Annotation:Roving Bachelor (The)

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X:1 T:Roving Bachelor R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G ~B3A Bdge | ~d3e dBGA | ~B3A Bdge |1 dBAB G3A :|2 dBAB G3f || g2fg edBd | g{a}gfg ea{b}af | g2fd efge | dBAB ~G3f | g2fg edBd | g{a}gfg e~a3 | b~g3 agab | gedB ~G3A ||

ROVING BACHELOR, THE (Diolaineac fanac, An). AKA and see “Sheamuis bhig a'bhfuil ocras ort? (A),” “Bachelor's Button," "Johnny McGreevy's," "Little Seamus are You Hungry?, "Morning of the Day (The)." Irish; Reel, Highland or Fling. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850): AAB (Cole/Ryan): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Bayard (1981) says this tune has some slight resemblance (which may be accidental) to his Pennsylvania-collected "Old Number Third." The tune melody has currency in County Donegal and was recorded by Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh (“Tommy Peoples”). A version can be found in Feldman and O’Docherty’s Northern Fiddler (1979, p. 92) labelled an ‘untitled barndance’ from the playing of fiddler John Doherty, although it is a common Highland in County Donegal called “Sheamuis bhig a'bhfuil ocras ort? (A)” (Are you hungry little Seamus?).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 10. Feldman & O’Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 92b (appears as untitled barndance). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 141. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1450, p. 269. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 33.

Recorded sources: - Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh - “Ceol Aduaidh” (appears as one of two un-nammed reels at the beginning of the recording, from Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples). Flying Fish 70586, Trian - "Trian" (1992. As "Johnny McGreevy's").

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]