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FLETCHER'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Dancer's Delight (1) (The)." American, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABA. The reel was printed by Francis O'Neill as "Dancer's Delight (1) (The)." New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade notes that the version in Ryan's Mammoth was one played by New York fiddler Lad O'Beirne, who passed it on to Paddy Reynolds.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 48. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 76.

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