Annotation:Telegraph (1) (The)
X:1 T:Telegraph Reel, The T:Telegraph [1], The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Goodman music manuscript collection (County Cork, mid-19th century, Book 2, p. 180) N:Goodman had the tune from a ms. lent to him by a pipe maker named Doogan. F: http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=183&z=879.993%2C1342.8005%2C7429.8284%2C2584.8765 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D F2 AF DFAF|G2 BG dGBG|F2 AF dcdB|AFDF E2D2:| ABdf gfge|fefd eBB2|ABdf gfge|afdf e2d2| ABdf gfge|fefd eB B2|defg a2 ab|afdf e2d2||
TELEGRAPH [1], THE. AKA and see "Shannon Breeze (1)," "Boil the Kettle Early (1)," "Brown Red Girl (The), "Connachtman's Rambles (1)," "Kilfinane Reel (The)," "Kitty Got a Clinking (1)," "Kitty Got a Clinking Coming from the Races (1)," "Ladies Tight Dress (The)," "Ladies Top Dress," "Lady on the Railroad," "Listowel Lasses (The)," "Love Among the Roses," "Maureen Playboy," "McCaffrey's Reel," "Old Molly Ahern," "Piper's Lass (The)," "Punch for the Ladies (2)," "Railway Station (The)," "Rathkeale Hunt," "Roll her on the banks," "Rolling on the Ryegrass (1)," "What the Devil Ails You? (2)." Irish, Reel (cut or whole time). D Major or Mixoldyian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The melody appears in Church of Ireland cleric James Goodman’s mid-19th century music manuscripts as “The Telegraph,” although it is best known nowadays as “Rolling on the Ryegrass (1).” Goodman (1828-1896) was an uilleann piper and an Irish speaker who collected locally in County Cork and elsewhere in Munster. He also obtained tunes from manuscripts and printed collections.
