X:1
T:Miss Smyth's Reel [1]
S:Larry Smyth music manuscript collection (Abbeylara, Co. Longford, c. 1900)
M:C|
L:1/8
Z:Transcribed by Conor Ward
K:D
D2 FA d2 fd|BdAc BEEF|D2 FA d2 fd|BdAG FDDg:|
|:fdcd BcAg|afed cd e2|fdcd BcAg|afeg fd d2:|]
MISS SMYTH'S REEL [1]. AKA and see "Nelson's Pillar," "Naval Pillar (2) (The)." Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Researcher Conor Ward finds the tune to be a version of "Nelson's Pillar." Fr. John Quinn found a precursor tune in Dublin publisher Maurice Hime's Hime's Collection of Favourite Country Dnaces for the Present Year (1795) under the title "Naval Pillar (2) (The)."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Larry Smyth MS. c. 1900 of Abbeylara, Co. Longford [Ward].
