Annotation:Will You Come Down to Limerick? (1)

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WILL YOU COME DOWN TO LIMERICK? [1] (A tiocfad tu sios go Luimnaig?). AKA and see “Follow Me Down to Limerick,” "Munster Gimlet," “Plumkum.” Irish, Slip Jig. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Mitchell): AA'BC (O’Neill): AA’BCDEE’F (Mitchell). See also the related “Whack at the Whigs (A).”

Member of the Irish Music Club, Chicago, c. 1903. John Ennis is in the middle row, 4th from the left.

Sources for notated versions: Chicago police patrolman, piper and flute player John Ennis, originally from County Kildare [O’Neill]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; accordion maker and musician Martin Connolly (Ennis) [Treoir]. Claddagh 4CC 32, Willie Clancy – “The Pipering of Willie Clancy, Vol. 1” (1980).

Printed sources: Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 62. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 46, p. 56 & No. 58, p. 63 (two versions). O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 216, p. 115. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 80. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1121, p. 212. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 415, p. 82. Treoir, vol. 37, No. 4, 2005; p. 25.

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]



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