BB's IRISH TRADITIONAL TUNE LIBRARY
The EDDIE DOOLEY MANUSCRIPTS
tunefolder 23
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The information in the tune notes was supplied by the Dooley family's cousin Pete Ford,
who lived close to the Dooleys in Brooklyn and knew (and loved) the family and their
musical friends as well as anybody. Pete passed away in 2016.
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X:23002
T:COMERAGH HEATHER (reel), The
C:Andy Murphy
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Am
D|"Am"EGAc "G"BAGB|"Am"ABce "G"dcBd|"Am"eaag "Em"egdB|"Am"A2 (3cBA "G"GBdB|
"Am"EGAc "G"BAGB|"Am"AEE^F "G"GFGB|"Am"AGAB "C"cege|"G"(3dcA GB "Am"A3 :|
B|"Am"cBAe "G"dcBd|"Am"ea^ga "Em"ba=ge|"Am"agec "G"BcdB|"Am"Aece "G7"fedB|
"Am"cBAe "G"dcBd|"C"eceg "Dm"fedf|"Am"eAce "G"dcBd|"Am"EGAB A3 :|

The Comeragh Mountains are to Waterford what the Galtees are to Tipperary!

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X:23010
T:MICK MURPHY'S PUB (reel)
C:ABC/arr.BB
M:C
L:1/8
R:reel
Q:1/4=180
K:G
ED|"Em"B,EEF "G"G2Bd|"Em"eBBc "D"dBAc|"G"B2AG "Em"edBA|"G"GBBG "D"A2ED|
"Em"B,EEF "G"G2Bd|"Em"eBBc "G"dggf|"Em"e2dB "Am"A2GE|"G"DGGF G2 :|
Bc|"G"d2Bd "Em"edBc|"G"d2Bd "Em"edef|"G"g2fg "Am"abag|"D"fgef d2Bc|
"G"d2Bd "Am"c2Ac|"G"Bcde "D"fdef|"G"gd^cd "C"=cdec|"D"BGAF "G"G2 :|

The damaged manuscript has "one of P..." scribbled on the back but the sheet 
is torn (or nibbled) right after the "P". Curry was a fiddler from the south 
Waterford area who could write music; he visited the Dooleys in Brooklyn a number 
of times and Ford says he always had a few sheets of blank music paper in his 
fiddle case "in case the inspiration strikes me!". There are a dozen or so of 
his tunes in his distinctive drafting style (featuring backwards note-heads) 
in the first envelope.

Mick Murphy was Eddie's father-in-law and his pub was close to Helvic Head, a 
picturesque peninsula south of Dungarvan (the same Helvic Head commemorated in 
Mr. O'Farrell's jig of the same name).

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X:23016
T:SUNDAY IN FLATBUSH (hornpipe)
C:E.Dooley
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=150
M:C
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:A
AB|"A"cBAc efec|"Bm"BFF^E F2AF|"A"EAAB cBce|"F#m"fece f3g|
"A"affg agec|"Bm"BFcA B2AB|"A"cBAc "D"defd|"A"cA"E"BG "A"A2 :|
Bc|"D"dcde fafd|"A"cBcd efec|"E"BABc dcB2|"A"cBcd "A7"e2a2|
"D"fd d/c/d FAdf|"A"ec c/B/c EAce|"Bm"dBFB dBF^E|"E"EGBG "A"A2 :|

Not the most romantic name for a lovely tune! According to Ford, Eddie and 
Mary Ellen never missed 10 AM Sunday Mass regardless of how late Eddie had 
been out the night before. "They liked Holy Cross Church because the assistant 
pastor was a Waterford man," Ford told me. "His father had played football 
with Eddie years back." "Terrible dirty player the father was, but the son is 
grand," Eddie told Ford (Mary Ellen was of course out of the room at the time).
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X:23005
T:FLOWERS OF KILRUSH (hornpipe), The 
C:probably Andy Murphy
Q:1/4=150
M:C
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
z2|"D"D2FE D2FA|"G"BGBd "Bm"BAFG|"D"AFdB AFdc|"Bm"BAFA B2FE|
"D"D2FE D2FA|"Em"Bdeg "D"fgaf|"G"bg"D"af "A"efdc|"Bm"BF"A"AE "D"D2 :|
Bc|"Bm"dBfB dBfB|"D"dfed "Bm"B2AB|"A"cAeA "F#m"fAeA|"A"a^gaf "F#m7"efec|
"Bm"dBfB dBfB|"D"dfed "A7"cdeg|"D"fdcd "Bm"BAFB|"A"AFEF "D"D2 :|

Kilrush is a parish a north of Dungarvan. Andy Murphy owned a greengrocer's 
shop there for many years. "Maybe he should have called it 'The Cauliflowers 
of Kilrush'," Eddie once said to Mary Ann after playing the tune while Jimmy Ford 
was visiting. "She didn't crack a smile," Ford told me.  " 'That's a ridiculous 
name for such a lovely tune,' she said." "The Murphys never had much in the way 
of a sense of humor," Eddie explained to Ford later on. "It was plain Eddie 
loved his wife dearly," said Ford, "but in all the years they were married, 
he could never make her laugh!"

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X:23001
T:COLLIGAN BANK, The
C:E.Dooley
Q:1/4=160
R:jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
"A modal"
D|"A"EAB cBA|"A"ece a3|"A"efe cBA|"Em"BEF G3|
"A"EAB cBc|"D"def fef|"A"aec "G"BGB|"A"cAA "A"A2 :|
z|"A"ecA ecA|"G"Bdg Bdg|"A"aec "D"def|"F#m"eaf "E7"edB|
"A"ecA ecA|"G"Bdg gfg|"A"aec "G"BGB|"A"cAA "A"A2 :|

The River Colligan runs through Mary Ellen Dooley's home town of Dungarvan.

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X:23017
T:SUNSET CLOUDS (polka), The 
C:? Paddy Curry
C:ABC/arr.BB
R:polka
M:2/4
Q:1/4=130
L:1/8
K:D
"D"A2 BF|"D"A2 dc|"G"B2 G>B|"A"AG FE|\
"D"D2 FA|"D"dc BA|"G"B>A Bd|"A"e2 fe|
"D"d3c|"Bm"B3c|"D"d>c "G"dB|"A"AG FE|\
"D"D2 FA|"D"d>c "G"dB|"D"AF "A7"GE|"D"D4 ||
"D"f2 df|"G"g2 ag|"D"f2 df|"A"e>c BA|\
"D"f2 df|"G"g2 ag|"Bm"f>e df|"A"e2 de|
"D"f2 df|"G"g2 ag|"D"f2 df|"A"e>c BA|\
"D"D2 FA|"D"d>c "G"dB|"A7"AB ce|"D" d4 |]

The manuscript shows a ? after the title and "Paddy - polka" 
underneath.

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X:23004
T:EDDIE DOOLEY'S #1 (reel) 
C:E.Dooley 
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
R:reel
L:1/8
K:G
"G"BGG2 "C"EGG2|"Em"edBA "G"GFGE|"G"DGBG dGBe|"G"dBGB "D"A2dc|
"G"BGG2 "C"EGG2|"Em"edBA "G"GBdg|"C"ec c/B/c "Em"BAGE|"D"DEFA "G"G4:|
"G"bg~g2 "Am"agef|"G"gfgf "Em"edBA|"G"G3B dgba|"Em"gfed e2ga|
"G"bgg/a/g "Am"agef|"G"gfgf "Em"edBd|"G"gaba "C"gece|"D7"fdcA "G"G4:|

This tune is in Eddie's handwriting but has no title.

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X:23003
T:DOOLEY'S DELIGHT (reel) 
C:? Des Conroy
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
R:reel
L:1/8
K:Am
B|"Am"ABcB AGEG|"Em"ecdB "Am"cBAG|"Am"ABcd ea^ga|"Em"gede "G"gedB|
"Am"ABcB AGEG|"Em"ecdB "Am"cBAB|"C"cdeg "D"^fded|"Am"(3cBA "G"BG "Am"A3 :|
z|"Am"A2cA eage|"Am"~A2cA "G"GBdg|"Em"edeg "Am"a^gab|"G"g^fed "C"edcB|
"Am"A2cA eage|"Am"~A2cA "G"GBdg|"Am"a^gab "G"=ge "D"^fd|"Am"(3cBA "G"BG "Am"A3 :|

This tune has a name but no composer is shown, although what looks like "DC" is 
on the back of the page. Des Conroy?

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X:23018
T:WATERFORD QUAYS (reel) , The
C:D.Conroy
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Bm
A|"Bm"BdAG FBBc|"A"A2EA cBAc|"D"dcdf "A"eaec|"Bm"dfdB "A7"cBAG|
"Bm"FBBA "D"dffa|"A"e2ce BeAc|"D"dcde "Bm"fbaf|"A"e2cA "Bm"B3 :|
A|"D"d2fd "A"adec|"G"B2FG "A"ABce|"D"d2fd adfd|"Bm"B2fB "A"afec|
"D"d2fd "A"adec|"G"B2FG "A"ABce|"Bm"dBBf "A"eAec|"G"(3dcB "A"cA "Bm"B3 :|

Evidently Conroy, whose mother's family were from Waterford city, made his way 
south from his Kerry birthplace and worked as a longshoreman in the port for a 
few years before coming to New York. According to Jimmy Ford, "He said it was 
brutal work and he didn't miss it at all. It made working for the gas company 
seem like a vacation!"

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X:23012
T:MONASTERY STONES (hornpipe) , The
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=150
M:C
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:Am
"Am"EAAB "C"c2"G"BG|"Am"E2AG "Em"E3D|"Am"EAce a2"G"bg|"Em"e2"D"^fd "Em"egfd|
"Am"ecdB "C"cBAG|"Am"AGED "C"CDEG|"Am"AcBc "G"dcBG|"Am"EAGB "Am"A4 :|
"Am"e2ag "C"e2"D"^fd|"Em"e2ga "G"bag^f|"C"e2ce "G"d3B|"Am"ABcd "Em7"edBd|
"Am"e2ag "C"e2"D"^fd|"Em"e2ga "G"bag^f|"C"e^fge "Am"abgf|"C"ec"G"dB "Am"A4 :|

The title refers to Mount Melleray Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1833 
that's situated on the slopes of the Knockmealdown Mountains along the road between 
Cappoquin and Dungarvan. According to Jimmy Ford, Eddie's uncle Peadar worked as 
caretaker at the monastery for many years and often employed young Eddie as a kind 
of unofficial apprentice. Ford recalls Eddie talking about his uncle and the days 
at the monastery with great fondness, and was not at all suprised than Eddie had 
dedicated this tune to the memory of his time there.

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X:23020
T:WORKING MAN'S FRIEND (reel) , The
C:Con O'Shea
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
L:1/8
M:C
K:Em
A|"Em"Beed efed|"G"gfed BcBA|"Em"GEED E2DE|"C"GEED "Em"EFGA|
"Em"Beed efed|"G"gfed BcBA|"Em"GEED "G"B,DGB|"D"AGFG "Em"E3 :|
B|"Em"efga bgeg|"D"fdd2 add2|"Em"efga "Bm7"bgaf|"Em"edBd "C"e3B|
"Em"efga bgeg|"D"fd (3d^cd ad (3d^cd|"Am"ecBA "G"GABc|"D"defd "Em"e3 :|

This is the first tune I've come across that Eddie attributes to Con O'Shea, 
a fiddler from The Spring area of Dungarvan. Jimmy Ford led me to believe that 
there would be a number of others. O'Shea, who was not familiar with music notation, 
would call Eddie and play his tunes over the phone while Eddie taped them. Ford 
recalls one such taping session during which the tape got hopelessly jammed. 
"Eddie was trying his best to get the machine working while he was yelling at 
O'Shea - an older man who was hard of hearing - to stop playing for a minute," 
Ford told me. "It took Eddie at least five minutes to straighten out the tape 
and I don't think O'Shea missed a beat the whole time. He wasn't too thrilled 
about having to repeat the performance - he kept asking Eddie who the hell was 
going to pay the phone bill!" "The man owns half the parish," said Eddie to Ford 
later, "and he's worried about a few pounds on his phone bill. He's a terrible 
miser but begod he writes beautiful tunes!" (There's no record of Eddie offering 
to reimburse Con, but they were fast friends until Con died in 1977.)

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X:23014
T:OCEAN PARKWAY JIG, The
C:E.Dooley
F:file ID:eddie/13ocean
Q:1/4=160
R:jig
L:1/8
M:6/8
K:D
"D"DFA "Bm"dcB|"D"AFA "G"B2c|"Bm"dBB fBB|"A"Ace "G"dcB|
"D"AFA "Bm"dcB|"D"AFA "G"Bcd|"Em"edB "D"AFB|"A"AFE "D"D3 :|
"Bm"BFB "A"cAc|"G"dBd "Em"efg|"D"afd "Bm"Bcd|"Em"efd "A"cBA|
"Bm"BFB "A"cAc|"G"dBd "Em"efg|"D"aba "Bm"fdB|"A"Ace "D"d3 :|

Named for a Brooklyn landmark, a 5 mile "boulevard" between downtown Brooklyn and 
the ocean.

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X:23011
T:MILL BASIN JIG, The
C:E.Dooley
C:ABC/arr.BB
R:jig
L:1/8
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
K:G
E|"G"G2F "C"EFG|"G"BAG Bcd|"C"e2c "D"def|"G"ged "D7"cAF|
"G"G2F "C"EFG|"G"BAB "D"def|"G"gab "Am"age|"D"dBA "G"G2 :|
e|"G"gab "D"fga|"C"e2c "D"def|"C"gfe "G"d^cd|"Em"Bgf e2f|
"G"gab "D"fga|"C"e2c "D"def|"G"gdB "Am"ABc|"G"BGF "G"G2 :|

Named for a neighborhood in Brooklyn not far from the Dooleys' home in Flatbush.

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X:23009
T:MERRY MEETING (reel), The
C:E.Dooley
C:ABC/arr.BB
M:C
R:reel
Q:1/4=180
K:Em
"Em" EBB^c "Bm"dBAF|"Em"EFGB "D"AGFD|"Em"EFGE "Bm"FABA|"G"GBcB "D"ABGF|
"Em"Eeef edB^c|"D"defe dBAF|"Em"EBBA "Bm"BAGF|"Em" EGFD E4 :|
"Em" e2Be gfeg|"D"fd^cd adef|"Em"gfeg "G"bagf|"Em"edB^c "D"dBAF|
"Em"EFGE "Bm"FABA|"G"GBcB "D"ABGF|"Em"Eeef gbag|"Bm" fdBd "Em"e4 :|

Although not frequent travellers, Ford recalls that Eddie and Mary Ellen did attend one of 
the Comhaltas conventions in the 1990's, probably the one in Tarrytown NY in 1995. The 
untitled manuscript has "CCE conv..." scribbled across the back but the date and place are 
unreadable due to dampness.

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X:23015
T:PUSS IN BOOTS 
C:D.Conroy
F:file ID:eddie/14puss
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:D
G|"D"ABA "G"dcB|"D"ABA "A"E2F|"G"G2A BAG|"D"F2F "A7"EFG|
"D"ABA "G"dcB|"D"ABA def|"G"g2e "A"cBc|"D"d3 d2 :|
g|"D"a2f "Em"g2e|"D"ded "G"dcB|"D"ABA "G"dcB|"D"ABd "A"e2f|
"G"g2e "A7"a2g|"D"fed fga|"Em"g2e "A7"cBc|"D"d3 d2 :|

According to Jimmy Ford, the Dooleys had a cat of whom they were particularly 
fond, all the more because the cat herself seemed to love traditional music and 
always seemed to be in the area when tunes were being played. Ford couldn't remember 
the cat's name - "she was a tabby, must have weighed twenty pounds, used to sit on 
the back of the sofa purring like crazy whenever there was music going" - but he 
was delighted when examining the manuscripts to see that Conroy - evidently no cat 
lover himself - had commemorated her! (Note: this is one of the few of the manuscript 
pages that survived its sojourn in the Dooleys' garage in pristine condition, undamaged 
by mice. Coincidence?)

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X:23013
T:NINETEEN SATURDAYS (reel) 
C:Andy Murphy 
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
E|"D"FEFA "Bm"dcBA|"D"FADE "A"FEE2|"D"F3c "G"B2de|"D"fagf "A7"ecAG|
"D"FEFG "A7"AGFE|"D"FADE "A"FEEA|"Bm"d3A "G"B2GB|"A7"ABAG "D"FDD :|
e|: "D"faaf "G"gfeg|"D"faaf "G"gfe2|"D"faaf "Bm"bafe|"D"dfed "Bm"Bcde|
"D"faaf "G"gfeg|"D"faaf "G"gfe2|1 "D"fdcd "Bm"bafe| "D"dcdB "A"ABce :|\
[2 "D"fdcd "Em"efge|"A7"afge "D"fdd2 "_DS"|| 

The manuscript for this tune has "one of Andy's" in Eddie's handwriting on 
the back, but there's no title. I christened it "Nineteen Saturdays" in
fond memory of a Saturday session at the "19th Hole", a pub in Hyannis
(Cape Cod) that hosted us for a few years.

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X:23019
T:WHITETAILS' VISIT (hornpipe) , The
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=150
M:C
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
(3DEF|"G"GedB "Am"AGAB|"G"GedB "D"A2 (3DEF|"G"GFGA "Bm"BABd|"Em"gfed "C"e2ef|
"G"gfed "Em"edBd|"Am"cABG "D7"AGFE|"G"DGFG "Em"edBG|"Am"Ec"D"AF "G"G2 :|
Bc|"G"dgef "C"gedc|"G"Bd^cd "Am"ed=cA|"G"Bdeg "Am"abag|"D"fd"A"e^c "D"d2B=c|
"G"dgef "C"gedc|"G"BGAB "D7"cdef|"G"gabg "Em"efgb|"D"afdf "G"g2 :|

This is one of the few of Eddie's own tunes that are "gan ainm" - there's what 
appears to be a name of some sort but it's been partially erased (most of Eddie's 
manuscripts are done in pencil) and partially scribbled over. At the bottom of 
the page is a note in a distinctively feminine hand - Mary Ellen's? Margaret's? - 
that says "piano tuner", possibly some sort of gentle reminder to Eddie.

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X:23008
T:LOOSE CHANGE JIG, The
C:? Andy Murphy
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
F|"G"GFG edB|"Em"edB "Am"AGE|"G"GFG edB|"Em"edB "D"A2F|
"G"GFG edB|"Em"edB "Am"AGE|"G"GAB "Am"AGE|"D"DB,D "Em"E2 :|
F|"G"GBB dBB|"Em"eBB dcB|"C"cBc "Am"ABc|"C"ecB "D"A2F|
"G"GBB dBB|"Em"eBB dcB|"Am"ABc BAB|"Em"GEE E2 :|

The manuscript for this tune was badly damaged by the Brooklyn rodents who made 
their homes in the Dooleys' garage. The title and measures 7-8 and 9-12 are my 
responsibility.

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X:23006
T:KILDERRIHEEN REEL, The 
C:E.Dooley
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=180
M:C
R:reel
K:D
DE|"D"FAAB AFEF|"G"GBAG "D"FDDE|"Bm"FABA dBAF|"G"G2FG "A"E2DE|
"D"FAAB AFEF|"G"GABc "G"dcdB|"D"AFF2 "G"GBAG|"D"FD"A"EC "D"D2 :|
cd|"A"eAA2 EAA2|"A"cBcd eAAe|"D"fdfa "G"gfeg|"D"fdfa "Em"gfed|
"A"cA~A2 EA~A2|"A"cBcd eAAe|"D"f2dc "G"B2GB|"A"cedc "D"d2 :|

Eddie's mother Margaret Fallon was from this parish (pronounced kill-dra-HEEN).

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X:23007
T:LITTLE BRIDGE, The 
C:Des Conroy
C:ABC/arr.BB
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
D|"G"G2E "C"EFG|"G"B2A "Am"ABc|"G"d2B "C"cAG|"D"F2D DED|
"G"G2E "C"EFG|"G"B2A "Am"ABc|"G"dcB "D"AFD|"G"G3 "G"G2 :|
A|"G"B2d d^cd|"C"c2e efe|"D"faf def|"G"g2d d2c|
"G"B2d d^cd|"C"c2e efe|"D"fed fga|"G"g3 "G"g2 :|

A tune of Des Conroy's. At the top of the manuscript page appears this note 
after "Conroy": "no name from him - Margaret says Little Bridge", evidently 
meaning that Eddie's daughter christened it after a landmark in Cappoquin.

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