Annotation:Strike the Young Harp
X:1 T:Strike the Young Harp T:The Night Dance M:6/8 L:1/8 N:In "Dance music of Ireland" (1907) O'Neill got rid of the f sharp notes. B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 198, no. 1052 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:C c>AA B>GG|AGF E>DC|c>AA B>GG|cGE DEG| c>de A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG|| cde e^fg|gag gec|cde e^fg|afd dBG| cde g2g|a(^f/g/a/f/) g2=f|e>dc ced|cGE DEG|| ced ced|cGF EDC|ced ced|cGE DEG| cde A>Bc|GAF E2D|C>CC C2E|GEC DEG|]
STRIKE THE YOUNG HARP (Ceinm Suas an Cruit Og). AKA and see “Fitzpatrick's Jig,” “Jackson's Night Cap,” "Night Dance (The)," “Piper's Welcome (The),” “Strike the Gay Harp.” Irish, Jig (6/8 time). A Minor ('A' part) & C Major ('B' and 'C' parts). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. The title is a variation of Thomas Moore's (1779-1852) song "Strike the Gay Harp," which uses the melody, though Moore's indicated tune is an older version called "The Nightcap", AKA "Night Dance (The). The 'nightcap' tunes in turn are variants of the original melody, "Jackson's Night Cap," composed by Walker 'Piper' Jackson, published in Dublin by Samuel Lee in a volume entitled Jackson's Celebrated Irish Tunes (1774).
When O'Neill printed the tune again in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907) he declined to add the 'f' sharp notes from the version in his Music of Ireland (1903).
