Annotation:Storyteller (The)
X:1 T:The Storyteller M:6/8 L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 138, no. 743 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:C (c/d/)|e>dc cAG|GEG GEG|e>dc (c<g)e|edd d2 c/d/| e>dc cAG|GEG GEG|cge d>cd|ecc c2:| |:(G/F/)|EGc cec|GBd dfd|ceg g>fe|e>dd d2 (e/f/)| g>ec cec|dBG G2F|EGc d>cd|ecc c2:|
STORYTELLER, THE (An scealaide). AKA and see "Flora MacDonald (Jig)," "Island of Mull (The)," "Maid of Glenconnel (The)," "Mrs. MacDonald (1)." Irish, Double Jig (6/8 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody was attributed to Major Montgomery, the Earl of Eglintoun, by the Gows, who printed it in 1817. See note for "Island of Mull " for more information. See also County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman's version as "Flora MacDonald (Jig)."
