Annotation:Foxy Mary (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
FOXY MARY [1]. Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Learned by Joyce in his boyhood in Limerick, mid-1800's. Breathnach (1976) finds the first part similar to the first part of "Bímíd ag Ól (1)." A related jig is Breathnach's "Toormore Jig."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 114, p. 58.
Recorded sources: Front Hall 018, How To Change a Flat Tire- "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland."