Annotation:Fifer's Reel (The)
Tune properties and standard notation
FIFER'S REEL, THE. AKA and see "Miss Johnston('s) (1). Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. "From memory" (Joyce). The melody is Scottish in origin, although has a long history in Ireland. See note for "Miss Johnston('s) (1)."
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Joyce (Old Irish Folk Music and Songs), 1909; No. 84, pp. 44-45.
Recorded sources: