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'''OAK TREE, THE''' (An Crann Darach). AKA and see "[[Mary Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken Lip]]," "[[Saighean (Na)]]," "[[Northern Lights (2 | '''OAK TREE, THE''' (An Crann Darach). AKA and see "[[Mary Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken Lip]]," "[[Saighean (Na)]]," "[[Northern Lights (2)]]," "[[Old Oak Tree (The)]]," "[[Tommy Peoples' Reel (4)]]." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts), B Dorian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Brody): ABBC (Breathnach). A popular reel in County Donegal. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994) lists this as one of the Donegal tunes played with long bowed double stops, reminiscent of piping. A close County Tyrone variation is "[[Grand Turk's March (The)]]," while the Scots reel "[[Miss Montgomery]]" is quite similar to the version played by Donegal fiddler John Doherty. | ||
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OAK TREE, THE (An Crann Darach). AKA and see "Mary Hold the Candle Steady While I Shave the Chicken Lip," "Saighean (Na)," "Northern Lights (2)," "Old Oak Tree (The)," "Tommy Peoples' Reel (4)." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Donegal. D Major ('A' and 'C' parts), B Dorian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC (Brody): ABBC (Breathnach). A popular reel in County Donegal. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh (1994) lists this as one of the Donegal tunes played with long bowed double stops, reminiscent of piping. A close County Tyrone variation is "Grand Turk's March (The)," while the Scots reel "Miss Montgomery" is quite similar to the version played by Donegal fiddler John Doherty.
Sources for notated versions: Boys of the Lough (Ireland/Shetland) [Brody]: fiddler Tommy Peoples, 1968 (Co. Donnegal and Dublin, Ireland) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 193, pp. 100-101. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 204. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974; vol. 1, No. 50.
Recorded sources: CCE CL13, Tommy Peoples. Philo 1026, Boys of the Lough- "Live." Shanachie 29003, Tommy Peoples and Paul Brady- "The High Part of the Road." Green Linnet SIF 3051, Frankie Gavin - "Frankie Goes to Town."