The Irish Washerwoman
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About this tune
The Irish Washerwoman is a four-part jig in G major, written in 6/8 time. The tune contains about 43 bars and spans from D3 to E16. Bar 3 also played |cAA =FAA| or |cAA EAA| or |cAA DAA|
ABC notation for The Irish Washerwoman
BGG DGG | BGB dcB | cAA FAA | cAc edc | BGG DGG | BGB dcB | cBc Adc |1 BGG G2A :| 2 BGG Gef || |: gfg ~d3 | gdg bag | fef ~d3 | fdf agf | egg dgg | cgg Bgg | cBc Adc |1 BGG Gef :| 2 BGG G2A || P:variations |: ~B3 GDG | BGB dcB | cBc AFA | cAc edc | BGG DGG | BGB dcB | cBc Adc |1 BGG Gdc :| 2 BGG G2d || gdB GBd | ~g3 bag | fdd Add | ~f3 agf | egg dgg | cgg Bgg | cBc Adc | BGG G2g | gdB GBd | ~g3 bag | ~f3 dAd | fdf agf | efg bag | fge dcB | cBc ABc | def gdc || W:Some verses set to this tune: W:1. When I was at home I was merry and frisky, W: My dad kept a pig and my mother sold whiskey. W: W:2. O'Reely is dead and O'Reilly don't know it W: O'Reilly is dead and O'Reely don't know it W: They're both lying dead in the very same bed W: And neither one knows that the other one's dead.