Annotation:Wallop the Potlid
X:1 T:Wallop the Potlid M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 258 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2D DED|E2D DED|F2D DED|DFA BGE| F2D DED|E2D DED|E2C CEC|CEF GFE:| |:DFA dcd|edc d2B|ABc d2e|fed edc| d2e fda|gec d2 (3A/B/c/|d/e/fd cAG|F/G/AF GED:| |:f2d dfd|e2d dfd|f2d dfd|dfa bge| f2d dfd|d/e/fd d/e/fd|e2c cec|cef gfe:| |:d/e/fd dfd|c/d/ec cec|d/e/fd dfd|dfa bge| d/e/fd dfed|c/d/ec cef|ged cde/f/|gea gec:| |:ABc d2 c/d/|edc d2c|ABc deg|fed edc| d2e fda|gec d2(3A/B/c/|dad cAG|F/G/AF GFE:| |:DFA d2 c/d/|edc d2c|ABc deg|fed efg| f/e/df e/d/cA|d/c/AB cAG|c/d/ed cAG|F/G/AF GFE:|]
WALLOP THE POTLID (Slacair an Faircill). Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time) or Slide (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Grier): AABBCCDDEE' (O'Neill/Krassen): AABBCCDDEEFF (O'Neill/1850 & 1001). County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier entered the tune into Book 4 (No. 23, p. 5) of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection more than twenty years prior to O'Neill's printing. See also the similarly-titled “Wollop the Potlid.”
