Hold the Reins
Also known as
The Boys Of DublinThe Donnybrook MaidThe Dublin LadsHould The ReinsThornton'sThe Three Drops Of Brandy
Key
G Major
Type
Reel
Level
BIA
Instrument
Tin Whistle
About this tune
This reel travels under a fistful of names — "Hold the Reins," "Thornton's," "The Dublin Lads," and "The Boys of Dublin" among them. Maeve Donnelly and Peadar O'Loughlin recorded it on "The Thing Itself."
Preview — full lesson available to subscribers
Lesson segments
- 0:46
- 1:05
- 5:32
- 6:26
- 6:23
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Dave Sheridan, Ciarán Somers and Nicolas QuemenerFaoi Bhláth
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Jimmy Noonan, Michael Shorrock, Chris McGrath & Ted DavisThe Maple Leaf
John KeehanThe Humours Of Scariff
John WilliamsJohn Williams
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