Sweeney's Dream
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"Sweeney's Dream", also known as "The Girl with the Laughing Eyes", "The Lame Fisherman",<br> "Paddy Killoran's" is an Irish reel in D Major. The parts are played AAB (Breathnach,<br> Vallely) or AABB (Treoir).<br> The title refers to the renowned south County Sligo fiddler Paddy Sweeney (1894-1974),<br> with whom Ballymote (also south Sligo) fiddler Paddy Killoran (1905-1965) recorded the<br> tune as a duet in the 1930's in New York City.<br> It was printed in Breathnach's CRÉ III (1985) (appears as “Gan ainm/No title”),<br> Treoir, vol. 35, No. 1 (2003) and<br> Vallely's Armagh Pipers Club Play 50 Reels (1982).<br> It was recorded by Paddy Sweeney & Paddy Killoran on From Ballymote to Brooklyn (1937),<br> Kevin Burke on Fiddle Tunes from County Sligo, Ireland (1973),<br> The Chieftains on 9 (1979),<br> Tommy Peoples on The Iron Man (1982) and<br> Noel Hill & Tony Linnane on Noel Hill & Tony Linnane (1979).<br>
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