The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket", in Gaelic "An Swanbean Caitgte Suas Annsa Suisin",<br> also known as "There was an Old Woman Toss’d up in a Blanket" is an Irish jig in A Major.<br> The parts are played AABB.<br> It is related to the morris dance tune of the<br> same name.<br> The earliest Irish printing is in R.M. Levey's Dance Music of Ireland (London, 1858).<br> It was also printed in P.M. Haverty's One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 2 (1859),<br> Levey's First Collection of the Dance Music of Ireland (1858),<br> Krassen's O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1976),<br> O'Neill's Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies (1903).<br> It was recorded by Alasdair Fraser & Jody Stecher on The Driven Bow (1988).<br>
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