SEAMAN'S CLUB, THE (Cumann na Mairnealac/Mairnealaig). AKA and see "Sherman's Reel," "Yacht Club." Irish, Hornpipe (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Collector Captain Francis O’Neill was a sailor in his youth, and was even shipwrecked in the Pacific for a time before being rescued by a passing vessel. He also worked for a time on the Great Lakes as a seaman. Fr. John Quinn finds the identical tune (set as a reel) earlier published as "Yacht Club", in Ryans Mammoth Collection (1883), and in George Saunders' tutor as "Sherman's Reel," claimed as a Saunders composition.
Additional notes
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 214. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1768, p. 329. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 934, p. 160.
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