Annotation:Morrison's Reel (3)

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MORRISON'S (REEL) [3]. AKA and see "Carracastle Lass," "Joe O'Dowd's Reel," "Lady Mary Montague," "Lass of Carracastle," "Miss Langford." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was called "Morrison's" on De Danann's 1978 album "Star Spangled Molly," a reference to New York fiddler James "The Professor" Morrison (1891-1947), originally from south County Sligo. Morrison recorded the reel in New York in a duet with fiddler Paddy Sweeney, under the title "Miss Langford."

James Morrison

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Black (Music's the Very Best Thing), 1996; No. 351.

Recorded sources: Shanachie LP 79018, De Danann - "The Star Spangled Molly" (1978).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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