Annotation:Night We Made the Match (The)
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NIGHT WE MADE THE MATCH, THE (An oidce do rinneamar an reite/cleamnas). Irish, Hornpipe. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Hans Nathan, in his book about the blackface minstrel Dan Emmett, asserts that strains from this tune contributed to the formation of Emmett's popular "Hell on the Wabash (2)" (Bayard, 1981, p. 352).
Source for notated version: "Cronin" [O'Neill]. Chicago fiddler biography:Edward Cronin was originally from County Tipperary, born in the 1840's.
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 182. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1636, p. 304. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland:1001 Gems), 1907; No. 863, p. 149.
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