Key signature: Amixolydian
Submitted on January 21st 2005 by Will Harmon.
This tune has been added to 17 tunebooks.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Little Katie Kearney
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amix
ed|:cAAG EAAB|cBcd efed|cAAG EAAc|dBGB d2 ed:|
~c3 d efed|cAcd eaae|[c2e2] cd efge|dBGB d2 ed|
[c2e2] cd efed|cAce a2 e/f/g|afbg afge|dBGB d2 ed|
Little Katie Kearney
This tune is in O'Neill's (both the original and Krassen's edition), but the setting posted here is a bit different, aiming to stay truer to a Northern style. And I've been pairing it with The Watchmaker (very similar A part but in A dorian, an interesting change).
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by Will Harmon
Lovely tune! Thanks for posting it, Will.
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by slainte
Thanks H, except it's obviously a fiddle setting. I should've included a more flute/whistle-friendly setting as well. I suppose you could simply play "cBc" in the B part, in place of the c roll and [c2e2] doublestops.
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by Will Harmon
So, where did you get it, Will?
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by slainte
It's my own setting, after scanning both O'Neill's sparked a fuzzy memory of hearing this played by, I think, Altan.
# Posted on January 21st 2005 by Will Harmon
Isn't this recorded by Altan somewhere?
When playing it with Cnat instaed of C# it looses all its northern touch - and it is ainteresting tune, too.
# Posted on January 24th 2005 by swisspiper
Boxty ?
I don’t think “Altan” did ever record this. The reel you’re thinking about is “The Three Scones Of Boxty” [ or Baxty”]. The 2 tunes are very similar.
# Posted on January 24th 2005 by Kenny
.... or not ?
……..then again, it might be “The Monaghan Twig” I,m thinking about. One of them has similarities to this. I also seem to remember that John Skelton recorded this in 2 different keys, I think G and then up to A. A nice tune in its' simplicity - thanks, Will.
# Posted on January 24th 2005 by Kenny
Highland version
Hi,
This seems to be a reel version of a popular highland. Here's a highland version
X: 1
T: ?
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: highland
K: Amix
ed|:c/2A3/2AG E/2A3/2AB|c/2A3/2Ae a^gae|c/2A3/2AG E/2A3/2Ac|BAGB dged:|
~=c2c2 gedB|=cBAg aged|=c2 cd efge|dBGB dged|
~=c2c2 gedB|=cBAg a2 ga|(3bag (3agf gage|dBGB (3fga ed|
Jim
# Posted on January 24th 2005 by skerries
Altan recorded the highland setting - go here for a transcription http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/3981/
# Posted on October 29th 2010 by Dr. Dow