Annotation:James Ryan's Favorite
Tune properties and standard notation
JAMES RYAN'S FAVOURITE. AKA and see "Gilbert Clancy's Reel," "Sean Reid's Reel," "West Wind (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. G Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB.
Source for notated version: students of New York fiddler John McGrath (1900-1955, originally from County Mayo) [O'Malley].
Printed sources: O'Malley (Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music, vol. 1), 1976; No. 18, p. 9.
Recorded sources: