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'''BROWN MALLET, THE'''. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish musician and researcher Paul de Grae finds the song in John O'Daly's (1800-1878) '''Poets and Poetry of Munster''' (1849, 1860) as "The Plug of Tobacco" (Smachdaoin Crón). O'Daly explains that the title refers to a stash of tobacco, the end result (like a 'dime' of marijuana) of extensive smuggling networks for tea and tobacco in Munster in the mid-19th century to avoid crushing excise taxes. | '''BROWN MALLET, THE'''. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish musician and researcher Paul de Grae finds the song in John O'Daly's (1800-1878) '''Poets and Poetry of Munster''' (1849, 1860) as "The Plug of Tobacco" (Smachdaoin Crón). O'Daly explains that the title refers to a stash of tobacco, the end result (like a 'dime' of marijuana) of extensive smuggling networks for tea and tobacco in Munster in the mid-19th century to avoid crushing excise taxes. | ||
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Revision as of 09:33, 6 May 2019
BROWN MALLET, THE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Irish musician and researcher Paul de Grae finds the song in John O'Daly's (1800-1878) Poets and Poetry of Munster (1849, 1860) as "The Plug of Tobacco" (Smachdaoin Crón). O'Daly explains that the title refers to a stash of tobacco, the end result (like a 'dime' of marijuana) of extensive smuggling networks for tea and tobacco in Munster in the mid-19th century to avoid crushing excise taxes.
Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 448, p. 78.
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© 1996-2010 Andrew Kuntz. All Rights Reserved.
Engraver Valerio M. Pelliccioni