Annotation:Tailor's Wedding (The)
X:1 T:Banis an Tàiller T:Tailor's Wedding, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:William Gunn - The Caledonian Repository of Music B:Adapted for the Bagpipes (Glasgow, 1848, p. 10) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G e|GGG BGB|d2 e g3|GGG BGB|dBA A<Ae| GGG BGB|d2 e g3|agf g2e|dBA A<A:| |:a|A<Ae edB|d2 e dBA|A<Ae edB|dBA A<Aa| A<Ae edB|d2e g2e|agf g2e|dBA A<A:|]
TAILOR'S WEDDING, THE (Banis an Tàiller). AKA and see "Larry Redican's Jig (1)," "Legacy (2) (The)," "Skiver the Quilt." Scottish, Irish; Jig (6/8 time). A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain of "Tailor's Wedding", a jig, and Donegal fiddler John Doherty's hornpipe "Knackers of Navan (The)" are similar in melodic contour and are likely cognate, despite the difference in rhythm.