Bonnie Annie (2)
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BONNIE ANNIE [2]. AKA - "Bonnie Anne." AKA and see "Astley's Hornpipe." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See "Astley's Hornpipe," for more on this melody, which appears to have an English provenance.
Source for notated version: Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].
Printed sources: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 215. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1771, p. 330 (appears as "Bonnie Anne"). O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; 356.
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