Annotation:Lass of Carracastle

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LASS OF CARRACASTLE, THE. AKA - "Carracastle Lass." AKA and see "Lady Mary Montague," "Miss Langford," "Morrison's Reel (3)." Irish, Reel. C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Carracastle is a town in County Mayo, near the border with Sligo and Roscommon. The composition has been credited to Paddy Sweeney, recorded in New York on October 27th, 1934. A few months later the same tune was recorded by James Morrison under the "Miss Langford" title. Sweeney (1894-1974) was originally from Moylough, near Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, and emigrated to New York, where he often partnered with fiddler Paddy Killoran.

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Treoir.

Recorded sources: Decca 12006 (78 RPM), Paddy Sweeney (1934). Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40481, Brian Conway - "First Through the Gate" (20).

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]
Hear Paddy Sweeney's 1934 recording at the Comhaltas Archive [2]

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