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'''I WAS ROAMING IN THE GLOAMING'''. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] '''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'''.” See note for "[[Annotation:My Charmer from Clare]]" for more on Whiteside. | '''I WAS ROAMING IN THE GLOAMING'''. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] '''Irish Minstrels and Musicians'''.” See note for "[[Annotation:My Charmer from Clare]]" for more on Whiteside. | ||
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''Printed sources'': O’Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922. | ''Printed sources'': O’Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922. | ||
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I WAS ROAMING IN THE GLOAMING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] Irish Minstrels and Musicians.” See note for "Annotation:My Charmer from Clare" for more on Whiteside.
Source for notated version: the Whiteside manuscript [O’Neill].
Printed sources: O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922.
Recorded sources:
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