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X:1 T:More Luck to Us M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 564 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D FE|D2 DF A2 AB|AFdB AFDF|Eeed e2 ef|gefd BABc| d2 DF A2 AB|AFdB AFDF|G2 BG F2 AF|EFGA B2|| A2|dcde dAFA|dcdB A2 FD|EFGA BABd|gefd B2 AB| dcde dAFA|dcdB AFDF|G2 BG F2 AF|EFGA B2||



MORE LUCK TO US (Tuille sonais duinn). AKA and see "Cathasadh Muintre (An)," "Carrick's Rant," "Carrack's Rant/Reel," "Riley's Favorite," "Smith's a Gallant Fireman (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850): ABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The melody is similar in parts to "Mary Scott (1)," "Cothusadh Muintre (An)," "Riley's Favorite" and "Whiskey Before Breakfast." Paul de Grae remarks, "Clearly derived from [William Bradbury] Ryan's "Riley's Favorite" (RMC 64)--mostly identical, but cleverly reworked in places"[1].


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - "J. O'Neill" [O'Neill]. Chicago Police Sergeant and fiddler James O'Neill was Francis O'Neill's transcriber and collaborator on his early volumes.

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 114. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1299, p. 244. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 564, p. 104.






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  1. Paul de Grae, “Notes on Sources of Tunes in the O’Neill Collections”, 2017 [1].