Annotation:Pither in Enough

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PITHER IN ENOUGH. AKA and see “Jackson's Maid at the Fair (1)," "Maid at the Fair," "Put in Enough,” "Three Lieutenants." Irish. ‘Pither’ = ‘put’. The tune appears in Samuel Lee’s Jackson’s Celebrated Irish Tunes (p. 1), first published in Dublin c. 1775, republished in 1790. It is attributed to the 18th century gentleman uilleann piper and composer Walker ‘Piper’ Jackson, of the townland of Lisduan, parish of Ballingarry, Aughrim, County Limerick. The jig also appears as "Pither in Enough" in Scottish fiddler-composer John Bowie's A Collection of Strathspey Reels & Country Dances (1789, p. 28). Hime prints it under the title “Three Lieutenants” in Three Favourite Country Dances (Dublin, no date). O’Neill prints the tune as “Put in Enough” in Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922, 141), copied from Clinton’s Gems of Ireland.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 589, p. 225. Riley (Flute Melodies, vol. 1), New York, 1814; p. 16.

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