Poor Old Woman - A MinorReeli

:	Am	EmG	Am	Am
	Am	EmG	AmG	Am	:
:	C	Am	C	EmG
	Am	G	AmG	Am	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Ireland

This tune is also known as Poor Old Man and An Sean Bean Bhocht. Some of the versions of this reel, such as those in the second link below, are different to the point of becoming a distinct tune. There is also a musically unrelated hornpipe named Poor Old Woman.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Poor_Old_Woman_(1)

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/8825

The Old Man and the Old Woman - G MajorReeli

:	G	CAm	D	GD
	G	CAm	D	G	:
:	G	D	AmD	GD
	G	D	AmD	G	:

Tune Information

Author: Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc

Origin: Canada - Quebec

This tune was originally a song Le Bonhomme et La Bonne Femme, composed and recorded in 1930 by Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc, née Travers (1894–1941). She was also known as Madame Bolduc or La Bolduc and was from Newport in Gaspe.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Old_Man_and_the_Old_Woman_(1)

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/4382

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Bolduc

Ref: http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/m2/f7/14402.mp3

Ref: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5R6-qVnU5Y

Grumbling Old Man, Growling Old Woman - D Major / A MinorReeli

:	A	G	A	EA
	A	G	Am	EmAm	:
:	Am	G	Am	GAm
	Am	G	Am	GAm	:

Tune Information

Author: Traditional

Origin: Canada - Quebec

This is a Québec reel popularized by Maritime radio and TV fiddler Don Messer. It was taken up by revival fiddlers in the early 1970's, became a staple of New England contra dance repertoire, and has since become widely disseminated. It is also known as Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman, La Marmotteuse, La Chicaneuse, La Disputeuse, and by other names.

Ref: https://tunearch.org/wiki/Annotation:Growling_Old_Man_and_Grumbling_Old_Woman_(The)

Ref: https://thesession.org/tunes/1006

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