X: 1
T: Lord McDonald's Reel (G maj)
C: traditional
O: Irish
R: Reel
N: sometimes played double, often followed-up by "Ballinasloe Fair"
Z: transcribed by Frank Weber & Anne Seeger
S: Anne learned it from fiddler Dónal Campbell, 2016
D: 1920s: Michael Coleman: Wheels of the World, Volume 1 (recorded in the 1920's)
D: 1969: Leo Rowsome: Rí na bPíobairí - King of the Pipers
D: 1977: Raymond Rowland & Liam Farrell: Traditional Irish Music from Galway and Clare
D: 1978: Stockton's Wing: Jigs, Reels and Songs
D: 1979: Planxty: After the Break
D: 1979: Liz Carroll: A Friend Indeed
D: 1987: Planxty: Live in Olympia Theatre, Dublin
D: 1993: Conor Keane: Cooley's House
D: 1995: Joe Burke, Andy McGann & Felix Dolan: The Funny Reel
D: 1996: Arcady: Many Happy Returns
D: 1997: Vincent Griffin: Traditional Fiddle Music from County Clare
D: 1999: Cathal Hayden: Cathal Hayden
D: 2001: Paddy Keenan & Tommy O'Sullivan: The Long Grazing Acre
D: 2003: Karan Casey: Distant Shore
D: 2007: Matt Molloy & John Carty: Pathway to the Well
D: 2009: Liam Kelly & Tom Morrow: The Leitrim Equation, Vol. 1
D: 2009: Cathal Hayden: Live in Belfast
D: 2012: Claire Quinn & Pauric Stapleton: ComhaltasLive #379-1
D: 2013: Oisín Mac Diarmada, Marcus Ó Murchú & Martin Connolly: Comhaltas Live 419-10
D: 2014: Four in a Boat: Comhaltas Live #433-8
D: 2015: Altan: The Widening Gyre (named 'Leather Britches')
D: 2015: Lexia Kennedy: Comhaltas Live #490-2
D: 2015: Nell Kelly: Comhaltas Live #487-12
D: 2015: Séamus Tierney: Comhaltas Live #485-15
D: 2015: Michael Hurley, Declan Folan, Fiona Doherty, Jarlath Brennan & Maria Lynn McHugh: Comhaltas Live #485-6
D: 2015: Jimmy Noonan, Dylan Foley, Siofra McHugh, Breda Shannon, Pádraig Rynne, Anne Marie Bell & Eileen Gannon: Comhaltas Live #477-13
D: 2017: Fergal Scahill: A Fiddle Tune a Day 2017 #189
D: Matt Cunningham: Dance Music of Ireland, Volume 2
D: Music for the Sets, Volume 1 - Round the House
N: Chords: | G  -  | Am C  | G  -  | D  G   |
N:         | G  -  | Am C  | G  A  | D  G  ||
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  -  | D  G   |
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  C  | D  G  ||
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  -  | D  G   |
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | Em A  | D  G  ||
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  -  | D  G   |
N:         | G  -  | G  Am | G  C  | D  G  ||
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 1/4=170
K: G maj % 1 sharp
N:
N: Tune only:
N: E | DGBG  dGBG | c2    Bc AGEG | DGBG  dGBG | DEDC  B,G,G,E  |
N:   | DGBG  dGBG | c2    Bc AGEG | BBBA  GFGE | DEGA  BGG     ||
N: A | Bdd^c dBGA | B/c/d eg aged | Bdd^c dBge | dBA=c BGGA     |
N:   | Bdd^c dBGA | B/c/d eg aged | Bdef  g2ge | dBAc  BGG     ||
N: B | dgbg  agbg | dg    bg ageg | dgbg  agbg | dedc  BGG2     |
N:   | dgbg  agbg | dg    bg ageg | b2ba  gfge | dega  bag     ||
N: e | Bdd^c dBGA | B/c/d eg aged | Bdd^c dBge | dBA=c BGGA     |
N:   | Bdd^c dBGA | B/c/d eg aged | Bdef  g2ge | dBAc  BGG     ||
N:
N: Tune with Chords:
E | "G" DGBG  dGBG | "Am" c2    Bc "C"  AGEG | "G"  DGBG      dGBG | "D" DEDC  "G" B,G,G,E  |
  | "G" DGBG  dGBG | "Am" c2    Bc "C"  AGEG | "G"  BBBA  "A" GFGE | "D" DEGA  "G" BGG     ||
A | "G" Bdd^c dBGA | "G"  B/c/d eg "Am" aged | "G"  Bdd^c     dBge | "D" dBA=c "G" BGGA     |
  | "G" Bdd^c dBGA | "G"  B/c/d eg "Am" aged | "G"  Bdef  "C" g2ge | "D" dBAc  "G" BGG     ||
B | "G" dgbg  agbg | "G"  dg    bg "Am" ageg | "G"  dgbg      agbg | "D" dedc  "G" BGG2     |
  | "G" dgbg  agbg | "G"  dg    bg "Am" ageg | "Em" b2ba  "A" gfge | "D" dega  "G" bag     ||
e | "G" Bdd^c dBGA | "G"  B/c/d eg "Am" aged | "G"  Bdd^c     dBge | "D" dBA=c "G" BGGA     |
  | "G" Bdd^c dBGA | "G"  B/c/d eg "Am" aged | "G"  Bdef  "C" g2ge | "D" dBAc  "G" BGG     ||