Annotation:Glass of Beer (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
GLASS OF BEER, THE. AKA and see "John Stenson's No. 2," "Johnny Maguire's Reel," "Listowel Lasses," "McFadden's (2)." Irish, Reel. B Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Mulvihill): AABB (Mallinson). A well-known traditional session tune, perhaps composed by John McFadden, an Irish traditional musician in Chicago and a contemporary and source of Captain Francis O'Neill. O'Neill's "Pick Your Partner" is a similar tune supplied by McFadden. "John Stenson's No. 2" is also a closely related tune.
Source for notated version: flute player Cathal McConnell [Bulmer & Sharpley]; Bridge Céilí Band [Mulvihill].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1986; No. 168. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 3. Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 61, p. 27. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 207, p. 56 (appears as untitled reel).
Recorded sources: Claddagh CC30, "Chieftains 9, Boil the Breakfast Early" (1979). Gael Linn CEF 103, Frankie Gavin - "Up and Away." Green Linnett SIF1040, Touchstone - "The New Land." Green Linnett GLCD 1119, Cherish the Ladies - "The Back Door" (1992). Ossian 39, Oisin - "Over the Moor to Maggie."
See also listings at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]