354. Speed the Plough / Winster Gallop / Salmon Tails

Description

Speed the Plough (John Moorehead) This popular reel is also known as Cronin's Fancy, Cronin's Hornpipe, Cronin's Fancy Hornpipe, Paddy Cronin's, Mulvihill's, O'Keefe's Plough and Tom Billy's. It has been popular with fiddlers for over 200 years. It is well-known as a fiddle tune throughout North America, Ireland, Scotland and England. Unlike many such tunes, the composer is known. Captain Francis O'Neill researched the melody in entries from the British Musical Biography and reported his ...