Annotation:League and Slasher (2)
X:1 T:League and Slashers, The M:2/4 L:1/8 S:”Reel from R.L. Mealy, the well-known piper.” Richard Lewis O'Mealy S:(1873-1947) was a piper and pipe-maker who spent most of his life in Belfast. B:Journal of the Irish Folk Song Society, vol. vii (London, 1909, p. 33) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D (A/D/)F/A/ B/A/B/d/|A/D/F/A/ B/E/E|A/D/F/A/ B/A/B/c/|d/B/A/F/ EE:| |:df/d/ A/d/f/d/|ef/e/ dB/A/|1 df/d/ A/d/f/e/|d/B/A/F/ EE:|2 de/f/ gf/e/|d/B/A/F/ DD||
LEAGUE AND SLASHER [2]. Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. The tune is not a variant of "League and Slasher (1)/Lagan Slashers" but rather is a version of "Flags of Dublin (The)."