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KNOCKNAGOW (REEL). AKA and see "Baile na Finne," "Fintown Reel," "Irish Molly," "Máire na Sop," "My Love is Far Away," "Scotch Mary." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is best-known to modern players as "Scotch Mary." The melody was recorded (as “Knocknagow”) by the East Galway Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band in November, 1931, in London (in a set with "Fowling Piece (The)")
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Treoir
Recorded sources: HMV IM49 (78 RPM), Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band (1931). Rounder CD 1087, Ballinakill Ceilidhe Band - "From Galway to Dublin" (1992. Reissue of 1931 original).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
