Annotation:Old Countryman's Reel
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OLD COUNTRYMAN'S REEL, THE. AKA - "Countryman's Reel." AKA and see "Flowers of Cahirciveen." Old-Time, Breakdown. USA; Nebraska, Missouri. B Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Old Countryman's Reel" is one of '100 essential Missouri tunes' listed by Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden. Boston publisher Elias Howe (c. 1867) printed contra-dance directions along with the tune.
Source for notated version: Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) and Cyril Stinnett (Oregon, Missouri) [Christeson].
Printed sources: R.P. Christeson (Old Time Fiddlers Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; p. 24. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 90.
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