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X:1 T:Westport Chorus R:reel D:Liam O'Flynn: The Piper's Call Z:Transcribed by Bill Reeder M:C| L:1/8 K:D AG|FDAF GFED|FDAF G2AG|FDAF GFED|dBcA G2:|| FG|~A3B cAGE|~A3B cded|cAAB cAGE|dBcA G3A| EAAB cAGE|EAAB cdeg|f2fd e2ec|dBAF G2||

WESTPORT CHORUS. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. Related to, and perhaps a version of, “O’Rourke’s” AKA "Wild Irishman (The)." Anthony Buffery notes similarities with “Captain Byng,” “Brosna Polka No. 3,” “Mrs. Ryan's,” “Stool of Repentance (The)” (slide), “Templeglantine Reel (1) (The)," "Pope's Toe,” “Maids of Mitchellstown,” “My Love is in the House,” and “Silver Slipper (The).” “They are all different settings but recognizably derived from the same root tune,” states Anthony. The tune was recorded for Victor in 1926 by the fiddle and accordion duet of Frank Quinn (b. 1893) and P. Crowley, in New York. Reg Hall (1995) records that Quinn was a native of Greagh, Drumlish, County Longford, who had emigrated with his family to the United States in 1903, where he eventually became a policeman. Hall is of the opinion that Quinn’s recording, perhaps more than other contemporary sides, typifies the music and atmosphere of the Irish country-house dance, the breeding ground of Irish musicians from the 1880’s on.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

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Recorded sources: -Liam O’Flynn – “The Pipers Call” (Appears as last tune in Carrigaholt Set. Learned from Cathal O’Connell who traces it to Donegal fiddler John Doherty). Topic TSCD602, Frank Quinn & P. Crowley – “Irish Dance Music” (1995. A reissue of the 1926 original).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Frank Quinn's 1926 recording on youtube.com [2]

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