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Annotation:Roll Her on the Mountain (2)
X:1 T:Roll Her on the Mountain [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 99, pp. 21-22) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=20&z=106.1487%2C254.5085%2C2294.5333%2C922.6439 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin AB|cABA GFEF|GFGB dBGB|cABA GEEF|EAAG A2:| AB|cdef g2 eg|fded cAAB|cdef gfed|eaag a2 AB| cdef g2 eg|fded cAAB|c2 BA GEED|EAAG A2||
ROLL HER ON THE MOUNTAIN [2]. AKA and see: "Chicago Reel (The)," "Rosy-Cheeked Girl (The)," "Smiling Susan." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. "Roll Her on the Mountain [2]" is contained in the large 1883 music manuscript collection of musician Stephen Grier, of Gortletteragh, south County Leitrim. Researcher Conor Ward finds cognate tunes in "Chicago Reel (The)" and "Smiling Susan," from O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (1907) and Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody (1922), respectively.
