Annotation:Dinny Mescal's Slide
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DINNY MESCAL'S SLIDE (SleamhnĂĄn DhinnĂ UĂ Mheiscill). AKA and see "Micko Doyle's Jig," "Patsy Mack." Irish, Slide (12/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Tune also entered as "Denny Mescall's." See also the closely related "Old Favourite." The "Paddy Mack" title is from Breathnach's Folk Music and Dances of Ireland while Treoir II (p. 11) has printed it under the title "Micko Doyle's Jig."
Source for notated version: fiddler Patrick Kelly (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRĂ III), 1985; No. 44, p. 21. Breathnach (Folk Music and Dance of Ireland), 1971; 17. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 6 in slide section (appears untitled).
Recorded sources: Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL17, John Kelly - "Ceol an Chlair vol. 1." See also listing at Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1].