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X:1 T:Emigrant's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 51 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:F AccB dfcf | dfcf (eg) g2 | AccB dfcf | BGcB (AF) F2 | AccB dfcf | dfcf (eg) g2 | AccB dfcf | BGcB (AF) F2 :| |: afef dfcf | afef (eg) g2 | afef dfcf | BGcB (AF) F2 | afef dfcf | afef (eg) g2 | (3agf (3gfe (3fed (3edc | (3Bcd cB AF F2 :|



EMIGRANTS' REEL. AKA and see "From Shore to Shore (1)," "Reel (68)." Scottish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Cited as one of the staple tunes at Orange County, New York country dances in the 1930's (Lettie Osborn, New York Folklore Quarterly).


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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 37. Robbins Music Corp. (The Robbins collection of 200 jigs, reels and country dances), New York, 1933; No. 30, p. 10. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 64. White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 51, p. 10.

Recorded sources : - Alia Vox AVSA 9878, Jordi Savall - "The Celtic Viol. II" (2010).




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