Comet (2) (The)

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Theme code Index	5364 531H1H
Also known as	Comet Clog, Black Swan (The), Doctor Peter's, Down the Glen, Glengesh (The), Minnie Foster, Mrs. Minnie Foster
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AA'BB
Editor/Compiler
Book/Manuscript title	Book:White's Unique Collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 145, p. 26
Year of publication/Date of MS	1896
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COMET [2], THE. AKA - "Comet Clog." AKA and see "Black Swan (The)," "Doctor Peter's," "Down the Glen," "The Glengesh," "Minnie Foster," "Mrs. Minnie Foster." Irish, American; Hornpipe or Clog. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB. As "Minnie Foster" it appears in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and as "Down the Glen" in Allen's Irish Fiddler. Sean McGuire recorded it as "The Black Swan." In parts of County Donegal it is known as "Dr. Peters" and "The Glengesh."

Source for notated version: obtained from fiddler Paddy Killoran [O'Malley].

Printed sources: O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music), 1976; No. 114, p. 57. White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 145, p. 26 (listed as "Comet Clog").

X: 2
T: Comet Clog
M: C|
L: 1/8
S: White's Unique Collection (1883), No. 145
Z: AK/Fiddler's Companion 
R: Clog
K: F
(A<.B) | (c>.F)(A>.c) d>FB>d | c>FA>c f>ef>^f | g>ce>g b>ea>g | 
(3fef (3gfd c>AB>=B | c>FA>c d>FB>d | c>FA>c f>ef>^f | g>eb>g e>cB>G | 
F2A2F2 :: (e>f) | (g>.c)(e>.g) b>eg>b | a>Ac>f aA>f>a | g>c'=b>a a>gf>d | 
C2c'2 c>A,B,>=B, | (3C=B,C A,>C F>Ac>^c | (3d^cd D>F B>df>b | 
a>cf>a e>gc>e | [A2f2]a2[A2f2] :|

X: 1
T: The Comet [2]
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 325
S: Luke O'Malley vol 1
Z: Transcribed by Bill Black
R: hornpipe
K: F
(3AB=B | cFAc dFBd | (3cdc Ac fef^f | gceg bcag | (3fgf ef c2 (3AB=B|
cFAc dFBd | (3cdc Ac fef^f | gebg ecBG |1 (3FAc (3fac' f'2 :|2 F2 A2 F2 ||
|: (3ef^f | gceg beag | fAcf a2 g^f | gc'=ba (3gag (3fed |(3ceg (3c'ge c2 (3A,B,=B, | 
(3C=B,C A,C FAc^c |