Annotation:Galway Reel (3) (The)

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 GALWAY REEL [3], THE. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is very similar to O'Neill's tunes "Boys of Galway (The)" (only the ending is different) and "My Mary Anne" (a further reworking of the material).  Source for notated version: The mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork uilleann piper and Anglican cleric, Rev. James Goodman [Shields].  Printed sources: Shields/Goodman (Tunes of the Munster Pipers), No. 267. Levey (The Dance Music of Ireland), 1st Collection.  Recorded sources:

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