Annotation:Manchester Reel (3)
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MANCHESTER REEL [3]. AKA and see "Galway Rambler (The)." Irish, Reel. The tune was recorded as the second in a medley with "Dunmore Lasses" and "Castlebar Traveler" by North Galway flute player Tom Morrision (1889-1958) in 1927 (with John Reynolds on "tambourine" or bodhran). Varlet & Spottswood note the tune is better known today as "The Galway Rambler."
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Recorded sources: Rounder CD-1087, Tom Morrison - "From Galway to Dublin" (1992. Reissue of 1927 original).