Annotation:Feeding the Birds

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FEEDING THE BIRDS. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, originally from Ballinakill in east Galway, claimed to have composed this tune with the help of his daughter Mary. It was also included in the Ed Reavy collection as Glen Reel (The), and named as one of Reavy's compositions. The tune was known to Donegal fiddler John Doherty as "McSweeney's Reel."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 157, p. 83. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 38, p. 12.

Recorded sources: Green Linnet GLCD 1211, Kevin Crawford - "In Good Company" (2001). Kells Music KM9509, Mike and Mary Rafferty - "The Dangerous Reel."



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