Annotation:Riley's Favorite

Find traditional instrumental music

X:1 % T:Riley's Favorite M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (FE) | D2 (DF) A2 (AB) | AFdB AFDF | (Ee)ed e2 ef | gfed B2d2 | D2(DF) A2(AB) | AFdB AFDF | G2 (BG) F2(AF) | GABc d2 :| |: A2 | dcde dAFA | dcdB A2 (FD) | edef ecAc | gfed B2d2 | dcde dAFA | dcdB AFDF | G2(BG) F2(AF) | GABc d2 :|]



RILEY'S FAVORITE. AKA and see “Cathasadh Muintre (An),” “Mary Scott (1),” “More Luck to Us.” American (?), Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel is an up-tempo setting of the song air for "Mary Scott the Flower of Yarrow." Similarities to “Whiskey before Breakfast."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 37. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 64.

Recorded sources: -



Back to Riley's Favorite