Annotation:Biddy the Darling
X: 1 T:Biddy the Darling. JNi.[021] T:Saddler's Balloon,aka. JNi.[021] T:Sadler's Balloon,aka. JNi.[021] N:Rest added to fill bar M:6/8 L:1/8 B:John Nichol MS, mid 19thC, Northumberland Z:Village Music Project Peter Dunk 2016 Q:3/8=120 F:http://www.cpartington.plus.com/Links/NicholJ/NicholJ(29-12-16).abc K:D D2F A2d|f2d A2F|G2B e2d|cBA GFE| D2F A2d|f2d A2F|Ged cBc|d3-d2"NB"z:| |:A2ce2c|A2d f2d|A2e g2e| fed cBA| d2A e2A|f2A g2A|fed cBc|d3-d2"NB"z:|
BIDDY THE DARLING (Bidí an Muirnín). AKA and see "Martin Wynne's," "Rosie Finn's Favourite." Irish, Single Jig (12/8 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. See also the related "Rosie Finn's Favourite," recorded by the Bothy Band. The tune was collected by Samuel Bayard in fife tradition in southwestern Pennsylvania under the title "Green Cockade (1) (The)." The first strain is also cognate with that of Bayard's Pennyslvania-collected "Rolling off a Log (2)" and the English "Sadler's Balloon."
