Annotation:Over the Bog Road
X:1 T:Over the Bog Road R:Reel M:4/4 L:1/8 K:G GEDE ~G3A|B2gd BGG2|AGEG ~A3B|d2gd B2AB|! GEDE ~G3A|B2gd BGG2|degd e2ge|dBAc BGG2:|! gede ~g3a|bgaf ged2|ageg ~a3b|c'abg agef|! gede ~g3a|bgaf ged2|efgd e2ge|dBAc BGG2:|!
OVER THE BOG ROAD. AKA and see "Regan's Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The reel was printed in New Jersey accordion player Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music vol. 1 (1976) as "Regan's Reel." Similarities to "Captain Kelly's Reel (1)," "Captain Kelley Reel," "Father Kelly's Reel (3)," "Hurricane's Victory (The)." De Dannan banjo and accordion player Charlie Piggott told New York musician Don Meade that the name "Over the Bog Road" was invented by fiddler Frankie Gavin when the group recorded the tune on their second LP. Meade also reports that Jack Coen told him that this reel was formerly called "The Eel in the Sink," a name that has since migrated to the tune also known as "Irishman's Blackthorn (The)"
