Annotation:Drunken Tailor (1) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
DRUNKEN TAILOR, THE. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drinking Reel," "Gallagher's Best," "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier [2]," "The Pigeon on the Gate [1]," "Reidy's Reel," "The Scotch Braes," "The Wandering Tinker." Scottish, Hornpipe; Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB' (Kerr): ABCD (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded in Dublin by accordionist Michael Grogan (c. 1880's-1059) and Dublin fiddler John Howard in 1946 on a 78 RPM for the Regal Zonophone label. Reg Hall (1995) says Grogan, originally from Winetown, The Downs, near Mullingar, County Westmeath, was a pioneer of the two-row button accordion, lived in Dublin, and recorded and performed on radio from the late 1920's well into the 1940's. See also "The Drunken Landlady" for a similar tune.
Source for notated version: Liam Donnelly [Mulvihill].
Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 331, p. 36. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 160, p. 44.
Recorded sources: Topic TSCD 602, Michael J. Grogan - "Irish Dance Music" (1995. A reissue of the 1946 original).