Old Mother Flanagan reel

There is 1 recording of this tune.

Old Mother Flanagan appears in 1 other tune collection.

Old Mother Flanagan has been added to 4 tune sets.

Old Mother Flanagan has been added to 31 tunebooks.

Two settings

X: 1
T: Old Mother Flanagan
R: reel

X: 2
T: Old Mother Flanagan
R: reel

Five comments

A common tune heard in the Appalachians, but of Irish origin.

Old Mother Flanagan

This makes me think that "Pretty Little Dog", that I posted some weeks ago, may also have Appalachian/Irish origins. The two tunes go nicely together - Old Mother Flanagan walking her Pretty Little Dog 🙂
Trevor

Old Mother Flanagan

In a variation I like to play (my own), bars 5 and 6 of Part 2 are
|csec B2dB|A2AB AGED|
Trevor

sorry! that "csec" should of course be "c2ec" !
Trevor

Old Mother Flanagan, X:2

I recall learning this version from a Ken Perlman Clawhammer Banjo book. It leads nicely into something like Merry Blacksmith.

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