Annotation:Shores of Lough Reagh

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X:1 T:Shores of Loughrea T:Humors of Loughrae T:Tommy Whelan's M:C| L:1/8 S:from Mike Rafferty Z:Tom Madden K:G DE|:~G3A BAA2|bgag egdB|G2GA BAGE|ABAG E2DE| ~G3A BAA2|bgag egdB|G2GA BAGE|ABAG E2DE:| |:g2eg fdBd|g2 ef gaba|geeg fdBd|egfd e2ef| g2eg fdBd|g2 ef gaba|g2ge a2ag|eaag egdB:|"fine"G4 z4||

SHORES OF LOUGH REAGH. AKA – “Shores of Loughrea.” AKA and see "Humors of Loughrea," "Pride of Loughrea," "Tommy Whelan's Reel," "Whelan's Reel." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Harker): AABB (Breathnach, Flaherty).

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 197 (appears as untitled reel). Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1994; p. 26 (appears as untitled reel). Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 45, p. 14 (includes variations).

Recorded sources: -Bellbridge Records, Bobby Casey – “Casey in the Cowhouse” (1992. Originally recorded 1959). Kells KM 9509, Mike and Mary Rafferty – “The Dangerous Reel” (1995).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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