Annotation:Irish Lawyer (The)

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IRISH LAWYER. English, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The melody, like many in Charles and Samuel Thompson's 1757 collection, first appeared in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 7 (London, 1756). The first strain is similar to that of the air "White Horse (1) (The) in P.W. Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909), who obtained the melody from scupltor Patrick MacDowell.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 92.

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