Annotation:Old Woman's Purse of Money (2) (The)

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OLD WOMAN'S PURSE OF MONEY [2], THE. AKA and see "Bill the Weaver's Jig (3)," "Humors of Glenflesk (The)," "Lonesome Jig (1) (The)," "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse (The)." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. In this case, the title "Old Woman's Purse of Money," would seem to be a confusion with other titles with the word "Purse" in them, for the tune printed by Kennedy is a version of the air "Stolen Purse (The)" AKA "Old Woman Lamenting Her Purse (The)." P.W. Joyce's "Humors of Glenflesk (The)" is a cognate tune. A strain of "Old Woman's Purse of Money (2)" is shared with "Lonesome Jig (1) (The)," which Sliabh Luachra button accordion player Johnny O'Leary recorded as "Bill the Weaver's Jig (3)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 140b, p. 34.

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