Annotation:Mullingar Lee (The)
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MULLINGAR LEA. AKA - "Mulligar Lea (The)." AKA and see "Nine Pint Coggie (1) (The)," "Streets of Mulligar (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major/Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Miller & Perron): AAB (Vallely). The tune was recorded as "Mullingar Lee" in 1937 in New York by Donegal fiddler Hugh Gillespie [1] (1906-1986).
Source for notated version: Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin, long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts [Miller & Perron].
Printed sources: Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 29 (appears as "Paddy Cronin Reel"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 91. Vallely (Play 50 Reels with the Armagh Pipers Club), 1982; No. 5, p. 5.
Recorded sources: Cló Iar Chonnachta CICD 165, John Wynne & John McEvoy - "Pride of the West" (2007. Learned from fiddler Paddy Carty, Loughrea, Co. Galway). Rounder 1123, Hugh Gillespie - "Milestone in the Garden" (1996).
See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [3]