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X: 1 T:Noon Lasses, The R:reel H:A version of Lord McDonald's, #187 D:Skylark D:Sean Smyth: The Blue Fiddle Z:id:hn-reel-738 M:C| K:G G2BG AG{c}BG|~G2BG {A}GEDE|G2BG {c}AGAB|1 {c}BAGE {A}EDDE:|2 {c}BAGE {A}EDD2|| |:d3B ~A3B|d^cdB {c}BA{c}AB|d3B A2cB|{c}BAGE {A}EDD2:| |:dgbg agbg|dgbg agef|~g3e dedB|1 {c}BAGE {A}EDD2:|2 {c}BAGE {A}EDDg:| edBg edBg|edBA GEEg|edBg edBA|GAGE EDDg| edBg edBg|edBA GEE2|ed (3Bcd efg2|GAGE EDEF||

NOON LASSES, THE (Gearrchailí na Nóna). AKA - "Noon Lassies." AKA and see "Loon Lasses (The)," "East Clare Reel (The)." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. The tune is played as a set dance in County Clare, says editor Jackie Small (CRÉ V). Breathnach's collection note said source Cathcart was unsure as to whether the title referred to a personal name or a place-name. The reel is a variant of the popular and widespread (in its many variants) "Lord MacDonald (4)."

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - a manuscript written by John and Tommy Gunn (County Fermanagh) at the end of the 19th century; also a sound recording of fiddler John Cathcart (also from County Fermanagh) [Breathnach].

Printed sources : - Breathnach (CRÉ V), 1999; No. 119, p. 61.

Recorded sources: -Cló Iar-Chonnachta CICD 110, Chris Droney - "The Fertile Rock." Gael-Linn CEFCD 175, Colm Murphy - "The Bodhrán." Ossian OSS 69, Cathal McConnell - "On Lough Erne's Shore" (learned from the Gunn family. A reissue of the Topic album). Reel Records ReelCD 001, Paul Smyth "Up and Away."

See also listing at:
Alan Ng's Irishtune.info [1]

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