Annotation:Jolly Young Waterman (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
JOLLY YOUNG WATERMAN, THE (An Og-badoir Greannmar). AKA - "An Og-Badoir Greannmar." English, Air (6/8 time, "cheerfully"). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by English composer Charles Dibdin (1745-1814) who also wrote lyrics for his melody, and included in his opera The Waterman (1744).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 530, p. 92.
Recorded sources: