Annotation:Mist on the Meadow (1) (The)
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MIST ON THE MEADOW, THE. AKA – “The Mist in the Meadow.” AKA and see “Castlebar Boy (The),” “Castlebar Jig (The),” “Castlebar Races,” "Mist in the Glen," "Scotsman Over the Border,” “Thrush in the Straw (1) (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Carlin, Flaherty): AABB (Tubridy). The Lough Gill Quartet (named after a lake in County Sligo) recorded the tune under the title “Mist on the Meadow” on a 78 RPM in Dublin in 1941. See also related tunes "Carraroe Jig (The)” and “Morrison’s Fancy" (O’Neill, Waifs and Strays, No. 197).
Source for notated version: flute player Sonny McDonagh (b. 1926, Rinnarogue, Bunninadden, Co.) [Flaherty].
Printed sources: Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 255, p. 146. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 122. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 34.
Recorded sources: Topic TSCD 602, Lough Gill Quartet – “Irish Dance Music” (1995. A reissue of the 1941 original).
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