The Penniless Traveller

X:160
T:The Penniless Traveller
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
K:G
B/2c/2|dgg gfe|ded dBc|dgg g2 a|bag "tr"e2 d|
dgg gfe|ded dBd|gbg a/2b/2c'a|bgg g2:|
|:B/2c/2|dBG GFG|ecc c2 d|eAA ABG|Edd d2 B|1dgg gfe|ded dBd|gbg a/2b/2c'a|bgg g2:|2dgg faa|gbb abc'|d'bg a/2b/2c'a|bgg g2||
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% The above is an old strain which appeared in print at least as early
% as 1798 in a much simpler setting under the name "Go to the Devil
% and Shake Yourself". It was included in six Collections of Country
% Dances published in London in that year. It has been confused with
% "Get Up Old Woman and Shake Yourself", an entirely different
% tune. None of the names appear in Bunting, Petrie or Joyce
% collections. Another name for this tune is "When You Are Sick 'Tis
% Tea You Want", but a tune so named in the Petrie Collections is a
% different 8 bar melody.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/session/MontrealSession/oneill_ws/%160:PENNILESSTRAVELLER/0000

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