Annotation:Trim the Bonnet

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X:1 T:Trim the Bonnet M:4/4 L:1/8 S:Rice-Walsh manuscript Z:Paul Kinder R:Reel K:Emin BEEF G2 EF | GBAG FDDc | BEEF G2 ef |1 gfed edBA :|2 gfed Bdef | |: gfga beeg | fefg afdf | gfga bgef |1gfed Bdef :|2 gfed edBA ||

TRIM THE BONNET. AKA and see "Big Pat's Dandy Reel," "Clady Reel (The)," "Dandy Reel (The)," "Hills of Clady (The)," "Jimmy the Creelmaker,” "Murtough Molloy,"O'Connell's Trip to Parliament (2)," "Pigeon House (The)," "Salamanca (3)," "Tie the Ribbons (1)." Irish, Reel (whole time). E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B. O'Neill remarks this tune is a variant of “Tie the Bonnet” in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907). “Dublin Lasses (2)” and “Ships are Sailing (1) (The)” are related tunes.

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O’Neill].

Printed sources : - Feldman & O’Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 243c (appears as untitled reel). O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 274.

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