One setting
T: Bessie The Beauty Of Rossinure Hill
R: waltz
L: 1/8
K: Edor
B,E|B3cB2|A3Bc2|dF3 E2|D3EF2|G2A2Bc|d2c2BA|{F}E4D2|E4:|
AB|e3~fe2|d4 e2|f2 e2 dc|dB3 AB|e3~fe2|d4 e2|f2e2 dc|d3 BAB|
e3~fe2|d4 e2|f2e2 dc|dB3AF|G2A2Bc|d2c2BA|{F}E4D2|E4:|
Also known as Bessy The Beauty Of Rossinure Hill.
There are 9 recordings of this tune.
Bessie The Beauty Of Rossinure Hill appears in 1 other tune collection.
Bessie The Beauty Of Rossinure Hill has been added to 1 tune set.
Bessie The Beauty Of Rossinure Hill has been added to 22 tunebooks.
This setting is basically the same as Gerry O’Connor’s recording on the Journeyman album. One of my students had asked for a setting of the tune that was easier to follow rhythmically, so this is my simplification.
More usually spelled as "Rossinure Hill", this is a great song from county Fermanagh especially as sung by the great Gaby McArdle. It was, and probably still is, very popular with northern musicians as an air. I play it myself. As such, it can be played quite freely, rather than "rhythmically". I truly hope I never hear it played as notated here.
This song air is often associated with Fermanagh fiddler Mick Hoy. I came across his playing of it broadcast on RTE Radio 1 programme The Rolling Waves a few years ago, and recorded it on a mini disc. Now that the archive page of the programme is defunct, I have uploaded it onto SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-roving-bachelor/mick-hoy-bessie-the-beauty-of-rossinure-hill
And thanks to Mr. "Handed Down," we can watch Rev. Gary Hastings playing it on the flute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFvG49qaBSY
They both play the air in A dorian, not E dorian.
According to Hidden Fermanagh Book, Rossinure Hill lies between Derrygonnelly and Boho Mountain. The book also informs how Gabriel McArdle got the words of the song.