X:1
T:Untitled 'Barndance'
T:Roving Bachelor
T:A Sheamuis Bhig a bhfuil Ocras Ort?
I:Transcribed from the playing of Donegal fiddler John
I:Doherty
M:C
L:1/8
B:Feldman & O'Doherty - Northern Fiddler (1979, p. 92)
R:HIghland
K:G
d3c|:SB2 BA Bd{a}ge|d2 de dBGA|B2 BA Bdge|1dBAB [G,2G2] G>C:|1 DBAB G2 ef||
gfed edBd|gfed e3 f|{a}gfed ef{a}ge|dBAB G2 ef|
gfed edBd|gfed e2 ef|gabg efge|dge^c dBGAS||
SHEAMUIS BHIG A’ bhFUIL OCRAS ORT?, A (Little Seamus are you Hungry?). AKA and see “Roving Bachelor (The).” Irish, Highland (whole time). Ireland, Donegal. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. This tune, which appears as an 'untitled barn dance' in Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1979), is "actually a Highland and known throughout Donegal as "A Sheamuis Big a bhruil Ocreas Ort? (Are you hungry little Seamus?) and appears in Cole's/Ryan as "Roving Bachelor (The)" [1]." It is one of the relatively few highlands derived from a song air, rather than a Scottish strathspey melody.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - John Doherty (Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty).
Printed sources : - Feldman & O’Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 92 (bottom. Appears as “Untitled Barndance” although it is a Highland).
