Annotation:Piper on Horseback (The)
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PIPER ON HORSEBACK, THE. AKA and see “Mist on the Mountain (1) (The).” Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian (‘A’ part) & D Major (‘B’ part). Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune was played in a set with "[[Merry Harrier's (The)/Mick Hoys" by County Donegal musicians Frankie Kennedy (flute) and Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (fiddle) on tour in America in the mid-1970's.
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Recorded sources: Dorian Discovery DIS-80103, Helicon - "Horizons" (1992. Learned from fiddler Martin Dowling of Madison, Wisconsin). Green Linnet SIF-1110, Eileen Ivers - "My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival" (1991).
See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]