Annotation:Leap Year (1)
X:1 T:Leap Year [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:White's Unique Collection (1896), No. 69 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D (F/G/) | A/D/F/D/ A/D/F/D/ | A/D/F/D/ (B/E/)E | (A/D/)F/G/ (A/g/)f/e/ | d/B/(A/F/) (A/D/)D/F/ | A/D/F/D/ A/D/F/D/ | A/D/F/D/ (B/E/)E | (A/D/)F/G/ (A/g/)f/e/ | (d/B/)A/F/ (A/D/)D || A/ | d/e/d/c/ d/e/f/e/ | d/B/A/F/ (G/E/)E | d/e/d/c/ (d/e/)f/e/ | (d/B/)A/F/ A/D/D/A/ | d/e/d/c/ d/e/f/e/ | d/B/A/F/ (G/E/)E | (d/e/)d/c/ (d/e/)f/e/ | (d/B/)A/F/ (A/D/)D/ || f/ | a/b/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ | e/f/g/e/ (b/e/)e | a/b/a/f/ e/g/f/e/ | (d/B/)A/F/ A/D/D | a/b/a/f/ d/e/f/d/ | e/f/g/a/ ee | a/f/g/e/ f/d/e/d/ | c/A/B/c/ d ||
LEAP YEAR [1]. AKA and see "Cheap Meal," "Dear Meal (The)," "Dear Meal is Cheap Again (The)," "Lucy Campbell (2)," "Puck's Scotch Reel." Scottish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. A re-titled Scottish reel from the Boston based Elias Howe publishing firm, variants of which are also popular in Ireland. Howe's own Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7", published 1880-1882 around the same time as Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) prints a nearly identical version as "Puck's Scotch Reel," finds Fr. John Quinn, who categorizes both tunes as variants of the older "Lucy Campbell."
