Annotation:Tom Morrison's Reel
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'TOM MORRISON’S REEL'. AKA and see "Off to California," "Sweet Flowers of Milltown." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB’. The tune was recorded as a schottische on a 78 RPM in 1927 by Tom Morrison as “Sweet Flowers of Milltown,” and is a variant of the “Off to California” family of tunes. Tom Morrison (1889-1958), the ‘Dunmore Flash’, was a flute player from near Glenamaddy, in the Dunmore area of County Galway. Morrison sometimes partnered with renowned fiddler Michael Coleman for duet recordings. In more recent times the tune has been popularized by the playing of fiddler Kevin Burke.
