Annotation:Roving Bachelor (The)

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X:1 T:Roving Bachelor R:Reel M:C| L:1/8 K:G ~B3A Bdge | ~d3e dBGA | ~B3A Bdge |1 dBAB G3A :|2 dBAB G3f || g2fg edBd | g{a}gfg ea{b}af | g2fd efge | dBAB ~G3f | g2fg edBd | g{a}gfg e~a3 | b~g3 agab | gedB ~G3A ||

ROVING BACHELOR, THE (Diolaineac fanac, An). AKA and see “Sheamuis bhig a’ bhfuil ocras ort? (A),” “Bachelor's Button," "Johnny McGreevy's," "Little Seamus are You Hungry?, "Morning of the Day (The)." Irish; Reel, Highland or Fling. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850): AAB (Cole/Ryan): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Bayard (1981) says this tune has some slight resemblance (which may be accidental) to his Pennsylvania-collected "Old Number Third." The tune melody has currency in County Donegal and was recorded by Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh (“Tommy Peoples”). A version can be found in Feldman and O’Docherty’s Northern Fiddler (1979, p. 92) labelled an ‘untitled barndance’ from the playing of fiddler John Doherty, although it is a common Highland in County Donegal called “Sheamuis bhig a’ bhfuil ocras ort? (A)” (Are you hungry little Seamus?). County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) included "Roving Bachelor" in Book 2 of his c. 1883 music manuscript collection.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 10. Feldman & O’Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 92b (appears as untitled barndance). O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 141. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1450, p. 269. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 33.

Recorded sources: - Frankie Kennedy and Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh - “Ceol Aduaidh” (appears as one of two un-nammed reels at the beginning of the recording, from Donegal fiddler Tommy Peoples). Flying Fish 70586, Trian - "Trian" (1992. As "Johnny McGreevy's").

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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