Key signature: Dmajor
Submitted on April 26th 2003 by Tommy McCarty.
This tune has been added to 218 tunebooks.
Also known as "Cuz" Teahan's, Cous Teehan's, Cus Teahan's, Cuz Teahan's, Cuz Teahan's Barndance, Cuz Teehan's, Cuz Tehan's, Cuz Tehans, The Glauntane Highland, The Kerry Fling, The Kerry Highland Fling, Molloy's Favourites, The Road To Glauntane, The Road To Glountain, The Road To Glountane, The Road To Glounthane, Terry 'Cuz' Teehan's, Terry Teehan's, Winter Fling.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Kerry Fling
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
E2EF A2AB|ceec BAF2|f2 ec ABcA|ecBA FAAF|
E2EF A2AB|ceec BAF2|f2 ec ABcA|1 ecBc A2AF:|2 ecBc A4||
|:ecef a2 af|ecBA FAAB|cBAB cBBA|cABA ceaf|
ecef a2 af|ecBA FAAB|cBAB cBBA|1 ceBc A4:|2 ceBc A2AF||
Kerry Fling
'Day all! Well, I submitted a tune about a week ago now (An tSean Bhean Bhocht), maybe a bit longer, and it didn't quite work out. I was a bit sloppy with the ABC and ended up making a few mistakes, but I've ran through this one extensively to make sure it's just right. I got the tune from a recording by Matt Molloy on The Chieftains' "The Celtic Harp" (which, incidentally, I recently submitted in the Recordings section), where it was paired with an air, "The Parting of Friends". I have rendered the tune as closely as I could to Molloy and Moloney's arrangement of it. I like it quite a bit; I hope you will as well.
# Posted on April 26th 2003 by Tommy McCarty
Well done, Tommy.
My transcription of the same recording of the tune is a little bit different:
E2EF A2AB|ceec BAF2|f2 ec ABBA|ecBA FAAF|
E2EF ~A3B|ceec BAF2|f2 ec ABBA|1 ecBc A2AF:|2 ecBc A4||
|:e2ef a2 af|ecBA FAA2|cBAB cBBA|ceBA faaf|
e2ef ~a3f|ecBA FAA2|cBAB cBBA|1 ceBc A4:|2 ceBc A2AF||
# Posted on April 26th 2003 by gian marco
Is this also know as 'Cuz' Teehan's?
---Michael B.
# Posted on June 3rd 2003 by MichaelBolton
The Road To Glauntane (Terry Teahan's name for it)
K:A
|:AF|E2 EF A2 AB|c>ee>c B>A F2|(3fgf e>c A>Bc>A|e>cB>A F>AA>F|
E3 F A3 B|c2 e>c B>A A2|(3fgf e>c A>Bc>A|e>cB>c A2:|
|:(3agf |e2 e>f a2 a>f|e>cB>A F>AA>B|c>BB>A c>BB>A|c>eB>A F2 a>f|
1 e>ce>f a3 f|e>cB>A F>AA>B|c>BB>A c>BB>A|e>c (3BcB A2:|
2 E3 F A3 B|c2 e>c B>c A2|f2 e>c A>Bc>A|e>cB>c A2||
another slight variation...
# Posted on September 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
Terry Teahan playing the 'fling' of it - another transcription
From an old recording of Terry Teahan, very similar to Gian's notation except definitely a Fling with that skip rhythm, and it is played as 16 bars in length. However, he starts it in the usual 'dance' fasion with one extra A part, 8 bars to give the dancers the beat, what some folks call 'for nought' - only once for that introduction. He then continues to play it as a standard 16 bar Fling, AABB (each part being 4 bars in length):
|:E2 E>F A2 A>B|c>ee>c B>A F2|1 (3faf e>c A>Bc>d|e>cB>A F>AA>F:|
|2 a>fe>c A>Bc>d|ec (3BcB A2 A>F|
|:e3 f a2 a>f|e>cB>A F>A A2|c>BA>B c>BB>A|1 (3cec B>A F>A A2:|
|2 c>eB>c A2 A>F||
# Posted on September 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
Oops! - a mistake on that first 32 bar transcription - - -
Part 2, the 1st and 2nd endings which should have begun one bar earlier, or -
1 c>eB>A F2 a>f| e>ce>f a3 f|e>cB>A F>AA>B|c>BB>A c>BB>A|e>c (3BcB A2:|
2 c>eB>A F2 A>F| E3 F A3 B|c2 e>c B>c A2|f2 e>c A>Bc>A|e>cB>c A2||
# Posted on September 3rd 2004 by ceolachan
Daft sneeze head - 16 bar, not 32 bar, it's a fling, fling, fling...
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan
Yeah, I know, get the ether, he's talkin' to himself again...
# Posted on June 8th 2005 by ceolachan
"The Road to Glauntane" ~ making restitution
K: A Major
A>F |
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c>ee>c B>A F2 | (3faf e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>A F>AA>F |
E3 F A3 B | c2 e>c B>A A2 | (3faf e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>c A2 ||
|: (3agf |
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A | c>eB>A F2 A>F |
E3 F A3 B | c2 e>c B>c A2 | f2 e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>c A2 ||
K: G Major
(3GFE |
D2 D>E (3GGG G>A | B<dd>B A>G E2 | (3ege d>B G2 (3BAG | d>BA>G (3EGE G>E |
D3 E G3 A | (3BcB (3dcB A>G E2 | e2 d>B G>AB>G | d>B (3ABA G2- ||
G>e |
d>Bd>e g2 (3gfe | d2 B>G E2 G>A | (3BcB A>G B2 A>G | B>d (3BAG E>GG>E |
D3 E G>FG>A | (3BcB (3dcB A>G E2 | e2 d>B G>AB>G | d>B (3ABA G2 ||
# Posted on July 11th 2006 by ceolachan
This tune appears on "Skin and Bow" by Declan Folan and Junior Davey. The other tune in the set entitled "Molloy's Favourites" is Terry Teehan's other fling http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/444.
# Posted on March 10th 2007 by Dr. Dow
I think this tune works better as a 32-bar barndance than a 16-bar fling.
# Posted on March 19th 2007 by Dr. Dow
If one were to play this in a set, what would go good with it?
# Posted on March 27th 2007 by ltrane
Yeah, those held notes give it a very barndance / schottische feel to it, especially the opening bars, basically ~
| N2 N>N N2 N>N | ~ for example:
A-part ~ | E2 E>F A2 A>B | ~ & ~ B-part ~ | e2 e>f a2 a>f |
# Posted on March 27th 2007 by ceolachan
This tune is played on the BBC Virtual Session. It's listed as "Slow Barn Dance" and is played at a very moderate tempo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions/
# Posted on April 16th 2007 by GraemeO
'twould be nice if the Details page listed the key as A major rather than D major.
# Posted on August 5th 2007 by boxist
Dumb Dee Dee
This is in 2 sharps .... Honest.
The first two bars remind me of Flowers of Edinburgh
|A2AB d2de|fdfa gfed|
T:Cuz Tehans
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:D
dB|:A2AB d2de|faaf edB2|b2 af defb|afed BddB|
A2AB d2de|!faaf edB2|b2 af defb|afef d2:|
|:afab d'2 d'b|afed Bdde|feed feed|!fded Bddb|
afab d'2 d'b|afed Bdde|feed feed|faef d4:|
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by geoffwright
Cuz
The tale went, he worked on the railway in Chicago and Irishmen were told to apply for a job and say they were his cousin.
So many cousins got jobs that he was know as Cuz.
# Posted on July 16th 2008 by geoffwright
A Major (###) & 16 bar fling
As far as dance, and my opinion, this works best for flings rather than as a barndance, but it can work there too. The melodic structure, like the differences between single and double reels, speaks to that as well.
csharpd ~ the transcription given here, the first one, is in A. Any crossing you would do picking up the G would be a G#... Here's a good example of doing just that, the lead-in given to start instead of in the last bar and the first 4 bars of the A-part. G natural would not work ~
X: 1
T: The Road To Glountane Highland Fling
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: Amaj
|: (3AGF |\
E2 E>F A>GA>B | c<ee>c B>A F2 | (3faf ec A>G (3ABc | ecBA FGAF | ~
# Posted on September 13th 2008 by ceolachan
Jeremy...
Why not change the listed key sig to A major?
It would make it easier for people who don't know the name of it to find it.
Just a thought.
# Posted on February 14th 2009 by I ♥ Dow
My Version
X: 1
T: Kerry Fling
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|:E3F A3B|ceec BcAe|f2 ec ABcA|ecBA FAAF|
E3F A3B|ceec BcAe|f2 ec ABcA|1 ecBc A2AF:|2 ecBc A4||
|:ecef a2 af|ecBA FAAB|cBBA cBBA|ceBA FAAf|
ecef a2 af|ecBA FAAB|cBBA cBBA|1 ceBc A4:|2 ceBc A2AF||
# Posted on June 14th 2009 by JACKB
3/9/2004 ~ & the Oops! in the 32 bar A Major take above
X: 3
T: Road To Glauntane, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: barndance
K: AMaj
|: A>F |\
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c>ee>c B>A F2 | (3fgf e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>A F>AA>F |
E2- E>F A2- A>B | c2 e>c B>A A2 | (3fgf e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>c A2 :|
|: (3agf |\
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A |
[1 c>eB>A F2 a>f | e>ce>f a2- a>f | e>cB>A F>AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A | e>c (3BcB A2 :|
[2 c>eB>A F2 A>F | E2- E>F A2- A>B | c2 e>c B>c A2 | f2 e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>c A2 |]
X: 4
T: Road To Glauntane, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: AMaj
A>F |\
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c<ee>c B>A F2 | (3faf e>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>A F<AA>F |
E2- E>F A2- A>B | c2 e>c B>A A2 | (3faf e>c A>Bc>A | e<cB>c A2 ||
a>f |\
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F<AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A | c<eB>A F<A (3AGF |
E2- E>F A2- A>B | c2 e>c B<A F2 | f2 e>c A>Bc>A | e<cB>c A2 |]
# Posted on September 13th 2010 by ceolachan
Lydian O Lydian is not Mixolydian
Sounding Majorish, but with a raised 4th, so the two keys this tune is more commonly played in -
A - but not Major, Lydian - A / B / C# / *D# / E / F# / G# / A
G - but not Major, Lydian - G / A / B / C# / D / E / F# / G
X: 11
T: Road To Glauntane, The
T: Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's
S: Johnny Connolly
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Barndance
K: A Lydian
|: E>DE>F A>GA>B | c>ee>c B>AF>A | a>fe>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>A F>GA>F |
E>DE>F A>GA>B | c>ee>c B>AF>A | a>fe>c A>Bc>A |[1 e>cB>c A>BA>F :|[2 e>cB>c A2 f>c ||
|: e>de>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A | c>B (3cBA F>AA>f |
e>de>f a>ef>a | e>cB>A F>AA>B | c>BB>A c>BB>A |[1 c>eB>A A2- A>f :|[2 c>eB>c A>GA>F |]
X: 12
T: Road To Glauntane, The
T: Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's
S: Johnny Connolly
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Barndance
K: G Lydian
|: D>CD>E G>FG>A | B>dd>B A>GE>G | g>ed>B G>AB>G | d>BA>G E>FG>E |
D>CD>E G>FG>A | B>dd>B A>GE>G | g>ed>B G>AB>G |[1 d>BA>B G>AG>E :|[2 d>BA>B G2 e>B ||
|: d>cd>e g2 g>e | d>BA>G E>GG>A | B>AA>G B>AA>G | B>A (3BAG E>GG>e |
d>cd>e g>de>g | d>BA>G E>GG>A | B>AA>G B>AA>G |[1 B>dA>G G2- G>e :|[2 B>dA>B G>FG>E |]
Having a longer 2nd ending for the B-part, the last 4-bars of the A-part, wouldn't be unusual for a tune like this ~
K: A Lydian
[2 E>DE>F A>GA>B | c>ee>c B>AF>A | a>fe>c A>Bc>A | e>cB>c A4 |]
K: G Lydian
[2 D>CD>E G>FG>A | B>dd>B A>GE>G | g>ed>B G>AB>G | d>BA>B G4 |]
# Posted on February 4th 2011 by ceolachan
A 16 bar fling by Terry 'Cuz' Teahan's sense of it
But - I still think it makes a better fling than a barndance, or as some people take it, flat and quicker, as a double reel...
Terry Teahan, except for starting it as for a dance, repeating the A four times, plays it as a fling afterwards, each part being 4 bars, AABB, 16 bars in total...
# Posted on February 5th 2011 by ceolachan
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I also love and tend to play this with 'snaps' (<)...
R: highland fling
K: G Lydian
|: (3GFE |\
D2 D>E G2 G>A | B<dd>B A<GE>G | g>ed>B G>AB>G |[1 d<BA>G E>G :|[2 d<BA>B G2 || ~ etc...
# Posted on February 5th 2011 by ceolachan
“The Road to Glountane / Glauntane”
http://www.irishtune.info/tune/2576/
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/ROA_ROB.htm#ROAD_TO_GLOUNTANE
"Terry Teahan & Gene Kelly: Old Time Irish Music In America"
http://www.thesession.org/recordings/display/3058
Track 25 of 26: “The Road to Glauntane” – as a fling, played, 4 bars per part, a 16 bar fling, the usual –
AAAABB/AABB/AABB...
This is an important classic, but sadly this album has long been unavailable and it doesn't look like anyone has any intention of re-releasing it. However, there is an MP3 compression of it you can download here. Here’s hoping that one day someone might release something better. We do have it on vinyl, but not here.
Available to download courtesy of Ceol Állain:
http://ceolalainn.blogspot.com/2010/03/terry-teahan-gene-kelly-old-time-irish.html
# Posted on February 5th 2011 by ceolachan
"The Road to Glountane" - by Terence "Cuz" Teahan
with John Dunson
tune transcriptions and copying by Ann & Chuck Heyman
production coordination by Justin O'Brien
Published in Chicago, Illinois - 1980 - 91 pages
tunes, tales, photos and poetry...
Sadly this seems to be long out of print. Over time I've tried to secure other copies of it for friends, to give as a gift, but haven't seen an available copy in years.
Page 71: "The Road to Glountane" - highland
X: 1
T: Road To Glauntane, The
C: Terence "Cuz" Teahan - 1964
S: Terence "Cuz" Teahan
B: "The Road to Glountane", page 71
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: AMaj
F |\
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c>ee>c B>A F2 | f2 e>c A>Bc>d | e>cB>A F<AA>F |
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c>ee>c B>A F2 | f2 e>c A>Bc>d | e<cB>c A2 A2 ||
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>A A2 | c2 A>B c>BB>A | c2 B>A F>A A2 |
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>A A2 | c2 A>B c>BB>A | c>eB>c A2 A |]
& that in a reduced form:
K: AMaj
|: A>F |\
E2 E>F A2 A>B | c>ee>c B>A F2 |
f2 e>c A>Bc>d | e>cB>A F<A :|
|: A2 |\
e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F>A A2 |
c2 A>B c>BB>A |[1 c2 B>A F>A :|[2 c>eB>c A2 A |]
From this lovely book, page 71, in Terry "Cuz" Teahan's own words:
This is the title of the book and it is written in 1964. This was a year I did go to Ireland. Of all the tunes in my book I like this one the best of any one of them. It is a different set up and my son-in-law, Mike Heneghan, is forever whistling it.
The road to Glountane is the road from Castleisland straight out through Cordal and Glountane and in through Knocknabowl and Ballydesmond. It continues through Kiskeam, where O'Keeffe's mother is from, and into County Cork. It is really not a main highway. (this is an understatement, the route is beautiful. - 'c')
It is the road I would take to get home from Castleisland. O'Keeffe lived right on the side of the road and I lived off the road. He lived at the crossroads where the two of them went towards Cork and one of thme went to Scartaglen and the other one went back to Castleisland.
O'Keeffe's house is as good today as the day it was built. The picture of a decrepit house that is used in articles by Alan Ward is the abandoned home of Thomas Murphy. Thomas Murphy was locally known as "The Kaiser". Padraig O'Keeffe's dwelling is two stories and in perfect condition. There is a man paid to keep fire in it two or three times in the summer and all through the winter by his brother Michael in Chicago.
* Me again, 'c' here, wondering if the house is still standing or if it is now occupied?
# Posted on February 6th 2011 by ceolachan
Flinging it about ~
Having fun with flings today I was winking in and out of Lydian and occassionally taking the d as natural, as in the A-part of this, and it works just fine that way, but I still favour raisng the Ds up to D#... Here follows some other ways with this one, including the d natural. You can easily avoid any G#s and D#s, but you can also dip our toes into those places if you choose, as shown also in the following ABC transcription.
X: 21
T: The Road to Glountane
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: ALydian
|: E2 E>F A2- A>B | c<ee>c B>A F2 |
(3faf e>c A>Bc>=d |[1 e>cB>A F>AA>F :|[2 e>c (3BcB A2- A>f ||
|: e2 e>f a2 a>f | e>cB>A F<A A2 |
c>BB>A c2 B>A |[1 c>AB>A F>AA>f :|[2 c>eB>c A2 A2 |]
X: 22
T: The Road to Glountane
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland fling
K: ALydian
|: E>DE>F A>GA>B | c2 e>c B>A (3FGA |
f2 e>c A2 (3Bcd |[1 e>cB>A F2 (3AGF :|[2 e>cB<G A2- A>f ||
e>de>f a2 (3agf | e>cB>A F2 A>B |
c2 B>A c2 A>B | (3cBA B>A (3FAF E>f |
e2- e>f a2- a>f | e2 (3cBA F<AA>B |
(3cec B>A c>AB>A | (3cec B>c A>GA>F |]
# Posted on February 10th 2011 by ceolachan
Teehan's (aka. Kerry Fling)
I've just come across a clip of a friend of mine and her dad play this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eCBeKk_gl0
I didn't know her dad also play this music!
# Posted on June 25th 2011 by slainte