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Ronnie Cooper from the Shetland Islands is credited for composing this reel and named it after his sister Susan. I leamed it off a recording of Co. Clare concertina player Gearóid Ó hAllmhuráin and French fiddler Patrick Ourceau, playing together on their wonderful CD, Tracin’.
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