The Dusty Miller
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Dusty Miller", in Gaelic "An Muilleoir faoi Dheannach" or "An Muilleoir Luaitreac"<br> is an Irish slip-jig in G Major (Breathnach, Cole, McNulty, O'Neill) or D Major (Heymann).<br> It is also known as "Benny’s Jig", "The Dusty Millar", "Johnny Docherty’s" or<br> "Top The Candle". The parts are played AB (Breathnach, Heymann, O'Neill/1001) or AABB (O'Neill/1850).<br> This slip-jig is not the same tune as the "Dusty Miller" which is an American reel.<br> This tune is printed in Breathnach's Ceol: A Journal of Irish Music, vol. 5, no. 2 (1982),<br> The Man and His Music (1997), CRÉ 2 (1976) and CRÉ 5 (1999),<br> Cole's 1000 Fiddle Tunes (1940),<br> Heymann's Off the Record (1990),<br> McNulty's Dance Music of Ireland (1965),<br> O'Neill's O'Neill's Irish Music (1915),<br> O'Neill's Dance Music of Ireland: 1001 Gems (1907) and<br> Ryan's Mammoth Collection (1883).<br> It was recorded by Altan on The Red Crow (1990),<br> Tommy Keane on The Piper's Apron,<br> Séamus Ennis on The Return from Fingal (1997),<br> Ann Heymann & Alison Kinnaird on Harper's Land (1983) and<br> Eilish O'Connor on Sugrú.<br> <br>
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