Annotation:John O'Dwyer of the Glen (3)

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X:1 T:John O'Dwyer of the Glens [3] M:C L:1/8 R:Set Dance S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 967 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D de|fefg abag|fgec dcde|fded cBAB|cBcd edce| dcAF G2 GB|A2A2A2:||:AB|cBAB cdef|g2 fg a2 ag| abag f2 ed|fefg abag|fgec dedc|A2A2A2 de|fefg abag| fgec dedc|ABAG A2 AB|cBcd edce|dcAF G2 GB|A2A2A2:|

JOHN O'DWYER OF THE GLENS [3] (Seagan/Seán Ua Duibir/Duibhir an Gleanna). AKA and see "Seán Ó Duibir an Gleanna (4)." Irish, Set Dance (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (O'Neill): AA'BB (Mitchell). The second strain is twice as long as the first. Each strain is only six bars long in O'Neill's setting. The melody is listed in O'Keeffe and O'Brien's Handbook of Irish Dances among favorite set dances (O'Neill).

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Edward Cronin, a Tipperary man from Limerick Junction "who alone knew it in this style" [O'Neill]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, west Clare) [Mitchell].

Printed sources : - Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy) 1993; No. 89, p. 80. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 967, p. 166.

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