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X:1 T:Twin Katy’s M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d/c/ | ~B/A/B/c/ d/c/A/c/ | B/G/G/B/ dc/A/ | B/A/B/c/ dc/A/ | dc/A/ B/G/G | ~B/A/B/c/ d/c/A/c/ | B/G/G/B/ dc/A/ | B/A/B/c/ dc/A/ | dc/A/ B/G/ G :| |: f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ dd/e/ | f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ B/G/G | f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ dd/e/ | f/g/a/f/ g/b/a/g/ | f/d/c/A/ B/G/A/c/ :|



Twin Katy's.AKA and see “Cat that ate the Sidecomb,” “Ho! Awake,” "Kate Kelly's Fancy,” “Killoran’s (Reel) [2],” “Nellie Donovan,” “Ravelled Hank of Yarn [1]." Irish, Scottish, American; Reel. G Major ('A' part) & D Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning. AAB (Kerr): AABB (Cole).<st1:state><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:state>musician, writer and researcher Don Meade finds a version of the tune in O'Neill's Music of Ireland under the title “Humors of Newcastle,” and cognate with fiddler Johnny Cronin’s “Monsignor’s Blessing,” recorded by Kathleen Collins.


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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 5. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 267, pg. 29.Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 28.






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