Annotation:Callahan's Reel (2)

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X:1 T:Callahan's Reel [2] M:C| L:1/8 K:G ~B3d cAAc|B2 GB dedc|A~B3 cAAc|dBcA BGGA| ~B3d cAAc|B2 GB dedc|A~B3 cAAc|dBcA B2GG|| fgaf gefd|cAAB cBcd|fgaf (3ggg fd|cAAc BGG2| fgaf gefd|cAAB cBcd|fgaf bgag|fdcA BG G2||

CALLAHAN'S REEL [2]. AKA and see "Kate Kelly's Fancy." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Probably the tune recorded by the Library of Congress, 1938, by Patrick Bonner, St. James, Beaver Island, Michigan (as "Callahan's Reel"). The island was home to a large immigrant Irish population at the beginning of the 20th century.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 96.

Recorded sources: -GN1, Joe Thoma - "Up the Track: Traditional Music from Kenmare" (as "Callaghan's")

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