Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on February 23rd 2003 by slainte.
This tune has been added to 89 tunebooks.
Also known as Girl With The Laughing Eyes, The Girl With The Laughing Eyes, The Lame Fisherman.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Sweeney's Dream
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dF F2 ABdf|gfeg fdBc|dF F2 ABdB|AFDF E2 D2:|
fa a2 afdf|gfed Bd d2|fa a2 bf f2|gfeg fd d2|
fa a2 bf f2|gfeg fdBc|dF F2 ABdf|gfeg f3e||
Sweeney's Dream
I thought this is a classic reel considering Chieftains recorded it, but I've never heard it played in the real sessions. Are this kind of simple tunes old-fashioned now?
# Posted on February 23rd 2003 by slainte
Similar tune
This has a similar feel to Scotch Mary;
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/96
It's that opening phrase, I guess.
Maybe playing this after Scotch Mary would sound more like a key change than an actual change of tunes.
# Posted on February 24th 2003 by Jeremy
On the contrary - I think that similar opening phrase could be a nice thematic link. I'll try them together when I get home. off the top of my head, I'm inclined to think that playing Scotch mary *after* Sweeney's dream would make a nice set.
# Posted on February 24th 2003 by CreadurMawnOrganig
Thanks, Jeremy. I'll add Scotch Mary to my poor repertoire. Good to know a new tune in a lovely set.
# Posted on February 24th 2003 by slainte
Played in sessions
At least by myself--
You'll hear it once in a while, not often. Obviously depends on what kind of sessions you go to.
Isn't this played on a Bothy Band album somewhere? Either that or on one of Kevin Burke's...Anyway, glad to have a name for it!
# Posted on April 16th 2003 by pchaffee
Sweeney's Dream
Listen to Patsy Hanley play this tune: http://www.lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers/patsyh4.mp3 The second tune is the Master's Return, I believe.
# Posted on January 12th 2006 by slainte
Sweeney's Dream
I occasionally hear this played at my session, and it would be nice to hear it more often. Just be careful not to go into the Belles Of Tipperary when you start that B-part!
X: 1
T: Sweeney's Dream
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
dF~F2 ABdf|gfeg fdBc|dF~F2 AddB|AFDF ~E2D2:|
fa~a2 afdf|gfed (3Bcd eg|fa~a2 bfaf|gfeg fdde|
fa~a2 bfaf|gfeg fdBc|dF~F2 ABdf|gfeg ~f3e||
# Posted on December 2nd 2006 by Dr. Dow
Shaskeen recorded the tune as Killoran's on the Mouse Behind the Dresser album.
# Posted on May 31st 2007 by 52Paddy
"The Girl With the Laughing Eyes" ~ a rescued duplication
Submitted on March 29th 2010 by jaychoons
~ /tunes/display/10392
X: 3
T: Girl With The Laughing Eyes, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
(3ABc |\
d2 FG Adef | gfed fdBc | d2 FG A2 AB | AFEG FDDA |
d2 FG Adef | gfed fdBc | d2 FG A2 ag | faef d2 ||
(3efg |\
afbf afdf | gfed cd (3efg | afbf afdf | abag fd (3efg |
afbf afdf | gfed fdBc | d2 FG A2 ag | faef d2 |]
Diggin' around & look what I found...
O'Neill's (1,001) is a goldmine if you're looking for new old tunes to play. I found this jumpy little number in the "reels" section (#745 to be precise). A bit of an odd duck, but there's something kinda refreshing about it. I think I like it, lemme know what you think.....
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by jaychoons
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by ceolachan
S: "O’Neill's Music of Ireland1850 Melodies", 1903, page 282, Tune #1528
The source for the above transcription from jaychoons, which I'd forgotten to add...
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by ceolachan
One more source
This tune also appears in O'Neill's 1850 on page 226, tune #1198 under the title The Lame Fisherman — yet another unnoticed duplication in this volume.
# Posted on February 10th 2011 by rwwt