"The Morning Dew", in Gaelic "Giorria sa bhFraoch", also known as "The Hare Among the Heather" or "The Hare in the Heather" is an Irish reel in E Dorian. The parts are played ABC (Breathnach, Miller, O'Malley), AABC (Mallinson, Taylor), AA'BC (Feldman & O'Doherty), ABCC (Brody) or AABBCC (McNulty). "The Morning Dew" has been one of the more popular reels in recent decades. It was printed by James Kerr in Scotland as "The Hare Among the Heather" in the 1880's and it was recorded under that title by Margret Barry and County Sligo fiddler Michael Gorman in 1956. "Morrison's Jig" is a related 6/8 time setting of the melody. It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ 1 (1963), Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983), Bulmer & Sharpley's Music from Ireland, vol. 1 (1974), Feldman & O'Doherty's The Northern Fiddler (1979), Jordan's Whistle and Sing! (1975), Lyth's Bowing Styles in Irish Fiddle Playing, vol. 1 (1981), Mallinson's 100 Essential (1995), McNulty's Dance Music of Ireland (1965), Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (1977), Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition (2006) O'Malley's Luke O'Malley's Collection of Irish Music (1976), Peoples' 50 Irish Fiddle Tunes (1986) and Taylor's Through the Half-Door (1992). It was recorded by Chieftains on Chieftains 4 (1974) and The Chieftains Live (1977), Paddy Glackin on Paddy Glackin, James Kelly on My Love is in America: The Boston College Irish Fiddle Festival (1991), Cherish the Ladies on The Back Door (1992), Brendan Mulvihill & Donna Long on The Morning Dew (1993), Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill on The Lonesome Touch (1997), Michael Coleman on The Musical Glory of Old Sligo, Steeleye Span on Ten Man Mop, Eleanor Kane/Neary on From Galway to Dublin: Early Irish Traditional Music (1992), Kathleen Collins on Kathleen Collins, Michael Coleman on The Classic Recordings of Michael Coleman, Danú on Think Before You Think (2000) and Shaskeen on The Joys of Life.