Blind Nora O'Neill

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Theme code Index	5H5H5H4 5H5H4H3H
Also known as	Belles of Campbelltown, Blind Norry's, Lady Louden, Lady Louden's Strathspey
Composer/Core Source
Region	Scotland
Genre/Style	Scottish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double), Strathspey
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/4
History
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BLIND NORA O'NEILL. AKA and see "Blind Norry's," "Lady Louden('s Strathspey)." 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 Edinburg 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.

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

X:1
T:Blind Norry's
M:2/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:C
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