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'''BLIND NORA O'NEILL'''. AKA and see "[[Blind Norry's]]," "[[Highland Plaid (3) (The)]]," "[[Lady Louden]]." Scottish, Reel and/or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole): AA'B (Cranford). The melody is also known as "[[Lady Louden]]," attributed to William Gow (1751-1791), eldest son of Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow, and the leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death at age 40. It has gained some currency among Cape Breton fiddlers, albeit mostly under the "Blind Nora" (or variants) title, indicating it came to the island via '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' volumes and sight-reading fiddlers. Breandan Breathnach/Jackie Small ('''CRE V''') believe the Irish "[[Donegal Traveler (The)]]" (Donegal Rambler) is related to this tune.  
'''BLIND NORA O'NEILL'''. AKA and see "[[Blind Norry's]]," "[[Highland Plaid (3) (The)]]," "[[Lady Louden]]." Scottish, Reel and/or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole): AA'B (Cranford). The melody was originally composed as "[[Lady Louden]]," by William Gow (1751-1791), eldest son of Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow, and the leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death at age 40. It is a frequently recorded tune by Cape Breton fiddlers, played as both a reel and strathspey, albeit mostly under the "Blind Nora" (or variants) title, indicating that it came to the island via the popular '''Ryan's Mammoth Collection''' (1883), disseminated by sight-reading fiddlers. Breandan Breathnach/Jackie Small ('''CRE V''') believe the Irish "[[Donegal Traveler (The)]]" (Donegal Rambler) is related to this tune.
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BLIND NORA O'NEILL. AKA and see "Blind Norry's," "Highland Plaid (3) (The)," "Lady Louden." Scottish, Reel and/or Strathspey. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Cole): AA'B (Cranford). The melody was originally composed as "Lady Louden," by William Gow (1751-1791), eldest son of Scots fiddler-composer Niel Gow, and the leader of the Edinburgh Assembly Orchestra until his death at age 40. It is a frequently recorded tune by Cape Breton fiddlers, played as both a reel and strathspey, albeit mostly under the "Blind Nora" (or variants) title, indicating that it came to the island via the popular Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883), disseminated by sight-reading fiddlers. Breandan Breathnach/Jackie Small (CRE V) believe the Irish "Donegal Traveler (The)" (Donegal Rambler) is related to this tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 11 (appears as "Blind Norry's"). Cranford (Jerry Holland's Collection), 1995; No. 71, p. 21. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1885 (appears as "Blind Nora").

Recorded sources: - Rounder 7004, Joe Cormier - "The Dances Down Home" (1977). WMT002, Wendy MacIsaac - "That's What You Get" (1998?).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]



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