Annotation:Drunken Sailor (3)

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 DRUNKEN SAILOR [3], THE (Mairnealac Meisceamail). AKA and see "Groves (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Dorian (Vallely) or A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Phillips): AABBCCDDEE (O'Neill, Vallely). The tune is a minor-key version of "The Groves." It is perhaps slightly more common in the tradition in the key of G Minor. A sixth part for the tune appears on a recording by fiddler Paddy Glackin and Jolyon Jackson, and is sometimes heard at sessions. See also the related "Johnny Cope (2)."  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Jimmy Powers. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 311, p. 154. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 948, p. 162. Phillips (Fiddlecase Tunebook: British Isles), 1989; p. 17. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 54, p. 46.  Recorded sources: Bounty Records 6040, Jimmy Powers. Outlet 3002, Paddy Cronin- "Kerry's Own Paddy Cronin" (1977). Tommy Potts - "The Liffey Banks." Paddy Glackin & Jolyon Jackson - "Hidden Ground" (a six-part version).

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