Annotation:Irish Lilt (3) (An)

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IRISH LILT [3], AN. AKA and see "Charmante (La)," "Jig of Johnny Macgill (The), "Scheme (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major (Aird, O'Neill): B Flat Major (Clinton): G Major (Haverty). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody (and dance instructions) were published in 1757 in France by dancing master Robert Daubat under the title "Charmante (La)," but its publication was predated by an appearance in several of London publisher John Walsh's publications under the title "Scheme (The)." The "Irish Lilt" title also appears in the mid-19th music manuscript collection of County Cork Anglican cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman [1]. The second strain is similar to (and perhaps cognate) with the second strain of "Top of Cork Road (1) (The)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 1), 1782; No. 196, p. 68. Clinton (Gems of Ireland: 200 Airs), 1841; No. 131, p. 66. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2), 1858; No. 135, p. 62. Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 63, p. 25. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 184; p. 101.

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