Sheet Music: The Absent-Minded Man

TitleThe Absent-Minded Man
Alternate titlesThe House on the Corner
The Royal Irish Jig
Hare in the Corn
ComposerTraditional Irish
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyA major
RangeG#4–B5
Time signature6/8
Tempo108 BPM
Performance time0:35
Difficulty leveleasy
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Date added2024-11-14
Last updated2024-11-14
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Jigs, Traditional/Folk

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Thursday 14 November 2024

Tune of the Day: The Absent-Minded Man

Traditional Irish jig

This melody appears as an untitled jig in the 1841 music manuscript collection of Dublin dentist and collector Henry Hudson. Old Scottish variants can however be found in the Skene Manuscript, dating back to c. 1630-1640, under the title “Hare in the Corn”.