Annotation:Hare in the Corn (2)

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HARE IN THE CORN [2] (An Gearrfiad 'San Arbar). AKA and see "Old Hag in the Corner (The)." Irish (originally), American; Jig. D Mixolydian (also in A mixolydian). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Not apparently related to "Hare in the Corner (1). Captain Francis O'Neill wrote (in Irish Folk Music, 1910) that he took this tune from "an American collection," presumably the version from Ryan's Mammoth Collection, in which the notatation is identical (Carolan, 1997). Breathnach (1985) states that O'Neill's second part does not go with the "Hare in the Corn" tune. Pete Stewart found a cognate melody in a manuscript dating from 1760 under the title "Whore in the Corner (The)." See also the related "Art O'Keeffe's (1)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 56. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 767, p. 143. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 49, p. 25. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883.

X:11
T:The whore in the corner
S:NLS Adv 5.2.25
N:original key Dmix
M:6/8
L:1/8
Z:Pete Stewart
K:Amix
g|f/g/af g2e|faf g2e|a/g/fe aec|BBBB2g|
faf g2e|faf g2e|a/g/fe aec|AAAA2:|]
e|A2e ece|fdf ece|fdf edc|BBBB2d|
A2e ece|fdf ece|a/g/fe aec|AAA A2:\}

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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