Annotation:Five Men Went Together
Tune properties and standard notation
FIVE MEN WENT OUT TOGETHER. Irish, Air (3/4 time). E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
Five men went together (x2)
Four men, three men, two men, one man
And the mower went to mow the meadow.
Mother ru a ru a ru a
Mother ru a ready
With a stick upon her back
And another in her hand
Saying Good morrow to you kindly madam.<br
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 869, p. 217
Recorded sources: