Annotation:Over the Bog Road

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OVER THE BOG ROAD. AKA and see "Regan's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel was printed in New Jersey accordion player Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music vol. 1 (1976) as "Regan's Reel." Similarities to "Captain Kelly's Reel (1)," "Captain Kelley Reel," "Father Kelly's Reel (3)," "Hurricane's Victory (The)." De Dannan banjo and accordion player Charlie Pigott told Don Meade that the name "Over the Bog Road" was invented by fiddler Frankie Gavin when the group recorded the tune on their second LP.

Source for notated version: fiddler Fred Finn (1919-1986, Kiltycreen, Killavil, County Sligo) [Flaherty].

Printed sources: Flaherty (Trip to Sligo), 1990; p. 81 (appears as "Unknown").

Recorded sources: Shanachie Records, De Dannan - "Jigs, Reels and Songs."



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