Annotation:Off to Skelligs--5th Figure
X:1 T:Off to Skelligs--Fifth Figure M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Quadrille B:Roche - Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 2 (1912, No. 296) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A OA2 AE|CEAG|FBBA|GABc| A2 AE|CEAG|FBFG|1 A B/c/ d/e/f/g/:|2 a2a|| "1st & 3rd"c/B/|AE/A/ cA/c/|ec/e/ ac|eddB|fe c/d/c/B/| AE/A/ cA/c/|ec/e/ ac|eddB|BAA c| eddB|fe cA/c/|eddB|fe c/d/c/B/| AE/A/ cA/c/|ec/e/ ac|eddB|BAAz!D.C.!|| "2nd & 4th"c/d/|eaa g/f/|ec cB/c/|df fe/d/|cA A(3B/c/d/| ea ag/f/|ec cB/c/|dffe|A3 z| AE/A/ ce|dBB>A|GE/G/ Bd|cA A/d/c/B/| AE/A/ cd|cBB>A|Gff>e|A2 Az!D.C.!||
OFF TO SKELLIGS--FIFTH FIGURE. AKA and see "Charlie O'Neill's," "Gallope (An)," "Gallop Hey," "Kerry Polka (The)," "Paddy Spillane's (2)," "Port Dalaig (5) and "Port Dalaig (6)." Irish, Quadrille Part (2/4 time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BAA'CA'A'. Parts of this figure also appear in the Pennsylvania-collected "Ben Walker's Walk Around." The first strain of "Off to Skelligs--Fifth Figure" is the same as that of Capt. Simon Fraser's reel "Rendezvous (The)" (1816), although other parts differ.
