Annotation:Blue Eyed Rascal

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X: 1 T: Blue-Eyed Rascal N:Notated from the playing of Noel Strange (1927-1970) of Longford, recorded in 1962 N:and 1963. M: 4/4 L: 1/8 S: Treoir 32/4 Z: Bill Black R: hornpipe K: G (3DEF | GFGA Bgfg | (3efg (3cde d2 BA | GFGA BdBG | Ad^ce dB (3=cBA | GFGA Bgfg|(3efg (3cde d2 (3def|(3gdB (3GBd (3ceg (3bge|(3faf (3def g2 :| B2|:(3efe (3efe (3efe B2|(3efe (3efe e2 d2|(3ded A2 (3ded A2|(3ded (3^cde dB (3=cBA| [1 GFGA Bgfg | (3efg (3cde d2 (3dBA | GFGA BdBG | Ad (3^cde dB (3=cBA :| [2 GFGA Bgfg | (3efg (3cde d2 (3def | (3gdB (3GBd (3ceg (3bge | (3faf (3def g2|]



BLUE EYED RASCAL, THE. AKA - "Hunt (The)." Irish, Set Dance (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A set dance in hornpipe rhythm at a slowish or stately tempo. In Pat McNulty's setting the 'A' part is eight measures long (before the repeat), while the 'B' part is twelve measures long.


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - banjo-mandolin player Noel Strange (1927-1970, Longford) [Treoir].

Printed sources : - McNulty (Dance Music of Ireland), 1965; p. 28. Treoir, vol. 32, No. 4, 2000; p. 26.

Recorded sources : - Patty Furlong - "Traditional Irish Music on the Button Accordion" (1999).

See also listing at :
Hear a recording of Larry Redican playing the tune, along with a transcription of his version of the tune at The Séamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music [1][2]



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