Big Pat

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Theme code Index	3H61H3H 1H3H75
Also known as	Big Pat's Dandy Reel, Big Pat's Reel (1), Tie the Ribbons (1), Trim the Bonnet, Jimmy the Creelmaker, Salamanca (3), Pigeon House (The), Dandy Reel (2) (The), Hills of Clady (The), Clady Reel (The), O'Connell's Trip to Parliament (2)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland, United States
Genre/Style	Contra, Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Hornpipe/Clog, Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	B
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Aeolian (minor)
Time signature	4/4
History	USA/New England"USA/New England" is not in the list (IRELAND(Munster), IRELAND(Connaught), IRELAND(Leinster), IRELAND(Ulster), SCOTLAND(Argyll and Bute), SCOTLAND(Perth and Kinross), SCOTLAND(Dumfries and Galloway), SCOTLAND(South Ayrshire), SCOTLAND(North East), SCOTLAND(Highland), ...) of allowed values for the "Has historical geographical allegiances" property.
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:Newt Tolman
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Nelson Music Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 163
Year of publication/Date of MS	1969
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BIG PAT'S (DANDY) REEL. AKA and see "Tie the Ribbons [1]," "Trim the Bonnet," "Jimmy the Creelmaker," "Salamanca [3]," "The Pigeon House," "The Dandy Reel," "The Hills of Clady," "The Clady Reel," "O'Connell's Trip to Parliament [2]." Irish, Reel; New England, Hornpipe. E Minor (O'Neill): B Minor (Tolman). Standard tuning. AB (O'Neill/1850): AABB' (O'Neill/Krassen): AABB (Tolman).

Source for notated version: Francis O'Neill learned the tune from an accomplished West Clare flute player (and Chicago police patrolman) named Patrick "Big Pat" O'Mahony, a man of prodigious physique of whom he said: "1/4the 'swing' of his execution was perfect, but instead of 'beating time' with his foot on the floor like most musicians he was never so much at ease as when seated in a chair tilted back against a wall, while both feet swung rhythmically like a double pendulum" [O'Neill, Irish Folk Music]. "Big Pat" was the source for several tunes in the O'Neill, including "Out on the Ocean," "The Fisherman's Widow" (AKA "The Rambling Pitchfork"), and the hornpipe "Bantry Bay."

Printed source: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 94. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1192, p. 225. Tolman (Nelson Music Collection), 1969; p. 16 (appears as "Big Pat," a hornpipe).

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