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Mrs McRory jig

Also known as Bridget McRory, Mrs. McRory.

There are 3 recordings of this tune.

Mrs McRory has been added to 12 tunebooks.

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Two settings

1
X: 1
T: Mrs McRory
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
g|:dBG G2 A|BAB G2 B|dBA G (3B^cd|e2 A ABc|dBA G2 A|
BAB G (3B^cd|gfe dBA|1 BGG G2 g:|2 BGG G2 f||
|:gdg gdg|aea aea|~g3 aga|bge e2 f|
gdg gdg|aea aea|gfe dBA|1 BGG G2 f|2 BGG G2 g||
2
X: 2
T: Mrs McRory
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
g|dBG GFG|BAB GFG|dBG ABd|e2 A A2 g|
dBG GFG|BAB GAB|gfe dBA|B2 G G2:|
g|gAg gfe|aAa agf|gag gfe|a2 e e2 g|
gAg gfe|aAa agf|gfe dBA|B2 G G2:|

Three comments

From the new album by Dave Sheridan and co., "Faoi Bhláth". This is a great tune they had from Gerry Harrington. He associated it with Paddy Cronin

The O’Neill’s version (pasted from http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/oneills/1850/):

X:933
T:Bridget McRory.
B:O’Neill’s 933
N:"collected by F. O’Neill."
Z:Transcribed by Tom Keays (htkeays@mailbox.syr.edu)
Z:abc 1.6
M:6/8
R:Jig
L:1/8
K:G
g | dBG GFG | BAB GFG | dBG ABd | e2 A A2 g |
dBG GFG | BAB GAB | gfe dBA | B2 G G2 :|
|| g | gAg gfe | aAa agf | gag gfe | a2 e e2 g |
gAg gfe | aAa agf | gfe dBA | B2 G G2 :|