Annotation:Cudgel (The)

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CUDGEL, THE. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Mulhollan identifies the tune's provenance as 'Irish'. A member of the very large and varied 9/8 time tune family that includes "Cummilum," "Dusty Miller (The)," "Honeymoon (The)," "Mad Moll," "Drops of Brandy," "Yellow Stockings" etc. See notes for "annotation:Mad Moll" and annotation:Cummilum."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Aird (Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs, vol. 3), 1788; No. 442, p. 172. Mulhollan (Selection of Irish and Scots Tunes), Edinburgh, 1804; pp. 41-42.

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