Annotation:Pretty Maggie Morrissey

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PRETTY MAGGIE MORRISSEY ("Ciumais na Mona" or "Mairgreadin Deas Ni Muirgeasa"). AKA and see “Brighton Hornpipe,” “Duke of Leinster (3) (The),” “Five Pound Note (The),” “Hennessy's Hornpipe (1),” "Kildare Hornpipe (2)," “O'Neill's Hornpipe (1),” “Peggy Morrissey,” “Strip of Turf (The) (Ciumhais na Móna),” “Wexford Hornpipe.” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Accordion player P.J. Conlon recorded the tune as "Hennessy's Hornpipe" in the 78 RPM era.

Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo, of whom O’Neill said: “The airy style of his playing, the clear crispness of his tones, and the rhythmic swing of his tunes, left nothing to be desired…” [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 223. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 83, p. 159. Jordan (Whistle and Sing), 1975; 68. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1922;, No. 77, p. 20. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 199. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1707, p. 317. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 3), 1927; No. 182, p. 64.

Recorded sources: Rounder Records 7057, Jerry Holland – “Parlor Music” (2005). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998? Appears as “Pretty Peggy Morrisey”).

See also listings at:
Alan Snyder’s Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index []
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources []
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]