Connolly's Ale

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Theme code Index	1315 1H732
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History	IRELAND(Munster)
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 111
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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CONNOLLY'S ALE. Irish, Air (6/8 time) and Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Learned by Joyce as a boy in Co. Limerick, mid-1800's.

On Saturday night you're as willing as I am
To take a full jorum of Connolly's ale.

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 78 (appears as "Connelly's Ale"). Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 79, p. 42. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 111.

X:1
T:Connolly's Ale
L:1/8
M:6/8
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs   (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
D|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|
GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||B|def gfe|agf edB|
gfe fdB|BAA A2B|GBB BAB|GBd def|gfe fdB|AGG G2||