The Irish Washerwoman
"The Irish Washerwoman" is a traditional jig known to have been played throughout the British Isles and in North America. Although usually considered an Irish tune, some scholars claim that it is English in origin, derived from the seventeenth-century tune "Dargason".[1]
This jig was incorporated as the first movement of the Irish Suite, a collection of traditional tunes arranged for orchestra by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1946.
In popular culture
The song has been used in many movies, such as Christmas in Connecticut and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. In the Little House on the Prairie book series, Pa Ingalls plays the song on his fiddle.[2]
References
- The Traditional Tune Archive, https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Irish_Washerwoman_(1)
- Cleaveland, Nancy S. ""Irish Washerwoman"". Pioneergirl.com. The Seventhwinter Group. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
External links
- A clip of John Sheahan and André Rieu playing the jig on violins
- A site with lyrics
- Sheet music on thesession.org
- Sheet music for piano – intermediate level 4, with sound recording.
- The Chemist's Drinking Song
- The Old Irish Washerwoman Feature film.
- Irish Washerwoman as collected from Stephen Baldwin, Gloucestershire fiddler, with sound recording.
- Louis-Antoine Jullien used the tune in his "The Royal Irish Quadrilles".
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