Annotation:Tady's Wattle

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X:1 T:Thady’s Wattle M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe Q:"Moderate & Well Marked" B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 52, p. 21) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 BG BddB|{d}cBcd ef g2|G2 BG Bdgd|ecBc A2G2:| |:g2 (ag/a/) bggd|{f}edef gdBG|g2 (ag/a/) bggd|edcB B2A2| bgaf gfed|egfa gedB|GBAc Bdgd|ecBc A2G2:|]

TADY'S WATTLE (Maide Taidgin). AKA - "Tadie's Wattle," "Thady's Wattle." AKA and see “Comely Jane Downing,” "Maide Taidgin," “Tor(r)y Burn Lasses,” "Torryburn." Irish, Scottish; Reel or Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill): AABB (Levey). 'Tady' i.e. Teddy, from Theodore. ‘Wattle’ refers to a stick. John Glen (1891) finds the earliest appearance of the tune in print in James Aird's 1782 collection as "Tadie's Wattle."

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Printed sources : - Aird (Selections of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 2), c. 1786; p. 5, No. 14 (appears as “Tadie’s Wattle”). R.M. Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 52, p. 21. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 134. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1416, p. 263. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems) 1907; No. 653, p. 117.

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