Annotation:Bonnie Ann (1)

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BONNIE ANN(IE) [1] (Áine Bhóidheach). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title appears in a list of tunes in his repertoire brought by Philip Goodman, the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth, to the Feis Ceoil in Belfast in 1898 (Breathnach, 1997). It is a well-known session tune in Irish traditional music. Seán Keane says this tune, together with "Jinnie Bang the Weaver" are known as "Longford Reels (The)." Keane's recording was influential, and the tune is sometimes called "Seán Keane's Reel, according to Sliabh Notes box player Dónal Murphy.

Source for notated version: fiddler Seán Keane (Ireland) [Breathnach]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the late 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 150, p. 70. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 5. Treoir, 1x, 1.

Recorded sources: Claddagh Records CC17, Seán Keane - "Gusty's Frolics" (1975. Learned from two uncles on Keane's mother's side, James Hanley and Peter Farrell). Ossian OSS CD 130, Sliabh Notes - "Along Blackwater's Banks" (2002).

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