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|f_annotation='''DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS [5].'''  Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel "Devil among the Tailors [5]" is contained in the music manuscript collection of [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>. It is not related to other tunes of that name, however, in the original ms. the title "Maid on the Strand" appears with the tune, crossed out, and "Devil among the Tailors" substituted.
|f_annotation='''DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS [5].'''  Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel "Devil among the Tailors [5]" is contained in the music manuscript collection of [[biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan]] (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster<ref>Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler. </ref>. It is not related to other tunes of that name, however, in the original ms. the title "Maid on the Strand" appears with the tune, crossed out, and "Devil among the Tailors" substituted.
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Researcher Conor Ward also finds a cognate melody in the Scottish "[[Captain Campbell of Carphen]]" (albeit with parts reversed). 
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].
|f_source_for_notated_version=Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].
|f_printed_sources=O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 118, p. 71.
|f_printed_sources=O'Connor ('''The Rose in the Gap'''), 2018; No. 118, p. 71.
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X:1 T:Devil among the Tailors [5] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection (c. 1909, Oriel B:region, south Ulster) K:Ador (3fga AB c2 BA|BGBd gdBG|(3fga ....



DEVIL AMONG THE TAILORS [5]. Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel "Devil among the Tailors [5]" is contained in the music manuscript collection of biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster[1]. It is not related to other tunes of that name, however, in the original ms. the title "Maid on the Strand" appears with the tune, crossed out, and "Devil among the Tailors" substituted.

Researcher Conor Ward also finds a cognate melody in the Scottish "Captain Campbell of Carphen" (albeit with parts reversed).


Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - O'Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 118, p. 71.






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  1. Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.