The Limerick Lasses
O’Neill 1903 no. 1451
Irish tenor banjo tab
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ABC notation source
X:1451 T:The Limerick Lasses M:C| L:1/8 B:O'Neill's 1451 K:D dBAF D2 (EF) | GFGA BEEc | dBAF D2 (EF) | GBAG FDDc | dBAF D2 (EF) | GFGA BEEc | dBAF D2 (EF) | GBAG FABc || dcde f2 (ed) | cdef gBBc | dfga b2 (ag) | faeg fddc | dcde fded | cdef gfga | bBbB b2 (ag) | faeg fd " Fine"d2|| AdBd AdBd | AdBd ceec | AdBd AdBd | efge fddB | AdBd AdBd | Adfd ceef | gfec dcBA | Bdce fd "D.C."d2 |]
Questions about The Limerick Lasses
The Limerick Lasses is in D, in C| time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.
Easy. 98% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 7.
The tune type is not recorded in the source collection.
Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.
Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.