Annotation:Thanksgiving
X:1 T:Thanksgiving M:2/4 L:1/16 R:Air C:James O'Neill Q:"Tenderly" S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 55 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G g3f | e2d2 B2A2 | GE3 D2E2 | G4 G3A | G4 G2A2 | B2c2 d2e2 | dB4 A2G2 | A4 A3B | A4 g3f | e2d2 B2A2 | GE4 D2E2 | G2g2 f2e2 | d6e2 | d2B2 A2G2 | E4 {G}F3D | (G8 | G4) || G3A | B4 d4 | e3f {a}g2e2 | dgz2 Bdz2 | G6 A2 | B4 d4 | egz2 faz2 | (g8 | g4) g3a | b2a2 g2f2 | e4 g3e | d2B2 G2B2 | A4 B3c | d2B2 A2G2 | E4 {G}F3D | (G8 | G4) ||
THANKSGIVING (Toirbeirt Buideac). Irish-American, Air (2/4 time, "tenderly"). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Composed by fiddler James O’Neill (b. 1863, originally from County Down & Belfast), who, when a sergeant in the Chicago police force in the first decade of the twentieth century, collaborated with Captain Francis O’Neill (no relation) on Music of Ireland (1903). In his third volume, Irish Folk Music: A Fascinating Hobby (1910) O’Neill states it was an “old Irish strain” that was elaborated by James.
