Annotation:Primrose Girl (1)
X: 1 T:Primrose Girl (r) % cre2<bb B:CRE2.150ii (Cailín na Samharcíní) F:257prim_g Q:360 L:1/8 M:4/4 Z:http://capeirish.com/webabc/tune-abc222/cre.2_tunes222.abc&X=257&T=PRIMROSEGIRLR R:reel K:G DEGB cdcA|BcBG (3ABA GE|DEGA B2 eB|dBAc BG G2| DEGB cBcA|(3BAB (3GAG A2 GE|DEGA BdeB|dBAc BG G2|| Bd d2 Bded|BddB AGEG|Bd d2 Bdgd|dBAc BG G2| Bd d2 Bded|BddB AGEG|(3Bcd ef gfge|dBAc BGGE||
PRIMROSE GIRL [1] (Cailín na Samhaircíní). AKA and see "Miss Cruickshank's Reel (1)," "Cailín na Samhaircíní," "Irish Hautboy (The)," "Lisdoonvarna Reel," "Rose in the Garden (1) (The)," "Smuggler's Reel (The)," "Tadhg a Rúin." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A Cape Breton version of the tune, in ‘A’ Major, is "Cuir Sa' Chiste Mhóir Mi/Put Me in the Big Chest.” A version was entered as an untitled reel (No. 280) into Book 2 of the c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier, while Francis O'Neill printed the reel as "Rose in the Garden (1) (The)" (DMI, 576).
