Annotation:Morrish Donnivan's Reel
X:1 T:Morrish Donnivan's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Alexander – Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1825, No. 2, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (Bc)|!segno!d2 (de) dBGB|(de).d.B A/A/A AB|d2 (de) dBGB|(Ac)BA G2:|| BA|GE E/E/E E2 EA|FD D/D/D D2 (Bc)|(dg)fe dBGB|AcBA G2 BA| GE E/E/E E2 EA|FD D/D/D D2 Bc|dgfe dgfe|dBcA GABc!segno!!D.C.!||
MORRISH DONNIVAN'S REEL. AKA and see "Sandy Banks of Rush (The)," "New Scotch Dance," "Races of Granard (The)." English(?), Hornpipe (whole time). F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is attributed to "W.J." in Alexander's Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (London, c. 1825), the initials, perhaps of the "eminent professor" who is credited on the cover as editor of the volume. The provenance or the tune is unknown--it was printed in London in a volume purported to be fifty 'new' Scotch and Irish tunes. Researcher Lisa Shields finds mention of a Morrish Donnovan who was Captain of a company in Colonel Charles Hennessy’s Regiment of Foot in the Munster Army fighting alongside the Royalists in 1649, although any connection between this person and tune is speculative.
