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Theme code Index	13b52 7bL244
Also known as	Brisk Irish Lad, Mary the Maid, Bung Your Eye, Here Comes a Young Man, Jolly Old Man (The), There Came a Young Man
Composer/Core Source
Region	England, Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, English, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Rag, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	6/8
History	USA/New England"USA/New England" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 106
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
Artist	Biography:Yankee Ingenuity
Title of recording	Kitchen Junket
Record label/Catalogue nr.	F&W Records 2
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BRISK YOUNG LAD('S), THE. AKA and see "Brisk Irish Lad," "Mary the Maid," "Bung Your Eye," "Here Comes a Young Man," "Jolly Old Man (The)," "There Came A Young Man." Irish, English, American; Slide or Jig. USA, New England. G Minor (Raven): A Minor (Cole, Miller & Perron, Tolman). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composition credited to one Tom Doyle in Ryan's Mammoth Collection. Don Meade points out that the set dance Hurry the Jug is based on this jig. The tune is also popular in Scotland as a pipe jig where it can be found with a variety of titles: "Big Headed Man (The)" (Fear a' Chinn Mhòir)," "Bride's Jig (The)," "Fear an Dùin-Mhòr" (He of the Big Fort), "Lord Dunmore," "Man with the Big Head (The)," "Mary the Maid," "There Came a Braw Lad to My Daddy's Door," "There Came a Young Man," "There was a Young Man," "Traverse the Rough Hills," "Travelling the Rugged Country" (Shiulbhail na Garbhlich). See also the Cape Breton variant "Here Comes a Young Man."

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 74. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. or p. 31. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1983; No. 16. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 118. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 106. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 1.

Recorded source: F&W Records 2, "F&W String Band 2." Fretless 200a, Yankee Ingenuity--"Kitchen Junket."

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T:Brisk Young Lad's, The 
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Amin
E | (A>B)A c2d | edc (B2.A) | (G>A)G B2c | dge dBG | (A>B)A c2d | edc Bcd | 
(e2.A) AB^G | (A3a2) :: B | (c>de/f/) (g2.a) | gec gec | (G>AB/c/) (d2.e) | 
dBg dBG | (c>de/f/) (g2.a) | gec de^g | (a2.A) AB^G | (A3a2) :||

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