Annotation:I Was Roaming in the Gloaming
X:1 T:I Was Roaming in the Gloaming M:3/4 L:1/8 Q:"Moderato" S:James Whiteside manuscript Z:Paul Kinder R:Air K:G (3DEF|G2 G2 AF|GF D2 GA|B2 c2 BG|A4 (3ABc|d2 ef e2| dc AG FA|G2 GF D2|D4||dc|B2 GB dc|AF D2 dc| B2 GB dc|A4 (3ABc|d2 ef e2|dc AG FA|G2 GF D2|D4||
I WAS ROAMING IN THE GLOAMING. Irish, Air (3/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O’Neill (1922) says of his source: “James Whiteside, the ‘Bard of Bray’, County Wicklow, was a genius—scholar, poet, musician, composer. Born in County Monaghan in 1844, he retired after 40 years service as a schoolteacher at Bray. His playing of the violin won two first honors at two Feiseanna. An interesting sketch of his life appears on pages 384-7, [O’Neill’s] Irish Minstrels and Musicians.” See note for "Annotation:My Charmer from Clare" for more on Whiteside.
