Annotation:O'Shaughnessy's

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O'SHAUGHNESSY'S. AKA and see "Cat in the Corner (1) (The)," "Felix the Wrestler," "Lady Charlotte Murray (1)," "O'Mahoney's Frolics," "Puss in the Corner." Irish, Jig. D Mixolydian/Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The melody was originally recorded by the Tulla Céili Band, of which Jack O'Shaughnessy was a member.

Source for notated version: New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Black, Harker].

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 340, p. 181. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 230, p. 71.

Recorded sources: Kells Music 9509, Mike & Mary Rafferty - "The Dangerous Reel" (1995).

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