He concludes the composer and date of composition are both still unknown, although he doubts it is older than the 1780's. 1760, but Bayard again thinks it unlikely due to stylistic reasons (it does not sound like Jackson's other tunes, or even particularly Irish). The Irish uilleann piper 'Piper' Jackson has also been credited with the tune (by Alfred Moffat) which he supposedly wrote c. This is impossible, according to Bayard (1981), since it appeared in print in the Irish Murphy MS. British musicologist William Chappell, writing in the 19th century, seemed to imply that Englishman George Macfarren composed this very popular tune. "Off She Goes (1)" is of the most popular and long-lived of traditional 6/8 tunes in history. AB (Kerr, Moylan, Thompson, Wilson): AABB (most versions). D Major (most versions): C Major (Cazden, Howe, Hughes): G Major (Clinton). AKA and see " Off She Goes for Butter and Cheese" (Pa.), " Up She Got and Off She Went" (Pa.), " Peel the Willow" (Pa.), " Danse des Sutins (La)" (French-Canadian), " Gigue du bonhomme (La)," " Lancer's Quadrille," " Launch (The)," " Rustic Reel (2)," " Rustic Dance (2)." English, Irish, Scottish, American Single Jig (6/8 time), Slide (12/8 time) and Country Dance Tune.
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