Annotation:Trip it up Stairs (1)

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X:1 T:Trip it up stairs [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Goodman obtained the tune from the Swan Manuscript S:The mid-19th cent. music manuscript collection of James Goodman (County Cork, p. 113) F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=116&z=314.5576%2C1109.1778%2C7374.2874%2C4466.6667 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Edor G2A B2G|A2G FGA|B2E EFE|B2E EFE| G2A B2c|d2A BAG|F2D DED|F2D DED:| |:d2d dAF|DFA dAF|G2E EFE|G2E EFE| dcd edc|dcB ABG|F2D DED|F2D DED:| |:g2g gag|f2 f fgf|e2e e2g|bge e2f| gfg agf|edc BAG|F2D DED|F2D DED:|]


TRIP IT UP STAIRS [1] (Rit suas na staigrib/staigride). AKA and see "Puddle the Butter," "Up and Down the Stairs." Irish, Single Jig (6/8 time). G Major/D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The tune was entered twice[1] into the mid-19th century music manuscript of uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman [1], set in two different keys. Brendan Breathnach collected a slide/single jig version as "Up and Down the Stairs" (Suas agus Síos an Staighre).


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Printed sources : - Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 186, p. 43. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 292, p. 32. R.M. Levey (First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland), 1858; No. 6, p. 3. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 206, p. 111. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 817, p. 152. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 372, p. 76.





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  1. ↑ See Goodman Book 1, p. 113, and Book 2, p. 55.
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