Annotation:Five-Leaved Clover (2) (The)
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FIVE LEAVED/LEAF CLOVER [2], THE (Seamrog Na Cuig Duille). AKA and see "Bridie Morley's," "Old Bush (1) (The)," "Captain Rock (2)," "Lasses of Bally Cahill," "Long Hills of Mourne (The)," "My love she wears a dandy," "My Love is but a Lassie Yet (3)," "Sceach (An)." Irish, Reel. A Minor (O'Neill/1915): A Dorian (O/Neill/1001): A Minor/Mixolydian (Phillips): A Major (O'Neill/1850). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (Phillips). The tonality is blurred to a great extent between minor and major versions (often A mixolydian/d mixolydian), as the 'C' note can be either sharped or natural. An early version of the reel can be found in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Siabh Luachra musician D. Curtin (No. 38, p. 15 [1]) under the title "Lasses of Bally Cahill."
See also the variants "Bridie Morley's" (the name of a set recorded by flute player John McKenna which includes "Hunter's Purse (The)," recorded by the great Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran), "Sceach (An)."
A version of the tune can be found in volume 1 (p. 249) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman under the title "My love she wears a dandy." Goodman also entered a version of the tune in volume 2 of his collection as "My Love is but a Lassie Yet (3)." Compare also with "Hetty's Wishes" from the c. 1865 Gunn Manuscript of County Fermanagh.
