Annotation:Jackson's Maid in the Garret

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JACKSON'S MAID IN THE GARRET. AKA and see "Humors of Borris (The)," "Humors of Burrow (The)," "Skiver the Quilt." Irish. The tune appears in the Goodman manuscripts, volume II, p. 10.

Source for notated version: the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (Co. Cork).

Printed sources: Goodman mss., vol. II, p. 10

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