Annotation:Paddy the Weaver

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PADDY THE WEAVER. AKA and see "Basket of Oysters (1)." Irish, Jig. D Major (Wilson): D Minor (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Compare O’Neill’s “Paddy the Weaver” in Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922) with “Black Rogue (2)." The minor tonality version seems to be a better tonal ‘fit’ for the melody (the notes are identical to the major version, save for the 'c' notes are sharped in the 2nd strain).

Source for notated version: copied from Wilson’s Companion to the Ballroom (1816) [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 147, p. 36. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 119. Wilson (Companion to the Ball Room), 1816; p. 97.

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