Annotation:Queen of May (1) (The)

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X:1 T:The Queen of May [1] M:2/4 L:1/16 C:Trad R:Hornpipe B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, no. 1728 K:G (Bc) | dBcA Ggfe | edce d2(cB) | Aced cBAG | FAGE D2(Bc) | dBcA Ggfe | edce dgfe | dBcA BGAF | G2GG G2 :| |:(cB) | ADEA GBdg | edce dgdB | ADFA GBdg| edce dgba | gbfa egdf | ceBd AcGB | A2(cB) ADFA | G2GG G2 :|]


QUEEN OF MAY [1], THE (“Bean-Riog/Bainriogan na M-Bealteine” or “Banríon Bhealtaine”). AKA - " Queen of the May." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was also recorded by the legendary County Clare piper Leo Rowsome.


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Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 204. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1728, p. 321. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 909, p. 156.

Recorded sources : - Green Linnett GLCD 1087, Seamus Connolly - "Notes From My Mind" (1988. Connolly says he never heard it played by any other musician other than Rowsome). Topic 12TS338, Vincent Griffin - "Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare" (1977).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]

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