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Theme code Index	1L3L6L3L 13L6L3L
Also known as	Big John McNeal, John McNeil, John McNeil's Reel, Lord Ramsay's Reel
Composer/Core Source	Biography:Peter Milne
Region	Scotland, Ireland, Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Cape Breton/PEI, Contra, Down-East/Maritime, Irish, Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	A
Accidental	3 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History	IRELAND(Ulster), USA(Central), USA(Mid Atlantic), USA(New England), CANADA(Maritimes/English), CANADA(Ottawa Valley/Ontario), CANADA(Western Canada)
Structure	AABB'
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Feldman & O'Doherty
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Northern Fiddler (The)
Tune and/or Page number	p. 187
Year of publication/Date of MS	1979
Artist	Ward Allen
Title of recording	Ward Allen Presents Maple Leaf Hoedown vol. 1
Record label/Catalogue nr.	GRT Records SP 203
Year recorded
Media
Score ()

Tune annotations

X:1
T:Big John McNeil
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:A
A,2CE FE CE|AE CE FE CE|A,2CE FE CE|FA GF ED CB,|
A,2CE FE CE|AE CE FE CB,|A,C B,D CE DF|EF Bd cA A2:|
|:eA fA eA cd|eA fA e2 (3agf|eA fA eA ce| de dc B2 cd|
eA fA eA cd|eA fA e2 fg|ag fe fe dc|1 de fg a2 cd:|2 BA GF ED CB,|]

X: 1
T:Big John McNeil
T:Lord Ramsey's Reel
T:John McNeil's Reel
C:Peter Milne (1824-1908)
R:reel
H:A version of this is also called "Big John MacNeill"
D:De Dannan: Mist Covered Mountain
D:Begley & Cooney: Meitheal
Z:id:hn-reel-510
M:C|
K:A
A,2CE FECE|AECE FECE|A,2CE FECE|FCEC B,DCB,|
A,2CE FECE|AECE FECE|D2FD CDEC|1 B,A,G,A, B,CDB,:|2 B,A,G,A, B,2cd||
|:eA~A2 eAfA|eA~A2 efga|eA~A2 agfe|dB=GB dGBd|
eA~A2 eAfA|eA~A2 efga|agfe fedc|1 BAGA B2cd:|2 BAGF EDCB,||

X: 1
T: Big John McNeil
C: Peter Milne (1824-1908)
N: Peter Milne was a friend and teacher of J.S.Skinner.
B: Hunter 237, BSFC IX-2, John McNeil's Reel in SFT p.13, NEFR p.133
M: C|
L: 1/8
F:http://jc.tzo.net/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/reel/BigJohnMcNeil_A3.abc
K: A
|: E2 \
| "A"A,2CE FECE | AECE FECE |\
A,2CE FECE | "D"FAGF "E7"EDCB, |\
"A"A,2CE FECE | AECE FECE |
| "D"B,DCE DFEG | "E7"FAGB "A"cA A2 :: cd |\
"A"eAfA eAca | eAfA e2 (3fga |\
eAfA eAce | "D"daca "E7"B2cd |
| "A"eAfA eAca | eAfA e2fg |\
agfe "D"fedc |[1 "E7"defg "A"a2 :|\
[2 "E7"BAGF EDCB, :| "A"HA,4 |]

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