Annotation:Hare Among the Heather (The)

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 HARE AMANG THE HEATHER, THE (Giorria sa bhFraoch). AKA - "Hare Among the Heather," "Hare in the Heather," "Morning Dew (1)." Scottish, Reel. E Minor (Gatherer): E Dorian (Kerr). Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC: AABBCC. Familiar to Irish musicians as the popular session reel "Morning Dew (1)."  Source for notated version: piper Matthew Tiernan/Maitiu Mac Righearnain (Ireland) [Breathnach].  Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 198, pg. 77. Gatherer (Gatherer's Musical Museum), 1987; p. 13. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; No. 132, p. 16 (appears as "The Hare Among the Heather").  Recorded sources: Shanachie 79064, Matt Molloy - "Heathery Breeze" (1999).

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