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LADY ANNE MONTGOMERY. AKA and see "Shaskeen (2) (The)." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (most versions): AA'BB' (Mallinson). The melody may have been Scottish in origin, but espite the Scottish-sounding title, there seems to be no Scottish cognates for it that have appeared to date. Core Irish sources are from the northern part of the country, and it is generally considered a northern fiddle tune.

Sources for notated versions: Tommy Gunn (Derrylin, Co. Fermanagh and Belfast), who had it from older Fermanagh fiddlers [Boys of the Lough]; Jim McElhone (County Derry) [Mulvihill]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann, mid-1980's [Taylor]; flute player Matt Molloy [Bulmer & Sharpley].

Printed sources: Boys of the Lough, 1977; p. 2. Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 161. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974, vol. 2, No. 22. Mallinson (100 Essential), 1995; No. 32, p. 15. Mulvihill (1st Collection), 1986; No. 133, p. 36. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 122. Taylor (Through the Half-door), 1992; No. 47, p. 33. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 31. Vallely (Learn to Play the Fiddle with Armagh Pipers Club), 197?; No. 50, p. 43.

Recorded sources: Midnight Music 001, Nightingale - "Sometimes When the Moon is High" (1996). Philo 1042, Boys of the Lough- "The Piper's Broken Finger" (1976). Shaskeen - "Shaskeen Live."

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