Annotation:Green Garters (2)
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X:1 T:Green Garters [2] M:C| L:1/8 R:reel B:O'Neill's Music of Ireland. 1850 Melodies, 1903, p. 273, No. 1478 N:see also "Blacksmith's" and "Leslie's" reels Z:Lorna LaVerne K:D d2(fd) Adfd | d2(fa) gece | d2(fd) Adfd | edcd efge | d2(fd) Adfd | d2(fa) gece | d2(fd) Adfa | gecd (ed)d2!fermata!|| agfg afdf | a2fd efge | agfg afdf | edcd efge | agfg afdf | a2fd efge | afge fdec | ABcd efge !D.C.!||
GREEN GARTERS [2] (Crioscosa Glais). AKA and see "Blacksmith's Daughter," "Connie O'Connell's Reel (3)," Irish, Reel. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (O'Neill/1850 & 1001): AA'BB' (O'Neill/Krassen). Versions of the tune also appear in the key of G major in several collections, including the c. 1883 music manuscript of biography:Stephen Grier from County Leitrim. Breathnach (1963) says "Blacksmith's Reel (1)," also known as "Blacksmith's Daughter," is a version of this tune in the key of 'G', and that is the name that the tune is usually known by today. See also the related "Leslie's Reel."