Around the World for Sport (3)

X:1 T:Around the World for Sport [3] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:March or Single Jig S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 679 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G3G3|ABA A2G|B3 BAG|B2E E2F|G3 G3|ABA ABc|d2A BAG|F2D D2z:|
 * g3 e2f|g3 e2f|g2e a2g|f2d d2f|g2d d2f|g2e a2f|g2e edc|BcB BAG|F2D D2z:||

 (A)ROUND THE WORLD FOR SPORT [3]. Irish, March (6/8 time) or Single Jig. G Major/E Minor. Standard tuning. AB (Stanford/Petrie): AABB (Joyce, O’Neill). A 6/8 rendering of version #1. O’Neill’s version is nearly identical to that printed earlier by Howe and Joyce. Source for notated versions: “Taken down in 1850 from Ned Goggin of Glenosheen, in the county Limerick” [P.W. Joyce]; “Set from Edward Goggin, Glenosheen. (From the Irish collector) Mr. Joyce” [Stanford/Petrie]. Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; pg. 19. Joyce (Ancient Irish Music), 1873; No. 70, pg. 71. Stanford/Petrie (Complete Collection), 1905; No. 958, pg. 241. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903/1979; No. 1828, pg. 343.

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