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'''McGETTRICK'S.''' AKA and see "[[Spindle Shanks]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AABB (Taylor). The title references whistle player James McGettrick of County Sligo, however, it is an older tune known as "[[Spindle Shanks]]".
'''McGETTRICK'S.''' AKA and see "[[Small Hills of Offaly (The)]]," "[[Spindleshanks (2)]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AABB (Taylor). The title references whistle player James McGettrick of County Sligo, who is the source for the tune.  
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McGETTRICK'S. AKA and see "Small Hills of Offaly (The)," "Spindleshanks (2)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Black): AABB (Taylor). The title references whistle player James McGettrick of County Sligo, who is the source for the tune.

Source for notated version: a recording by accordion player Paddy O'Brien and fiddler James Kelly [Black]; set dance session music at Na Píobairí Uilleann, recorded in the 1980's [Taylor].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 167, p. 88. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 3.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet Records SIF 1058, Matt Molloy & Sean Keane - "Contentment is Wealth" (1985). Shanachie 29015, Paddy O'Brien & James Kelly - "Is it yourself?" (1979). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1995).




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