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IS IT THE PRIEST YOU WANT? (Ne an T-Sagart Ta Uait?). AKA and see "Priest (The)." Irish, Single Jig or Slide (12/8 time). G Major (Bunting, Haverty): F Major (Forde). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Forde, O'Sullivan/Bunting): AABB (Cole, Haverty, Kerr, Moylan, O'Neill, Tubridy). A related tune is "Dhonnchadh na Bi Fogarthach (A)" found in both collector Edward Bunting's 1796 collection (No. 20, p. 10) and his 1809 collection (p. 41).
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 76. P.M. William Forde (300 National Melodies of the British Isles), c. 1841; p. 28, No. 93. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1), 1858; No. 88, p. 37. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880's; No. 230, p. 26. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra), 1994; No. 46, p. 28. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No 15 in slide section (appears as untitled tune). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 873, p. 162. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 376, p. 76. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 116, p. 166. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 108. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 27.
See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
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