Annotation:Robin's Bodhran

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X: 1 % T: Robin's Bodhr\'an C: Bob McQuillen 1977 R: jig Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu> M: 6/8 L: 1/8 K: Em B,D \ | "Em"E2B, E2F | GFG EFG | "Am"ABc "Em"BGE | "D"FEF "(Bm)"DB,D | "Em"E2B, E2F | GFG EFG | "Am"ABc "Em"BGE | "D"DEF "Em"E :| |: Bd | "C"e3 e3 | ede "D7"dBA | "G"GAB AGA | Bde dBd | "C"e3 e3 | efg "D"fed | "Em"BcB "D"AGF | "Em"GEE E :|]



ROBIN’S BODHRAN. American, Jig (6/8 time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed in 1977 by Peterborough, New Hampshire, composer, accordion and piano player Bob McQuillen in honor of Boys of the Lough original member Robin Morton. A bodhran is a type of shallow, open-backed Irish drum, usually struck with an implement called a tipper.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 168.

Recorded sources: - Old New England 101, Bob McQuillen & Old New England - “Old New England” (1996). Marimac 9012, The Fish Family Dance Band - “Fluke Hits” (1987).



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