X:0
T: 16-bar Contra Reel Medley 80 (D b G e D)
F:http://john-chambers.us/~jc/music/abc/Contra/CR80.abc	 2024-04-26 135551 UT
K:

X:1
P: the Wind That Shakes the Barley
R: reel
O: c.1800
N: May be an Irish variant of Largo's Fairy Dance Reel (Nathaniel Gow 1809)
B: Henry Robson's "The Northern Minstrel's Budget", c.1800
B: Joshua Gibbons (Lincolnshire) private MS c.1825
B: Surenne (Dance Music of Scotland), 1852; pg. 41
B: Stewart-Robertson (The Athole Collection), 1884; pg. 89
B: MacDonald (The Skye Collection), 1887; pg. 35
B: RSCDS 21-8(II) (in A)
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: D
|: "D"A2AB AFED | "G"B2BA B2d2 | "D"A2AB AFED |\
[1 "Em"gfed "A7"B2d2 :|[2 "Em"gfed "A7"Bcde |]
|: "D"f2fd "Em"g2ge | "D"f2fd "A7"ecBA |\
[1 "D"f2fd "Em"g2ge | "D"afed "A7"Bcde :|\
[2 "D"defg "Bm"afba | "Em"gfed "A7"BcdB |]

X:2
P: Ale is Dear  (Maighstir Ord)
N: Fiddlers Five CD 7, as trad, follows Spootiskerry, Scots Guards #341, Logan's p.33
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: BDor
|: "Bm"{e}f2ef B2ce | "A"faea cAce \
|  "Bm"f2ef B2ce | "A"faec "Bm"B4 :|
|: "Bm"{A}B2Bc d2cB | "A"cAAB ABcA |\
[1 "G"{A}B2Bc d2cB | "F#"f2ec "Bm"B4 :|\
[2 "D"d2fd "A"c2ec | "F#"f2ec "Bm"B4 |]

X:3
P: Jack Broke (Down) da Prison Door
C: J.Goudie (b. 19th C)
O: Shetland
R: reel
N: BSFC III-28
N: Fiddlers 3+2 tape B6
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: G
D2 \
|: "G"G2BG "(Em)"BdBG | "Am"cBAB "D7"dBAB | "G"G2BG "Em"BdBG | "Am"ABAG "D7"E2D2 :|
|: "G"{D}[g2B2]gd "(Em)"edBd | g2gd "D7"eaaf | "G"g2gd "Em"edBG | "Am"ABAG "D7"E2D2 :|

X:4
P: the Glenburnie Rant  (Fight About the Fireside)
C: Neil Gow
R: reel
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: C|
L: 1/8
K: Em
  B,2 | "Em"E2EF E2E2 | "D"DEFG AFDF | "Em"E2EF    E2B2 | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 :|
|: B2 | "Em"e2ef g2fe | "D"defg afdf |1 "C"e2ef    g2fe | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 \
                                     :|2 "G"g2ag "D"f2gf | "B7"efe^d "Em"e2 |]

X:5
P: Tail Toddle Reel
C: William Nesbit (attr. 1784)
N: This tune was attributed to Mr. Nesbit in Niel Gow's First Collection (1784).
N: It is similar to the tune Fiddle-Faddle, published by John Walsh in Caledonian Country Dances (1731).
B: Mel Bay 224 (in A)
B: Carlin #224 (in A, as strathspey, attr. to "William Nisbet")
B: Kerr's 4th p.10 (in D)
B: BSFC XI-7 (in D)
D: Fiddlers 3+2 A6
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: D
|: "D"~d2 fd "G"g2 fe | "D"~d2 fd "A7"e2 cA | "D"~d2 fd "G"g2 fe | "D"(3fga gf "A7"e2 cA :|
|: "G"g2 dB ~B2 dB | g2 dB "A7"e2 cA | "G"g2 dB ~B2 dB | "A7"~A2 af e2 cA :|