X:1
T:Follow Me Lads [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Country Dance Tune
B:Hime - Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses (Dublin, 1804, No. 13)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
d2 d>e cAAc|d2 d>e c2 e>g|(fd)(ec) (dc)(BA)|(BA)(dF) ~E2 (EF):|
|:D2 D>F ~E2 E>F|D2 D>F GEEF|D2 D>F E2 F>c|(fB)(AF) G2 E2:|]
FOLLOW ME LADS [1]. AKA and see "Lads of Baltimore," "Tom Thumb (2)," "York Fancy (The)." Scottish?; March, Country Dance Tune, Reel? Fr. John Quinn finds an earlier cognate melody in James Aird's Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs vol. 3 as "York Fancy (The)."
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Hime (Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses), Dublin, 1804; No. 13.
