Annotation:Deserter (The)
X:1 T:Deserter, The M:2/4 L:1/8 N:"As sung in the county of Carlow" S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 691 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Eb B>A | GB ef/g/ | ag fe/f/ | gB B/>A/G/>A/ | B3 B/>A/ | GB ef/g/ | ag fe/f/ | gB B/>A/G/>A/ | B3 g/>f/ | eB cB/G/ | B/c/ e/f/ ge/c/ | B/G/ F/>G/ EE | E3 g/f/ | eB cB/G/ | B/c/e/f/ ge/c/ | B/G/ F/G/ EE | E3 ||
DESERTER, THE. AKA and see "Bold Deserter (The)." Irish, Air (2/4 time). Ireland, County Carlow. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). One part. Petrie's tune is the essentially the same as O'Neill's Bold Deserter (The)." It is a different tune than "I'm Sadly Thinking," which is sometimes called "The Deserter" or "The Deserter's Meditation."
