Annotation:Unfortunate Rake (1) (The)

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UNFORTUNATE RAKE [1], THE (“An Rioboid Mio-Admarac” or “Reice an Mhi-adha”). AKA and see “Basket of Turf,” “Bundle and Go [3],” “An Cliab(an) Móna,” “The Disconsolate Buck.” “The Lass from Collegeland,” “Up Sligo [1],” “The Wandering Harper,” “Wee, Wee Man.” Irish, Jig. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole, Kennedy, Kerr, Levey): AABB’ (O’Neill).

Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 59. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Jigs & Quicksteps, Trips & Humours), 1997; No. 191, p. 44. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 27, p. 38. Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 39, p. 17. O’Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 48. O’Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 970, p. 180. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 89.

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