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MY MIND WILL NEVER BE EASY/'AISY' (Ni beid mo aigne suaimneac go deo). AKA and see "Brouges an’ Brochan an’ A'," "I Lead Such a Troublesome Life," "Irishman's Choice (The)," "New Widow Well Married (1) (The)," "Tied to a Wife," "Whistling Thief (The)." Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The ancestral tune to O'Neill's slip jig has a long history as an air and dance tune in Scotland, where it is called "Woo'd and Married and a'." Paul de Grae notes that Petrie has a variant called "Time o' Day (The)", "the second part of which is the same as the first part of "My Mind will never be Aisy", but the other parts are different."^[1] See also the related slide "She didn't Dance and Dance" and the jig "Happy to Meet Sorry to Part."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 88. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1132, p. 214. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 421, p. 83.

Recorded sources : - Kells Music 9501, Dervish - "Playing with Fire." Paddy Glackin - "Hidden Ground." Michael McGoldrick - "Morning Rory."

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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↑ Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017.

[1] Paul de Grae, "Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O'Neill Collections", 2017.

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