Cúnla

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Theme code Index	3257 5634
Also known as	Brístín Mire (An), Friar's Breeches, Friar's Britches, Frieze Breeches (1), Frieze Britches (1), Gallagher's (1), I Buried My Wife, " "I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her, On St. Patrick's Day I was Gay, Trumlo (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Planxty
Title of recording	Well Below the Valley (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 79010
Year recorded	1973
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CUNLA. AKA and see "(An) Brístín Mire," "Friar's Breeches," "Friar's Britches," "Frieze Breeches/Britches [1]," "Gallagher's [1]," "I Buried My Wife (and Danced On Top of Her)," "On St. Patrick's Day I was Gay," "The Trumlo." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'DD'. "Cunla" is the name of a song sung to the tune, about a puckka, or imp.

Printed source: Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 26.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 79010, Planxty - "The Well Below the Valley." Shanachie 79012, Planxty - "The Planxty Collection" (1974).

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