Anything for John Joe

 A reel from the Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border. DSource Johnny O'Leary usually paired this tune with "Johnny When You Die," calling the pair "The Sliabh Luachra Reels." See also "The Lisheen Reel (2)" (Ríl an Lisín). Mixolydian (Breathnach, Moylan): D Major (Cranitch, Tubridy). AB (Cranitch, Tubridy): AAB (Mallinson): AA'B (Breathnach, Moylan). Source for notated version: fiddlers Julia Clifford & Denis Murphy (west Kerry, Ireland) [Breathnach]; accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Gneevgullia, Kerry) [Moylan]. Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 164, pg. 76. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; pg. 82. Mallinson (Enduring), 1995; No. 6, pg. 3. Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 296. Tubridy (Irish Traditional Music, Book Two), 1999; pg. 17. Recorded sources: Cladagh Records CC5, Denis Murphy & Julia Clifford - "The Star above the Garter" (1969).

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