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Annotation:Strawberry Banks (The)
X:1 T:Straw Berry Banks, The M:C L:1/8 B:James Goodman music manuscript collection, vol. 4 (mid-19th century, p. 53) F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-four#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=56&z=178.7059%2C3186.7014%2C5447.0168%2C2190.2741 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 BG FGAc|BGBd g3d|ecAG FGAc|BGAF GFED| G2 BG FGAc|BGBd gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF G2G2:| |:dg g2 fa a2|bgaf gfge|dcBd gfge|dBAG FA A2| dg g2 fa a2|bgaf gfge|dcBd gfga|bgaf gedB!D.C.!||
X:1
T:Strawberry Banks, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Joyce – Old Irish Folk Music and Songs (1909)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
G2 AG FGAc|BGBd gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF GFED|
G2 AG FGAc|BGBd gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF G2G2||
dg g2 ag g2|bgaf gfgd|ecAG FGAc|BGAF GFED|
dg g2 ag g2|bgaf gfef|dB(3d/e/f/ gfga|bgaf gedB||
STRAWBERRY BANKS, THE. AKA - "Straw Berry Banks." AKA and see "Blackberry Blossom (6)," “Early Rose (The),” “Kiss the Bride.” Irish, Reel (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Strawberry Banks" is reel with a history of having had a fluid title. The tune was entered twice as "Straw Berry Banks" into the mid-19th century music manuscript collection (vol. 1, p. 37 and vol. 4, p. 53) of County Cork Church of Ireland cleric and uilleann piper wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist), a version of which was later printed by P.W. Joyce (1909) with the same title. The reel was also entered into the latter-19th century Rice-Walsh manuscript from County Kerry fiddle teacher biography:Jeremiah Breen, although under the title "Early Rose (The)," and County Leitrim fiddler biography:Stephen Grier penned it into Book 2 of his large c. 1883 music manuscript collection as "Blackberry Blossom (6)."
Compare with the "Betsy Baker (1)"/"Push about the Jorum (1)" family of tunes.
