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Theme code Index
5L147L 3421
Also known as
Butchers of Bristol (1) (The) , By Your Leave Larry Grogan , Coppers and Brass (2) , County Limerick Buckhunt , Finerty's Frolic , Greensleeves (3) , Hartigan's Fancy , Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The) , Humors of Milltown (2) , Larry Grogan (1) , Lasses of Melrose (The) , Lasses of Melross (The) , Little Fanny's Fancy , Linn's Favourite , Pingneacha Rua agus Pras , Queen of the Rushes , Waves of Tramore (The) , Willie Clancy's
Composer/Core Source
Region
United States
Genre/Style
Contra, Irish
Meter/Rhythm
Jig/Quadrille
Key/Tonic of
G
Accidental
1 sharp
Mode
Ionian (Major)
Time signature
6/8
History
Structure
AABB
Editor/Compiler
Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title
Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS
1883
Artist
Title of recording
Record label/Catalogue nr.
Year recorded
Media
Score
BLIVEN'S FAVORITE . AKA and see "Butchers of Bristol (1) (The) ," "By Your Leave Larry Grogan ," "Coppers and Brass (2) ," "County Limerick Buckhunt ," "Finerty's Frolic ," "Greensleeves (3) ," "Hartigan's Fancy ," "Humors of Ennistymon (1) (The) ," "Humors of Milltown (2) ," "Larry Grogan (1) ," "Lasses of Melrose (The) ," "Lasses of Melross ," "Little Fanny's Fancy ," "Lynny's Favourite ," "Pingneacha Rua agus Pras ," "Queen of the Rushes ," "Waves of Tramore (The) ," "Willie Clancy's ." Irish, Double Jig. G Major/Mixolydian/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune wanders from major into mixolydian before ending in the dorian mode in the second strain.
Printed sources:
Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes ), 1940; p. 68.
Ryan's Mammoth Collection , 1883.
X:1
T:Bliven's Favorite
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:G
G/F/|DGG GAB|cAG FGA|{c}BAB cAF|AGG G2F|
DGG GAB|{d}cAG FGA|{c}BAB cAF|AGG G2:|
|:d|def g2g|=fed cAF|Ggf gag|fdd d2e|
{g}=fef fed|cd_B ABc|d_ed d2c|_BGG G2:||
