Cronin's Favorite (1)

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Theme code Index	5L111 3432
Also known as	Bunch of Keys (1), Flowers of Limerick (1) (The), Mills are Grinding (The), Paddy on the Turnpike, Paddy on the Handcar, Roga Uí Cronin
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	ABCD
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1555, p. 287
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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CRONIN'S FAVORITE [1] (Roga Uí Cronin). AKA and see "The Flowers of Limerick [1]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABCD. O'Neill remarked about source Cronin:

...he would play on for hours at a time such tunes as memory presented, his features while so engaged remaining as set and impassive as the sphinx...it was his open boast that he never forgot nor forgave an injury.

Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler Edward Cronin [O'Neill] Cronin (c. 1838-c. 1918) was originally from Limerick Junction, County Tipperary and was a weaver by trade. O'Neill considered him one of the two best fiddlers in Chicago, and had a wealth of tunes from him. O'Niell traveled twelve miles each way to his house for two years, playing and transcribing tunes, until they had a falling out (which O'Neill confessed he was at a loss to understand, although placing it squarely on Cronin).

Printed source: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1555, p. 287. See also listing at: Alan Ng's Irish Traditional Music Tune Index [1].

X:1
T:Cronin's Favorite [1]
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1555
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
GF | DGGF G2 GA | BgcA BGAF | DFFE F2 FG | AGAc BGFD | 
DGGF G2 GA | BAGA Bcde | fefd cAFA BGAF G2 || 
GA | Gggf g2 ga | bgga bgaf | d^cde fefg | abag fdcA | dggf g3d | 
BAGA Bcde | fefd cAFA | BGAF G2 || GF | DGGA BAGB | 
dcBd cBAG | FGAB cAFA | cBcA BGAF | GFGA BABd | 
cBAB cdeg | fefd cAFA | BGAF G2 || df | gddf gbag | fede fgaf | 
eccd efge | dcBA GcBA | G2 GA BABd | cBAB cdeg | fefd cAFA | BGAF G2 ||