Belles of Tipperary (1)

 X:1 T:Belles of Tipperary [1] M:C| L:1/8 K:D DC DE FA A2 | de fe dB Bd | Bd Ad Bb b2 | af de fe e2 :|
 * D3E FAA2 | de fe dB Bd | Bd Ad Bb b2 | af de fe e2 |
 * a3b af ed | gf ed fd d2 | Bd Ad Bb b2 | af de fe e2 :|
 * a3b af ed | gf ed fd d2 | Bd Ad Bb b2 | af de fd d2 :||

 BELLES OF TIPPERARY [1]. AKA and see &quot;Braes of Auchtertyre/Auchentyre,&quot; &quot;Beaus of Albany [1].&quot; AKA - &quot;Bells of Tipperary.&quot; Irish, New England; Reel. D Major (Harker/Rafferty, Miller & Perron/1983): C Major (Miller & Perron/1977 & 2006). Standard tuning. AB (Miller & Perron/2006): AABB (Cole, Miller & Perron/1977, Ryan): AA'BB (Harker/Rafferty): AA'BB' (Kerr). New York writer, researcher and musician Don Meade says the tune is often falsely identified as &quot;The New Policeman,&quot; but that it is related to &quot;Miss Monaghan&quot; and &quot;Connaught Lasses,&quot; all of which are derivatives of the Scottish composer Crockat's &quot;Braes of Auchentyre&quot; (as is &quot;Belles of Tipperary&quot;). Sources for notated versions: County Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin, long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker]. Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 5. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 49, pg. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 270, pg. 29. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 114. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 52 (appears as &quot;Paddy Cronin Reel in C&quot;). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 48. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 29. Recorded sources: See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources, Alan Ng's Irishtune.info

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