The Nine Points of Knavery
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Nine Points of Knavery" is an Irish reel in A Dorian. The parts are played AAB.<br> The only appearance of this tune is in the Forde Collection, a portion of which was published<br> by P.W. Joyce. William Forde (c. 1759-1850) was a distinguished musician from County Cork, who<br> collected primarily in Munster, but also from trips made to Counties Leitrim, Sligo,<br> Galway, Roscommon and Mayo. Forde collected "Nine Points of Knavery" from James Blair, who was<br> at the time a stipendiary magistrate in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, although he was originally<br> from County Armagh. The reel appears to be a distanced member of the "The Queen of May" and<br> "The Tap Room" tune family.<br> The C part given here is the B part transposed down an octave.<br> It was printed in <br> Joyce's Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909).<br> It was recorded by<br> The McNamara Family on Leitrim's Hidden Treasures (1999).<br>
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