Annotation:Daniel of the Sun (1)
Tune properties and standard notation
DANIEL OF THE SUN [1] (Domnall Na Greine). AKA and see "The Bonny Highlander," "The Bottle of Brandy," "Buckasheen Landy" "Buck(e)y Highlander," "Bully for you," "Daniel Drunk," "From the Court to the Cottage," "Girls of the West", "I gave to my Nelly," "The Leg of (a) Duck," "Nelly's Jig," "O my Dear Judy," "O My Dear Father Pity your Daughter," "Petticoat Loose [1]," "Potatoes and Butter," "She is/She's the girl that can do it," "Sonny/Sunny Dan," "Thady you Gander," "Teddy you Gander," "'Tis sweet to think," "The Western Jig," "You May Talk as You Please." Irish, Double Jig. D Major (O'Neill): C Major (Levey). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Levey): AABC (O'Neill). See notes under "Bully for You."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 61, p. 27 (appears as "Sunny Dan"). O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 984, p. 183. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 200, p. 47. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pp. 82, 95.
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