Rakes of Stragne (The)
X:1 T:Rakes of Stragne, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Kerr – Merry Melodies, vol. 4, No. 170 (c. 1880’s) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D D2 (3FED (AD) (3FED | FAdc defd | D2 (3FED (AD) (3FED | BdAF FEEF | D2 (3FED (AD) (3FED | FAdc defd | (3agf (3gfe fdec | (3Bcd (AF)FEEF || |: dcdB ADFA | AFdF ADFA | dcdB ADFA | (3Bcd (AF) FEEF :| |: decd ABFA | BAFA Bcde | fdec dcBA | (3Bcd (AF) FEEF :|
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T:Rakes of Stragne, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:”Grand Reel by Michael B. Shanahan.” Reidy cites his source and
S:does not mean composer.
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 23)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.
N:Reidy told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated
N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a
N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear
N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy
N:(i.e. in London or Ireland).
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:D
D2 (3FED AGFE|Dddc defd|D2 (FB) ADFA|(3Bcd (AF) FEEF|
D2 (3FED AGFE|Dddc defg|afge fded|(3Bcd (AF) FEEA||
dcdB AGFG|AFdB ADFA|dcdB ADFA|(3Bcd (AF) FEEA|
decd BcAc|BAFA Bcde|(3fga (ec) dcBA|(3Bcd (AF) FEEF||