Annotation:Leggett's Reel
X:1 T:Legget’s Irish Reel M:C L:1/8 R:Reel B:Milne – Middleton’s Selection of Strathspeys, Reels &c. for the Violin (1870, p. 7) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Emin d|g>fe>d e>dB>d|(e>d)(3efg B3A|{A}G>FG>A {c}B>AB>d|e2A2A2 (ga)| b>ag>f g>fe>d|(e>d) (3efg B3A|{A}G>FG>A B>cB>A|G2[G,2E2][G,2E2]|| (g>f)|e2B2B2 (g>f)|e2B2B2 (g>f)|e>de>f {a}g>fg>a|b2e2e2 (ga)| b>ag>f g>fe>d|e>d(3efg B3A|{A}G>FG>A B>cB>A|G2 [G,2E2][G,2E2]||z3 [B,/E/]|[B,6E6]||
LEGGETT'S REEL. AKA and see "Boys of Ballycastle," "Gypsy Hornpipe (2)," "Shillelah (The)." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Kerr includes the tune in a section of "Irish Reels fro Quadrilles and Country Dances." It is also known in Ireland as "Boys of Ballycastle" and in England as one of the several "Gypsy's Hornpipes."
