the English song "[[Would you Court a Young Virgin of Sixteen Years]]" ([[Would You have a Young Virgin]]) in Gay's 1728 work. She states: "In Charles II's reign [1660-1685] Tom D'Urfey wrote the words of 'Would you Court' &c. for his play '''Modern Prophets''', and used this tune, which was an old one, for it." The tune has a long pedigree-see note for "[[Annotation:Would You have a Young Virgin]]" See also "[[Native (La)]]" in the "[[Lancer's Quadrilles]]." | |f_annotation='''I'D RATHER BE MARRIED THAN LEFT''' (B'Fhearr liom a bheith Pósta ná Tréigthe). AKA and see "[[Macks (The)]]." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The melody was recorded by Seamus Ennis in January, 1949, from the fiddle playing of Kerry musicians Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy (O'Keeffe's pupil). Alice C. B Bunten, in an article entitled "Irish Songs in the Beggar's Opera" ('''Journal of the Irish Folk Society''', vol. 5, p. 19), identifies the tune as a derivative of the English song "[[Would you Court a Young Virgin of Sixteen Years]]" ([[Would You have a Young Virgin]]) in Gay's 1728 work. She states: "In Charles II's reign [1660-1685] Tom D'Urfey wrote the words of 'Would you Court' &c. for his play '''Modern Prophets''', and used this tune, which was an old one, for it." The tune has a long pedigree-see note for "[[Annotation:Would You have a Young Virgin]]" See also "[[Native (La)]]" in the "[[Lancer's Quadrilles]]." | ||
|f_source_for_notated_version= a manuscript dated 1919, written by Michael S. Meany (Tulla, County Clare) for his students. The title with the tune in the ms. is "The Macks" [Breathnach]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II'''), 1976; No. 79 (appears as untitled slide). Breathnach ('''Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. V'''), 1999; No. 78, p. 39. | |||
|f_recorded_sources=RTE CD174, "The Sliabh Luachra Fiddle Master Pádraig O'Keeffe." Spin CD1001, Eoghan O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Paul De Grae - "The Smoky Chimney" (1996). | |||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/885/]<br> | |||
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Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [http://www.irishtune.info/tune/885/]<br> | |||
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I'D RATHER BE MARRIED THAN LEFT (B'Fhearr liom a bheith Pósta ná Tréigthe). AKA and see "Macks (The)." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The melody was recorded by Seamus Ennis in January, 1949, from the fiddle playing of Kerry musicians Padraig O'Keeffe and Denis Murphy (O'Keeffe's pupil). Alice C. B Bunten, in an article entitled "Irish Songs in the Beggar's Opera" (Journal of the Irish Folk Society, vol. 5, p. 19), identifies the tune as a derivative of the English song "Would you Court a Young Virgin of Sixteen Years" (Would You have a Young Virgin) in Gay's 1728 work. She states: "In Charles II's reign [1660-1685] Tom D'Urfey wrote the words of 'Would you Court' &c. for his play Modern Prophets, and used this tune, which was an old one, for it." The tune has a long pedigree-see note for "Annotation:Would You have a Young Virgin" See also "Native (La)" in the "Lancer's Quadrilles."
