Connolly's Ale

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Theme code Index	1315 1H732
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 111
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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CONNOLLY'S ALE. Irish, Air (6/8 time) and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Learned by Joyce as a boy in Co. Limerick, mid-1800's.

On Saturday night you're as willing as I am
To take a full jorum of Connolly's ale.

Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 78 (appears as "Connelly's Ale"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 79, p. 42. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 111.

X:1
T:Connolly's Ale
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs   (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|
GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||B|def gfe|agf edB|
gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||