Annotation:Master Crowley's (1)
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MASTER CROWLEY’s [1]. AKA and see "Bluebells (The)," "Crowley's Reel (3)," "Miss Patterson," "Miss Patterson's Slipper," "Shark's Favorite." Irish, Reel. Ireland, County Sligo. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Flaherty): AABB (Cranitch). An early recorded version was performed by Hugh Gillespie.
Sources for notated versions: fiddler Fred Finn, 1919-1986 (Kiltycreen, Kilavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty]; sessions at the Regent Hotel, Leeds, England [Bulmer & Sharpley].
Printed sources: Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 1), 1974; No. 44. Cranitch (Irish Fiddle Book), 1996; No. 71, p. 152. Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 77. Giblin (Collection of Traditional Irish Dance Music), 1928; 4.
Recorded sources: Claddagh CC13, Tommy Potts - "The Liffey Banks." Green Linnet 1026, James Keane - "Roll Away the Reel World." Ossian OSS 006, Matt Cranitch - "Give it a Shtick." RMCD4321, Roger Landes - "Dragon Reels." James Keane (et al) - "The Big Squeeze."