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." AKA and see "Belles of South Boston (The)," "Favorite Hornpipe (2)," "Flora (La)," "Pain's First Set of Quadrilles Figure 2," "Pinolara (La)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was also recorded by the legendary County Clare piper Leo Rowsome. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune derivative of "Pain's First Set of Quadrilles Figure 2."


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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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