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COCK'S TAIL, THE. AKA - "The Cocktail." AKA and see "Dublin Reel." Irish. Ireland; Donegal, Fermanagh. The tune is sometimes miss-named "The Cocktail Reel." A County Donegal version of "The Dublin Reel" (Cathal McConnell calls it an unusual version of "Dublin Reel"). In the repertoire of Vincent Campbell, and of John and Mickey Doherty, who learned from their father. Caoimhin Mac Aoidh remarks that Mickey Doherty sometimes occasionally called it by the title "The Wagtail Reel," referring to a small black and blue-ish white bird. The Wagtail features a long tail that bobs about nervously, giving rise to its name-in Irish, Gleasog.
Recorded sources: Compass 7 4287 2, Cathal McConnell - "Long Expectant Comes at Last" (2000. Learned from Eddie Duffy, a flute player from Drumcruhan, County Fermanagh). Tara Records 4008, "Josephine Marsh" (1996. Appears as "The Cocktail").
