Annotation:Galway Shawl (The)

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GALWAY SHAWL, THE. AKA and see "Murphy's Reel (3)," "Raheen Reel (3), "Walsh's." Irish, Reel. Ireland, East Galway. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB.

Source for notated version: East Galway/Bronx flute player Jack Coen, who remarked the tune was popular with musicians in that part of Ireland when he was younger [Black].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 268, p. 144.

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