X:1
T:The Tent at the Fair
M:C|
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 280, no. 1517
Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige
K:D
A|!segno!d2(AF) DdAF|d2(AF) EecA|d2(AF) DdAF|ec (3ABc d2dH:|
A|d2(fd) adfd|adfd cdef|d2(fd) adfa|gfed cdef|
d2 (3fed adfd|adfd cdef|afge fdef|gfed cABc!segno!|]
TENT AT THE FAIR, THE (An bot ag an aonac). AKA and see "Polduilly Bridge." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1850): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). "Tent at the Fair" is a close version of Scottish fiddler-composer Alexander Walker's "Polduilly Bridge."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 154. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1517, p. 280.