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X:1 T:Rose Anne's D:Jackie Daly, "Many's a Wild Night", track 12(a) M:2/4 L:1/8 R:polka Z:Paul de Grae K:A E ||: "A" A>G Ac | "E" B>A Bc | "A" A>G Ac | ea "D" a2 | "A" A>G Ac | "E" B>A Bc | "A" AF EF | "D" D2 D2 :|| ||: "A" eA Ac | "Bm" B/c/B/A/ Bc | "A" eA Ac | ea "D" a>f | "A" eA Ac | "Bm"B/c/B/A/ Bc | "A" AF EF | "D" D2 D2 :||

A / | E / | A / | / D | A / | E / | A / | D / :|| ||: A / | Bm (or E, bass B) | A / | / D | A / | Bm / | A / | D / :|| alternative end to either part: bass run on 5th & 6th strings (6th = D) - |AF#EF# | D D |

ROSE ANNE’S. Irish, Polka. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Jackie Small (CRÉ V, 1999) says the tune is reminiscent of “Comin’ thro the Rye.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - fiddler Mollie Murphy (ne Myers), Glencollins, County Cork [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 106, p. 53 (appears as untitled polka).

Recorded sources: - Gael-Linn CEF176, Jackie Daly - “Many’s a Wild Night” (from Maurice O'Keeffe, one of the earliest tunes Maurice remembers learning from his teacher and neighbor John Lenihan).