Annotation:I Wish I Never Seen You (2)
X:1 T:I Wish I Never Seen You [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, ) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=34&z=116.5781%2C196.8073%2C2842.5377%2C1230.1919 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G dcBA G2 GB|dGBG dGBG|dcBA GABG|1 Eeed efge:|2 Eeed e2g2|| defg bagf|gedB gedB|defg bagf|gfed e2g2| dega b2 bf|gedB g2 ga|bgaf gfed|Beed efge||
I WISH I NEVER SEEN YOU [2]. AKA - "House of Blazes (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "I Wish I Never Seen You [2]" is a variant of "I Wish I Never Saw You (1)," versions of which are in two late 19th century music manuscripts. First, it was entered into the 1883 music ms. collection of Stephen Grier, or Gorteleigh, County Leitrim, as "I Wish I Never Seen You", and second, it appears in the late 19th century music manuscript that was in the possession of Rev. Luke Donnellan, Oriel, south Ulster, although under the title "The House of Blazes"[1].
- ↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.