Annotation:Monsignor's Blessing

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X:1 T: Monsignor's Blessing S: Kathleen Collins Z: transcribed by B.Black Q: 350 R: reel M: 4/4 L: 1/8 K: D DE | F2 FD EA, A,2 | DEFD EA, A,2 | DFEF D2 dB | AFEG FDDE | F2 FD EA, A,2 | DEFD EA, A,2 | DFEF D2 dB | AFEG FD D2 || dcdf ecAd | (3Bcd Ad BdAc | dcdf ecAd | (3Bcd ec d3 A | dcdf ecAd | (3Bcd Ad BdAc | dcdf e2 ed | cdec dBAG ||

MONSIGNOR'S BLESSING, THE (Beannacht an Mhoinsíneora). AKA and see "Father Kelly's Reel (3)," "Over the Bog Road." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The melody is similar to "Twin Katy's," "Humors of Newcastle (The)" and "Captain Kelly's Reel (2)." Source Kathleen Collins also called the tune "Captain Kelly's Reel," according to Brendan Breathnach, which is the name of a similar tune in the O'Neill collections (See "Captain Kelly's Reel (1)"). The first strain of "Nancy in the Hobble" seems distantly related to the first strain of "Monsignor's Blessing."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Kathleen Collins [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 68, p. 35. Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. 3), 1985; No. 157, p. 73. Cranitch (The Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 63, p. 50. Taylor (The Crossroads Dance), 1992; No. 17, p. 14.

Recorded sources : - Shanachie Records 29002, "Kathleen Collins" (1976. Learned from the late Kerry fiddler Johnny Cronin). Shaskeen – "The Mouse Behind the Dresser." Matt Cranitch – "Take a Bow."

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