Annotation:Miss MacDonald (1)

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MISS McDONALD{'S} [1] ("Ingean Uí/Ni Mic Domnall" or "Iníon Mhic Dhónaill"). Scottish, Irish; Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Tolman): ABCD (Cole): AABBCCD (O'Neill): AA’BBCCDD’ (Kennedy): AA'BB'CD (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): ABB’CC’D (Vallely). Directions for a dance to a tune by this name were written down in 1752 by John McGill, a dancing master in Girvan, for his students.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 7. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 136, p. 33. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 98. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 7. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1210, p. 228. O'Neill (Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems), 1907; No. 486, p. 93. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 27. Vallely (Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels), 1982; No. 46, p. 22.

Recorded sources: Coleman Music Center CHC 009, fiddler Jim Rawl (Co. Leitrim) – “The Coleman Archive, vol. 2: The Home Place” (2005. Various artists). Topic 12TS422, Flying Fish 263, Boys of the Lough - “In the Tradition” (1981). Shanachie 79083, Mary Bergin - “Feadoga Stain, vol. 2” (1989).

See also listings at:
Jane Keefer’s Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [1]
Alan Ng’s Irishtune.info [2]

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