Annotation:Eleventh of October

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X:1 T:11th of October, The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Patrick O'Farrell music manuscript collection (c. 1860's, Ballinamuck, Co. Longford) Z:Transcribed by Conor Ward K:A F|EA (3cBA eA (3cBA|EA (3cBA (dB)Bd|(3cBA eA (fA)gA|(af)ed (cA) A:| g|a2 ae a2 ae|(3fga ec (dB)Bg|a2 ae a2 ae|(3fga ed (cA)Ag| a2 ae a2 ae|(3fga ec (dB)Bd|(3cBA eA (fA)gA|(af)ed (cA) A2||

ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER. AKA - "11th of October." AKA and see "After the Hare," "Ugly Customer (An)." Irish, Reel. A Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. See note for "Annotation:Ugly Customer (An)" for more. Researcher Conor Ward finds the reel in manuscripts from County Leitrim (biography:Stephen Grier, c. 1883) and County Longford (Patrick O'Farrll, c. 1860's) with Levey's "Eleventh of October" title but also as "Ninth of August (The)." However, he has found a minor-mode version contemporary with O'Farrell printed in America by Boston publisher Elias Howe in Musician's Omnibus, vol. 2 (c. 1865, p. 123) as "Scotch Reel." "After the Hare" and "Ugly Customer (An)" are cognate tunes.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: -

Printed sources : - Levey (Dance Music of Ireland, 2nd Collection), 1873; No. 52, p. 22.

Recorded sources: -

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