Annotation:Little Annie Rooney
X:53 T:Little Annie Rooney. GHW.053 M:3/4 L:1/4 Q:3/4=50 B:George H.Watson,MS,Swanton Abbott,Norfolk,c1890 R:.Waltz A:England; Norfolk C:by Michael Nolan, 1889 N:Chorus written at start of B music Z:Village Music Project, Taz Tarry, 2000 K:C e|e2a|g2e|ed2|c2z|f2a|g2e|f2e|d2z| ea2|g2e|e2d|c2e|dc'2|b2a|a3|g2z| a2c'|g2e|(age)|g2e|f2a|g2e|(ag)e|d2d| e2a|g2e|e2d|c2e|dc'2|(b2a)|a3|g2z|| P:"CHORUS" g3|c3|g3|c3|c'3|a3|(g3|g2)z| a3|f3|g(e2|e2)z|e3|c3|(d3|d2)z|g3|e3|d(c2|c2)z| g(c'2|c'3)|b(a2|a2)z|gg2|a2b|c'(g2|g2)a|f3|d3|c3|]
LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY. English, Air and Waltz (3/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Little Annie Rooney" was entered into the c. 1890 music manuscript of East Anglia musician George H. Watson. The tune comes froma 19th-century song by Michael Nolan. After Nolan sang "Little Annie Rooney" in English music halls in 1890, Annie Hart (also known as "The Bowery Girl") brought it to the United States. When she performed at New York's London Theatre, the song became a hit, but the absence of any international copyright laws kept Nolan from collecting royalties. A bitter Nolan retired from composing, and his song later became a favourite piano roll and calliope tune, heard at circuses and carousels.
