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Theme code Index	3H3H3H3H 3H3H72H
Also known as	Rinnce na Sideoga, Rinnce na Sideog, Fisher Laddie, Haymaker (The), Ronde des Vieux (La), Largo's Fairy Dance, Merry Dance (The), Old Molly Hare
Composer/Core Source	Nathaniel Gow
Region	Ireland, Scotland
Genre/Style	Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Country Dance, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:W.M. Cahusac
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Annual Collection of Twenty Four Favorite Country Dances for 1809
Tune and/or Page number	No. 4
Year of publication/Date of MS	1809
Artist	J. Scott Skinner
Title of recording	The Auld Wheel/The Bride's Reel/Mackenzie Fraser/Fairy Dance
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Regal G-6617 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1910
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
%
T:Fairy Dance
M:2/4
L:1/8
S:W.M. Cahusac's Annual Collection of 24 Country Dances for 1809, No 4 (London, 1809)
N:"With proper Directions to each Dance as they are performed at
N:Court, Bath, and all Public Assemblys." 
Z:Transcribed and edited by Fynn Titford-Mock, 2007
Z:abc's:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
B2 BG|B2 BG|B2 BG|FDAF|B2 BG|
cBAG|FDEF|G4:||:d2 dB|e2 ed|
c2 cA|d2 dc|B2 BG|E2 cA|FDEF|G2 G2:||

X:2
%
T:Fairy Dance
C:G. Swaine Buckley
M:2/4
L:1/8
B:Buckley’s New Banjo Method (1860, p. 21)
N:A minstrel banjo setting of Gow’s “Largo’s Fairy Dance”
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:A
cc/e/ cc/e/|cc/e/ dBBe|cc/e/ dBBe|FG Az:|
|:e/e/ (3e/e/e/ ff|(3d/B/B/ (3B/G/B/ e>d|c/>c/ (3e/c/A/ (3d/B/B/ (3e/B/G/|(3F/E/E/ (3e/B/G/ AA,:|]

X:3
%
T:Fairy Dance
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stewart-Robertson - The Athole Collection  (1884)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f2fd f2fd|f2fd cAeA|f2fd gfed|1 cABc d2de:|
[2 cABc defg||:a2af b2ba|gfge a2ag|1 fefd B2 e>d|
cABc defg:|2 fefd Bged|cABc d2D2||

X:4
%
T:Fairy Dance, The
L:1/8
M:C
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
f2fd f2fd|gfed cdeg|f2fd gfed|cABc d2d2|
f2fd f2fd|gfed cdeg|fafd gfed|cABc defg||
a2af b2bf|g2ge a2 ag|f2fd gfed|cABc defg|
a2af b2bf|g2ge a2 ag|fagf gfed|cABc d2d2||

X:5
%
T:Fairy Dance, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", 
S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 23)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
Fefd fefd|fefd cecA|fefd (3fga ed|cABc d2 df:|
|:a2 af b2 bf|gfge a2 ag|fefd (3fga ed|cABc d2d2:|]

X:1
%
T:Fairy Dance
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Galwey - Old Irish Croonauns (1910, No. 4, p. 2)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
[A2f2] (f>d)|f2 (f>d)|[A2f2] (f>d)|c>A e>c|f2 (f>d)|
g>fe>d|(c>A)(e>c)|d2D2::a2 a>f|b2 b>a|(g>f)g>e|
a2 a>g|f2 f>d|TB2 (g>e)|c>AB>c|d2 df|
{f}a2 a>f|{ga}b2 b>a|{a}g>fg>e|{^g}a2 a>=g|
{g}f2 f>d|B2 (g>e)|(c>A)(B>c)|[F2A2d2]z2||

X:6
%
T:Fairy Dance, The
M:2/4
L:1/16
R:Country Dance
B:T. Westrop's 120 Country Dances, Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Strathspeys, Spanish
B:Waltz etc. for the Violin, n.d. (c.1923), no. 49
Z:R. Greig 2010
K:D
f2(fd) f2(fd)|f2(fd) ecAe|f2(fd) gfed|cABc d2d2:|
|:a2(af) b2(ba)|g2(ge) a2(ag)|f2(fd) gfed|cABc defg|
(a^g).a.f (ba).=g.f|(gf).g.e| (ag).f.e| (fe).f.d (gf).e.d|cABc d2d2:|]

X:7
%
T:Fairy Reel, The (Irish version)
R:reel
Z:Philippe Varlet
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
~B3 A GBdB|{d}cBAG FGAc| BG~G2 cBAg|fdaf {a}gedc|
~B3 A GBdB|{d}cBAG FGAc| BG~G2 cBAG|1 FDEF G3 A :|2 FDEF GABc||
|:~d3 g e3 d|cA A/A/A d3 c|BG~G2 cBAg|fdaf {a}gfge|
~d3 g e3 d|cA A/A/A d3 c|BG~G2 cBAG|1 FDEF GABc :|2 FDEF G4||

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