Annotation:Johnny with the Queer Thing
Tune properties and standard notation
JOHNNY WITH THE QUEER THING (Seanin/Seaganin Leis an Rud Greannmar). AKA and see "Sailor on the Rock." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. O'Neill (1922) compares the first part of this tune with that of "Arkansas Traveller."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1294, p. 243. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 559, p. 103. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 238-b.
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