Annotation:Cat that Ate the Candle (1) (The)
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CAT THAT ATE THE CANDLE [1], THE (An Cat d'ith an Choinneal). AKA and see "Morning Star (6) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1963) notes that Hardebeck has a faulty version he calls "The Morning Star."
Source for notated version: piper Tommy Reck/Tomas Riabhach (Ireland), who had the tune from piper Seán Potts [Breathnach].
Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 153, p. 61.
Recorded sources: Green Linnet SIF 1008, Tommy Reck - "At Stone in the Field" (1977)