Annotation:Kilwinning's Steeple

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 KILWINNING'S STEEPLE. AKA and see "Clock in the Steeple (The)," "Jumping Geordie," "Pope's Toe (The)," "Prince of Wales' Fancy (The)," "Templeglantine Reel (1) (The)." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Although the tune is identified as "Scotch" in Ryan’s Mammoth, it does not appear under the "Kilwinning’s Steeple” title in any commonly available collection of tunes from that country. The melody is similar, however, to the Scottish song "There's nae luck aboot the hoose (there's nae luck ava)."  Source for notated version:   Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 43. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 70.   Recorded sources:

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