Annotation:Miss Betty Ramsey's Reel
X:1 T:Miss Betty Ramsey's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 122, p. 26) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=25&z=-154.713%2C1999.5072%2C2535.3927%2C1211.6597 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D3B AFFB|AFdF AGFE|DD/D/ DB AFFA|1BdAF FEEF:|2 BdAF FE E2|| fddf ecce|dBBd AFF2|fddf edcA|Bc/d/ AF FEE2| fddf ecce|dBBd AF F2|fdec dBcA|Bd/B/ AF FEEF||
MISS BETTY RAMSEY'S REEL. AKA - "Lady Ramsey's Reel." AKA and see "All Hands Around (1)," "Lady Gordon's Reel (3)," "Lady Mary Ramsey (2)," "Miss Ramsay (2)," "Queen's Shilling (The)." Irish, Reel (whole or cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Miss Betty Ramsey's Reel" was entered into the large 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician biography:Stephen Grier." A very similar, cognate version was also entered into the late 19th/early 20th cent. music manuscript collection in the possession of Rev. Luke Donnellan of south Ulster, under the title "Lady Ramsey's Reel."
