Annotation:John Byrth's
X:1 T:John Byrth's N:Learned from Paddy O'Brien and Martin Hayes on videotape made by N:Peter D. at The Plough and the Stars 25th Anniversary Concert, N:San Francisco S:San Diego Session Workshop 2000-11-09 Z:Transcribed by John M. O'Hara M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel K:A cd |: efed cAAB | cded cAAc | efed cdef | gfge dBcd | efed cAAB | cAeA cAAc | efed cdef | gfge dBGB |] K:CLydian ~c2ec gcec | ~c2ec dBGB | ~c2ec gcea | afge dBGB | ~c2ec gcec | ~c2ec dBGB | cdef ~g2eg | afge d2 |]
JOHN BYRTH'S. Irish, Reel. A Mixolydian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Described by Paddy O'Brien as "an old Kilfenora reel." Fr. John Quinn links the tune with the family that includes "Ryan's Rant," "Highlandman Kissed His Mother (The)," "Miss Percy's Reel," "Around the World (1)," "Gravel Walks (The)" and others.