Annotation:Shirley's Reel

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X: 1 T:Shirley's Reel R:reel C:Willy Taylor (1916-2000), Northumberland Z:id:hn-reel-1036 M:C| L:1/8 K:A c2Bc BA~A2 | Acea fe~e2 | faaf ecce | afeA cBBe | c2Bc BA~A2 | Acea fe~e2 | faaf eccA |1 BABc A2ed :|2 BABc A2cd || |: ~e3f eAce | dfaf eccd | ~e3f eccB | Adcd B2cd | e2ef eAce | dfaf ecce | d2fd c2ec |1 BABc A2cd :|2 BABc A2ed ||



SHIRLEY'S REEL. AKA - "Young Scotty." English, Rant (cut time). England, Northumberland. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. The tune is generally credited to Borders fiddler Willy Taylor (1916-2000) of the folk group The Shepherds, although it has occasionally been credited to Charlie Sherrit.

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Recorded sources: -Resilient Records ‎RES001, Kathryn Tickell ‎– "Back to the Hills" (2002).



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