Biddy the Darling

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 Theme code Index    153H5 42H74
 Also known as    Bidí an Muirnín, Green Cockade (1) (The), Sadler's Balloon
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Slide
 Key/Tonic of    D
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    12/8
 History    
 Structure    AA'BB'
 Editor/Compiler    Elias Howe
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:500 Irish Melodies, Book:Ancient and Modern
 Tune and/or Page number    
 Year of publication/Date of MS    c. 1870
 Artist    
 Title of recording    
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    
 Year recorded    
 Media    
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BIDDY THE DARLING (Bidí an Muirnín). Irish, Single Jig (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related "Rosie Finn's Favourite," recorded by the Bothy Band. The tune was collected by Samuel Bayard in fife tradition in southwestern Pennslyvania under the title "Green Cockade (1) (The)."

Source for notated version: fiddler Tom Barrett (Listowel, County Kerry) [Breathnach].

Printed source: Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 68, p. 35. Howe (500 Irish Melodies, Ancient and Modern), c. 1870. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867.

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