John Dolan

DESCRIPTION: Fiddler's mnemonic. "John Dolan he dreamt that Jon Durgan was dead, And John Durgan he dreamt that John Dolan was dead." (repeat). "Ti iddle di iddle de umpty do" (x4)
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol5)
KEYWORDS: nonballad death
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol5, pp. 10-11, "John Dolan" (1 short text, 1 tune)
Roud #7050
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "McTavish Is Dead" (theme of two people both being dead)
NOTES [39 words]: Like "McTavish Is Dead," with which it shares a concept, this is apparently primarily a fiddler's mnemonic. I strongly suspect one was suggested by the other, with "McTavish" being the more likely source since it's better-known. - RBW
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File: BWV5010

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