Burnt Old Man (1)

 BURNT OLD MAN [1] ("An Seanduine Doit/Doighte" or "Sean Duine Dóite"). AKA - "Burdened Old Man." AKA and see "Georgie, the Dotard," "Hob or/a Nob." Irish, Air (6/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Bayard (1981) believes this tune to be a cognate of the tunes "Miss McLeod's/MacLeod's Reel [1]" and "The Campbells are Coming [1]," and that all three are "recognizable cognates of 'The White Cockade' as well." The song (which features bawdy lyrics on the 'maids never wed an old man' motif) can be found in Peter Kennedy's Folksongs of Britain and Ireland and was recorded by Relativity on their first album of the same name (Green Linnet SIF 1059). Caoimhin Mac Aoidh remarks that most older Irish fiddlers (even English-speaking ones) know the tune by the Gaelic name, "Sean Duine Dóite" (pronounced "shaan din-uh doy-chuh"), but that the English name is prevailing among the younger players. While the Irish word dóite does mean burnt, the title would be more meaningfully translated as "The Withered Old Man." The alternate title "The Burdened Old Man" is not used in Ireland. Breathnach's "Anthony Frawley's Jig" is a related tune. Printed sources: Baoill (Ceolta Gael), pp. 84-85. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; No. 49. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 90, p. 17. Recorded source: Green Linnet SIF 3002, Kevin Burke & Jackie Daly - "Eavesdropper."

X:1 T:Burnt Old Man [1] M:6/8 L:1/8 R:Air S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 90 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D D | (DEF) (AFE) | (DEF) !trill!(F2E) | (DEF) (BAF) | AFE !trill!E2F | DEF AFE | (FEF) (dcd) | (edB) !trill!(BAF) | (AFE) E2 :| F | .A.F.F .d.F.F | .A.F.F (~F2G) | AFF dcd | eEE E2F | (DEF) (AFE) | (FEF) (dcd) | edB (BAF) | AFE E2 ||

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