X:1
T:Ril an threasna
T:Wide Ford, The
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
N:"This tune is also played as a slide in Ciarrai Luachra."
B:Treoir, vol. 2, No. 4, July-Aug 1970, p. 12.
Z:Seamus Mac Mathuna
K:D
A|DEFD FA~A2|gefd ed (3Bcd|DEFD FA ~A2|(3Bcd ec d3A|
DEFD FA ~A2|gefd ed (3Bcd|DEFD FAAd|(Bcd) ec d3:|
|:AS|d2 fd adfd|(3Bcd ec dcBAS|defd aded|(3Bcd ec d3A|
d2 fd adfd|(3Bcd ec dcBA|defg abag|~f2ef d3:|
RIL ATH THREASNA (The Wide Ford Reel). Irish, Reel (cut time). D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. "Ril ath threasna" is a version of the Scottish "Marquis of Huntly's Highland Fling (1) (The), also printed as "Highland Fling (3)" in Kerr's Merry Melodies (c. 1880's). Seamus Mac Mathuna notes that the tune is played as a slide in Ciarrai Luachra. The opening measures (repeated as measures 5 and 6) are similar to those of "Flax in Bloom (The)," but the melody then diverges.
