Annotation:Niel Gow's Reel (1)

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NIEL GOW'S REEL [1]. AKA and see "Boyne Hunt (1)," "Highland Skip (2)," "Molly Maguire (2)," "Perth Hunt," "Perthshire Hunt," "Popcorn (The)," "Richmond Hill (2)," "Sailor's Trip to Liverpool." Scottish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The tune appears to have a Scottish provenance (as "Perthshire Hunt"), but also a rich Irish tradition. There is no serious attempt to tie the tune to Niel Gow, save the iconic title in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 13. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pp. 29, 30, 37, 51.

Recorded sources:

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