Annotation:Tailor's Thimble (2)
X:1 T:Taylor’s Thimble [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Stephen Grier music manuscript collection (1883, Book 1, No. 54 ) N:Grier (c. 1824-1894) was a fiddler and uilleann piper originally N:from north Longford, but who moved around 1852 to Newpark, N:Bohey, Gortletteragh, south Leitrim. N:See also Grier's "Tailor's Thimble (6) (The)" K:Edor (d/c/)|:BEEF GEE2|BEEF dAFA|BEEF GE E2|D2 FA dAFA:| Beed efed|Bdef gfed|(Bg)fe cedc|BABc dAFA| Beed efed|Bdef gfga|bgaf gfed|(Bg)fed AFA||
TAILOR'S THIMBLE [2]. Irish, Reel (cut time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Compare with County Leitrim flute player John McKenna's "Tailor's Thimble (3)," similar in the first strain.
