Annotation:Stolen Purse (1) (The)

{{TuneAnnotation |f_annotation=STOLEN PURSE [1], THE (An sparan do bi giodte). AKA and see "[[Fhuiseog ar an tra (An)," “Lark on the Strand (1),” "Old Woman Lamenting Her Empty Purse," Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Breathnach (1963) states this tune was adapted by O’Neill from “The Old Woman Lamenting Her Empty Purse.” Similar to “The Lark on the Strand [1]." See also the related “Oh! Hag You Have Killed Me (2).” |f_source_for_notated_version=John Mulvihill (County Limerick) via Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin (“a Tipperary man from Limerick Junction”) [O’Neill]. |f_printed_sources=O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 344, p. 71. |f_recorded_sources=s |f_see_also_listing=s }}