Blooming Meadows (1)

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Theme code Index	5L134 7L5L7L1
Also known as	Moinfeur Fionnsgotac (An), Cover the Buckle, Down the Hill, Down with the Tithes (1), Hag and Her Praskeen, Humors of Miltown (1), Humors of Milltown (1), Silver Tip (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:1000 Jigs and Reels
Tune and/or Page number	p. 21
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1867
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BLOOMING MEADOWS [1] (An Moinfeur Fionnsgotac). AKA and see "Cover the Buckle," "Down the Hill," "Down With the Tithes [1]," "Hag and Her Praskeen," "Humors of Mil(l)town [1]," "The Silver Tip." Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1915): AABB (Cole, Joyce, Roche): AABB' (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). Bayard believes the first strain of this tune group was developed from "Bung Your Eye." "Trip it Along," "Humors of Ballinafauna," and "Humors of Castle Comer" are variants. Charlie Piggott, in the essay on Kilmaley, County Clare, fiddler, flute player and uilleann piper Peader O'Loughlin in his book Blooming Meadows (1998), remarks on tunes being disseminated into local, isolated traditions in Ireland by visiting musicians. It is remembered that "Blooming Meadows" was introduced into O'Loughlin's Kilmaley-Connolly, Clare, area by traveling piper Jerry O'Shea many generations ago.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 56. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 21. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873/1890; No. 85, p. 87. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915/1987; No. 146, p. 84. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 917, p. 171. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907/1986; No. 304, p. 65. Roche Collection, 1982; vol. 1, No. 115, p. 48 (appears as "Down the Hill").

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index [2]

X:1
T:Blooming Meadows, The [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:G
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DGG (G2A)|BAG ABc|(d2B) cAF|G3 G2:|
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