Annotation:Hare's Paw (1)

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 HARE'S PAW [1], THE ("Cois an Ghiorria" or "Cois a' Ghaorthaidh"). AKA and see "Bundle of Straw (The)," "Corry Boys (The)," "Follow Me to Carlow, Hare's Foot (The)," "Jim Kennedy's Favorite," "Low Park," "Lowlands of Scotland (The)," "Silvermines (1) (The)," "Tralee Lasses (The)." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Breathnach, Harker/Rafferty), Moylan, Mulvihill): AAB (Kerr, Tolman): AABB' (Carlin). O'Neill prints versions as "Hare's Foot (The)," "Jim Kennedy's Favourite" (the shortened "Kennedy's Favourite" also appears to be a variant) and "Lowlands of Scotland (The)." Joyce prints the tune as "Silvermines (1) (The)." A variant called "Billy in the Lowlands (2)," was printed by Peter Kennedy.    Source for notated version: accordion player Johnny O'Leary (Sliabh Luachra region of the Cork-Kerry border) [Moylan]; fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; Sean Ryan (County Offaly) via Jim Bly [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].  Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 185, p. 72. Carlin (Master Collection), 1984; No. 201, pg. 119. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 29. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 79, p. 25. Joyce (appears as "The Silvermines"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 1; No. 14, p. 35. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; p. 32 (appears as "Irish Reel"). Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 4; (appears as "Bundle of Straw"). Levey Collection (appears as "Gan ainm"). Moylan (Johnny O'Leary), 1994; No. 202, p. 117 (see also No. 149). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 17, p. 5. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 21.  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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