Annotation:Money in Both Pockets (1)
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MONEY IN BOTH POCKETS [1] ("Airgiod Ann Gac Pocad" or "Airgead in Gac Poca"). AKA and see "Trip to Galloway (2)." Scottish, English, Irish, American; (Slow, directs Gow) Jig. England; North-West. D Major (most versions): C Major (O'Neill). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Raven): AAB (Gow): AABB (most versions): AABBCC (O'Farrell): AABBCCDD (Petrie). An early American country dance by the same name is printed in Morrison. According to Johnson the tune and/or the dance dates to c. 1785, although there are several printings around that time, including Robert Petrie's 1790 collection and Malcolm MacDonald's c. 1792 printing in his third collection. It is the same contra dance Johnson prints for the tune "Maid of the Mill (1)."
Source for notated version: Lefty Head via George Penk (Portland, Oregon) [Songer].
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 355. Gow (Third Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 3rd ed., 1792; p. 30. Johnson (Twenty-Eight Country Dances as Done at the New Boston Fair), vol. 8, 1988; p. 7. Johnson (A Further Collection of Dances, Marches, Minuetts and Duetts of the Latter 18th Century), 1998; p. 11 (arranged as a duet). Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 121, p. 30. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 49, p. 40. Knowles (Northern Frisk), 1988; No. 128. MacDonald (A Third Collection of Strathspey Reels), c. 1792; p. 8. Morrison, 1976; p. 33. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. II), c. 1806; p. 152. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 746, p. 139. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 35, p. 22. Petrie (Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances), 1790; p. 11. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 118. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 138.
Recorded sources: North Star NS0038, "The Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge Village." The New England Tradition - "The New England Tradition."
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []