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Sammy Thompson - Part 1
Part 1 of Sammy Thompson's manuscripts were handed down from Sammy to Jim Moore, and following Jim's death from Jim's daughter Linda to me in 2021. Jim had previously given me photocopies c. 2002.
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Reel - The Edentrillick Reel (HD ref RQ205)

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Reel - My Lofty Hills (HD ref RQ205)
Reel - Lord Roden's Reel (HD ref RQ205)

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Reel - Miss Johnston's Reel (HD ref RQ205)

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Reel - Untitled Reel generally titled Jimmy Ward's Reel (HD ref RQ205)

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Reel - Untitled Reel generally known as The Donegal Reel

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Hornpipe - The New Invention Hornpipe (HD ref JW288)
Reel - Scotch Mary (HD ref JW321)

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Song - No Luck about the House
Schottische - The Keelrow
Song - Let him go, let him go tarry

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Hornpipe - The Stack of Barley. Parts 3 & 4 are generally known as Bantry Bay

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Reel - The Lowlands of Scotland (HD ref JW325)
Reel - The Bowl of Coffee (HD ref JW321)

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Reel - Untitled Reel locally called Lord Roden's Reel (HD ref JW317)

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Hornpipe - The Harvest Home
Reel - Queen's Wedding (HD ref ST354)

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Jig - The Widow's Rant (HD ref JW299)
Schottische - Sally round the Gooseberry Bush (HD ref JW331)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Duncan Davidson (HD ref JW306)

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Waltz - Untitled Waltz, locally called Jimmy Ward's Waltz (HD ref ST357)
Jig - Lannigan's Ball (HD ref RQ203)

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Round Dance - Bravo locally called Mary Ann Magee (HD ref WS129)
Polka - Untitled Polka (HD ref JW305)
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled Quadrille from Sammy Thompson (HD ref ST353)

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Polka - Untitled Polka (Jimmy Ward's No 2 HD ref JW 305)

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Jig - The Rollicking Irishman (HD ref JW298)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - La Russe (HD ref WS121)

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Hornpipe - Boney over the Rhine
Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled Quadrille Tune generally known as The muckin o' Geordie's Byre

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Schottische - Untitled Schottische

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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled locally called Yankee Doodle (HD ref JW316)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - The Rose Tree also locally called Auld Moylan Gibberland (HD ref WS117)

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Waltz - Ballykeel Waltz (HD ref ST357)
Waltz - The Alpine Waltz (HD ref JW338)

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March - The Centenary March

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Jig - The Miners of Wicklow (HD ref JW296)

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Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Untitled 2/4 Quadrille Tune (Sammy Thompson's No 3 HD ref ST354)

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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - Untitled Quadrille from Jimmy Ward No 8 (HD ref JW314)
Quadrille Tune 2/4 - Untitled generally titled I wish I were where the Gaddy Rins (HD ref JW307)

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Jig - Untitled Jig from Sammy Thompson (HD ref ST351)

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Highland Fling - Untitled Fling from Jimmy Ward (HD ref JW286)

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March - Shane O'Neill's March

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March - The Belfast March

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Figure Dance - The Sweets of May

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Hornpipe - The Stack of Wheat

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Jig - The Red Rose (HD ref ST 351)

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Quadrille Tune 6/8 - I'm a Young Man (HD ref ST 353)
Jig - The Drunken Parson (HD ref PJJS174)

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Waltz - The Starry Night (HD ref JW340)

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Waltz - Johnny Bryson's Waltz (HD ref JB384)

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Polka - The Dargon Polka (HD ref ST352)

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Hornpipe - The Boys of Blue Hill

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Round Dance - Molly Walker Circle

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Round Dance - Coming through the Rye (HD ref JD162)

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