X:1
T: The Tenpenny Bit (2)
T:2nd Setting
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 173, no. 930
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:Am
(A/G/)|EAA G2A|Bed Bcd|edB G2A|B2{cB}A GED|
DED G2A|Bed Bcd|ede gdB|{c}BA^G A2:|
|:d|e2^f gfg|eag fed|e2^f gfg|e^f^g a2a|
b^gb a^fa|gfe de^f|gfe fdB|{c}BA^G A2:|
TENPENNY BIT [2], THE ("Cuin deic-pingine" or "An píosa deich bpingne"). AKA and see “Bridal Jig (2) (The).” Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Tenpenny Bit [2]" is Francis O'Neill's second version of the jig, this one from County Leitrim instead of County Cork. Breathnach’s source Rowley did not have a name for the tune, although Breathnach recognized it as being a variant of “The Tennpenny Bit” printed by O’Neill.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill]; fiddler George Rowley/Seoise Ó Roghallaigh (Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. I), 1963; No. 24, p. 11. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 43. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 930, p. 173.
