X:1
T:Wheelwright [1], The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Air
Q:"Briskly"
B:Bunting – Ancient Music of Ireland (1840, No. 35, p. 28)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Bb
(F/>A/)|(B>c) (.d.g)|{=efg}(f>_e) .d(B/c/)|{^c}d>=c {d}(c/B/)(G/F/)|(GB){A}B F|
(B>c) (.d.g)|{=efg}(f>_e) .d(B/c/)|{^c}d>=c {d}(c/B/)(G/F/)|(GB){A}B||
.f|(g>f)(ga)|(b>a) (gb)|{^fga}(g>=f) (.d.c)|{^c}(dg).g f|
{a}(g>f)(.g.a)|(b>a)(.g.b)|{^gab}(a>f)(.d.c)|(df).f (F/>A/)|
(B>c) .d.g|{=efg}(f>_e) .d(B/c/)|{Bc}(d>c) {d}(c/B/)(G/F/)|GB{A}!fermata!B||
WHEELWRIGHT [1], THE (An Deileadoir). AKA and see "Penal Days." Irish, Slow Air (2/4 time). A Major (O'Neill's): B Flat Major (Haverty): G Major (O'Sullivan/Bunting). Standard tuning (fiddle). One part (O'Sullivan/Bunting): AAB (O'Neill's). The air and words were first pritned in Edward Bunting's collection, though the melody was afterwords used for Thomas Davis' song entitled "The Penal Days."
"The Wheelwright [1]" was also entered into vol. 4 (p. 151) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Belfast musician and collector Edward Bunting [1] (1773-1843) noted the melody from one P. Lynch of Castlebar, County Mayo, in 1802.
Printed sources : - Bunting (The Ancient Music of Ireland), 1840; No. 35, p. 28. P.M. Haverty (One Hundred Irish Airs vol. 1), 1858; No. 95, p. 39. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 202, p. 35. O'Sullivan/Bunting, 1983; No. 35, pp. 56-57.
