Annotation:Absent Minded Man (The)
Appearance
ABSENT MINDED MAN, THE (An Fear Dearmadac). AKA and see "House in the Corner (The)/House on the Corner (The)," "Little House Around the Corner (2) (The)," "Royal Irish Jig (The)," "Seamus Ennis's Jig," "O As I was Kissed Yestreen (2)," "Hare in the Corn (3)," "Hare in the Corner (2)," "Fhiach an Mhada Rua." Irish, Double Jig. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Old Scottish variants can be found in the Trotter Manuscript of 1780 and the Skene Manuscript of c. 1630-1640 under the “Hare in the Corn” title. The second strain is shared with "Little House (The)."