Annotation:Cat that Ate the Candle (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
CAT THAT ATE THE CANDLE [1], THE (An Cat d'ith an Choinneal). AKA and see "The Morning Star [6]." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1963) notes that Hardebeck has a faulty version he calls "The Morning Star."
Source for notated version: piper Tommy Reck/Tomas Riabhach (Ireland), who had the tune from piper Seán Potts [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 153, p. 61.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1008, Tommy Reck - "At Stone in the Field" (1977)