X:225
T:The Moniemusk Reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
S:Capt. F. O'Neill
R:Reel
K:G
e|dGBG dGce|dGBG ABce|dGBG Bcdg|ecAd BG G2:|
|:gddg Bgdg| gdcg BgAf|gdeg dgBg|ecAc BG G2:|
|:gdBd edBd|gdBd eA A2|1gdBd edBc|dcAc BG G2:|2gefd ecdc|BcAc BG G2||g2 gf g2 (3def|
g2 fg ef d2|g2 af g2 dc|BcAc BG G2|g2 gf g2 (3def|
g2 fg ef d2|gefd ecdc|BcAc (3BAG (3gfe||
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% The origin or meaning of the name of this popular tune defied
% investigation and inquiry for many years. Eventually a glance
% thru the pages of McGoun's Repository of Scots and Irish Airs,
% Strathspeys, Reels, etc., Glasgow 1803, led to the solution of
% the puzzle. Among the contents was "Sir Archibald Grant of
% Moniemusk's Reel". The popular name Moniemusk was that
% of an estate, and the full name of the reel being inconveniently
% long, it was abbreviated to "Moniemusk" and the rest of the
% name forgotten. The first and second parts as above noted
% constitute the original tune composed by Daniel or Donald
% Dow, a musician of note who died at Edinburgh in 1783.
% The third was substituted for the more difficult second by modern
% fiddlers, and the fourth, the editor memorized from the playing of
% Wm. McLean, the greatest Highland piper of his day in Chicago,
% some fifty years ago.