Annotation:Reel of Thulichan
X:1 T:Reel o' Thulichan M:C L:1/16 R:Strathspey B: Joseph Lowe - Lowe's Collection of Reels, Strathspeys and Jigs, B:book 1 (1844–1845, p. 1) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:A f2|{f}e4 A2cd ec3Aa3|{f}e4 A2Bc dB3=GB3|{f}e4 A2cd eA3cA3|B2E2 cde2 dB3=G2B2:|| c2A2 cde2 {d}T(cA3)A3B|c2A2 cde2 (dB3)=G2B2|c2A2 cde2 {d}T(cA3){d}(cA3)|B2E2 cde2 dB3=G2B2| c2A2 cde2 {d}T(cA3)A2B2|c2A2 cde2 (dB3)=G2B2|c2A2 cde2 (c2A2) cde2|(B2E2) cde2 d2B2=G2B2||
REEL O' THUILLEACHAN. AKA and see "Hulichan," "Reel of Tulloch (The)," "Tulloch." Scottish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Surenne): AABBCCDD (Skinner). Fiddler-composer and dancing master J. Scott Skinner (Harp and Claymore, 1904) noted: "'Hoolichan' is danced in Reel time, and the steps used are not Strathspey or Highland Fling steps, but all cutting and shuffling--quick time throughout, and no Figure 8.” The melody is similar to “Reel of Tulloch (The)." Skinner also included with the tune in his collection a long poem by Robert Ford, entitled “The Reel o' Hoolichan,” whose refrain is:
The auld reel o' Hoolichan,
The bauld reel o' Hoolichan;
They need be fleet upo' the feet
That dance the reel o' Hoolichan.
