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X:1 T:Rising Sun Reel [3] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel S:Howe – 1000 Jigs and Reels (c. 1867) N:”As played by Jimmy Norton, the Boss Jig Player.” Norton was N:active in the Boston region from the 1860's to the 1890's, and N:his business address was often the same as Elias Howe's. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d2 dA | FGAc | d2 dA | cdef | d2 dA | FGAF | Eeed | cdef :|| d2 ad | fdad | d2 ad | cdef | d2 ad | fdad | gfed | cdef | d2 ad | fdad | d2 ad | cdef | bgaf | gefd | edcB | Agfe ||

RISING SUN [3]. AKA and see “Guiry's Reel,” “Lady Montgomery (3),” “Miss Montgomery,” “Phelim's Frolic.” Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. A variant of other versions of the "Rising Sun" reel, originally Irish in provenance, but with a history in America dating to at least the mid-19th century. It was recorded in New York by 78 RPM-era fiddler Hugh Gillespie (originally from County Donegal). See also P.W. Joyce’s “Guiry's Reel.”

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - “As played by Jimmy Norton, the Boss Jig Player,” notes Howe. Norton, according to NYC writer, musician and researcher Don Meade, was a child prodigy on the mid-19th century stage, and performed a variety of talents, including fiddling) [Howe].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ II), 1976; No. 260, p. 134 (Breathnach (1976) took the title from Goodman’s manuscript as source Russell had no name for it). Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 18. Howe (1000 Jigs and Reels), c. 1867; p. 49. Kennedy (Traditional Dance Music of Britain and Ireland: Reels and Rants), 1997; No. 171, p. 40. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; p. 41.

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