Annotation:Pat Lyons' Reel

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PAT LYONS’ (REEL). Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Nenagh, County Tipperary, fiddler and whistle player Seán Ryan (1919-1985). Later in his career Ryan formed a quartet with Kathleen Ryan on piano, drummer Mickey Campbell, and accordion player Pat Lyons. See also the related “Teetotaler/Teetotaler's Reel.”

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Ryan (The Hidden Ireland), 19888; p. 34.

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