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 Theme code Index    5H13 5H16H
 Also known as    Cummilum, Fairest Put on Awhile, Virgin Queen, Yellow Stockings, Mad Moll (1), Hey My Kitten, I Don't Care, Is Cuma Liom, Union Dance
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    England, Ireland
 Genre/Style    English, Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Slip/Hop Jig
 Key/Tonic of    A
 Accidental    3 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    9/8
 History    
 Structure    AABB, AA'BB, AABBCCDD
 Editor/Compiler    Biography:Charles and Samuel Thompson
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances vol. 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 122, p. 73
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1773
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 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] THO3.122 O:England;London M:9/8 L:1/8 Z:vmp. Peter Dunk 2011.from a transcription by Fynn Titford-Mock 2006-9 B:Thompson's Compleat Collection of 200 Favourite Country Dances Vol. III.1765-72 Q:3/8=110 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/Thompson/Thompson%20III(12-4-16).abc K:G e|dBd gag fed|gdB BdB d2 e|dBd gag fed|a2 A ABA c2:| |:e|dBG G2 B dBG|(d/c/B/A/G) GAB d2 g|dBG G2 B dBG|ecA ABA c2:|


X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] (Irish) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:"Allegretto" B:Thomas Wilson - A Companion to the Ball Room (London, 1816, p. 30) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G e|dBd gag fed|g2B BcB d2e|dBd gag fed|a2A ABA c2:| |:e|dBG GAG GAG|dBG G2B d2g|dBG GAG GAG|c2A ABA c2e:|]


X:1 T:Ride a Mile T:Riding a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig N:Parts reversed from those usually printed S:James Goodman music manuscript collection (mid-19th cent., County Cork, p. 82) F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-one#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=85&z=-572.3318%2C929.4183%2C11798.8598%2C7146.6667 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G def gag fed|g2B B2c d2e|def gag fed|a2A A2B c2e:| |:dBG GAG G2e|dBG GAG g2e|dBG GAG G2B|c2B A2B c2e:|]


X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, B:vol. 3, p. 143. Mid-19th century, County Cork F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=146&z=-5155.8953%2C0%2C18487.7906%2C6432 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dBG G2c BAB|dBG G2c g2e|dBG G2B dcB|ecA A2B cBA:| def g2g fef|g2B BcB dcB|def gag efg|a2A A2B cBA| def g2g fef|g2B BcB d2g|bag agf efg|a2A A2f gfe||


X:1 T:Ride a Mile T:Riding a Mile (1) M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig N:Parts reversed from some other versions B:Finnegan/Curtin Manuscript (Sliabh Luachra, Co. Cork, mid-19th century, No. 22, p. 9) 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 ge|:dBG G2G G2e|dBG G2g gfe|dBG G2 G G2B|c2A A2B cBA:| |:def g2g fed|g2B B2d cBA|GBd g2 g fed|1 e2A A2B cBA:|2 efg agf gfe||


X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig Q:”Quick” B:R.M. Levey – First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858, No. 44, p. 17) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A efg) a2a (gfe)|a2c (c2d) e3|(efg) (aba) (gfe)| |1 f2B (B2c) d3:|2 (fga) (bag) a2||:f|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)| (cBA) A2A (agf)|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|(F2G) (B2c) d2:|]


X:1 T:Ride a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:P.M. Haverty – One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1858, No. 128, p. 59) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (efg) a2 a (gfe)|a2c (c2d) e3|(efg) (aba) (gfe)| |1 f2B (B2c) d3:|2 (fga) (bag) a2||:f|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)| (cBA) A2A (agf)|(ecA) (ABA) (ABA)|(F2B) (B2c) d3:|


X:1 T:Ride a mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No. 83, p. 19) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A (f|:ecA) A3 (cBA)|(ecA) A3 (agf)|(ecA) A3 cBA| (G2B) (B2c) (d2f):||:(efg) a3 (gfe)|(a2c) (c2d) e3| (efg) a3 (gfe)|1 (b2B) (B2c) d3:|2 f3g3 a3||


X:1 T:Ride a Mile T:Riding a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 4, No. 18, p. 4) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. F: https://manuscripts.itma.ie/grier/book-four/ Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dBG G2c BAG|dBG G2f gfe|dBG G2c BAG|e2A A2B c2e|| def gag fed|g2B B2d c2e|def gag fed|a2A A2Bc2e| def gag fed|g2B B2e c2e|def gag f2g|a2a agf ffe||


X:1 T:Ride a Mile T:Riding a Mile [1] M:9/8 L:1/8 R:Slip Jig K:A ecA ABA cBA | ecA ABA fga | fcA ABA cBA | fdB BcB dcB :| |: efg aba gfe | a2c cdc e2f | efg aba gfe | b2B BcB d2f :|