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Merrily Kissed The Quaker slide

There are 5 recordings of this tune.

Merrily Kissed The Quaker appears in 1 other tune collection.

Merrily Kissed The Quaker has been added to 4 tune sets.

Merrily Kissed The Quaker has been added to 9 tunebooks.

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One setting

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X: 1
T: Merrily Kissed The Quaker
R: slide
M: 12/8
L: 1/8
K: Gmaj
|:GAB D2B c2A BAG|G2E DEG ABA AGE|
GAB D2B c2A BAG|GAB D2E G2A B2A:|
|:G2B d^cd edB d2B|G2B d2B ABA AGE|
G2B d^cd edB d2B|GAB D2E G2A B2A:|
|:G2B d^cd edB g2e|dBA GBd e2f g3|
ged BAG d2B AGE|GAB D2E G2A B2A:|

Three comments

Merrily Kissed The Quaker

There is already a tune of this name posted https://thesession.org/tunes/70. The settings there are mostly based on the tune that Planxty popularised or settings in D of a related tune (from the North?) This present tune has a first part that is similar but the the other two parts are quite different and therefore it should be considered a different tune. This setting is based on the playing of Denis McMahon, Timmy O‘Connor and Paudy Scully. A similar setting is in Johnny O’Leary’s book. The Chieftains played this slide on Chieftains 3; a transcription of their playing, by turophile, is included as X:2 on https://thesession.org/tunes/70, but here is a better home for it.

Re: Merrily Kissed The Quaker

NB tune a fiddly variation of “Merrily Danced the Quaker’s Wife”. Everybody know THAT tune. Still, worth adding this as a curiosity!