the Short Grass

X: 981
T: the Short Grass
T: an feur gearr
R: double jig
%S: s:3 b:20(6+6+8)
B: O'Neill's 1850 "Music of Ireland" #981
O: J.O'Neill
N: A one beat rest was added before the second part
N: to balance the lead-in notes of the first part.
Z: Dan G. Petersen, dangp@post6.tele.dk
Z: Robert Thorpe (thorpe@skep.com)
N: ABCMUS 1.0
M: 6/8
K: C	% Ending on Am
e/-d/ \
| cGE cGE | EDE CEG | cGE cGE | Add ded |\
| cGE cGE | EDE CEG |
| cee e2d | cAA A2 :: z \
| gag ged | ecc cde | aba age | edd d2e |
|[1 gag ged | ecc cde | fed fed | ecA A2 :|\
 [2 gfe agf | gfe dcB | cee e2d | cAA A2 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/_1850/copies/Short_Grass-C-32-3/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/jig/Short_Grass_981-C-32-3/0000

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