Annotation:Tent at the Fair (The)

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X:1 T:The Tent at the Fair M:C| L:1/8 B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 280, no. 1517 Z:François-Emmanuel de Wasseige K:D A|!segno!d2(AF) DdAF|d2(AF) EecA|d2(AF) DdAF|ec (3ABc d2dH:| A|d2(fd) adfd|adfd cdef|d2(fd) adfa|gfed cdef| d2 (3fed adfd|adfd cdef|afge fdef|gfed cABc!segno!|]


TENT AT THE FAIR, THE (An bot ag an aonac). AKA and see "Polduilly Bridge." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O'Neill/1850): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). "Tent at the Fair" is a close version of Scottish fiddler-composer Alexander Walker's "Polduilly Bridge."


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago Police Sergeant James O’Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O’Neill’s collaborator [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 154. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1517, p. 280.





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