Mama's Pet

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on January 4th 2003 by slainte.

This tune has been added to 45 tunebooks.

Also known as Mamma's Pet.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Breath Of Fresh Air by Kevin Crawford
• A Tribute To Michael Coleman by Joe Burke, Andy McGann And Felix Dolan
• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• As We Got Them: Traditional Flute And Fiddle Music From County Sligo by Various Artists
• Atlantic Breeze by Shaskeen
• Champions Of The North by Dezi Donnelly And Mike McGoldrick
• For The Love Of Tara by Denis Lanctot
• Frankie Goes To Town by Frankie Gavin
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• In Good Company by Kevin Crawford
• In The Footsteps Of Coleman by Various Artists
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• La Veillée Des Veillées by Various Artists
• Long Expectant Comes At Last by Cathal McConnell
• Memories Of Hughie Gillespie by Frank Kelly
• Memories Of Sligo by Roger Sherlock
• Morning Rory by Michael McGoldrick
• Pathway To The Well by Matt Molloy And John Carty With Arty McGlynn
• The Best Of Traditional Irish Music From Ireland's Number One Céilí Band by The Kilfenora Ceili Band
• The Breeze From Erin by Various Artists
• The Coleman Archive Vol. 2: The Home Place by Various Artists
• The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
• The Mountain Road by Various Artists
• The Tailor's Choice by Joe Burke
• The Very Best Of Sean McGuire by Sean Maguire
• The West Of Ireland by Boys Of The Lough
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan

X: 1
T: Mama's Pet
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
G2BG EGDE|G2BG dGBA|G2BG EGDG|Bded B2AB:|
dBGB d2de|dBGB ~e3g|dBGB deBd|eged B2AB|
dBGB dGBd|g2bg aged|~G3B ~A3B|d2ed B2AB||

Another One

Of course, this is not the one previously posted here and, I think, more widely played as Mama's Pet.

This version is "mostly" based on Kevin Crawford's playing, which I like the best. But it originally comes from the renowned flute player, Eddie Moloney from East Galway.

While Michael McGoldrick plays this tune between Rathlin Island and Sailor on the Rock, I've been playing after Tommy Peoples' in G. It's a lovely set.

# Posted on January 4th 2003 by slainte

"Mama's Pet" from East Galway

This great flute tune appears on Catherine and John McEvoy's recent album. Interestingly, Catherine's version comes from East Galway and is in fact associated with Eddie Moloney. Michael McGoldrick's version is also very similar, and I believe it can also be traced back to Eddie Moloney: M. McGoldrick writes he learned it from Frankie Gavin's playing.

P.S. Sorry for my fragile English in the previous comment. Still not perfect though. And sorry for having posted this tune in D.

# Posted on August 25th 2004 by slainte

Mama's Pet

When I visited a friend a couple of weeks ago, I found he had Joe Burke's flute recording "The Tailor's Choice." As a man from East Galway, Burke in fact plays this Ballinakill version in the Moloneys' style. Here's the East Galway version of "The Sailor on the Rock": http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/765/comments#comment166939 M. McGoldrick and Frankie Gavin play it after Mama's Pet.

# Posted on May 13th 2006 by slainte

Another interesting version: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/902/comments

# Posted on May 13th 2006 by slainte

Mama's Pet (East Galway Version)

Gosh!!! I've just found a sound clip of Eddie Moloney himself playing this reel: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers/edmaloney2.mp3 (From Rich Lafferty's Flute Tape Page: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers) Now you see Mike Rafferty's style originally comes from the Moloneys of Ballinakill.

# Posted on June 6th 2006 by slainte

From The Mountain Road (Sligo)

I've just painstakingly noted the abc for the version that goes along with the Sunny Banks on this album. I probably missed the ornaments, but I think that the transcription is pretty close. I'm somewhat baffled by the c situation. It seems to be midway between cnatural and c#.
T:Mama's Pet
M:4/4
L:1/8
T:Mama's Pet
D:Mountain Road (Sligo)
R:reel
K:Gmaj
G2FG EG DE|G2BG dGBG|G2FG EFGA|(3Bcd ed (3Bcd AB|
FEED EDBA|GB B2 GB B2|FEED EFGA||(3Bcd ed (3Bcd gf||
eAA2 eAA2| B~G3|DGBd|eAA2 eAA2| (3Bcd ed (3Bcd gf|
e2dg edBA|~G3A BABd|edef gfge|g2fg edBA||

# Posted on June 8th 2006 by Acacia

Mama's Pet (Sligo Version)

Already here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/902

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte

Mama's Pet (sligo version)

This is not the same version at all as what I just transcribed

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by Acacia

I tend to agree with Slainte that the tune Andreal posted is basically the same as #902 in the link above. I can see where there are big differences in the setting but same idea.
BTW the "c" situation especially in some older recordings is sometimes referred to as 'supernatural' as it isn't quite natural and isn't quite up to the sharp either.

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by Donough

"Andreal", I never suggested the version you posted above and those JMH and Dow had done are identical. But they are all from Sligo, so why not put your valueble contribution on the comments of the other one?

# Posted on June 9th 2006 by slainte

For the record

For anyone who cares, the "Mama's Pet" that appears on Cathal McConnell's "Long Expectant Comes at Last" is a jig, and as far as I can gather has no connections to the reel version posted here. From what the liner notes say, the "Mama's Pet" that he plays comes from "Sean MacAloon, a piper and fiddler from Altawalk, Roslea, Co. Fermanagh", and there is a song connected with it that is about a man who tries to escape his wife by fleeing to Scotland.

# Posted on December 31st 2006 by Jason G

Set

I play this reel after Eddie Maloney's No.2.
It goes well with any tune in E min.

# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by dinn2