Cronin's Favorite (2)

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Theme code Index	5L154 7bL7bL47bL
Also known as	Amelia, Bly's Jig, Darby the Driver, Paddy Cronin's (6)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, Canada
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
Accidental
Mode
Time signature	6/8
History	Canada/Maritimes (English)"Canada/Maritimes (English)" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Sean McGuire & Josephine Keegan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Irish Tunes by the 100 vol. 1
Tune and/or Page number	No. 19, p. 5
Year of publication/Date of MS	1975
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CRONIN'S FAVORITE [2]. AKA and see "Amelia," "Bly's Jig," "Darby the Driver," "Paddy Cronin's [6]." Irish, Canadian; Jig. Canada, Cape Breton. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. An Irish jig with considerable currency among Cape Breton fiddlers.

Sources for notated versions: Kevin Chaisson (b. 1950, Bear River, North-East Kings County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; accordion player Paddy O'Brien (originally from County Offaly and Dublin, now of the Mid-West U.S.) at the Pipers' Club in Dublin [Breathnach].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 43, p. 22. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 19, p. 5. Miller (Fiddler's Throne), 2004; No. 26, p. 28. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 143.

Recorded sources: BM-91, Buddy MacMaster - "Glencoe Hall." Nimbus Records NI 5383, Howie MacDonald & John Morris Rankin - "Traditional Music from Cape Breton Island." Nimbus Records NI 7014, Howie MacDonald & John Morris Rankin - "World Music Sampler, vol. 2." Rounder 7021, Natalie MacMaster - "A Compilation." See also listing at: Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1], Alan Ng's Irish Traditional Music Tune Index [2].

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T:Cronin's Favorite [2]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
K:Ador
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