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HIGH IN THE REEKS. Irish, Polka. E Minor/Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Falmouth, Massachusetts, musician and writer Bill Black [1], named for a range of low heights (called "McGillicuddy's Reeks") in West Kerry, in the middle of the Ring.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 79, p. 41.

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