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PATRICK’S POT. AKA and see “Carrickfergus (3).” Irish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. St. Patrick’s Pot was a never-emptying can; popularly, it was the ever-filled tumbler of spirits. The tune appears in P.M. Haverty’s One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 2 (New York, 1859). Cape Breton fiddle Donald MacLellan recorded the jig on 78 RPM disc as “Carrickfergus.”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Burchenal (Rinnci na h-Éireann), 1925; p. 133.

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-'''PATRICK’S POT.'''  AKA and see “[[Carrickfergus (3)]].” Irish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. St. Patrick’s Pot was a never-emptying can; popularly, it was the ever-filled tumbler of spirits. A tune by this name appears in Haverty’s '''One Hundred Irish Airs''' (New York, 1858), although it may not be the same as the jig “[[Carrickfergus (3)]].” Cape Breton fiddle Donald MacLellan recorded the jig on 78 RPM disc as “Carrickfergus.”
+'''PATRICK’S POT.'''  AKA and see “[[Carrickfergus (3)]].” Irish, Jig. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. St. Patrick’s Pot was a never-emptying can; popularly, it was the ever-filled tumbler of spirits. The tune appears in P.M. Haverty’s '''One Hundred Irish Airs, vol. 2''' (New York, 1859). Cape Breton fiddle Donald MacLellan recorded the jig on 78 RPM disc as “Carrickfergus.”
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