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X:1
T:Blooming Meadows [2], The
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 918
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G/F/ | D2G G2A | B2d cAG | F2D DED | F2F E2D |
D2G G2A | BAG Ade | fed cAF | AGG G2 :|
|: B/c/ | def g2a | bag afd | fef afd | d>ef/g/ afd |
def g2 a | bag afd | fed cAF | AGG G2 :|
|: G/A/ | B3 ~c3 | dcB cAG | ~F3 DED | FEF AFD |
B3 cBc | dcB cde | fed cAF | AGG G2 :||
BLOOMING MEADOWS [2], THE. Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (O'Neill): AABB'CC (Harker/Rafferty, Mulvihill). A variant of "Blooming Meadows (1)," with a third part. This is the version commonly played in sessions today.
Compare also with the similar "High Part of the Road."
Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the Tulla Ceili Band [Mulvihill]; Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 239, p. 74. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 48, p. 75. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 918, p. 171
Recorded sources : - Piping Pig Productions PPPCD001, Jimmy O'Brien-Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from Clare piper Willie Clancy).
See also listing at :
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1],
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]
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