Annotation:Nanky Doodle
X:1 T:Nanky Doodle M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Air B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 208, p. 63) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=62&z=116.5801%2C109.8861%2C3098.831%2C1290.4289 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:Ador AcBA|GFEF|GABc|d2G2|AcBA GFEg|edcB|A2A2:| |:cBcA|dddG|cBcA|d2G2|cBcA|Bcdg|edcB|A2A2:|]
NANKY DOODLE. Irish, Air (2/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Nanky Doodle" is an air that was entered into Book 3 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894). The title is very close to the familiar "Yankee Doodle," however there is no musical relation between the tunes. However, the title was a precursor to the "Yankee Doodle" title. During the English Civil War the air "Nancy Dawson" was composed
