Annotation:Rollicking Boys of Tandragee

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ROLLICKING BOYS OF TANDRAGEE. AKA and see “Boys of Tandragee,” “Boys of Tandernagee,” “Burke's Jig (2),” “Hills of Glenorchy (1) (The),” “Paddy McFadden (2),” "Over the Hills," “Paddy O'Carroll's (2),” “Pat Burke's.” Irish, Air (6/8 time). E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See also cognate tunes “Old Grey Cat (The),” “Smuggler's Reel,” and the air “Wild Hills of Wannie's (The).” The tune is known in Scotland as “Hills of Glenorchy (1) (The).” Gordon Turnbull says it seems to be a jig version of the reel known as “Smuggler's Reel,” and, in Scotland, a reel and strathspey called “Grey Cat (The).”

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Recorded sources: - Danu TM 002, Danú - "Danú" (1997). Great Meadow Music GMM 2018, Frank Ferrel & Joe Derrane – “Fiddledance” (2004. Learned from the late west Clare concertina player Tommy McCarthy). Green Linnet GLCD 1196, Kevin Burke - "Kevin Burke in Concert" (1999). The Yanks - "The Yanks" (2013).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]