Source: John McFadden in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland1

Appears in the ‘Marches and Miscellaneous’ section of Music of Ireland. Possibly a composition of McFadden’s2. An altogether different tune with this title appears in DMI3. O’Neill’s account of McFadden from Irish Minstrels and Musicians can be found here.

  1. Francis O’Neill, O’Neill’s Music of Ireland: Eighteen Hundred and Fifty Melodies. Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1903, #1843, p.346.
  2. Not found in any earlier collections in the Bibliography here:
    Paul DeGrae, Sources of tunes in O’Neill’s Music of Ireland and Dance Music of Ireland, 2017 (rev.2021). https://www.irishtune.info/public/oneill-sources.htm (accessed 23/1/23)
  3. Francis O’Neill, The Dance Music of Ireland (1001 Gems). Chicago, Lyon & Healy, 1907, #993, p.171.

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