X: 1 T: Big John McNeill's Reel / Lord Ramsey's Reel (G major) R: Reel C: composed by Scottish fiddle player Peter Milne (1824-1908) N: Milne titled the tune 'John McNeill’s Reel', after a famours Highland dancer. N: played in G or A major Z: transcribed and arranged by Frank Weber S: learned from the Abbey Céilí Band's album N: Chords: | G - | G - | G - | C D | N: | G - | G - | C G | D G :| N: | G - | G - | G - | F D | N: | G - | G - | G C | D - :| 𝄌 G |] L: 1/8 Q: 1/4=200 M: 4/4 K: G major % 1 sharp N: N: Tune only: N: ========== N: P: String instrument version: N: G,2B,D EDB,D | GDB,D EDB,A,| G,2B,D EDB,D | EG FE DC B,A, | N: G,2B,D EDB,D | GDB,D EDB,D | C2 EC B,2DB,| [1 A,G,A,B, CB,A,B, :|\ N: [2 A,G,A,B, G,2z^c |] N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | dG~G2 dGed | cA =FA c2 Bc | N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | gf ed edcB | [1 AG FG AB c^c :|\ N: [2 AG FE DC B,A, |] N: N: P: Last line to finish: N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | gf ed edcB | AG FG AB cA | G8 |] N: N: P: Variations: N: G,2B,D EDB,D | GDB,D EDB,A,| G,2B,D ED B,D | EB, DB, ~A,2 A,B, | N: G,2B,D EDB,D | GDB,D EDB,D | C2 EC B,2DB, | [1 A,G,F,G, A,B,CA, :|\ N: [2 A,G,F,G, A,B,C ^c |] N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | dG~G2 gf ed | cA =FA c2 Bc | N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | gf ed ed cB | [1 AG FG AB c^c :|\ N: [2 AG FE DC B,A, |] N: N: P: Wind instrument version: N: G2 Bd edBd | gd Bd edBA | G2 Bd edBd | eg fe dcBA | N: G2 Bd edBd | gd Bd edBd | c2 ec B2dB | [1 AG AB cBAB :|\ N: [2 AG AB G2z^c |] N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | dG~G2 dGed | cA=FA c2Bc | N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | gf ed edcB | [1 AG FG ABc^c :|\ N: [2 AG FG ABcA |] O G8 |] N: N: P: Variations: N: G2 Bd edBd | gd Bd edBA | G2 Bd edBd | eB dB ~A2AB | N: G2 Bd edBd | gd Bd edBd | c2 ec B2dB | [1 AG FG ABcA :|\ N: [2 AG FG ABc^c |] N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | dG~G2 gfed | cA=FA c2Bc | N: dG~G2 dGeG | dG~G2 defg | gf ed edcB | [1 AG FG ABc^c :|\ N: [2 AG FG ABcA |] O G8 |] N: N: Tune with Chords: N: ================= P: String instrument version: "G" G,2B,D EDB,D | "G" GDB,D EDB,A,| "G" G,2B,D EDB,D | "C" EG FE "D" DC B,A, | "G" G,2B,D EDB,D | "G" GDB,D EDB,D | "C" C2 EC "G" B,2DB,| [1 "D" A,G,A,B, "G" CB,A,B, :|\ [2 "D" A,G,A,B, "G" G,2z^c |] "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" dG~G2 dGed | "F" cA =FA "D" c2 Bc | "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" gf ed "C" edcB | [1 "D" AG FG AB c^c :|\ [2 "D" AG FE DC B,A, |] N: P: Last line to finish: "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" gf ed "C" edcB | "D" AG FG AB cA | "G" G8 |] N: P: Variations: "G" G,2B,D EDB,D | "G" GDB,D EDB,A,| "G" G,2B,D ED B,D | "C" EB, DB,"D" ~A,2 A,B, | "G" G,2B,D EDB,D | "G" GDB,D EDB,D | "C" C2 EC "G" B,2DB, | [1 "D" A,G,F,G, A,B,CA, :|\ [2 "D" A,G,F,G, A,B,C ^c |] "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" dG~G2 gf ed | "F" cA =FA "D" c2 Bc | "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" gf ed "C" ed cB | [1 "D" AG FG AB c^c :|\ [2 "D" AG FE DC B,A, |] N: P: Wind instrument version: "G" G2 Bd edBd | "G" gd Bd edBA | "G" G2 Bd edBd | "C" eg fe "D" dcBA | "G" G2 Bd edBd | "G" gd Bd edBd | "C" c2 ec "G" B2dB | [1 "D" AG AB "G" cBAB :|\ [2 "D" AG AB "G" G2z^c |] "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" dG~G2 dGed | "F" cA=FA "D" c2Bc | "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" gf ed "C" edcB | [1 "D" AG FG ABc^c :|\ [2 "D" AG FG ABcA |] O "G" G8 |] N: P: Variations: "G" G2 Bd edBd | "G" gd Bd edBA | "G" G2 Bd edBd | "C" eB dB "D" ~A2AB | "G" G2 Bd edBd | "G" gd Bd edBd | "C" c2 ec "G" B2dB | [1 "D" AG FG ABcA :|\ [2 "D" AG FG ABc^c |] "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" dG~G2 gfed | "F" cA=FA "D" c2Bc | "G" dG~G2 dGeG | "G" dG~G2 defg | "G" gf ed "C" edcB | [1 "D" AG FG ABc^c :|\ [2 "D" AG FG ABcA |] O "G" G8 |] N: D: 1942: Don Messer and his Islanders: Big John McNeill / The Dusty Miller's Reel (single) D: 1973: Don Messer (fiddle): The Very Best of Don Messer (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 1980: Bob Bossin: The Indispensable Stringband (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 1981: Fiddle Fever: Fiddle Fever (titled 'Big John McNeal') D: 1984: The Easy Club: The Easy Club (titled 'John McNeill's Reel') D: 1989: Dé Danann (Frankie Gavin, Jackie Daly, Charlie Piggott, Alec Finn, Johnny 'Ringo' McDonagh): Mist Covered Mountain (titled 'Lord Ramsey's Reel') D: 1990: Sileas: Harpbreakers (titled 'John MacNeil's Reel') D: 1990: The Cape Breton Fiddlers: The Legendary Down Home Recordings (Compilation, titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 1991: Black Velvet Band: Reif für die Insel (titled 'Big John McNeill') D: 1992: Zan McLeod & Brendan Mulvihill: Highland Soul (titled 'Big John MacNeill's') D: 1994: Anam: Anam (titled 'Lord Ramsey's Reel') D: 1994: Battlefield Band: Battlefield Band (titled 'John McNeil's Reel') D: 1995: John Hartford & Bob Carlin: The Fun of Open Discussion (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 1995: Aly Bain & Jay Ungar: Transatlantic Sessions, Series 1, Vol. 1 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 1996: Séamus Begley (accordion) & Stephen Cooney: Meitheal (second of two tunes in the 'The Newly Mown Meadow' set, titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 1996: Bobby Brown & The Cape Breton Symphony Fiddlers: The Great Cape Breton Fiddle Company (titled 'John McNeil') D: 1996: The Bridge Céilí Band: Irish Ceili (second of three tunes in the 'Brian O'Kanes' set) D: 1996: Pierre Schryer: The New Canadian Waltz - Live in Concert (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 1996: The Jura Ceilidh Band: The Jura Ceilidh Band (titled 'John McNeil's') D: 1997: The Kilfenora Céili Band (Aidan McMahon, Anne Marie McCormack, Anne Rynne, Garry Shannon, Anthony Quigney, Conor McCarthy, John Lynch, Tim Collins, Fintan McMahon, Sean Griffin & Paul O'Driscoll): Set on StD: 1997: one (third of three tunes in the 'Set On Stone' set, titled 'Lord Ramsey') D: 1997: Jimmie LaRocque, Gerry McIvor & Kim Chartrand: Wood that Sings - Indian Fiddle Music of the Americas (Compilation, titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 1998: Joe Cormier (fiddle): Informal Sessions (titled 'John McNeil') D: 1998: Bert Jensen: Fiddling For Fun & Profit (titled 'Big John McNeal') D: 1999: The Bridge Céilí Band (Tom Ahearne, Robert Gleeson, Karen Gavigan, Carthage Daly, Catherine McHugh, James Kinsella, Fionnuala Gleeson, Eugene Nolan, Pat O'Meara & Liam McCormack): Sparks on Flags (titled 'John McNeill's / Ríl Sheáin Mhic Néill') D: 1999: De Dannan: How the West was won (third of three tunes in the 'Langstrom's Pony' set, titled 'Lord Ramsey's Reel') D: 1999: Ronan Hardiman: Michael Flatley’s Feet of Flames (first of three tunes in the 'Duelling Violins' set) D: 2000: The Abbey Céilí Band (Ger Murphy, Andrew O'Connell, Liam Forde & Micheál Creedon): Bruach an tSuláin (titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 2000: Ashley MacIsaac & Dave MacIsaac: Fiddle Music 101 (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2000: Greenwood Tree: The Cottage Door (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2000: Spirit Fiddle: Blue Jeans and Gingham (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2001: Fiddlers 3: Fiddlers 3 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2001: Mike Stevens: The World is Only Air (titled 'Big John Mcneil') D: 2002: Adam Rennie and his Scottish Country Dance Quartet: Strict Tempo - Scottish Country Dance Music From The 1950’s, Vol. 1 (titled 'John McNeil's Reel') D: 2002: Pierre Schryer (fiddle) & Ian Clark (guitar): Heat of the Moment (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2002: Cynthia MacLeod: Head Over Heels (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2002: Dan Duggan, Tom Hodgson & Henry Jankiewicz: Shenandoah Falls (titled 'Big John McNeal') D: 2004: Michael Sexton Ceili Band: Volume 2 - Mad to Dance (second of two tunes in Labasheeda Set, Figure 3, titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 2005: Syncopaths: Rough around the Edges (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2005: Black Velvet Band: Year Nineteen (titled 'Big John McNeill') D: 2006: 422: One (last tune in the 'Big John Mcneil's: Le reel des siamois' set) D: 2006: Atlantic Wave: Craic’d! (last of five tunes in the 'The Northwoods' set) D: 2006: Ryan d’Aoust (fiddle): South Side of the Strings (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2007: The Glenside Céilí Band (Tom Flood, Johnny Duffy, Moyra Fraser & Aidan Flood): Take the Floor with The Glenside (titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 2007: The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience: The Sensational Jimi Shandrix Experience (titled 'John MacNeill') D: 2007: Dave Rowe: Three's a Charm (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2008: Lough Ree Ceili Band (Johnnie Duffy, Brendan Doyle, Liz Ryan & Colin Butler): Keep 'er Lit - Live from Spanish Point (titled 'Lord Ramsay McDonald') D: 2008: Charlie Hunt: The Cabin Hunter's Mandolin (titled 'Big John McNeil's') D: 2008: Qristina & Quinn Bachand: Relative Minors (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2010: Colin Grant: Colin Grant (last of three tunes in 'Les Tounes Acadiennes' set) D: 2010: Frigate: Frigate (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2010: Troy MacGillivray: Live at the Music Room (third of three tunes in the 'Sabra's Stepdance' set) D: 2010: Katherine Moller: By Request (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2010: De Dannan: Binn Blasta! The Irish Traditional Music Special (Compilation, titled 'Lord Ramsey's Reel') D: 2010: Waxies Dargle: Celtic Jigs & Reels (Compilation, titled 'Big John McNeil of Barra') D: 2011: Patti Lamoureux: Big John McNeil (single) D: 2012: Mick Conneely (fiddle) & David Munnelly (accordion): 'Tis What It Is (titled 'Big John McNeil / Ríl Sheáin Mhóir Mhic Néill / Betty's Fancy') D: 2012: Swallow's Tail Céilí Band: Suas Leat (fifth of nine tunes in the 'Long Reel Selection' set) D: 2012: Trip to Nelson: The Winding Road (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2012: Erik and Clark: Youtube Live Sessions (titled 'Big John Mcneil') D: 2012: Courtney Hogan & Michael Pendergast: Swinging on a Note (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2013: The Boyer's: Métis Music Vol. 2 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2013: Matthew Allain: Fiddlin' Down the Tracks (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2013: Joe Diamond: Matlock Pond Cabin Tapes (Compilation, titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2014: Jennifer & Hazel Wrigley: The Watch Stone (titled 'John MacNeil's Reel') D: 2014: Kate Fritz: St. Petersburg Nights (titled 'Big John Mcneil') D: 2014: Joe Diamond: The Foppish Dandies Revolution (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2015: Face The West: The Tunes (third of four tunes in the 'Edge of Reason' set) D: 2015: Charlie Walden (fiddle) & Patt Plunkett (piano): Patt & Possum's Contra Dance Music, Vol. 1 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2015: Simon St. Pierre: Recordings from the Collection of the Brandywine Friends of Old Time Music (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2015: Countercurrent: Countercurrent (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2016: Alban Fuam: From Galway to Dublin (titled 'Duelling Violins') D: 2016: The Fitzgeralds: The Fitzgeralds (last of three tunes in the 'Session' set) D: 2017: Emerald Céilí Band: Clear The Dresser and Take the Floor (titled 'Lord Ramey's') D: 2017: Steafan Hannigan & Saskia Tomkins (Ontario): Moorchild (second of three tunes in the 'Ken & Charlie’s Big Mittons' set) D: 2017: Cailyn MacAuley: Fortune Favours the Bow (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2017: Lloyd Shaw Foundation: Songs A-M (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2017: Kathleen Nisbet: Metis Dance Hall Vol. 1 (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2017: Fergal Scahill (fiddle) & Shane Hayes (button accordion): A Fiddle Tune a Day 2017 (Day 131, titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 2018: Brianna Lizotte: Scratch 'Em (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2018: Charlie Walden & Patt Plunkett: Contra Dance Music, Vol. 3 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2018: Kathleen Nisbet: Métis Dance Hall, Vol. 2 (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2019: Jon Pilatzke (fiddle): Amongst Friends (titled 'Big John MacNeil') D: 2019: Johan de Wal: Johan's Tenor Banjo, Album 4 (titled 'Lord Ramsey's') D: 2020: Hannah Harris: Tea for Tunes (titled 'Lord Ramey's') D: 2021: Ridge Roberts: Lone Star Fiddler (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2021: The Boyer's: Let's Get Jiggy, Vol. 1 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2021: Sean Heely & Colin McGlynn: Homeport ~ Port na Dachaigh (titled 'Big John MacNeil's') D: 2022: Alex Kusturok, Donny L’Hirondelle & Garry Pruden: Métis Fiddling for Dancing (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2022: Mad Pudding (Vancouver): Dirt & Stone (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2022: The Clare Céilí Band: Seoda Céilí (titled 'Big Jim McNeill') D: 2022: Echo Mountain and Friends: Tune Sandwich (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2022: John Specker: Singles Collection #3 (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2022: Kenneth Faulkner: Songs & Stories from the Helen Creighton Collection (Compilation, titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2024: Joel Andersson: The Irish Harmonica (titled 'Lord Ramey's') D: 2024: Ari (British Columbia): Ari's Fiddle Album ala King (titled 'John McNeal') D: 2024: Ships Cat: Chasing the Hare (titled 'Lord Ramsey') D: 2025: Amanda Rheaume & Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuk: The Truth We Hold (titled 'Big John McNeil') D: 2026: Blind Carbon Copy: Blind Carbon Copy (titled 'Big John McNeal')