Bride's Favourite (The)

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Theme code Index	13 11H 24 11H
Also known as	Bride's Favorite (The), Barness Gap, King of the Pipers (The), O'Brien's
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AA'BB'CC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Bulmer & Sharpley
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music from Ireland vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 60
Year of publication/Date of MS	1974
Artist	Biography:Leo Rowsome
Title of recording	King of the Pipers
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Claddagh CC1
Year recorded	1959
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BRIDE'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Barness Gap," "The King of the Pipers," "O'Brien's." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC. This three-part jig is sometimes credited to the great Co. Mayo/New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), although this cannot be verified. The titles of this tune and "Tansey's Favourite [2]" were reversed on the Steeleye Span album "Below the Salt."

Sources for notated versions: sessions from the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 1, No. 60. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 198, p. 61. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 37, p. 16. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 10. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 36.

Recorded source: See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2].

X:1
T:Bride's Favourite, The
R:jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:G
D|~G3 BAB|GBd gdB|AFD cBA|GBd gdB|~G3 ~B3|
GBd gdB|AFD cBA|1 BGF G2:|2 BGF GBd||
|:g2a f2a|gdB GBd|~g3 fed|egf e2f|
~g3 gaf|gdB GBd|AFD cBA|1 BGF GBd:|2 BGF G2D||
|:GBd ~g3|edc BcA|GBd g2g|faf g2a|bgb afa|~g3 fdf|ed^c def|gaf gdB:||