Annotation:Henry MacDermott Roe (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
HENRY MACDERMOTT ROE [1]. AKA - "Sir Henry MacDermott Roe." Irish, Planxty (6/8 or 6/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Complete Collection): AABB (Joyce). Composed by blind Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan (1670-1738).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Complete Collection of Carolan's Irish Tunes, 1984; No. 78, p. 66. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Song), 1909; No. 537, pp. 287-288 (appears as "Sir Henry MacDermott Roe"). O'Sullivan (Carolan: The Life, Times and Music of an Irish Harper), 1958; No. 78, p. 144.
Recorded sources: