X: 4
T: Bean ag Baint Duileasc
T: The Connachtman's Rambles (appears in O'Neill's under this and the alternative
T: title Gathering Dilisc)
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
S: James Byrne, Mick Brown & Ronan Galvin (Glenties; October, 1995)
R: Double jig
A: Donegal (Southwest Donegal)
B: Donegal Fiddle Tutor, Volume 2, no. 42
G: Fiddle
N: Appears in O'Neill's under this title as well as giving an alternative
N: - Gathering Dilisc. Another transcription of this version from the playing of
N: Con Cassidy appears in The Donegal Fiddle Tutor Volume 2, no. 42.
H: This is the southwest Donegal version of the tune with an unsual second part.
H: It is a version strongly associated with Con Cassidy. The recoding was made
H: at the Cairdeas na bhFidleiri Annual Meeting Concert in the Highlands Hotel, Glenties.
H: The players of the southwest consider this version to pre-date the more commonly played
H: versions such as that appearing in O'Neill's collections.
Z: The ede portion of the third bar in the second part is played in such a way that the D note
Z: is is sharp and may even be between D sharp and E. This series of notes is often played
Z: on a single bow to give a very fluid sound. Though Donegal music is generally considered
Z: fast paced music the older players of this tune play it at a moderate pace.
Z: Con Cassidy usually played the G sharps in the second part of the tune by sliding up
Z: from G natural. Other players from the area tend to slide up less and sound the note directly.
AG|FGA dAA|BAB dAG|FGA dgf|edB {d}BAG|FGA dAA|BAB def|gfe {a}f2e|1 dBB BAG:|2 dBB B2g||
|fga ^gab|bfd e^de|fga ^gab|afd e2g|fga ^gab|afd def|gbg faf|1 edB Bde:|2 edB BAG||
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