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GEORDIE AFFLECK. AKA and see "Eamonn Coynes," "The Mint in the Corn." Scottish, Reel. E Flat Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The tune is known among older fiddlers in County Donegal, Ireland, as "Mint in the Corn (The)" played variously in the key of D Major (Francie Dearg & Mickey ban O Beirn) or A Major (John Doherty & Danny O'Donnell).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Breathnach (CRE II), 1976; No. 191 (appears as untitled reel). Hunter (Fiddle Music of Scotland), 1988; No. 276.

Recorded sources: Olympic 6151, Angus Cameron - "Scottish Traditional Fiddle Music" (1978).




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