Annotation:Malloy's Favorite
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MALLOY'S FAVORITE (Rogha Uí Mhaolmhuaidh). AKA and see "Mulloy's Reel," "Molloy's Favourite (2)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCC. Breathnach (1985) notes the tune is related to "Colonel Fraser," one of a family of tunes including "Green Fields of Ireland." See also Donegal fiddler John Doherty's "Cameronian (The)" ("Old Cameronian (The)") and "Mother's Delight (The)," both related tunes.
Source for notated version: fiddler Michael Coleman (County Sligo, Ireland/New York) [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ III), 1985; No. 148, p. 69. Feldman & O'Doherty (Northern Fiddler), 1979; p. 167.
Recorded sources: Shanachie Records, "The Classic Recordings of Michael Coleman."