X:1
T:Crazy Jean
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
B:Patrick McGahon music manuscript collection (1817)
N:McGahon was a scribe of Irish language literature who lived in
N:Dungooley, County Louth, on the Armagh border. He was a
N:teacher with The Irish Society in the early 19th century, but little
N:else is known about him. A few tunes in the ms. are written in other N:hands.
B:Pádraigín Ní UIallacháin – “A Hidden Ulster” (2003, No. 9)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
A|Ad d2 cd|ef ef/g/ f>f|ad c2 ed| cB 2 AB/G/|Ad d2 cd|ef ef/g/ ff|
a2 fd Bg|f2 e2 {ee}d::cd|e2 a2 fd|ec A2 cd|e2f2c2B2|
A3 A BG|FA d2 cd|ef ef/g/ ff|a3f/d/ Bg|f2e3d d2:|
CRAZY JEAN. Scottish, Air (3/4 time). B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody was composed by Miss Abrams for Monk Lewis' song beginning "Why fair maid in every feature..."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - James Manson (Hamilton’s Universal Tune Book vol. 1), Glasgow, 1844, p. 136
