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X:1 T:Miss Ramsey [2] (Jimmy Duffy's) R:Fling S:Seamus Quinn, Fermanagh (fiddle) and Gary Hastings, flute (Belfast). D:From RTE Broadcast, Christmas 1996 H:JD was a box player from Derrygonelly (Eddie's brother). M:4/4 Z:Bernie Stocks K:D |: D2DB AFF2 | AFdB AFF2 | D2DB AFFA |1 (3.B.c.d AF EGFE :|2 (3.B.c.d AF E3g || fddf ecce | dcdB AFF2 | fddf ecce | (3.B.c.d AF E2Eg | fddf ecce |dcdB AFF2 | (3.f.e.d (3.e.d.c (3.d.c.B A2 | (3.B.c.d (3.A.G.F E3F ||

MISS RAMSAY [2] (Iníon Ramsey). AKA and see “Boy in the Gap,” “Forget Me Not (3),” “Kilkenny Boys,” “Lady Mary Ramsey (2),” "Lady Ramsey's Reel (2)," "Mary Ramsay," "Queen’s Shilling (The)." Irish, Reel. Ireland; Donegal, Fermanagh. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BCD (Taylor): AA'BB'CC'D (Breathnach). A popular reel in County Donegal, also found in the music manuscript collection of Fermanagh fiddler John Gunn, c. 1865. However, it's popularity was not limited to those regions and was played throughout Britain and Ireland under a variety of titles and name variants. Brendan Breathnach, however, finds the tune's provenance in Scotland (see "Lady Mary Ramsey (1)<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/1/r/1rv042fq8pi59h4c44iho2cmgz6rlip/1rv042fq.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/1/r/1rv042fq8pi59h4c44iho2cmgz6rlip/1rv042fq.png" width="698" height="85" alt=" X:1 T:Lady Mary Ramsay's Favorite T:Lady Mary Ramsay [1] M:C| L:1/8 K:F A|[A,3F3]d cAAd|cAdB c>BAf|F<FFd cAAc|dFcA AGG:| "></div> "), where it is played in both strathspey and reel settings. Source John Doherty played the parts AA’BB’AA’CC’D, with the first two being a variant of “Miss Ramsay” while the second two parts were probably appended by Doherty from another tune. De Dannan and the Glackins play it ABABCB.

See also Irish ms. variants as "Miss Betty Ramsey's Reel<div class="mw-ext-score noresize" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/k/5/k5wvbagrb9elkf0ym2zx9cltldqqi9r/k5wvbagr.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/k/5/k5wvbagrb9elkf0ym2zx9cltldqqi9r/k5wvbagr.png" width="697" height="80" alt=" X:1 T:Miss Betty Ramsey's Reel M:C L:1/8 K:D D3B AFFB|AFdF AGFE|DD/D/ DB AFFA|1BdAF FEEF:|2 BdAF FE E2| "></div> " (Grier) and "Lady Ramsey's Reel" (Donnellan, see Grier's title for the tune).

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. III), 1985; No. 95, p. 49. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; p. 27.

Recorded sources : - Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann CL10, "Johnny Doherty" (1975). CEF 140, Kevin & Seamus Glackin – “Northern Lights.” Green Linnet SIF 1113, De Dannan – “Half Set in Harlem” (appears as part of “Maids of Mullaghmore” set). Nimbus NI 5320, Ciaran Tourish, Dermot McLaughlin, Seamus Glackin, Kevin Glackin - “Fiddle Sticks: Irish Traditional Music from Donegal” (1991). Shanachie 79093, Paddy Glackin and Robbie Hannon – “Whirlwind” (1995. Learned from John Doherty).

See also listing at :
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [1]

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