Annotation:My Lady's Goon Has Gairs Upon It
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MY LADY'S GOON HAS GAIRS ON'T. Scottish, Strathspey. C Major (Cole): F Major (Howe). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Goon=gown. A goonie is a nightie. Gairs means pleats, as in pleated sleeves, which were sometimes accented with a different material or color than the dress. The Irish "Murphy's Reel (3)" has some melodic similarities in the first several bars.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 123. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 149. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 162.
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