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X:1 T:The Bridge of Athlone [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Hornpipe S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1721 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Bb (3FGA|B2B2 F>Bd>B|c>Bc>d e>dc>B|A>Bc>d c>BA>G|(3FAc f>g f>ed>c| B>dF>B (3DFB d>B|e>gc>e (3FAc e>c|(3BAc (3BAG F2 G>A|B2 d2 B2:| |:A>B|c>fa>g (3feg f>e|d>fb>a g2 g>f|(3edc (3dcB (3afe (3dcB|(3FAc f>g f>ed>c| B>dF>B (3DFB d>B|e>gc>e (3FAc e>c|(3BAc (3BAG F2 G>A|B2 d2 B2:||

BRIDGE OF ATHLONE [2], THE. Irish, Hornpipe. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Settings also in G major. The hornpipe was famously recorded on 78 RPM by Sligo fiddle great Michael Coleman in New York. Coleman's setting shifts to F major in first few bars of the the second part, though the notation in O'Neill's book retained two flats throughout.

Peter Kennedy incorporated the tune into a quadrille piece called "Princess Margaret's Fancy." The hornpipe appears in the c. 1837 music manuscript collection of Shropshire musician John Moore, who called the tune "Ironbridge Hornpipe (The)."

Additional notes

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 202. Connolly & Martin (Forget Me Not), 2002; pp. 16-17. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1721, p. 320.

Recorded sources : - Decca 12056A 78 rpm disc, Michael Coleman with pianist Eileen O'Shea (1935); Green Linnet GLCD 1163, Joe Derrane - "Return to Inis Mor" (1996).

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