Annotation:Irish Round (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
IRISH ROUND, THE. AKA and see "Kennington Wells," "Auld Jew (The)," "Black Headed Dearie" (Ceann Dub Oilir), "Currie koun dilish." Irish, Jig (6/4 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune, originally Irish and dating from at least the 1st decade of the 17th century, according to Grattan-Flood (1906), appears in John Young's Dancing Master, second volume, of 1713 (p. 146) under this title. Young was heir to the Playford publishing concerns.
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