Annotation:Tuttle's Reel
X:1 T:Tuttle’s Reel R:Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:A Minor A,2 DE (F3 G) | (3AcA Gc AcGc | A,2 DE FAdB | cAGE (3FED EC | A,2 DE ~F3 G | (3AcA Gc Adde | fd{e}dc dcAB | cAGE ED{E}D2 :| d3A ~c3 A | ~d3 A cAGA | d2{e}dA cedc | {d}cAGE {F}EDFA | A(dcd) A(cBc) | A(dcd) cAGA | fd{e}dc dcAB | cAGE EDFD| d2D A c2 DA | ~d3 A cAGA | d2{e}dA cedc | {d}cAGE {F}EDFA | d2 (3DDD c2 (3DDD | d2 (3DDD cAGA | fd{e}dA dcAB | {d}cAGE EDD2 ||
TUTTLE'S REEL. AKA and see "Bearna 'n Aonaig," “Custom Gap (The),” "Jug of Punch (2)," “Mills are Grinding (3) (The),” “Porthole of the Kelp (The)," "Windy Gap (2).” Irish, Reel. A Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA’BB’. "Dunmore Lasses (The)" is a related tune, certainly in the first strain, though the second strains differ somewhat. The melody erroneously appears under the title “Jug of Punch (2)” in Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland, vol. 4 (1976, No. 29). Fiddler Paddy Sweeney recorded the tune on a 78 RPM recording under the title “The Custom Gap.” The “Tuttle’s Reel” title comes from Clare fiddler Bobby Casey, who had the tune from his friend, fiddler John Joe Tuttle, however, Tuttle himself said he had it from the Paddy Sweeney recording.
