Key signature: Gmajor
Submitted on November 2nd 2004 by Kenny.
This tune has been added to 14 tunebooks.
Also known as The Boys Of Laoise.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Eleanor Kane's
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
GFGA B2 GA | Bgfg edBA | GFGA B2 EF | GEFD EDB,D |
GFGA BAGA | Bgfg efga | bgaf gafg | ecAF GFGA |
BGFG EFGA | Bgfg edBA | GFGA B2 EF | GEFD EDB,D|
GFGA B2 GA | Bgfg efga | bgaf gafg | ecAF G2 GA |
|: Bdef gfga | bgaf gfed | BGEF GFGA | Bdd^c d2 ef |
g2 af gedc | B2 Ac BGEF | GABG FGAc |1 BGAF GFGA :|2 BGAF G4 |
Eleanor Kane's
I only recently discovered that this is an Ed Reavy composition, and although not as often played as some, I think it's a good one. I first heard it played on whistle on Seamus Tansey's "green" album, where it's called "The Boys Of Laois". I think it was also recorded by the McGuire brothers, Seamus and Manus.
# Posted on November 2nd 2004 by Kenny
Repeat
The repeat mark at the end:
Does it send you back to the beginning as written or should there be a mark to show the last 8 bars as a separate B section and just repeat that. The A section obviously has it's own built in repeats.
# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Donough
Edited
Sorry for the ambiguity, donough. 1st part is the top 4 lines of music - 16 bars played through once . 2nd part is the bottom 2 lines played twice. So, as you say, there should be a repeat mark at the beginning of the 5th line.
I've edited the abc notation.
# Posted on November 4th 2004 by Kenny
Eleanor Kane's / Boys of Laois "contour"
notice here how 2 consecutive notes are always different and only a second or third appart. (Say; if you play A , then B or C follow (goin' up) or G or F (going down)
A bit too predictable to my taste (it's a common feature of hornpipes, actually, and why I find most of them...mm.. boring)
Does anyone know if this has to do with the time and/or place this type of tune was written in?
# Posted on November 17th 2004 by birlibirdie
While this tune is quite similar to some others I like it. Though certainly, for Reavy's standards, this would not be the best example.
# Posted on February 20th 2008 by 52Paddy
Nice setting by Eddie Kelly
Found an archive recording of Eddie Kelly playing it thus:
X:1
T:Eleanor Kane's
C:Ed Reavy
M:4/4
L:1/8
R:reel
K:G
|: A | BGFG EFGA | Bg ~g2 edBA | ~G3 A BGEF |
(G/F/E {F}ED) EDB,D | ~G3 A BABc | dg ~g2 efga |
bg ~g2 agfg |1 ecAF GF G :|2 ecAF G3 ||: A | Bdef ~g3 a |
bgfg edBA | BE{F}ED EFGA | B/c/d ^ce d2 ef | g2 g/g/f gfed |
B/d/B Ac BGEF | G2 BG FGAc |1 BGAF GF G :|2 BGAF G3 |
Enjoy!
# Posted on October 18th 2010 by jaychoons