X:1
T:Captain Locker
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 46, p. 9)
B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=8&z=17.4651%2C763.4053%2C3516.6742%2C1230.1919
N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from
N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim.
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:C
B|cGGE FEDC|Ddde fede|cBcG EGcA|GEcE CC/C/ C2:||
f|ef/g/ cg ecge|defg afdf|ef/g/ cg ecge|fdge cc/c/ c2 |
ef/g/ cg ecge|defg afdf|ef/g/ de cdAc|GEcE CC/C/ C2||
CAPTAIN LOCKER. AKA and see "Captain Lockhart of the Tartar," "Country Lass (2)." Irish, Reel (whole time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). Transcription versions of the melody can be found in John Gunn's music copybook, c. 1865, County Fermanagh, and in the Stephen Grier music manuscript collection, a large c. 1883 collection of tunes played in County Leitrim collected by fiddler and uilleann piper Stephen Grier. However, the reel was previously published in Scotland by Robert Bremner as "Captain Lockhart of the Tartar
Recorded sources : - Drumlin Records BMNCD2, Brian McNamara - "Fort of the Jewels" (2004, from the playing of the Reilly family of Drumreilly, County Leitrim).
