Annotation:Twin Katy's
X:1 T:Twin Katy’s M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G d/c/ | ~B/A/B/c/ d/c/A/c/ | B/G/G/B/ dc/A/ | B/A/B/c/ dc/A/ | dc/A/ B/G/G | ~B/A/B/c/ d/c/A/c/ | B/G/G/B/ dc/A/ | B/A/B/c/ dc/A/ | dc/A/ B/G/ G :| |: f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ dd/e/ | f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ B/G/G | f/g/a/f/ gf/d/ | d/c/A/c/ dd/e/ | f/g/a/f/ g/b/a/g/ | f/d/c/A/ B/G/A/c/ :|
TWIN KATY'S. AKA and see “Humors of Newcastle (The)," "Cat that Ate the Sidecomb (The)," Ho! Awake," "Kate Kelly's Fancy," "Killoran's Reel (2)," "Nellie Donovan," "Ravelled Hank of Yarn (1) (The)." Irish, Scottish, American; Reel. G Major ('A' part) & D Mixolydian ('B' part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Kerr): AABB (Cole). New York musician, writer and researcher Don Meade finds a version of the tune in O'Neill's Music of Ireland (1903) under the title “Humors of Newcastle (The),” and cognate with fiddler Johnny Cronin’s “Monsignor's Blessing,” recorded by Kathleen Collins.
