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|f_annotation='''THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE [2]''''''. '''Scottish, Reel (4/4 or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Howe): AABB (Sweet). "This is No My Ain Lassie [2]" is arelative of "[[This is no my ain Hoose]]." Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune cognate with an Irish polka family with a variety of titles: "[[Dark Girl (The)]]," "[[Des Tarrant's Polka]]," "[[Paddy Cronin's Favorite]]" and "[[Dark Girl Dressed in Blue]] | |f_annotation='''THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE [2]''''''. '''Scottish, Reel (4/4 or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Howe): AABB (Sweet). "This is No My Ain Lassie [2]" is arelative of "[[This is no my ain Hoose]]." Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune cognate with an Irish polka family with a variety of titles: "[[Dark Girl (The)]]," "[[Des Tarrant's Polka]]," "[[Paddy Cronin's Favorite]]" and "[[Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (3) (The)]]" They find the tune as "This is no' my ain Lassie" in the c. 1930 music manuscript collections of Alex Sutherland (1874-1969) of Toome, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim, "and found on a loose sheet in a fiddle manuscript collection belonging to his student Mary Kate Gaffney (1919-1994) or Carrikmakeegan, Drumreillly, Co. Leitrim. It also appears in the Reilly MSS transcribed by fiddlers who were Sutherland's neighbors"<ref>Personal communication from Conor Ward, 3.11.2020). </ref> | ||
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'THIS IS NO MY AIN LASSIE [2]'. Scottish, Reel (4/4 or 2/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Howe): AABB (Sweet). "This is No My Ain Lassie [2]" is arelative of "This is no my ain Hoose." Researchers Fr. John Quinn and Conor Ward find the tune cognate with an Irish polka family with a variety of titles: "Dark Girl (The)," "Des Tarrant's Polka," "Paddy Cronin's Favorite" and "Dark Girl Dressed in Blue (3) (The)" They find the tune as "This is no' my ain Lassie" in the c. 1930 music manuscript collections of Alex Sutherland (1874-1969) of Toome, Drumreilly, Co. Leitrim, "and found on a loose sheet in a fiddle manuscript collection belonging to his student Mary Kate Gaffney (1919-1994) or Carrikmakeegan, Drumreillly, Co. Leitrim. It also appears in the Reilly MSS transcribed by fiddlers who were Sutherland's neighbors"[1]
The tune was paired with "My Love is but a Lassie" for a set of polkas recorded in 1928 in New York by Leitrim flute player John McKenna and Sligo fiddler James Morrison, a set that is popularly played today, remarks Conor.
- ↑ Personal communication from Conor Ward, 3.11.2020).