Annotation:Woods of Kilkenny

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X:1 T:The Woods of Kilkenny R:hornpipe B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 315, no. 1693 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige L:1/8 M:C| K:D A2|dAFA dfaf|gece dcBA|BGAF E2 (ef)|gece dcBA| dAFA dfaf|gece dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2 d2 d2:| |:(AG)|F>A (3AAA d>A (3AAA|fdcd BAGF|E>e (3eee g>e (3eee|cege dcBA| gbbg faaf|gece dcBA|dfaf bgec|d2 d2 d2:|



WOODS OF KILKENNY, THE (Coillte Cill-Cainnaig). Irish, Hornpipe (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also the related “O'Connor's Favorite” (particularly the first strain).

Additional notes

Chicago's Irish Music Club, c. 1902. Fr. Fielding is
Source for notated version: - Fr. James Fielding [O'Neill]. Fielding was a flute-player born in Mooncoin, Co. Kilkenny about 1860, and was a member of the Irish Music Club in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century.


Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 196. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1693, p. 315. O’Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 892, p. 153.

Recorded sources: -



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