Annotation:Reilly's Own

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REILLY'S OWN. AKA and see "Levantine's Barrel," "Tullamore Piper (The)," "Bummer's Reel (1)," "In June" (Pa.). Canadian, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was characterized in CBC Programs in the mid-1940's as "an Irish Reel" in radio performances by Don Messer and his Islanders and by Jimmy Growling and his orchestra. It was recorded as "Reilly's Own" as the last tune of a set of reels recorded in 1924 by fiddler J.B. Roy (along with "Miss McLeod's Reel," "McDonald's Reel," "The Chopman," "Guilderoy" and "All Set").

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Messer (Way Down East), 1948; No. 38. Messer (Anthology of Favorite Fiddle Tunes), 1980; No. 59, p. 35. Sweet (Fifer’s Delight), 1965/1981; p. 49.

Recorded sources: Victor 216021-B (78 RPM), J.B. Roy (1924).

See also listing at:
Hear J.B. Roy's 1924 recording at the Virtual Gramophone [1]