When I first heard this on a 78 rpm recording of Eleanor Kane Neary playing the piano, I fell in love with the inward cry of its notes. The strength of its appeal, I believe, is a melody that communicates a spiritual kind of pleading that comes from being ignored. That very same musical soul is embodied within the spirit of Irish Americans such as Andy McGann (and many others) whose rendition of this tune is another special memory for me. This tune reflects their pure love of the music -the dogged sincerity of musicians who kept at the music through long years of apathy by the world at large. Another name for this reel is ‘Master Rogers No. 1’.

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