Connolly's Ale

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 Theme code Index    1315 1H732
 Also known as    
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    Ireland/Munster"Ireland/Munster" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
 Tune and/or Page number    p. 111
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1883
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CONNOLLY'S ALE. Irish, Air (6/8 time) and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Learned by Joyce as a boy in Co. Limerick, mid-1800's.

On Saturday night you're as willing as I am
To take a full jorum of Connolly's ale.


Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 78 (appears as "Connelly's Ale"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 79, p. 42. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 111.


X:1
T:Connolly's Ale
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs   (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|
GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||B|def gfe|agf edB|
gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||