Annotation:Nine Points of Knavery (The)
NINE POINTS OF KNAVERY. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The only appearance of this tune is in the Forde Collection, a portion of which was published by P.W. Joyce. William Forde (c. 1759-1850) was a distinguished musician from County Cork, who collected primarily in Munster, but also from trips made to 19th century County Leitrim, Sligo, Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Forde collected "Nine Points of Knavery" from James Blair, who was at the time a stipendiary magistrate in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, although he was originally from County Armagh. See also the similarly-titled (but musically different) "Nine Points of Roguery (The)" and the musically similar Scottish tune "Nine Pint Coggie (2)." The Irish title "Nine Points of Knavery" may be a miss-hearing of "Nine Pint Coggie."
Source for notated version: Mr. James Blair, Armagh, via collector William Forde [Joyce].
Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 447, p. 251.
Recorded sources: Drumlin Records, The McNamara Family - "Leitrim's Hidden Treasures" (1999).