Annotation:Peddlar's Punch (The)

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PEDDLAR’S PUNCH, THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB. Composed by the late Philadelphia, Pa./County Cavan fiddler Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Interviewed by musician and folklorist Mick Moloney in 1975, Reavy explained:

The Peddlar’s Punch…yeah…you know the peddlars they like a drop of the Craythur you known the y can throw a pretty good punch too you know… So that gabe me a kind of inspiration to call it the Peddlar’s Punch you see. (Moloney: In Ireland, Punch is the name given to a mixture of whiskey, hot water and sugar).