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X:1 T:Two Forty M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel S:Ryan’s Mammoth Collection (1883) Z:AK/Fiddler’s Companion K:G (3DEF|G2 (BG) cGBG|cGBG ADEF|G2 (BG) cGBG|AdcA G2:| |:(3def|g2 (3agf gdBd|g2 (3agf gaba|g2 (3agf gdBd|egfa g2:|



TWO FORTY. American, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune perhaps has an Irish provenance. It is cognate in the first strain with “Tommy Peoples Reel (2)" (AKA "Milkmaid (4) (The)" and "Mooney's Reel”), and is similar in the second strain.


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Printed sources : - Cole (1000 Fiddle Tunes), 1940; p. 20. Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, Boston, 1883; p. 44.






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