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"The Hag with the Money", in Gaelic "Cailleach an Airgid", also known as "Do You Think She'll Marry?",
"I was born for sport", "My Brother Tom" or "The Wealthy Widow" is an Irish air and double jig in
A Dorian/G Major {'A' part} & D Major/A Dorian {'B' part} (O'Neill), D Major/A Dorian/Mixolydian
(Breathnach, Miller, Moylan) or D Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part) (Harker/Rafferty, Taylor,
Tubridy). The parts are played AABB (most versions) or AABB' (Moylan).
A description of a hag is included in the notes for
"Old Hag, You Have Killed Me"
in this section.
The title comes from a song set to the tune, popular especially among Connemara singers. Petrie's Complete Collection (1905) prints the tune under the title "I was born for sport" noted down from the piper Patrick Coneelly in the year 1845. It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ 1 (1963), Harker's 300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty (2005), Jordan's Whistle and Sing! (1975), McNulty's Dance Music of Ireland (1965), Miller's Fiddler's Throne (2004), Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994), Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976), O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Taylor's Music for the Sets: Blue Book (1995), Tubridy's Irish Traditional Music, vol. 2 (1999). It was recorded by Mick Conneely on Selkie (2001), The Chieftains on The Best of the Chieftains (1992), Paddy Cronin (195?), Eddie Meehan & John McKenna (1937), Mike & Mary Rafferty on The Road from Ballinakill (2001) and Paddy Cronin on The House in the Glen (1971). |