Annotation:'Tis not your gold would me entice
X:1 T:'Tis not your gold would me entice M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Lively" S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin Bc | d2B2e2 BA | G2F2E2 EF | G2G2 ABAG | F2E2D2 (3B,^CD | E3F G2A2 | B2 gf e2 fe | d2B2e2 BA | G2A2B2 GF | E3F G2A2 | B2 gf e3f | d2B2 e2 (3dBA | B2 EF G2 ||
'TIS NOT YOUR GOLD WOULD ME ENTICE. Irish, Air (4/4 time). E Minor (G Major). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Joyce printed one verse only of the song (which for most of the tune meanders in minor mode, resolving to the relative major at the cadence):
'Tis not your gold would me entice
To marry you against my friends’ advice;
And I never do intend at all
To be away from my mother’s call;
And I never do intend at all
To be away from my mother’s call!
The song cannot be located prior to Joyce's 1873 collection save for Boston publisher Elias Howe's publication, indicating perhaps that the heretofore approximate dating of the latter should be from a later date.
