Annotation:Tameen's Reel

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X: 1 T:Tameen's Reel B:CRE2.159 (Ríl Taimín) F:file ID: cre.2/287tameen N:Version of "Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney" in O'Neill's 1850 Q:180 L:1/8 M:4/4 R:reel K:G G2 G2 Adde|fefd cAFA|GGGB AAAc|BGAG EGFD| GG G2 Adde|fefd cAFA|GGGB AAAc|BGAF G2 G2|| DG G2 G2 DE|(3FED AG FDEF|G3 z g2 de|(3fed cA AGfa| g2 G2 G2 DE|(3FED AG FDEF|G2 z2 bgag|fdcA AGFA||

TAMEEN'S REEL (Ríl Taimín). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune belongs to the “Pretty Girls of Mayo” family of tunes. Paul de Grae finds variants in Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) under the title “Irishman's Love (2) (The),” O’Neill’s “Sweet Biddy of Ballyvourney,” and as "Ceol na gCeártan" ("Music in the Forge") in The Dance Music of Willie Clancy.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - fiddler Patrick Kelly, 1966 (Cree, Co. Clare, Ireland), who played the tune on tin whistle [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (Ceol Rince na hÉireann vol. II), 1976; No. 159, p. 84.

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

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