Annotation:Stafford Dance (The)
X:1 T:Stafford Dance, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 119, p. 26) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=25&z=-147.4342%2C278.5367%2C2838.9907%2C1152.0833 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G B2 BA BB/B/ BA|GABc d2 ef|g2 gf edcB|dedc BAGA| BB/B/ BA BcBA|GABc d2 ef|gfge dBge|dcBA G4|| G2b2a2g2|fgaf gfge|d2b2a2g2|fgaf g4| d2b2a2g2|fgaf gfge|d2b2a2g2|fdef gedc||
MIDNIGHT FROLIC, THE. AKA and see "Lady Kennedy's Reel," "Midnight Frolic." English (?), Irish (?); Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The reel appears as "Lady Kennedy's Reel" in the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of Canon biography:James Goodman (County Cork). In the 20th century folklorist Wikipedia:Peter_Douglas_Kennedy (1922-2006) collected it as "Midnight Frolic".
