The Famous Ballymote

reel

Key signature: Dmixolydian

Submitted on November 23rd 2001 by Jdharv.

This tune has been added to 230 tunebooks.

Also known as Famous Ballymote, The Weeshie Bag Of Potatoes, The Weeshie Bag Of Potatoes.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• 1975 The First by The Bothy Band
• 40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
• A Stone's Throw by Michael Cooney
• Afterhours by The Bothy Band
• Dochas by Dochas
• Down The Line by Ciaran Tourish
• Drivin' Leitrim Timber by Dave Sheridan
• Flower & Iron by Malinky
• Live In Concert by The Bothy Band
• North-by-NorthWest by Eliot Grasso And Dave Cory
• Tempered by Last Night's Fun
• The Irish Low Whistle by Joe McKenna
• The Kells by The Kells
• The New Broom by Willie Kelly And Mike Rafferty With Donal Clancy
• Three's Company by Martin Meehan
• Time On Our Hands by SiobhᮠPeoples And Murty Ryan
• Toss The Feathers by Mountain Dew
• Unearthed by Paul McGlinchey
• Wooden Flute Obsession: Volume 3, Disc 2 by Various Artists
• Wound Up by Deirin De

X: 1
T: Famous Ballymote, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
FDAD FAAB|cABG EFGE|FDAD FAAB|cAGE ED D2:||
FDFA d2 ed|cABG EFGE|FDFA d2 ed|cAGE ED D2:||

Guitarists beware

This tune is listed as G major, but it's actually D mixolydian. New guitarists should be aware that if you try to resolve it to a G chord, it's not going to work.
Now you know.
-jon

# Posted on December 2nd 2001 by Jon Kiparsky

Another recording

Icame to this tune from an album called
Journey - The Best Of Donal Lunny (Disc 1)
same set as bothy band i.e Kesh/ Give us a drink of Water/ Famous Bellymote... but live... v.good

# Posted on November 16th 2006 by paulflute

a snappy tune made out of only 4 different bars!
Little means, great results!

# Posted on July 15th 2009 by birlibirdie

Bothy band

X: 1
T: Famous Ballymote, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
||FDAD FAAB|cABG EFGE|FDAD FAAB|cAGE ED D2:|
||FDFA d2 ed|cABG EFGE|1 FDFA d2 ed|cAGE ED D2:|2 FDFA df ed|cAGE ED D2||

# Posted on January 19th 2011 by Manu Novo

Var

X: 1
T: Famous Ballymote, The ~
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmix
||FDAD F~A3|cABG EFGE|FDAD F~A3|cAGE FD D2:|
||FDFA d2 ed|cABG EFGE|1 FDFA d2 ed|cAGE FD D2:|2 FDFA df ed|cAGE FD D2||

# Posted on January 21st 2011 by Manu Novo

Scottish pipe friendly version:

X: 1
T: Famous Ballymote, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K:Amix
cAeA ceef|gefd BcdB|cAeA ceef|gedB BA A2:||
cAce a2 a/a/a|gefd BcdB|cAce a2 ga|gedB BA AB:||

# Posted on April 1st 2012 by birlibirdie