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 JOHNNY ALLEN'S REEL (Cor Seagain Mic Ailin). AKA and see "Sean McGlynn's Fancy," "Tinkerman's Wife (The)." AKA - "Bean Tinc'earea." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Peter Wood (The Living Note: the Heartbeat of Irish Music, 1996) gives that Johnny Allen was a legendary fiddle player from "beyond Feakle (Co. Clare), and he's still talked about even though nobody can remember directly playing with him." Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin (1999) says the tune was collected by O'Neill during a trip to East Clare in 1906, where, in the Sliabh Aughty area, he had several tunes from fiddler Johnny Allen, a dance musician and contemporary of Pat Canny and a blind fiddler named Paddy MacNamara. The latter taught music in the region in the early part of the 20th century.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 774, p. 135.  Recorded sources: Billy McComiskey & Sean McGlynn (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."  See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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