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HUGHIE TRAVERS' NO. 1. AKA and see "Tommy McMahon's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. Hughie Travers was a flute player from County Leitrim who played in the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceili Band, with whom he recorded a few 78 RPM records in the 1930's [Philippe Varlet]. The tune was popularized by the band Stockton's Wing, who also played a jig version of the tune.

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

Printed sources: Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 131, p. 40.

Recorded sources: Kitty Hayes - "A Touch of Clare."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]




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