Cúnla

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Theme code Index	3257 5634
Also known as	Brístín Mire (An), Cunnla, Friar's Breeches, Friar's Britches, Frieze Breeches (1), Frieze Britches (1), Gallagher's (1), I Buried My Wife, " "I Buried My Wife and Danced on Top of Her, On St. Patrick's Day I was Gay, Trumlo (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCCDDEE
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
Artist	Biography:Planxty
Title of recording	Well Below the Valley (The)
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 79010
Year recorded	1973
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CUNLA. AKA and see "(An) Brístín Mire," "Friar's Breeches (1)," "Friar's Britches," "Frieze Breeches (1)/Britches [1]," "Gallagher's (1)," "I Buried My Wife (and Danced On Top of Her)," "On St. Patrick's Day I Was Gay," "Trumlo (The)." Irish, Jig. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC'DD'. "Cúnla" is the name of a song sung to the tune, about a puckka, or imp.

Cé hé siúd thíos atá ag leagadh na gclathacha?
Cé hé siúd thíos atá ag leagadh na gclathacha?
Cé hé siúd thíos atá ag leagadh na gclathacha?
Mise mé féin,' a deir Cúnla

Who is that there now knocking the window pane?
Who is that there now knocking the window pane?
Who is that there now knocking the window pane?
Only me says Cúnla.

Printed source: Spandaro (10 Cents a Dance), 1980; p. 26.

Recorded sources: Shanachie 79010, Planxty - "The Well Below the Valley." Shanachie 79012, Planxty - "The Planxty Collection" (1974).

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