Annotation:Sligo Reel (1)
X: 1 T:Tommy McMahon's T:Sligo Reel (2) T:Hughie Travers' No. 1 O:england M:4/4 L:1/8 C:Traditional S:Tommy McMahon R:R A:Clare D:"Clare Concertinas" - Green Linnet re-issue F:http://www.john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/mirror/home.quicknet.nl/england.abc K:G ge|:dBBG B2GB|dBGB AGEF|GABd gbab|gedB A2 ge| dBBG B2GB|dBGB AGEF|GABd gbab|1gedB G2 ge:|2gedB G2 GA|| |:Bdd2 edBd|edgd edBA|Bdef gbab|gedB A2 zd| Bdd2 edBd|edgd edBA|Bdef gbab|1gedB G2GA:|2gedB G2 z2|]
SLIGO REEL [1], THE. AKA and see "Hughie Travers' No. 1," "Tommy McMahon's Reel," "Travers' Reel." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The tune is associated with County Leitrim flute player Hughie Travers, who played in the Dublin Metropolitan Garda Ceili Band with whom he recorded a few 78 RPM records in the 1930's. Later it became associated with County Clare concertina player Tommy McMahon, who recorded it on his 1975 TOPIC LP, "Clare Concertinas."
