Patsy Touhey's

reel

Key signature: Dmajor

Submitted on October 28th 2002 by Trinil.

This tune has been added to 117 tunebooks.

Also known as Pat Touhey, Pat Tuohey, Pat Tuohey's, Patsy Toughey's, Patsy Touhey’s, Patsy Touhy's, Patsy Tuohey's, Patsy Tuohy's, Touhey's Favorite.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

Ace And Deuce by Ace And Deuce
Aleanna by Aleanna
Ballinasloe Fair: Early Irish Music In America by Various Artists
Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
Glackin by Paddy Glackin
Golden Lights And Green Shadows by Grainne Hambly
Humours Of Highgate by John Blake, Lamond Gillespie And Mick Leahy
In Safe Hands by Various Artists
Katy Bar The Door by Randal Bays
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
Matt Molloy by Matt Molloy
Notes From The Heart by Mick, Louise And Michelle Mulcahy
Road Map Of Ireland by Tom McGonigle And Robert McGouran
Small Towns And Famous Nights by Alan Kelly Gang
Spirit by Dervish
The Boston Edge by Joe Derrane, Seamus Connolly And John McGann
The Dusty Bridge by Fergal Scahill
The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
The Liffey Banks by Tommy Potts
The Luck Penny by Seamus Bugler
The Pipers Club by The Pipers Club Ceili Bnad
The Unseen Dance by Evergreen
Three Months In Winter by Cuchulainn
Traditional Irish Music From Galway And Clare by Bobby Casey, Gabriel McKeon, Raymond Roland, Liam Farrell & John Roe
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Joe Burke
Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
Uilleann Pipes by Pat Mitchell
Up The Moy Road by Brendan Larrissey And Mike Considine
Willie Clancy: The Gold Ring - CD 2 Of 2 by Willie Clancy
Wonderwaltz by De Danann

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Patsy's

I read through this reel about a year ago and added it to my "to learn" list; realized again yesterday that I really do like it. We've stuck it with Glass of Beer and a whole series of reels after that.

I'm turning that first E into a EDE triplet; also I have a different version of the B part that I might integrate... so more soon!

# Posted on October 28th 2002 by Trinil

I like this reel, but there is always contention about whether to repeat the parts or not. It's usually written with no repeats, but I have a recording of Joe Burke playing it with Charlie Lennon, and he does repeats... I usually play it with a couple of other 'e-minor' tunes like The fermoy Lasses and Toss The feathers, say.

# Posted on October 30th 2002 by Ottery

Matt Molloy has a different version, in which the B-part stays in E dorian instead of shifting down to D major. Something like this:

e2fe befe|deed aded|e2fe befe|defa geed| .....

This is only a rough approximation from memory, so don't go learning it. It's on his 1st (I think) solo album, with Donal Lunny.

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by CreadurMawnOrganig

Alternate B

Here's the other version of the tune that I have, I could almost post it as a separate one, no? Looks close enough to what you were saying, David. I'll have to go listen to that album... cheers.

BE (3EDE BAFE|D2 (3FED ADFD|BE (3EDE BAFA|(3B^cd eg fded|
BE (3EDE BAFE|D2 (3FED ADFD|BE (3EDE BAFA|(3B^cd eg fde2||
e2 (3gfe bege|defg agfg|e2 (3gfe 'bege|defa geed|
e2 (3gfe Bege|defg ae (3fga|'bgaf gefd|(3B^cd eg fe e2||

# Posted on October 31st 2002 by Trinil

Patsy Tuohey's

Last year I learned a very graceful version of this tune from Paul Dooley, a lovely fiddler in Ennistymon. Something like this:

X: 1
T: Patsy Tuohey's
S: Paul Dooley
Z: Hiroyuki Yamada
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
Q: 300
R: reel
K: Edor
BE ~E2 BAFA|D2 (3FED ADFA|BE ~E2 BAFB|1 ABde fedc:|2 ABde fedf||
e2 ge bege|defg afdf|e2 ge bege|defa geed|
e2 ge bege|defg a2 ga|(3bag af gedA|(3Bcd eg fdcd||

He told us in the workshop that he usually plays this tune between Tommy Peoples' reels (http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/1100, http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/192) Lovely set, but I need to practice this one and T Peoples' Bm one more. Not easy for a mediocre whistle player.

# Posted on June 4th 2004 by slainte

Pat. Touhey's

Listen to Joe Derrane and Séamus Connolly play this tune: http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/reviews/mp3s/bostonedge9.mp3

# Posted on September 10th 2005 by slainte

By the way, what's the last tune in the clip? It really sounds familiar.

# Posted on September 10th 2005 by slainte

Patsy touhey's

in the album "the unseen dance" by evergreen, it is performed twice.
I like the second version better, where it is played as a guitar and lute duet.

# Posted on March 13th 2007 by Osher

Patsy Touhey's

played here by Matt Malloy and Dervish..2nd tune
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx0Q7-4F82Q&feature=related

# Posted on September 13th 2009 by bogman