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Name this tune

Name this tune

I've heard this tune at various session, but for the life of me I can't remember the name? Any Help? (and yes, I've tried the abc search here)

X: 1
T: ????
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: d2dA BAFA | A~F3 EFDE | ~F2 AF ~G2 BG | ABde fedc |
d2dA BAFA | A~F3 EFDE | ~F2 AF ~G2 BG | ABde fede :|
|: f2af gfed | gefd edBd | f2aa bafd | ABde fedB |
f2af gfed | gefd edBA | ~F2 AF ~G2 BG | ABde fedc :|

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by beretta

Re: Name this tune

Speed the Plough. Or O'Keeffe's Plough, to avoid confusion with the other Speed the Plough and to reference Padriaag O Keeffe.

I'd look for a different version if I were you.

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski

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Thanks Prof!

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by beretta

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There is also a Scottish '' Speed the Plough ''
Second tune here - Reel.. Usually play At Breakneck speed...
But here, my new Shetland Friend Bernard, Plays it at a nice pace
that's good for learner's -
jim,,,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nK5U9diBeF8&feature=email

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by FIDDLE4

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The Scottish one is played in Ireland, I learned it thirty years ago off a Séamus Ennis tape. 'Off in the Morning' is a more common form of the Scottish tune in Ireland.

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski

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That one you label "Scottish" I learnt a version of when I was about 8. It's a very common English morris tune.

The OP's tune: isn't it sometimes know as Lad O'Byrne's Favourite?

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by ethical blend

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Ref: Lad o'Byrnes. Scrub that - I think I must be thinking of a different tune ...

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by ethical blend

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I know what I know it as: Tom Billy's. Yep. That's it.

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by ethical blend

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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1191
The comments seem to point towards the Scottish origin. That clip is nice change from the 'English' way of playing it. How is it played in Ireland.

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by David50

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(that tune link was for the 'Scottish' one in the youtube clip Jim gave)

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by David50

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I learnt that tune as the Galtee Rangers!

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by tradcracker

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If anything, it's not the Galtee Rangers, that a completely different one. Tom Billy would fit in with it's Sliabh Luachra credentials (Séamus Ennis got it from POK)

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by Prof. Prlwytzkofski

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I always knew that tune as Tom Billy's

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by Free Reed

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The only '' Reel '' I can come up with of Tom Billy's, is this one ???? - jim,,,

X:17
T:Tom Billy's Reel
T:O'Keefe's Plow
R:Reel
N:IrTrad, 5/99
Z:Roger Landes
M:C|
L:1/8
K:D
dcdA BAFB|AF F/2F/2F EFDE|F/2F/2F AF G/2G/2G BG|ABde fdec|d/2d/2d dA BAF
B|AF F/2F/2F/2 EFDE|F/2F/2F AF G/2G/2G BG|1ABde fe e/2e/2e:|2ABde fdde||
fa a/2a/2a afdf|g/2g/2g fg edBd|fa a/2a/2a bafd|ABde fe e/2e/2e|fa a/2a/
2a afdf|g/2g/2g fg|{f}edBA|F/2F/2F AF G/2G/2G BG|
1ABde fe e/2e/2e:|2ABde fdec||

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by FIDDLE4

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Er ... yes, Jim. That's the one the OP (beretta) was asking about and wrote out right at the start of this thread.

# Posted on January 2nd 2011 by ethical blend

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