Daniel of the Sun (1)

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Theme code Index	3H2H3H1H 62H62H
Also known as	Bonny Highlander (The), Bottle of Brandy (The), Buckasheen Landy, Buckey Highlander (The), Bucky Highlander (The), Bully for You, Daniel Drunk, Donal O'Grady, From the Court to the Cottage, Girls of the West, I Gave to My Nelly, Leg of a Duck (The), Leg of Duck (The), Nelly's Jig, O my dear Judy, O my dear father pity your daughter, Petticoat Loose (1), Potatoes and Butter, She is the Girl that Can Do It, She's the Girl that can do it, Sonny Dan, Sunny Dan, Thady You Gander, Teddy you Gander, 'Tis Sweet to Think, Western Jig (The), You may talk as you please, Wee Murdie
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	6/8
History
Structure	AABB, AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	R.M. Levey
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Dance Music of Ireland 2nd Collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 61, p. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	1873
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Daniel of the Sun (1): Annotations

X:1 T:Thonel a Graena M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 3, c. 1883, No. 100, p. 38) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-three#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=37&z=98.2507%2C323.7756%2C3106.5515%2C1293.6439 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g|fed cde|fed cAG|FGA BAG|FGA A2 g| fed cde|fed cAG|FDF GAG|FDF G2:| G|FGA ABc|BGB cAG|FGA BAG|FGA A2G| FGA ABc|BGB cAG|FDF GAG|FDF G2A| FGA ABc|BGB cAG|FGA BAG|FGA Afg| afa geg|fed cAG|FDF GAG|FDF G2||

X:1 T:Daniel (of) the Sun [1] T:Donal a gréna M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Jig S:Daniel Kelleher S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 32) N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing. N:Reidy's source, Daniel Kelleher, was variously said to have been N:from Castleisland, Sliabh Luachra region, County Kerry, or from N:the native-Irish speaking region of Achadh Bolg, Múscraigh, in N:County Cork. Reg Hall (2017) also found a reference to Kelleher N:as one of the soloists who accompanied step dancing exhibitions N:at Gaelic League events in London between 1897 and 1901. According N:to Hall, Kelleher was a young fiddle player active within the N:Gaelic League. His name is attached to thirteen tunes in Reidy’s N:collection. F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G fga efg|fef dBA|Bee ede|Bee efg| fga efg|fef dBA|Bdd d2e|Bdd d2d:| |:fdd edd|fdd dBA|Bee ede|Bee efg| fed ede|fef dBA|Bdd d2e|Bdd d2e:|]

X:1 T:Daniel of the Sun [1] M:6/8 L:1/16 R:Jig S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 200 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D de|f2d2d2 e2d2d2|f2e2f2 d2B2A2|Be3e2 e4d2|Be3e2 e4de| f2d2d2 e2d2d2|f2e2f2 d2B2A2|B3dd2 d4A2|Bd4d2 d4:| |:de|f3ga2 e3fg2|f3ef2 d2B2A2|Be3e2 e2^d2e2|Be3e2 e4g2| f3ga2 e3fg2|f3ef2 d2B2A2|Bd3d2 d4A2|Bd4d2 d4:| |:de|f4d2 e4d2|f4e2 d2B2A2|B2e2e2 e4d2|B2e2e2 e4de| f2d2d2 e2d2d2|f2e2f2 d2B2A2|Bd4d2 d4A2|Bd3d2 d4:||

Daniel of the Sun (1): Annotations