Bonny Anne (reel) on The Session

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

Four settings

X: 1
T: Bonny Anne
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
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:|

X: 2
T: Bonny Anne
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|: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:||

X: 3
T: Bonny Anne
R: reel

M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: Dmaj
|:f2 ed cA AB | c2 dB cA Ae | f2 ed cA AB | cA GE FD De |
f2 ed cA AB | cd Bc AG EF | DE FG Ad dc | A2 GE ED DB:||
|:Ad dc de fg |a2 af g2 (3ABc | d2 dc df ed |cA GE ED DB |
Ad dc de fg | a2 af g2 (3ABc | g2 fg af ge | df ed cA GE |
cA GE ED DB | Ad dc de fg | a2 af g2 (3ABc | d2 dc df ed |
cA GE ED DB | Ad dc de fg| a2 af g2 fg | af ge df ed |
cA GE ED D2 :||

X: 4
T: Bonny Anne
R: reel

Twelve comments

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.

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

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

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.

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:||

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

This is not the one that Gerry O’Conner plays.
See https://thesession.org/tunes/4316

Bonnie Ann

Really great playing of this tune by Teada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJifxcbxWA4

play video

Bonny Anne, X:3

Different in B part.

Re: Bonny Anne

What’s the source of your transcription, Rosie-123, and are you sure it it correct ? I count your 2nd part as having 17 bars, which to my knowledge would make it unique in Irish music. I have no idea how people would dance to that, and that is the reason for my query.