Annotation:Flags of Dublin (1) (The)
X:1 T: Flags of Dublin [1] S: Seamus Ennis Z: B. Black [1] R: reel M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: D B | A2 FA BcdB | (3ABA FDEB, B,2 | A2 FA Bcde | fdec d2 dB | A2 FA BcdB | (3ABA FDEB, B,2 | A2 FA Bcde | fdec d3 || A | dcdf edef | gefd edBA | dcdf edef | gece d2 dA | dcdf edef | gefd edBA | A2 FA Bcde | fdec d3 ||
FLAGS OF DUBLIN [1], THE. AKA and see "Lass of Ballintrae (2)" "League and Slasher (2)," "Market House (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AABB (Black). A favorite tune in uilleann piping tradition. The tune was recorded by Séamus Ennis (1919-1982), who had the tune from his father, James Ennis (1887-1964). The reel can be found in a music manuscript collection from County Cork under the title "Hand me down the tea tackling," and a version was known to Belfast uilleann piper Richard L. O'Mealy (1873-1947) as "League and Slasher (2)" (printed in the Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, vol. vii, London, 1909, p. 33). The first strain of the tune can be found in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland under the title "Miller's Maid (1) (The)," although the second turn is but similar. Compare also the related Scottish tune "Lass of Ballintrae (2)."
