Me Mother Won’t Let Me Marry (jig) on The Session

Also known as Daddy Won’t Let Me Marry, Me Daddy Won’t Let Me Marry, Mother Won’t Let Me Marry, My Daddy Won’t Let Me Marry, My Mother Won’t Let Me Marry.

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One setting

X: 1
T: Me Mother Won't Let Me Marry
R: jig

M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
DFA B2A|FGF F2E|DFA B2A|G3G2 F|
EGE EFG|c2c c2B|A^GA B2A|F3F2 E|
DFA B2A|F=GF F2E|DFA B2A|G3G2 F|
E2E EFG|c2c c2B|A^GA ABc|d3 e2 z||
f2f f2e|d2d d2e|ded c2d|e3e2 f|
g2g g2e|c2c c2B|A^GA B2A|F3F2 d|
f2f f2e|d2d d2e|ded c2d|e3e2 f|
g2g g2e|c2c c2B|A^GA ABc|d3d2 z||

Ten comments

A Newfoundland tune. It has the feel of a slide to my ear, but as I understand that the Newfoundlanders know it as a jig, that’s how I’ve submitted it here. If you prefer it notated as a slide, just alter the time sig. and knock out alternate bar lines.

There seems to be several variants of the tune - the version that I know approximates fairly closely to the one that these guys are playing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiBQQXAbBy8&feature=endscreen&NR=1

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And a very nice job they make of it, too … 🙂

Lovely Mix, yes, definitely the nature of a ‘single jig’ and in this case with that 12/8 phrase feel, making a brilliant slide… Notating themas 12/8 to emphasize that phrasing is a relatively new thing. Thanks for this bit of jolly, the tune and the music on the other side of the link were enjoyed…

With those long holds on notes it has a bit of the feel of a quickstep about it…

“Mother Won’t Let Me Marry” ~ some other ways with it

X: 2
T: Mother Won’t Let Me Marry
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
R: single jig / slide
K: Dmaj
|: [EA] |\
DFA B2 A F3 F2 E | DF/G/A B2 A G3 G2 F |
[1 E^DE EA=d cdc c2 B | A^GA BA=G F3 F2 :|
[2 E2 E EAd c2 c c2 B | A^GA BAF D3 D2 ||
|: [eg] |\
f3 f2 e d3 d2 A | ded dc=c B3 e2 f |
[1 g3 gfe cdc c2 B | A^GA BA=G F3 F2 :|
[2 g2 g g2 e c2 c c2 B | A^GA =gec d3 d2 |]

And here’s a rendering of the tune in C Maj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8olTdTctSk&feature=related

play video

(Slightly different title: “Me Daddy Won’t Let Me Marry”

It’s a great tune, and begs to be danced to with a sashay or two, and would work nicely for a few single jig dances I know and like…

Nice tune. It sounds English in origin - I’m sure I’ve heard it in a melodeon-infested English session somewhere, but with a different second part (or I might be confusing it with another tune). The alternative B-part goes something like this:

|: e | f2e dcB | A2F D2E | F2F FEF | G3-G2z | e2e e2d |
c2c c2B |1 A^GA B2A | F3-F2 :|2 A^GA B2c | d3-d2 ||