Pay The Girl Her Fourpence

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on July 21st 2006 by Ptarmigan.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Give The Girl Her Four Pence, Give The Girl Her Fourpence, Pay The Girl Her Four Pence.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Inné Amarach by Teada
• Sunny Spells And Scattered Showers by Solas
• The Ballydesmond Polka by Dan Herlihy And John Drew
• The Piper's Rest by Jimmy Morrison
• The Russell Family Of Doolin, County Clare by The Russell Family
• The Traditional Music Of Ireland by Seamus Egan
• When The World Was Wide by Trouble In The Kitchen

X: 1
T: Pay The Girl Her Fourpence
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
ge|:dB (3BcB dBGB|dBGB (3gag fe|dB (3BcB dBGB|ge (3fed eage|
dB (3BcB dBGB|d2 dB dega|bagb agfa|1gefd eage:|2gefd e2ef||
g2bg faaf|gef/e/d edBd|g2bg faaf|gefd edef|
gbbg fg a/g/f|gefd edfa|g2ge fefg|1afdf e2ef:|2afdf e4||

Pay the Girl her Fourpence

Dan Herlihy got it from the playing of Paddy Cronin who lifted it from one of the O'Neill collections.

# Posted on July 21st 2006 by Ptarmigan

A not uncommon session tune here in Oz. Trouble In The Kitchen recorded it as "Give The Girl Her Fourpence". I presume they got it from the Solas album.

# Posted on July 21st 2006 by Dow

I think I've heard West Galway versions of this played in D.

# Posted on December 4th 2007 by Larshansen