Annotation:Around the World for Sport (4)
X:1 T:Round the World for Sport [4] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:O’Farrell – National Irish Music for the Union Pipes (1804) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G D | GBB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBA A2B | GBB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | dBG G2 || def gfg | abg fed | gfe edB | dBA A2B | GBB BAB | GBd def | gfe edB | AGG G2 ||
(A)ROUND THE WORLD FOR SPORT [4]. AKA and see "Coughing Old Man (The)," "Diversion Everywhere (2)." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
Versions of the melody were entered into the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper Canon biography:James Goodman as "Coughing Old Man (The)" and "Diversion Everywhere (2)."
