Belles of Tipperary (1)

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Theme code Index	1135 1H3H1H6
Also known as	Bells of Tipperary, Braes of Auchtertyre, Braes of Auchentyre, Beaus of Albany (1)
Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure	AABBCC
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Bradbury Ryan
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Ryan's Mammoth Collection
Tune and/or Page number	p. 29
Year of publication/Date of MS	1883
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BELLES OF TIPPERARY [1]. AKA and see "Braes of Auchtertyre/Auchentyre," "Beaus of Albany [1]." AKA - "Bells of Tipperary." Irish, New England; Reel. D Major (Harker/Rafferty, Miller & Perron/1983): C Major (Miller & Perron/1977 & 2006). Standard tuning. AB (Miller & Perron/2006): AABB (Cole, Miller & Perron/1977, Ryan): AA'BB (Harker/Rafferty): AA'BB' (Kerr). New York writer, researcher and musician Don Meade says the tune is often falsely identified as "The New Policeman," but that it is related to "Miss Monaghan" and "Connaught Lasses," all of which are derivatives of the Scottish composer Crockat's "Braes of Auchentyre" (as is "Belles of Tipperary").

Sources for notated versions: County Kerry fiddler Paddy Cronin, long a resident of Boston, Massachusetts [Miller & Perron]; New Jersey flute player Mike Rafferty, born in Ballinakill, Co. Galway, in 1926 [Harker].

Printed sources: Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; pg. 5. Harker (300 Tunes from Mike Rafferty), 2005; No. 49, pg. 16. Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 270, pg. 29. Miller & Perron (New England Fiddler's Repertoire), 1983; No. 114. Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 1977; vol. 3, No. 52 (appears as "Paddy Cronin Reel in C"). Miller & Perron (Irish Traditional Fiddle Music), 2nd Edition, 2006; pg. 48. Ryan's Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 29.

Recorded sources: See also listings at: Jane Keefer's Folk Music Index: An Index to Recorded Sources [], Alan Ng's Irishtune.info []

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