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X:1 % T:Richard Dwyer's [1] M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1, No. 52 (1976) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amin A2 EA cdea|gedB AEG^F|EAcA Bdg^f|ea{b}a^g a2 (3e^f=g| abag eA~A2|cedc BcdB|AEcE dEcd|ecBG EA A2:| |:(3aba ea c'aea|(3gag dg bgdg|(3aba ed cded|cABG EA A2| (3aba ea caea|(3gag eg dBGB|A2 (3Bcd ea~a2|gedg eA A2:|

RICHARD DWYER'S [1]. Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel is the namesake of the composer who in modern times moved from County Cork, Ireland, to the United States. Luke O’Malley says that Staten Island fiddler Paddy Reynolds used to play the tune in the key of G minor. Played by Paddy Carty, the Galway flute player.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - O'Malley (Luke O’Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 51, p. 26.

Recorded sources: - Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland." Green Linnett GLCD 1087, Seamus Connolly - "Notes From My Mind" (1988).