X:1
T:Sorry I am
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:Michael J. Kennedy
D:Michael J. Kennedy - "Melodeon" (1977)
K:G
ded B2A|GAG E2D|EAA A2B|AGB ADD|
ded B2A|GAG E2D|GAB dBA|AGG G3:|
|:BEE GEE|BEE dcB|ADD FDD|ADD dcB|
A2E G2E|B2E FED|GAB dBA|AGG G3:|]
SORRY I AM. AKA - "Sorry I am for what I have done." Irish, Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The source for the tune, melodeon player Michael J. Kennedy, sang this couplet on his recording before launching into the tune:
Sorry I am for what I have done, Sorry I am for what I have done; Sorry I am for what I have done, To marry the father instead of the son.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Richard Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 236, p. 137.
Recorded sources : - June Appal 019, Michael J. Kennedy - "Melodeon" (1977).