John Blessings

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on June 23rd 2005 by kiwi.

This tune has been added to 21 tunebooks.

Also known as Blessing's, Charlie Harris', Creamer's, John P Blessing's, The Night Of The Fun, O'Connell's , Ríl Uí Chonaill.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

40th Anniversary Album by Armagh Pipers Club
A Few Tunes by John Skelton
An Ceoltoir Fanach by Cathy Custy
Buttons And Bows by Jackie Daly, Seamus And Manus McGuire
Double-Barrelled by Kieran O'Hare And John Skelton
Echoes Of Erin by Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann Concert Tour 2006
Gems Of Ireland by Various Artists
Here Among Strangers by S�ucra
Hills And Hollows by Mary And Josie Nugent
Jig Away The Donkey by Gabriel McArdle
Jody's Heaven by Jody's Heaven
Leitrim's Hidden Treasure by McNamara Family
One by Murphy Roche Irish Music Club
The Blue CD by Irish Session Tunes
The Crooked Rose by Stockton's Wing
The Crooked Stair by Cran
The Hidden Fermanagh by Various Artists
The Leitrim Equation by Various Artists
The Mulcahy Family by The Mulcahy Family
The One-Horned Cow by The Suffering Gaels
Traditional Irish Music From Doolin Co. Clare by Terry Bingham
Up Close by Kevin Burke
Whirlwind by Brian Hughes

Details ABC Sheetmusic Comments

Mulcahy Family

Yet another great tune from the Mulcahy Family CD. There's another John Blessing's on this site but quite a different tune.

# Posted on June 23rd 2005 by kiwi

Charlie Harris

This looks very like one of "De Danann's" "Charlie Harris's" reels. Isn't it here already, possibly under a different name ?

# Posted on June 23rd 2005 by Kenny

Charlie Harris'

Emily mailed me this tune a few days ago and I told her to post it but she completely ignored me :-)

It's already here in the form of a polka, but I haven't seen the reel version here yet. Maybe I've just missed it.

# Posted on June 23rd 2005 by Dr. Dow

A lovely reel Kiwi - like so many others such as Jim Donohues, the Mountain Road, etc it's often the simplest of tunes that sound most effective.

# Posted on June 23rd 2005 by Bannerman

Stocktans wing version ish

X: 1
T: John Blessings
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
A~F3 EFDF|AFAB dedB|A~F3 EFDF|1AFAB ~d3B:|2AFAB ~d3A||
|defd efdB|AFAB dgfe|defd efdB|AFAB ~d3A|defd efdB|AFAB dgfe|d~f3 afbf|a
fef ~d3B||

# Posted on April 22nd 2008 by silas

Creamer's

I'm pretty sure this is also known as "Creamer's" reel. Desi Wilkinson and Neil Martin played it under that title on "Cran's" 1st CD, the 3rd reel in a whistle duet on "Clarke's C" whistles.
I think also the MacNamara family from Leitrim recorded it under that title.

# Posted on April 23rd 2008 by Kenny

Sorry

Ignore that. Too early in the morning - "Creamer's " is the other Charlie Harris' reel.

# Posted on April 23rd 2008 by Kenny

Jaychoons' version

X: 1
T: Charlie Harris'
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmaj
|: dB | AFDF EFDF | AFAB e2 dB | AFDF EFDF | AFAB d2 :||
(3ABc | d2 fd efdB | AFAB e2 dB | d2 fd efdB | AFAB d2 (3ABc |
d2 fd efdB | AFAB e3 f | df ~f2 afbf | afef d2 ||
A Lost Jewel
I was shocked that this lovely session staple wasn't in the tune db here. The opening phrase didn't even pop up in advanced search! Maybe I missed something, but al I could find was Kevin Burke's polka version of the same tune. Oh well, here goes; please let me know if this one is already here...
# Posted on February 7th 2010 by jaychoons

# Posted on February 7th 2010 by Nico

You want simpler still, Bannerman? Try this Polka version: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2039

# Posted on June 15th 2010 by birlibirdie

Notes from Keadue 2011

I had this tune from Padraig Sweeney three years ago at the O'Carolan summer school in Keadue, Roscommon. This year I got the tune again from Michael McNamara, who learned it from John Blessing himself in their home village of Carrickavoher, Aghavas, Leitrim. Michael said that Blessing called it O'Connell's Reel. Apparently there are even earlier names that can be found on other web sites.

# Posted on August 2nd 2011 by Frank Quick