Annotation:Noggin of Cream (The)
NOGGIN OF CREAM, THE. AKA and see "Gathering of Leinster (The)," "Girls take Care how You Marry," "Give Us a Drink of Water (2)," "Just in the Height of Her Bloom," "Munster Rake (The)," "Oh! the Marriage," "Old woman's consort (The)," "Silly Old Man (1) (The)," "Swaggering Jig (1) (The)," "Taim in Arreir dTigh an Oil," "Táim i n-Arréars," "Tiggit along the Room," "Welcome the Piper." Irish, Slip Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABCCD. A noggin is a unit of measure used in Ireland, about 1/4 of a pint. The tune has generally been played as a slip jig, although songs have been set to it-- c.f. "O serf! with thy fetters o'er-laden" (from The Nation). See also James Goodman's related (particularly in the first strain) "Drunken Gauger (4)."
