Annotation:Humors of Milltown (1)

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HUMORS OF MIL(L)TOWN [1]. AKA - "Humours of Milltown Malbay (The)." AKA and see "Blooming Meadows (1)," "Chasing the Hare Down the Hill," "Cover the Buckle," "Down the Hill," "Down with the Tithes (1)," "Hag and Her Praskeen." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The tune was entered into vol. 2 (p. 161) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. Goodman's title, "The Humours of Milltown Malbay," makes it clear that 'Milltown' refers to the west County Clare village of Milltown Malbay [1], home to the Willie Clancy Summer School and Festival. Stanford's note with Petrie's "Humours of Milltown" reads: "Petrie gives this as the same as 'Chasing the hare down the hill'."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 941, p. 239.

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