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Down the Broom
X:1 T:Down the Broom to Joe M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:Goodman obtained the tune from the music manuscripts of 19th century N:Dublin bookseller John O’Daly, according to Hugh & Lisa Shields. S:Rev. James Goodman music manuscript collection (vol. 2, p. 155) N:Canon Goodman was a uilleann piper and cleric who collected primarily N:in County Cork in the mid-19th century F:http://goodman.itma.ie/volume-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=158&z=438.6372%2C1300.5042%2C10698.9529%2C3722.2222 F:at Trinity College Dublin / Irish Traditional Music Archive goodman.itma.ie Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador A2 BG A2 Bd|edgB AGEF|G2 BG AGBG|DEGA BA A2:| |:a2 a3 a2 ae|gaba gfef|gfge d2 ef|gded BA A2:|]
X:1
T:Down the Broom
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 244, p. 52)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=51&z=254.5333%2C189.3324%2C2588.7228%2C1049.0369
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:Ador
G2|ABcA Bdef|efge dcBA|G2 BA GFGE|DEGA BAAG|
ABcA Bcdf|efge dB B2|gfge d2 ef|gfgd B2A2||
A2 ae a2 ae|gaba gfef|g2 ge g2 ge|gab age e2|
A2 ae a2 ae|gaba gfef|gfge d2 ef|gfgd B2A2||
X:1
T:Down the Broom
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:Gerry O'Connor edited the key to A dorian in his 2018 book based
N:on the Donnellan repertory.
S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances",
S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 12)
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:Amin
E2|A2 BG A2 Bd|edgd efge|G2 BG AGBG|(3ABc BA GEDE|
A2 BG A2 Bd|edgd efga|gfge d2 ef|gded BAAG||
agae agae|gaba geef|gfgd gfgd|gaba geeg|
agae agae|gaba geef|gfge d2 ef|gded BA A2||
X:1
T:Down the Broom
B:Bulmer & Sharpley, Music form Ireland, 1:11
S:Paddy Killoran (fiddle)
M:4/4
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Paul de Grae
R:Reel
K:Ador
EA (3AAG A2 Bd|egdg egdc|BGGF G2 GE|(3DED B,D GABG|
EAAG ABcd|eg ~g2 egdB|dg (3ggf gaba|gedB BA ~A2:|
|:a2 ea ageg|~a2 bg agef|~g2 dg egde|geaf gede|
a2 ea ageg|agbg ageg|dg (3ggf gaba|gedB BA A2:||
