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X:1 T:Colonel Rodney M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 531 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:A c>A (3AAA eAce|eaga fedc|d>B (3BBB fBde|fefg afed| c>A (3AAA eAce|eaga fedc|defg abaf|(3efg ae cAAz|| e2 ce Aece|aAgA fAeg|f2 df Bfdf|bBaB gBfB| (3efe ce aece|eaga fedc|defg abaf|(3 efg ae cAAz||

COLONEL RODNEY. AKA and see "Brandlings," "Fox (The)," "Miss Brandling of Gosforth's Reel." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill): AABB (Martin & Hughes). The Irish name for the Scottish tune "Fox (The) AKA "Brandlings," composed by biography:Abraham Mackintosh and appearing in his c. 1796 Collection (2nd edition) and in John Watlen's 1798 second collection, both published in Edinburgh.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler James Kennedy, who had the tune from his father, a celebrated local fiddler from Ballinamore, County Leitrim [O'Neill]. Note that County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier also entered the tune into Book 2 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection.

Printed sources : - Martin & Hughes (Ho-ro-gheallaidh), 1990; p. 39. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 236, p. 125. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 107. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1263, p. 237. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 531, p. 99.

Recorded sources : - Coleman Music Center CHC 009, flute player Éamonn Cullen - "The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place" (2005. Various artists).

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]

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