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Annotation:Micho Russell's Reel (3)
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MICHO RUSSELL'S (REEL) [3]. AKA and see "Peg McGrath's Reel (1)," "Upstairs in a Tent (1)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB; AABB'. The hornpipe "Miss Galvin" is a related tune.
Source for notated version: tin whistle player Deirdre Collis (County Sligo), from a CCE concert in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1974 [Miller & Perron].
Printed sources:
Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; no. 41, p. 21.
Cranford (Jerry Holland: The Second Collection), 2000; No. 200, p. 75.
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 37 (appears as "Waltham Whistle Tune").
Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 88.
Recorded sources:
Shanachie 79006, Mary Bergin – "Feadóga Stáin" (1979).
Jerry Holland – "Master Cape Breton Fiddler" (1982).
See also listings at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recording Index [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]
