Annotation:Five Mile Chase (2)

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 FIVE MILE CHASE [2], THE. Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian ('A' part) & D Major ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. No relation to the more famous tune by this name (see "Five Mile Chase (1), the tune is a version of "New-mown Meadows (The)," sometimes called "Old Silver Spear (The)" or "Threepenny Bit (The)".  Source for notated version: fiddler John Doherty (1895-1980, County Donegal) [Feldman & O'Doherty].   Printed sources: Feldman & O'Doherty (The Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 68.   Recorded sources:

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