Breeches Mary

Breeches Mary Click on the tune title to see or modify Breeches Mary's annotations. If the link is red you can create them using the form provided.Browse Properties <br/>Special:Browse/:Breeches Mary Query the Archive
Theme code Index	52 7bL4 54 24
Also known as	Maire an Briste, Catholic Bill's, Din Tarrant's Favorite, Humors of Kilkenny (1), You Stay Away a Long Time, Your Bag is Handsome My Boy
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 90
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

BREECHES MARY (Maire An Briste). AKA and see "Catholic Bill's," "Din Tarrant's Favorite," "Humors of Kilkenny (1)." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Printed sources: Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 16, pg. 23. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p, 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 990, p. 184. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 205, p. 48. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 90.

X:1
T:Breeches Mary
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 205
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
K:Amin
f|eAA BGG|GBd dcB|egg dgg|BGB dcB|eAA BGG|
GBd dcB|e/^f/ge dcB|cAA A2:||:e|eaa a^ga|e=gg ged|
eaa a^ga|BAB dcB|eaa a^ga|e=gg ged|e/^f/ge dcB|cAA A2:||