Annotation:Tear the Calico (1)
X:1 T:Tear the Calico (1) R:Reel B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 236, no. 1255 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G GE (3EEE (cA)BG|AGEG A2(BA)|GEEE cABG|AFGE D2 D2| G>E (3EEE (cA)BG|AGEG A2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|GEDE G2 GE|| BddB cABG|AGEG A2(Ac)|BddB cABG|AFGE D2 D2| BddB cABG|AGEG A2 A2|BddB cABG|AGAB c2(BA)|| G2(BG) G2(BG)|AGEG AcBA|G2(BG) G2(BG)|AFGE D2 D2| G2(BG) G2(BG)|AGEG AcBA|dBcA BGAF|GEDE G2 G2|]
TEAR THE CALICO [1] (“Strac an Eadaig/Cadas” or “Stróic an Ceaileacó”). Irish, Reel. G Major (E Minor?). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Hemisphere 7243 8 31216 25, The Bothy Band - “Celtic Graces” (1994. Appears as “Rip the Calico”). Mulligan, The Bothy Band - “Out of the Wind into the Sun” (1977. Appears as “Rip the Calico”).