Annotation:New Married Couple (2) (The)
X:1 T:New-Married Couple [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:James Goodman manuscripts vol. 3 (mid-19th century) B:Hugh Shields - Tunes of the Munster Pipers, vol. 1, No. 491 (1998) F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=188&z=-2815.4555%2C0%2C13806.911%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie K:Edor Bee e2d|BAB d2A|Bee e2d|BAB dBA| Bee e2d|BAB d2A|def g2e|age dBA:| |:e2a aga|bab g2d|E2a aga|bab ged| e2a aga|bab g2d|def g2e|age dBA:|]
NEW MARRIED COUPLE [2], THE. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different jig than "New Married Couple (1)." The earliest appearance of the tune in print is in Church of Ireland cleric biography:James Goodman's mid-19th century music manuscripts. Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections.
