Annotation:Old Reel (The)
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OLD REEL, THE. AKA and see "Cairngorm Brooch." Scottish, Reel. G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. A cognate of the "Flowers of Limerick (1) (The)," "Paddy on the Turnpike (1)" and "Bunch of Keys (1)" family of tunes.
Source for notated version: James Davie & Co. (Edinburgh), Caledonian Repository, 2nd series [Henderson].
Printed sources: Davie (Davie's Caledonian Repository), 1829-30; p. 27. Henderson (Flowers of Scottish Melody), 1935.
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