BRIDE'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Barness Gap," "King of the Pipers (The)," "O'Brien's." Irish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'CC. This three-part jig is sometimes credited to the great Co. Mayo/New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), although this cannot be verified. "Kip's Jig/Pet of the Pipers" is related in the first strain. The titles of this tune and "Tansey's Favourite (2)" were reversed on the Steeleye Span album "Below the Salt."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - sessions from the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland vol, 1), 1974; No. 60. Crowley (How to Play the Irish Uillean Pipes), 1936; p. 24. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 198, p. 61. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 37, p. 16. Prior (Fionn Seisiún 3), 2007; p. 25. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 10. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 36.
See also listing at : Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
