Annotation:Queens County Lasses (The)
X:1 T:Queens County Lasses, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 160) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=163&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Dmix AG|O(FD)(FA) d2 fd|d2 fd ecAF|(FD)(FA) d2 fd|ecAF G2G2:| f2 fd g2 ge|a2 af gfed|f2 fd g2 ge|abaf g2 fg| a2 af g2 eg|f2 df ecAF|FDFA d2 fd|ecAF G2G2||
QUEENS COUNTY LASSES, THE. AKA and see "Banks of the Ilen (The)," "Midnight Maid (The)," "Seanbhean na gCártaí." Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is contained in vol. 2 (p. 160) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist). Goodman researchers Hugh and Lisa Shields find cognate tunes in Goodman's own "Midnight Maid (The)" (vol. 3, p. 158), and "Banks of the Ilen (The)" and record that he obtained the tune from a manuscript provided by Dublin bookseller John O'Daly[1].
