Belfast Almanac (The)
X:1 T:Belfast Almanac, The M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stewart-Robertston - The Athole Collection (1884) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D|G2G FED | E2F G2A | B2G c2A | B2G c2A | B>cd E2E | ABG FED |E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :| |: c | Bcd def | g2g g3 | B2B Bcd | e2e e3 | dcB cde | dBd D2 D | E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :| |: A | B2G c2A | B2G c2A | ~B>cd E2E | ABG FED | B2G c2A | B2G ~B>cd | E>FG AFD | G3 G2 :||
BEL(L)FAST ALLMANACK (ALMANAC), THE. AKA and see "Bob in the Bed," "Planxty Connor," "John O'Connor," "Planxty Mrs. O'Connor." Scottish, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Gow): AABBCC (Athole). Gow notes the melody is "A Favorite Irish Air," and indeed, it originally was a composition of Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan's called "John O'Connor." The name Belfast means 'crossing place by a sandbank'. The almanac was a long-running publication quite popular in its day, stemming from the mid-18th century. Like the modern-day Farmer's Almanac, the Belfast Almanac contained a wide variety of calendars, weather forecasts, advice, instructions, stories and various and sundry other items.
Printed sources: Carlin (Gow Collection), 1986; No. 321. Gow (Fourth Collection of Niel Gow's Reels), 2nd ed., originally 1800; p. 12. Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; p. 156.
Recorded sources: The Oyster Band - "Golden Tie-Slackeners" (1984). Jimmy Shand - "The Bluebell Polka" (disc 2).
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