Annotation:Bond's Reel
X:1 T:Bond’s Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 168, p. 36) B: http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=34&z=116.5781%2C196.8073%2C2842.5377%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:Emin BE ED/E/ GA Bc/d/|AD FE/D/ FAAc|BE ED/E/ GABc|1dc/B/ Ac Bcdc:|2dc/B/ Ac BE E2|| eB BA/B/ ef/g/ fe|defg ag/f/ df|eB BA/B/ ef/g/ fe|dc/B/ Ac BE E2| eB BA/B/ ef/g/ fe|defg a2 ag/f/|g2 gf/e/ f2 fe|dc/B/ Ac Bcdc||
BOND'S REEL. Irish, Reel (cut time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. "Bond's Reel" is contained in the large 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier. Researcher Conor Ward connects the tune with the "Queen of the May (1) (The)/Kitty Losty's Reel" tune family. See also biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan's "Rossen's Hollos."
