Annotation:Queen of May (2) (The)
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QUEEN OF MAY [2], THE (Banríon Bhealtaine). AKA and see “Bashful Beau,” “Kitty Losty’s Reel,” “Tap Room (The).” Irish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Famed Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded this tune as the second in a medley with “Doctor Gilbert’s.”
Source for notated version: fiddler Tommy Potts [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 197, p. 76. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing), vol. 1, 1981; 29.
Recorded sources: Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 167, Peter Horan & Gerry Harrington – “The Merry Love to Play” (2007). Talcon Records KG240, Paddy Cronin – “The House in the Glen” (197?).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Donegal fiddler John Doherty play the tune at the Comhaltas Archive [2]
Hear flute player Tom Morrison play the tune at the Comhaltas Archive [3]
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