Annotation:Wily Old Bachelor (The)
X:1 T:Wily Old Bachelor, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 923 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G DC|B,DGA BGDB,|CEAB cAFD|B,DGA BGc>B|(3ABG (3FGE (3DEC (3B,CA,| B,DGA BGDB,|CEAB cAFD|B,DGB ADEF|G2B2G2:| |:ga|bgeg dgBg|dgBg dgBg|bgeg dgBg|fgab a2 ga| bgeg dgBg|cBAB cdef|gdBG EcAF|G2B2G2:|]
WILY OLD BACHELOR, THE (An Seangiolla Criona). AKA and see "Bashful Bachelor (2) (The),” “Obelisk Hornpipe,” “Shaw's Reel,” “Where Did You Find Her? (2)” Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The first strain is also shared with “Norfolk Hornpipe (1),” credited to W.H. Whiddon in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (c. 1883), and has similarities to the second strain of “Whiddon's Hornpipe.” Only the second strain of “Where Did You Find Her? (2)” is related.