Boil the Kettle Early (4)
X:1 T:Boil the Kittle Early [4] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 34, p. 13) B: https://www.itma.ie/digital-library/manuscript/finnegan-curtin-manuscript N:The ms. predates the introduction of quadrille-based polkas and slides that N:now characterize the music of Sliabh Luachra region, thought to have been N:introduced in the latter 19th century. S:Breandán Breathnach (1912-85) obtained the ms. from E. Finnegan, who had it S:from D. Curtin of Stagmount, Rockchapel, Co Cork. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G GABG AGFD|GABG c2 BA|GABG A2 AB|GE E2 c2 BA| B2 BG AGFD|GABG c2 BA|GABG A2 AB|GE E2 c2 Bc|| dAAA dAFA|dAAA defe|dAAA dAFA|GE E2 c2 Bc| dAAA dAFA|dAAA defg|afge fddB|GEE2 c2 BA||
X:1
T:Boil the Kettle Early [4]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 8)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
GABG AGFD|GABG c2 (BA)|GABG AcBA|GEED c2 (BA)|
GABG AGFD|GABG c2 (BA)|GABG AcBA|GEED c2 (BA)||
dAAG FAAA|dAAA g2 (fe)|dAAG FGAF|GEED c2 (Bc)|
dAAG (FA) A2|dAAA d2 (ef)|gefd ecdA|GEED c2 (BA)||