Annotation:I'm Ready Now

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I'M READY NOW (Taim Raid Anois). AKA and see "Basket of Oysters (4) (The) (Goodman), "Is Trua gan Peata 'n Mhaoir agam (1)," "Mother and Child Reel (The)," "Mulvey's Reel," "Our House at Home," "Patha gal do vaher/Peata geal do mháther," "Your Mother’s Fair Pet." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (O'Neill/1850): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The tune is a member of a large tune family that has variants as both song airs and dance tunes, dating at least to the early 19th century, with versions found in both Munster and Connaght. The first strain is also cognate with the first strain of "Monaghan Twig (1)." See note for "Annotation:Our House at Home" for more.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 125. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1362, p. 254.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 78030, Danú – "Think Before You Think" (2000).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Comhaltas Archive [3]