May Day (2)

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 Theme code Index    1324 5753
 Also known as    Bealltaine, Broadway (The), Dinny O'Brien's Hornpipe, Mullingar Races (2), Phil Durkin's Favorite, Shaskeen (The)
 Composer/Core Source    
 Region    Ireland
 Genre/Style    Irish
 Meter/Rhythm    Hornpipe/Clog
 Key/Tonic of    G
 Accidental    1 sharp
 Mode    Ionian (Major)
 Time signature    4/4
 History    
 Structure    AB
 Editor/Compiler    P.W. Joyce
 Book/Manuscript title    Book:Ancient Irish Music
 Tune and/or Page number    No. 32
 Year of publication/Date of MS    1873
 Artist    Biography:William Andrews
 Title of recording    May Day/The Cuckoo's Nest
 Record label/Catalogue nr.    Parlophone E3576 (78 RPM)
 Year recorded    1928
 Media    
 Score   (1)   




X:1 T:May Day [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:Stanford/Petrie (1905), No. 919 N:Appears as untitled hornpipe in Stanford/Petrie S:P.W. Joyce, who learned the tune from his father S:as a boy in County Limerick (c. 1840's) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G D2|GABG ABcA|defd dcBA|BcBG ABAG|FGAB cAGF| GABG ABcA|defd dcBA|B2d2 (cA)GF|(DG)G>A G2|| (3def|g2 eg f2 ed|g2 eg f2 ed|defg abag|(f2d)d (d>e)dc| B2 BG (AF)Dc|(Bd)BG (AB)cA|defd cAGF|(DG)G>A G2||


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