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'''MISS BROWN'S REEL.''' AKA and see “[[Donegal Reel (The)]],” "[[Hero (The)]]," “[[Una Bhain Ni Chuinneagin]],” "[[Wagoner (1)]]." American? Scottish?, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Howe, Phillips, White). The tune appears under this title in mid-nineteenth century publications (1851). It also appears copied into the c. 1840’s music manuscript copybook of Setauket, Long Island, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868), among other Scottish dance tunes. Howe (1867) prints dance instructions and includes the melody in his section of Contra Dances. Alan Jabbour notes that the American tune “Wagoner” seems derivative.  
'''MISS BROWN'S REEL.''' AKA and see “[[Donegal Reel (1)]],” "[[Hero (The)]]," “[[Una Bhain Ni Chuinneagin]],” "[[Wagoner (1)]]." American? Scottish?, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Howe, Phillips, White). The tune appears under this title in mid-nineteenth century publications (1851). It also appears copied into the c. 1840’s music manuscript copybook of Setauket, Long Island, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868), among other Scottish dance tunes. Howe (1867) prints dance instructions and includes the melody in his section of Contra Dances. Alan Jabbour notes that the American tune “Wagoner” seems derivative.  
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MISS BROWN'S REEL. AKA and see “Donegal Reel (1),” "Hero (The)," “Una Bhain Ni Chuinneagin,” "Wagoner (1)." American? Scottish?, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB: AABB (Howe, Phillips, White). The tune appears under this title in mid-nineteenth century publications (1851). It also appears copied into the c. 1840’s music manuscript copybook of Setauket, Long Island, painter and fiddler William Sydney Mount (1807-1868), among other Scottish dance tunes. Howe (1867) prints dance instructions and includes the melody in his section of Contra Dances. Alan Jabbour notes that the American tune “Wagoner” seems derivative.

Source for notated version: New Hampshire Fiddlers' Union [Phillips].

Printed sources: Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 75. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), vol. 1, 1994; p. 153. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883. White’s Unique Collection, 1896; No. 84, p. 15.

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