Annotation:John Frank
X:1 T:Seán Frank T:John Frank M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel B:Breathnach - CRÉ 1 (1963, No. 182) K:Emin EF|(3GFE BE (3GFE BE|(3FED AD (3FED AD|(3GFE BE (3GFE BE|AGFG E3F| (3GFE BE (3GFE BE|ABAG FDDF|G2 GF GBdB|AGFG E3|| F|G2 GF GBdB|ABAG FA A2|(3B^cd ed efge|fedf e3f| efed B2 dB|ABAG FDDF|G2 GF GBdsB|AGFG E2||
JOHN FRANK (Seán Frank). AKA and see "Colonel McBain's," "Dan Sullivan's Reel," "Brian Boru's March (1)," "General McBean," "Duke of Clarence Reel (The)," "Devonshire Reel (1) (The)," "Johnny's Wedding," "Sporting Molly." Irish, Reel. E Dorian. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. Breathnach (1963) states that O'Neill's "Colonel McBain" is a version of this tune, as is Levey's "Sporting Molly." See note for "Colonel McBain." Compare the second strain of "John Frank" with the second strain of "Miss Westrop's Reel," contained in volume 1 (p. 214) of the large mid-19th century music manuscript collection of County Cork cleric and uilleann piper James Goodman.
