Around the World for Sport (3)

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Theme code Index	1122 3336L
Also known as
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille, March/Marche
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Elias Howe
Book/Manuscript title	Book:1000 Jigs
Tune and/or Page number	p. 19
Year of publication/Date of MS	c. 1867
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(A)ROUND THE WORLD FOR SPORT [3]. Irish, March (6/8 time) or Single Jig. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Joyce, O’Neill). A 6/8 rendering of version #1. O’Neill’s version is nearly identical to that printed earlier by Howe and Joyce.

Source for notated versions: “Taken down in 1850 from Ned Goggin of Glenosheen, in the county Limerick” [P.W. Joyce]; “Set from Edward Goggin, Glenosheen. (From the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie].

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 19. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 70, pg. 71. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 958, pg. 241. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1828, pg. 343.

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