Paddy O'Rafferty
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Paddy O'Rafferty" (Gaelic: "Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh") also known as<br> "Paddy O'Raverty", "Drink of This Cup", "Padeen O'Rafferty",<br> "Paudeen O'Rafferty" and "Ten Penny Money" is an Irish and Scottish<br> double jig. Irish fiddler and piper Breandán Breathnach remarks that<br> the tune is extremely well known in Ireland, “and there are as many<br> versions of it as there are musicians". There are many versions <br> available with various numbers of parts from 2 to 6.<br> One of the oddest instances of the tune is on the barrel organ<br> from the polar expedition of Admiral Parry of 1810. In place<br> of a ship’s fiddler (common in those days), Parry introduced a<br> mechanical barrel organ on board ship to provide entertainment<br> and a vehicle to which the men could exercise (i.e. by dancing).<br> “Paddy O’Rafferty” was one of eight tunes on barrel no. 4.<br> It was printed in Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and<br> Foreign Airs, vol. 3, (1789). Paff's Gentlemen’s Amusement, No. 2 (1812),<br> Wilson’s Companion to the Ball Room (1816), Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903), O'Neill's Dance<br> Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Williamson's English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish Fiddle Tunes (1976).<br>
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