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Annotation:Rodney's Glory (2)
X:1 T:Rodney's Glory [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Air Q:"Slow" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 27 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin e>d | c2 B>c A2 Ac | B2 B>A G2 cd | e2 ed cde^f | gedc d2 ed | c2 B>c A2 Ac | B2 B>A G2 e>d | c2A2 BAGB | A4 A2 || z d | ede^f g2 ed | c2 d2 c2 cd | ede^f g=fed | dcBA G3B | A2 A>B c2d2 | e2e2 a3b | aged c2 Ac | B2 B>A G2 e>d | c2 B>c A2 A>c | B2 B>A G2 e>d | c2 A2 BAGB | A4 A2 ||
RODNEY'S GLORY [2] (Gloire Rodnaig). AKA and see "Miss MacDermott," "Princess Royal (1) (The)." Irish, Slow Air (4/4 time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The air version of the set dance "Rodney's Glory." See note for "Rodney's Glory" for more information. Compare also the close variant “Samhra Cruaig (An)” (The hard summer) from the mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman (volume 1, p. 243).
