Take Her or Leave Her

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 Theme code Index    1H3H1H3H 5252
 Also known as    Barr na Feirste, Bhláthach Mhuimhneach (An), Behind the Haystack (1), Box the Monkey, Christmas Day in the Morning (3), Munster Buttermilk (2), Squeeze Your Thighs, Take Her or Leave Her, Take Him or Leave Him
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Air/Lament/Listening Piece, Jig/Quadrille
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    2 sharps
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    6/8
 History    
 Structure    AABBCCDDEE
 Editor/Compiler    Stephen Grier
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection Book 3
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 168, pp. 53-54
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1883
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 Score   (1)   



X:1 T:Take him or leave him T:Take her or leave her M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 168, pp. 53-54) N:Grier entered the identical tune in his Book 4 (No. 108, p.12). B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=52&z=-372.3945%2C194.0621%2C4131.7746%2C1720.5718 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D c|d2e fdB|ded fdB|AFE EFE|AFE EFA| d2e fdB|g2e fdB|AFD DED|AFD D2:| |:A|Bc/d/B BAF|AFA d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA| Bc/d/B BAF|AFA d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:| |:f|ga/b/g fg/a/f|ef/g/e d2B|AFE EFE|AFE E2f| ga/b/g fg/a/f|ef/g/e d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:| |:A|BEE eEE|BEE d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA| BEE dEE|BEE d2G|AFD DED |AFD D2:| |:A|GGG FFF|EEE d2B|AFE EFE|AFE EFA| GGG FFF|EEE d2B|AFD DED|AFD D2:|]