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Tune properties and standard notation
IRISH RAGG. AKA and see "Around the House," "Merrily Kissed the Quaker--New Set." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody, which is still part of the living tradition, appears in Burke Thumoth's collection of c. 1750 and Brysson's A Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes with Variations to which is appended "Fifty Favourite Irish Airs" (Edinburgh, 1790).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources:
Recorded sources: Shanachie 79026, The Chieftains - " Bonaparte's Retreat" (appears as first tune of Around the House and Mind the Dresser set).