Annotation:All Round the Room
X:1 T:All Round the Room S:Stephen Grier manuscript collection (Co. Leitrim, 1883) M:4/4 L:1/8 B:Breathnach & Small - CRE IV (1996, No. 104) K:D D2 FA d2 AF|d2 AF GE E2|D2 FA d2 AF|GBAG FD D2 :| dcdB cdec|dcde fBBc|dcdB cdec|dBAG FD D2| dcdB cdec|dcde fBBd|cAec dABG|FAEG FD D2 ||
ALL ROUND THE ROOM. AKA and see "Lady Douglas's Reel," "Light Horseman's Reel (The)," "Shropshire Reel." Irish, Reel (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) entered the tune into his 1883 music manuscript collection (Book 1, No. 23). Grier was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. The first strain is cognate with the second strain of Canon James Goodman's Sporting Days of Easter (4) (The) <div class="mw-ext-score" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/7/l/7ljmhue1kzj5927ogu8a0tiaw6yf4hv/7ljmhue1.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/7/l/7ljmhue1kzj5927ogu8a0tiaw6yf4hv/7ljmhue1.png" width="612" height="52" alt=" X:1 M:C L:1/8 K:D FDFA d2 FA|d2 AF GE E2|FDFA d2 AB|cBcG E2D2| "/></div>Musician and researcher Conor Ward finds both strains cognate with Let's be Gay<div class="mw-ext-score" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/3/t/3t2bzcuemf9gf1f382dc3exn40pgbia/3t2bzcue.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/3/t/3t2bzcuemf9gf1f382dc3exn40pgbia/3t2bzcue.png" width="611" height="52" alt=" X:1 M:C| L:1/8 K:G G2Bd g2 dB | g2 dB cAFA | G2 Bd g2 dB | cedc BG G2 :| "/></div> from Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), which itself is a derivative of the Scottish Duke of Perth<div class="mw-ext-score" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/o/y/oy71c9po8yc8v0fd3kxqe7bx0gaxe8v/oy71c9po.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/o/y/oy71c9po8yc8v0fd3kxqe7bx0gaxe8v/oy71c9po.png" width="697" height="57" alt=" X:1 M:C| L:1/8 K:G B|(G/A/B/c/ d)B gBdB|gBdB aAAB|(G/A/B/c/ d)B dBdB|cAdc BG G:| "/></div> The melody appears in publisher James Alexander's Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1826) as "Lady Douglas's Reel" attributed to the mysterious "W.J." who is credited with a half-dozen tunes in publisher James Alexander's Alexander's 50 New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1826). The volume was edited by a "professional musician," who may have been "W.J." himself, or perhaps he was merely a contributor.
