Blue Garters (The)

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Theme code Index	1H53H2H 2H3H1H6
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Composer/Core Source
Region	Ireland
Genre/Style	Irish
Meter/Rhythm	Reel (single/double)
Key/Tonic of	F
Accidental	1 flat
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	4/4
History
Structure
Editor/Compiler	Francis O'Neill
Book/Manuscript title	Book:Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies
Tune and/or Page number	No. 1514, p. 280
Year of publication/Date of MS	1903
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BLUE GARTERS, THE. Irish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). Lisa Ornstein points out that the melody was recorded by Québec fiddler Joseph Allard in 1930 under the title "La Tuque Bleue," and that Canadian 'down-east' style fiddler Don Messer later produced a similar variant called "The Snowshoer's Reel [1]."

Source for notated version: Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo [O'Neill].

Printed versions: O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 154. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1979; No. 1514, p. 280.

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S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1514
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion 
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fgag fdcA|BGcA F2 F || c | AFcF AFcF | BGdG BGdG | AFcF AFcF | 
BGcA F2 Fc | AFcF AFcF | BGdG BGdG | FA (3cde fdcA | BGcA F2F ||