Curly Mike

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Theme code Index	1352 5454
Also known as	Maidhc Catach, Lucky Number, Piper's Despair (The)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	E
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Dorian
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AB
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody
Tune and/or Page number	No. 277
Year of publication/Date of MS	1922
Artist	Biography:Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire
Title of recording	Kiss Me Kate
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Shanachie 29010
Year recorded	1976
Media
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CURLY MIKE (Maidhc Catach). AKA and see "Lucky Number," "Piper's Despair (The)." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The title "Curly Mike" is from O'Neill's Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody.

Sources for notated versions: fiddler Liz Carrol (Chicago, USA) [Breathnach]; the Rice-Walsh manyscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O'Neill].

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRE III), 1985; No. 109, p. 54. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 277.

Recorded source: Shanachie 29010, Liz Carroll & Tommy Maguire - "Kiss Me Kate" (1976).

X:1
T:Curly Mike 
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Rice-Walsh manuscript
Z:Paul Kinder
R:Reel
K:D
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