BB's IRISH TRADITIONAL TUNE LIBRARY
"The Collected Compositions of Ed Reavy" (Ireland, n.d.)
tunefolder 52
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This file contains the collected compositions of Ed Reavy, VERSION 2.0.
It is for personal use and the music must not be included in any books, 
performances or recordings without the express permission of the Ed Reavy 
Foundation.
 
Ed Reavy, Jr., President 
Ed Reavy Non-Profit Foundation
2004 Aspen Circle
Springfield, PA, USA, 19064
edjr@reavy.us
 
(c) Copyright Ed Reavy Non-Profit Foundation. This file:
- May be distributed freely (with restrictions below).
- May not be used for commercial purposes (such as printing a tune book to sell).
- This copyright notice must be kept, except when e-mailing individual tunes.
- May be printed on paper for personal use.
- Questions? E-mail: bil@mckenty.us

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All tunes were composed or arranged by Ed Reavy (1898-1988). Explanatory 
material accompanying the tunes was written by Joe Reavy.

Original ABC transcriptions by Bil McKenty.

A brief biography of Ed Reavy is at the end of this file. 

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BB note:
I have secured permission from the Reavys via Bil McKenty to place all 
this material on my webABC Collections (now Irish Traditional Tune Library)
website. My thanks to the family and to Bil for allowing these great tunes 
to be shared.

I have followed Bil's transcriptions but made whatever changes I thought 
were necessary. The notation in the book is generally excellent, however 
there are certain elements (e.g. the "segno" signs, which are incorrectly 
used throughout the book) that I have removed from the ABCs. There are 
also numerous instances of missing accidentals that I have corrected.

Some of Reavy's tunes are ambiguous as to modality. I don't know if Reavy
actually notated his tunes, or if the material in this book is based on
transcriptions of his playing (which seems more likely). Son Joe's bio-
graphial sketch (at the end of this file) isn't specific on the point;
he alludes to "manuscripts" but that seems to mean material that was 
notated "after the fact" from tapes etc. Nowhere is it indicated that
Reavy had any knowledge of musical notation that he could have used to
preserve his tunes.

Even allowing for Reavy's composing style, not all the unexpected accidentals 
seem correct, and to my ear their presence is more of a distraction than 
anything. In some drastic cases I have taken the liberty of changing the 
original (however always noting in the N: field that I have done so); in 
other cases I have indicated where I think positive changes could be made by 
an individual player.

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Entries in the N: field are mine unless otherwise attributed.

Expressions in quotes ("andante", "allegro", etc) are the composer's
(or the editor's). I'm not sure why Ed or his editors thought these were 
necessary in a traditional context, but you run across them in other
(mostly 19th Century) collections, and I have kept them here. 

In the 2019 update of this file, I placed directions in a Y: field (which 
otherwise seems unused in standard ABC).

Any file contents that follow a % will not appear in print or in the 
sound file.

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X:52001
T:ANN FROM MONAGHAN (reel)
C:© Ed Reavy
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
c|d2fa gece|dged dAA=c|BGGB AFFA|GFED CDEF|
D2 FA E2 GB|ABce defg|afge fded|cAGE FDD:|
g|faa^g afdc|dfa=g fdd=f|egg^f ge=cB|=ceg=f ecce|
d2eg f2af|g2bg ecAf|afge fded|cAGE FDD:|

"Ed's favorite aunt on his mother's side. She was a lively story teller 
who could capture the hearts of the children who heard her speak. And 
she knew everyone who lived in her region. Ed never quite finishes 
talking about this fascinating woman of the tradition. Much of his 
musical inspiration has been kindled by recollections of what Aunt 
Ann said many years ago."

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X:52002
T:AUGHAMORE REEL, The
C:© E. Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:D
FG|ADFA dAFG|ADFA fedc|BEED EFGf|gfed cAAc|
dfdf cece|BcdB AFDF|EFGA B2dB|1 cAGE D2:|\
[2 cAGE FD D2||
|:fgaf gece|dfed cAAg|fgaf bgec|dfeg fddf|
afdf gece|dfed cAGE|FGAB c2ed|1 cAGE FD D2:|\
[2 cAGE D4|]

"Delia's town, just a short distance from her native village of Aughtaboy. 
Like so many beautiful Irish places names, Aughamore could fit nicely 
in any charming line of verse.  No wonder the immigrant takes pride 
in rehearsing the sound of his own native place. He has lost much, but 
certainly not all. No feeling can quite match that stirring of the heart 
when an exile hears his 'own place home' spoken on the lips of those he 
loves."

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X:52003
T:AUGHTABOY JIG, The 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
R:jig
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
D|GAG BGB|d^cd gdB|GFG BAG|FDF AGF|
GDB, G,B,C|DAF FEF|BdB cAF|AGF G2:|
A|Bdg fdf|ece dBG|Bdg fdf|1 agf g2A|
Bdg fdf|ece dBG|cAG FEF|AGF G2 :|
[2 agf g2a|bag faf|gdc BAF|GBB FAA|\
cAF HG3|]

"The village the Morleys came from. Delia (Brigid), Ed's wife, was born 
there February 18, 1902. The old house still stands after these many 
years, though no one now lives there. Four of the eight children are 
still living: Delia and Margaret here in the States, and Jim and Eileen 
in England."

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X:52004
T:BEARDED FIDDLER, The 
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
R:jig
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
G|FAd fAF|GBd gAG|FAd fAF|GEF GFE|
FAd fAF|GBd gag|fed edc|d3 d2:|
g|afd Adf|gec Afg|afd AGF|G3 GAG|
FAd fAF|GBd gag|fed edc|d3 d2:|

"Farley was a great tramp fiddler who roamed through Monaghan and Cavan on 
fair days. His daughter sold the family wares as he played to the delight 
of their customers. Ed recalled one day that Farley played so beautifully 
that the daughter threw her arms around him in a burst of spontaneous joy. 
Ed never forgot the wholesome feelings expressed there, nor did he fail to 
recognize the life-warming secrets shared by those who love the music of 
Ireland."

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X:52005
T:BEYOND BALLYBAY 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
R:jig
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D
A,|DFA dcd|fed cAF|DFA =cBc|=cBA GE=C|
DFA dcd|DFA =cBc|d=cB cGE|DED D2:|
g|afd dcd|Bcd efg|bge efd|ced cBA|
[1 afd dcd|Bcd efg|fed gec|edc d2:|
[2 fed gfe|agf bag|fed cAG|FDD D3|]

"As a boy, Ed was fascinated with the thought of going to Ballybay 
'and beyond'. He remembered it as a lovely town, 'full of grand music 
on a market day'."

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X:52006
T:BIG WILLIE'S WEDDING (hornpipe)
C:© E. Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=140
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
FE|DAFA DAFA|BGEd cAFA|fdAf gece|dfed cAGE|
DAFA DAFD|A,CEF GECE|DFAc Bdce|d2dc d2:|
ed|cdeg fdcd|fgaf bged|cBAB cdef|gbed cAGE|
DFAc BGEd|cAFA fdAf|gecA ^GAce|d2 dc d2:|

"Willie was a sight to behold and his wedding was not in the grand 
tradition. But everyone in Barnagrove loved Big Willie."

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X:52007
T:BLACKROCK SHORE (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
R:hornpipe
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=140
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
g|fedc dAFA|GFGF EDCE|DFAF EGBG|FAdf gfed|
fefd gfec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|EDCE D3:|
F|GFED CEA,C|DFAc d2 cd|edef gfga|bgec dAFA|
dfaf bgec|defd AGFA|GFEG FEDF|EDCE D3 :|

"Aunt Ann used to sing 'The Maid of the Blackrock Shore', and she 
never missed a verse. Ed recalls part of the song, but these lines 
stuck in his memory: 
'For seven long years I waited on 
The maid from the Blackrock Shore.' 
Ed loved the old songs that were sung by the people of his region."

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X:52008
T:BLESSINGS OF SILVER (reel), The
C:© E. Reavy
R:reel
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Reavy's measure 10 is |=bcde fdcd|. I also replaced
the B natural in m.14 with B flat. I couldn't decide
what if anything to do with the various f's, so I left
them alone.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Gdor
G/A/|BdBF DGGF|DFCF DFCF|DFFA Bcdg|g^fdf fdcA|
Bdce dcBA|DGBG ^FDCA,|DFFA Bcdg|^fdcA G3:|
g|bfa^f gfdc|Bcde fdcd|bgae f2 ge|fdcA BG[G,G]g|
bga^f gfdc|Bcde fefa|gbag ^fage|1 =fdcA BGG:|\
[2=fdcA BGHG2||

"Written for Lou and Mary Quinn's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. 
Ed loved the connotations of the title: the blessings of twenty-five 
years of marriage, the blessings of a couple growing old together, and 
the many rewards of family life. Ed admired Lou not only because of his 
musical talent, but also because he was a self-made man who set high 
standards for other immigrants who followed him to the New World."

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X:52009
T:BOG OF ALLEN (reel), The
C:© E. Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Notation of this tune is suspect, particularly with regard to
F's, but I have kept the book version (against my better judgement!)
N:2:I added the second ending.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
dc|BFAF G=FDE|=F2AF ^FDCB,|DGAF GABc|dgfa gfdc|
BGG2 G=FDE|[A,2=F2] AF ^FDCB,|DGAF GABc |dged c2:|
Bc|dgg2 bfag|dggf dcBc|dgg2 agg2|defd c2 Bc|
dgg2 bgag|dggf dcBA|GABc defa|1 "thru"gefd c2:|
[2 "final"gefd c2BA|HG4z4|]

"Mentioned eloquently in Joyce's short story 'The Dead' (in 'Dubliners'). 
This desolate region reminds us of Yeats' line 'the drifting, indefinite 
bitterness of life'. Ed has always felt that far too much is made of 
Ireland's greenery and not enough said of her terrible greyness. Ed has 
lived to see the whole of Ireland, and he has tried to get as much of it 
as he could into his own tunes."

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X:52010
T:BOTH MEAT AND DHRINK 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
DGB d^cd|edB cAF|GBd gfg|bag fga|geg fdf|
edB cde|fdf agf|1 gdB cAF:|2 cAF G2||
e|gfg gfg|dBG FGA|=fef fef|ag^f agf|
gfg bag|fga gfd|cAF DEF|AGF G2:|

"'Old Pat' Kane was a Wexford man who worked on a rich man's estate in the 
Philadelphia suburbs. Ed visited Pat and his wife in the early seventies, 
a year or so after his visit to Ireland. Pat worked the farm much as he 
did in the Old Country and he had great flavor in his language. He liked 
his bottle of 'Porther,' whenever he could get it. He often exclaimed that 
man needed nothing else to sustain himself in this life. 'It is more than 
a drink,' he was heard to say. 'It's both meat and dhrink.'"

BB note: "Dhrink" in title is Ed's spelling.

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X:52011
T:BREFNI O'REILLY (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Another Reavy tune with "ambiguous" F's. I'm not sure what Ed had
in mind but I'm considering this a modal tune (= all F's natural).
If you want to hear what the original sounds like, replace "K:C"
with "K:G".
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmix
E|G2dG FDCD|GAcd fgaf|gdd2 cAGA|dcAG FDCD|
G2dG FDCD|GAcd fgaf|gbag fagf|dcAF DGG:|
A|B2ga fagf|dcBc AFF2|GABc defg|agfa gfga|
bgaf gfdc|BGdG AFF2|GABc dgbg|gdcA BGG :|

"O'Reilly is one of the landed names of Cavan and of old Brefni before 
it. The O'Reillys have spread far and wide to wherever the immigrant has 
ventured in his many meanderings. This title could well be our proud 
county's battlecry, or the triumphant chant of a Cavan footballer scoring 
a winning goal at Croake Park."

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X:52012
T:BRIAN QUINN'S (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Second ending is mine.
Q:1/4=180
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:reel
K:G
GF|DGGB dBGB|A=FFE FGAF|DGGB dBGE|=FGAF DGG^F|
DGGB dBGB|A=FFE FGAF|GABc dgbg|1 fdcA Bd :|\
[2 fdcA BG||
GA|Bdgd Bdgd|BABd cA=FA|Bdgd Bdga|bgfa gfga|
bgaf gfdc|Bd=fd cA=FD|GABc dBcA|1 "thru"BdcA BG:|
[2 "final"BdcA BGGF|HG4z4|]

"Brian is now a very successful physician in Flemington, New Jersey. 
He is also a brilliant piano accordionist and a great lover of tradi-
tional music. He is the second of Lou's five boys (two girls), and 
they all play musical instruments."

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X:52013
T:BRIGID OF KNOCK (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=140
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
F|GFGA Bdgf|agfc ed^cd|BGDG cAFG|ABcB AGFD|
G,B,D=F ECEG|FDFA GBAc|Bgfd cAFA|G2 GF G3:|
g|afdg bgfa|gfge dcBd|ceAc BcdA|FAcA FDCA,|
G,B,D=F ECEG|FDFA GBAc|Bgfd cAFA|G2 GF G3:|

"Named for Ed's wife, who came from Knock. She was part of everything 
he did. To me, she represents the warmth, beauty, and love that inspires 
each of us to value what we are and what we came from." [BB note: she’s 
also the mother of the person responsible for composing the liner notes 
for Ed’s book!]

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X:52014
T:CAPTAIN TOM CONNOLLY'S (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
Bc|dBgB cAFA|DGBG FGAF|DGBd gdBd|cBAG FGAF|
DGBG B,DFA|GABd cABc|dgg2 defd|cAFA G2:|
ef|g2dg Bgdg|Bcde fdde|fgaf defa|gfge fddf|
gbag fagf|d^cde fefg|afge defd|cAFA G2:|

"For an old New York friend of Ed's and a fine fiddle player himself. 
This fulfilla a promise to Tom made several years ago."

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X:52015
T:CARA'S SONG (air)
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=60
M:C
L:1/8 % source 1/16
K:G
D2EF G2FG|A2FD B2GE|c2AG F2A,B,|C2B,A, HB,2B,C|
D2B,D G2FG|A2FD B2GE|c2AG F2EF|G3G- HG2||
Bc|d2ed B3G|Ec c/B/A/G/ F2DF|G2FG A2FD|c2BA B2Bc|
d2 ^c/d/e/d/ B2G2|Ec c/B/A/G/ F2DB,|C2B,C D2EF|G>G HG6|

"An air Ed wrote for his granddaughter Cara.  Cara is autistic, but has 
a special fondness for music.  Maybe someday his music will touch her, 
too."

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X:52016
T:CASTLE BRAY (hornpipe) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I can't get this to sound right regardless of how much finagling
I do with the accidentals. It might in fact be a "superb" tune, but
I'll leave it to you to decide after you try it (sound file is pretty
bad).
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:A
A2Bd edcA|A,B,=CE DB,=G,B,|A,2B,D EDCD|EAce dB=GB|
A2 Bd edcA|A,B,=CE DB,=G,B,|A,B,=CD EAce|dB=GB A2||
Ad|ceac dcBA|GABa gedB|ceac dcBA|GABd cAAB|
ceac dcBA|GABc d2 fg|a2g2 f2ec|dfec A4|]

"Ed didn't write many highlands, but the ones he wrote are superb 
compositions.  And this is the best of those highlands."

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X:52017
T:CASTLEBLANEY PIPER, The  
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:D
G|FDF ABc|dfd AGF|GBG EFG|FDF GFE|
FDF ABc|dfd cde|faf gec|edc d2:|
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e|fed gfe|fed cAF|GBG FGA|BGE EFG|
[1 f2d g2e|fed cde|faf gec|edc d2 :|
[2 FDF ABc|dfd cde|faf gec|edc Hd3|]

"Ed said that this was a great place for pipers in his day. Ed is not a great 
lover of the pipes, but he had a special feeling for these great pipers of 
his childhood days when he visited the Hamills and family friends in County 
Monaghan."

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X:52018
T:CAVAN TOWN (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
e2|fece dAFA|EFGE CDEG|FDFA ^GABD|cdef gece|
dfAd FADF|EFGE CDEG|FAce gece|d2dc d2:| 
fg|afdA FAdf|gecA EAce|fgaf efge|cdef gece|
fadc dfaf|egcA EAce|ba^ge cABc|d2dc d2:|

"One of Ed's favorite towns. He wanted to celebrate its memory before he had 
completed his life's work. May Cavan Town live on wherever this hornpipe is 
played."

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X:52019
T:CAVAN'S OWN HORNPIPE
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:A
P:Upper notes for treble instruments
ED|CE[AA,][cC] EAce|dcBa gece|faec dcdf|edcd BGED|
CE[AA,][cC] EAce|dcBc defg|aece dBGB|A2GB A2:|
cd|eAce aece|fdd2 bagf|eAce aecA|BEDE BEGB|
cAce aece|fdcd bagf|eAce dBGB|A2GB A2:|

"Ed is truly Cavan's own, as is this delightful dancing hornpipe."

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X:52020
T:CEILIER (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
Bc|dGBd c=FAc|BGBd gfdc|Bcde =fdeg|^fdBd c=FAc|
BGGF GABc|dGBd c2 Bc|dgfa gbag|fdcA G2:|
Bc|dggf g2 gf|dgBg dcBc|de=fe f2 fe|d=fcf dcBc|
dggf gfga|bgaf gfde|=f2 fe fdeg|^fdcA G2:|

"He would come with his fiddle to 'make his ceili'. And he would never 
come without a new tune or some new version of an old tune he heard 
since his last visit. He could also tell an odd good story or two."

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X:52021
T:CHAPEL GATE (reel), The 
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:As is not uncommon in other presentations of Reavy's tunes, 
there seems to be some confusion in as to how and when 
accidentals should be employed. I have opted to treat this 
as an A modal tune.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Amix
FG|A2EA cdef|gfga gede|aged cdeg|aged cAGD|
EGAB =cBAG|EGGF G2 AB|cde^g aged|cAGB A2:|
cd|eaag a2ag|eaa2 bgag|edBd gfgf|eg dg edcd|
eaag a2ag|bg af gfed|cdef gfec|dBGB A2:|

"The Chapel Gate is Knockbride's, the family parish. Many a good 
wedding party started there featuring the wedding fiddler and his 
charming selection of nuptial tunes."

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X:52022
T:CHARLIE McDEVITT'S (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I think the C's in mm 1 and 5 sound better as C natural (and seem more
consistent with mm. 3 and 7, where they are so indicated in the book).
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
ed|=cAAG FDEF|GDEF G2 AB|=cBAG EDEG|Addc dfed|
=cAAG FDEF|GDB,D G2AB|=cBAG EDEG|Addc d2:|
ed|cdef gfge|a^gaf =gfge|cdef gfge|fage d2 ed|
cdef gfge|a^gaf =gfed|Bd ef gfge|fage d2:|

"Named for a keen observer of the music. He was one of the many Donegal 
fiddler friends of Ed, who came often to exchange tunes and old stories. 
Charlie had a great head for the music, but not the hands to match. 
Trying to finger a difficult passage he was often heard to exclaim, 
'They won't go down.' But this did not deter Charlie from becoming an 
important influence in the tradition at that time. He affectionately 
called Ed 'the Doctor'." 

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X:52023
T:CHARLIE MULVIHILL'S (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Second ending is mine.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
"reel"
A2FA DAFA|G2E=C EFGB|A2FA DAFA|defd cAGE|
A2FA DAFA|GFE=C EFGB|AB^cd fded|cAGE DEFG :|
d2fd fafd|e=cc2 efge|d2 fd fafd|cAGE EDDc|
d2fd fafd|e=cc2 efge|defg abag|1 eaag eddc :|\
[2 eaag eddc|Hd4z4|]

"Named for a very popular musician who was born in the Bronx of Irish 
parents. He probably knew more tunes than any musician in Ed's memory. 
He had a great love for the tradition and this was reflected in his 
sensitive renditions of the countless tunes he knew."

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X:52024
T:CONNEMARA SKIES (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Bottom note of the double stop is the source note.
Q:1/4=150
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
P:upper note for treble instruments
FE|D[AA,][GG,][AA,] F[AA,][GG,][AA,]|GFGB ADFA|dAFA Bdgf|ecdB AFGE|
D[AA,][GG,][AA,] F[AA,][GG,][AA,]|GFGB AdcB|Adfa gece|dfaf d2:|
cd|edcd fage|fdd2 bagf|edcd efgf|ecdB AGFG|
fdcd fage|fdd2 bagf|edcB Acec|dfaf d2:|

"It is one of Ed's many exquisite hornpipes. Nice to pair it with 
'Munster Grass'. Both titles come from a line in Yeats: 'Full of 
Munster grass and Connemara skies'."

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X:52025
T:CORNCRAKE (air), The
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Reavy's heroic attempt to notate a sean-nós piece. Unfortunately 
ABC isn't really designed to produce a reasonable playback for pieces 
of this nature, so I apologize in advance for the quality of the sound
file.
Q:1/4=60
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
d>c|B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 c2 d g3|\
M:2/4
g>f d2|
M:4/4
cB G F3 d>c|B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 c2 d g3|\
M:2/4
gf d2|\
M:4/4
cB G2 G4||
M:6/8
e=f f2 c3|c2 de/f/ g2 |gf d2 c2|BG/D/ =F2 d>c|\
M:4/4
B G3 (3GFG BB|c2 c2 d g3|
M:2/4
gf d2|\
M:4/4
cB G2 HG4|]

"The mournful cry of this creature can still be heard in the remote 
country places of Ireland.  This strange air of Ed's takes us back to 
an earlier agewhen one could wander through the night fields of Ireland 
and hear the dark sigh of the solitary corncrake."

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X:52026
T:CREEL OF TURF (reel), The 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato A-A-B-A"
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmix
P:P1
dc|ADD2 AGAG|ECCD EDEG|ADD2 AGAG|EDCE DcBc|
ADD2 AGAG|ECCD EDEG|AGAB cBcA|GECE D2:|
P:P2
zF|GAcd efed|cAGA cAAF|GAcd efed|cAGA c2 [E2c2]|
GAcd efed|cAGA cBcd|edec dedc|AGAc dedc|]
%
P:P1 repeated
ADD2 AGAG|ECCD EDEG|ADD2 AGAG|EDCE DcBc|
ADD2 AGAG|ECCD EDEG|AGAB cBcA|GECE HD4|]

"Ed got the 'strains' of this tune many years ago from Jimmy McElroy, 
a County Monaghan flute player. The title comes from Synge's verse 
about Patch Shaneen and Maurya Prendergast. Shaneen grieves the passing 
of Maurya, his wife, who travelled the roads with him 'west in Carnareagh' - 
'She'd pick her bag of carrageen 
Or perries through the surf, 
Or loan an ass of Foxy Jim
To fetch her creel of turf.' 

The poor couple had little, but they loved much. The poem and tune make 
a good match for anyone seeking a glimpse of the old Ireland."

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X:52027
T:CROSSMAGLEN REEL
C:© E.Reavy 
R:reel
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:The F sharps in mm 7 and 15 seem out of place, but I
kept them in anyway. I have a feeling nobody would miss
them if you played F natural instead.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dm
de|fedc ADDE|FDAD FDDF|Ec=Bc ECCE|Ddd^c d2 de|
fgdf edce|dcAF EDCE|DE^FG AdcA|GECE D2:|
de|fefg afdf|ecc2 Gceg|fefg afdf|ed^ce d2 fg|
afdf ed^ce|dcAF EDCE|DE^FG AdcA|GECE D2:|

"I'm told that the road from Carrickmacross to Crossmaglen is lined 
with your worst sort of rogues. The verse perhaps comes from some old 
cantankerous Irishman who probably never himself walked this road. If 
he had, he would surely have been charmed with the likes of what he saw 
and heard. (Another tune to delight Ed's close friend from Armagh: Lou 
Quinn)." 

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X:52028
T:CROSSROADS DANCE, The
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This looks like an A1-B-A2 tune but the book's use of segnos is 
confusing without the corresponding "DS" or "fine" indications (which 
don't work in ABC anyway).
Q:1/4=160
R:jig 
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G
P:P1
f|gfe dcB|A2E E2F|GFG DEF|G2D D2f|
gfe dcB|A2E E2F|GFG DEF|G3 G2:|
P:P2
A|Bcd efg|dcB A2B|cBA a2g|fdf gdB|
GBd gfg|dcB A2B|cBA a2g|fdf g2:|
P:P1 repeat
f|gfe dcB|A2E E2F|GFG DEF|G2D D2f|
gfe dcB|A2E E2F|GFG DEF|G3 HG3|]

"It was a popular place for holding dances in the old tradition. Ed 
was not much of a dancer, but he went along just the same in hopes 
that an 'odd good player might be manning the fiddle'." 

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X:52029
T:CUILCAGH MOUNTAINS (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Another tune that suffers from "F ambiguity". I'm treating all 
accented F's as natural but I have no idea if that's what Reavy intended. 
N:2:I have a feeling that Reavy intended this to be an A1-B-A2 tune, but 
whoever did the notation didn't use the segno correctly so I'm not sure. 
You'd probably be OK with playing this as a straight AA-BB tune with a 
long G at the end, which is what I did to produce the sound file.
R:reel
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
DF|G2AG =FDCD|G2Ac defg|agfa gfdc|Ac AG =FGAF|
G2dG =FDCF|G2Ac defg|agfa gfdc|1 AGFA G2:|\
[2 AGFA G3|| 
f|g2ag fdcd|=fefg fdcd|=fgag fdcA|GBAF DGG2|
gfag fdcd|cdfa g2fg|agfa gbag|1=fefg fdc:|\
[2=fefg fdcA|HG4z4|]

"The origin of the majestic Shannon is in this small remote mountain 
range in Cavan. Ed took pride in this and for that reason called his 
first book of tunes 'Where the Shannon Rises'."

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X:52030
T:DANCES AT KINVARA (barn dance) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe 
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
K:G
EF|G2 B2 BdBG|c2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cdef|gfaf gd^cd|
B2 G2 DBcB|A2 D2 [F3A3] G|FGAB cAFA|G2 B2 G2:|
GA|B2 dB c2 e2|d2 b2 b3 f|agfe dcBA|G2g2 g2df|
g2 dB e2 cA|d2 BG [E2C2] AG|FGAB cAFA|G2 B2 G2:|

"Ed heard of them from a friend, but never visited Kinvara himself. 
He has long cherished this unfulfilled wish."

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X:52031
T:DAY WE WENT TO KELLS, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:McKenty/Black
N:This looks like a single reel (A-B) but it's hard to be 
sure on the basis of the book's notation. I can't imagine
Ed (RIP) would mind if you played it as a double!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
GA|BGG2 AGFD|BGBG cAFA|BGG2 A2 Bc|dfed cAFA|
BGG2 AGFD|BGBG cAFA|BGG2 A2 Bc|dfed dAFA||
Bd gf afgB|Aceg fdcA|Bd gf afge|fdcA BGG2|
Bd gf afgB|Aceg f2fg|afge fdeg|fdcA BGG2|]

"Ed was quite young when it happened, but he remembers vividly the 
festivity of the occasion - music of course, and young and old together 
to celebrate the trip to some far off place they had only dreamed of 
going."

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X:52032
T:DOCTOR'S CROSS (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
G|ADFA d2eg|f2 ec dAFA|GEB,E G,EB,E|FEDF E2 FG|
ADFA d2 eg|f2 ec dAFA|fdAf gece|d2dc d3 :|
e|fefa gfge|fefd ecAg|f2 df gfed|c2A^G A3=g|
fefa gfga|bgec dAFA|fdAf gece|d2dc d2:|

"I'm sure he had many a cross to bear, but this title really commemorates 
the crossroads located near the old country doctor's place outside Coote-
hill. Ed tried to find these crossroads during his '69 visit, but to no 
avail. The road had been changed some years back, and the doctor had 
long since gone from the old place that Ed knew as a child."

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X:52033
T:DONEGAL DOUGHERTYS (reel) , The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:McKenty/Black
N:Another "ambiguous" tune I have reset as modal, with all accented
C's natural. 
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Dmix
E|D2 FA dfaf|ge^ce dcAG|FEFG A^GAB|cBcG EDCE|
DEFD G2 FG|ABcA dcde|fgaf cded|1 cAGE EDC:|\
[2 cAGE EDD||
|:c|d2 fd fafd|cAGF EFGE|d2 fd fafd|cdeg fddf|
afge fde^c|dcAG FEFG|A2AB cBcd|1 faeg fdd:|\
[2 eg ed cAGE|"last time" D8|]

"In memory of the many talented Dougherty families. First, of course, 
there was Neil and his son John, who were from the Glenties. Neil, a 
very close friend of Ed's and a gifted fiddler, was a special talent. 
Ed praised Neil as 'a little known master of his trade'. The tune also 
commemorates Charlie Dougherty and his wife Mary ('dear people'), no 
relation to Neil. And finally the tune recalls John, the tinker, and 
his musical family from the same region of the Glenties."

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X:52034
T:DROVER'S JOURNEY HOME (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:McKenty/Black
N:Weird accidentals galore, but I left them alone. If this and the 
other "ambiguous" tunes in this volume haven't been recorded by somebody 
who actually heard how Reavy played them, we'll never know how they're 
"supposed" to sound.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
E|D2FD dfed|cAGA cdec|dcAG FGAE|=FEDB, =CA,G,B,|
A,2 DE =FD=CD|=FEFG A^cde|fa gf dcAF|1 GE=cG EDC:|\
[2 GE=cG EDD||
|:c|d2ad bdad|d2ag efge|d2 ad bdad|=cAGA cdec|
d2ad bdad|d2ag efge|abag efge|dB=cG EDD:|

"The drover was a part of the tradition that Ed felt should be remembered. 
He drove his herds across the cold, dark fields of that ancient land much 
as his father did before him. A part of that story is told beautifully 
in Padraic Colum's poem 'The Drover'." 

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X:52035
T:ELEANOR KANE'S (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
A|GFGA B2GA|Bgfg edBA|GFGA B2EF|GEFD EB,B,D|
GFGA B2GA|Bgfg efga|bgaf gafg|ecAF GFG:|
A|Bdef gfga|bg af gfed|BGEF GFGA|Bdd^c d2 ef|
g2af gedc|B2Ac BGEF|GABG FGAc|1 "thru"B2AF GFG:|
[2 "final"B2dB GBAF|HG4z4|]

"Eleanor lives in Chicago with her husband Jim (Neary). Both are long 
time friends of Ed. Eleanor is one of the few pianists in the tradition 
who play melody as well as chords. This reel is considered one of Ed's 
top tunes."

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X:52036
T:EXILE (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
FE|DGBd cAFA|DGBd g2 fg|afdf gfed|^cdBG FGAF|
DGBG B,DFA|GABd c2 Bc|dB cA fdBd|cAFA G2:|
ef|g2 bg fgaf|^cdeg fddf|eccB cde^c|defd =cAFA|
g2 dg bgdg|fed^c defg|af ge BABd|cAFA G2:|

"The sad gaiety of this tune celebrates the longing of the exile for 
his native home. No one quite understands the irony of a happy farewell 
as well as the poet in Frank O'Connor's translation from the Irish: 

What happier fortune can one find, 
Than with the girl who pleases one's mind; 
To leave one's home and friends behind 
And sail on the first favoring wind."

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X:52037
T:FAIR GROUNDS HORNPIPE, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
K:A
E2|AcBd cEGB|Aceg aece|dfBd ceAc|dBcA GEDG|
AcBd cEGB|Aceg aece|dfBd ceAc|BEGB A2:|
ce|agab aece|dcdf ecAc|defd cdec|BcdB GEDG|
AcBd cedf|efge aged|ceAc B2GB|Aaec A2:|

"For the many fairs held in the old days. The land still feels special 
on the grounds where those grand old festivals were held. (This tune is 
dedicated to Ed's old friend Tom Caulfield.)"

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X:52039
T:FIDDLER'S WIFE (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe % highland
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
A|FABc d2AF|GEFD EA,CE|DFAc dfed|cAGE D2 DA|
FABc d2AF|GEFD EA,CE|DFAc dfed|cA ge D2 Dg||
%
fece dAFA|f2 gf edce|fdec dfed|cAGE D2 Dg|
fece dAFA|f2 gf edce|fdec dfed|cA ge D4|]

"She deserves to be recognized, if only for the many long patient 
hours she waited when tea was held for 'just one more tune'."

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X:52038
T:FIDDLERS' MOUNTAIN (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This sounds like Reavy's version of "The Chicago Reel".
I don't like the C sharps in mm 11 and 15 but I left them 
in - feel free to play C natural.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Ador
AB|cGAG EGGB|cGAB cded|cGAG EGGB|cedB AGAB|
cGAG EGGB|cGAB cded|cGAG EGAB|cedB A2 ||
AB|cdef gfge|dBGB dedB|^cdef gfge|a2bg aged|
cdef gfge|dBGB dedB|^cdef gfge|a2bg aged|Ha4z4|]

"Fiddlers need to be heard, so why not a place apart, a mountain just 
for them. And where is this spot to be where the great tunes of Ireland 
are commemorated? If it is only in the mind of man, it is place enough 
for those of us who seek it."

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X:52040
T:FISHERMAN'S ISLAND (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
B,|:A,DFA d2 cd|BA^GB AFDF|GDFD CDEF|GBed cBAg|
fdd2 edAc|dcdB AGFD|EFGA cded|1 cAGE FDEC:|\
[2 cAGE FDD ||
e|:fdd2 AFF2|DFAd fdAf|gece bece|dfed cAGE|
DFF2 Adfd|Bgg2 edcB|Adfa gbed|cAGE FDD:|

"Ed believes that fishermen long to have their own island so they can 
live surrounded by the sea they love. This reel celebrates their quest 
for that elusive island home. It is one of Ed's most popular compositions."

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X:52041
T:FLIGHT OF THE WILD GEESE (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
FG|A2 FA gfec|dBAF E2 FG|A2FA BGBc|dBcA G2 FG|
AFF2 EFGA|BGFG E2 ef|gece bged|1 cdfe d2:|2 cdfe def||
|:g|a2 fd DFAG|FAdf afdf|g2 e=c Gceg|fagf eAce|
a^gab afdf|gfga gece|fa fd bged|1 cdfe def:|\
[2 cdfe Hd4|]

"It could be a title that recalls the flight of those Ulster patriots 
or just a celebration of one of nature's recurring themes: the departure 
of a wild flock to some distant shore. The tune is superbly built and 
fitting to honor both occasions."

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X:52042
T:GENE O'DONNELL'S
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
R:jig
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:Edor
F|GFG AGA|Bef gfe|BFE EFG|FDF AGF|
EB,E GFG|BAB efg|edc dAF|GEE E2:|
f|eBe gfg|bge efg|fdd dcd|fdf agf|
eBe gfg|bge efg|edc dAF|GEE E2f|
eBe gfg|bfe efg|fdA FAd|fdf agf|
gbg faf|gfe Bcd|edc dAF|GEE HE3|]

"Written for Eugene O'Donnell, the talented dancer and fiddler from 
Derry. Gene has been a close friend of Ed's since the Fifties."

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X:52043
T:GIRL FROM KILLENCARE, The
C:© E.Reavy  
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:D
G|FDF ABc|dAF BGE|FDF ABc|dfd cAG|
FAF A,DE|DFA cBA|ged cAc|edc d2:|
g|afd dcd|Bcd efg|fdf ged|cEF GFE|
DFA dAF|EGB efg|fdf gec|edc d2:|

"Ed has long cherished a love for the written and spoken word. He might 
have been a poet if his educational opportunities had taken a different 
route. One of his earlier verses talks of this lassie from Killencare: 

'Though frost may come and the winter's snow, 
And bitter winds down the mountains blow, 
I'll see you here again, my dear, 
When spring comes 'round to Killencare.' "

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X:52044
T:GLEN FIDDLER (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Some "F ambiguity" in this tune. I'm figuring that all
the accented ones should be played natural, but that's
not what the book says. So let's ignore the book.
N:2:Another tune that's confusingly marked - as it stands in 
the book, it might be an A1-B-A2 reel. Probably easiest way 
out of this is to play it as AA-BB with a G whole note to 
end it the last time through (as per my sound file).
Q:1/4=180
L:1/8
M:4/4
R:reel
K:G
DF|:G2 dG BGdG|=F2 cF AFcF|G2 dG Bcdf|ecc2 BGFA|
G2 dG BGdG|=F2 cF AFcF|GABc dB cA|1 GBAF DGGF:|\
[2 GBAF DGG||
^f|:g2 dg Bgde|=f2 af gfaf|g2 dg Bgdg|fdcA BGGf|
g2 dg Bgde|=f2af gfaf|gbag fagf|defd cAFA:|"final"HG4z4|]

"Ed was told there lived near the edge of the glen a fiddler unlike 
any he had ever heard. To this day he wonders about that solitary fiddler 
and the strange tunes he played beside a distant glen in Cavan. Although 
he never saw him play, Ed has heard some of those same strange tunes in 
his dreams. And they have become his finest compositions."

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X:52045
T:GLEN REEL, The
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Gm
GF|DGGA B2AG|Agfd cAGF|DGGA B2 AG|AdcA AGGF|
DGGA B2AG|Agfd cAGF|DGGA B2 AG|1 AdcA AG:|\
[2 AdcA AGG||
^f|gbag fdd=e|f3d cAGA|gbag fdd^c|dg^fa gfga|
bga^f gfde|f3d cAGF|DGGA B2 AG|AdcA AGG:|

"Glens are not always pictures of springtime greenery. Ed remembers 
them much as Nora did in Synge's 'Shadow of the Glen': 
'...and seeing nothing but the mists rolling down the bog, and the 
mists again, and they rolling up the bog, and hearing nothing but the 
wind crying out in the bits of broken trees left from the great storm, 
and the streams roaring with the rain.' 
Ireland is the terrible beauty of the dark glen in the depth of its wild 
wind and storm."

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X:52046
T:GREEN ISLAND HOME (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
L:1/8
M:4/4
K:Dmix
AB|:cBcA G2FG|Addc AddB|cBcA GBAG|FDCG, A,DDB|
cBcA G2 FG|ABcA d^cde|f2 df edce|1 dcAG FDDB:|\
[2 dcAG FDD||
|:e|fgaf dcdf|eccB cdeg|fgaf d^cdB|cAGF Addf|
abaf gage|fedc defg|afge fded|1 cAGE D2d:|\
[2 cAGE D4|]

"Many a green island rests along the rim of the far oceans; but 
for those Irishmen that cherish the memory of their own dear land, 
there is only one Green Island Home."

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X:52047
T:GYPSY GIRL, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G % source key A
DC|B,DGB edcB|fdef gdBd|cAAG FADF|Acfe dcBA|
BGDC B,DGB|cBAB cdef|gdBd caef|gedB G2:|
Bc|dggf gdBd|cAfA gAfA|Gggf gdBd|cBAc BGBc|
dggf gdBd|cAAB cdef|gdBd caef|gedB G2:|

"Like Sarah Casey, Synge's 'beauty of Ballinacree', the gypsy girl 
represents those strange beauties of the road who have such devilish 
wild appeal, unlike any others we know. And you'll never see the 
likes of them in any other setting however far you venture."

Source version:
K:A
z2|:ED|CEAc fedc|gefg aece|dBBA GBEG|Bdgf edcB|
cAED CEAc|dcBc defg|aece dbfg|afec A2:|
cd|eaag aece|dBgB aBgB|Aaag aece|dcBd cAcd|
eaag aece|dBBc defg|aece dbfg|1afec A2:|2afec A4-|A8|

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X:52048
T:GYPSY'S RETURN (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=140
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:A
g|aecA EAce|fdBA GABd|cAEC DfBc|dfba gfed|
ceag agce|d2 ba gfed|cAEc dBGB|A2GB A3:|
d|cAEc dBGB|ecAc fdBa|gece dcBA|GABc dBGB|
cAEc dBGB|ecAc fdBg|aece dBGB|A2GB A3:|

"He roams the land and drinks his fill, and still returns in 
triumph to the one who waits patiently to share his love. Gypsy fiddlers 
died young, but not before they tasted the fullness of life."

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X:52049
T:HIGH HILL (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro  moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:C
R:reel
K:D
FG|AD FD A,DDE|FGAc dcAG|AD FD A,EFA|GE=CE G2FG|
AD FD A,DDE|FGAB =cBce|dcAG FGAF|GE=CE D2:|
FG|Addc d2 cd|ed d2 edd=c|AGAB =cBcd|e=c c2 ecdc|
Add^c d2 cd | ed d2 edd=c|AGAB =cded|1 "thru"=cAGE DE:|\
[2 "final" =cAGE HD4|]

"It's the hill that almost disappears in the mist, where the hill people 
reside. Stories have been told about it and about those who live there. 
Their music is the music of a lost art and their stories are the tales 
of a forgotten time."

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X:52050
T:HIGHEST HILL IN SLIGO (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
E|FdAF G2 EG|FEFD CDEG|FDFA EFAF|gece dBAG|
FdAF G2 EG|FEFD GFEG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE FDD:|
e|fgaf defa|gfga bgeg|fgaf defa|gbeg ed d2|
fg af bagf|af ec dcAG|FAdf ecdB|AFGE FDD:|

"From this county came some of the greatest fiddlers in the tradition: 
Coleman, Morrison, Scanlon, O'Beirne, and others before them. It is 
their Sligo, the Sligo of Ballymote, Gurteen,and Collooney. And it is 
also the Sligo of Ben Bulben, that most famous hill immortalized in the 
verses of Ireland's Nobel Prize-winning poet William Butler Yeats."

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X:52051
T:HILLS OF OLD (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
R:reel
L:1/8
K:Dm
de|fagf dcAF|G2 AG FDCD|FEFG AGFG|cAGc Adde|
fagb agfe|1 dfec dcAG|FGA=B cdeg|fdec Ad:|
[2 dfec dcAE|FGA=B c2 AF|G=BAG FDD||
|:e|f2af Afaf|Afaf gece|f2 af Afaf|gece fdde|
f2dc e2ce|defd cAGA|1 "thru"FEDE FGAc|fdec Add:|
[2 "final"FEDE FGA=B|cAGE HD4|]

"Ireland has no mountains, only high hills. And these hills are older 
than the centuries of man, and older too than the many tunes he fondly 
fashions."

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X:52052
T:HOUSE OF HAMILL (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:/BA^GB/ in mm. 18 and 22 can be replaced with /B2AB/ if you
don't like the "E modal" sound.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor
D|EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA Bd ef|gfec dAFD|
EBBA BFAF|EBBc dAFD|EBBA Bd ef|gfec dAFA||
%
BEE2 dEE2|BEE2 dAFA|BEE2 Bd ef|gfec dAFD|
BEE2 dEE2|BEE2 dAFA|BAGF GBef|gfec dAfA||
%
B2 [E^G]B eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|B2^GB eBGB|=gfec dAFA|
B2 [E^G]B eBGB|BA^GB ADFA|BAGF GBbf|gfec dAFD||\
"final"HE4z4|]

"Ed's mother was a Hamill and they came from Monaghan. They had a 
fondness for music and the traditional way of life. Ed learned many 
tunes from Mom, who was an old-time 'lyddler'. She played no instrument, 
but she could hold a tune with the best in her region." 

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X:52053
T:HUGHIE'S CAP (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:The C sharps in part 2 actually sound good!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
R:reel
L:1/8
K:G % source key F
GA|B2ef gfed|BGG2 EAAc|B2 ef g2 eg|fdd2 bagf|
B2ef gfed|BAGF GEFD|B,EEF GABe|dBAF G2:|
B^c|d2BG B^cdB|e2^cA cdeg|fdd2 bagf|gbag edB^c|
d2BG B^cdB|e2^cA cdeg|fdd2 bagf|1 "thru"gedB GAB:|\
[2 "final"gedB HG4|]

"A favorite story of Ed's tells of Hughie, an easygoing sort who had 
a fierce look when he wore a certain cap. Friends would take Hughie 
along whenever a fight was anticipated. One look from Hughie and his 
cap would silence the most quarrelsome bullies. One night, as it would 
happen, Hughie's friends found themselves in the worst sort of mix and 
quickly looked for Hughie's help. But Hughie, alas, had ventured out 
this time without his menacing capeen. 'Oh God,' one exclaimed, 
'somebody go fetch Hughie's cap, or there'll be hell to pay for all 
of us this night!'"

Source version:
K:F
FG|A2de fedc|AFF2 DGGB|A2 de f2 df|ecc2 agfe|
A2de fedc|AGFE FDEC|A,DDE FGAd|1cAGE F2:|2 cAGE FGA=B||
c2AF A=BcA|d2=BG Bcdf|ecc2 agfe|fagf dcA=B|
c2AF A=BcA|d2=BG Bcdf|ecc2 agfe|1 fdcA FGA=B:|\
[2 fdcA F4|]
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X:52054
T:HUNTER'S HOUSE (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:A mighty tune and one of Reavy's best-known compositions.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
GA|Bdd2 cAFA|G2BG dGBG|Bdd2 cAFA|GBAG FDCA,|
DGBG cAFA|BGAF GABc|defg agfd|cAFA G2:|
GA|B2gB aBgB|B2gf edcB|A2ad bdad|d2af gfed|
B2gB aBgB|B2 gf edcB|1 "thru"cBAg fdBd|cAFA BG :|
[2 "final"cBAg fgaf|gdBd cAFA|HG4z4|]

"It would be furnished with every evidence of the prize game he caught. 
It would be a place where the best men would choose to gather and listen 
to Ireland's finest players. This is the setting Ed provides for this 
most popular of his tunes."

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X:52055
T:IN MEMORY OF COLEMAN (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This is my setting of this nice reel, transposed into a playable key 
and simplified a bit. For purists the book version is appended. 
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ador
G|EGce dcAG|EGG2 AGEG|ABcd e^gab|c'ab^g eaab|
c'ab^g a=ged|cecA GEDE|GAce d2cd|dcdB  cAA:|
B|c2gc abag|fdd2 BGGB|c2af gedB|GABd cAAB|
c2gc Ecgc|Ecgc BGG2|ABcd ec'ba|ge dB cAA:|

"No tune can adequately commemorate this great fiddler. Ed felt that 
he was the last of the great players, and the only one he ever heard 
who had that strange wildness in his playing that only the great ones 
possess. Ed wrote the tune as if Mike were to play it. Perhaps he alone 
had the tools to do it complete justice."

Source version:
K:Gm
F|DFBd cBGF|DFF2 GFDF|GABc d^fga|bg (3ag^f dgga|
bg (3ag^f g=fdc|(3=Bcd BG FDCD|FGBd c2 =Bc|c=BcA  _BGG:|
A|B2fB gagf|=ecc2 AFFA|B2 a/g/f/=e/ fdcA|FGAc BGGA|
B2fB DBfB|DBfB AFF2|GABc dbag|fd cA BGG:|

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X:52056
T:IRELAND WE KNEW (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
c|BdcA BGG_B|A=FF2 ABcA|BdcA G2 A=F|DCB,C DE=FA|
BdcA BGG_B|A=FF2 CFF2|GABc dB cA|BdcA BGG:|
A|Bggf gd^cd|A=FF2 DEFD|Bggf gdBd|cBdc BG=FD|
Ggfg agfg|ecBc A=FF2|GABc dcBc|1 "thru"dgg2 fdc:|
[2 "final"dgg2 fdcA|HG4z4|]

"Much has come and gone in Ireland since the early days of this century. 
Nothing remains the same in a world that has long since entered its most 
advanced technological age. But poets dream their dreams, and the heart 
of every Irishman longs for the Ireland he once knew."

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X:52057
T:IRISH WASHERWOMAN, The
C:arr. E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
S:arr. Ed Reavy 
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
c|BGB DGB|DGB dcB|cAG FGA|fef gdc|
BGB DGB|DGB dcB|cAG FGA|BGF G2:|
%
f|gdB GFG|gfg bag|faf d^cd|fdf agf|
efg dBd|gfe fdB|cBc Adc|BGF G2f|
gdB GFG|gfg bag|faf d^cd|fdf agf|
g2g efg|agf gdB|cBc def|gag fdc||
"final" cBc Adc|BGF HG3|]

"The original setting of this all-too-familiar tune has been thoroughly 
played out. Ed's setting elevates the strains of the old tune and gives 
it more dignified footing. There is no 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish!' in Ed's 
version of this popular St. Patrick's Day tune."

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X:52058
T:JIM ERWIN'S HORNPIPE
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
Bc|dBGB dgfg|ecAG FGAB|cBAG BGFG|A2GE DCB,C|
DB,G,B, DGFG|ECA,C EGAB|cAFA DAFA|G2FA G2:|
Bc|d^cdf gdcd|eA^ce agfe|dgBd ceAc|BdGB ADFA|
d^cdf gdcd|eA^ce agfg|bgdB Afag|fecA G2:|

"To Ed's friend, Jim Erwin, a talented dancer and dance 
instructor from New York. This is one of Ed's most popular 
hornpipes."

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X:52059
T:JOHN ROARTY'S (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:More mystery accidentals!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Ador
AG|EGAB cGAG|EGAB c2AG|EGAB cGAc|d2ed d^cAG|
EGAB cGAG|EGAB c2 AG|EGAB cGAc|d2 ed ^cdef||
g2ec Acef|gece abag|ecgc abag|ed^ce d=caf|
g2ec Acef|gece abag|ecgc abag|ed^ce d=cAG||\
"final" HA4z4|]

"John had a taproom in West Philadelphia in the thirties. Ed on occasion 
played there for John and his friends. John himself played the fiddle 
at the Philadelphia dance halls (29th and Market Sts.) back in the 
twenties."

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X:52060
T:JOHNNY McGOOHAN'S (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:The source has C sharp in m.16a and 16b, which I'm thinking
(hoping?) is a scribal error. (There seem to be a lot of these
in this book.) Anyway I replaced it with C natural.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
DF|:G2Bd gdBG|DGBd cAFA|G2 Bd gdBd|cBAG FADF|
GABd gfaf|gedB A2 Bc|dB cA BGAF|1 DCB,A, G,A,B,D:|\
[2 G2Ac BG||
|:GA|B2GA Bdef|gfga gedc|B2GA B2eB|dBAF EGGA|
B2GA Bdef|gfe^c d2ef|gbag fagf|ecAF G2:|

"Good musicians need good listeners, and two of the best listeners were 
Johnny and his wife Katey. Johnny would be waiting on his front porch 
hours before 'the fellows' were expected on an evening for a session 
of music; and no matter how long they played, it was never too late 
for a few more tunes at the McGoohans. Tea and scones did not mean 
(as it usually does) that the fiddling would stop. As Johnny would put 
it, 'We'll have a bite to eat and be back at it for a few more before 
the night is done.' And Katey would never disagree!"

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X:52061
T:KILLALA BAY (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
DG|BGBG AGFD|GABG B^cdf|eBcA FGAF|GBAG FDCA,|
G,B,DG BGFG|EA^GA cABc|dfeg fdcA|1 GBAF G2:|\
[2 GBAF GF||
|:Gg|bgdB GFGf|afcA FEFA|Bcdf egfa|gbag FD cA|
GFGA BGBG|ABcA Bcdf|eg fd cAFA|1 GBAF GF:|2 GBAF HG4|]

"For the great bay in the west, where so many of Ed's friends came from."

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X:52062
T:KILLOUR HOUSE (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
dc|BGFG Bdgd|BGFG cAFA|B^cdf e=ceg|fafd =cAFA|
(3B^cd AF GDB,D|G,B,DG Bdeg|fa fd cAFA|GBAF G2:|
%
ga|bagf gdBd|cBcA FGAF|GBdB ceag|fgfd ^cdef|
gbaf gdBd|cBcA FGAF|GABd cAFA|GBAF G2ga||
%
bagf gdBd|cBcA FGAc|BcdB ceag|fa e^c d2ef|
g2bg dBGB|cBcA FGAF|GABc dB cA|GBAF HG4|]

"The home of Matty and Bridie Murphy in The Neale (County Mayo). Ed 
visited there in '69 with Joe and his wife Mary Jo (niece of the Murphys). 
The house was traditionally Irish: no hot water, no 'fancy plumbing', 
only a full measure of love and genuine Irish hospitality. The Murphys 
follow the simple life and this left us with fond memories long after 
we returned to the States. May Killour House live on in this traditional 
tune dedicated to them by Ed."

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X:52063
T:KIPEEN SCANLON'S (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
dc|B2GB Ac FA|GBDC B,DGF|EGcB Acfg|afge fdcA|
Bd Bd cAFA|GDB,D GDB,D|EcBc DAFA|G2 B2 G2:|
Bc|d2Bd bgdB|c2Ac agfe|d2Bd c2Ac|B2GB ADFA|
Bd Bd cAFA|GDB,D GDB,D|EcBc DAFA|G2 B2 G2:|

"Reputed to be one of the fiddlers who influenced Michael Coleman. Mike 
once told Ed that Kipeen was the best player in Ireland. A sad thing it 
is that none of his playing was ever recorded for the younger generation 
of players."

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X:52064
T:KNOCKBRIDE (reel)
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Beware of F naturals in mm.5 and 8!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
c|d2 cd fdAB|=cBcd cAGA|dcAB [E2=c2] AG|FGAB =cAGA|
d^cde =fdec|dcAF GE=CE|DEFG A2 GE|=FDEC D3:|
c|defg add2|adfd adfB|=cdef gcc2|g=cec gcec|
defg af ge|fdec dcAG|FGAB =cBAF|GECE D3:|

"The Reavys lived half way between Knockbride and Maudabawn chapels. 
They had the luxury of attending either. And they did."

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X:52065
T:LAD FROM BALINROBE (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:This tune is played A1-B-C-A2 - a "segno" is used in the book to 
indicate this. "DC" at the end of part 3 would serve the same
purpose, but segni, fine, DC, and such don't work in ABC playback.
N:2:Again facing ambiguity as to the accidentals. I find that the 
easiest way (not necessarily the most accurate way) of handling this 
is by treating all the accented C's as natural.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
P:"A1" 
D2 FD FGAB|=cdeg fd^ce|dcAG FGAc|dcAF GECE|
D2 FD FGAB|cBcd cAGA|dcdB =cBcA|1 GE=cE DCA,C:|\
[2 GE=cE D2||
P:"B"
Ac|defg addc|Addc defd|=cdef gccB|=cdef gfeg|
f2ec dcAG|FGAB =cdeg|f2 e^c dcAF|GECE D2:|
P:"C"
fe|defg abae|cdef gage|defg abaf|gece d2fg|
abag efge|defd AB=cA|FGAB =cBAF|1 GE=cE D2:|\
[2 GE=cE DCA,C||
P:"A1 repeat"
D2 FD FGAB|=cdeg fd^ce|dcAG FGAc|dcAF GECE|
D2 FD FGAB|cBcd cAGA|dcdB =cBcA|GE=cE HD4|]

"Written to honor the memory of Steve Murphy, Joe's father-in-law, 
who was born outside Balinrobe in the Neale in the early nineteen 
hundreds. Steve was a spirited man and a true friend."

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X:52066
T:LAD O'BEIRNE'S HORNPIPE
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:A great tune in which I have made only one slight change in the
simplification process: /GBAG/ for /FBAG/ in mm 4 and 12. The
source version follows if you want to try tackling the triplets1
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
R:hornpipe
L:1/8
K:G
Bc|dB gd BdcB|Agfa gfge|dfec BdcA|GBAG FDCA,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|1 G2BA G2:|\
[2 Ggfa gf||
ga|bgdg bgdf|afdf afdf|gafg efdA|GBAG FDCA,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|Ggfa gfga|
bgdg bgdf|afdf afdf|g2f2 e2dB|cABG FDCA,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|G2BA HG4z4|]

"Dedicated to Ed's friend Lad, who recently passed on. He was 
one of the most talented people to come from Ireland."

source version:
Bc|dB gd BdcB|Agfa gfge|dfec BdcA|FBAG FD (3CB,A,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|1(3GFG BA G2:|\
[2 Ggfa gf||
ga|bgdg bgdf|afdf afdf|gafg efdA|FBAG FD (3CB,A,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|Ggfa gfga|
bgdg bgdf|afdf afdf|(3gag f2 e2 dB|\
cA bg FD (3CB,A,|
G,B,DG BGDB,|CEAB cedc|BGBd cAFA|(3GFG BAG2|]

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X:52067
T:LANE to the GLEN (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Since F major/D minor aren't the most productive keys for a lot of
instruments, I've added a setting in user-friendly E minor. Don't
worry about the D sharps - since none of them are accented, you can 
easily substitute D natural without major problems.
N:2:In the source version, the B's in part one are "ambiguous" - some 
flat,some natural. Since the rest of the tune is pretty clearly in
D minor, I'm opting to make all B's flat (which means "all C's natural"
in the Em version). 
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Em
EF|Gedc Bfgb|A2 eA cAeA|G2 dG Bdef|gfed BcdB|
[1 e^def g2 ba|gfed BGEF|GFGA BAGA |Bee^d e2:|
[2 e^def g2 ba|gfed BGEF| GFGA B2EF|GEF^D E2||
|:ef|g2ba geeg|fdd2 Adfe|g2 ba gfef|gefd Beef|
[1 gfga bg af|gfed BGEF|GFGA BAGA|Bee^d e2:|
[2 g2eg egeg|f2bd dfdf|bg af edBA|GEF^D HE4|]

"This is the lane that led to the glen fiddler, the same solitary fiddler 
of Ed's dreams. Ed heard him often in the New World, particularly in the 
early morning hours when dreaming reaches its peak performance. Long after 
we left Corktown, Ed began to speak more openly of this 'strange fiddler' 
whose music seem to come to him from all the familiar shops in the old 
neighborhood. Whenever we got a tape of a promising young player from 
Ireland, Ed would listen it intently. 'He's good,' he'd always remark, 
'but he's no glen fiddler!'"

source version:
K:Dm
DE|FdcB Aefa|G2 dG BGdG|F2 cF Acde|fedc ABcA|
[1 d^cde f2 ag|fedc AFDE|FEFG AGFG |Add^c d2:|
[2 d^cde f2 ag|fedc AFDE| FEFG A2DE|FDE^C D2||
|:de|f2ag fddf|ecc2 Gcef|f2 ag fede|fdec Adde|
[1 fefg af ge|fedc AFDE|FEFG AGFG|Add^c d2:|
[2 f2df dfdf|e2ac cece|af ge dcAG|FDE^C HD4|]

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X:52068
T:LAST TUNE (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:In my opinion the F sharps that the book has in mm 3,7, and 12 
sound very much out of place, so much so that I have replaced 
them all with F naturals. However in case I'm not hearing this
tune correctly, the source version - complete with the questionable 
F sharps - is included below.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:C
AB|:c2 GF ECCD|B,CDE FDB,D|G,A,B,C DEFG|ABcd edcB|
c2 Bd cGEG|FEDC B,CDF|EDEG FGAc|1 Bcdf eccB:|\
[2 Bcdf ecc||
|:^f|g2 ^fa gece|fedc BGGB|AFFE FGAc|Bd eg fdBd|
g2 ^fa gece|faaf dBGB|AFFE FGAc|1 Bcdf ecc:|\
[2 BcdB cGAB|c8|]

"It may not be the last one, but it certainly will do as a fine conclusion 
to a story that began almost a century ago on a country farm near the town 
of Cootehill in County Cavan."

Source version:
AB|:c2 GF ECCD|B,CDE FDB,D|G,A,B,C DE^FG|AB (3ccd edcB|
c2 Bd cGEG|FEDC B,CDF|(3EED EG ^FGAc|1 Bcdf eccB:|\
[2 Bcdf ecc||
|:^f|g2 ^fa gece|=fedc BGGB|AFFE FGAc|Bd eg ^fdBd|
g2 ^fa gece|=faaf dBGB|AFFE FGAc|1 Bcdf ecc:|\
[2 BcdB cGAB||
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X:52069
T:LEDDY FROM CAVAN (reel) 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Another entry where the accidentals didn't make any sense. 
To my hearing this works nicely as a D "dorian" tune (F's, C's 
and B's natural).
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Ddor
DE|:FEDF EDCE|Dddc defd|[E2c2] cB cAGE|FEDF EDCE|
DEFE DA,G,A,|FGAF G2 FG|Addc defd|1 cAFE D2 EG:|\
[2 cAFE DEF||
|:A|d2 fd Adfd|c2 ec Gcec|d2fd Adfa |gfge fddc|
defd Adfd|cdef g2 fg|af ge fdcB|1 cAGE DEF:|\
[2 cAGE HD4|]

"John Leddy and Ed worked in the plumbing business together and became 
close friends over the years. John was proud of Ed's accomplishments, 
particularly because both were Cavan men. His son John Jr. was a 
promising young fiddler who studied with Ed in the forties. John Sr. 
played the fiddle a bit himself and had a great love of traditional 
music."

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X:52070
T:LETTERKENNY BLACKSMITH (reel) , The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegretto"
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:No complaints from me about the accidentals in this great
tune! (First part reminds me of "McFadden's Favorite" in
O'Neill's '1850'). One of my personal favorites in the Reavy
repertoire.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
F|G2 BG AGFD|GABG EA,A,F|G2 BG A2Bd|edcA FDEF|
G2 BG AGFD|GABG EA,A,2|G,A,B,D EFGA|B2Ac BGG:|
A|Bdgd Bdgd|^ceae ce a2|Bdgd Bdge|fdcA BGGA|
Bdgd Bdgd|^ceae ce a2|eg fa gbag|fdcA BGG:|

"Written to commemorate a legendary smith with the strength 
of 'the Hair O'Brady', who could toss a stubborn six hundred 
pound jackass clear across a stream. Neil Dougherty was the 
first to tell Ed of this hulk of a man who handled horses as 
if they were just a simple sack of meal."

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X:52071
T:LIGHT IN DENNIS MUNION'S (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
AG|FGAF BDB,D|GBAc BGGA|B^cdf eB=cA|E2 AG FDB,D|
G2 BG AGBG|GABc defg|afge defd|cAFA G2:|
GA|B2 ef gfed|B2GB ABGA|B2 ef gfga|bgaf gfed|
B2 ef gfed|eBBA B^cdf|eg fa gbaf|gedB G2:|

"Dennis lived along the 'starry' lane. His place was near Aunt Ann's 
home. As children, Ed and his brother George would often walk Ann home 
when night came on. Ann had keen eyesight and was able to see Dennis' 
place long before the boys could. She said she could always tell the 
time of night it was by 'the light in Dennis Munion's window'."

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X:52072
T:LISNATHARA REEL, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Ador % BB simplified version
B|cecG EAAB|ce cG EFGB|AGAB cBcd|eagb aged|
cdef gefa|gece dBGB|cecG EFGF|GABd cAA:|
a|c'bag aged|cdef gede|abc'a gabg|eaag agab|
c'abg aged|cBce dBGB|cecG EDCD|GABd cAA:|

source version:
N:As is so often the case with Ed's tunes, the accidentals here 
are questionable. I have left them as they are in the book 
(but I wouldn't play them that way!)
K:Gm
GA|BdBF DGGA|Bd BF D=EFA|G^FGA BABc|dg^fa gfdc|
=Bcd=e fdeg|^fd=Bd cAFA|(3=Bcd BF D=EFE|1 =FGAc =BG:|\
[2=FGAc =BGG||
|:g|bagf gfdc|Bcde =fdcd|gabg ^fgaf|dggf gfga|
bgaf gfdc|BABd cAFA|(3=Bcd B=F DCB,C|1 =FGAc BGG:|\
[2=FGAc BGGA|"last time" G8||

"Ed says it was a legendary place in Ulster where musicians gathered 
once a year 'to revel and make grand music'. This reel is the fulfill-
ment of a young boy's dream." 

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X:52073
T:LONE BUSH (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
DF|GcBd c2dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfa gfdc|BABG FDCD|
GcBd c2dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfd cAFA|G2AF G2:|
Bd|gdBd =fcAc|gdBd =f2d^f|gb=fa g^fde|fa ge fdcA|
GcBd c2dB|GABd c2 Bc|dgfd cAFA|G2AF G2:|

"There was a bush that bloomed alone outside Ed's farmhouse. Many times 
he has wondered about that bush and why it survived when all around 
it perished. It has meant many things to him and has always been a life-
sustaining thought."

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X:52074
T:LOUGHS OF CAVAN (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
R:reel
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
GFGB AFF2|dBcA BGAF|GBAF DEFA|dBcA BGAF|
GFGB AFF2|dBcA BGAF|GBAF DEFA|dBcA BGG||
f|g2 ag fddf|eccB cdef|gbag fafd|cBAc BGGf|
g2 ag fddf|eccB cdef|gbag fafd|cedc Bd cA||
"final" HG4z4|]

"Cavan, 'the place of caves', is also a region spotted with lovely 
lakes like Lough Sheelin. Ed likes to refer to his Cavan birthplace 
as 'my old lake country home'." 

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X:52075
T:LOVE AT THE ENDINGS (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
R:reel
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
E|DEFA BcdB|AFF2 AFEF|DEFA B2AF|GEFD B,EE2|
DEFA BcdB|AFF2 ABde|fgfe dfec|dBAF D3 :|
g|fgfe defg|afbf afed|fgfe dfbf|afdf e2de|
fgfe dcdB|AFF2 E2 DE|FABc dfec|dBAF d3 :|

"Who can forget the impassioned speech of O'Killigan in O'Casey's 
'Purple Dust', especially when he sets out to woo Avril away from her 
British lord? O'Killigan has only the simple things in his favor. But 
Avril finally succumbs to his grand talk as he urges her 'to spit out 
what's here' and make a home with him out in the west of Ireland where 
they'll both find 'things to say and things to do, and love at the 
endings'."

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X:52076
T:LOVELY BANNION (hornpipe)
C:? E.Reavy 
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe 
K:Dmix
FG|ABAG FDDG|ABAG Add^c|ABAG FGAB|cAFA G2 FG|
ABAG FDDG|ABAG Add^c|A2 BG FGAB|cAFA G2|| 
FG|Adde fde^c|Adde f2 e^c|Adde fed^c|AB=cA G2 FG|
Adde fde^c|Adde f2 fg|af ge fde^c|AB=cA HG4||

"A very quaint modal highland.  Ed says it is not his tune, but he has 
been wrong before. It has the earmarks of a Reavy tune: surprising 
accidentals, unusual cadences, and a brilliant matching of the two 
parts.  I have never heard anyone but Ed play it."

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X:52077
T:LOVELY LOUGH SHEELIN (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:An unusual single hornpipe that can easily be doubled if desired.
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
D2 FA dAFD|E2 CD A,ECE|D2 FA dAFA|fdec dBAF|
D2 FA dAFD|E2 CE A,ECE|D2 FA dAFA|fdec d2dg||
f2 af defa|gbed cAAg|f2 af defa|gbec d2 dg|
f2 af defa|gbed cAAg|fa ec defg|af ge fdHd2|]

"Lough Sheelin is near Ed's home in County Cavan."

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X:52078
T:MAIREDELIA (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Dmix
FG|Addc dcAF|FDA,D FGAB|[Ec]Bcd cAGA|d2 fd ^cAFA|
dcde fa ec|dcAF GECE|DEFG cBAF|GECE D2:|
fe|defg abaf|ec c2 efge|defg adfa|gece d2 fg|
abaf efge|BdcA GECE|DEFG dcAF|GECE D2:|

"Mairedelia is Ed's granddaughter, who is carrying on the 
tradition herself. Maire has won several first place fiddle 
medals in local and New York area feises."

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X:52079
T:MAN FROM BARNAGROVE (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:You can use /d/ for /^d/ without losing too many friends.
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:Em
EF|GFGA BABd|e^def gfga|bg af gfed|Bd BG FDB,D|
EDEF GFGA|BAGB d2 ef|gbaf gfed|B2 e^d e2:|
ga|bged Bdga|bge^c d2 ga|bg af gfed|BAFB [F2A2] BA|
GBEF GFGA|Bd ef gfga|bagf gfed|B2 e^d e2:|

"The child is the father of man. And this same child is the 
man from Barnagrove." [BB comment: Huh?]

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X:52080
T:MARKET DAY (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Sounds to me like /c/ in part 2 should be natural but the book
doesn't indicate that.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
A|dcAG FDDE|FEFG AB=cA|dcAG FDDg|fdec dfec|
dcAG FDDE|FEFG AB=cA|d^cAG FDDg|fdec d2||
Ac|d2 fd adfd|cdeg fdec|d2 fd adfd|cdeg fddc|
defg bged|cdef g2 fg|af ge fded|cdeg fddc||\
"final" Hd4z4||

"Always a special day in the old tradition."

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X:52081
T:MAUDABAWN CHAPEL (reel) 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allego moderato"
F:file ID reavy/027maud
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I have taken the liberty of editing Ed's original setting
to bring it more into line with the way the tune is normally
played today. The original is below.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Em
F|GFGD EDB,A,|G,A,B,D EDB,A,|G,A,B,D GABd|gabg eaaf|
gabg efge|dged Bc d2|egfa gedB|AcBA GEE:|
D|E2 BE dEBE|GABG FAFD|EDEF GFGB|A2FD A,DFD|
E2BE dEBE|BAFB ABde|f2af gfe^c|1 "thru"dBAc BEE:|\
[2 "final"dBAc BEEF|HE4z4|]

"The local chapel in Ed's parish where he first learned the simple ways 
of faith."

Source version:
EF|GFED ECDB,|G,A,B,D ECEB,|G,A,B,D GABd|gabg eaaf|
[1 gabg efge|dfed Bc d2|eg fa gbec|dBA=c BEEF|
[2 gfga bg af|gfed efge|dfe=c BcdB|A=cBA GEE||
D|E2 BE eEBE|GABG AFDF|EDEF GFGB|A2 FD A,DFD|
E2 BE eEBE|BAFA B^cde|f2 af gfec|1 dBA=c BEE:|\
[2 dBA=c BEED||"last time" dBAF HE4||

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X:52082
T:MERRY WIVES (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe 
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This is a single in the book. I doubled it to get the second
ending of the second part in (without it the tune ends on D
instead of the tonic C).
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
K:C
cA|GEcE GcEc|GcEc d2 cA|GEcE GcEc|e2 d^c d2 =cA|
GEcE GcEc|GcEc d2 cA|GEcE GcEc|e2 d^c d2 :|
ed|cdef gfge|abaf g2 ed|cdef gfge|a^gec d2 ed|
cdef gfge|abaf g2 ge|cdef g2 bg|1 af ge d2 :|
[2 afge dcdB|Hc4z4|]

"They are surely not from Windsor, and they are merry because their men 
are off 'flutherin' with some old tunes,' while they have the kitchen to 
themselves.  They have some work of their own to do, and no one will escape 
them in the end. When the gossiping wives make merry, there's hell to pay 
in every quarter."

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X:52083
T:MOLLY on the SHORE (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Because of all the accented F's, I'm calling this a G modal 
tune (book is as usual unhelpful and I don't have another
version of this tune to make comparisons).
N:2:TuneFinder had the ABC setting by Ed's son Joe, which
seems to be the same as the book. I have copied it below.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Gmix
GF|DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF|DGGB d^cde|fdcd AGG^F|
DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF|DGGB d^cde|fdcd AGGA||
%
dgg2 afgf|dfcf dfcf|dgg2 afgf|dfcd AGGA|
dgg2 afgf|dfcf dfcf|bg af gfde|fdcA G2 G^F||
%
DGGB dcAG|DFCF DFCF|DGGB d^cde|fdcd AGG^F|
DGGB dcAG|DFCF DFCF|DGGB d^cde|fdcA AGGA|
g3a fe^fa|gfga fdcf|gfga fgag|fdcd AGGA|
g3a fe^fa|gfga f2 ga|_bgaf gfde|fdcA HG4||

"Fritz Kreisler once recorded a setting of this popular tune. Ed re-wrote 
the first two parts and added an original third part. That third part is 
one of his finest compositions." 

Here's the "source version" setting by Joe Reavy (Ed's son),
courtesy of TuneFinder (note the marked F sharps):
K:G
GF | DGGB d2 cA|d2 cA FGAF | DGGB d^cde | =fd=cd Agg^F |
DGGB d2 cA | d2 cA FGAF | DGGB d^cde | =fd=cd AGGA |
dg (3gfg afgf | dfcf dfcf | dg (3gfg afgf | d=fcd AGGA | dg (3gfg afgf |
dfcf dfcf | bg af gfde | =fdcA G2 G^F | DGGB dcAG | D=FCF DFCF |
DGGB d^cde | =fdcd AGG^F | DGGB dcAG | D=FCF DFCF | DGGB d^cde|
=fdcA AGGA | g3 a fe^fa | gfga fdcf | gfga fgag | ^fdcd AGGA |
g3 a fe^fa | gfga =f2 ga | (3_bag af gfde | =fdcA G2 ||

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X:52084
T:MONAGHAN HILLS (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
F|DGG2 BGAB|cABc dfeg|fa fd ^cdec|AB=cA FGAF|
G2 Bd cAFA|GABd cABc|dB cA fdBd|cAFA G3:| 
|:f|g2 bg BcdB|cbag fdde|f2 af ABcB|cbag fddf|
g2 dg Bgdg|cBAG FGAB|dB cA BGAG|FGAc BGG:|

"One of his tunes had to pay tribute to these hills; not the Fork Hill 
region that Paddy Kavanaugh celebrated, but the same nearby hills of 
Monaghan that Ed's mother and his Aunt Ann spoke of in childhood stories. 
Ed's mother played no musical instrument, but she could 'lyddle' all the 
great tunes of her region. This love of the tradition she passed on to Ed."

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X:52085
T:MOUNTAIN HOME (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
GA|BcdB GFGB|A=FcF dFcF|BcdB GFGB|AGFG AGGA|
BcdB GFGB|A=FcF dFcF|BcdB GFGB|AGFA G2:|
Bc|dggf gbag|fd^cd fd=cA|dggf gbag|fdcA G3F|
Gggf gbag|fdcd =f2 fg|ag^fa gbag|fdcA G2:|

"There is a mountain road that leads to this secluded home in the 
Irish hills. The hill people that live there cherish the old values. 
The exile secretly weeps for what is gone forever: his long lost 
mountain home."

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X:52086
T:MUNSTER GRASS HORNPIPE, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y::"hornpipe: andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
B,A,|G,B,DG B2 cB|cAFA G2 FG|A^GAB cBA=G|FGAF D2 Bc|
dBGD G,B,DG|cAFA c2 dc|B2GB ADFG|AGGF G2:|
Bc|dggf gedc|BGBd gdcB|Aaa^g aba=g|fbaf gefd|
bagf gdBG|FGAB cbag|fedB cAFG|AGGF G2:|

"It is one of Ed's many exquisite hornpipes. Nice to pair it 
with 'Connemara Skies'. Both titles come from a line in Yeats: 
'Full of Munster grass and Connemara skies'."

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X:52087
T:NEIL OF THE GLENTIES (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe 
K:D
dfec dFFA|GEEG FDDc|dfec dFFA|GEAG FDDc|
dfec dFFA|GEE^G AFDc|dfec dFFA|GECE D2 D2 :|
fgaf defd|cdef gece|fgaf defd|AFGE FD D2|
fgaf defd|cdef gece|fa ec defd|AFGE FD D2:|

"Ed's close friend, who died some time ago. He was a true traditional 
player who knew how to 'brighten' tunes in the right places. Ed called 
him 'a little known master of his trade'. He was a superb player of 
highlands and a great Donegal fiddler."

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X:52088
T:NEVER WAS PIPING SO GAY (reel) 
R:reel
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
L:1/8
M:C
K:G
DB,|G,2 B,D GBdB|cAFD cAFA|G2 BG DGBG|AF F2 dFcF|
G2 BF DGB,D|Aafd ^cdef|gfgd cBcA |1 FGAc BF:|2 FGAc BGG2||
|:gfgd ^cdBG|FGBd cAFA|GB cA BcdB|cafd ^cdef|
[1 gfgd ^cdBG|FGBd cAFA|BG G2 AF F2|BdcA G4:|
[2 gbaf gd^cd|BGFG cAFA|BG F2 AF F2|BdcA HG4|]

"The concluding line of O'Driscoll's refrain in Yeats' poem 'The Host of 
the Air'. O'Driscoll dreamed that his wife Bridget was taken by the Host 
as he was playing harmlessly at cards with 'the merry old men'. When 
O'Driscoll awoke from his dream, all that remained of the dream was 
the strange unearthly sound of a pipe piping away in the distant air: 

'And never was piping so sad, 
And never was piping so gay.'"

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X:52089
T:O'LEARY'S IRELAND (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Last two measure of part 2 second ending are mine.Ed's version finished 
kind of abruptly with no instructions as to where to go ("DC" I presume 
but Ed doesn't tell us). This is a strange tune, even by Reavy standards!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:C
GF|EGcG EDEF|GAGE FDDE|FAdA FAde|fedc BGFD|
EGcG EGcd|edcB dcBA|GABc defg|1 afdB c2:|\
[2 afdB cde|| 
|:^f|g2 ec gcec|gcec g2 ^fe|de^fg add^c|de^fg adfd|
=cde^f gccB|cde^f g2 fe|1 "thru"de^fg afdc|BGAB cde:|
[2 "final"de^fg afdB|cedB cBAG|E2z2D2z2|C8|]

"Yeats wrote about John O'Leary in his poem 'September 1913'. At that 
time, Ed had just left Ireland, because his parents saw no future in 
the farm and no real opportunities there for their six children. The 
poet mourns the passing of O'Leary in the 1913 poem and the passing, 
too, of all the things O'Leary stood for: 
'Romantic Ireland's dead and gone, 
It's with O'Leary in the grave.' 
Ed believed in O'Leary, and in Emmet and Tone. This reel celebrates 
their Ireland: O'Leary's Ireland."

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X:52090
T:OLD CAMERONIAN REEL, The
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:This seems to be a single reel but the book's notation is 
ambiguous (as are the accidentals - B natural in mm. 3 and 7?)
In the D version I tried to make things more sensible but the
source version is below just in case I didn't succeed!
N:2:I'm not sure what tune Ed Jr. is alluding to in his liner notes
but this bears no resemblance to the 'Cameronian' that I'm familiar
with.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D 
FG|AD D2 ADFD|AD D2 ADFA|GEED EFGA|BE E2 BAFG|
AD D2 ADFD|AD D2 ADFA|GEED EFGA|BE E2 BAFE||
Ddce dBAF|Ddce dBAF|Eedf egfe|dfec dcBA|
Ddce dBAF|Ddce dBAd|ceAe dfBc|"thru"d2 fe dcB^G||
"final"ADD2 ADFE|HD4z4|]

"Ed's setting of a very old tune. Just how much he altered the reel 
over the years is hard to say now. Some of his later compositions are 
traceable to the fine strains of this old tune."

source version:
K:F
A=B|cF F2 cFAF|cF F2 cFAc|=BGG^F GABc|dG G2 dcA=B|
cF F2 cFAF|cF F2 cFAc|=BGG^F GABc|dG G2 dcAG||
Ffeg fdcA|Ffeg fdcA|Gg^fa gbag|=fage fedc|
Ffeg fdcA|Ffeg fdcf|egcg ^fade|=f2 ag fed=B||
"last time"=f2 ag f4|]

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X:52091
T:OLD PLAYERS (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:There's no key signature on this tune in the book, which indicates 
that someone thought it was an A minor tune. However the prevalence of 
C sharps and G naturals make it a better candidate for an A modal tune, 
and I have treated as such here.
Q:1/4=180
R:reel
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Amix
GF|EAAB cded|cdec dBGD|EAAB cdef|gefa gefd|
cdef gfge|a^gec d2cd|edef gfge|dBGB A2:|
e^g|a2 ^gb aged|cdef gfef|g2fa gfef|gfgd BGG^g|
a2 ^gb aged|cdef gfge|agaf gfge|dBGB A2:|

"The tune commemorates the great fiddlers of the past: Michael Coleman, 
Kipeen Scanlon, and a host of unheralded ones who went to the clay 
unrecognized. The history of Ireland is a fiddle. It alone can convey 
the sounds and feelings of sad gaiety that characterize the plight of 
that long-troubled land."

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X:52092
T:PACKY'S PLACE
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
f|gdB GFG|ABG FED|gdB GFG|Ad^c def|
gdB agf|bag faf|gdB cAF|GAG G2:|
A|Bcd def|gfe dcB|BGB dBG|cBc ABc|
BGB def|gdB ecA|fdB cAF|GAG G2:|

"Owned by Ed's favorite neighbors, the Clerkins. Their son Packy was 
running the farm when we made our visit there in '69."

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X:52093
T:PASSING FANCY, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:A nice uncomplicated (read: no accidentals) tune that I've never 
heard anyone play.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
F|G2 Bd cAFA|GBAG FDB,D|G2 Bd cA FA|defd cAFA|
G2 Bd cA FA|GBAG FEFA|GBAc Bdeg|fdcA BGG:|
f|gfeg fedf|gfga bgef|gfeg fedf|ecAG FGAf|
g2 eg fedf|gfga bgeg|bg af agfg|ecAc BGG:|

"Only the great tunes survive. But in our time we also welcome the 
charming lift of a passing fancy. The first fresh strains of a 
well-wrought tune make us all a little bit better for the hearing 
of it."

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X:52094
T:PAT BOYLE OF GLENCOLUMKILL (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I'm not sure what the F naturals in mm 2 and 6 are doing there,
but since they're unaccented I left them in.  
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dmix
DEFG AcBd|cAG=F ECC2|DEFG AcBd|cAGE D2D^C|
DEFG AcBd|cAG=F ECC2|DEFG AcBd|cAGE D3A||
def^g a2fd|cdef g2 ec|def^g a2fd|cAGE FDDc|
def^g a2fd|cdef g2 Bc|dfeg fdcA|GBAG F2E2||\
"last time"[D8d8]||

"Ed met many fiddlers through the years, but Pat was special. He came to 
Corktown early in the century and encouraged young Irish musicians who 
settled there. Some of Ed's best compositions were inspired by the playing 
of Pat Boyle."

X:52095
T:PAT CLARK'S (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Another of many in the book that I think deserves to be played
a lot more!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
D2FD FAAc|defd gbeg|fedf ecAF|GBAG EDCE|
D2FD FAAc|defd gbeg|fedf edce|1 dBAF DA,G,A,:|\
[2 dBAF D3||
g|fedf ecAF|GBAF GEEF|DFAF EGBG|FAdf e2 fg|
afbf gfec|defd AGFA|G2 BG F2 AF|EDCE D3:|

"Ed learned some of the basics of fiddle playing from this old Cavan 
friend who died in 1969 (just a short time after our visit there). It 
was also through Pat that Ed (and his brother George) joined the local 
fife and drum corps in Cootehill. The tunes he learned stimulated an 
interest in the old marches. Pat also taught him a few traditional 
tunes that he himself had mastered on the fiddle."

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X:52096
T:PEDDLAR'S PUNCH (reel), The
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
F|G2BG DGBG|=F2AF CFAF|G2BG DGBc|dgfd cA FA|
G2BG DGBG|=F2AF CFAF|GABc dB cA |GBAF DGG :|
A|B2 ge fdcB|A=FF2 ABcA|G2ge fd^cd|gfga gfdc|
Bdge fdcB|A=FF2 ABcA|GABc defa|1 gbag fdc:|\
[2 "final"gbag fdcA|HG4z4|]

"Ed likes a title that can be taken in more than one way. In this one 
you don't know which punch of the peddler is the most lethal. He might 
pack quite a wallop if you cross him, but take just one good sup of his 
poteen and you'll be lucky if you don't take total leave of your senses."

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X:52097
T:QUINN OF ARMAGH (hornpipe)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
FE|DFAd EAce|dfeg fdBd|ceA=c BGEG|GDA,D GECE|
DFAd EAce|dfeg fdBd|cbaf gece|d2f2 d2:|
fg|afdf Adfa|gfge cdec|dfba gfed|c2B2 AGFE|
DFAd EAce|dfdg fdBd|cbaf gece|d2f2 d2:|

"For Ed's longtime friend Lou Quinn, who resides in Flushing, New York. 
He has been Ed's greatest supporter through the years. Lou helped to 
publish Ed's first book of tunes in 1971."

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X:52098
T:REAVY'S GRAND HORNPIPE
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
AG|FGAB =cAFA|G2 GF G2 EF|GEcd edcB|Adfa gece|
fedc dAFD|EFGE CDEG|FAce gece|d2 dc d2:|
fg|a^gba fdAf|gfge cdec|dfaf efge|cdef gece|
a2ba fdAf|gecA ^GABd|cdef gece|1 d2 dc d2:|\
[2 d2 AF HD4|]

"As excellent as the other tunes are, some feel that Ed's reputation 
will stand because of the high quality of his hornpipes. If this dance 
form were more fashionable today among the musicians, Ed would certainly 
be much more widely acclaimed. No one has written so many exquisite 
hornpipes, and the Grand Hornpipe surely is a fitting example of Ed's 
talent for this rhythmical dance form."

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X:52099
T:RED TOM OF THE HILLS (reel) 
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:The first of too many tunes in the book to suffer from
"accidental ambiguity". I can't tell by listening to this
if it's meant as a G modal (all F's natural) or a straight 
G major tune with a mix of F sharps and naturals (in other
words, right out of the book).
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
K:G
GF|DGG2 DE=FD|GABc defa|gfdc Bd BG|AcAF DE=FD|
G2 dG c=fA^F|GABc defa|gfdc B2 dB|cAFA G2:|
Bd|g2bg agbg|g2bg BGGE|=f2a^f gfaf|f2af dcBc|
dgg2 bffd|BGBd gdBd|=fefa g^fga|fdcA G2:|

"Tom came from somewhere in the Monaghan Hills - no one knew exactly 
where. He loved to ceili and 'pack it in'. Tom had a 'shakey' hand 
that could have been a trial to most. But you would never know it 
from the way Tom could slap large cuts of butter on his bread at tea 
time. Mom Reavy said Tom's hand was not to be pitied 'for it always 
shook deeper into the butter'."

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X:52100
T:REILLY of the WHITE HILL (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
K:D
FG|Agfe dcdA|B2 dB AFDF|GFGB AFDF|EA,CE DEFG|
Agfe dcdA|B2 dB AFDF|GFGB AFDF|1 EA,CE DE:|\
[2 EDCE D3|| 
|:g|fdAd fgaf|bged cdeg|fdAd fgaf|bgeg fdde|
fgfe dfaf|gfed cdef|dcdA Bd AF|EDCE D3:|

"Reilly had a wild look and a fondness for cheating at cards. Before the 
night was finished you could bet your last skin of a potato that Reilly 
would be stirring up trouble. No one knew his first name. He was one of 
the 'White Hill people' from a region beyond the northern borders of Ed's 
farmland."

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X:52101
T:ROAD TO DRUM (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This sounds like it should be a Dmix tune but there's no indication
of that in the book.
Q:1/4=130
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:D
D2 FA dAFd|c2 Ad cdeg|f2ec dcAF|GECE A,ECE|
D2 FA dAFd|c2 Ad cAFG|A2ce gece|1 d2 dc dBAF:|\
[2 d2 dc def||
|:^g|a2 ^gb afdf|a2^gb afdf|g2 fa gece|Aece Aec^g|
a2 ^gb afdf|a2^gb afdf|gece bece|1 d2dc def:|\
[2 d2 dc d4|]

"Ed took this road once when he was young. The boys were on holiday to 
attend a session of music in Drum. It was the first time Ed heard flutes 
and fiddles playing tunes like 'Trim the Velvet' and 'Rakish Paddy'. It 
was an early awakening to the music for him that he never forgot."

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X:52102
T:SEAN QUINN'S HORNPIPE
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
dc|BGBd g2fg|eBcA FEDC|B,DGB cBAG|FGAB A2 dc|
BGBd g2fg|agfa gdBd|cAFA cAFA|G2 B2 G2:|
AB|cAfd agfa|gfga gdBd|cBAG FEFG|A2 ge DCB,A,|
G,B,DG Bdgd|bgdB cAFA|Bd FA DAFA|G2 F2 G2:|

"Lou's oldest son, a very talented musician who plays professionally 
in the New York area. He also helped us produce Ed's first volume 
of tunes in 1971."

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X:52103
T:SHANVAGHERA (reel)
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Not mentioned in Ed Jr.'s notes is the clear influence of
Paddy Fahey's compositions on this particular one of Ed's.
(Ed Jr., not a musician himself, may not have been aware of
such an influence.)
N:2:In the book the low C's in m.2 are not marked as naturals.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:D
FG|Addc d2AB|=cAG=F E=CCE|DA,DE =FEFG|A2 G_B Adde|
=fedf ed^ce|d^cA^F GE=CE |DEFG Ad=cA|GE=CE D2:|
A2|defg afdB|[E2=c2] Gc EcGc|defg afdf|e=c c2 Addf|
afdf edce|dcAF GE=CE|DEFG Ae=cA|GE=CE D2:|

"The name of Brigid's school in County Mayo. Like so many other place 
names in Ireland it has the sound of the tradition in it. The school 
no longer stands, but Ed's tune, we trust, will live on to honor the 
memory of Delia's little schoolhouse in the far west of Ireland."

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X:52104
T:SHOEMAKER'S DAUGHTER (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"reel: allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
DF|G2 DG BcdB|G=FDE FDCD|G2 DG Bcde|=fdBd c2 Bc|
dgg2 dcc2|Bcde =fdcd|gfdc BcdB|FGAF G2:|
ef|g2 dg bgdg|gfdg fdcd|g2 dg Bgdg|f2 cA BGGf|
g2 dc BGGE|=FGAB c2 Bc|dgg2 de=fd|cAFA G2:|

"Ed wrote the tune in the Fifties, but it did not become popular in Ireland 
until the Seventies, when it was recorded by Seamus Connelly, the well-known 
Galway fiddler."[BB note: Just to set the record straight: Seamus' last name 
is spelled Connolly, and he's from Clare, not Galway!]

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X:52105
T:SIDE OF THE ROAD (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:The accidentals are nice but IMO not necessary.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
ef|gfed BEEF|GEB,E G,EB,E|GFGA BABd|eg fd e^def|
gfeg fedf|edBG FDB,D|EDEF GFGA|BdAF E2:|
ef|gfga bgeg|fdd2 Adfa|geBA ^GABg|fe^df e2 g2|
bagf agfg|ed^cd BGEF|GFGA BABd|eg fd e2:|

"The talented, wayward travelling people made it their home. 
We weep to tell the sad loss of talent among those wild wanderers 
of the road. Some of the best fiddle players in Ireland came from 
their ranks."

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X:52106
T:SILENT THE LONELY GLEN (air)
C:© E.Reavy
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=40
M:2/4
L:1/16
K:G
gf|e2dB A2GA|Bd2^c d2gf|e2dB A2GA|B>AGF E2gf|
e2dB b2ag|gfe^d e2gf|e2dB A2GA|B2GE E2ef|
g2eg Hb2ag|f2df Ha2gf|g2eg Hb2ag|fe2^d e2ef|
g2eg f2df|e2dA B2gf|e2dB A2GA|B2GE HE2|]

"The tune laments the passing of the old ways and the tradition as Ed 
remembers it: the old Ireland he once knew."

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X:52107
T:SLANEY BOG (reel) , The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I can't tell from the book's notation if this is an A-BB tune or not - 
only the second part has a repeat sign. It also has a first ending but 
not a second ending. Probably the safest way to handle all this is to 
play it as a standard double (AA-BB). This is the structure that I've 
used for the sound file. (I wish some of those "New York fellows" were 
still around to help out with this!)
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
E|F3G FGAB|=cAFA G2 FG|ABAG FGAg|fdec dfec|
AGAG FGAB|=cAFA G2FG|ABAG FGAg|fdec Add:|
e|f2 gf gfed|cAAB cdeg|fdfa g2 fg|afge fddf|
afge fdec|dfec dAGE|Dddc defg|1 afge dfc :|\
[2 "final"afge d4|]

"This tune became an instant favorite with 'the New York fellows' back 
in the forties."

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X:52108
T:STARRY LANE TO MONAGHAN (reel), The 
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Edor 
F|GEBE eEBE|GFGB AFDF|GEB,E GABd|eg fg edcd|
BEEF GEB,E|GFGB AFEF|GABG FGAF|EFGA BEE :|
f|gbef gbeg|fddc defa|gbef g2 fe|defd Beef|
geBA GABd|cdeg fddf|gbeg fece|[1 dBAF E2e :|\
[2 dBAF HE4|]

"Barnagrove is near the Monaghan border. On a starry night, so the 
story goes, one could look down this lane and see clear through to the 
neighboring county. Ed's mother came from Monaghan. To this day, he has 
a special fondness for Monaghan people." 

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X:52109
T:STREET PLAYER (hornpipe), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
R:hornpipe
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
FE|DFAd f2ec|dcde fdAF|GFED CDEF|GBAF EA,CE|
FDA,D FGA=c|BGBG cdeg|fagf edcd|e2 d2 d2:|
eg|f2dc dfaf|gbed cdeg|fg af gfed|cAB^G A=GFE|
FDFA dAFA|GFGB edcB|Adfa gecd|e2 d2 d2:|

"Dedicated to Tom and Jim McCafferty, the great street players who played 
in towns of Cavan and nearby Monaghan in the early years of this century."

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X:52110
T:SWALLOW'S NEST, The
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Source has the |c| in m.4 natural.
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:D
c|dcd fdc|dAG FED|FAd cAF|EcE GFE|
DFA dAF|EGB efg|fdf gec|edc d2:|
g|aba fdf|gag ecA|fef gfg|ecA GFE|
DFA dAF|EGB efg|fdf geA|edc d2:|

"Ed could not explain why certain tunes became jigs and not reels or 
hornpipes. His simple retort was: 'I guess a jig was just meant to be 
a jig.'"

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X:52111
T:SWANS AMONG THE RUSHES
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
f|gfg agf|gdB e2d|cBc EFG|AGE D2 B,|
DGB BAB|dcB cBc|fed cAF|GBA G2:|
A|Bcd efg|fdf ecA|GBd eag|fdf g3|
Bcd efg|fdf ece|fef agf|gba g2:|

"Ed loved to watch their flight and see them 'paddle in the cold 
companionable streams or climb the air'. He watched them, too, when 
they laid their eggs among the rushes in the lake waters near the 
family farm in Barnagrove."

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X:52112
T:TALES of BARNAGROVE (reel)
C:© E.Reavy 
R:reel
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:This is clearly intended as a modal tune, but the book is lacking 
several accidentals which I have taken the liberty (ahem) of supplying.
M:4/4
L:1/8
%Q:1/4=180
K:Amix
cd|eA cA EAcd|eAce aecd|eA cA agec|dBGB d2 cd|
eA cA EDCD|EAcd efgd|eaa2 gece|dBGB A2:|
cd|eaa2 bgag|eaa2 edcd|egg2 agfg|egfe gdBG|
eaa2 bgag|edcB cdef|gfge agec|dBGB A2:|

"What we feel in Paddy Kavanaugh's verses we can also hear in Ed's tunes: 
the simplicity of country people, their old roads and villages, and the 
nearby rising Monaghan hills. 'Tales of Barnagrove' tells how Ed felt 
about his early native experiences in that region of Ireland."

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X:52113
T:TARA HILL HORNPIPE, The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"andantino"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=150
M:C|
L:1/8
R:hornpipe
K:G
df|gd^cd BGDC|B,DGB edcB|cAFD ^CDFA|c2 ed cAFA|
BGDC B,G,B,D|GABd cAFA|fed^c =cAFA|GDB,D G2:|
df|gdcd edcd|eaa^g a2 ef|gfge fdcA|Gggf gedc|
BGDC B,G,B,D|GABd cAFA|fed^c =cAFA|GDB,D G2:|

"A little-known hornpipe of Ed's that could in time become one of 
his most popular compositions."

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X:52114
T:THE NEALE
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:A
g|aec aec|fga ecA|aec aec|B2 c dcB|
aec aec|fga Bcd|gfe dBG|AGA A2:|
d|c2 a ecA|cBc ecA|c2 d e2 f|gfe dBG|
A2 a ecA|cBc efg|aec dBG|ABA  A2:|

"Dedicated to the people of this quaint region of Mayo. Ed was the 
guest of his daugher-in-law's family (the Murphys) when he visited 
The Neale in 1969. He was charmed by the simplicity of their life and 
the realization that many of his own childhood values still remained 
there. If his plan had been to return to Ireland, the Neale, he felt, 
would have been a fitting place to settle. But the exile seldom returns 
in the end, and so the Neale too becomes another part of his ultimate 
dream."

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X:52115
T:TIME WE HAD IN BANSHA (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:I have inserted the naturals that were missing from the 
low C in m.6. 
N:2:I like this tune played as D minor in part 1 and D modal 
in part 2, but I have reproduced it as the book has it.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
A,|D2FA =cBA=F|EDCD EFGE|D2 FD FAdB|=cege fdde|
fgaf dfed|=cAG=F E=CC2|DEFG AB=cA|G=FEG FDD:|
g|fgag fddB|=c2 gc acgc|fgaf gfge|cdeg fddf|
a^gaf =gfge|cded cAGE|D2 FD FGAB|=cAGE =FDD:|

"The tune commemorates the day the local fife and drum corps 
went to Bansha. It happened over seventy years ago, but Ed 
remembers it as yesterday."

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X:52116
T:TINKER CART (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Nearly 100% accidental-free!
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
D|:GABd cAFG|AGGF GABc|dB AG FGAc|BGAF GFED|
GABd cAFB|AGGF GBdg|fdcA FDEF|1 AGGF GDEF:|2 AGGF G2||
|:Bd|gage fgfd|cABc dcdf|gage fgfd|cAdB c2 ef|
gage fgfa|gfed ^cdfg|bg fd cAFG|1 "thru"AGGF G2 :|\
[2 "final"AGGF GDEF|HG4z4|]

"This is Ed's setting of an old tune that is seldom heard today. It's 
one of those lovely slow reels that has the right touch in the most 
important spots. Ed's 'fixing' of it in this setting makes it a truly 
superb fiddle tune."

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X:52117
T:TOWN of COOTEHILL, The
C:© E.Reavy
R:jig
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:D % source key = F
DFA dfd|cAc edc|ged cAc|edc dAF|
DED FAd|cEF GFE|FBA GEC|DED D3:|
FAd FAd|BGG G2 F|EGB EGB|cAA ABc|
dfd cge|cAc edc|dAF GEC|DED D3:|

"Ed's own town in Cavan, just a short distance from his native village, 
Barnagrove. He was amazed at how little the town had changed when he 
visited there in '69 - 'Only the lane where the fish was sold has changed,' 
he remarked. 'It's still the same old Cootehill.'" 

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X:52118
T:TRADITIONAL JIG, The
C:© E.Reavy 
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
B|dBG GFG|Bcd =fdB|cA=F FEF|C=FA cBc|
dBG GFG|Bcd fga|gfd cAF|GAG G2:|
c|dgg gfg|bag agf|cde =fef|agf agf|
dgg gfg|Bcd fga|gfd cAF|GAG G2:|

"Ed took one of his favorite reels ('McKenna's') and changed it into 
this extraordinary little jig. Any musician who has tried this feat 
knows how frustrating it can be. I'm reminded of a story once of one 
who tried to change a tune and failed. All too quick to take credit 
for his own latest 'improvement' of an old tune, our would-be composer 
waited anxiously for the praise he so confidently expected. A crafty 
old judge of tunes himself was only too happy to deliver the final 
judgment: 'Son, if you left out what you put in and put back in what 
you left out, it'd be a good tune!'"

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X:52119
T:TUBBER FAIR
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:I have added missing repeats for first and second
part.
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
A|BGA B2f|gef gfe|BdB AGA|BGE EFG|
BGA B2 f|gef gfe|BdB AGA|BGF G2:|
%
A|BGA B2f|gef gfe|BdB AGA|BGE E2F|
GEG FEF|EFG B^cd|edB AGA|BGF G2:|
%
f|gba gfe|Bd^c def|g2f gfe|Be^d e2f|
gbg faf|gfe def|gfe BcA|BGF G2:|

"Synge told us of the things of this world, the world of 'Red Dan 
Sally's ditch and drinking in Tubber Fair.' Being a fiddler of sorts 
himself, John [? Synge] would have relished this little jig in G. 
He would have thought it a fitting tune to be played at Tubber Fair."

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X:52120
T:TWO SISTERS
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
F|:G2 B F2 A|GBd gdB|G2 B F2 A|cAG FDB,|
G2 B F2 A|GBd gdB|cec BdB|AFA dBA :|
Bd^c d2 e|dBd gdc|Bd^c d2 B|AFA cBA|
Bd^c d2 e|dBd gdB|cec BdB|AFA cBA :|"final"HG3z3|]

"For two of Ed's grandaughters, Sheila and Eileen Steskey."

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X:52121
T:VILLAGE of CONG (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Book is missing the low F naturals in m.10. I didn't
attempt to figure out the other accidentals.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
A|GFDE =FEFD|G2 dG eGdG|=FEDC B,CDE|=F2 cF dFcF|
G^FGA GFDA|GABc defg|afge d^cde|=fdcA G3:|
f|:gfgd BGGe|=fefc A=FF^f|gfga _bgag|fgaf dfga|
_bgaf gfde|=fage fdcA|G2Ac dBcB|GE=FE DEFE:|"last time"G8|]

"This is the village of the 'Quiet Man', where Sean Thornton (John 
Wayne) squares off against Squire Danaher (Victor McLaglen) in one 
of Hollywood's legendary donnybrooks. Ed loved the quaintness of this 
village and the people he met there." [BB note: Cong is in Co. Mayo].

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X:52122
T:WAY TO SHERCOCK (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:Dmix
c|d2 Ad fdAB|[E2c2] Gc EcGc|dcAG FGAF|G2EC EFGB|
A2 FA FGAB|[E2c2] Bd cAGB|Addc defd|cAGE D3:|
c|defg afdB|cdef gecA|defg adfa|gece d2fg|
adfa gceg|fedc dcAG|1 FGAB cded|cAGE D3:|
[2 FGAB c2ed|cAGE HD4|]

"When Ed returned with us to Ireland for a visit in 1969, we were amazed 
at his recall of the old roads in his native region. He knew which ones 
stood and which were changed. He never lost his childhood sense of 
direction. To this day, he could still show us the way to Shercock." 

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X:52123
T:WHERE THE SHANNON RISES (reel) 
C:© Ed Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:According to the book's notation, this is an AA-B tune 
since there are no repeats given for the second part. 
I suspect this is an error and tune should be standard 
AA-BB.
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:D
E|:DEFA defe|dBcA BFFG|AGFE DEFA|dBAF EDCE|
DEFA defe|dBcA BFFG|AGFE DEFA|1 Bdeg fddc:|\
[2 Bdeg fdd||
e|:fgaf dcdf|eBfB gBfe|defg agfa|gfeg fedc|
defg afdf|edcd efge|faec dcdA|BdAF EDCE:|\
"final"HD4z4|]

"Ed was proud to recall that the majestic Shannon rose in his county. 
For this reason he called his first book of tunes 'Where the Shannon 
Rises'".

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X:52124
T:WHISTLER of ROSSLEA (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:One of the challenges of learning any of Reavy's lesser-known
tunes is figuring out the accidentals. It's not easy when the book
presents (e.g.) F natural and F sharp in the same measure. If I were
learning this, I'd keep all the F's natural. This setting however
is faithful to the book version.
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:Reel
K:G
F|GABc dBcA|=fdcA BGGE|=FGAB c2 Bc|dBcA BGAF|
GBAc Bdce|dgfa gfdc|Bd=fd c2 A^F|G2 AF DGG:|
f|g2 dg Bgdg|gbag fdde|=f2 cf Afcf|=fedc AG=FA|
Gggf gfdc|Bcde fdcd|gfde =fdcA|GBAF DGG:|

"Ed was to a fair once in Rosslea and heard this whistler. He had a 
whistling range that could easily match the register of a fiddle or 
flute. And he had all the embellishments of a great traditional player, 
too. He sold fish in the market places and charmed his customers with 
choice tunes, many of his own making."

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X:52125
T:WHITECROSS REEL
C:© E.Reavy 
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:Book is missing natural sign on low F in m.4
Q:1/4=180
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
B,C|DGG2 G,A,B,C|DEFD G2GA|BGdG Bcde|=fdBd A=FF2|
GABc de=fd|g^fdB c2 Bc|dgg2 dcBd|1 cA=FA G2:|\
[2 cA=FA G2||
K:Gm
|:GA|B2 df =egcA|B2 dB AcFA|B2 df =egcA|BdcA BGGA|
B2 FB DBFB|DBFB AFF2|1 GABc d2 cA|BdcA BG:|
[2 GABc dBcA|BdcA BGHG2|]

"A title Ed picked for Lou Quinn, a lifetime close friend who comes 
from a place near Whitecross in County Armagh. It was mainly through 
Lou's encouragement and support that Ed continued to write traditional 
tunes for the last sixty years."

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X:52126
T:WILD SWANS AT COOLE (reel), The
C:© E.Reavy
Y:"allegro moderato"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
N:1:Trying to make sense of Ed's accidentals is more difficult
on some occasions than at others. In this tune, I have decided
that Ed really wanted it to be "D dorian" (F, C, and B natural).
That being the case, I removed an F sharp from m. 7 and the
C sharp from m.8. As usual, Ed's original version is below.
N:2:Part 1 of this tune sounds to me suspiciously like Part 1 
of "Maudabawn Chapel". (Ed isn't the only composer ever to
plagiarize from himself - happens all the time!)
Q:1/4=180
M:C
L:1/8
R:reel
K:Ddor
c|Adec d2 AB|cBcG EFGE|DA,A,2 CA,A,2|FEDB, CA,G,B,|
A,2 FE FEDC|A,B,CD FGAB|cdfg agfa|gece d3 :| 
c|d2 Ad fgaf|ecc2 efge|d2 Ad fgaf|gfag eddc|
defg abag|ecc2 efge|a^ga=g eg ed|cAGE D3:|

"Ed wanted one of his tunes to commemorate this favorite poem of his. 
He didn't know much Yeats, but what he knew he appreciated, particularly 
the last verse of 'the Swans':

'But now they drift on the still water, 
Mysterious, beautiful; 
Among what rushes will they build, 
By what lake's edge or pool, 
Delight men's eyes when I awake someday, 
To find they have flown away.'"

Source version:
c|Ad (3edc d2 AB|=cBcG E=FGE|DA,A,2 =CA,A,2|=FEDB, =CA,G,_B,|
A,2 =FE FED=C|A,B,=CD =FGAB|=cd^fg agfa|ge^ce d3 :|
c|d2 Ad fgaf|e=c c2 efge|d2 Ad fgaf|gfag eddc|
defg abag|e=c c2 efge|a^ga=g eg ed|=cAGE D3:|

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X:52127
T:WOMEN of MONAGHAN, The
C:© E.Reavy  
Y:"allegretto"
Z:1:McKenty
Z:2:bill@capeirish.com [3/19]
Q:1/4=160
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig
K:G
A|GEF GAB|g2 B f2 B|efg fdf|ece dBA|
GEF GAB|g2 B f2 B|edc BcA|G3 G2 :|
f|gfe fga|f2 d def|gfe fga|b2 e e2 f|
[1 gfe def|agf g2f|edB cBA|G3 G2 :|
[2 gfe def|agf gfe|dcB cBA|G3 HG3|]

"For the Hamill women and the other lovely people that Ed knew as a 
child in neighboring Monaghan."

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"My home lies
Many miles from here
Where the Shannon rises"
- Ed Reavy

Introduction

Ed Reavy was born February 14,1898 in Barnagrove, Cootehill, County 
Cavan. He came to the United States in 1912 and settled in Philadelphia 
in an area known as Corktown, prior to moving to Drexel Hill, Pennsyl-
vania.

Ed began his musical career as a fiddler in the Irish tradition. He 
played in the old Irish dance halls and became a popular musican at 
house parties and wedding receptions in the Philadelphia Irish American 
communities.

His earliest compositions date back to the late 1920's when Ed recorded 
for the old RCA Victor Company. For many years, however, his works were 
known and performed by only a small group of traditional musicians from 
the New York Irish American communities.

No one will ever know exactly how many tunes Ed has written. During his 
most prolific period (1940 - 1955), when Ed recorded his tunes on homemade 
discs, many of his original compositions unfortunately were lost. Some 
of the tunes Ed later remembered, but most of the are now completely 
lost.

In 1963, When I began to take a personal interest in Ed's work, we both 
began the long process of preparing his music for publication. Most of 
the tunes Ed dictated to me; others we took from tapes and from some of 
the old discs that were still available to us.

In 1971 we published "Where the Shannon Rises", a collection of Ed's 
most popular tunes. Credit for that publication must go to Lou Quinn 
of Flushing, New York.

The present volume represents all of Ed's composition that we now have 
in manuscript: 126 tunes in all. We have no way of determining how many 
were lost but Ed estimates that he composed twice that many if all were 
available at this time.†What we have, however, is a remarkable collection 
of original tunes that will ensure Ed's reputation as a major composer 
of Irish Traditional music in the 1900's and times past.

Joseph M Reavy

2. The Poem by Father Michael Doyle, of Camden NJ

HOW COULD REAVY DIE!
The plumber of the hornpipes is dead.
The old diviner with the hazel bow,
That found the Shannon's source
And made its magic waters flow across the world.
"No," she said "he's not dead,
How could Reavy die!"
And who are you to say!
"I am the Wind: The Wind
That drove the clouds in herds
Above the Cavan hills and Drexel too
And whispered to the oats in Barnagrove.
I am the breeze that kissed O'Carolan's face
With moisture on my lips
'Til notes danced within his mind
Like flames behind a blind.
I am the breadth in Reavy's body
I used to whistle in his mouth
Merely oxygen upon arrival
But virgin music coming out.
He would hold me in the evenings
And we'd play within his soul
He tamed me with his reverence
But I always had to go . . .
So I bore him sounds of sweetness
Some were sad and some were glad
And he composed half a thousand tunes
About the happy time we had."
Hush! I whispered. Did you see his fiddle
On the altar - silent as a stone
And his body on the grave in Drexel Hill?
Clamped on the hole in a final salute
Like an old finger frozen on a flute.
Did you see the people in a circle
Standing sadly in the snow,
When the pipes refused to play in the cold?
"I was there" she said
I am the Breath of the earth.
Every mouth is a wisp of my prayer
Breathing blessings of incense on the bites of the air
Because life has the edge on the ice.
Listen my friend, to the lad with the whistle
With his finger tips timid and cold.
See the life that he brings to the old man's tune
And the leaks that he brings to the eyes.
See Reavy arise from the holes in the tin . .
And announce on his grave "I'm alive!"