Annotation:Dublin Lasses (2)
X:2 T:Dublin Lasses [2] M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:P.H. Hughes -- Gems from the Emerald Isle (c. 1860's, No. 76, pp. 17-18) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:Emin B,EEF GBAG|FDAD BDAD|GFEF GABc|dBAF GE E2:|| gfef gbag|fdad bdad|gfef gbag|fede fe e2| gfef gbag|fdad bdad|gfef gfec|dBAF GE E2||
DUBLIN LASSES [2] (Gearrchailiú Bhaile Átha Cliath). AKA and see "Dublin Reel (2) (The)," "Eight and Forty Sisters," "Maids of Galway (2) (The)," "Mr. John Shaw Stewart’s (1)," "Murtough Molloy," "Reel (84)," "Scotch Hunt (3)," "Tie the Ribbons (1)," "Tie the Ribbons (2)," "Walls of Limerick (2) (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Breathnach): AA'BB'(Kerr). The melody is a member of a large and varied tune family in both Ireland and Scotland (see "Tie the Ribbons (1)"). Francis O'Neill prints the tune under the title "Murtough Molloy," while Boston, Mass., music publisher Elias Howe gives it as "Dublin Reel (2) (The)." A distanced version of the reel was entered as an untitled tune (see "Reel (84)") into Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim fiddler and piper biography:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894), however Grier also had a version in his ms. under the title "Rover (4) (The)", and yet another faithful version as "Dublin Lasses" (Book 1, No. 63). The second strain of "Dublin Lasses [2]" appears as the second strain of "Eight and Forty Sisters" in Darley & McCall's Feis Ceoil Collection of Irish Airs (1912). Other related tunes are "Dowd's/O'Dowd's Favourite," "Flowers in May," "Ladies' Pantaloons," "Scotch Hunt (1)" and "Trim the Bonnet" (Breathnach, 1996). See also an untitled but related tune in Breathnach's Ceol Rince na hÉirreann vol. II (1976), No. 286. The influential 20th century Sliabh Luachra (County Kerry) fiddler Denis Murphy played this tune under the "Dublin Lasses" title, although Leitrim flute player John McKenna, of the 78 RPM era, had it as "Maids of Galway (2) (The)." Canon wikipedia:James_Goodman_(musicologist) entered a version of the reel as "Scotch Hunt (3)" in his mid-19th century music manuscript collection.
Scottish versions are similarly numerous, beginning with biography:John Riddell of Ayr's "Mrs. Crawfurd of Donside," published in his Collection of Scots Reels, Minuets &c. (1766, p. 25). Other Scottish variants include the Gows' "Mr. John Shaw Stewart’s (1)," Robert Petrie's "Miss Hay's Reel (2)," and Malcolm MacDonald's "Miss Jessy Stewart's Reel."
"Dublin Lasses [2]" is not musically related to "Dublin Lasses (1)."
