Annotation:Coursing (The)
X:1 T:Coursing, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:c.f. Grier Book 2, No. 134 (untitled reel) S:James Goodman (1828─1896) music manuscript collection, S:vol. 3, p. 127. Mid-19th century, County Cork Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dBBG AGEG|AcBG A2 Bc|dBBG AGEG|GcBA GABc| dBBG AGEG|AcBG A2 Bc|dBBG AGEG|AcBA G2|| g3d ed d2|eaag a2 ef|g2 ge e2 dB|AcBA BG G2| g2 ge ed d2|eaag a2 ef|g2 ge d2 dB|AcBA GABc!D.C.!||
COURSING, THE. Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman. Hugh and Lisa Shield find the first strain of "The Coursing" cognate with the first strains of "Maid of Feakle" and "For the Sake of Old Decency."