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Comment by Ian Bell on October 27, 2010 at 7:11pm

Also "Bully For You" and "Bully For All" in other banjo books -not to mention "Daniel of The Sun", The Bottle of Brandy, "Thady You Gander" and more in Irish fiddle collections. Possible winner of tune with most names contest. Strangely, it turns up in an Ontario fiddler's manuscript (circa 1830) with no title at all.

Here's what "The Fiddler's Companion" website has to say about it -a familiar traditional Irish march piece," known from the latter 18th century and appearing in several 19th century collections. Irish titles include "Domhnall na Greine" (Daniel of the Sun), "Gille na' Drobhair" (a related tune), "Oh My Dear Judy," and "The Grumbling Rustic." In America the melody was known to have been played in the Civil War by the regimental band of the 63rd Regiment P.V. (apparently made up of musicians recruited in the early years of the conflict from southwestern Pennsylvania); the piece was published in an unknown publication at the end of the 1800's and was collected by Bayard's source from a MS. based on it. Source for notated version: Dr. Phil R. Jack (Pa., 1960). Bayard (Dance to the Fiddle), 1981; No. 607, pgs. 536-537. Cole (1001 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 65.

Find The Fiddler's Companion at: http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/ It's a great resource if you like this sort of thing - and I suspect some of you do.

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