Annotation:I'll Mend Your Pots and Kettles (1)
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I'LL MEND YOUR POTS AND KETTLES [1]. Irish, March (4/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (Williamson): ABB (Mitchell): ABB' (Harker/Rafferty).
Sources for notated versions: piper Séamus Ennis (Ireland) [Williamson]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926, who had it from his daughter Mary, traced to the O'Brien-Moran recording [Harker].
Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 276, p. 87. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 92, p. 81. Williamson (English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes), 1976; p. 74.
Recorded sources: Larraga Records TR1103, Mary Rafferty - "Hand Me Downs" (2002). Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from Séamus Ennis). Topic Records 12T159, Séamus Ennis - "Jack of All Trades" (1961).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Hear Seamus Ennis recorded version at the Comhaltas Archive [2]