Annotation:I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet (2)
X:1 T:I'm O'er Young to Marry Yet [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Strathspey S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A | (A<D) (D>E) (F>E) (F<A) | (A<D) (D>E) (F<E)(EA) | (A<D) (D>E) (F>E) (F<A) | (B>c)d>B (A<F)(EA) | (A<D) (D>E) (F>E) (F<A) | (A<D) (D>E) (F<E)(EA) | (A<D) (D>E) (F>E) (F<A) | (B>c)d>B (A<F) E || A | (d>e)(d>e) (cd/c/) (.B.A) | (B>c)d>B (A<F)(FA) | d>ed>e (cd/c/) (.B.A) | B>cd>B (A<F) (.E.A) | (d>e)(d>e) (cd/c/) (.B.A) | (B>c)d>B (A<F)(FA) | d>ed>e (cd/c/) (.B.A) | B>cd>B (A<F) E ||
I'M O'ER YOUNG TO MARRY YET [2]. AKA and see "I'm Ow're Young, "Limerick Races," "Not too Young to Marry yet." Scottish, Strathspey. D Major (Cole): F Major (Hardings). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Boston publisher Elias Howe printed the tune in 2/4 time in his section of Irish Airs as "Limerick Races" in Musician's Omnibus No. 3 (1866, p. 220). Set as a reel, the tune was in the repertoire of church-band flute player Michael Harris of Cornwall, England, under the title "Not too Young to Marry yet."
