Annotation:Felix the Wrestler
Tune properties and standard notation
FELIX THE WRESTLER (Feidlime an Gleiceadoir). AKA and see "Cat in the Corner (1) (The)," "Lady Charlotte Murray (1)], "O'Mahoney's Frolics," "Puss in the Corner." Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The earliest printing of the melody is in R.M. Levey's Dance Music of Ireland (vol. 1, 1872, No. 98, p. 38), as an untitled jig. Highland piper G.S. McLennan [1] (1883-1929) called the tune "Biddy from Sligo" and printed it with variation sets in his Highland Bagpipe Music, published posthumously in the 1950's by his family.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, vol. 1), 1872; No. 98, p. 38. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 61. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1049, p. 197. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 255, p. 56.
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