Annotation:Steampacket (1) (The)
X:1 T:Untitled M:C L:1/8 R:Reel N:From Mr. P.W. Joyce N:"Set in the county of Limerick, from Mrs. McSweeny." N:A version of "The Steampacket" Q:"Allegro" B:Stanford/Petrie (1905, No. 887, p. 224) Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion K:G A>G G2 AG G2|AGGB cAGF|AG G2 AG Ac|de=fd cAGF:| dg g2 ag g2|dg g2 agfd|c=f f2 af f2|de=fd cAGF| dg g2 ag g2|dg g2 ag fg|abag fefd|de=fd cAGF||
X:1
T:Steampacket, The
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 517
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
A>G {A}B(3GFG AGFD|D>G {A}(3GFG AdcA|BGGB AFDE|FEFG AdcA:|
||d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dggg fdcA|d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dcde fdcA|
d>g (3ggg a>g (3ggg|dgge f2 fg|afge fdec|dcde fdcA||
STEAMPACKET, THE (“An Lung-Gaile” or “An Long gaile”). AKA – “The Steam Packet.” AKA and see "Colamór Súgach (An)," "Connacht Rangers (The)," “Connaught Reel (3),” "Father Henebry's Reel," "Frieze Kneebreeches (The)," "Fuiseog an tSleibhe," "Gauger (2) (The)," "Lady O'Brien's Reel," "Last House in Connacht (1)," "Mountain Lark (4) (The)," "O'Connell's Reel (2)," “New Tobacco,” “Steamboat (The),” "Touhey's Favorite." Irish, Reel (cut time). G Major/D Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (O’Malley, O’Neill): AA’BB’ (Harker/Rafferty). Known as a piper’s reel. In 1959 Kerry fiddler Denis Murphy (1910-1974) recorded it in Dublin in a medley along with “Kerry Reel (1) (The)” and “Colonel Frazer.”