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LUCY CAMPBELL'S [1] (Luighseach Chaimbhéal). AKA and see "Cairngorm," "Dear Meal is Cheap (The)," "Dear Meal is Cheap (The)," "Leap Year," "Miss Louisa Campbell’s Delight," "Bridal o't (The)." Irish, Scottish; Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC (Cole): ABCD (Breathnach, Cranitch, Mallinson, Miller & Perron/2006, Mitchell, Treoir): AA'BBCD (Harker/Rafferty): AABB'CC'DD (Miller & Perron/1977). Breathnach (1963) identifies this tune as originally the Scottish reel "Miss Louisa Campbell’s Delight," first published in 1780 (according to Glen). "Bridal o't (The)" is the name of a song written to the tune. The reel is a staple of modern Irish sessions (although occasionally confused with "Bucks of Oranmore (The)," which has a similar first part). County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman (1891-1945) recorded the melody in New York in 1935 on a 78 RPM for Decca Records.
Sources for notated versions: the Rice-Walsh manuscript, a collection of music from the repertoire of Jeremiah Breen, a blind fiddler from North Kerry, notated by his student [O'Neill]; fiddler Tommy Potts (Ireland) [Breathnach]; piper Willie Clancy (1918-1973, Miltown Malbay, West Clare) [Mitchell]; set dance music recorded at Na Píobairí Uilleann in the 1980's (Taylor/Yellow); New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].
Printed sources: . Breathnach (CRÉ I), 1963; No. 154, p. 61. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 36. Cotter (Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor), 1989; 72. Crantich (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; p. 121. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 87, p. 28. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 64. Lyth (Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1), 1981; 36. Mallinson (100 Enduring), 1995; No. 16, p. 7. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 22. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; p. 87. Mitchell (Dance Music of Willie Clancy), 1993; No. 13, p. 36. O'Neill (Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody), 1922; No. 326 (appears as "Lucy Campbell's Hornpipe"). Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 63. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Yellow Book), 1995; p. 1. Treoir, vol. 39, No. 1, 2007.
Recorded sources: Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 173, Brian Conway - "Consider the Source" (2008). Columbia 35612, "The Chieftains" (1978). Comhaltas Ceoltoiri CL13, Tommy Peoples. Compass Records 7 4407 2, Ciaran Tourish - "Down the Line" (2005). Decca Records, Michael Coleman. Gennett 5451 (78 RPM), Michael Gallagher (uilleann pipes) {1924}. Starr 9567 (78 RPM), Michael Gallagher (uilleann pipes) {1924}. Rounder LP 7007 Graham Townsend - "Classics of Irish, Scottish and French-Canadian Fiddling" (1976). Rounder Heritage Series 1166-11592-2, Graham Townsend (et al) - "The Art of Traditional Fiddle" (2001. Learned from a 78 RPM recording by Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [2]
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [3]
Hear fiddlers Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds play the tune at the Comhaltas Archive [4]
Hear Paddy Canny and Peter O'Loughlin play the tune at the Comhaltas Archive [5]
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