X:1
T:Irish Man's Choice, The
M:9/8
L:1/8
B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1 (London, 1757)
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:Dmin
d|cAA AGA FGA|c2c cdc ccd|cAA AGA FGA|D2d de^c d2:|
|:d/c/|A2f fgf ffA|ccc cdc ccd|cAA AGA FEF|1 D2d de^c d2:||2 D2d de^c dcd|
|:A2A AGA F3|ABc ccc def|AGA AGA FEF|D2d de^c d3:||
IRISHMAN'S CHOICE, THE. AKA - "Irish Man's Choice." AKA and see "My Mind Will Never be Easy," "Woo'd and Married and a'." English, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The melody also appears in John Johnson's 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 8 (London, 1756) and again in Charles and Samuel Thompson's Complete Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 3 (London, 1773). It is a derivative of the popular older Scottish air and dance tune "Woo'd and Married and a'."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - John Johnson (1756) [Offord].
Printed sources : - Offord (John of the Green: Ye Cheshire Way), 1985; p. 84. Thompson (Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances, vol. 1), 1757; No. 99.
