Paddy Kelly's

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on November 6th 2003 by Graham Guerin.

This tune has been added to 65 tunebooks.

Also known as Conor Tully's No.2, The Daisy Field, The Eel In The Sink, Paddy Kelly's Reels.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• A Clare Conscience by Aidan McMahon And Anthony Quigney
• A Few Tunes by John Skelton
• A Flick Of The Wrist by Brendan Larrissey
• A Letter Home by Athena Tergis
• A Selection Of His Music by Dermot Grogan
• Accordion Music From The Soul by Finbarr Dwyer
• Aleanna by Aleanna
• An Bhabog Sa Bhadog by Kevin Crehan
• An Tris Is A Rian by Claire Keville, John Weir And Eithne Ni Dhonaile
• Atlantic Breeze by Shaskeen
• Atlantic Wave by Paddy Reynolds, Charlie Mulvihill, James Keane, Felix Dolan
• Best Of Finbarr Dwyer by Finbarr Dwyer
• Big Boned Beauty by Donna Hebert
• Boxed by Anders Trabjerg
• Bridging The Gap by Kevin And Sean Moloney
• Caise Ceoil by Various Artists
• Champions Of Ireland Concertina by Denise Shiel
• Dancing On Silver by Tim Collins
• Deborah Quigley With Martin Gould by Deborah Quigley
• Drops Of Spring Water by Comhaltas Concert Tour 2004
• Familiar Footsteps by Dezi Donnelly
• Farewell To Lissycasey: The Traditional Music Of County Clare by Various Artists
• Feadoga Stain 2 by Mary Bergin
• Festival Of Traditional Irish Music by Various Artists
• Flagstone Memories by Andrew Mac Namara, Orla Harrington And Jim Higgins
• Flame On The Banks by Maeve Donnelly
• For The Sake Of Old Decency by Various Artists
• Galway's Own by Joe Burke
• Garden Of Butterflies by Jody's Heaven
• Gavin Whelan by Gavin Whelan
• Hangin At The Crossroads by Eoin O'Neill
• Hangin' At The Crossroads by Ceili Bandits
• I Can Hear You Smiling by Josephine Marsh Band
• In The Tradition by Boys Of The Lough
• Instrumental by Franz Sanger And Susan Frances
• Ireland's Best Session Tunes CD 1 by Waltons Recording
• Ireland's Own Traditional Accordionist by Finbarr Dwyer
• Irish Button Accordion by Billy Moran
• Irish Traditional Accordion Session With Four Champions by Joe Burke, Kevin Loughlin, Finbarr Dwyer And John Whelan
• Irish Traditional Music by Paddy Carty
• Jigs And Reels by Jesse Smith
• John Williams by John Williams
• Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule by Kelly, O'Brien and Sproule
• Kiss Me Kate by Liz Carroll And Tommy Maguire
• Last Night's Fun by Knock-na-shee
• Loozin Air by Garry Shannon
• Memories Of Clare by Bobby Gardiner
• Millhouse Measures by The Raw Bar Collective
• Music And Songs By The Sea by Michael Falsey
• Music From The Coleman Country by Various Artists
• Overneath by Slide
• Rogha Órdha by Various Artists
• Seamus Tansey With Eddie Corcoran by Seamus Tansey
• Seán Ryan CD1 by Sean Ryan
• Selkie by Mick Conneely
• Simple System by Dan Isaacson
• Strayaway by Caoimhín Vallely
• Strayaway by Caoimhin Vallely
• Sugrú by Eilish O'Connor
• The Blackberry Blossom by Mary MacNamara
• The Boys From The Blue Hill by Vinnie Kilduff
• The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke
• The Bunch Of Keys by Jason O'Rourke
• The Daisy Field by Claire Keville
• The Dawn by Shaskeen
• The Friendly Visit by Frank Brunel And Vincent Rosinach
• The Green Mountain by Pat O'Connor
• The High Notes by The High Notes
• The Maid At The Well by Tony O'Rourke
• The Mason's Apron by The Madden Brothers
• The Music Makers: Celebrating 35 Years Of Comhaltas In Leeds by Leeds CCE
• The Piper Calls The Tune by Joe Finn
• The Road From Ballinakill by Mike And Mary Rafferty
• The Ships Are Sailing by Comhaltas Concert Tour Group 1978
• Threads Of Time by Cherish The Ladies
• Tippin' Away by Damien Connolly And Pete Mancuso
• Traditional Irish Music by William Sullivan
• Traditional Irish Music From Co. Longford by Peter Carberry
• Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
• Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast by Various Artists
• Traditional Irish Sessions by Various Artists
• Traditional Music From The Legendary East Clare Fiddler by Paddy Canny
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by Paddy O'Brien
• Traditional Music Of Ireland by James Kelly, Paddy O'Brien, Daithi Sproule
• Traditional Music Of Ireland And The Bucks Of Oranmore by Joe Burke And Charlie Lennon
• Tunes For Practice by Seamus Creagh
• Unheard by Eddie Clarke
• Valerio - The Humours Of Altan by Kieran Fahy, Serge Desaunay, Julien Biget, Julien Favreuille
• Warming Up by Martin Mulhaire, Séamus Connolly And Jack Coen
• When First I Went To Caledonia by Tony Cuffe
• Whirlwind by Brian Hughes
• With Every Breath by John Wynne

X: 1
T: Paddy Kelly's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
|:Bc | dG3 dGBd | c=F3 c=FAc | dG3 DGBG | BdcA GABc |
dG3 dGBd | c=F3 c=FAc | dG3 DGBG | BdcA G2 :|
|:Bc | dggf gagf | d2cd ABcA | dg3 bgaf | defg a2gf |
dggf gagf | d2cd ABcA | dG3 DGBG | BdcA G2 :|

I usually play this tune before "The New Custom House", which is another Paddy Kelly composition, as played by Joe Burke on his "Bucks of Oranmore" album.

# Posted on November 6th 2003 by Graham Guerin

The Daisy Field

That's the correct title. Go to this duplicated version for more of my comments on the tune:

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5127/comments

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by 52Paddy

No. You're wrong, Paddy. That's a completely different tune. And this is not the Daisy Field.

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by slainte

Sorry, this is indeed the Daisy Field. But I don't think the other one is a duplicated version.

# Posted on January 5th 2008 by slainte

Archive Information

I was down at the archive today and found some recordings of the tune which I did not previously know of (Brendan Larrisey, Joe Burke). I also found the tune on Tim Collins' album "Dancing on Silver".

Larrisey and Burke have under the title "Paddy Kelly's" and Joe says that Paddy Kelly never named his tunes. He says that The New Customs House title just became attached to the tune which Paddy wrote. Having said that, I heard elsewhere that Paddy wrote St. Ruth's Bush and intentionally named it in honour of the place in question (it is renowned for some battle or something). So I don't know where the Daisy Field title originated but Tim Collins and Paddy Canny call the tune that so whether its legitimate or not, it is accepted it seems.

I only got through 50% of the material in the archive today so I'll try and get through the rest in the future.

# Posted on January 16th 2008 by 52Paddy

The minor variation

On Athena Tergis' album, there's the G major reel and then a G modal reel and then it goes back to the G major. Is this the same tune with a variation or is the more modal tune the drunken tinker?

Majorly confused here.

Thanks!

# Posted on May 6th 2008 by buyseps

I just answered my own question but now have another one

So that more modal bit is just another version of Paddy Kelly's. But is that a common variation? I'm taking this to competition this weekend and am wondering if I should do the minor variation.

Thanks again!

# Posted on May 6th 2008 by buyseps

Paddy Kelly's

The 4 part "Paddy Kelly's" on Athena's album is either a completely different setting or a different tune. It's in G and has the same myxolidian sound but otherwise the melody is very distinct from the tune here. The sheet music for the daisy field here makes it "g major" with some f naturals and on the other page http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/5127/comments
it's described as "g minor". I'm not sure either notation does it justice. I've always thought of it very much as a modal tune with a lot of "nyah"; Paddy Canny's version is (of course) very nice indeed.

# Posted on May 14th 2008 by t.b.

Paddy Kelly's

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3221

Athena Turgess was in Aberdeen some years ago as part of Niamh Parsons' band. She played the above reel - which I posted - as part of a solo. I spoke to her very briefly in a session afterwards, and it was me who told her that the reel she played was Paddy Kelly's, which I'd heard played by Joe Burke and Finbarr Dwyer. She hadn't known the title, and therefore composer. I haven't heard her CD, but I'm assuming this is the tune she recorded.

# Posted on May 14th 2008 by Kenny

My iTunes library has 13 tracks containing tunes called Paddy Kelly's. The ones that match the tune given here are:
Josephine Marsh Band
Ceili Bandits
Damien Connolly
I also have 4 tracks containing tunes called The Daisy Field, each of which is this tune:
Paddy Canny
Mike & Mary Rafferty
Tim Collins
Kevin Crehan

Most, but I don't think all, of the other 10 Paddy Kelly's I have, are http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3221. These include:
Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule (the eponymous album)
Keville/Weir/Dhonaile
Carberry
Tergis
Jesse Smith
Mary MacNamara

Yet a third Paddy Kelly's is played by Bernard O'Sullivan and Tommy McMahon, and by Joe Burke (Celtic Souls). A fourth one is played by Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule (Traditional Music of Ireland) and Tony Cuffe (Caledonia). I don't know whether either of these are in the database here.

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by GaryAMartin

Here's another P. Kelly's: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8261

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by slainte

http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8261 is the third and fourth ones I referred to above. Turns out they're the same, but with enough differences in the mode to confuse me. On the other hand, the Kelly/O'Brien/Sproule recording has yet a different Paddy Kelly's (starting a set with a Johnny Doherty tune).

# Posted on May 15th 2008 by GaryAMartin

Seen it called the "Eel in the Sink"

# Posted on April 7th 2010 by TheHappyCamper