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SEÁN SA CHEO (Jack/John in the Fog). AKA - "Seán sa Ceo." AKA and see "Chancy Cherry Reel]]," "Chancy Cheory Reel," "Jack in the Fog," “John in the Fog," "John in the Mist,” "Jack and Jill," "Seán is Sinéad," "Tullaghan Lassies (The)."

Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian (Vallely): G Mixolydian (O’Malley). Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’B (Vallely): ABC (Flaherty, O’Malley). 


Additional notes

Sources for notated versions: - accordion player Joe Fallon (b. 1935, Collooney, Co. Sligo) [Flaherty]; notated by fiddler Sean Maguire for Luke O’Malley during a visit to the latter’s house in the Bronx [O’Malley].

Printed sources : - Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 1), 1974; No. 32. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 101. O’Malley (Luke O’Malley’s Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 23, p. 12 (appears as “John in the Fog”). Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 29, p. 16.

Recorded sources: -Front Hall 018, How to Change a Flat Tire - "Traditional Music of Ireland and Shetland." Green Linnet SIF 1110, Liz Carroll "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991). Rounder RO7023, Natalie MacMaster - “No Boundaries” (1996. Learned from Cheticamp, Cape Breton, fiddler Arthur Muise, who had it from the Stubbert family). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O’Brien & Daithi Sproule – “Traditional Music of Ireland” (1995). Shaskeen Records OS 360, Andy McGann, Felix Dolan & Joe Burke "A Tribute to Michael Coleman" (c. 1965). Danny O’Donnell – “Ón tSean-Am Anall” (Neilly Boyle’s version—“ Frank O’Higgins got it from Neilly and it was frequently played”). Shanachie 34014, James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien & Daithi Sproule - "Traditional Music of Ireland" (1995).



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