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COMB YOUR HAIR AND CURL IT (Cior do gruaig agus case e). AKA and see "Coleman's Slip Jig (2)," "Mount the Hair and Curl It." Irish, Slip Jig. E Minor: A Dorian (Kennedy). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AAB (Tubridy): AABB (Miller & Perron, Williamson). The melody was recorded by famed County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) in New York in 1925 as the second tune paired with "Foxhunters Jig (1) (The)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, 1974, vol. 3, No. 78) as "Coleman's 2." S. Johnson (The Kitchen Musician No. 6: Jigs), 1982 (revised 1989, 2001); p. 5. Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune-Book: Slip Jigs and Waltzes), 1999; No. 51, p. 12 (appears as "Mount Your Hair and Curl It"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 24. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 44. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 447, p. 87. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; p. 42. Vallely (Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with the Armagh Pipers Club), vol. 2; 11. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 85.
Recorded sources: Intrepid Records - Michael Coleman. Claddagh Records CC2, The Chieftains.
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]