Annotation:Thompson's Reel (1)
X:1 T:Thompson's Reel [1] M:2/4 L:1/8 R:Reel B:Coes Album of Jigs and Reels, something new, for professional and amateur violinists, B:leaders of orchestras, quadrille bands, and clog, reel and jig dancers; consisting of a B:Grand Collection of entirely New and Original Clog-Hornpipes, Reels, jigs, B:Scotch Reels, Irish Reels and Jigs, Waltzes, Walk-Arounds, etc. (1876, p. 27) N:Coes performed with the San Francisco Minstrels in California from 1852 to 1859. Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Bb c/A/|B/G/F/D/ E/C/C|D/G/G/^F/ G/A/B/c/|1d/B/c/A/ B/G/A/=F/|D/A/G/^F/ G:|2d/e/f/d/ c/A/G/=F/|D/G/G/=F/ G|| |:Bd/f/ b/d/f/d/|Bd/f/ g/d/f/d/|Bd/f/ b/d/f/d/|{c}c/=B/c/d/ _B/G/G| Bd/f/ b/d/b/d/|f/d/f/d/ g/d/g/d/|b/d/b/d/ f/d/f/d/|{d}c/=B/c/d/ _B/G/G/A/:|]
THOMPSON'S REEL [1] (Seisd/Cor Mic Tomais). AKA and see "Spirvin's Fancy." Irish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). O'Neill/1915): AA'B (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). O'Neill's "Thompson's Reel" is a close replication of "Spirvin's Fancy" in Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883). Paul de Grae finds "Zeke Backus' Reel" in Boston music publisher Elias Howe's collections to be a very similar to Ryan's tune, as is "Thompson's Hornpipe." Some consider "Thompson's Reel [1]" a composite tune, with the first part being a version of "Girl that Broke My Heart (1) (The)," and the second part a version of the 'B' part of "Paddy Lynn's Delight."
