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JAMES RYAN'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Gilbert Clancy's Reel," "Seán Reid’s Reel," Irish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The first part of "West Wind (1) (The)" is cognate.

Source for notated version: students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O'Malley].

Printed sources: O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 18, p. 9.

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