Annotation:Drunk at Night and Dry in the Morning (2)
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DRUNK AT NIGHT AND DRY IN THE MORNING [2]. AKA and see "Irish Air in the Poor Soldier," "Whistle and I'll Come to You My Lad." Irish, Air (6/8). D Major (O'Farrell, Thompson): F Major (Clinton). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The second part is marked "slow" by O'Farrell, and the tune is claimed as Irish in his publication. The air was entered was also entered in the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Anglican cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman [1] (p. 87).
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Printed sources:
Clinton (Gems of Ireland), 1841; No. 181, p. 93.
Murphy (Irish Airs and Jigs), 1809; p. 18.
O'Farrell (Pocket Companion, vol. 1), c. 1805; p. 59.
Thompson (The Hibernian Muse), London, c. 1770; pp. 66-67 (appears as "Irish Air in the Poor Soldier").
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