Annotation:O'Reilly's Jig (1)

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O'REILLY'S JIG. AKA and see "MacGregor Jig," "Mac's Fancy," "March of Donald Lord of the Isles to the Battle of Harlaw (1411)," "Rover's Return (The)," "Victor's Return (The)." Scottish, Jig. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABBCCDD. Arranged by Peter Milne (1824–1907), a mentor and sometime playing partner of J. Scott Skinner's, in Middleton's Selection (published in the late 19th century by Bayley & Ferguson, Glasgow & London).

Source for notated version:

Printed sources: Little (Scottish and Cape Breton Fiddle Music in New Hampshire), 1984; p. 38. Milne (Middleton's Selection of Strathspeys, Reels, &c. for the Violin), c. 1882; p. 47.

Recorded sources: A & M 79602 2001-2, Ashley MacIsaac – "Hi, How Are You Today?" (1995).

See also listing at:
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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