Annotation:Roland's Return
X:1 T:Roland's Return C: R:Jig Q:180 K:Dm F:http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/get.cgi?F=ABC&U=/~jc/music/abc/mirror/BruceShawyer/jigs/RolandsReturn.abc&X=1&T=ROLANDSRETURN M:6/8 L:1/16 DE|:F2E2F2 A2F2F2|c2F2F2 A2F2F2|G4A2 B2c2d2|f2e2d2 c2A2G2| F2E2F2 A2F2F2|c2F2F2 A2F2F2|G4A2 B2A2G2|1A2F2D2 D4DE:|2A2F2D2 D4(3A=B^c| |:d4e2 f2e2d2|e2^c2A2 A2=B2c2|d4e2 f2e2d2|a2g2f2 g2f2e2| d4e2 f2e2d2|e2^c2A2 A2G2F2|G4A2 B2A2G2|1A2F2D2 D4A2:|2A2F2D2 D4||
ROLAND'S RETURN. Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). D Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The first strain jig is shared with a member of a tune family the includes "Humors of Castlelyons (The)," "Patrick Maloney's Favorite," and "Rambling Pitchfork (The)." Collector Frank Roche reproduced a nearly identical version of mid-19th uilleann piper, collector and cleric James Goodman's "Rambling Pitchfork (The)," also set in D minor. Other versions of "Rambling Pitchfork" can be found in major mode, but with the same or similar melodic contour. The first strain is shared with an even more extended tune family (See "Judy McFadden's"). See also O'Neill's "Killashandra Lasses (The)."
