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DRUNKEN TAILOR, THE. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drinking Reel," "Gallagher's Best," "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier [2]," "The Pigeon on the Gate [1]," "Reidy's Reel," "The Scotch Braes," "The Wandering Tinker." Scottish, Hornpipe; Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB' (Kerr): ABCD (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded in Dublin by accordionist Michael Grogan (c. 1880's-1959) and Dublin fiddler John Howard in 1946 on a 78 RPM for the Regal Zonophone label. Reg Hall (1995) says Grogan, originally from Winetown, The Downs, near Mullingar, County Westmeath, was a pioneer of the two-row button accordion, lived in Dublin, and recorded and performed on radio from the late 1920's well into the 1940's. See also "The Drunken Landlady" for a similar tune.

Source for notated version: Liam Donnelly [Mulvihill].

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 331, p. 36. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 160, p. 44.

Recorded sources: Topic TSCD 602, Michael J. Grogan - "Irish Dance Music" (1995. A reissue of the 1946 original).

Tune properties and standard notation

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-'''DRUNKEN TAILOR, THE'''. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drinking Reel," "Gallagher's Best,"  "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier [2]," "The Pigeon on the Gate [1]," "Reidy's Reel," "The Scotch Braes," "The Wandering Tinker." Scottish, Hornpipe; Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB' (Kerr): ABCD (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded in Dublin by accordionist Michael Grogan (c. 1880's-1059) and Dublin fiddler John Howard in 1946 on a 78 RPM for the Regal Zonophone label. Reg Hall (1995) says Grogan, originally from Winetown, The Downs, near Mullingar, County Westmeath, was a pioneer of the two-row button accordion, lived in Dublin, and recorded and performed on radio from the late 1920's well into the 1940's. See also "The Drunken Landlady" for a similar tune.
+'''DRUNKEN TAILOR, THE'''. AKA and see "The Atholl Brae(s)," "The Drinking Reel," "Gallagher's Best,"  "Lagan Slashers," "League and Slasher," "Pigeon on the Pier [2]," "The Pigeon on the Gate [1]," "Reidy's Reel," "The Scotch Braes," "The Wandering Tinker." Scottish, Hornpipe; Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning. ABB' (Kerr): ABCD (Mulvihill). The tune was recorded in Dublin by accordionist Michael Grogan (c. 1880's-1959) and Dublin fiddler John Howard in 1946 on a 78 RPM for the Regal Zonophone label. Reg Hall (1995) says Grogan, originally from Winetown, The Downs, near Mullingar, County Westmeath, was a pioneer of the two-row button accordion, lived in Dublin, and recorded and performed on radio from the late 1920's well into the 1940's. See also "The Drunken Landlady" for a similar tune.
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