First of May

X:15
T:First of May
% NFF Book 2019
S:collected from Joe Cashmere, Sydney NSW
S:John Meredith Collection, NLA
N:This tune also collected in Australia:
N:- from Joe Yates, John Meredith Collection, NLA as "Joe Yates Skillett Pot" &/or "Sofala Cuckoo"
N:Other versions:
N:This tune is part of a family of tunes based around "Little Beggarman", & "Redhaired Boy" & Colcannon
N:- Elias Howe "The Musician's Companion" 1843 p.143 #2 as "Cuckoo Sett (tune 5)"
N:- Kerr's Vol 4 No 270, (c.1880), as "1st of May"
F:- https://tunearch.org/wiki/Little_Beggarman
F:- https://tunearch.org/wiki/Gilderoy_(2)
F:- https://tunearch.org/wiki/First_of_May_(3)_(The)
O:Australia, NSW, Sydney
R:Reel
M:2/4
L:1/8
K:D
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First of May - played by Greg O'Leary

Additional Information

Additional information may be available on the following people or organisations associated with the collection of this tune:
| Joe Cashmere | John Meredith Collection |