Annotation:Six Mile Bridge (1)
X:1 T:Six Mile Bridge [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Levey – Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection (1873) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A/G/) | (F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | df/(d/ e/)c/A/G/ | (F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | (e/c/)A/F/ GA/G/ | (F/D/)F/A/ df/d/ | df/d/ (e/c/)A/G/ | F/D/F/A/ df/d/ | (e/c/)A/F/ G :| |: (d/e/) | f(f/d/) g(g/e/) | a(a/g/) f/e/d/e/ | f(f/d/) g(g/e/) | a(a/g/) gf/g/ | a/b/a/f/ g/a/g/e/ |f/g/f/d/ e/c/A/G/ | F/D/F/A/ df/d/ | e/c/A/F/ G :|
SIX MILE BRIDGE [1]. AKA and see "Banks of the Allen," “Banks of the Ilen,” "The Barrack St. Boys," "Birnie boozle," "Braes of Tullymet," "Brides Away," "The Bride to Bed," "Bride(s) to Bed," "The British Naggon," "Caledonean Hunt [1]," "Cheese It," "Corney is Coming," "Crawford's Reel [1]," "D. Dick's Favourite," "I saw her," "Kelly's Reel," “The Lumberjack,” "Miss Grant of Grant [1],” "Miss Wilson," "Merry Bits of Timber," "My Love is in America," "My Love is in the House [1],” "Shannon Breeze [2].” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Levey): AA’BB’ (Connolly & Martin). Sixmilebridge is a town in County Clare on the river Gearn, midway between Limerick and Ennis, not far from Bunratty Castle. Peter Kennedy gives this tune as an alternate title to his “Humours of Six Mile Bridge,” although I think it’s a distanced version at best. Hornpipe versions appear under the title “Banks of the Ilen,” among others. Fiddler Séamus Connolly (2002) says he first heard the tune played by the Castle Céilí Band on one of Ciarán MacMathúna’s broadcasts on Irish radio.