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Annotation:May Day (2)
X:1 T:May Day [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 919 N:Appears as untitled hornpipe in Stanford/Petrie S:P.W. Joyce, who learned the tune from his father S:as a boy in County Limerick (c. 1840's) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D2|GABG ABcA|defd dcBA|BcBG ABAG|FGAB cAGF| GABG ABcA|defd dcBA|B2d2 (cA)GF|(DG)G>A G2|| (3def|g2 eg f2 ed|g2 eg f2 ed|defg abag|(f2d)d (d>e)dc| B2 BG (AF)Dc|(Bd)BG (AB)cA|defd cAGF|(DG)G>A G2||
MAY DAY [2] (Bealltaine). AKA and see "Bealltaine," "Broadway (The)," "Dinny O'Brien's Hornpipe," "Mullingar Races (2)," "Phil Durkin's Favorite," "Shaskeen (The)." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Dublin uilleann piper William Andrews recorded the hornpipe under the "May Day" title in London in 1928. In addition to the uilleann pipes, Andrews played the Irish Warpipes (Greatpipes).