Annotation:Mopsy's Tune (the Old Way)

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MOPSY'S TUNE; THE OLD WAY. AKA and see "Mopsi-dôn: yr hên fford," "The Welsh Jig." Welsh, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). The melody is a version of the Irish jig "Priest and his Boots (1)/Priest in his Boots (1)" (Sagart na mBuatasi).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Jones (Musical, Poetical and Historical Relicks of the Welsh Bards, vol. 2), 1802; p. 105. Blodau'r Grug Collection vol. 2

Recorded sources:

See also listing at:
Hear the tune played on Welsh bagpipes on youtube [1]

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