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Annotation:Ship in Full Sail (3)
X:1 T:Ship in Full Sail [3], The M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:A version of "Fermoy Lasses," parts reversed from usual. S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 3) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G G2 BG dGBG|AFDF AcBA|G2 BG dGBG|A2 Bd efge| G2 BG dGBG|AFDF AcBA|bgaf gedB|AFDF AcBA|| GE E/E/E BEGE|GE E/E/E (3Bcd BA|BE E/E/E BEGE|AFDF AcBA| GE E/E/E BEGE|GE E/E/E (3Bcd BA|BE E/E/E BEGE|AFDF AcBA||
SHIP IN FULL SAIL [3]. AKA and see "Fermoy Lasses (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "Ship in Full Sail [3]" is a reel contained in the late 19th/early 20th century music manuscript in the possession of curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan, Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. The tune is usually known as "Fermoy Lasses (The)" nowadays, with parts played in reverse order from the ms.
- ↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.
