Irishman’s Heart for the Ladies, The

X:1
T:Irishman’s Heart for the Ladies, The
T:Drops of Brandy [1]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Slip Jig
S:”Michael Buckley Shanahan.”
N:Reidy's primary title "Irishman's Heart to the Ladies" usually refers
N:to a different 6/8 time tune.
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 19)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated
N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a
N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear
N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy
N:(i.e. in London or Ireland).
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d2c GBG GBG|d2c BGB cBA|d2C BGB BGB|cBc A2B cBA:|
GBd gdB gdB|GBd gdB cBA|GBd gdB gdB|cBc AFA cBA|
GBd gdB gdB|GBd gdB cBA|GBd gba gdB|cBc AFA cBA||

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