Annotation:Oyster River Reel (The)

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OYSTER RIVER (REEL), THE. Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is identified as an "Irish Reel" in Kerr's Merry Melodies vol. 1 (c. 1880's), although it is clearly a polka and not a reel. See also the cognate first strains of "Church Street Polka (1)," "Flanagan's Polka," "Gurteen Cross," "St. Mary's."

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Kerr (Merry Melodies, vol. 1), c. 1880’s; p. 41.

Recorded sources: North Star Records NS0038, "The Village Green: Dance Music of Old Sturbridge Village."

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