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MISS LANGFORD (Inion Langfort). AKA and see "James Morrison's," "Lady Mary Montague," “Lass of Carracastle (1) (The)," "Morrison's." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cranitch): AA'B (Breathnach). Popularized by County Sligo fiddler James Morrison, who recorded the tune in New York in 1935. Morrison, who also played the tin whistle, was nicknamed “The Professor” for his teaching and his formal musical skills. The alternate title “Lass of Carracastle (1) (The)” comes from Morrison’s contemporary, another Sligo fiddler by the name of Paddy Sweeney, who had recorded the tune a year prior to Morrison, again in New York. There is a related, untitled, reel in Breathnach’s CRÉ V (1999, No. 201, p. 96).

Source for notated version: whistle player Johnny Maguire, 1966 (Co. Cavan and Belfast, Ireland) [Breathnach]; Jimmy McGettrick (b. 1909, Aughris, Rathmullen, Ballymote) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 144, p. 77. Ceol, I, 2, p. 4. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 111. Flaherty (Music from Sligo), 1990; p. 138 (appears as “Unknown”).

Recorded sources: Rounder 1123, James Morrison - “Milestone at the Garden” (Morrison originally recorded the melody in 1935). Tara CD 4011, Frankie Gavin – “Fierce Traditional.”

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