Annotation:Roger MacMum

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X:1 % T:Roger MacMum M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909, No. 830) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:F BA | AcAc fcAc | BdBd fdBd | cegb agfe | gfed cdcB | AcAc fcAc | BdBd fdBd | cegb agfe | f2f2f2 || ef | gece gece | afcf afcf | gfga g2 ga | gfed c4 | cege cege | cfaf cfaf | bagf efga | f2f2f2 ||

ROGER MACMUM. AKA and see "Wedding Day (1)." Irish, Hornpipe. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. There are stylistic similarities to "Fisher's Hornpipe." The tune appears in Kerr's Merry Melodies (c. 1880's) as "Wedding Day (1)."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - from a manuscript lent by Mrs. Woodroffe (of Cork?) [Joyce].

Printed sources : - Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 830, p. 402.

Recorded sources: -