Biddy I'm Not Jesting

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Theme code Index	5L132 2253
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	March/Marche
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA(New England)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1817, p. 341
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BIDDY, I'M NOT JESTING. Irish (originally), New England; March (4/4 or 2/4 time). G Major (O'Neill, Reiner & Anick): A Flat Major (Stanford/Petrie). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB'AB (Reiner & Ancik).

Sources for notated versions: piper Paddy Coneely (Galway) [Stanford/Petrie]; Adirondack, New York, fiddler and former lumberjack Larry Older via Rodney Miller (Antrim, N.H.) [Reiner & Anick].

Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1817, p. 341. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 67. Reiner & Anick (Old Time Fiddling Across America), 1989; p. 47. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 307, p. 77.

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