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|f_annotation='''BLIND NORA O'NEILL'''. AKA and see "[[Blind Norry's]]," "[[Highland Plaid (3) (The)]]," "[[Lady Lomon's]]," "[[Lady Loudon]]." Scottish, Reel and/or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole): AA'B (Cranford). The melody was originally composed as "[[Lady Loudon]]," by William Gow (1751-1791), eldest son of Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow, and the leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death at age 40. It is a frequently recorded tune by Cape Breton fiddlers, played as both a reel and strathspey, albeit mostly under the "Blind Nora" (or variants) title, indicating that it came to the island via the popular '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883), disseminated by sight-reading fiddlers. Breandan Breathnach/Jackie Small ('''CRE V''') believe the Irish "[[Donegal Traveler (The)]]" (Donegal Rambler) is related to this tune. | |||
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|f_printed_sources=Cole ('''1000 Fiddle Tunes'''), 1940; p. 11 (appears as "Blind Norry's"). Cranford ('''Jerry Holland's Collection'''), 1995; No. 71, p. 21. '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''', 1885 (appears as "Blind Nora"). | |||
---- | |f_recorded_sources=Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier - "The Dances Down Home" (1977). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?). | ||
|f_see_also_listing=Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1963.html]<br> | |||
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'''BLIND NORA O'NEILL'''. AKA and see "[[Blind Norry's]]," "[[Highland Plaid (3) (The)]]," "[[Lady | |||
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Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [http://www.cbfiddle.com/rx/tune/t1963.html]<br> | |||
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BLIND NORA O'NEILL. AKA and see "Blind Norry's," "Highland Plaid (3) (The)," "Lady Lomon's," "Lady Loudon." Scottish, Reel and/or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole): AA'B (Cranford). The melody was originally composed as "Lady Loudon," by William Gow (1751-1791), eldest son of Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow, and the leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death at age 40. It is a frequently recorded tune by Cape Breton fiddlers, played as both a reel and strathspey, albeit mostly under the "Blind Nora" (or variants) title, indicating that it came to the island via the popular Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), disseminated by sight-reading fiddlers. Breandan Breathnach/Jackie Small (CRE V) believe the Irish "Donegal Traveler (The)" (Donegal Rambler) is related to this tune.
