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X:1
T:Humors of Winter, The
C:Mahoney
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 922
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
F | GAG GBd | gfe dBG | cde dfg | abg fed |
GAG GBd | gfe dBG | cde dgB | dcA G2 :|
|: B | BcB Bef | gfe e^de | fdB fdB | ge^d eBG |
BcB Bef | gfe e^de | fgf Bgf | e3 d2 :|
HUMORS OF WINTER, THE. AKA - "Sugra na geimread." AKA and see "Sleeping on a Doorstep." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune, substantially the same save for some slight differences in the second strain, was printed in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) under the title "Sleeping on a Doorstep" and was attributed in that publication to one 'Conn. Regan'.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "Mahoney" [O'Neill]. Paul de Grae credits the source as 'Patrick Mahoney'[1]. A 'Mahony' is credited as the source for one other tune in the O'Neill collections, "Jack Loughlin," and perhaps refers to the same person (despite the difference in spelling). No individual with a surname by either spelling appears in the membership of Chicago's Irish Music Club. While no connection has been established, Chief O'Neill was known to have peppered the Chicago police force with musicians needing steady employment. There was a Patrolman Patrick Mahoney who was a Chicago policeman at the beginning of the 20th century, prior to O'Neill's retirement as Chief. Unfortunately, Patrolman Maloney was found to be complicit in a jewelry theft at Bernard Hagamann's South Side store on Aug. 30, 1901.
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 42. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 922, p. 172.
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- ↑ Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017 [1].
