Bashful Bachelor (2) (The)
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BASHFUL BACHELOR [2], THE (An Baitsiléir Cúthail). AKA and see "Obelisk Hornpipe," "Shaw's Reel," "Where Did You Find Her? (2)" "Wily Old Bachelor (The)." Irish (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A different tune than O'Neill's "Bashful Bachelor (1) (The)." "Where Did You Find Her? (2)" is related to "Bashful Bachelor (2)" only in the second part. See also the related "Men from Ulster." "Doucette's Reel", from Prince Edward Island, also seems related.
Sources for notated versions: fiddler Paddy Cronin (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Wilfred Gotell, b. 1927 (Georgetown, Central Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 214, p. 98. McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), c. 1920's; No. 83, p. 21. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 60.
Recorded sources: Outlet Records OAS 3002, Paddy Cronin - "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977).
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