Annotation:Jolly Seven (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
JOLLY SEVEN, THE ("An Moirseisior Sugac" or "An Seachtar Súgach"). AKA and see "Cavan Reel (2) (The)." Irish, Reel. C Major ('A' part) & A Dorian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABB (Breathnach): AABB (Cole): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Breathnach (1985) finds variants as "Miss Percy's Reel" (Northern Fiddler, 1978, p. 104), and "Around the World" and "Miss Kelly's (in Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883, pp. 65. & 57).
A variant of the large "Highlandman" family. "Around the World [1]," "The Gravel Walk(s)," "The Highlandman that Kissed his Grannie [1]," "Jenny Tie Your Bonnet," "Miss Kelly," "Miss Percy's Reel," "Stenson's No. 1," "The Tailor's Thimble [2]."
Source for notated version: accordion player Paddy O'Brien and fiddler James Kelly [Breathnach]; "Harnett" [O'Neill].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 163, p. 75. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 27. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 144. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1466, p. 271. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 697, p. 123. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 53.
Recorded sources: Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1995).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]