Annotation:Bring out Your Wife and Air Her
X:1 T:Bring out your Wife and Air Her M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 271, p. 56) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=55&z=193.5938%2C1504.9461%2C3106.4674%2C1258.8443 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador gf|eAAG ABcA|BAGA G2 BG|EAAG ABcd|eaag e2 dg| eAAG ABcA|BAGA G2 Bd|eaag edef|gedB A2|| eaag e2 dc|BAGA Bc d2|eaab a2 ga|baga bag| eaag e2 dc|BAGA BcdB|cdef g2 af|gedB A2||
BRING OUT YOUR WIFE AND AIR HER. Irish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. "Bring out Your Wife and Air Her" is contained in the c. 1883 music manuscript collection ofNewpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh,County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier(c.1824-1894),The first strain is cognate with the "Gossan that Beat His Father (The)" family of tunes, related to "Lochiel's Rant/Lochiel's Awa' in France."
