RIBBONMAN’S MARCH, THE. Irish, March (2/4 time). A Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The may refer to the 19th century Ribbonmen [1] of Ireland, an agrarian populist (but secret) movement that opposed the Orange (Protestant) order. Its objective was to prevent landlords from changing or evicting their tenants.
Source for notated version: - “Set by W. Forde. From Mr. Pigot’s MS” [Stanford/Petrie]. William Forde (c.1795–1850) was a collector and musician from County Cork who also spent time in London. He amassed a substantial collection of unpublished song airs and other tunes, as well as some one hundred and fifty tunes from piper Hugh O'Beirne. John Edward Pigot [2] (1822–1871) was an Irish music collector and lawyer who also salvaged a number of unpublished melodies.
Printed sources : - Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 993, p. 253.
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