Annotation:First Day of Spring (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
FIRST DAY OF SPRING [1]. AKA and see "Hunter's Hornpipe (2)," "Reynard the Fox (1)," Village Green." Irish, Air (4/4 time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. The melody has been rendered as a hornpipe (see "Hunter's Hornpipe").
Source for notated version: "From (the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce" [Stanford/Petrie].
Printed sources: Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 553, p. 140
Recorded sources: