Annotation:Green Meadow (1)

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 GREEN MEADOW(S) [1], THE. AKA and see "Ballina Lass," "Johnny When You Die (1)," "Old Reel," "Over the Moor to Maggie (2)," "Paddy's Gone to France," "Rakes of Killevan (The)," "Waynesboro," "Willow Tree (5) (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major (Allan's, Perlman): A Major (Miller & Perron). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Allan's, Miller & Perron): AA'BB' (Perlman). A third part is sometimes added in modern Irish versions (see the close variant "Over the Moor to Maggie"). Breathnach (1963) lists "Green Meadows" in conjunction with "Ballina Lass (The)," "Hag's Reel (The)," "Old Maids of Galway (The)," "Paddy's Gone to France," and "Gearrchailiu Chontae Mhuigheo," and, while related, these tunes appear to represent another branch of development of what may be a common ancestor. See note for "Over the Moor to Maggie."  Source for notated version: Eddy Arsenault (b. 1938, East Prince County, Prince Edward Island) [Perlman]; Montreal fiddler Jean Carignan (1918-1988) [Miller & Perron].  Printed sources: McDermott (Allan's Irish Fiddler), 1920's?; No. 40, p. 10. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 74. Perlman (The Fiddle Music of Prince Edward Island), 1996; p. 49.  Recorded sources:  See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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