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Smile, Comedy, Laugh, Happy, Irish, Saint Patrick, Van Cleef and Keller 1980 state the name changes from "Irish Wash Woman" to "Irish Washerwoman" around 1795 The tune retained its popularity, at least for contra dancing, and was cited as having commonly been played for Orange County, New York country dances in the 1930's Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly, by 20th century Arizona fiddler Kenner C Kartchner for dances in the Southwest, and by contemporary Buffalo Valley, Pa, dance fiddlers Ralph Sauers and Harry Daddario Viola "Mom" Ruth, in her collection Pioneer Western Folk Tunes 1948 appends to the "Irish Washer Women" that it was what she played when she "Won the state's Arizona championship 1926" Other than for dancing, it was popular as a vehicle for "American stage Yankees, " and according to Bronner 1987 it was included in the music to the "Federal Overture" published by B Carr in 1795 which played to theatres in Philadelphia and New York
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