Annotation:Mug of Brown Ale (2) (The)
X:1 T:Mug of Brown Ale [2], The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig R:Moderate Time N:"Meath" B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 45, p. 18) N:”This is the only Tune I have at all interfered with. I had it played by N:three different Fiddlers, and they all persisted in ending in the Major N:Key. viz: making the C in the last bar Sharp. They were unanimous N:in upholding the version, and when I played it as it is now set, ending N:Minor, they were very much shocked. And I confess I make the change N:unwillingly, but at the suggestion of friends to whom I “could not choose” N:but submit.” Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin (A/G/)|EAA ABc|edB cBA|BGG dGG|Bdc BAG| EAA ABc|edc g2e|edc Bcd|ecA A2:|| ^f|ge^f g2a|ge^f (g2c)|BGG dGG|Bdc BAG| ge^f (g2a)|ge^f g2f|edc Bcd|ecA A2^f| ge^f (g2a)|ge^f g2c|BGG dGG|Bdc BAG| EAA ABc|edc (g2e)|edc Bcd|ecA A2||
MUG OF BROWN ALE [2]. AKA and see "John Naughton's Jig," "Jug of Brown Ale (1) (The)," "Old Man Dillon," "One Bottle More (2)," "Stonecutter's Jig (The)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB' (Kennedy): AA'BB' (Harker). The tune is sometimes credited to County Antrim piper Robert Thompson (as, for example, his granddaughter, Margaret Barry, asserts). R.M. Levey's first collection (London, 1858) is the earliest appearance of the tune in print (thus also the claim of "Mug of Brown Ale" for the original title). Later, it was printed by Francis O'Neill as "Old Man Dillon" and in the Ryan/Cole volumes as "One Bottle More (2)." Irish violinist R.M. Levey remarked in his 1858 collection:
This is the only Tune I have at all interfered with: I had it played by three different Fiddlers, and they all persisted in ending in the Major Key, viz: making the C in the last bar Sharp. They were unanimous in upholding the version, and when I played it as it is now set, ending Minor, they were very much shocked, and I confess I make the change unwillingly, but at the suggestion of friends to whom I "could not choose" but submit.
Compare also to the Scotch jig "O as I was kiss'd yestreen (1)," published by James Oswald in his Caledonian Pocket Companion (1760). See also the similar "My Love is in the House" from the mid-19th century Goodman manuscripts.
