Monday 7 April 2025
Tune of the Day: How Much Has She Got?
Traditional Irish jig
The earliest appearance of this tune in print is found in Francis O'Neill's collection Music of Ireland, published in Chicago in 1903. A nearly identical tune also appeared, under the title “The Sprightly Widow”, in Petrie's The Complete Collection of Irish Music (London, 1905), which gives as source a manuscript by John Edward Pigot (1822–1871).
The first strain is closely related to that of another melody, “The Highway to Dublin”, which dates back to the 18th century.