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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.
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.
Printed sources: 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||