Annotation:Telegraph (1) (The)
X:1 T:Telegraph Reel, The T:Telegraph [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 180) N:Goodman had the tune from a ms. lent to him by a pipe maker named Doogan. F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=183&z=879.993%2C1342.8005%2C7429.8284%2C2584.8765 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2 AF DFAF|G2 BG dGBG|F2 AF dcdB|AFDF E2D2:| ABdf gfge|fefd eBB2|ABdf gfge|afdf e2d2| ABdf gfge|fefd eB B2|defg a2 ab|afdf e2d2||
TELEGRAPH [1], THE. AKA and see "Shannon Breeze (1)," "What the Devil Ails You? (2)," "Rathkeale Hunt (The)," "Rolling on the Ryegrass," "Roll her on the banks," "Railway Station (The)," "Punch for the Ladies (2)," "Piper's Lass (The)," "Old Molly Ahern," "McCaffrey's Reel," "Maureen Playboy," "Strac an Mhuc an Leine," "Sean Mhaire Ni Eachthighearn." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Mixoldyian. Standard tuning. AAB. The melody appears in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts as “The Telegraph,” although it is best known nowadays as “Rolling on the Ryegrass.” Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper, and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections.
