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X:1 T:Untitled M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:From Mr. P.W. Joyce N:"Set in the county of Limerick, from Mrs. McSweeny." N:A version of "The Steampacket" Q:"Allegro" B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 887, p. 224) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G A>G G2 AG G2|AGGB cAGF|AG G2 AG Ac|de=fd cAGF:| dg g2 ag g2|dg g2 agfd|c=f f2 af f2|de=fd cAGF| dg g2 ag g2|dg g2 ag fg|abag fefd|de=fd cAGF||

X:1 T:Steampacket, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 517 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G A>G {A}B(3GFG AGFD|D>G {A}(3GFG AdcA|BGGB AFDE|FEFG AdcA:| ||d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dggg fdcA|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dcde fdcA| d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dgge f2 fg|afge fdec|dcde fdcA||

STEAMPACKET, THE (“An Lung-Gaile” or “An Long gaile”). AKA – “The Steam Packet.” AKA and see "Colamór Súgach (An)," "Connacht Rangers (The)," “Connaught Reel (3),” "Father Henebry's Reel," "Frieze Kneebreeches (The)," "Fuiseog an tSléibhe," "Gauger (2) (The)," "Lady O'Brien's Reel," "Last House of Connacht (1) (The)," "Mountain Lark (4) (The)," "O'Connell's Reel (2)," “New Tobacco,” “Steamboat (The),” "Touhey's Favorite." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major/D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O’Malley, O’Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Known as a piper’s reel. In 1959 Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy (1910-1974) recorded it in Dublin in a medley along with “Kerry Reel (1) (The)” and “Colonel Frazer.”

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955), originally from County Mayo [O’Malley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources : - Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 150, p. 46. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 79. O’Malley Collection, 1976; No. 58, p. 29. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 517, p. 97.

Recorded sources : - Claddagh 4CC 39, “The Pipering of Willie Clancy vol. 2” (1983). Fiddler FRLP 002, Paddy Cronin - "Rakish Paddy" (1975). Gael Linn CEF 045, “Paddy Keenan” (1975). Na Píobairí Uilleann NPU CD 001, Patsy Touhey - "The Piping of Patsy Touhey" (2005). Popcorn Behavior – “Journeywork” (1997). Rounder CD 1087, Denis Murphy – “From Galway to Dublin” (1992). RTÉ RTECD 199, Séamus Ennis - "The Return from Fingal" (1997).

See also listing at :
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]

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