Old Irish Reel

X: 321
T: Old Irish Reel
S: Viola Ruth "Pioneer Western Folk Tunes" 1948 p.32 #1
N: A variant of Over the Moor to Maggie, aka Waynesboro, aka Rambles in Sligo.
R: reel
Z: 2019 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
N: Last note of first strain shortened from quarter to 8th note, to fix the rhythm.
M: 2/4
L: 1/16
K: G
V: 1 name="88"
D2 |\
G3A BABd | gdeB cBAG | EAAB A2GE | EAAB A2GE |\
G3A BABd |
gfgd edBG | EGFA G2(ED) | EGFA G2 || (ga) |\
b2bg a2af | gfgd edBG |
eaab a2(ge) | faab a2ga |\
b2bg a2(af) | gfgd edBG | EGFA G2ED | EGAB G2 |]

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ViolaRuth/PWFT/321_Old_Irish_Reel/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/book/ViolaRuth/PWFT/PWFT/0192

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