Annotation:Donegal Dimple's Reel

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DONEGAL DIMPLE'S REEL. AKA and see "Jolly Little Boy (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. O'Neill (1903) prints the tune as "Jolly Little Boy (The)." White's Unique Collection was a publication of the Howe company in Boston, and many of the tunes contained in it were recycled from older Howe publications.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 60, p. 11.

Recorded sources: His Master's Voice 216058 (78 RPM), Albert Gerson (c. 1919).

See also listings at:
Hear Albert Gerson's c. 1919 recording at Virtual Gramophone [1] (4th tune in medley of reels)




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