Bonny Anne

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on April 2nd 2003 by Dow.

This tune has been added to 38 tunebooks.

Also known as Bonnie Ann, Bonnie Anne, Bonnie Anne's, Bonny Ann, Gather Round The Fire.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• ...Born For Sport by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Harry Bradley
• A Musical Trip To Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Along Blackwater's Banks by Sliabh Notes
• An Irish Jubilee by Cathal McConnell And Robin Morton
• An Traidisiun Beo by Angelina Carberry
• Cape To Clare by Various Artists
• Folktrax 174 - Michael Gorman (fiddle) With Margaret Barry (banjo) by Michael Gorman
• Gusty's Frolicks by Sean Keane
• In Concert by Gerry O'Connor And Gilles Le Bigot
• Inné Amarach by Teada
• Journeyman by Gerry O'Connor
• King Of The Melodeon Men by Jimmy Shand
• Legacy Of The Scottish Fiddle Vol. 2 by Alasdair Fraser, Muriel Johnstone And Natalie Haas
• Mind The Dresser: Music For The Sets Volume 2 by Various Artists
• Set You Free by Nomos
• Slán Le Loch Eirne by Seamus Quinn And Gary Hastings
• The Cobblestone Sessions by Various Artists
• The Drones And The Chanters Vol.2 by Various Artists
• The Family Album by The McCarthys
• The Long Finger by Barry Carroll And Joe McHugh
• The Moneymusk by Hammy Hamilton
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Roseland Barndance by North Cregg
• The Sligo Champion (CD 1) by Michael Gorman
• Thunderstruck by Gordon Duncan
• Traditional Irish Music From Boston by The Magic Square
• Wooden Flute Obsession Disk 1 by Various Artists
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 2, Disc 1 by Various Artists

X: 1
T: Bonny Anne
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
f2ed cAAB|cAdB cAA2|f2ed cAAB|cAGE FDD2|
f2ed cAAB|cAdB cAGE|DEFG Addc|(3ABA GE FDD2:|
|:Addc defg|a2af ~g3z|Addc dfed|cA{B}AG EFGE|
Addc defg|~a3f g2fg|afge dfed|cAGE FDD2:|

I got this tune from bb via someone else at a session, so it's been passed around a fair bit here. See Norbeck's for a slightly different setting.

# Posted on April 2nd 2003 by Dow

Not to be confused with "The Piper On Horseback" http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1247 which has a very similar 1st part.

# Posted on April 2nd 2003 by Dow

I've just found another setting that's closer to this one but less basic, and was probably the original source: http://home.capecod.net/~zouki/webabc/abc.abc/021604.abc

# Posted on April 2nd 2003 by Dow

Thanks

I've been playing this tune for about 10 years and haven't remember the last damn bar for about seven! The rest of it is (amazingly) almost note-for-note what I play. Cheers.

# Posted on April 14th 2003 by pchaffee

Another setting

See also the setting below, courtesy of Josephine Keegan from her book "A Drop In The Ocean".

X:1
T:Bonny Ann
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
|:f2ed cA (3AAA|cAeA cAAg|fded cAAB|cAGE EDD2|
f2ed cA (3AAA|cAeA cAGE|DEFG AddB|cAGE EDD2:||
|:Addc defg|abaf g2 (3ABc|d2dc dfed|cAGE EDDF|
Addc defg|abaf g2fg|afge fded|cAGE EDD2:||

# Posted on August 20th 2005 by Aidan Crossey

This is one of those tunes that sounds good when Cnats replace some of the C#'s. I learned it from Teada's setting.

# Posted on September 25th 2006 by wormdiet

This is not the one that Gerry O'Conner plays.
See http://thesession.org/tunes/display/4316

# Posted on May 12th 2008 by Hup