Annotation:Eileen Curran (1)
X: 1 T:Eileen Curran [1] R:reel H:Also played in Gdor, #389 D:Mary Bergin: Feadoga Stain 2 Z:id:hn-reel-787 M:C| K:Ador cBAG EAAc|BGdG eGdB|cBAG EAAB|cBcd eaab| (3c'ba bg agef|gedc BGGB|cBAG EAAB|1 cedB cAAB:|2 cedB cAA2|| |:a2ag ac'ba|g2gf gabg|eaag ~a3b|(3c'ba bg eaab| (3c'ba bg agef|gedc BGGB|cBAG EAAB|1 cedB cAA2:|2 cedB cAAB||
EILEEN CURRAN [1]. AKA and see "Maura Connolly's," "Sailor Set on Shore," "Sailors on Shore," "Sailor's Return (1) (The)." Irish, Reel. A Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Recorded by the Ballinakill Céilí Band (East Galway) for in Dublin, 1938 (the band's founding members were Anna Rafferty, Stephen Maloney, Tommy Whelan, Tommy Whyte, Jerry Maloney). An American version of the tune was recorded in the 1920's by Kentucky fiddler/violinist William Houchens (c. 1884-1955, a native of Alton, Anderson County), for the Starr Recording Company under the title "Hel'n Georgia" (also issued by Gennett Records 5516 as "College Hornpipe/"Hell in Georgia ", recorded February, 1923). Nigel Gatherer identifies the tune as a derivative of Scottish fiddler-composer Robert Mackintosh's "Lady Dalrymple (North Berwick's) Strathspey."
