Annotation:Saddle the Pony (3)
X:1 T:Saddle the Pony [3] N:O'Neill's 2nd Setting M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 134, no. 718 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:A g|:fed cAA|eAA cBA|fed cAA|BGB dBG| fed cAA|cAA efg|(f<a)f gfe|dBG Bcd:| |:cee dff|cee ecA|cee dff|dBG Bcd| cee dff|cAA efg|(f<a)f gfe|dBG Bcd:|]
SADDLE THE PONY [3] (Cuir diallaid air an clibin). AKA and see "Farrell's Pipes," "Fourpenny Girl (The),” “Grania’s Welcome Home [2],” “Highway to Dublin,” “Langstern Pony (The),” “Langstrom's Pony,” “Priest's Leap (3),” “Right Way to Dublin (The),” “Sweet Tibby Dunbar.” Irish, Double Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. 'B' part nearly the same as version #2. Breathnach (1976) finds some similarity to “Paddy O’Rafferty.” Sources for notated version: the playing partners of Chicago police Sergeant James Early and John McFadden, a piper and fiddler from adjoining counties in the province of Connaght [O’Neill]. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 62. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 19. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 718, p. 134. O’Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 18, p. 20.
X:1
T:Saddle the Pony [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 18
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amix
g|:fed cAA|eAA cBA|fed cAA|BGB dBG|
fed cAA|cAA efg|f<af gfe|dBG Bcd:|
|:cee dff|cee ecA|cee dff|dBG Bcd|
cee dff|cAA efg|f<af gfe|dBG Bcd:||