Biddy I'm Not Jesting
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X:1
T:Biddy I'm Not Jesting
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
Z:Paul Kinder
K:G
D2|DEGA B2 AG|AGAB d2 BG|E2 DB, DEGA|B2 A>A A2 D2|
DEGA B2 AG|AGAB d2 BG|E2 DB, DEGA|B2 G>G G2:|
|:D2|GABd e2 ge|dBGE c2 Bc|dBGE DEGA|B2 A>A A2 D2|
DEGA B2 AG|AGAB d2 BG|E2 DB, DEGA|B2 G>G G2:||
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BIDDY, I'M NOT JESTING. Irish (originally), New England; March (4/4 or 2/4 time). G Major (O'Neill, Reiner & Anick): A Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB'AB (Reiner & Ancik).
Sources for notated versions: piper Paddy Coneely (Galway) [Stanford/Petrie]; Adirondack, New York, fiddler and former lumberjack Larry Older via Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Reiner & Anick].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1817, p. 341. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 67. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 47. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 307, p. 77.
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