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Theme code Index	131H3 4245
Also known as	Seisd Ingean Ui Tornton, Cor Ingean Ni Turntuin, Iníon Uí Dhroighneáin, Boat Street Lasses (The), Coming Through the Field, Coming Through the Fields, Creeping Mouse (The), Down the Street, House on the Hill (4) (The), Lady Ann Hope (1), Maid of the Forest (The), Miss Dalton’s, O'Loughlin's Reel, Salamanca (2), Spike Island Lasses (2), Tiger Hornpipe (The), Thro the Fields (2), Winding Stream
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	G
Accidental	1 sharp
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	2/2
History
Structure	AB, AAB, ABB', AABB, AA'BB'
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1266, p. 238
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
Artist	Biography:Tom Ennis & His Irish Band
Title of recording	Miss Thornton's/Merry Blacksmith
Record label/Catalogue nr.	Gennett 5003 (78 RPM)
Year recorded	1922
Media
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Tune annotations

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T:Miss Thornton’s Reel
M:C|
L:1/8
R:Reel
S:Michael B. Shanahan
S:P.D. Reidy music manuscript collection, London, 1890’s (No. 29)
N:”Professor” Patrick Reidy of Castleisland was a dancing 
N:master engaged by the Gaelic League in London to teach 
N:dance classes. He introduced “Siege of Ennis” and “Walls 
N:of Limerick” ceili dances and wrote a treatise on dancing.  
N:Reidy told O’Neill that his source, Shanahan was a “celebrated
N:violinist”, the son of a piper born in Kilrush, Co. Clare, with a 
N:great reputation in Kerry and Limerick in the 1860’s. It is unclear
N:where Shanahan was in relation to his acquaintance with Reidy
N:(i.e. in London or Ireland).
F: http://rarebooks.library.nd.edu/digital/bookreader/MSE_1434-1/#page/1/mode/1up
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion
K:G
[G2g2] [Bg]f gdBd|cBAB cedc|BcBA GBdg|ecAF GBdf|
gagf gdBd|cBAB Bedc|BcBA GBdg|ecAF G2 Bd||
b2 ag b2 ag|egdg egdg|b2 ag b2 ag|egfa g2 ga|
b2 ag b2 ag|egdg egdg|bagf gfed|egfa gdef||

X:1
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T:Miss Thornton’s Reel
L:1/8
M:C|
R:Reel
S:O’Neill – Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907), No. 534
Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion 
K:G
D2|G2 Bd gdBd|cBAB cedc|BGAF GBdg|ecAF GFED|
G2 Bd gdBd|cBAB cedc|BGAF GBdg|ecAF G2||
b2 ag b2 ag|egdg egdg|b2 ag b2 ag|gfga|
bgag bgag|egdg egdg|bgaf gfed|egfa bedB||

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