The Irish set dance “Rodney’s Glory” is not one of the traditional sets, but it’s a beautiful tune in hornpipe time and, like most set dances, its B part has an irregular number of measures: the A part is eight bars long, and the B part is 12 bars long. The melody of “Rodney’s Glory” is based on a song of the same name written in 1782 by poet Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain, which you can hear sung here. The melody of the song was, in turn, based on “Princess Royal,” a set dance associated with Turlough O’Carolan. Marla walks you through the melody of the A part in this video.
