Wild Irishman (4) (The)

Tune annotations

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X:3
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T:Wild Irishman [4], The  
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson’s Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc’s:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:E
e2f g2e|a2f g2e|e2f gfe|d3 f3|
e2f g2e|a2f g2d|egb afd|e3 E3:|
|:bge c3|Bdf fdB|Bdf fdB|f2g a3|
bge c3|Bdf fdB|egb afd|e3 E3:||

X:1
%
T:Wild Irish Man [4], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Morris music copybook (1777-1778)
N:Morris was a fifer with Capt. William Tucker’s Company,
N:First Regiment, Hunterdon County Militia, New Jersey\
N:Transcribed as it appears in the ms.  
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B2|d2e f2d|g2e f2d|d2e fed|c2 e2 d e| 
f2d g2e|f2d fga|gfe d2 d2:|
|:e2|fed c2A|AcA c2g|fed cBA|c23g fed|
c2B BcB|c2g (fga) |gfe d2d2:|]

X:1
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T:Wild Irish Man [4], The 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:McGlashan – Collection of Scots Measures  (c. 1780-81, p. 36)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|d2e f2d|g2e f2d|d2e fed|c3 e3|
d2e f2d|g2e f2d|f2a gfe|d3 d3:|
|:g|fed cBA|ABA cBA|ABA cBA|e3 g3|
fed cBA|ABA cBA|dfa gec|d3 d3:|

X:2
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T:Wild Irishman, The  [4]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:The Hibernian Muse 1787
Z:Paul Kinder
K:D
A|d2 e f2 d|g2 e f2 d|d2 e fed|c2 d e3|
d2 e f2 d|g2 e f2 d|fga gec|d3 d2:|
|:g|fed c2 A|ABA c2 A|fed c2 A|c3 e3|
fed c2 A|ABA c2 A|fga gec|d3 d2:||

X:1
%
T:Wild Irishman [4]
M:2/4
L:1/8
N:Most versions of this tune set in 6/8 time
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed 
B:with Basses, vol. 1 (Dublin, 1804, No. 10)
F:http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90673324/f6.image
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d>efa|(3gfe fe>d|d>e (3fed|c2e2|
d>efa|(3gfe f>d|(3fga (3gfe|d2d2:|
|:(3fed c>A|(3ABA c>A|)(3ABA (3cAc|e2^g2|
(3aed c>A|(3ABA c>A|(3fga (3gfe|d2 D2:|]

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