Annotation:Bashful Bachelor (2) (The)
X:1 T:The Bashful Batchelor [2] M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G D>C|B,>DG>A B>GD>B,|C>EA>B c>AF>D|B,>DG>A B>Gc>B|(3ABA (3GFE (3DED (3CB,A,| G,>B,D>G B>GD>B,|C>EA>B c>AF>D|B,>DG>B A>DE>F|G2B2G2:| |:g>a|b>ge>g d>gB>g|d>gB>g d>gB>g|b>g(3efg d>gB>g|e>a{b}a>g a2 g>a| b>ge>g d>gB>d|c>BA>B c>de>g|g>dB>G E>cA>F|G2B2G2:||
BASHFUL BACHELOR [2], THE (An Baitsiléir Cúthail). AKA and see "Obelisk Hornpipe," "Shaw's Reel," "Walk Your Chalk," "Where Did You Find Her? (2)" "Wily Old Bachelor (The)." Irish (originally), Canadian; Hornpipe. Canada, Prince Edward Island. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Bashful Bachelor [2]" is a different tune than O'Neill's "Bashful Bachelor (1) (The)." "Where did You Find Her? (1)" is similar to "Bashful Bachelor (2) (The)" only in the second strain, although "Where Did You Find Her? (2)" matches "Bashful Bachelor (2)" in both parts. O'Neill's "Bashful Bachelor (3)" also shares a similar second strain.
The first strain of "Bashful Bachelor [2]" is also a 'detached' or 'floating' strain, and appears in the "Norfolk Hornpipe (1)," "Men from Ulster (The)," "Walk Your Chalk," Stephen Grier's "Hornpipe (52)" and, in somewhat less similar way, in "Whiddon's Hornpipe." "Doucette's Reel", from Prince Edward Island, also seems related.
