- Style
- Celtic
- Tradition
- Irish
- Form
- Reel
- Key
- A Dorian
- Level
- 3
- Played on
- Fiddle and Mandolin
In the public domain. Source
Music
90bpm
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Chord chart
History
This is a fairly young reel by Irish standards, and it shares so many turns of phrase with "The Rainy Day" that the two are probably related. On Prince Edward Island a version goes by "Old Peter's Reel," and in Donegal it has been called "The Glendowan Fancy."
Two fiddlers from south County Sligo made the recordings that spread it: Michael Coleman in 1931 and Paddy Killoran in 1936, whose version many players copied. James Morrison printed it in his 1931 accordion tutor.