Annotation:Dawn (1) (The)
X:1 T:Dawn [1], The L:1/8 M:4/4 Z:Transcribed by Larry Sanger S:James Byrne K:A A,2CE D2FA|E2CE ABcA|BE(3EEE dEcE|BdcB AFEC| A,2CE D2FD|E2CE ABce|fefg afed|1 (3cec Be cAA2:|2 (3cec Be cAAg|| abga fece|fbbg agfa|(3gfe be (3gfe be|ac'ec' aefg| abga fece|dcBc defg|(3aba gb afec|1 dcBe cAAg:|2 dcBe cAA2||
DAWN [1], THE. See "Miller's Reel (1)," "Spirit of 1880 (The)." AKA - "Dawning of the Day (5) (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major (Mulvihill): A Major (Doyle, O'Malley, Taylor). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (O'Malley). Alistair Anderson (1976) says this Irish tune is based on the American breakdown "Miller's Reel (1)." Luke O'Malley says that New York fiddle great John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) also called it by the "Miller's" title, and credited James Morrison with 'making' the tune. The late Donegal fiddler Danny O'Donnell (1910-2001) learned the melody when he lived in New York for a time, and said that James Morrison and Larry Redican called it "The Dawn." One of the earliest recordings (as "Miller's Reel") of the tune was by Prince Edward Island-born banjo player Neil Nolan (1894 - 1984), a member of the Boston-based Dan Sullivan's Shamrock Band, who recorded it on a 78RPM in 1929. Boston musician Paul Mulvaney reports that "The Dawn" was the tune Seamus Conolly played to win his first of eleven consecutive all-Ireland fiddle championships, and as such became a bit of a signature tune for him. Piper Leo Rowsome recorded the tune in 1947 in the piping key of 'D' so as to play the more-than-two-octave range.
