Annotation:Lisburn Lasses (1) (The)

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X:1 T:Lisburn Lasses [1], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1529 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D F2 (EF) D2 (DE) | FDED FDED | F2 (EF) D2 (DE) |1 FABc dBAG :|2 FABc d2 (de) || f>d {e}(3dcd f>d {e}(3dcd | (3fed fg a2 (3bag | (3fed ec dcAB | cdcA Ggfg | f>d {e}(3dcd f>d (3dcd | Tfedc d2 (de) | (3fed ec dcAB | TcAGFD GBAG ||


LISBURN LASSES (1) (THE) (Na cailinide ua Lios-Boireann). Irish, Reel (4/4 time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. "Free and Easy (2)", from the Rice-Walsh manuscript[1] (Co. Kerry) is a related reel. The first strain is shared with "Tinker's Reel (1)" in O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland (1907), but the second strain is different. Paul de Grae, who does not find the reel in collections earlier than Dance Music of Ireland (1907), suggests that both "Tinker's Reel [1]" and "Lisburn Lasses" are variations by Francis O'Neill's collaborator James O'Neill (no relation) on the tune "Free and Easy (2)"[2]


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Chicago Police Sergeant James O'Neill, a fiddler originally from County Down and Francis O'Neill's collaborator [O'Neill].

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Music of Ireland), 1903; No. 1529, p. 282. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 157.





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  1. ↑ Compiled by students of the late 19th century fiddle teacher Jeremiah Breen of County Kerry.
  2. ↑ Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources to Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [1]
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