Annotation:John Roche's Favourite
X:1 T:John Roche's Favourite M:C| L:1/8 R:Fling B:Roche - Collection of Traditional Irish Music vol. 2 (1912, No. 285) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G G2 G>B A>G E2|c>Bc>e dB d<g|B>AB>d (3cBA (3BAG|(3EFG (3FGA (3GDB, (3G,B,D| G2 G>B A>G E2|c>B c>e d>B d<g|B>AB>d (3cBA (3BAG|(3EFG (3FGA G2 G|| d|d<gB>g d>gB>g|g>b (3agf e2 e>f|(3gab (3agf (3gfe (3dcB|(3cde (3def (3gdc (3BAG| d>gB>g d>gB>g|g>b (3agf e2 e>f|(3gab (3agf (3gfe (3dcB|(3cde (3def (3gdc (3BAF||
JOHN ROCHE'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Blue Bonnet (1)," "Frank Roche's Favourite," "Here Anna," "Here Awa'," "Lady Ann Hope (1)," "Mike Coen's Fling," "Roches Favourite," "Tiger Hornpipe," "Woodford Fling (2)." Irish, Fling or Set Dance (whole time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The title probably honors John, the father of compiler and editor Frank Roche. The elder Roche was a dancing master of note in County Limerick and also a classically trained violinist. John Roche died in 1913, shortly after the publication of son Frank's first two volumes of traditional music. The "Woodford Fling" title comes from Jack and Fr. Charlie Coen's album "The Branch Line" (1976), where the tune is the second in a set entitled "Woodford Flings," a reference to flings played in their home town of Woodford, County Galway.
