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Annotation:Smyth's Reel
X:1 T:Smyth’s Reel T:Boyne Hunt (1) T:Popcorn Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (Book 2, c. 1883, No. 142, p. 30) B:http://grier.itma.ie/book-two#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=29&z=96.6375%2C214.9159%2C2408.9821%2C1234.6572 N:Stephen Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a piper and fiddler from N:Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Co. Leitrim. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D B|A2 FA DAFA|DAFA BEEB|A2 FA DAFB|1 ABde fedB:|2 ABde fd d2|| g|fe/d/ ad bdad|fdad beeg|fe/d/ ad bdad|ABde fddg| fe/d/ ad bdad|fdad beef|gbeg fedB|ABde fedB||
SMYTH'S REEL. This Scottish/Irish reel is a member of a large tune family that includes "Seilg na Boinne," "Highland Skip (2)," "Maid Amongst the Roses (The)," "Molly Maguire (2)," "Molly McGuire's Reel," "Niel Gow's Reel (1)," "Perthshire Hunt (The)," "Popcorn (The)," "Sailor's Trip to Liverpool (The)," "Thomas a cartha," "Tom the Blacksmith," "Perth Hunt (1) (The)," and "Bridge of Perth (2)." It was entered as "Smyth's Reel" into Book 2 of the large c. 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier.
