Annotation:Wooden Shuttle (The)

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X:1 T:Wooden Shuttle T:Woolen Shuttle (?) M:C L:1/8 R:Reel S:Rev. Luke Donnellan – “Oriel Songs and Dances", S:Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society (vol. II, No. 2, 1909; No. 47) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:Amix G|EAAc BGGB|cA (3Bcd eddg|eAAc BGGB|cABG A2 Ad:|| efec dedB|cA (3Bcd eddg|efec dedB|cABG A2 Ad| efec dedB|cA (3Bcd eddg|eAAc BGGB|cABG ACED||

WOODEN SHUTTLE, THE. AKA - "Woolen Shuttle." AKA and see "Good Morning to Your Night Cap (1)." Irish, Reel (cut time). A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. The reel "The Wooden Shuttle" was printed in “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II, No. 2, 1909), by curate and fiddler biography:Rev. Luke Donnellan (1878-1952), Oriel region, south Ulster^[1] However, the title of the tune is given as "Woolen Shuttle" in the index to the manuscript and above the tune itself in the original manuscript. The title was included in the tune list of piper Philip Goodman (c. 1831-1908), Carrickmacross, Ireland, who is variously described as "the last professional and traditional piper in Farney, Louth", and also recorded as having been from Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan (all of which are places from the same area, and contiguous to the Donnellan's Oriel region).

Researcher Conor Ward finds "Wooden Shuttle" to be a member of the tune family that includes "Good Morning to Your Night Cap (1)" and

Additional notes
Source for notated version : - Rev. Luke Donnellan music manuscript collection [O'Connor].

Printed sources : - Rev. Luke Donnellan, “Oriel Songs and Dances” (Journal of the County Louth Archeological Society, vol. II), No. 2, 1909; No. 47. O’Connor (The Rose in the Gap), 2018; No. 128, p. 75.

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↑ Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. the article is based on is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

[1] Donnellan researcher Gerry O'Connor came to believe the ms. the article is based on is not the work of the curate but rather was originally compiled by an unknown but able fiddler over the course of a playing lifetime, probably in the late 19th century. The ms. later came into the possession of Donnellan, who was also a fiddler.

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