Annotation:Weel may the Keel Row
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WEEL MAY THE KEEL ROW (THAT MY LAD'S IN). AKA and see “Johnny When You Die (2),” "Keel Row (The)." Scottish, English; Reel and Air. England, Northumberland. D Major (Cole, Jones): A Major (Howe) . Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Cole, Howe, Ryan): AAB (Jones). According to Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883), this is the “original version” of the “Keel Row (The),” also included in the collection (p. 47). The tune appears in James Johnson's McLean Collection, printed in Edinburgh in 1772. The title appears in Henry Robson's list of popular Northumbrian song and dance tunes ("The Northern Minstrel's Budget"), which he published c. 1800.
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Printed sources: Anderson (Anderson's Budget of Strathspeys, Reels & Country Dances), c. 1820; p. 4. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 46. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 126. Jones [Ed.] (Complete Tutor Violin), c. 1815; p. 11. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p.
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