X:1
T:Strong Seed, The
T:Stail graoi (An)
M:3/4
L:1/8
R:Air
S:Joyce - Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
Q:"Slow and with expression"
K:Gmin
Bc|d2 d>c BG|G2 cB GA|F2G2 Bc|d2 d>c BG|{E}F2G2 G>A|G4:|
GA|B>A Bc d=e|f2 g>fdc|d>cBGGA|B>ABc d=e|f2g2 a>g|g4 ag|
fdg<fdc|BGc>BG=E|F2G2 g<f|e2 dc BG|{E}F2G2 G<A|G4||
STRONG STEED, THE (An stail graoi). Irish, Slow Air (3/4 time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Ned Goggin the professional fiddler of Glenosheen Co. Limerick (1844 to 1850)" [Joyce]. Goggin was P.W. Joyce's neighbor at the time, "the professional fiddle player of Glenosheen in the County Limerick from the time of my childhood to the present day" [approx. 1830's-1870][1].
Printed sources : - P.W. Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 164, p. 83.