Annotation:Linnet (The)

Find traditional instrumental music

Back to Linnet (The)


LINNET, THE. Irish, Reel. D Major ('A' part) & D Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The linnet is a small European songbird, on occasion used as a metaphor for Napoleon in Irish folklore and song.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources:

Recorded sources: Folk Legacy FSI-74, Howard Bursen - "Cider in the Kitchen" (1980).




Back to Linnet (The)