Key signature: Edorian
Submitted on February 12th 2002 by B Rad .
This tune has been added to 723 tunebooks.
Also known as All Da Ships Ir Sailin, All Da Ships Ir Sailin', All The Ships Are Sailing, The Ships A Sailing, Ships A-Sailing, Ships Are Sailing, Take Her Out And Air Her.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Ships Are Sailing, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Edor
Beed BcdB | AD (3FED A,D (3FED | ~E3F GFGA | Beef gfed |
Beed BcdB | AD (3FED A,D (3FED | ~E3F GFGA | Beed e3z :||
~g3a bgeg | ~f3g afdf | gfga bgaf | gefd e2 de |
gfga bgeg | fefg afdf | g2bg f2af | edef gfed :||
Ships are Sailing
I saw this track listed on the "Murphy Roche Irish Music Club", and was surprised that such a common tune wasn't listed here before. This tune can be really nice in the right hands. I usually play it as a single reel by myself to make it less repetitive, but it's still a double reel at sessions.
# Posted on February 12th 2002 by B Rad
i play it as a double reel. when i learned it i had trouble with it because i would play it as a single reel and then stop and start over because i didnt learn it as one.
# Posted on April 29th 2005 by daiv
A tune with the identical second part: http://thesession.org/tunes/display.php/3957
# Posted on April 30th 2005 by slainte
A Whistle Friendly Adjustment
As you may have noticed, in the second bar of the A part, goes to the A below the staff. This is normally adjusted to the standard low A on your whistle.
# Posted on October 31st 2006 by Wynder
Nice version
On the CD "Traditional music in support of Doolin Coastguards", this tune is played by Martin Hayes, John Williams on the box and Eoin O'Neill on bouzouki! It's followed by The Graf Spey... brilliant!
# Posted on January 31st 2007 by charliechamo
tony macmahon's fingering in Ships are Sailing
Hi there - could you tell me what are Tony McMahon's fingers doing when he's playing the last time through the B part of Ships are Sailing - see the following link.
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=P26i_g_RjE4
I can't seem to replicate it and wondered if anyone else knows what he was up to.
thanks
Nathan
# Posted on November 18th 2008 by Brown Creeper
Re: tony macmahon's fingering in Ships are Sailing
i play that fingering sometimes. it doesn't sound good when other people are playing though, clashes with the melody.
he's playing g, then rolling e, then hitting high b, rolling e again, then hitting f, rolling d, hitting the a, rolling d again. So something like:
ef| ge3 b'e3 | fd3 ad3 | ge3 b'e3 | fAdf e3f |
# Posted on November 18th 2008 by polkageist
Re: tony macmahon's fingering in Ships are Sailing
One of my all-time favorite clips.
# Posted on November 18th 2008 by Whiddler
From Petrie's collection
X: 1
T: Take her out and air her-a Cork reel
M: 2/2
K: A Dorian
Z: From P. Carew's MSS
Z: Petrie's #397
AB|cAB^G A=GEF|GABc dBGB|cAB^G A=GED|EAA^G A2AB|
cAB^G A=GEF|GABc dBGB|cAB^G A=GED|EAA^G A2||
AB|cdef g2eg|a2ed cAAB|cdef gfgd|eaa^g a2AB|
cdef g2eg|aged cAAB|cAB^G A=GED|EAA^G A2||
Interesting mixed-mode take on it, different key.
In the collection, it's notated as Am, but all the Fs are sharp, so I simplified by notating it as Dorian. Otherwise, it's the same.
# Posted on May 25th 2011 by Resodan
Pairs
This tune pairs great with the Dash to Portabello, if you can mange to not mix up the second parts of each.
# Posted on March 12th 2012 by an fidleir