The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3439   Message #17211
Posted By: Bruce O.
06-Dec-97 - 02:56 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Red Haired Man's Wife (more info needed)
Subject: RE: The Red Haired Man's Wife (more info needed)
There is another version of the tune in the complete Petrie collection, #360. The tune is entitled "The roving Pedlar", but a foot note adds that it is also called "The red-haired man's wife". In the heading it is also stated that this is the original tune for "The Boys of Kilkenny", but, though similar, it is not the same tune as that on the single sheet song with music that is thought to be the original "The Boys of Kilkenny".