Annotation:Pleasant Gardens (The)
X:1 T:Pleasant Gardens, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 97) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion N:Sounds better in A dorian. K:Amin B|cBcA a2 ef|gdBG BddB|cBcA a2 ea|gdBd eAAB:| |:(3cBA eA cdef|gdBG BddB|(3cBA eA cdef|gdBd eAAB:|]
PLEASANT GARDENS, THE. Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel "Pleasant Gardens" is contained in the early 20th century music manuscript collection that was in the possession of Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), south County Armagh, a fiddler, although he may not have been the original author of the manuscript. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor believes the ms. was the work of "an unknown, able, traditional musician, probably a fiddle player, transcribed over the musician's lifetime."
