Annotation:Clarkson's Reel

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X:1 T:Clarkson's Reel M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O'Neill - Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 748 Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:D A,2|D2 DG FEDF|ABAF Acdc|BABc dBAF|EGFD EDB,E| D2 DG FEDF|ABAF Acdc|Bdce dBAF|EGFE D2|| eg|fddf afdf|edcd efge|fddf afdf|edef d2 (3ABc| defg afdf|edcd efge|(3fga ec dBAF|G2 FD EDB,E||

CLARKSON'S REEL ("Seisd Miccleiraig" or "Cor Mic Cleirig"). AKA and see "Gem of Ireland," "Green Pointed Rush Reel." Irish, Reel. D Major (most versions): G Major (Flaherty). Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1915 & 1001): AA'B (Flaherty): AABB (McGuire & Keegan): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). The reel O'Neill prints as "Clarkson's Reel" can be found earlier in print in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and Elias Howe's Musician's Omnibus Nos. 6 & 7 (c. 1882) as "Gem of Ireland" and "Green Pointed Rush Reel."

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Leo Ginley [McGuire & Keegan]; Chicago fiddler and police sergeant James O'Neill (originally from County Down) [O'Neill]; whistle player Jimmy McGettrick (b. 1909, Aughris, Rathmullen, Ballymote, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources : - Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 138. McGuire & Keegan (Irish Tunes by the 100, vol. 1), 1975; No. 41, p. 11. O'Neill (O'Neill's Irish Music), 1915; No. 273, p. 139. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 157. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1531, p. 283. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 748, p. 131.

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