Annotation:Thatched Cabin (The)
X:1 T:The Thatched Cabin D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night" M:6/8 L:1/8 R:jig Z:Paul de Grae K:D B | AFD DED | AFD D2 B | AFD DEF | GFG EFG | AFD DED | DFA d2 e | fed B/c/dB | AFD D2 :|| ||: f | afd ded | afd d2 f | afd def | gfg efg | a^ga ba=g | agf gfe | fed B/cdB | AFD D2 :||
THATCHED CABIN, THE. AKA and see “Jackson's Drum,” “Paddy from Portlaw.” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune usually appears in printed collections (e.g. O'Neill's Music of Ireland, 1903) and on recordings as “Paddy from Portlaw.” It can also found in the manuscripts of Dublin dentist and collector Henry Hudson (1798-1889) as "Jackson's Drum".
