Annotation:Honeymoon Reel (1)

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 HONEYMOON (REEL) [1], THE. AKA and see "Half-Penny (The)." English, Scottish, American; Reel. G Major ('A' part) & E Minor ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. It is said that the term 'honeymoon' derives from ancient Babylonia and is some 4,000 years old. It was the accepted custom in those days for the bride's father to supply his new son-in-law with all the mead he could drink for a month after the wedding. Mead, a honey-based alcoholic brew, and because the Babylonian calendar was lunar based the month long period came to be known as the 'honey-moon.' See also the American old-time tune "Crockett's Honeymoon." "Honeymoon Reel (2) " is a variant.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 17. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 34. Kennedy (Fiddlers Tune Book), vol. 1, 1951; No. 33, p. 17. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 303, p. 33. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 174. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 41. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 81, p. 15.  Recorded sources:

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