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The jig is one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the Irish repertoire, and has even spread to other genres. It is, for example, one of the commonly played jigs for English rapper sword dancing (along with "Blackthorn Stick (The)" and "Ten-Penny Bit (The)"), and is a staple for contra dancing. Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier entered the jig as "Connaught Man's Rambles" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection.

...more at: Connaughtman's Rambles - full Score(s) and Annotations

X:1 T:Connaught Man's Rambles [1], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:R.M. Levey - First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 29, p. 12) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Amin V:1 clef=treble name="1." [V:1] "Quick"(G/F/)|EGG cGG|AGG cGG|EGG cde|dcB AGE| EGG cGG|AGG cde|gfe fed|ecA A2:| |:g|(ea)a (eg)g|(ea)a (ge)d|(ea)a (eg)g|e{a}g^f ged| (ea)a (eg)g|(ea)a (ge)d|c>(d/e/f/) ged|ecA A2:|]

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-|f_track=Cuckolds All in a Row.mp3
+|f_track=The Connaughtmans Rambles.mp3
-|f_pdf=Cuckolds All In A Row.pdf
+|f_pdf=Connaughmans Rambles.pdf
-|f_artwork=Cuckold.jpg
+|f_artwork=Connaught.png
-|f_tune_name=Cuckolds All in a Row
+|f_tune_name=Connaughtman's Rambles
-|f_track_title=Cuckolds All in a Row
+|f_track_title=Connaughtman's_Rambles_(1)_(The)
 |f_section=abc
-|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/erasmustalbot-music Erasmus Talbot]
+|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/trad-tune-collection Fionnlagh Ballantine]
-|f_notes=François Bunel, Actors of the Commedia Dell'Arte (c. 1590s).
+|f_notes= Kylemore Abbey, County Galway, Connaught (Connacht), Ireland.
-|f_caption=As with many Playford country dance tunes, the melody was also saw service as vehicle for a ballad, registered in the Stationer's Register on June, 9, 1637, with words that are now lost but which began: "Not long ago, as all alone I lay upon my bed..." It was used as a party tune by the Cavaliers, according to Chappell (1859), who states that they sang the words of "Hey, boys, up go we" and "London's true character" to the tune.
+|f_caption=Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta.
-|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/erasmustalbot-music/cuckolds-all-in-a-row Soundcloud]
+|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/trad-tune-collection/jig-the-connaughtmans-rambles Soundcloud]
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-|f_article=[[Cuckolds All in a Row | '''Cuckolds All in a Row''']]
+|f_article=[[Connaughtman's_Rambles_(1)_(The) | '''Connaughtman's Rambles''']]
-The latter song heaped abuse on the citizens of that town for siding against the King in the civil wars, and began "You coward-hearted citizens..."; it is printed in '''Rats rhimed to Death; or, The Rump Parliament hanged in the Shambles''' (1660) and in both editions of '''Loyal Songs written against the Rump Parliament'''. "Culcolds All a Row" is mentioned in the older song "O London in a fine town." Cuckoldry was frequently the topic of comic productions and ordinary jests in the early decades of the 17th century. Keith Whitlock ("John Playford's The English Dancing Master 1650/1 as Cultural Politics", '''Folk Music Journal''', vol. 7, No. 5, 1999)  suggests this stemmed from the annulment by King James VI/I of the marriage between the Earl of Essex and Lady Frances Howard, which resulted in a famous scandal and murder. The two principals were both barely out of puberty when they were wed in a political union, but quckly separated before the marriage could be consummated. Essex was sent abroad on an extended tour, and meanwhile Frances had found a new love in the 1st Earl of Somerset.  When he returned they spurned one another, each decrying the incompatibility of the other; Frances's virginity was physically checked by committee, but a stand-in may have actually been examined. Sir Thomas Overbury, a close friend and advisor of Somerset, had tried to advise Somerset of the unsuitability of Frances, but the Howard family was anxious to see them wed, if only they could free her of her previous commitment to Essex. They were able to maneuver Overbury into disfavor with the King and he was imprisoned and then poisoned, allegedly by Frances and Somerset. This removed the last obstacle to Frances and Somerset and they were married, but the crime was revealed and the couple sent to the Tower of London.  She was found guilty in a subsequent trail but spared execution, and was eventually pardoned by the King and released in early 1622.  Cuckolds became the subject of ridicule in period broadside ballads and masquerades.
+The jig is one of the most enduring and popular pieces in the Irish repertoire, and has even spread to other genres. It is, for example, one of the commonly played jigs for English rapper sword dancing (along with "[[Blackthorn Stick (The)]]" and "[[Ten-Penny Bit (The)]]"), and is a staple for contra dancing. Connaught was one of the five old provinces of Ireland (along with Ulster, Leinster, Meath, and Munster), named for the ancient tribe who lived there, the Connachta. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). County Leitrim piper and fiddler [[biography:Stephen Grier]] entered the jig as "Connaught Man's Rambles" in Book 3 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection.
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