Annotation:Happy Mistake (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HAPPY MISTAKE, THE. AKA and see "Best in the Bag (The)," "King (The)," "King of Jigs," "Lady Shire's Favourite," "Miss Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Monroe's Jig," "Mrs. Spens Monroe." Irish, Jig. A Major (Allan's, Roche): G Major (O'Farrell). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Allan's Irish Fiddler, No. 23, p. 6. O'Farrell (Pocket Companion), c. 1805; p. 18. Roche (Collection of Traditional Irish Music, vol. 1), 1912; No. 126, p. 52.
Recorded sources: