Annotation:Mrs. O'Sullivan's Reel
X:1 T:Mrs. O'Sullivan's Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:James Alexander – Alexander’s Fifty New Scotch & Irish Reels & Hornpipes (c. 1825, No. 9, p. 5) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Ador Ae e2 (3cBA ec|Aeec dBGB|Ae e2 (3cBA ec|BEEF GABG:|| ea a2 .e(a^ga)|eg g2 .e(gfg)|ea a2 .e(a^ga)|BEEF GABG| .e(a^ga) e(aga)|.e(gfg) .e(gfg)|afge fdec|BEEF GABG!D.C.!||
MRS. O'SULLIVAN'S REEL. Irish (?), Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Similarities to "Man of the House (The)"/"Day I Met Tom Moylan (The)" tune family. The reel is also similar to "Willie is a Wanting Wag" in the Joseph Barnes music manuscript collection, Cumbria, 1762.
