X:1
T:Carrick Fergus
T:Carrickfergus [1]
T:Haste to the Wdding [1]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Country Dance
B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 39)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
B|AFA Aaf|ede fdB|AFA AdF|EFE (E2B)|
AFA Aaf|ede fdB|ABA Aaf|ded d2:|
|:f|faf dfa|bgb efg|aba agf|efe e2 f/g/|
a3 f3|ede fdB|ABA Aaf|ded d2:|]
CARRICKFERGUS [1]. AKA and see "Haste to the Wedding (1)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Carrick = rock. The melody, well-known under the title "Haste to the Wedding," was printed by Brysson in his A Curious Selection of Favourite Tunes with Variations to which is appended "Fifty Favourite Irish Airs" (Edinburgh, 1790). Two similar versions appear in the Scottish Gillespie Manuscript of 1768--one version is called a "new set," while another is labelled an "Irish reel."
Additional notes
Source for notated version: -
Printed sources : - Milne (Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin), 1870; p. 39.
