Annotation:Short Grass (The)

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X:1 T:Un-named T:Short Grass, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:R.M. Levey - First Collection of the Dance Music B:of Ireland (1858, No. 87) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:C (e/d/)|cGE cGE|{F}EDE CEG|cGE cGE|Add ded| cGE cGE|{F}EDE CEG|cee (e2d)|cAA A2:| |:z|g>ag ged|ecc cde|aba age|edd d2de| gag ged|ecc cde|fed fed|ecA A2:|

SHORT GRASS (THE) (An feur gearr). AKA and see "Put On Your Coat." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1915}): AABB (Cole, Kerr): AABB' (O'Neill/1850, 1001 & Krassen). A few bars of this tune are reminiscent of Breathnach’s “Old John's Jig,” while “Gap in the Woods (The)” also appears to be a related melody.

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Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 78. Howe (Musician’s Omnibus No. 2), c. 1864; p. 101. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s; No. 238, p. 26. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 55. O'Neill (O’Neill’s Irish Music), 1915; No. 173, p. 95. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 981, p. 182. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 197, p. 47. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 110.

Recorded sources: -WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac – “That’s What You Get” (1998?).

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