Annotation:Flowing Tide (1) (The)

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FLOWING TIDE [1], THE. AKA and see "Bunch of Ferns (2)," "Higgins' Best," "Picnic Reel," "Seventh Regiment," "7th Regiment." Irish, Hornpipe. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. A reel setting of the tune is played by New England and Cape Breton fiddlers as "The Picnic," set in the key of A Major. See notes for "annotation:Picnic Reel" and "annotation:Higgins' Best" under which titles the hornpipe was printed in Ryan's Mammoth (1883), predating the "Flowing Tide" title.

Source for notated version: sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Boys of the Lough, 1977; p. 8. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland vol. 1), 1974; No. 66. Carlin (Master Collection of Dance Music for the Violin), 1984; No. 289, p. 162. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 252, p. 77. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 83, p. 35. Sullivan (Session Tunes, vol. 3); No. 25, pp. 9-10.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1139, "Eileen Ivers" (1994). Green Linnet SIF 3064, Dick Gaughan - "Coppers and Brass." Shanachie 79002, "Boys of the Lough" (1973). Chris Droney - "The Fertile Rock."

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [2]



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