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|f_track=Colonel McBain.mp3
|f_artwork=James Goodman Manuscripts.png
|f_tune_name=Colonel McBain's
|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/user-463726157 Hasse Jonsson]
|f_notes= The tune was first recorded by Galway melodeon player Peter Conlon in 1921, under the title "McBan's Reel" (thought the different spelling may be due to an error by the record company).
|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/user-463726157/colonel-mcbain Soundcloud]
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|f_piclink=Colonel McBain's
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|f_piclink=Quince Dillon’s High 'D' Tune
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|f_track=GroomsTune.mp3
|f_artwork=GroomsPension.jpg
|f_tune_name=Bonaparte's Retreat
|f_played_by=[https://soundcloud.com/dollyparton Dolly Parton]
|f_notes= To this day, North Carolina mountain fiddlers will refer to Bonaparte's Retreat as "Grooms' Tune"
|f_source=[https://soundcloud.com/dollyparton/grooms-tune-bonapartes-retreat Soundcloud]
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 9 March 2025

Featured Tunes Music Library
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Colonel McBain's

Played by: Hasse Jonsson
Source: Soundcloud
Image: The tune was first recorded by Galway melodeon player Peter Conlon in 1921, under the title "McBan's Reel" (thought the different spelling may be due to an error by the record company).



Over the Water to Charlie

Played by: Hood, Wink & Swagger
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Prince Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) was indeed 'over the water', in France with a price on his head should he return to Britain, growing old, fat and alcoholic, while his air was advancing in popularity through the 18th century.



The Marquis of Granby

Played by: The Band Of The Royal Military School Of Music
Source: Soundcloud
Image: John Manners, Marquis of Granby, 1766, by Joshua Reynolds.



Behind The Bush in the Garden

Played by: Andy McGann
Source: Soundcloud
Image: Patrick James or Packie Dolan was born in Ballinamuck, Co. Longford, the Irish Midlands, the eldest of 9 children. His father John, a small farmer, played fiddle and taught Packie.



Rakish Paddy

Played by: Ward Irish Music Archive
Source: Soundcloud
Image: The Francis O'Neill Cylinders - Thirty-two Recordings of Irish Traditional Music in America, circa 1904.



Quince Dillon’s High 'D' Tune

Played by: The Quasi Brothers - Ersatz & Pseudo Quasi
Source: Soundcloud
Image: The Reed brothers, Henry on right.
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