Annotation:Rosemary Lane

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X:1 % T:Rosemary Lane M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig K:D A/G/ | {G}FEF DFA | {e}dce dcB | AdB AFD | EFD EAG | FEF DFA | dce dcB | Ade faf | gec d2 :| |: f/g/ | aba fed | {a}gfg ece | fed Bcd | edB ABc | ~d3 AFA | Bed cBA | faf gec | Adc d2 :|]

ROSEMARY LANE (Lána Rosemary). Irish, Jig (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Sean Quinn finds that “Rosemary Lane” was composed by a J.S. Crofts who wrote several books of dance music that were published by Waltons of Dublin in the late 1950s.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Kathleen Collins [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 9, p. 6. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 16, p. 4.

Recorded sources: - RBM 463 902, Oisin – “Winds of Change.” Shanachie 29002, Kathleen Collins – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1976).