Annotation:McGovern's Favourite
X: 1 T:McGovern's R:reel D:The Magic Square: Traditional Irish Music from Boston Z:transcribed by Dave Marshall M:C| K:Ador |: A3B GEDA | GABd egdg | eaaf gedB | cABA GEDG | A3B GEDA | GABd egdg | eaaf gedB | GABG A4 :| |: a3b aged | egdB A2G2 | egfa gedB | cABA GED2| |1a3b aged | egdB A2GD | GABd gedB | GABG A4 :| |2A3B GEDA | GABd egdg | eaaf gedB | GABG A4 |
McGOVERN'S FAVORITE (Rogha Mhic Shamhráin). AKA - "McGovern's." AKA and see "Coffey's Reel," "Conneberry Reel," "Cottage in the Grove (1) (The)," "Maurice Casey's Fancy," "Mike Flynn's," "Village in the Grove (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was recorded by Sligo fiddler Paddy Killoran in June, 1939, under this title (backed with "Tom Ward's Downfall"). O'Neill prints the tune as "Maurice Casey's Fancy," while Joyce, Goodman and Roche have it as "Cottage in the Grove (1) (The)." See also the similar-sounding "Coen's Memories," composed by east Galway fiddler Tommy Coen.
