The Kerry Reel
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Transcription: by Darryl D. Bush
"The Kerry Reel", in Gaelic "Rogha Chiarraí" or "Pairceanna Glasa<br> Ros Beithe", also known as "The Kerryman", "Green Banks of Rossbeigh",<br> "The Green Fields of Rossbeigh", "Tom Clark's Fancy", "The Witch of the Glen"<br> is an Irish reel in E Dorian. The parts are played AABB.<br> The melody was recorded in 1926 by Kerry fiddler Michael Hanafin under<br> the title "The Green Fields of Rossbeigh". In 1959 another Kerry<br> fiddler, Denis Murphy (1910–1974) recorded it in Dublin as the first<br> tune in a medley including "The Steampacket" and "Colonel Frazer".<br> County Sligo fiddler Michael Coleman recorded it as "The Kerry Reel" in<br> New York in the 1920's, paired with "The Perthshire Hunt".<br> It was printed in Brody's Fiddler's Fakebook (1983),<br> Cranford's Jerry Holland: The Second Collection (2000),<br> Flaherty's Trip to Sligo (1990),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Tradtional Fiddle Music (1977),<br> Miller & Perron's Irish Traditional Fiddle Music, 2nd Edition (2006),<br> Mulvihill's 1st Collection (1986) and<br> Phillips' Fiddle Case Tunebook: British Isles (1989).<br> It was recorded by Jack Wade on Ceili Music from Ireland,<br> Michael Coleman on The Musical Glory of Old Sligo (1967) and<br> The Legacy of Michael Coleman,<br> Denis Murphy on From Galway to Dublin (1992) and<br> Michael J. Cashin and Tom Doyle on The Wheels of the World.<br> <br>
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