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YOUNGEST DAUGHTER [1], THE (Iníon is óige (An)). AKA and see "Baintreach na Radaireacht," "Banrion Bhealtaine," "Blossom of the New Tree (The)," "Captain Murray's Reel," "Cock Your Pistol Charlie (2)," “Granshaw Glens,” “Fitzgerald’s Reel,” “Hard Road to Travel (2) (The),” "Hobson's Reel," "Hopetoun House," “In the Tap Room,” "Lady's Top Dress (The)," “Life of Man (2),” "Lord Edward," "Miss Fargherson's New Reel," "Mountain Lark (7) (The)," "Polly's Rant," "Polly's Reel," “Ranting Widow (The),” “Rakes of Abbey (The),” "Roll out the Barrel," "Scotch Maggie," "Scotch Bonnet (The)," "Short Way to Heaven (A)," "Sweet Molly (1),” "Tap House (The)," "Tap Room (The)." Irish, Reel. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Mulvihill, O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen). A large tune family with many variants in England and Scotland as well as Ireland. “Rolling in the Barrel” is a related tune, while the song air and jig "Cock Your Pistol Charlie (2)" is a 6/8 time setting. Co. Leitrim piper and fiddler biography:Stephen Grier included the reel in volume 2 of his c. 1883 music manuscript collection as "Polly's Reel/Rant."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 292 (appears as “Gan ainm”/Untitled). Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 129, p. 35. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 99. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1217, p. 229. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 494, p. 94. O’Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), Nos. 257 & 320.

Recorded sources: -Tara 2002, Christy Moore "The Iron Behind the Velvet" (1978. Learned from "Paul Brock, an accordion player from Athlone. It was originally learned from the fiddle playing of the legendary Paddy Canny who lives near Tulla, Co. Clare").

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]

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