Sliabh Russell

X: 1
T: Sliabh Russell
T: Slieve Russell
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: Jig
Z: Barney
N: from Andrew Kuntz's "Fiddler's Companion" http://www.ceolas.org/tunes/fc/
N: SLIABH RUSSELL. AKA - "Slieve Russell." Irish, Double Jig. A Dorian.
N: Standard. AABB. Sliabh Russell, Mt. Russell, is in County Cavan. The tune
N: appears as an untitled piece in Treoir (IV, 1 (pg. 10) and X, 5. Sources for
N: notated versions: set dance music recorded at Na P\`iobair\`i Uilleann, late
N: 1980's [Taylor]; from the playing of piper S\`eamus Ennis (Dublin), who
N: learned them from his father, a piper taught by Nicholas Markey who in turn
N: had been taught by the renowned piper and pipemaker Billy Taylor of Drogheda
N: and later Philadelphia [Breathnach]. Breathnach (Ceol V, No. 2), 1982.
N: Breathnach (The Man and His Music), 1997; No. 6, pg. 73. Breathnach (CRE
N: III), 1985; No. 28, pg. 13. Bulmer & Sharpley (Music from Ireland), 1974,
N: Vol. 3, No. 45. Taylor (Music for the Sets: Blue Book), 1995; pg. 17. Green
N: Linnet GLCD 1200, Lunasa - "Otherworld" (1999). Piping Pig Records PPPCD 001,
N: Jimmy O'Brien- Moran - "Seán Reid's Favourite" (1996. Learned from Séamus
N: Ennis). Tara Records TA 1002, Séamus Ennis - "The Pure Drop"  1973). Tara
N: 1002/9, Séamus Ennis - "The Pure Drop" (reissue).
K: A Dorian
|: "Am"eAA Bcd |    eaf "G"ged | "Am"edB     cBA | "G"BAG     ABd \
|  "Am"eAA Bcd |    eaf "G"ged | "Em"edB "Am"cBA | "G"BAG "Am"ABd :|
|: "Am"eaa efg | "D"agf "G"gfd | "Am"eaa     efg | "D"afd "Em"e3  \
|  "Am"eaa efg | "D"agf "G"gfd | "Em"edB "Am"cBA | "G"BAG "Am"H[AA3]Bd :|

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/Scotland/jig/SliabhRussell/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/jig/Sliabh_Russell/0000

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