Around the World for Sport (3)

(A)ROUND THE WORLD FOR SPORT [3]. Irish, March (6/8 time) or Single Jig. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Joyce, O’Neill). A 6/8 rendering of version #1. O’Neill’s version is nearly identical to that printed earlier by Howe and Joyce.

Source for notated versions: “Taken down in 1850 from Ned Goggin of Glenosheen, in the county Limerick” [P.W. Joyce]; “Set from Edward Goggin, Glenosheen. (From the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie].

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 19. Hughes (Gems from the Emerald Isle), 1867; No. 25, p. 7. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 70, p. 71. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 958, p. 241. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1828, p. 343.

X:1
T:Round the World for Sport
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
B:Hughes – Gems from the Emerald Isles (London, 1867, No., 25, p. 7)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
D|G2G GFG|A2A AGA|BcB BAG|B2E E2F|
G2G GFG|A2A ABc|dcB AGF|G2E E2:|
|:f|g2e e2e|g2e e2f|g2e a2g|f2d def|
g2e a2f|g2e dcB|A2B c2B|G2E E2:|]

X:2
T:Around the World for Sport [3]
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:March or Single Jig
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 679
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G3G3|ABA A2G|B3 BAG|B2E E2F|
G3 G3|ABA ABc|d2A BAG|F2D D2z:|
|:g3 e2f|g3 e2f|g2e a2g|f2d d2f|
g2e a2f|g2e edc|BcB BAG|F2D D2z:||