Annotation:Over the Bridge to Becta

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X:1 T:Over the Bridge to Becta M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 91) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:C A|:GEcE GEDE|GEcE G2 GA|GEcE GABd|(3efg ec d2 cA:| cdef gage|abaf gage|cdef gage|agec d2 cA| cdef gage|abaf gagf|edcA GAcd|(3efg ec d2 cA||

OVER THE BRIDGE TO BECTA. Irish, Reel (whole or cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Connor): AAB (Donnellan). Gerry O'Connor remarks that the word 'Becta' in the original ms. is difficult to read and therefore suspect. A version of the same tune appears in the tune list of a contemporary fiddler, Phillip Goodman, under the title "Over the Bridge to Peggy." Compare with O'Neill's "Over the Bridge to Peggy (2)."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan ms. collection^[1] (South Armagh, Ulster) [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances" (Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society), vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 91. O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 19, p. 34.

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↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor has come to believe the ms. is was not collected by Donnellan himself. Rather, it was the work of an unknown but able Oriel region fiddler who collected it during the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. came into the possession of Donnellan by the early 20th century.

[1] Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor has come to believe the ms. is was not collected by Donnellan himself. Rather, it was the work of an unknown but able Oriel region fiddler who collected it during the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. came into the possession of Donnellan by the early 20th century.

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