"Merrily Kiss the Quaker's Wife", also known as "Humors of Last Night (The)", "Merrily Kissed the Quaker's Wife", or "Merrily Kiss the Crater." is an Irish slide in 12/8 time and G Major (most versions) or D Major (Feldman & O'Doherty). The parts are played AA'B (Feldman & O'Doherty/O'Donnell #1), AABB (Feldman & O'Doherty/O'Donnell #2) or AABBCC (most versions). It is from West Kerry, Ireland. Slides are traditionally in 12/8 but most modern transcribers have it in 6/8. The jig-like dance for the Irish slide is mainly done in the south west of Ireland, especially west Clare, Cork, and County Kerry, according to the Boys of the Lough. As "The Humors of Last Night" the melody can be found in O'Neill's collection of 1787. Scots versions parallel and predate Irish versions. The titles in both genres vary between 'Kiss/Kissed/Dance/Danced' and 'Quaker/Quaker's Wife'. The melody was well-known in America at the time of the Revolutionary War where it was employed as both a quick march and dance tune. As a march, it was published in Captain Robert Hinde’s (1720-1786) Collection of Quick Marches. It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Bulmer & Sharpley's Music from Ireland, vol. 1 (1974), Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1978), Mac Amhlaoibh & Durham's An Pota Stóir: Ceol Seite Corca Duibne/The Set Dance Music of West Kerry, Moylan's Johnny O'Leary of Sliabh Luachra (1994), O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody, Tubridy's Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1 (1999) and Vallely's Learn to Play the Tin Whistle with Armagh Pipers Club, vol. 2. It was recorded by Boys of the Lough on Second Album (1974), The Chieftains on Chieftains 3, Planxty on The Planxty Collection (1974), Kretzner & Leibovitz on Pigtown Fling: Dulcimer Sessions and many others. I learned it from Boys of the Lough.