Annotation:Jolly Tinker's (4) (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
JOLLY TINKER'S [4], THE. American (?), Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. This version of the reel differs from O'Neill's "Jolly Tinker" in that O'Neill prints the second part of the Ryan/Cole version as the first strain of the tune, and the Ryan/Cole first part is not included at all.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 14. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 35. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 79, p. 20. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 36.
Recorded sources: