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Theme code Index	3H3H1H1H 5534
Also known as	Reel du Régiment
Composer/Core Source	Don Messer
Region	Canada, United States
Genre/Style	Down-East/Maritime
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	C
Accidental	NONE
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History	USA(Central), USA(New England)
Structure	AABCC, ABBCC, AABCC', AA'BB'CC
Editor/Compiler	Don Messer
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Way Down East
Tune and/or Page number	No. 27
Year of publication/Date of MS	1948
Artist	Biography:Don Messer and His Islanders
Title of recording	Mother's Reel/Rambler's Hornpipe
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Apex 26287 (78rpm)
Year recorded	1945
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Tune annotations

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T:Mother's Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:C
g>f|e3f cBcA|GAGF EGFE|DGBG dGBG|DGBd gagf|
e2ed cBcA|GAGF EGFE|DGBG dGAB|cdcB c2:|
||Bc|d2d^c defg|d2d^c defg|B2Bc BAGA|BcBA B2Bc|
d2d^c defg|d2d^c defg|abag fdef|gagf g2||
K:C
|:(3GAB|c2ec gc ea|gg ec Bc dB|c2ec gc ea|1 gg ec Bc dB:|2 gg ec Bc||

X:1
T:Mother's Reel
S:Benny Thomasson (Texas)
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
D:Voyager VRDC 345, Benny Thomasson - Say Old Man can You Play the Fiddle? (1999)
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/mothers-reel
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
gf|efed cdcA|GAGF EGFE| DGBG dGBG|DGBG gagf| 
efed cdcA|GAGF EGFE| DGBG dGBG|[E2c2](d/c/B) [E2c2]:|
K:G
|:Bc|d2(e/d/^c) defg|d2 (e/d/^c) defg|B2 B>(B c/B/A) G(B|c/B/A) GB AcBc|
d2(e/d/^c) defg|d2 (e/d/^c) defg|abag fdaf|[B2g2] ([B/a][B/g/][B/f/][B/a/]) [B2g2]:|
K:C

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