Blooming Meadows (2)

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Theme code Index	5L134 7L5L7L6L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 918, p. 171
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Jimmy O'Brien-Moran
Title of recording	Seán Reid's Favourite
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001
Year recorded	1996
Media
Score ()

BLOOMING MEADOWS [2], THE. Irish, Double Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (O'Neill): AABB'CC (Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill). A variant of "Blooming Meadows (1)," with a third part. This is the version commonly played in sessions today.

Sources for notated versions: the Tulla Ceili Band [Mulvihill]; Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 239, p. 74. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 48, p. 75. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 918, p. 171

Recorded sources: Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from Clare piper Willie Clancy). See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]

X:1
T:Blooming Meadows, The [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 918
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G/F/ | D2G G2A | B2d cAG | F2D DED | F2F E2D | 
D2G G2A | BAG Ade | fed cAF | AGG G2 :|
|: B/c/ | def g2a | bag afd | fef afd | d>ef/g/ afd | 
def g2 a | bag afd | fed cAF | AGG G2 :|
|: G/A/ | B3 ~c3 | dcB cAG | ~F3 DED | FEF AFD | 
B3 cBc | dcB cde | fed cAF | AGG G2 :||