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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||