Hare in the Corn (#171), The

X: 61
T:Hare in the Corn (#171), The
M:6/8
L:1/8
S:Aird's Selections 1782-97
K:G
c|BGB def|gdc B2 G|cec BdB|cAA A2 c|
BGB def|gdc B2 G|Aag fef|gGG G2:|
|:c|dBB GBB|dBB GBB|cAA FAA|cAA GBc|
dBB ecc|fdd gee|dBB cAf|gGG G2:||
%
% A rather florid setting of "The Hare in the Corn", procured "from a
% piper in 1800" is printed in Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland,
% published in 1840, with notation "Author and date unknown".
% The name is not indexed in any of the Petrie or Joyce Collections.
% The setting herewith presented was taken from Aird's Selections
% of Scotch, English, Irish, and Foreign Airs, 1782-97. It is also known
% as "The Hare in the Corner".

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/waifs/X/0171/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ONeills/waifs/waif-4/0060

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