Annotation:Humors of Westmeath
Tune properties and standard notation
HUMOURS OF WESTMEATH. AKA and see "Blast of Wind (A)," "Clout (The)," "Cock in the Heath (2)," "Drops of Springwater," "Humors of Caledon (The)," "Kiss in the Furz (1)," "Rakes of Westmeath (1) (The)." Irish, Slip jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. The melody (barred in 6/8 time) appears in a bagpipe tutor by John Geoghegan, printed in London c. 1746. It earlier appeared as "Clout (The)" in a collection of country dances printed by Neale in Dublin, 1726.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Geoghegan (Compleat Tutor for the Pastoral or New Bagpipes), c. 1745-46; p. 27.
Recorded sources: Kells Music 9507, Dervish - "At the End of the Day" (appears as part of "Packie Duignan Set").
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]