Annotation:My Love is but a Lassie Yet (3)
X:1 T:My Love is but a Lassie Yet [3] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 150) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork from a variety of sources in the mid-19th century. Goodman N:obtained the tune from a manuscript collection provided by Dublin bookseller N:John O'Daly, according to Hugh and Lisa Shields. F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=153&z=543.404%2C1573.6034%2C8255.3649%2C2872.0851 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador e/d/|O cAAc A2 GE|GEDE G2 EG|AGAB cBcd|1 efge dfed:|2 efge d2d2|| eaab a2 ge|geae gede|cBcd efge|1 agfe d2d2:|2 agfe dfed||
MY LOVE IS BUT A LASSIE YET [3]. AKA and see "Five Leaf Clover (2)," "Hawthorn (1) (The)," "Haymaker Reel (2) (The)," "My love she wears a dandy." Irish, Reel (whole time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is contained in vol. 2 (p. 150)[1] of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). Goodman manuscripts researchers Hugh and Lisa Shields[2] find cognate tunes in "Five Leaf Clover (2)" and "Hetty's Wishes," and Goodman's own "My love she wears a dandy" (vol. 1, p. 249). They also note the similarity to the popular session reel "Hunter's Purse (The)."
