Annotation:Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)

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OLD WOMAN'S PURSE OF MONEY [2], THE. AKA and see "Bill the Weaver's Jig (3)," "Humors of Glenflesk (The)," "Lonesome Jig (1) (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. P.W. Joyce's "Humors of Glenflesk (The)" is a cognate tune. A strain of "Old Woman's Purse of Money (2)" is shared with "Lonesome Jig (1) (The)," which Sliabh Luachra button accordion player Johnny O'Leary recorded as "Bill the Weaver's Jig (3)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 140b, p. 34.

Recorded sources:

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