Annotation:Silken Wallet (The)
X:1 T:The Silken Wallet M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 165, no. 891 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:Em c|BGE EFE|AFD DED|BGE GAB|c3 B2A| BGE EFE|AFD DED|E2c BcA|G3 G2:| |:D|G>AG (G<B)d|(e<g)e dBG|G>AG GBd|e2f Tg3| [1 G>AG GBd|ege dBG|AGE EDE|c2B A2:| [2 agf gfe|fed edB|cBA BAG|E2F G2|]
SILKEN WALLET, THE (An tiac sioda). AKA and see "Brown Wallet (The)," "An Sioda Ata id' Bhalluit, a Bhuachaill?" (Is It Silk That's In Your Bag, My Boy), "Cheer Up Old Hag," “Silk in the Bag,” "Wallet of Silk (The)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). E Minor ('A' part) & G Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Bayard (1981) identifies this as a variant of "Over the River to Charlie" (Bayard's No. 555). The title is the English rendering of "An Sioda Ata id' Bhalluit, a Bhuachaill" (Is It Silk That's in Your Bag, My Boy). See also the slide “Is your wallet made of silk?”