Annotation:Sergeant O'Leary

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X:1 T:Sergeant O'Leary M:6/8 L:1/8 N:From an anonymous MS c. 1860's K:D A|:F2A d2f|F2A d2f|e2A (cBA)|e2A (cBA)| F2A d2f|F2A d2f|c2A cBA|1 f2e d2A:|2 f2e d2z| |:g3 f3|d2d def|g2e f2d|efe efg| a3 f3|d2d def|g2A cBA|f2e d2z:||

SERGEANT O'LEARY. American, Jig or Quick Step (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. The first part is similar to an untitled Pennsylvania collected quadrille in Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle…, 1981, No. 458, p. 440). A whole time version of the tune under the title "O'Connell's March to Jara" was collected by the Rev. Luke Donnellan and published in his article "

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Mattson & Walz (Old Fort Snelling Book for the Fife), 1974; p. 82 (from a MS collection of c. 1860's).

Recorded sources: -

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