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GLADSTONE'S BIll [2]. Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This version of "Gladstone's Bill" is from the Larry Smith/Smyth manuscript, and has a different second strain from that of "Gladstone's Bill (1)," from the Stephen Grier manuscript (County Leitrim, 1883). However, in a meticulous bit of tune-sleuthing, Rev. John Quinn has discovered that Smyth's second strain also appears in the Grier manuscript, attached to a different, untitled tune (No. 131 in the Grier ms., for which see "Reel (15)" in this index. Thus "Gladstone's Bill (2)" is a 'composite tune', with the first strain from Grier's "Gladstone's Bill (1)" and the second from Grier's No. 131 (Reel (15)). Furthermore, finds Rev. Quinn, Brendan Breathnach's "Ril Eanach Mhic Coilin/Annamaculeen Reel (The)", collected from the playing of Liam Guinn (County Letrim, 1966), is the same tune as "Gladstone's Bill (2)" albeit with the parts reversed.

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-'''GLADSTONE'S BIll [2].''' Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This version of "Gladstone's Bill" is from the Larry Smith/Smyth manuscript, and has a different second strain from that of "[[Gladstone's Bill (1)]]," from the Stephen Grier manuscript (County Leitrim, 1883).  However, in a meticulous bit of tune-sleuthing, Rev. John Quinn has discovered that Smyth's second strain also appears in the Grier manuscript, attached to a different, untitled tune (No. 131 in the Grier ms., for which see "[[Reel (15)]]" in this index. Thus "Gladstone's Bill (2)" is a 'composite tune', with the first strain from Grier's "[[Gladstone's Bill (1)]]" and the second from Grier's No. 131 ([[Reel (15)]]).
+'''GLADSTONE'S BIll [2].''' Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. This version of "Gladstone's Bill" is from the Larry Smith/Smyth manuscript, and has a different second strain from that of "[[Gladstone's Bill (1)]]," from the Stephen Grier manuscript (County Leitrim, 1883).  However, in a meticulous bit of tune-sleuthing, Rev. John Quinn has discovered that Smyth's second strain also appears in the Grier manuscript, attached to a different, untitled tune (No. 131 in the Grier ms., for which see "[[Reel (15)]]" in this index. Thus "Gladstone's Bill (2)" is a 'composite tune', with the first strain from Grier's "[[Gladstone's Bill (1)]]" and the second from Grier's No. 131 ([[Reel (15)]]). Furthermore, finds Rev. Quinn, Brendan Breathnach's "Ril Eanach Mhic Coilin/[[Annamaculeen Reel (The)]]", collected from the playing of Liam Guinn (County Letrim, 1966), is the same tune as "Gladstone's Bill (2)" albeit with the parts reversed.
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