Annotation:Irish Girl (5) (The)
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IRISH GIRL [5], THE (An Cailín Gaelach). AKA and see "Daisy Field (The)," "Wild Irishman (3) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Francis O'Neill gives the title of the reel as "Daisy Field (The)"/"Daisy Fields (The)," in his Dance Music of Ireland (1907). The tune was recorded under the "Irish Girl" title by fiddler James Morrison, originally from County Sligo, and fiddler and singer James "Packie" Dolan (1904-1932), born near Ballinamuck, County Longford. The eldest of nine children, Dolan, who learned to play from his father (also a fiddler), emigrated to the United States in 1919 where he became a plumber. He formed a band called Packie Dolan and His Boys (which included fiddler Hugh Gillespie) and cut two dozen sides in just a few years. His promising career was cut short when he died after the ferry to Ricker's Island sustained a boiler explosion. Sixty-seven other workers also perished in the accident.
County Slipo/New York fiddler James Morrison recorded the tune for Columbia Records in 1935, the first of a set of reels, followed by "Musical Priest," and "Lord Wellington (2)." A single reel, "The Irish Girl" repeats each strain only once, also to be found in O'Neill's "Daisy Field" version.
