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'''JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN, THE''' (An Og-badoir Greannmar). AKA - "An Og-Badoir Greannmar." English, Air (6/8 time, "cheerfully"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by English composer Charles Dibdin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dibdin] (1745-1814) who also wrote lyrics for his melody, and included in his opera '''The Waterman''' (1744). O'Neill obviously thought it had Irish associations, as he included it in '''Music of Ireland''' (1903). | '''JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN, THE''' (An Og-badoir Greannmar). AKA - "An Og-Badoir Greannmar." English, Air (6/8 time, "cheerfully"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by English composer Charles Dibdin [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dibdin] (1745-1814) who also wrote lyrics for his melody, and included in his opera '''The Waterman''' (1744). O'Neill obviously thought it had Irish associations, as he included it in '''Music of Ireland''' (1903). | ||
[[File:dibdin.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Charles Dibdin]] | |||
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Tune properties and standard notation
JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN, THE (An Og-badoir Greannmar). AKA - "An Og-Badoir Greannmar." English, Air (6/8 time, "cheerfully"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by English composer Charles Dibdin [1] (1745-1814) who also wrote lyrics for his melody, and included in his opera The Waterman (1744). O'Neill obviously thought it had Irish associations, as he included it in Music of Ireland (1903).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 530, p. 92.
Recorded sources: