Annotation:Gladstone's Bill (1)

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GLADSTONE'S BILL. AKA and see "Grand Gates of Annesbrook (The)/Geataí Móra Annesbrook." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Gladstone's Bill" is to be found in two versions, both having the same first strain and differing second parts. Version [A] appears in the Stephen Grier (1883) and Sutherland music manuscripts from County Leitrim, while the other ([B]) appears in (a perhaps lost) manuscript from Larry Smith/Smyth (Abbeylaragh, Co. Longford) [Brian McNamara]. See "Gladstone's Bill (2)" for the Smyth tune.

Rev. John Quinn has sorted out the two versions. First, he finds a nearly identical version of the [A] Grier melody, albeit set in dorian mode, in Breathnach/Small CRE IV as "Grand Gates of Annesbrook (The)/Geataí Móra Annesbrook," from the playing of Drogheda, County Louth, piper Pat Ward (1847-1928), via Jack Wade's (County Monaghan) early-mid 20th century collection.

Source for notated version: Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (County Leitrim, 1883).

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara - "Fort of the Jewels" (2004).



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