Annotation:Humors of Fairy (The)

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X:1 T:Humours of Fairy, The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 GA BABd|gdeB cBAG|EAAB ABAG|EAAB A2 BA| G2 GA BABd|gdeB cABG|EGGA GAGD|EGGA G2 Ga|| bgaf gfed|efge dBAG|EAAB ABAG|EAAB A2 ga| bgaf gfed|efge dBAG|,…?|EGGA GAGE||



HUMORS OF FAIRY, THE. AKA - "Humours of Fairy Mount (The)," "Humours of Fairymount." AKA and see: "Green Meadow (1)," "Over the Moor to Maggie (2)," "Paddy's Gone to France," "Rakes of Killevan (The)," "Smoky House (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Humours of Fairy (Mount)" is contained in the music manuscript collection of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1].


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II), No. 2, 1909; No. 7. O’Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 171, p. 91.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.