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SHANNON BREEZE [1]. AKA and see "Boil the Kettle Early," "Brown Red Girl (The)," "Connachtman's Rambles (1)," "Kilfinane Reel (The)," "Kitty got a clinking (coming from the races) [1]," "Ladies Tight Dress (The)," “Ladies Top Dress,” "Lady on the Railroad (The)," "Listowel Lasses (The)," "Love among the Roses", "Maureen Playboy," "McCaffrey's Reel," "Old Molly Ahern," "Piper's Lass," "Punch for the Ladies (2)", "Railway Station (The)," "Rathkeale Hunt," "Roll her on the banks," "Rolling On the Ryegrass," “Telegraph (The),” "What the Devil Ails You? (2)" Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB’ (Harker/Rafferty): AABB (Mulvihill, Russell). Russell (1989) remarks that there is indeed a big breeze to be experienced on the Shannon, and gives the following words to the tune:

Where the river Shannon flows
Where the three leafed shamrock grows,
My heart is ever going
To my little Irish Rose.

The moment I meet her
With a hug and kiss I great her,
For there is nothing sweeter
Where the river Shannon flows.

New York accordion player Luke O’Malley maintains the piece was written by Peter Flynn, who lived near Belmullet in Mayo.

Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - “from my mother” [Mulvihill]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 7, p. 2. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 50, p. 13. Russell (The Piper’s Chair), 1989; p. 16.

Recorded sources: -

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [ ]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [ ]

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-'''SHANNON BREEZE [1].''' AKA and see "Boil the Kettle Early," "The Brown Red Girl," "The Connachtman's Rambles [1]," "The Kilfinane Reel," "Kitty got a clinking (coming from the races) [1]," "The Ladies Tight Dress," “The Ladies Top Dress,” "The Lady on the Railroad," "The Listowel Lasses," "Love among the Roses", "Maureen Playboy," "McCaffrey's Reel," "Old Molly Ahern," "Piper's Lass," "Punch for the Ladies [2]", "The Railway Station," "Rathkeale Hunt," "Roll her on the banks," "Rolling On the Ryegrass," “The Telegraph,” "What the Devil Ails You [2]?" Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB’ (Harker/Rafferty): AABB (Mulvihill, Russell). Russell (1989) remarks that there is indeed a big breeze to be experienced on the Shannon, and gives the following words to the tune:
+'''SHANNON BREEZE [1].''' AKA and see "[[Boil the Kettle Early]]," "[[Brown Red Girl (The)]]," "[[Connachtman's Rambles (1)]]," "[[Kilfinane Reel (The)]]," "[[Kitty got a clinking]] (coming from the races) [1]," "[[Ladies Tight Dress (The)]]," “[[Ladies Top Dress]],” "[[Lady on the Railroad (The)]]," "[[Listowel Lasses (The)]]," "[[Love among the Roses]]", "[[Maureen Playboy]]," "[[McCaffrey's Reel]]," "[[Old Molly Ahern]]," "[[Piper's Lass]]," "[[Punch for the Ladies (2)]]", "[[Railway Station (The)]]," "[[Rathkeale Hunt]]," "[[Roll her on the banks]]," "[[Rolling On the Ryegrass]]," “[[Telegraph (The)]],” "[[What the Devil Ails You? (2)]]" Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABB’ (Harker/Rafferty): AABB (Mulvihill, Russell). Russell (1989) remarks that there is indeed a big breeze to be experienced on the Shannon, and gives the following words to the tune:
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