Riding a Mile (1)
X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] THO3.122 O:England;London M:9/8 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2011.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2006-9 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol. III.1765-72 Q:3/8=110 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Thompson/Thompson%20III(12-4-16).abc K:G e|dBd gag fed|gdB BdB d2 e|dBd gag fed|a2 A ABA c2:| |:e|dBG G2 B dBG|(d/c/B/A/G) GAB d2 g|dBG G2 B dBG|ecA ABA c2:|
X:1
T:Ride a Mile [1] (Irish)
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
Q:"Allegretto"
B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 30)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
e|dBd gag fed|g2B BcB d2e|dBd gag fed|a2A ABA c2:|
|:e|dBG GAG GAG|dBG G2B d2g|dBG GAG GAG|c2A ABA c2e:|]
X:1
T:Ride a Mile
T:Riding a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
N:Parts reversed from those usually printed
S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent., County Cork, p. 82)
F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=85&z=-572.3318%2C929.4183%2C11798.8598%2C7146.6667
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
def gag fed|g2B B2c d2e|def gag fed|a2A A2B c2e:|
|:dBG GAG G2e|dBG GAG g2e|dBG GAG G2B|c2B A2B c2e:|]
X:1
T:Ride a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection,
B:vol. 3, p. 143. Mid-19th century, County Cork
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=146&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dBG G2c BAB|dBG G2c g2e|dBG G2B dcB|ecA A2B cBA:|
def g2g fef|g2B BcB dcB|def gag efg|a2A A2B cBA|
def g2g fef|g2B BcB d2g|bag agf efg|a2A A2f gfe||
X:1
T:Ride a Mile
T:Riding a Mile (1)
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
N:Parts reversed from some other versions
B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 22, p. 9)
B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript
N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that
N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been
N:introduced in the latter 19th century.
S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it
S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
ge|:dBG G2G G2e|dBG G2g gfe|dBG G2 G G2B|c2A A2B cBA:|
|:def g2g fed|g2B B2d cBA|GBd g2 g fed|1 e2A A2B cBA:|2 efg agf gfe||
X:1
T:Ride a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
Q:”Quick”
B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 44, p. 17)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
efg) a2a (gfe)|a2c (c2d) e3|(efg) (aba) (gfe)|
|1 f2B (B2c) d3:|2 (fga) (bag) a2||:f|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|
(cBA) A2A (agf)|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|(F2G) (B2c) d2:|]
X:1
T:Ride a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 128, p. 59)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
(efg) a2 a (gfe)|a2c (c2d) e3|(efg) (aba) (gfe)|
|1 f2B (B2c) d3:|2 (fga) (bag) a2||:f|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|
(cBA) A2A (agf)|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|(F2B) (B2c) d3:|
X:1
T:Ride a mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 83, p. 19)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
(f|:ecA) A3 (cBA)|(ecA) A3 (agf)|(ecA) A3 cBA|
(G2B) (B2c) (d2f):||:(efg) a3 (gfe)|(a2c) (c2d) e3|
(efg) a3 (gfe)|1 (b2B) (B2c) d3:|2 f3g3 a3||
X:1
T:Ride a Mile
T:Riding a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 4, No. 18, p. 4)
N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally
N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark,
N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim.
F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
dBG G2c BAG|dBG G2f gfe|dBG G2c BAG|e2A A2B c2e||
def gag fed|g2B B2d c2e|def gag fed|a2A A2Bc2e|
def gag fed|g2B B2e c2e|def gag f2g|a2a agf ffe||
X:1
T:Ride a Mile
T:Riding a Mile [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
K:A
ecA ABA cBA | ecA ABA fga | fcA ABA cBA | fdB BcB dcB :|
|: efg aba gfe | a2c cdc e2f | efg aba gfe | b2B BcB d2f :|