Annotation:Ryan's Rant
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RYAN’S RANT (Siamsaíocht an Rianaigh). Irish, Scottish; Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB (Breathnach): AABBCCDD (Kerr). The tune has a long history, dating at least to the beginning of the 19th century when it was printed by Dublin music publisher Morris/Maurice Hime in his Forty Eight Original Irish Dances Never Before Printed with Basses, vol. 2 (1804, No. 23). The tune was entered in the 1883 music manuscript collection of County Leitrim musician Stephen Grier under the title “Ray's Rant.”