Annotation:Pure Drop (2) (The)
X:1 T:Pure Drop [2], The M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:O’Neill – Music of Ireland (1903), No. 1305 Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:D d>D (3DDD FDFA | d2 ef gfge | d>D (3DDD FDFA | BEEF GABc | d>D (3DDD FDFA | d2 ef g2 fg | afge fdec | BEEF GABc || d2 fd adfd | d2 ef g2 fe | d2 fd adfd | BEEF GABc | d2 fd adfd | d2 ef g2 fg | afge fdec | BEEF GABc ||
PURE DROP [2], THE (An Braon Glan). AKA and see "Drogheda Lasses (1) (The),” "Drogheda Reel (The)," "Dangerous Reel (The)," “Hand Me Down the Tackle,” “Hielanman's Kneebuckle (The),” “Reidy Johnson's (2),” "Road to Drogheda (The),” “Tom(m) Steele." Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Unrelated to “Pure Drop (1). The tune was usually recorded as "Tom Steele" or "Hand Me Down the Tackle" in the 78 RPM era. Piper Séamus Ennis was the first to use the name "Pure Drop" for the reel on his recordings, in the mid-20th century.