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'''O SHE'S COMICAL.''' AKA and see "[[O but Ye be Merry]]," "[[O'Shea's Comical Reel]], "[[Rejected Suitor (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Skye): ABB' (Athole, Kerr). A double-tonic reel, "Very old" (Gow, Skye). Older versions go under the title "[[O but Ye be Merry]]." W.B. Laybourn, editor of '''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One''' (1881) printed the miss-heard title "O'Shea's Comical Reel." A four-part version of the tune can be found as "[[Rejected Suitor (The)]]" ([[Fear nan Casan Caola]], aka "[[Pige Ruadh (Am)]]"), which can be found in instrumental and ''puirt-a-beul'' settings on Cape Breton. | '''O SHE'S COMICAL.''' AKA and see "[[O but Ye be Merry]]," "[[O'Shea's Comical Reel]], "[[Rejected Suitor (The)]]." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Skye): ABB' (Athole, Kerr). A double-tonic reel, "Very old" (Gow, Skye). Older versions go under the title "[[O but Ye be Merry]]." W.B. Laybourn, editor of '''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One''' (1881) printed the miss-heard title "O'Shea's Comical Reel." A four-part version of the tune can be found as "[[Rejected Suitor (The)]]" ([[Fear nan Casan Caola]], aka "[[Pige Ruadh (Am)]]"), which can be found in instrumental and ''puirt-a-beul'' settings on Cape Breton. | ||
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''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 404. Gow ('''Complete Repository, Part 3'''), 1806; p. 22. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880’s ; No. 6, p. 4. Laybourn ('''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One'''), 1881; p. 84. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 22. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 8. | ''Printed sources'': Carlin ('''The Gow Collection'''), 1986; No. 404. Gow ('''Complete Repository, Part 3'''), 1806; p. 22. Kerr ('''Merry Melodies, vol. 2'''), c. 1880’s ; No. 6, p. 4. Laybourn ('''Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One'''), 1881; p. 84. MacDonald ('''The Skye Collection'''), 1887; p. 22. Stewart-Robertson ('''The Athole Collection'''), 1884; p. 8. | ||
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See also listing at:<br> | See also listing at:<br> | ||
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2976.html]<br> | Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t2976.html]<br> | ||
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O SHE'S COMICAL. AKA and see "O but Ye be Merry," "O'Shea's Comical Reel, "Rejected Suitor (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Gow, Skye): ABB' (Athole, Kerr). A double-tonic reel, "Very old" (Gow, Skye). Older versions go under the title "O but Ye be Merry." W.B. Laybourn, editor of Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One (1881) printed the miss-heard title "O'Shea's Comical Reel." A four-part version of the tune can be found as "Rejected Suitor (The)" (Fear nan Casan Caola, aka "Pige Ruadh (Am)"), which can be found in instrumental and puirt-a-beul settings on Cape Breton.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Carlin (The Gow Collection), 1986; No. 404. Gow (Complete Repository, Part 3), 1806; p. 22. Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 2), c. 1880’s ; No. 6, p. 4. Laybourn (Köhler's Violin Repository, Book One), 1881; p. 84. MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; p. 22. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 8.
Recorded sources:
See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]