X: 1
T: New Roundabout (D major) / The Roundabout
C: traditional
O: Ireland
R: Polka
N: also played in G major
Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber
S: learned from tenor banjo player Tommy Erdmann in 2023
D: 1985: Any Old Time: Phoenix
D: 1995: Todd Denman & Bill Dennehy: Like Magic
D: 1997: Brendan Begley: We Won't Go Home 'Til Morning
D: 2013: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 21 (in Coomhola Set, Figure 3)
D: 2016: Laoise Kelly & Tiarnan Ó Duinnchinn: Ag Lorg na Laochra - On the Shouldes of Giants
D: 2016: Aidan Coffey, Frankie Gavin, Alec Finn & Colm Murphy: The Corner House Set
D: 2019: Tim Hill: Ceol ag an nGeata: Music at the Gate
N: Chords: | D  -  | D  -  | G  -  | D  -   |
N:         | D  -  | A  -  | G  -  | D  D  :|
N:         | A  -  | D  -  | A  -  | D  -   |
N:         | A  -  | D  -  | G  -  | D  D  :|
M: 2/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=140
K: D major % 2 sharps
N:
N: Tune only:
N: ==========
N: D>E FG | A2 AF | G>G FE | DF A,2  |
N: D>E FG | A2 AF | G>G FE | D2 D2  :|
N: E>E EF | DF ED | E>E FE | DF ED   |
N: E>E EF | DF AF | G>G FE | D2 D2  :|
N:
N: P: This tune can also be played in the second octave:
N: d>e fg | a2 af | g>g fe | df A2  |
N: d>e fg | a2 af | g>g fe | d2 d2 :|
N: e>e ef | df ed | e>e fe | df ed  |
N: e>e ef | df af | g>g fe | d2 d2 :|
N:
N: Tune with chords:
N: =================
"D" D>E FG | "D" A2 AF | "G" G>G FE | "D" DF     A,2  |
"D" D>E FG | "A" A2 AF | "G" G>G FE | "D" D2 "D" D2  :|
"A" E>E EF | "D" DF ED | "A" E>E FE | "D" DF     ED   |
"A" E>E EF | "D" DF AF | "G" G>G FE | "D" D2 "D" D2  :|
N:
P: This tune can also be played in the second octave:
"D" d>e fg | "D" a2 af | "G" g>g fe | "D" df     A2  |
"D" d>e fg | "A" a2 af | "G" g>g fe | "D" d2 "D" d2 :|
"A" e>e ef | "D" df ed | "A" e>e fe | "D" df     ed  |
"A" e>e ef | "D" df af | "G" g>g fe | "D" d2 "D" d2 :|