Annotation:Rose Aileen
X:1 T:Rose Aileen M:6/8 L:1/8 C:Thomas Haynes Bayly B:Saunders - New and Scientific Self-Instructing School B:for the Violin (Providence, Rhode Island, 1847, No. 30, p. 28) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D A|d2 d (de).f|g2B B2B|A2A (AB).G|{G}F3 z2A| d2d (de).f|g2B B2B|A2A (AB).c|d3 z2:| |:d|(ec).A A2A|A2{c}B A2A|d2d f2a|e3 z2A| (de).f (fg)a|(ga)b (af).d|e2e a2a|d3 z2:||
ROSE AILEEN. English, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by the prolific English composer and lyricist Thomas Haynes Bayly, who wrote a variety of songs, hymns and short pieces that were extremely popular in pre-Victorian and early Victorian times. The melody appears in George Saunders’ (“Professor of Music and Dancing”) violin tutor New and Scientific Self-Instructing School for the Violin (Providence, Rhode Island, 1847, No. 30, p. 28. Several of Saunders’ melodies, including “Rose Aileen,” were entered into the 1859 music manuscript copybook of American musician M.E. Eames (probably resident in Philadelphia).