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'''OLD COUNTRYMAN'S REEL, THE.''' AKA - "[[Countryman's Reel]]." AKA and see "[[Flowers of Cahirciveen]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Countryman's Reel" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Boston publisher Elias Howe | '''OLD COUNTRYMAN'S REEL, THE.''' AKA - "[[Countryman's Reel]]." AKA and see "[[Flowers of Cahirciveen]]." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Countryman's Reel" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Boston publisher Elias Howe printed contra-dance directions along with the tune in his c. 1867 '''1000 Jigs and Reels'''. The "Old Countryman" title is Howe's, however, in a later Howe company publication, '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883) the same tune is given as "[[Flowers of Cahirciveen]]." | ||
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OLD COUNTRYMAN'S REEL, THE. AKA - "Countryman's Reel." AKA and see "Flowers of Cahirciveen." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Countryman's Reel" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Boston publisher Elias Howe printed contra-dance directions along with the tune in his c. 1867 1000 Jigs and Reels. The "Old Countryman" title is Howe's, however, in a later Howe company publication, Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) the same tune is given as "Flowers of Cahirciveen."
Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) and Cyril Stinnett (Oregon, Missouri) [Christeson].
Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 24. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 90.
Recorded sources: