Annotation:Old Hag's Money
X:1 T:Old Hag’s Money N:A version of "Hag with the Money." M:6/8 L:1/8 R:G R:Jig S:Philip Carolan music manuscript collection N:Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910, Crossmolina, County Mayo), a musically literate N:farmer and fiddler who compiled his ms. probably during 1863-1873. S:Angela Buckley, thesis, “A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of S:Philip Carolan c. 1839-1910, vol. 2”, Waterford Institute of Technology, S:2007, p. 21. Carolan ms. 1, No. 60 K:D Add A2G|G=cc E3|Add A2G|G=cc GED| Add A2G|G=cc E3|ABc d2e|ecA GED:| |:ABc d2e|f2e d3|ABc d2e|f2d ecA| A2B =c3|d=cB c3|ABA =c2e|ecA GED:|]
OLD HAG'S MONEY. Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major/Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Hag's Money," a jig entered into the c. 1863-73 music manuscript copybook of Crossmolina, County Mayo, farmer and fiddler Philip Carolan (c. 1839-1910) is a version of "Hag with the Money (The)."
