Annotation:McDonnell's Rant

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McDONNELL'S (SLIP JIG). AKA - "McDonnell's Rant." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The dates for the O'Farrell collection, printed by John Gow in London, England, vary; O'Neill gives 1797, while Pat Sky gives 1804, based on an entry in the Stationer's Hall Registers.

Source for notated version: copied from O'Farrell's National Irish Music (1797) [O'Neill].'

Printed sources: Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 7, p. 108. O'Farrell (National Irish Music for the Union Pipes), 1804; p. 23 (appears as "McDonnell's Rant"). O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 188 (appears as "McDonnell's Rant").

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