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T:Blue Garters, The
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S:O'Neill - Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1514
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
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e | f>c (3ccc a2 gf | (3gab ag fdde |1 f>c (3ccc a2 gf |(3gab ag f2 fg :|2 fgag fdcA|BGcA F2 F ||
c | AFcF AFcF | BGdG BGdG | AFcF AFcF | BGcA F2 Fc |
AFcF AFcF | BGdG BGdG | FA (3cde fdcA | BGcA F2F ||
BLUE GARTERS, THE. Irish, Reel. F Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'B (O'Neill {1850}): AA'BB' (O'Neill {Krassen}). Paul de Grae remarks that the reel is not to be found in older collections, and suggests it may be a composition of O'Neill's source John McFadden[1]. He points out that the second strain is to be found in several tunes in different keys. A version of melody was recorded by Québec fiddler Joseph Allard in 1930 under the title Reel de la tuque bleueJohn McFadden<div class="mw-ext-score" data-midi="/w/images/lilypond/j/u/juvj8b4dopt7tanv6pryzdp5vmgtoha/juvj8b4d.midi"><img src="/w/images/lilypond/j/u/juvj8b4dopt7tanv6pryzdp5vmgtoha/juvj8b4d.png" width="651" height="53" alt="
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Additional notes Source for notated version : - Chicago fiddler John McFadden, originally from County Mayo [O'Neill].
Printed sources : - O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 154. O'Neill (Music of Ireland: 1850 Melodies), 1903; No. 1514, p. 280.
