"Quigley's Reel"
(Atlanta Hornpipe, Batchelder's (Reel).)
![[image of music]](FFsniply-Quigleys Reel.png)
unknown, D, AABB.
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Playing or Personal Notes:
We play this in a set with Petronella/St. Anne's/Barrowburn Reel.
History
The Fiddler's Companion says that this is a New England composition by New Hampshire fiddler Al Quigley, but the entry in the Session vehemently claim that it is Scottish, written by John Morehead (Moorhead/Muirhead?) c1800, and called "Speed The Plow". After careful listening to the various abc files available, I am inclined to disagree - unless they have gotten their hands on a very different rendition than that in FC. The correct tune, however, is listed there as Batchelder's Reel. As a result, I have amended the AKAs to match that in FC, fixed the link for The Session to the correct one, and have removed the offending tunes from the var-file.
On the other hand, the tune sounds more like a Hornpipe than a Reel to my ears...
On the Web:
| the Session | Fiddler's Companion | Cape Breton Fiddler |
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