Annotation:Shins about the Fireside (3)
X:1 T:Shins about the Fireside [3] M:4/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D g | fded cAAg | fdec d2 de | fedc dAAB | =cAGE D2D :| |: D/E/ | FGAB =cAAG | Add^c d2 de | fdec dAAB | =cAGE D2D :|
SHINS ABOUT THE FIRESIDE [3]. Irish, Reel (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was collected as an air entitled "<incipit title="load:ghile" width=850 link="https://tunearch.org/wiki/Ghile Beag lé m'Anam Thú">Ghile Beag lé m'Anam Thú</incipit>" by George Petrie (Stanford/Petrie, Complete Collection, 1905, No. 1151). See also the same first strain in "Oíche Nollag," "Strawberry Blossom (2)," "Mill Stream" and Petrie's (1905) untitled airs No. 154 and No. 258.
X:1 M:2/4 L:1/8 K:D g|f>d ed|cA A>tg|f>d ec|d3 d/e/|