The Pretty Girls Of Mayo

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 7th 2003 by Trevor Jennings.

This tune has been added to 96 tunebooks.

Also known as Pretty Girls Of Mayo.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• Back In Town by Paddy Killoran
• Callan Bridge by Niall And Cillian Vallely
• Celtic Roots (Spirit Of Dance) by John Whelan
• Deireadh An Fh by Declan Masterson
• Farewell To Ireland CD 2 (Of A Box Set Of 4) by Various Artists
• Fonnchaoi by Verena Commins And Julie Langan
• Honk Toot Suite by Éamonn Coyne And Kris Drever
• Just Piping by Michael Cooney
• Number 6 by Sean Potts
• Out Of Ireland by Mick Moloney
• Out Of The Blue by Alan Kelly
• Out Of The Woods by Randal Bays
• Round The House: Music For The Sets Volume 1 by Various Artists
• Sligo Fiddle (Disk 2) by John Vesey
• The Art Of Traditional Fiddle Playing by Matt Cranitch
• The Barley Grain by Larry Kinsella
• The Chieftains 5 by The Chieftains
• The Dusty Miller by Conor, Gay And Seán McKeon
• The Heather Breeze by Heathery Breeze Ceili Band
• The Kilmore Fancy by Catherine McEvoy And John McEvoy
• The Wheels Of The World, Early Irish American Music, Vol 2 by Various Artists
• Tin Whistles by Paddy Moloney And Sean Potts
• Within A Mile Of Dublin by Paul O'Shaughnessy And Paul McGrattan

X: 1
T: Pretty Girls Of Mayo, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GFDG ~GABd|ef (3ddd fdcA|G2FG ABde|1 fdcA GBAF:|2 fdcA BGG2||
gage fd (3ddd|fdge fdcA|gage fdde|fdcA BGG2|
gage fd (3ddd|fdge fdcA|defg abag|fdcA G4||

The Pretty Girls of Mayo (reel)

This was the final tune taught us by John McEvilly at the Scoil

# Posted on September 7th 2003 by Trevor Jennings

The Pretty Girls of Mayo (reel)

For comparison, here is the version in Henrik Norbeck's collection (also in G):

DG~G2 A2de|fd~d2 fdcA|DG~G2 A2de|1 fdcA BGAF:|2 fdcA AGBd||
g2ge fdde|fdge fdde|~g3e fdde|fdcA AG~G2|
g2ge fdde|fdge fdd^c|defg abag|fdcA BGAF||

Trevor

# Posted on September 9th 2003 by Trevor Jennings

The link to a different setting: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display.php/153

# Posted on October 29th 2005 by slainte

Catherine & John McEvoy

I just learnt this tune from their CD The Kilmore Fancy. I've really taken a shine to this tune and I'm not sure why. I prefer playing it on flute than banjo and maybe it just happens to sit very well on this instrument.

# Posted on March 4th 2007 by 52Paddy

This tune goes well with Down the Broom. Not sure if the two tunes are related, but they share some similar phrases.

# Posted on March 4th 2007 by slainte

Why are there two files? The second sounds better, I think.

# Posted on May 11th 2007 by flauta dolce

2-for-1 ~

Look at the sheetmusic, there are two seperate transcriptions given, each a single reel of 16 measures...

# Posted on May 11th 2007 by ceolachan

Relatives

Seems to me That Pretty Girls of Mayo is very similiar to Sean Reids ( at least to varients of Sean Reids that fon't feature the F-nat in their B Part ) eg: Mary Bergin, ditto with Doonagore.

These three are cousins if not the same tune.

Pat

# Posted on May 28th 2007 by Pat Higgins

Large family of tunes

This tune is essentially the same as tune #153, Sweet Biddy of Ballyvournie, which also appears under a number of further titles.

# Posted on January 22nd 2010 by rwwt