X:1
T:Merry Bagpiper, The
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, Book 2, p. 48 (mid-19th century)
F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=51&z=429.5078%2C1152.4381%2C8098.3776%2C3101.8519
F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
d|g/f/g/e/ d/B/B/G/|A/B/c/d/ ee/f/|g/f/g/e/ d/B/B/G/|A/G/A/d/ G||
B/A/B/d/ dd|e/d/e/g/ d>B|c/e/e/g/ d/B/B/G/|A/G/A/d/ G2|
B/c/B/A/ G/E/E|G/e/e/^d/ ee/g/|B/c/B/A/ B/e/e/f/|g/e/f/^d/ e2||
B/e/e B/e/e|G/E/E G/E/E|B/e/e B/e/e|g/e/f/^d/ e2||
MERRY BAGPIPER, THE. AKA and see "Bagpipe (1) (The)," "Leburn's Highland Bagpipe." Irish, Reel (2/4 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. "Merry Bagpiper" was entered into Book 2 of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and Church of Ireland cleric wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist (1827-1896). It is a reel setting of a Highland schottische called "The Bagpipe" composed by amateur musician and composer Alexander Leburn (1767-1836) of Auchtermuchty, Fife.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - Hugh and Lisa Shields (Tunes of the Munster Pipers, vol. 2), 2013; No. 608.
