Annotation:Goroum (The)
X:1 T:Goroum, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 898) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G2 BG Bd d2|c2 ec eg g2|G2 BG Bd dg|ecBc A2G2:|| g2 bg afed|edef gdBG|g2 bg afed|edef g2 ga| bagf gfed|edef gdBG|cBcd efgf|ecBc A2G2||
GOROUM, THE. AKA and see "Comely Jane Downing," "Haul Away the Hawser (2)," "Kerry Star," "Larry Bourn," "Seymour's Fancy," "Tady's Wattle." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. O'Neill prints the tune as "Comely Jane Downing," but the original version is an English country dance called "Seymour's Fancy," printed in London in 1793. The melody is known in North West England as "Haul Away the Hawser (2)" and was entered into the copybook of ship's fiddler William Litten as "Lord Summer's Reel." The reel is derived from the Scottish "Torry Burn."
Compare also "Reel (180)" and "Kerry Star," also collected by Petrie and probably of the same tune family or derived from a common ancestor.
