Annotation:Honeysuckle (2) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
HONEYSUCKLE [2], THE (Lus-na-Mealla). Irish, Hornpipe. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was recorded in 1931 in London by the Ballinakill Traditional Dance Players from County Galway. See also the related "Splendid Hornpipe" and "Stack's Hornpipe." Gloucestershire fiddler Stephen Baldwin's "Coleford Jig" bears some resemblance.
Source for notated version: "Carey" [O'Neill]. Winston Fitzgerald (1914-1987, Cape Breton) [Cranford].
Printed sources: Cranford (Winston Fitzgerald), 1997; No. 35, p. 13. O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 145, p. 73. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 186. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1654, p. 07. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1986; No. 874, p. 151. Treoir, vol. 35, No. 1, 2003; p. 30. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, vol. 1), 1999; p. 15.
Recorded sources: Rounder RO 7023, Natalie MacMaster - "No Boundaries" (1996).