Annotation:Donald McDonald
X:1 T:Donald McDonald M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817) N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other hands. B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, p. 445) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|d2c BAB G2A|Bcd dgB d2g|edc BAB GAB|E2e ef^d e2:| |:g|def gag fed|Bcd dgB d2g|def gag fed|B2e ef^d e2g| def gag fed|Bcd gdB d2g|edc Bcd GAB|E2e ef^d|e2||
PATRICK McDONALD. Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Petrie): AAB (McGahon). The tune appears under the title "Patrick McDonald" in the 1817 music manuscript collection of Patrick McGahon, a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other hands.
Fr. John Quinn links "Donald McDonald" with several tunes including Petrie's untitled jig. He finds 'Donald' to be cognate with "Woo'd and Married and a'," and related to "Time o' Day," "She didn't Dance and Dance," as well as "Old Brown Slipper (The)." He also cites Fleischmann's additional versions/variants as “They bid me slight my Dermot”, “I made love to Kate” and “Tocher her o’er again”, as well as Canon Goodman's “There is nothing like pride about me”.
