Annotation:Ree Raw (1)

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REE RAW [1]. AKA and see “Butcher's March (1),” “Rub the Bag.” Irish, Set Dance (6/8 time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. The title is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Rí an Rátha (King of the Rath i.e. a fairy rath, or fort). Note the uneven length of the respective parts. A very distanced version of Levey's tune also appears in vol. 1 of the George Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland (1855), for which see "Ree Raw (2)."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 41, p. 18.

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