Annotation:Robin Redbreast
X:1 % T:Robin Redbreast M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903, No. 1395) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A cd | ecAB c3d | edce dBGB | AGAB cBcd | efge afgf | ecAB c3B | edce dBGB | AGAf gfgf | edcB A2 || cd | eaag efge | dBge dBGB | AGAB cBcd | e^def gfed | eaag efge | dBge dBGB | ABcd efge | dBGB A2 ||
ROBIN REDBREAST (An Bruindeargan). Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). Source Edward Cronin was a weaver and machinist as well as a composer. O’Neill held his playing in high esteem and noted that it was Cronin’s boast that he never forgot nor forgave a slight. See also the related “Eel in the Sink.”