Time o' Day (The)
TIME O' DAY, THE. Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Collector George Petrie (1855) notes: “same melody as ‘Ride a Mile.’” Northumbrian musician and researcher Matt Seattle finds “Time o’ Day” to be a derivative of the Scottish “Woo’d and Married and a’ “. Source for notated version: “From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 59. Kennedy (Fiddler’s Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 85, p. 20. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 88. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 978, p. 249. X:1 T:Time o’ Day, The M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin g | BcB B2A G2A | B2d ded d2g | BcB B2A G2A | Bde e2d e2g | BcB B2A G2A | B2d ded d2g | BcB B2A G2A | Bde e2d e2 || B | def gag fed | B2d d2c d2g | D2c B2A G2A | B2e e2d e3 | def gag fed | B2d d2c d2g | d2c B2A G2A | B2e e2d e2 ||