Annotation:Miss Roddy's
X:1 T:Miss Roddy M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 9, p. 3) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=2&z=158.5642%2C645.2536%2C2925.2432%2C1023.2994 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:F d|cFF/F/F cFdF|cFF/F/F AGGA|cFF/F/F cdcA|GBAG FDDd| cFF/F/F cFdF|cFdF AGGA|cFF/F/F cdcA|GBAG FD D2|| e|fefg abag|fefg adde|fefg abag|fedc Adde| fcgc acgc|fg/a/ ge fddb|agfe fdcA|GBAG FD D2||
MISS RODDY'S. AKA and see “Boys of Ballysadare (2) (The),” “Douse the Monkey (1),” “Dublin Lasses (1),” “Eve (The),” “Last Night’s Work,” "Miss Rawdon's Fancy," "Miss Roden's Reel." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major (Coleman): F Major (Grier). Standard tuning (fiddle). The tune was recorded under the "Miss Roddy's" title by County Sligo fiddle master wikipedia:Michael_Coleman in New York in 1922, although it is better-known today as "Boys of Ballysadare (2) (The). The reel (as "Miss Rawdon's Fancy") was entered into Book 4 (p. 77) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musiologist)."
