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T:Top the Candle
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 428
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
DED AzF F2D|c2E EzF G2E|DED AzD F2D|A,2D DzF ED2:|
||f2 g/f/ ezd c2A|Bze ezd c2A|B2 c/B/ AzG F D2|A,2D DzF ED2|
f2 g/f/ ezd c2A|Bze ezd c2A|B3 A2G FE2|D/F/z E/G/z F2E||
TOP THE CANDLE (Deasaid/Deisig an Coinneal). AKA - "Top of the Candle." AKA and see “Dusty Miller (9).” Irish, Slip Jig (9/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler James Kennedy who had the tune from his father Peter, a celebrated local fiddle master from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O’Neill].
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 82. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1142, p. 215. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 428, p. 84.
Recorded sources : - Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara – “Fort of the Jewels” (2004. Learned from the playing of the late fiddlers Pat and Frank Reilly of Drumbreilly, Leitrim). The Yanks - "Haymaker" (2014).
See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
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