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'''OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE''' (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "[[Stolen Purse (2) (The)]]." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. See also "[[Rocking the Cradle]]" and "[[Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own]]" for similar song laments.  
'''OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE''' (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "[[Stolen Purse (2) (The)]]." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. Peter Kennedy's "[[Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)]]" is a version of "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse," probably simply a confusion of titles rather than a true alternate. See also "[[Rocking the Cradle]]" and "[[Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own]]" for similar song laments.  
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OLD WOMAN LAMENTING HER PURSE, THE (An sean bean ag caoinead a sporan). AKA and see "Stolen Purse (2) (The)." Irish, Air (6/8 time, "with feeling") or Jig. G Major (Roche): F Major (O'Neill, Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill, Roche). Petrie's setting is a "Munster dance tune" of no great antiquity, although O'Neill seems to consider it an air. Peter Kennedy's "Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)" is a version of "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse," probably simply a confusion of titles rather than a true alternate. See also "Rocking the Cradle" and "Rocking a Baby That's None of My Own" for similar song laments.

Source for notated version: James Fogarty [Petrie].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 560, p. 98. O'Neill (Irish Minstrels and Musicians), 1913; p. 118. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 78, p. 36. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 620, p. 156.

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