SHAW'S REEL. AKA and see “Bashful Bachelor (2) (The),” “Obelisk Hornpipe,” “Where Did You Find Her? (2)” "Wily Old Bachelor (The)" American, Reel (2/4 time). USA; New England, Nebraska. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune was in the repertoire of Nebraska radio fiddler Bob Walters, although probably learned from the Boston-published Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883) and not from tradition. The first strain is a "floating" one, however, and appears in a number of hornpipes, paired with divergent or unrelated second strains (see for example "Hornpipe (52)" from County Leitrim musician biography:Stephen Grier's c. 1883 collection.
Additional notes Source for notated version : - “Uncle” Bob Walters (Burt County, Nebraska) [Christeson].
Printed sources : - Christeson (Old Time Fiddler’s Repertory, vol. 2), 1984; No. 137, p. 85. Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 49. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883.
