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|f_annotation='''MASTER HENRY'S REEL [1]''' (Ríl an Mháistir Mhic Annraoi). AKA and see "[[Maggie on the Shore]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1985) records that the master referred to was a schoolteacher named Batt Henry (1872-1957), from Ballymote, south County Sligo. Henry also taught fiddle and dancing, and was the first person in the district to obtain Michael Coleman records from America. He recorded for Parlophone with his group Batt Henry's Traditional Ballymote Quartet. Fiddler Johnny Henry (1922-1996) of Doocastle was a first cousin, once removed (i.e. Johnny's father and Batt were first cousins). | |||
|f_source_for_notated_version=flute player Tommy Hart (Co. Sligo, Ireland) [Breathnach]. | |||
|f_printed_sources=Breathnach ('''CRÉ II'''), 1976; No. 157, p. 83. | |||
|f_tune_annotation_title=Master Henry's Reel (1) | |f_tune_annotation_title=Master Henry's Reel (1) | ||
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Revision as of 06:02, 9 March 2020
MASTER HENRY'S REEL [1] (Ríl an Mháistir Mhic Annraoi). AKA and see "Maggie on the Shore." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1985) records that the master referred to was a schoolteacher named Batt Henry (1872-1957), from Ballymote, south County Sligo. Henry also taught fiddle and dancing, and was the first person in the district to obtain Michael Coleman records from America. He recorded for Parlophone with his group Batt Henry's Traditional Ballymote Quartet. Fiddler Johnny Henry (1922-1996) of Doocastle was a first cousin, once removed (i.e. Johnny's father and Batt were first cousins).
